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A series of academic works produced by the Cooper Ornithological Society since 1978.

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Stopover Ecology of Nearctic-Neotropical Landbird Migrants: Habitat Relations and Conservation Implications

Editors: F. R. Moore

Cooper Ornithological Society

2000

The contents are as follows.

• Preface - Frank R. Moore
• Application of Spatial Models to the Stopover Ecology of Trans-Gulf Migrants - Theodore R. Simons, Scott M. Pearson, and Frank R. Moore
• Habitat Use by Landbirds Along Nearctic-Neotropical Migration Routes: Implications for Conservation of Stopover Habitats - Daniel R. Petit
• Mechanisms of En Route Habitat Selection: How Do Migrants Make Habitat Decisions During Stopover? - Frank R. Moore and David A. Aborn
• Age-Dependent Aspects of Stopover Biology of Passerine Migrants - Mark S. Woodrey
• Behavioral, Energetic, and Conservation Implications of Foraging Plasticity During Migration - Jeffrey David Parrish
• Disruption and Restoration of En Route Habitat, a Case Study: The Chenier Plain - Wylie C. Barrow, Jr., Chao-Chieh Chen, Robert B. Hamilton, Keith Ouchley, and Terry J. Spengler
• Landbird Migration in Riparian Habitats of the Middle Rio Grande: A Case Study - Deborah M. Finch and Wang Yong
• Conservation of Landbird Migrants: Addressing Local Policy - Sarah E. Mabey and Bryan D. Watts
• On the Importance of En Route Periods to the Conservation of Migratory Landbirds - Richard L. Hutto
• Literature cited

Ecology and Conservation of Grassland Birds of the Western Hemisphere

Editors: Peter D. Vickery and James R. Herkert

Cooper Ornithological Society

1999

Contents;

• Preface - Peter D. Vickery and James R. Herkert
• Conservation of grassland birds in the Western Hemisphere - Peter D. Vickery, Pablo L. Tubaro, José Maria Cardosa da Silva, Bruce G. Peterjohn, James R. Herkert, and Roberto B. Cavalcanti
• Population status of North American grassland birds from the North American Breeding Bird Survey, 1966-1996 - Bruce G. Peterjohn and John R. Sauer
• Linking continental climate, land use, and land patterns with grassland bird distribution across the conterminous United States - Raymond J. O'Connor, Malcolm T. Jones, Randall B. Boone, and T Bruce Lauber
• History of grassland birds in eastern North America - Robert A. Askins
• Grassland bird conservation in northeastern North America - Jeffrey V. Wells and Kenneth V. Rosenberg
• Use of cultivated fields by breeding Mountain Plovers in Colorado - Fritz L. Knopf and Jeffery R. Rupert
• Changes in bird populations on Canadian grasslands - C. Stuart Houston and Josef K. Schmutz
• Multiscale habitat associations of the Sage Sparrow: implications for conservation biology - John T. Rotenberry and Steven T. Knick
• Spatial distribution of breeding passerine bird habitats in a shrubsteppe region of southwestern Idaho - Steven T Knick and John T Rotenberry - Habitat Selection
• Habitat relations and breeding biology of grassland birds in New York - Christopher J. Norment, Charles D. Ardizzone, and Kathleen Hartman
• Experimental analysis of nest predation in a New York grassland: effects of habitat and nest distribution - Charles D. Ardizzone and Christopher J. Norment
• Satellite burrow use by Burrowing Owl chicks and its influence on nest fate - Martha J. Desmond and Julie A. Savidge
• Songbird abundance in grasslands at a suburban interface on the Colorado High Plains - Carl E. Bock, Jane H. Bock, and Barry C. Bennett
• Thermal aspects of nest-site location for Vesper Sparrows and Horned Larks in British Columbia - Kari J. Nelson and Kathy Martin - Fire
• The effects of summer burns on breeding Florida Grasshopper and Bachman s sparrows - W. Gregory Shriver, Peter D. Vickery, and Dustin W. Perkins
• Effects of fire and herbicide treatment on habitat selection in grassland birds in southern Maine - Peter D. Vickery, Malcolm L. Hunter, Jr., and Jeffrey V. Wells
• Henslow's Sparrow response to prescribed fire in an Illinois prairie remnant - James R. Herkert and William D. Glass
• Effects of prescribed burning and grazing on nesting and reproductive success of three grassland passerine species in tallgrass prairie - Ronald W Rohrbaugh, Jr., Dan L. Reinking, Donald H. Wolfe, Steve K. Sherrod, and M. Alan Jenkins
• Relationship of fire history to territory size, breeding density, and habitat of Baird's Sparrow in North Dakota - Maiken Winter - Conservation Reserve Program
• Le Conte's Sparrows breeding in Conservation Reserve Program fields: precipitation and patterns of population change - Lawrence D. Igl and Douglas H. Johnson
• Density and fledging success of grassland birds in Conservation Reserve Program fields in North Dakota and west-central Minnesota - Rolf R. Koford - Management
• Nesting birds and grazing cattle: accommodating both on Midwestern pastures - Stanley A. Temple, Brick M. Fevold, Laura K. Paine, Daniel J. Undersander, and David W Sample
• Bird populations of seeded grasslands in the Aspen Parkland of Alberta - David R. C. Prescott and Andrew J. Murphy
• Grassland songbird occurrence in native and crested wheatgrass pastures of southern Saskatchewan - Stephen K. Davis and David C. Duncan - Data Collection and Analysis
• Monitoring grassland birds in nocturnal migration - William R. Evans and David K. Mellinger
• Design and duration of perturbation experiments: implications for data interpretation - Kenneth L. Petersen and Louis B. Best
• Sampling considerations for estimating density of passerines in grasslands - Jay J. Rotella, Elizabeth M. Madden, and Andrew J. Hansen
• Bird species richness and conservation in the Cerrado region of central Brazil - Roberto B. Cavalcanti
• The decline of the Pampas Meadowlark: difficulties of applying the IUCN criteria to neotropical grassland birds - Pablo Luis Tubaro and Fabián Marcelo Gabelli
• A preliminary assessment of distributions and conservation needs of grassland birds in Mexico - A. Townsend Peterson and Mark B. Robbins
• Grassland birds in prairie-dog towns in northwestern Chihuahua, Mexico - Patricia Manzano-Fischer, Rurik List, and Gerardo Ceballos
• Seasonal movements and conservation of seedeaters of the genus Sporophila in South America - José Maria Cardosa da Silva
• Demographic characteristics of Dickcissels in winter - Gianfranco D. Basili and Stanley A. Temple
• Winter ecology, behavior, and conservation needs of Dickcissels in Venezuela - Gianfranco D. Basili and Stanley A. Temple

