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Volumes 21 to 30

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

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Fire and Avian Ecology in North America Editors: V. A. Saab and D. W. Powell Studies In Avian Biology 30 Cooper Ornithological Society 2005	Buy from amazon.co.uk

Monitoring Bird Populations Using Mist Nets Editors: C. John Ralph and Erica H. Dunn Studies In Avian Biology 29 Cooper Ornithological Society 2004 Contents: Use of mist nets as a tool for bird population monitoring - Erica H. Dunn and C. John Ralph Effects of mist-netting frequency on capture rates at Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) stations - Kenneth M. Burton and David F. DeSante Monitoring productivity with multiple mist-net stations - C. John Ralph, Kimberly Hollinger, and Sherri L. Miller Influence of mist-netting intensity on demographic investigations of avian populations - Grant Ballard, Geoffrey R. Geupel, and Nadav Nur Methodological considerations of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship(MAPS) Program - David F. DeSante, James F. Saracco, Danielle R. O'Grady, Kenneth M. Burton, and Brett L. Walker Current practices in the British Trust for Ornithology Constant Effort Sites scheme and comparisons of temporal changes in mist-net captures with changes in spot-mapping counts at the extensive scale - Will J. Peach, Stephen R. Baillie, and Stephen T. Buckland Relationship of juveniles captured in constant-effort netting with local abundance - Chris R. du Feu and John M. McMeeking Estimates of adult survival, capture probability, and recapture probability: evaluating and validating constant-effort mist netting - Nadav Nur, Geoffrey R. Geupel, and Grant Ballard Estimating adult survival rates from between-year recaptures in the British Trust for Ornithology Constant Effort Sites scheme - Will J. Peach and Stephen R. Baillie A European example of standardized mist netting in population studies of birds - Andreas Kaiser and Peter Berthold Determining productivity indices from age composition of migrants captured for banding: problems and possible solutions - David J. T. Hussell An investigation of productivity indices derived from banding of fall migrants - Erica H. Dunn, David J. T. Hussell, and Raymond J. Adams Optimizing the allocation of count days in a migration monitoring program - Len Thomas, Geoffrey R. Geupel, Nadav Nur, and Grant Ballard Use of mist nets for monitoring landbird autumn population trends, and comparison with other methods - Peter Berthold A comparison of three count methods for monitoring songbird abundance during spring migration: capture, census, and estimated totals - Erica H. Dunn, David J. T. Hussell, Charles M. Francis, and Jon D. McCracken A comparison of constant-effort mist netting results at a coastal and inland New England site during migration - Christopher C. Rimmer, Steven D. Faccio, Trevor L. Lloyd-Evans, and John M. Hagan, III Mist netting trans-Gulf migrants at coastal stopover sites: the infl uence of spatial and temporal variability on capture data - Theodore R. Simons, Frank R. Moore, and Sidney A. Gauthreaux Bird population studies in Puerto Rico using mist nets: general patterns and comparisons with point counts - John Faaborg, Wayne J. Arendt, and Katie M. Dugger Coping with mist-net capture-rate bias: canopy height and several extrinsic factors - Elizabeth P. Mallory, Nicholas Brokaw, and Steven C. Hess Use of mist nets for study of neotropical bird communities - Andrew A. Whitman Some consequences of using counts of birds banded as indices to populations - John R. Sauer and William A. Link On the use of capture–recapture models in mist-net studies - William L. Kendall, John R. Sauer, James D. Nichols, Roger Pradel, and James E. Hines Effectiveness of informal banding training at three western Canadian banding stations - Brenda C. Dale Recommendations for the use of mist nets for inventory and monitoring of bird populations - C. John Ralph, Erica H. Dunn, Will J. Peach, and Colleen M. Handel

