The Condor 1997 - Abstracts

The Condor 1997
TitleSubjectAuthors
Absence of locomotor-respiratory coupling during simulated descending flight in the cackling Canada goose.Biological sciencesRichard Stephenson, Tim Jarsky
A comparison of two bird survey techniques used in a subtropical forest.Biological sciencesAndrew A. Whitman, John M. Hagan III, Nicholas V.L. Brokaw
A new application for transponders in population ecology of the Common Tern.Biological sciencesPeter H. Becker, Helmut Wendeln
Aquatic community characteristics influence the foraging patterns of tree swallows.Biological sciencesJohn P. McCarty
A technique for dorsal subcutaneous implantation of heart rate biotelemetry transmitters in black ducks: application in an aircraft noise response study.Biological sciencesCraig A. Harms, W. James Fleming, Michael K. Stoskopf
At-sea density monitoring of Marbled Murrelets in Central California: methodological considerations.Biological sciencesSteven R. Beissinger, Benjamin H. Becker, Harry R. Carter
Avian nest success in relation to past grazing regimes in a montane riparian system.Biological sciencesPeter B. Stacey, Elisabeth M. Ammon
Behavior of Cackling Canada Geese during brood rearing.Biological sciencesCraig R. Ely, Ada C. Fowler
Bias associated with diet samples in Audouin's Gulls.Biological sciencesJacob Gonzalez-Solis, Daniel Oro, Vittorio Pedrocchi, Lluis Jover, Xavier Ruiz
Biased detection of bird vocalizations affects comparisons of bird abundance among forested habitats.Biological sciencesJim Schieck
Bird-habitat relationships in a vegetational gradient in the Andes of Central Chile.Biological sciencesCristian F. Estades
Body composition of the European Barn Owl during the nonbreeding period.Biological sciencesYves Handrich, Sylvie Massemin, Rene Groscolas
Brood parasitism, nest predation, and season-long reproductive success of a tropical island endemic.Biological sciencesBethany L. Woodworth
Changes in King penguin breeding cycle in response to food availability.Biological sciencesOlof Olsson
Characteristics and competition for nest cavities in burrowing Procellariiformes.Biological sciencesJaime A. Ramos, Luis R. Monteiro, Encarnacion Sola, Zita Moniz
Characteristics of nesting areas used by San Clemente Island sage sparrows.Biological sciencesDavid W. Willey
Circulating prolactin of incubating male Wilson's Phalaropes corresponds to clutch size and environmental stress.Biological sciencesLewis W. Oring, David J. Delehanty, Albert J. Fivizzani, Mohamed E. Halawani El
Comparative analysis of the vocalizations of hylorchilus wrens.Biological sciencesHector Gomez De Silva
Comparison of pellets versus collected birds for sampling diets of Double-crested Cormorants.Biological sciencesJames R. Lovvorn, Clayton E. Derby
Cooperative breeding in Gray Jays: philopatric offspring provision juvenile siblings.Biological sciencesThomas A. Waite, Dan Strickland
Cultural evolution in the Eurasian Tree Sparrow: divergence between introduced and ancestral populations.Biological sciencesJon C. Barlow, Anthony L. Lang
Digestion of chitin by Northern Bobwhites and American Robins.Biological sciencesWilliam H. Karasov, Jennifer Weiser, Adam Porth, David Mertens
Diurnal and nocturnal visual function in two tactile foraging waterbirds: the American white ibis and the black skimmer.Biological sciencesRaymond McNeil, Luz Marina Rojas, Therese Cabana
Diurnal variation of metabolic responses to short-term fasting in passerine birds during the postbreeding, molting and migratory period.Biological sciencesLukas Jenni, Susanne Jenni-Eiermann
Diving depths of two tropical pelecaniformes: the red-tailed tropicbird and the red-footed booby.Biological sciencesMatthieu Le Corre
Do blood parasites affect paternity, provisioning and mate-guarding in Purple Martins?Biological sciencesRichard H. Wagner, Eugene S. Morton, Malcolm D. Schug, Priya Davider
Do the contents of barn owl pellets accurately represent the proportion of prey species in the field?Biological sciencesYoram Yom-Tov, David Wool