Research and Management of the Brown-Headed Cowbird in Western Landscapes

Editors: Michael L. Morrison, Linnea S. Hall, Scott K. Robinson, Stephen I. Rothstein, D. Caldwell Hahn, and D. Rich Terrell

Cooper Ornithological Society

1999

The contents are as follows.

• Introduction - Michael L. Morrison, Linnea S. Hall, Scott K. Robinson, Stephen I. Rothstein, D. Caldwell Hahn, and Terrell D. Rich
• Section I: Cowbird ecology: factors affecting the abundance and distribution of cowbirds - Scott K. Robinson
• Review of the causes and implications of the association between cowbirds and livestock - Christopher B. Goguen and Nancy E. Mathews
• Managing riparian vegetation to control cowbirds - Cara A. Staab and Michael L. Morrison
• Cowbirds in a western valley: effects of landscape structure, vegetation, and host density - Joshua J. Tewksbury, Thomas E. Martin, Sallie J. Hejl, Timothy S. Redman, and F. Jeremy Wheeler
• Parasitism by Brown-headed Cowbirds in the shrubsteppe of eastern Washington - W. Matthew Vander Haegen and Brett Walker
• Habitat and landscape factors affecting cowbird distribution in the northern Rockies - Jock S. Young and Richard L. Hutto
• Use of different habitats by breeding Brown-headed Cowbirds in fragmented midwestern landscapes - Scott K. Robinson, Jeffrey D. Brawn, Solon F. Morse, and James R. Herkert
• The density and distribution of Brown-headed Cowbirds: the Central Coastal California enigma - Chris Farmer
• Landscape effects on cowbird occurrences in Michigan: implications to research needs in forests of the inland west - John M. Stribley and Jonathan B. Haufler
• Brown-headed Cowbirds in ponderosa pine/Douglas-fir-dominated landscapes in the northern Rocky Mountains - Sallie J. Hejl and Jock S. Young
• Scale dependence in the effects of forest coverage on parasitization by Brown-headed Cowbirds - W. M. Hochachka, T. E. Martin, V. Artman, C. R. Smith, S. J. Hejl, D. E. Andersen, D. Curson, L. Petit, N. Mathews, T. Donovan, E. E. Klaas, P. B. Wood, J. C. Manolis, K. P. McFarland, J. V. Nichols, J. C. Bednarz, D. M. Evans, J. P. Duguay, S. Garner, J. Tewksbury, K. L. Purcell, J. Faaborg, C. B. Goguen, C. Rimmer, R. Dettmers, M. Knutson, J. A. Collazo, L. Garner, D. Whitehead, and G. Geupel
• Past and present distribution of the Brown-headed Cowbird in the Rocky Mountain region - Jameson F. Chace and Alexander Cruz
• Distribution and abundance of Brown-headed Cowbirds in the wilderness of central Idaho - Anthony L. Wright
• Abundance and rates of brood parasitism by Brown-headed Cowbirds over an elevational gradient in the southern Sierra Nevada - Kathryn L. Purcell and Jared Verner
• Section II: The basis for cowbird management: host selection, impacts on hosts, and criteria for taking management action - James N. M. Smith
• Cowbird parasitism of Arizona Bell's Vireos (Vireo bellii arizonae) in a desert riparian landscape: implications for cowbird management and riparian restoration - Annalaura Averill-Murray, Suellen Lynn, and Michael L. Morrison
• What do demographic sensitivity analyses tell us about controlling Brown-headed Cowbirds? - John J. Citta and L. Scott Mills
• Lazuli Buntings and Brown-headed Cowbirds in Montana: a state-wide landscape analysis of potential sources and sinks - Erick Greene, Jennifer Jolivette, and Roland Redmond
• Demographic consequences of Brown-headed Cowbird parasitization of Lazuli Buntings - Erick Greene
• Assessing the impact of Brown-headed Cowbird parasitism in eight National Parks - Mary D. Halterman, Sarah Allen, and Stephen A. Laymon
• Impacts of Brown-Headed Cowbird parasitism on productivity of the endangered Least Bell's Vireo - Barbara E. Kus
• Costs of Brown-headed Cowbird parasitism to Willow Flycatchers - James A. Sedgwick and William M. Iko
• Range-wide impact of Brown-headed Cowbird parasitism on the South-western Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) - Mary J. Whitfield and Mark K. Sogge
• Importance of predation and brood parasitism on nest success in four sparrow species in southern Californian coastal sage scrub - Kevin Ellison
• Influence of landscape and cowbird parasitism on the reproductive success of Plumbeous Vireos breeding in Colorado - Jameson F. Chace and Alexander Cruz
• A spatial and genetic analysis of cowbird host selection - D. Caldwell Hahn, James A. Sedgwick, Ian S. Painter, and Nancy J. Casna
• Common Yellowthroat brood parasitism and nest success vary with host density and site characteristics - Hildie Spautz
• Cowbird removal programs as ecological experiments: measuring community-wide impacts of nest parasitism and predation - Krista L. De Groot, James N. M. Smith, and Mary J. Taitt
• Parasitism and egg puncture behavior by Bronzed and Brown-headed Cowbirds in sympatry - Brian D. Peer and Spencer G. Sealy
• A meta-analysis of the impact of parasitism by the Brown-headed Cowbird on its hosts - Janice C. Lorenzana and Spencer G. Sealy
• Section III: Cowbird control: the efficacy of long-term control and proposed alternatives to standard control practices - Linnea S. Hall and Stephen I. Rothstein
• Is Brown-headed Cowbird trapping effective for managing populations of the endangered Southwestern Willow Flycatcher? - Mary J. Whitfield, Kristen M. Enos, and Sean P. Rowe
• Effective landscape management of Brown-headed Cowbirds at Fort Hood, Texas - G. H. Eckrich, T E. Koloszar, and M. D. Goering
• The effects of prescribed burning and habitat edges on Brown-headed Cowbird parasitism of Red-winged Blackbirds - Ethan D. Clotfelter, Ken Yasukawa, and Richard D. Newsome
• Cowbird trapping in remote areas: alternative control measures may be more effective - Kirsten J. Winter and Sharon D. McKelvey
• Golden-cheeked Warbler fatality in a cowbird trap - Kristin K. Terpening -
• Literature cited

Demography of the Northern Spotted Owl: Proceedings of a Workshop, Fort Collins, Colorado, December 1993

Editors: Eric D Forsman, Stephen DeStefano, Martin G Rafael and RJ Gutierrez

Cooper Ornithological Society

1996

A collection of papers that discuss biology and distribution; methods for collecting and analyzing demographic data, the demography of the northern spotted owl ranging from Washington to Northwestern California; and the use, interpretation and implications of demographic analyses of Northern Spotted Owl populations. The contents are as follows.