Noncooperative Breeding in the California Scrub-Jay William J. Carmen Studies In Avian Biology 28 Cooper Ornithological Society 2004 From the abstract: "I studied the ecology, behavior, and demography of the noncooperatively breeding Western Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma calfornica calfornica) in central coastal California. Cooperative breeding is ancestral in Aphelocoma jays and its loss in Western Scrub-Jays presents an opportunity for appropriate phylogenetic and ecological comparisons within the genus to identify key factors selecting for the alternative social systems. My intent was to gather comparative data to test several models for the evolution and maintenance of delayed dispersal and group living in birds, which were developed from long-term studies of cooperative breeders, including the closely related Florida Scrub-Jay (A. coerulescens) and Mexican Jay (A. ultramarina). The fundamental result of these comparisons is that models for the evolution of delayed dispersal and group living in birds fail as general explanations when floating is ignored or treated as a one-dimensional phenomenon. Factors that lead to delayed dispersal in cooperative species are known to be complex and may differ substantially among species and populations, and even among individuals within populations and groups. Conditions leading to early dispersal and floating may be equally complex. Clearly, opportunities for independent breeding are constrained in both cooperative and noncooperative populations. What then makes early dispersal and floating the preferred strategy in Western Scrub-Jays? Several factors play a part, including (1) the interplay between the pattern of habitat quality and acorn production, (2) the varied behaviors floaters may employ to exploit these resources and acquire breeding space, (3) the behavioral interactions between territorial jays and floaters, and (4) the ability of floaters to settle on low-quality territories and then, as breeders, to move and improve the quality of their territories."

Ecology and Conservation of Birds of the Salton Sink: An Endangered Ecosystem Editors: W. David Shuford and Kathy C. Molina Studies In Avian Biology 27 Cooper Ornithological Society 2004	Buy from amazon.co.uk

Ecology and Conservation of the Willow Flycatcher Editors: Mark K. Sogge, Barbara E. Kus, Susan J. Sferra, and Mary J. Whitfield Studies In Avian Biology 26 Cooper Ornithological Society 2003	Buy from amazon.co.uk