Ecological consequences of nest site fidelity in black brant.Biological sciencesJames S. Sedinger, Mark S. Lindberg
Effectiveness, biases and mortality in the use of apomorphine for determining the diet of Granivorous Passerines.Biological sciencesFrancisco Valera, Jose E. Gutierrez, Rafael Barrios
Effect of egg covering and habitat on nest destruction by house wrens.Biological sciencesDouglas W. White, E. Dale Kennedy
Effect of incubation body mass on reproductive success and survival of two European diving ducks: a test of the nutrient limitation hypothesis.Biological sciencesRobert G. Clark, Peter Blums, Aivars Mednis
Effects of caching on acorn tannin levels and blue jay dietary performance.Biological sciencesMark D. Dixon, W. Carter Johnson, Curtis S. Adkisson
Effects of nest parasitism by the brown-headed cowbird on nesting success of the California gnatcatcher.Biological sciencesGerald T. Braden, Robert L. McKernan, Shawn M. Powell
Effects of oiling on feeding behavior of Sanderlings and Semipalted Plovers in New Jersey.Biological sciencesJoanna Burger
Effects of small forest openings on the breeding bird community in a Vermont hardwood forest.Biological sciencesStephen H. Vessey, David E. Capen, Stephen S. Germaine
Effects of Spring environment on nesting phenology and clutch size of Black Brant.Biological sciencesPaul L. Flint, James S. Sedinger, Mark S. Lindberg
Effects of the Exxon Valdez oil spill on habitat use by birds along the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska.Biological sciencesRobert H. Day, John A. Wiens, Stephen M. Murphy, Gregory D. Hayward, E. James Harner, Brian E. Lawhead
Effects of the Exxon Valdez oil spill surveys in Prince William Sound, Alaska.Biological sciencesRobert H. Day, Keith R. Parker, Stephen M. Murphy, John A. Weins
Effects of the landscape on shorebird movements at spring migration stopovers.Biological sciencesAdrian H. Farmer, Alfred H. Parent
Egg removal by brown-headed cowbirds: a field test of the host incubation efficiency hypothesis.Biological sciencesEric K. Bollinger, Douglas R. Wood
Energetics, thermoregulation and nocturnal hypothermia in Australian silvereyes.Biological sciencesFritz Geiser, Tracy A. Maddocks
Environmental and habitat correlates of pasture use by nonbreeding shorebirds.Biological sciencesMark A. Colwell, Sarah L. Dodd
Evaluation of four methods for estimating parrot population size.Biological sciencesSteven R. Beissinger, David G. Cassagrande
Explanations for the infrequent cowbird parasitism on common grackles.Biological sciencesEric K. Bollinger, Brian D. Peer
Factors affecting the success of colony departure by Thick-billed Murre chicks.Biological sciencesH. Grant Gilchrist, Anthony J. Gaston
Fat loads and flightlessness in Wilson's Phalaropes.Biological sciencesJoseph R. Jehl Jr.
Female hooded merganser body mass during nesting.Biological sciencesMichael C. Zicus
Gastrointestinal morphology and motility in American kestrels receiving high or low fat diets.Biological sciencesD.M. Bird, G.E. Duke, J. Reynhout, A.L. Tereick, A.E. Place
Geographic variation in the call of the blue petrel: effects of sex and geographical scale.Biological sciencesVincent Bretagnolle, Fabrice Genevois
Habitat and microhabitat features associated with cowbird parasitism in two forest edge cowbird hosts.Biological sciencesDirk E. Burhans
Habitat selection by the monk parakeet during colonization of a new area in Spain.Biological sciencesDaniel Sol, David M. Santos, Elias Feria, Jordi Clavell
Habitat use and time budgeting by wintering ferruginous hawks.Biological sciencesDavid L. Plumpton, David E. Andersen
Higher winter mortality of the barn owl compared to the long-eared owl and the tawny owl: influence of lipid reserves and insulation?Biological sciencesYves Handrich, Sylvie Massemin
Hunting association between the aplomado falcon (Falco femoralis) and the maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyrus) in Emas National Park, Central Brazil.Biological sciencesLeandro Silveira, Anah T.A. Jacomo, Flavio H.G. Rodrigues, Peter G. Crawshaw Jr.