• Biology and distribution of the Northern Spotted Owl - R. J. Gutiérrez
• History of demographic studies in the management of the Northern Spotted Owl - R. J. Gutiérrez, Eric D. Forsman, Alan B. Franklin, and E. Charles Meslow
• Methods for collecting and analyzing demographic data on the Northern Spotted Owl - Alan B. Franklin, David R. Anderson, Eric D. Forsman, Kenneth P. Burnham, and Frank W. Wagner
• Olympic Peninsula and east slope of the Cascade Range, Washington - Eric D. Forsman, Stan G. Sovern, D. Erran Seaman, Kevin J. Maurice, Margaret Taylor, and Joseph J. Zisa
• Salem District, Bureau of Land Management, Oregon - D. Scott Hopkins, Wayne D. Logan, and Eric D. Forsman
• H. J. Andrews Experimental Forest and vicinity, Oregon - Gary S. Miller, Stephen DeStefano, Keith A. Swindle, and E. Charles Meslow
• Siuslaw National Forest, Oregon - Eric D. Forsman, Peter J. Loschl, Raymond K. Forson, and Douglas K. Barrett
• Eugene District, Bureau of Land Management, Oregon - James A. Thrailkill, E. Charles Meslow, John P. Perkins, and Lawrence S. Andrews
• Roseburg District, Bureau of Land Management, Oregon - Janice A. Reid, Eric D. Forsman, and Joseph B. Lint
• Southern Cascades and Siskiyou Mountains, Oregon - Frank F. Wagner, E. Charles Meslow, Gregory M. Bennett, Chris J. Larson, Stephen M. Small, and Stephen DeStefano
• Coastal mountains of southwestern Oregon - Cynthia J. Zabel, Susan E. Salmons, and Mark Brown
• Northwestern California - Alan B. Franklin, R. J. Gutiérrez, Barry R. Noon, and James P. Ward, Jr.
• Meta-analysis of vital rates of the Northern Spotted Owl - Kenneth P. Burnham, David R. Anderson, and Gary C. White
• Use, interpretation, and implications of demographic analyses of Northern Spotted Owl populations - Martin G. Raphael, Robert G. Anthony, Stephen DeStefano, Eric D. Forsman, Alan B. Franklin, Richard Holthausen, E. Charles Meslow, and Barry R. Noon
• Literature cited
• Appendix: Symbols and Acronyms

The Northern goshawk: Ecology and management

Studies In Avian Biology 16

Editors: William M. Block, Michael L. Morrison, and M. Hildegard Reiser

1994

Proceedings of a symposium of the Cooper Ornithological Society, Sacramento, California, 14-15 April 1993. Contents:

• Introduction: William M. Block, Michael L. Morrison, and M. Hildegard Reiser
• Northern Goshawk ecology: effects of scale and levels of biological organization: John J. Keane and Michael L. Morrison
• Sustaining forest habitat for the Northern Goshawk: a question of scale: Russell T. Graham, Richard T. Reynolds, M. Hildegard Reiser, Richard L. Bassett, and Douglas A. Boyce
• Assessment of Goshawk nest area habitat using stand density index: Robert J. Lilieholm, James N. Long, and Susan Patla
• Northern Goshawk broadcast surveys: hawk response variables and survey cost: Suzanne M. Joy, Richard T. Reynolds, and Douglas G. Leslie
• A photographic and behavioral guide to aging nestling Northern Goshawks: Clint W. Boal
• Influence of site quality and stand density on Goshawk habitat in southwestern forests: Richard L. Bassett, Douglas A. Boyce, Jr., M. Hildegard Reiser, Russell T. Graham, and Richard T. Reynolds
• Macrohabitat selection by nesting Northern Goshawks: implications for managing eastern forests: Thomas Bosakowski and Robert Speiser
• Large-area Goshawk habitat modeling in Dixie National Forest using vegetation and elevation data: Carl Johansson, Perry J. Hardin, and Clayton M. White
• Habitat use by breeding male Northern Goshawks in northern Arizona: Donald J. Bright-Smith and R. William Mannan
• Home ranges and habitats of Northern Goshawks in eastern California: Christina D. Hargis, Clinton McCarthy, and Richard D. Perloff
• Post-fledging areas in Northern Goshawk home ranges: Patricia L. Kennedy, Johanna M. Ward, George A. Rinker, and James A. Gessaman
• Territory occupancy and habitat patch size of Northern Goshawks in the southern Cascades of California: Brian Woodbridge and Phillip J. Detrich
• Density and productivity of Northern Goshawks: implications for monitoring and management: Stephen DeStefano, Sonya K. Daw, Steven M. Desimone, and E. Charles Meslow
• Nesting habitat of Accipiter hawks: is body size a consistent predictor of nest habitat characteristics?: Melissa S. Siders and Patricia L. Kennedy
• Northern Goshawk diets in ponderosa pine forests on the Kaibab Plateau: Clint W. Boal and R. William Mannan
• Breeding biology of Northern Goshawks in northeastern Oregon: Evelyn L. Bull and Janet E. Hohmann
• Nest productivity, fidelity, and spacing of Northern Goshawks in Arizona: Richard T. Reynolds, Suzanne M. Joy, and Douglas G. Leslie
• Approaches to investigating food limitation hypotheses in raptor populations: an example using the Northern Goshawk: Johanna M. Ward and Patricia L. Kennedy
• Breeding ecology of the Northern Goshawk in high-elevation aspen forests of northern Nevada: James V. Younk and Marc J. Bechard
• Population responses of Northern Goshawks to the 10-year cycle in numbers of snowshoe hares: Frank I. Doyle and James M. N. Smith
• Territory fidelity, mate fidelity, and movements of color-marked Northern Goshawks in the southern Cascades of California: Phillip J. Detrich and Brian Woodbridge
• Survival of Northern Goshawks in the southern Cascades of California: Stephen DeStefano, Brian Woodbridge, and Phillip J. Detrich

A Century of Avifaunal Change in Western North America

Editor: Jehl, J. R., Jr. and N. K. Johnson

Cooper Ornithological Society

1994

The papers collected in the publication are;

• A century of avifaunal change in western North America: overview - Ned K. Johnson and Joseph R. Jehl, Jr.
• A century of avifaunal change in Alaska - Brina Kessel and Daniel D. Gibson
• The unlikely 18th century naturalists of Hudson's Bay - C. Stuart Houston
• Pioneering and natural expansion of breeding distributions in western North American birds - Ned K. Johnson
• Avifauna of the wetlands of Baja California, México: Current status - Barbara W. Massey and Eduardo Palacios
• Trends in nocturnal migrant landbird populations at Southeast Farallon Island, California, 1968-1992 - Peter Pyle, Nadav Nur, and David F. DeSante
• Avifaunal change on California's coastal islands - Dennis M. Power
• A chronology of ornithological exploration in the Hawaiian Islands, from Cook to Perkins - Storrs L. Olson and Helen F. James
• Avifaunal change in the Hawaiian Islands, 1893-1993 - H. Douglas Pratt
• Seabird population trends along the west coast of North America: causes and the extent of regional concordance - David G. Ainley, William J. Sydeman, Scott A. Hatch, and Ulrich W. Wilson
• A century of population trends of waterfowl in western North America - Richard C. Banks and Paul F. Springer
• Shorebirds in western North America: late 1800s to late 1900s - Gary W. Page and Robert E. Gill, Jr.
• Population trends and current status of selected western raptors - Clayton M. White
• Population trends in the landbirds of western North America - David F. DeSante and T. Luke George
• Changes in distribution patterns of select wintering North American birds from 1901 to 1989 - Terry L. Root and Jason D. Weckstein
• Historical changes in populations and perceptions of native pest bird species in the West - John M. Marzluff, Randall B. Boone, and George W. Cox
• Population trends of introduced birds in western North America - Richard F. Johnston and Kimball L. Garrett
• Human-induced changes in bird populations in coniferous forests in western North America during the past 100 years - Sallie J. Hejl
• Avian assemblages on altered grasslands - Fritz L. Knopf
• Changes in saline and alkaline lake avifaunas in western North America in the past 150 years - Joseph R. Jehl, Jr.
• The effects of human-induced changes on the avifauna of western riparian habitats - Robert D. Ohmart
• Evidence of changes in populations of the Marbled Murrelet in the Pacific Northwest - C. John Ralph
• Changes in the distribution and abundance of Spotted Owls during the past century - R. J. Gutiérrez
• The Cowbird's invasion of the Far West: history, causes and consequences experienced by host species - Stephen I. Rothstein
• Endemic Song Sparrows and Yellowthroats of San Francisco Bay - Joe T. Marshall and Kent G. Dedrick
• Endangered small landbirds of the western United States - Jonathan L. Atwood
• Preserving and restoring avian diversity: a search for solutions - J. Michael Scott