Effects of Habitat Fragmentation on Birds in Western Landscapes: Contrasts with Paradigms from the Eastern United States Editors: T. Luke George and David S. Dobkin Studies In Avian Biology 25 Cooper Ornithological Society 2002 The contents are as follows. Introduction: Habitat fragmentation and western birds - T Luke George and David S. Dobkin A multi-scale perspective of the effects of forest fragmentation on birds in eastern forests - Frank R. Thompson, III, Therese M. Donovan, Richard M. DeGraaf, John Faaborg, and Scott K. Robinson What is habitat fragmentation - Alan B. Franklin, Barry R. Noon, and T Luke George Habitat edges and avian ecology: geographic patterns and insights for western landscapes - Thomas D. Sisk and James Battin Effects of fire and post-fire salvage logging on avian communities in conifer-dominated forests of the western United States - Natasha B. Kotliar, Sallie J. Hejl, Richard L. Hutto, Victoria A. Saab, Cynthia P Melcher, and Mary E. McFadzen Geographic variation in cowbird distribution, abundance, and parasitism - Michael L. Morrison and D. Caldwell Hahn Effects of forest fragmentation on brood parasitism and nest predation in eastern and western landscapes - John F. Cavitt and Thomas E. Martin Effects of forest fragmentation on tanager and thrush species in eastern and western North America - Ralph S. Hames, Kenneth V. Rosenberg, James D. Lowe, Sara E. Barker, and André A. Dhondt The effects of habitat fragmentation on birds in coast redwood forests - T. Luke George and Arriana Brand Effects of habitat fragmentation on birds in the coastal coniferous forests of the Pacific Northwest - David A. Manuwal and Naomi J. Manuwal Birds and changing landscape patterns in conifer forests of the north-central Rocky Mountains - Sallie J. Hejl, Diane Evans Mack, Jock S. Young, James C. Bednarz, and Richard L. Hutto Effects of habitat fragmentation on passerine birds breeding in intermountain shrubsteppe - Steven T Knick and John T. Rotenberry Habitat fragmentation effects on birds in southern California: contrast to the "top-down" paradigm - Douglas T Bolger Effects of anthropogenic fragmentation and livestock grazing on western riparian bird communities - Joshua J. Tewksbury, Anne E. Black, Nadav Nur, Victoria A. Saab, Brian D. Logan, and David S. Dobkin Spotted Owls, forest fragmentation, and forest heterogeneity - Alan B. Franklin and R. J. Gutiérrez Effects of forest fragmentation on populations of the Marbled Murrelet - Martin G. Raphael, Diane Evans Mack, John M. Marzluff, and John M. Luginbuhl Literature Cited	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Mountain White-Crowned Sparrow: Migration and Reproduction at High Altitude Martin L. Morton Studies In Avian Biology 24 Cooper Ornithological Society 2002 The contents are as follows. Abstract Preface Chapter 1: Introduction The zonotrichia Features of montane environments The study area Chapter 2: Migration arrival Arrival schedule Altitudinal movements Foraging Chapter 3: Social system snd behavior Territory establishment Pairing Between-year breeding dispersal Copulations Mate guarding Mate switching Mates per lifetime Age of mates Floaters Polygyny Aggression Vocalizations Chapter 4: Demography Life table Age structure of breeding population Chapter 5: Gonadal condition Gonadal changes Incubation (brood) patch Role of environmental cues in annual cycles Photoperiod effects Non-photoperiod effects Gonadal hormones Chapter 6: Body size and body condition Wing length and sex Wing length and age Seasonal changes in body mass Daily changes in body mass Chapter 7: Nests and eggs Nests Egg laying Description of eggs Egg dimensions Egg volume Weight loss of eggs during incubation Clutch size Incubation Chapter 8: Nestlings and fledglings Hatching Brood reduction Hatching asynchrony Sex ratio Cowbird parasitism Provisioning rates Nest sanitation Patterns of parental care Growth and thermoregulation in nestlings Natal dispersal Chapter 9: Nest failure Predation Desertion Storms Renesting Chapter 10: Reproductive success Annual reproductive success of nests Annual reproductive success of individuals Lifetime reproductive success Snow conditions Chapter 11: Late-season events Gonadal photorefractoriness Molt Timing of seasonal breeding Premigratory fattening Migration departure The stimulus for migration Stopover migrants and the migration schedule Chapter 12: Concluding remarks Acknowledgments Literature Cited	Buy from amazon.co.uk

Geographic Variation in Size and Shape of Savannah Sparrows (Passerculus sandwichensis) James D. Rising Studies In Avian Biology 23 Cooper Ornithological Society 2001 The contents are as follows. Abstract Introduction Materials and methods Results Non-saltmarsh savannah sparrows Univariate analyses of size Principal components analysis Discriminant functions analysis Correlations between environmental variables and size Canonical correlations and redundancy analysis Saltmarsh savannah sparrows Males Females Discussion Conclusions Taxonomic comments Eastern savannah sparrows Western savannah sparrows Saltmarsh savannah sparrows Acknowledgments Literature cited Appendix 1-measurements and sample statistics for males Appendix 2-measurements and sample statistics for females

Evolution, Ecology, Conservation, and Management of Hawaiian Birds: A Vanishing Avifauna Editors: J. M. Scott, S. Conant, and C. Van Riper, III Studies In Avian Biology 22 Cooper Ornithological Society 2001 The contents are as follows. Introduction - J. Michael Scott, Sheila Conant, and Charles van Riper, III Introduction - Charles van Riper, III, Sheila Conant, and J. Michael Scott How many bird species in Hawaii and the Central Pacific before first contact? - John Curnutt and Stuart Pimm Patterns of success among introduced birds in the Hawaiian Islands - Michael P. Moulton, Karl E. Miller, and Eric A. Tillman Introduction - Helen F James Molecular systematics and biogeography of the Hawaiian avifauna - Robert C. Fleischer and Carl E. McIntosh Evolutionary relationships and conservation of the Hawaiian anatids - Judith M. Rhymer The interplay of species concepts, taxonomy, and conservation: lessons from the Hawaiian avifauna - H. Douglas Pratt and Thane K. Pratt Why the Hawaii Creeper is an Oreomystis: what phenotypic characters reveal about the phylogeny of Hawaiian honeycreepers - H. Douglas Pratt Phylogenetic placement of the Po'ouli, Melamprosops phaeosoma, based on mitochondrial DNA sequence and osteological characters - Robert C. Fleischer, Cheryl L. Tarr, Helen F. James, Beth Slikas, and Carl E. McIntosh Introduction - J. Michael Scott and Charles van Riper, III The status and population trends of the Newell's Shearwater on Kauai: insights from modeling - David G. Ainley, Richard Podolsky, Leah Deforest, Gregory Spencer, and Nadav Nur Migration of Northern Pintail across the Pacific with reference to the Hawaiian Islands - Miklos D. F Udvardy and Andrew Engilis, Jr. The Hawaii rare bird search 1994-1996 - Michelle H. Reynolds and Thomas J. Snetsinger Status and distribution of the Po'ouli in the Hanaw? Natural Area Reserve between December 1995 and June 1997 - Paul E. Baker Introduction - Sheila Conant Drepanidine movements in relation to food availability in subalpine woodland on Mauna Kea, Hawaii - Steven C. Hess, Paul C. Banko, Michelle H. Reynolds, Gregory J. Brenner, Leona P Laniawe, and James D. Jacobi Breeding productivity and survival of the endangered Hawaii Creeper in a wet forest refuge on Mauna Kea, Hawaii - Bethany L. Woodworth, Jay T Nelson, Erik J. Tweed, Steven G. Fancy, Michael P. Moore, Emily B. Cohen, and Mark S. Collins Significance of old-growth forest to the Hawaii 'Akepa - Leonard A. Freed Demographic comparisons between high and low density populations of Hawaii 'Akepa - Patrick J. Hart Breeding characteristics of the 'Akohekohe on east Maui - Ellen M. VanGelder and Thomas B. Smith Akohekohe response to flower availability: seasonal abundance, foraging, breeding, and molt - Kim E. Berlin, John C. Simon, Thane K. Pratt, James R. Kowalsky, and Jeff S. Hatfield Age-related diet differences in two nectar-feeding Drepanidines: the 'Akohekohe and the 'Apapane - John H. Carothers Introduction - J. Michael Scott and Charles van Riper, III Limiting factors affecting Hawaiian native birds - Charles van Riper, III, and J. Michael Scott Habitat use and limiting factors in a population of Hawaiian Dark-rumped Petrels on Mauna Loa, Hawaii - Darcy Hu, Catherine Glidden, Jill S. Lippert, Lena Schnell, James S. Maclvor, and Julian Meisler Interaction between the Hawaiian Dark-rumped Petrel and the Argentine ant in Haleakal? National Park, Maui, Hawaii - Paul D. Krushelnycky, Cathleen S. N. Hodges, Arthur C. Medeiros, and Lloyd L. Loope Distribution and potential impacts of avian poxlike lesions in 'Elepaio at Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge - Eric A. VanderWerf Immunogenetics and resistance to avian malaria in Hawaiian honeycreepers (Drepanidinae) - Susan I. Jarvi, Carter T. Atkinson, and Robert C. Fleischer Changes in native and introduced bird populations on O'ahu: infectious diseases and species replacement - Cherie Shehata, Leonard Freed, and Rebecca L. Cann What caused the population decline of the Bridled White-eye on Rota, Mariana Islands? - Steven G. Fancy and Thomas J. Snetsinger The evolution of passerine life histories on oceanic islands, and its implications for the dynamics of population decline and recovery - Bertram G. Murray, Jr. Newly emergent and future threats of alien species to Pacific birds and ecosystems - Lloyd L. Loope, Francis G. Howarth, Frederick Kraus, and Thane K. Pratt Introduction - J. Michael Scott and Sheila Conant Effects of predator control on the survival and breeding success of the endangered Hawaiian Dark-rumped Petrel - Cathleen S. Natividad Hodges and Ronald J. Nagata, Sr. Foraging behavior and temporal use of grasslands by N?n?: implications for management - Friederike Woog and Jeffrey M. Black An ecosystem-based management approach to enhancing endangered water-bird habitat on a military base - Diane Drigot Why isn't the Nihoa Millerbird extinct? - Sheila Conant and Marie Morin Reintroduction and translocation of '?ma'o: a comparison of methods - Steven G. Fancy, Jay T. Nelson, Peter Harrity, Jope Kuhn, Marla Kuhn, Cyndi Kuehler, and Jon G. Giffin Restoration techniques for Hawaiian forest birds: collection of eggs, artificial incubation and hand-rearing of chicks, and release to the wild - Cyndi Kuehler, Alan Lieberman, Peter Harrity, Maria Kuhn, Jope Kuhn, Barbara Mcllraith, and John Turner Conservation status and recovery strategies for endemic Hawaiian birds - Paul C. Banko, Reginald E. David, James D. Jacobi, and Winston E. Banko Evaluating the cost of saving native Hawaiian birds - William W. M. Steiner Literature cited	Buy from amazon.co.uk