Auks at Sea

Editor: Spencer G. Sealy

Cooper Ornithological Society

1990

The papers collected in the publication are;

• Auks at sea: prospects for future research, Spencer G. Sealy
• The influence of hydrographic structure and prey abundance on foraging of Least Auklets, George L. Hunt, Jr., Nancy M. Harrison, and R. Ted Cooney
• Alcid patchiness and flight direction near a colony in eastern Newfoundland, David C. Schneider, Raymond Pierotti, and William Threlfall
• The aggregative response of Common Murres and Atlantic Puffins to schools of capelin, John F. Piatt
• Hot spots in cold water: feeding habitat selection by Thick-billed Murres, David K. Cairns and David C. Schneider
• Seabird diet at a front near the Pribilof Islands, Alaska, David C. Schneider, Nancy M. Harrison, and George L. Hunt, Jr.
• Winter observations of Black Guillemots in Hudson Bay and Davis Strait, Anthony J. Gaston and Peter L. McLaren
• Flexible time budgets in breeding Common Murres: buffers against variable prey abundance, Alan E. Burger and John F. Piatt
• Energy expenditures, activity budgets, and prey harvest of breeding Common Murres, David K. Cairns, William A. Montevecchi, Victoria L. Birt-Friesen, and Stephen A. Macko
• Daily foraging behavior of Marbled Murrelets, Harry R. Carter and Spencer G. Sealy
• Offshore distributional patterns, feeding habits, and adult-chick interactions of the Common Murre in Oregon, J. Michael Scott
• Movements of Ancient Murrelet broods away from a colony, David C. Duncan and Anthony J. Gaston
• Gelatinous zooplankton in the diet of the Parakeet Auklet: comparisons with other auklets, Nancy M. Harrison
• The winter diet of Thick-billed Murres in coastal Newfoundland waters, Richard D. Elliot, Pierre C. Ryan, and Wayne W. Lidster
• Physical and biological determinants of the abundance, distribution, and diet of the Common Murre in Monterey Bay, California, Donald A. Croll
• Decline of the Common Murre in Central California, 1980-1986, Jean E. Takekawa, Harry R. Carter, and Thomas E. Harvey
• Numbers of seabirds killed or debilitated in the 1986 Apex Houston oil spill in Central California, Gary W. Page, Harry R. Carter, and R. Glenn Ford
• Differential responses of Common and Thick-Billed Murres to a crash in the capelin stock in the southern Barents Sea, W. Vader, R. T. Barrett, K. E. Erikstad and K.-B. Strann

Avian Foraging: Theory, Methodology, and Applications

Editors: M.L. Morrison, C.J. Ralph, J. Verner, and J.R. Jehi, Jr.

Cooper Ornithological Society

1990

Contents;