Avian Research at the Savannah River Site: A Model for Integrating Basic Research and Long-Term Management Editors: J. B. Dunning, Jr. and J. C. Kilgo Studies In Avian Biology 21 Cooper Ornithological Society 2000 The contents are as follows. Integrating basic research and long-term management: a case study using avian research at the Savannah River Site - John B. Dunning, Jr., and John C. Kilgo The Savannah River Site: site description, land use, and management history - David L. White and Karen F. Gaines Early avian research at the Savannah River Site: historical highlights and possibilities for the future - J. Michael Meyers and Eugene P. Odum Historical winter status of three upland Ammodramus sparrows in South Carolina - Douglas B. McNair and William Post Integration of research with long-term monitoring: breeding Wood Ducks on the Savannah River Site - Robert A. Kennamer and Gary R. Hepp Mitigation for the endangered Wood Stork on the Savannah River Site - A. L. Bryan, Jr., M. C. Couler, and I. L. Brisbin, Jr. Long-term studies of radionuclide contamination of migratory waterfowl at the Savannah River Site: implications for habitat management and nuclear waste site remediation - I. Lehr Brisbin, Jr., and Robert A. Kennamer Integration of long-term research into a GIS-based landscape habitat model for the Red-cockaded Woodpecker - Kathleen E. Franzreb and F. Thomas Lloyd Studying wildlife at local and landscape scales: Bachman's Sparrows at the Savannah River Site - John B. Dunning, Jr., Brent J. Danielson, Bryan D. Watts, Jianguo Liu, and David G. Krementz Effects of long-term forest management on a regional avifauna - John C. Kilgo, Kathleen E. Franzreb, Sidney A. Gauthreaux, Jr., Karl V. Miller, and Brian R. Chapman Fifty years of ornithological coverage at SRS: what species and groups have fallen through the cracks? - D. Archibald McCallum, Sherry Leatherman, and John J. Mayer People and decisions: meeting the information needs of managers - John Blake and Elizabeth LeMaster Designing and presenting avian research to facilitate integration with management - Christopher E. Moorman Integrating long-term avian studies with planning and adaptive management: Department of Energy lands as a case study - Joanna Burger An approach to quantifying long-term habitat change on managed forest lands - Paul B. Hamel and John B. Dunning, Jr. Rising importance of the landscape perspective: an area of collaboration between managers and researchers - Brian K. Pilcher and John B. Dunning, Jr. The mesopredator release hypothesis: integrating landbird management with ecological theory - Christopher M. Rogers and Stephen B. Heard Coordinating short-term projects into an effective research program: effects of site preparation methods on bird communities in pine plantations - John C. Kilgo, Karl V. Miller, and William F. Moore Avian studies at the Savannah River Site - Eugene P. Odum Literature cited