• Introduction - M. L. Morrison, C. J. Ralph, and J. Verner
• Quantifying food resources in avian studies: present problems and future needs. - K. G. Smith and J. T. Rotenberry - Quantification of Resources
• Ecological and evolutionary impact of bird predation on forest insects: an overview - R. T. Holmes
• Predation by birds and ants on two forest insect pests in the Pacific Northwest - T. R. Torgersen, R. R. Mason, and R. W. Campbell
• Measuring the availability of food resources - R. L. Hutto
• Arthropod sampling methods in ornithology - R. J. Cooper and R. C. Whitmore
• Food availability for an insectivore and how to measure it - H. Wolda
• Quantifying bird predation of arthropods in forests - D. L. Dahlsten, W. A. Cooper, D. L. Rowney, and P. K. Kleintjes
• Factors influencing Brown Creeper (Certhia americana) abundance patterns in the southern Washington Cascade Range - J. M. Mariani and D. A. Manuwal
• Food resources of understory birds in central Panama: quantification and effects on avian populations - J. R. Karr and J. D. Brawn
• Spatial variation of invertebrate abundance within the canopies of two Australian eucalypt forests - J. D. Majer, H. F. Recher, W. S. Perriman, and N. Achuthan
• Quantifying abundance of fruits for birds in tropical habitats - J. G. Blake, B. A. Loiselle, T. C. Moermond, D. J. Levey, and J. S. Denslow - Quantification of Diets
• Approaches to avian diet analysis - K. V. Rosenberg and R. J. Cooper
• Diets of understory fruit-eating birds in Costa Rica: seasonality and resource abundance - B. A. Loiselle and J. G. Blake
• Dietary similarity among insectivorous birds: influence of taxonomic versus ecological categorization of prey - R. J. Cooper, P. J. Martinat, and R. C. Whitmore
• Foraging and nectar use in nectarivorous bird communities - B. G. Collins, J. Grey, and S. McNee
• Biological considerations for study design - M. G. Raphael and B. A. Maurer
• Analytical considerations for study design - B. R. Noon and W. M. Block - Observations, Sample Sizes, and Biases
• Food exploitation by birds: some current problems and future goals - D. H. Morse
• A classification scheme for foraging behavior of birds in terrestrial habitats - J. V. Remsen, Jr. and S. K. Robinson
• Proportional use of substrates by foraging birds: model considerations on first sightings and subsequent observations - G. W. Bell, S. J. Hejl, and J. Verner
• Sequential versus initial observations in studies of avian foraging - S. J. Hejl, J. Verner, and G. W. Bell
• Analysis of the foraging ecology of eucalypt forest birds: sequential versus single-point observations - H. F. Recher and V. Gebski
• Use of radiotracking to study foraging in small terrestrial birds - P. L. Williams
• Influence of sample size on interpretations of foraging patterns by Chest-nut-backed Chickadees - L. A. Brennan and M. L. Morrison
• Precision, confidence, and sample size in the quantification of avian foraging behavior - L. J. Petit, D. R. Petit, and K. G. Smith
• Interobserver differences in recording foraging behavior of Fuscous Honeyeaters - H. A. Ford, L. Bridges, and S. Noske - Intraspecific, Spatial, and Temporal Variation
• Within-season and yearly variations in avian foraging locations - S. J. Hejl and J. Verner
• The importance and consequences of temporal variation in avian foraging behavior - D. B. Miles
• Seasonal differences in foraging habitat of cavity-nesting birds in the southern Washington Cascades - R. W. Lundquist and D. A. Manuwal
• Yearly variation in resource-use behavior by ponderosa pine forest birds - R. C. Szaro, J. D. Brawn, and R. P. Balda
• Variation in the foraging behaviors of two flycatchers: associations with stage of the breeding cycle - H. F. Sakai and B. R. Noon
• Seasonal changes in foraging behavior of three passerines in Australian eucalyptus woodland - H. A. Ford, L. Huddy, and H. Bell
• Geographic variation in foraging ecology of North American insectivorous birds - D. R. Petit, K. E. Petit, and L. J. Petit
• Geographic variation in foraging ecologies of breeding and nonbreeding birds in oak woodlands - W. M. Block
• Sex, age, intraspecific dominance status, and the use of food by birds wintering in temperate-deciduous and cold-coniferous woodlands: a review - T. C. Grubb, Jr., and M. S. Woodrey
• Effects of unknown sex in analyses of foraging behavior - J. M. Hanowski and G. J. Niemi
• Differences in the foraging behavior of individual Gray-breasted Jay flock members - L. M. McKean - Analytical Methods
• Use of Markov chains in analyses of foraging behavior - M. G. Raphael
• A comparison of three multivariate statistical techniques for the analysis of avian foraging data - D. B. Miles
• An exploratory use of correspondence analysis to study relationships between avian foraging behavior and habitat - E. B. Moser, W. C. Barrow, Jr., and R. B. Hamilton
• Analyzing foraging use versus availability using regression techniques - K. M. Dodge, R. C. Whitmore, and E. J. Harner
• Analyzing foraging and habitat use through selection functions - L. L. McDonald, B. F. J. Manly, and C. M. Raley
• Specialist or generalist: avian response to spatial and temporal changes in resources - H. F. Recher
• When are birds dietarily specialized? Distinguishing ecological from evolutionary approaches - T. W. Sherry
• Behavioral plasticity of foraging maneuvers of migratory warblers: multiple selection periods for niches? - T. E. Martin and J. R. Karr
• Dead-leaf foraging specialization in tropical forest birds: measuring resource availability and use - K. V. Rosenberg
• Bird predation on periodical cicadas in Ozark forests: ecological release for other canopy arthropods? - F. M. Stephen, G. W. Wallis, and K. G. Smith
• Influence of periodical cicadas on foraging behavior of insectivorous birds in an Ozark forest - C. J. Kellner, K. G. Smith, N. C. Wilkinson, and D. A. James
• The influence of food shortage on interspecific niche overlap and foraging behavior of three species of Australian warblers (Acanthizidae) - H. L. Bell and H. A. Ford
• Studies of foraging behavior: central to understanding the ecological consequences of variation in food abundance - R. L. Hutto - Energetics of Foraging
• Digestion in birds: chemical and physiological determinants and ecological implications - W. H. Karasov
• Birds and mammals on an insect diet: A primer on diet composition analysis in relation to ecological energetics - G. P. Bell
• Energetics of activity and free living in birds - D. L. Goldstein - Behavioral and Theoretical Considerations
• A functional approach to foraging: morphology, behavior, and the capacity to exploit - T. C. Moermond
• Ecological plasticity, neophobia, and resource use in birds - R. Greenberg
• Food availability, migratory behavior, and population dynamics of terrestrial birds during the nonreproductive season - S. B. Terrill
• Foraging theory: up, down, and sideways - D. W. Stephens
• Extensions of optimal foraging theory for insectivorous birds: implications for community structure - B. A. Maurer
• Meeting the assumptions of foraging models: an example using tests of avian patch choice - J. B. Dunning, Jr.
• Literature cited

Biology of the Eared Grebe and Wilson's Phalarope in the Nonbreeding Season : A Study of Adaptations to Saline Lakes

Joseph R. Jehl, Jr.

Cooper Ornithological Society

1988

Contents;

• Introduction
• Eared Grebe
• Methods
• The Annual Cycle at Mono Lake
• Chronology
• Composition of the population
• Size of the Mono Lake flock
• Annual variation
• Behavior
• Distribution
• Daily movements
• Water use
• Interactions
• Food and Foraging
• Food
• Foraging behavior
• The ingestion of feathers
• Energetics
• Mass
• Molt
• Flightlessness
• Mortality
• Seasonal pattern
• Sources and extent of mortality
• Migration
• Departure from Mono Lake
• Other staging areas
• Winter range
• Migration routes
• Wilson's Phalarope
• Methods
• The Annual Cycle at Mono Lake
• Chronology
• Composition of the population
• Size of the Mono Lake flock
• Annual variation
• Behavior
• Distribution and daily movements
• Hyperphagia
• Roosts
• Use of fresh water
• Interactions
• Food and Foraging
• Food
• Foraging behavior
• Mass
• Sampling
• Molt
• Mortality
• Migration
• Departure from Mono Lake
• Concentration points
• The number of Wilson's Phalaropes
• Migration routes: a synthesis
• Flight range
• The Use of Saline Lakes
• Epilogue
• Acknowledgments
• Literature Cited
  Appendices
  
• Eared Grebe populations at Mono Lake, California, 1981-1987
• Mortality patterns of Eared Grebes at Mono Lake, California, 1982-1984, based on beached-bird surveys
• Size and age composition of Wilson's Phalarope populations at Mono Lake, California, Lake Abert, Oregon, and Great Salt Lake, Utah, 1980-1987
• Status of Wilson's Phalaropes in fall and winter migration in Middle and South America
• The fall migration of Wilson's Phalaropes: evidence from museum collections

Bird Communities at Sea off California: 1975 to 1983

K.T Briggs, W.B. Tyler, D.B. Lewis, and D.R. Carlson

Cooper Ornithological Society

1987

Contents;

• Introduction
• Methods
• Sampling Plan and Coverage at Sea
• Observation Protocols
• Shoreline Methods and Coverage
• Environmental Data
• Analyses
• Oceanography of the Study Area
• Bathymetry
• General Characteristics of Surface Waters
• Upwelling
• Important Mesoscale Features
• Results
• Seabird Numbers and Status: Species Accounts
• Seabird Density and Biomass
• Diversity and Species Composition
• Associations Between Species
• Spatial Scales of Aggregation
• Seabird Habitats
• Scales of Variation in Surface Temperature
• Discussion
• Variation in Biomass and Abundance
• Community Composition and Diversity
• Species Associations
• Seabird Habitats and Habitat Choice
• Acknowledgments
• Literature Cited