Hybridization and reproductive performance in Gulls of the Larus glaucescens-occidentalis complex.Biological sciencesDouglas A. Bell
Hydrological constraints on tricolored heron and snowy egret resource use.Biological sciencesG. Thomas Bancroft, Allan M. Strong, Susan D. Jewell
Impacts of predators: center nests are less successful than edge nests in a large nesting colony of Least Terns.Biological sciencesDianne H. Brunton
Influence of alternate host densities on Brown-headed Cowbird parasitism rates in Black-capped Vireos.Biological sciencesThomas E. Martin, David R. Barber
Intergeneric relationship of the New World jays inferred from cytochrome b gene sequences.Biological sciencesAlejandro Espinosa De Los Monteros, Joel Cracraft
Intraspecific competition influences food return-predation risk trade-off by White-crowned Sparrows.Biological sciencesRobert Slotow, Ellen Paxinos
Intraspecific variability in nestling growth and fledging behavior of Cassin's Auklets at Triangle Island, British Columbia.Biological sciencesRonald C. Ydenberg, Yolanda E. Mosbey
Intraspecific variation and evolutionaly reduction of tendon ossification in Dendrocincla Woodcreepers.Biological sciencesRobert J. Raikow, Anthony H. Bledsoe, Loretta S. Crowell
Kleptoparatism in tropical seabirds: vulnerability and avoidance responses of a host species, the red-footed booby.Biological sciencesMatthieu Le Corre, Pierre Jouventin
Leap-frog migration in the Fox Sparrow: minimizing the cost of spring migration.Biological sciencesChristopher P. Bell
Local survival of dunlin wintering in California.Biological sciencesNils Warnock, Brett K. Sandercock, Gary W. Page
Mate protection and winter pair-bonds in Black-capped Chickadees.Biological sciencesDavi Lemmon, Matthew L. Withiam, Christopher P.L. Barkan
Mating system of the Dusky Antbird, a tropical passerine, as assessed by DNA fingerprinting.Biological sciencesRobert C. Fleischer, Eugene S. Morton, Cheryll L. Tarr, Alexandra Sangmeister, Kim C. Derrickson
Maximum dive depths of the Peruvian diving-petrel.Biological sciencesCarlos B. Zavalaga, Jaime Jahncke
Memory for hoarded food: an aviary study of the European Nuthatch.Biological sciencesRoger Hardling, Jan-Ake Nilsson, Hans Kallander
Migration by flapping or soaring: flight strategies of Marsh, Montagu's and Pallid Harriers in Southern Israel.Biological sciencesReto Spaar, Bruno Bruderer
Molecular variation and biogeography of rock shags.Biological sciencesDouglas Siegel-Causey
Molt and the basic plumage of male harlequin ducks.Biological sciencesFred Cooke, Gregory J. Robertson, W. Sean Boyd, R. Ian Goudie
Molt, maturation of plumage and ageing in the wandering albatross.Biological sciencesS. Rodwell, N. Huin, P.A. Prince, H. Weimerskirch
Nesting ecology of Townsend's Warblers in relation to habitat characteristics in a mature boreal forest.Biological sciencesDaniel D. Roby, Steven M. Matsuoka, Colleen M. Handel
Nest predation and cowbird parasitism create a demographic sink in wetland-breeding Song Sparrows.Biological sciencesChristopher M. Rogers, Mary J. Taitt, James N. M. Smith, Gwen Jongejan
On the behavior of the Black Swift.Biological sciencesManuel Marin
On the origin and evolution of nest building by passerine birds.Biological sciencesNicolas E. Collias
Patterns of dominance and aggressive behavior in Blue Jays at a feeder.Biological sciencesGlen E. Woolfenden, Keith A. Tarvin
Patterns of frugivory and energetic condition in Nearctic landbirds during autumn migration.Biological sciencesJeffrey D. Parrish
Playback of crows and male Japanese quail elicits female phonotaxis.Biological sciencesJames L. Goodson, Elizabeth Adkins-Regan
Predation of artificial ground nests at two types of edges in a forest-dominated landscape.Biological sciencesGerald J. Niemi, Timothy J. Fenske-Crawford
Productivity of nesting spectacled eiders on the lower Kashunuk River, Alaska.Biological sciencesPaul L. Flint, James B. Grand
Quantification of microscopic feather characters used in the identification of North American plovers.Biological sciencesCarla J. Dove
Relative costs of prebasic and prealternate molts for male Blue-winged Teal.Biological sciencesWilliam L. Hohman, Scott W. Manley, David. Richard
Reproductive anatomy of the reed bunting: a species which exhibits a high degree of sperm competition through extra-pair copulations.Biological sciencesT.R. Birkhead, A. Dixon
Reproductive success of the northern cardinal, a large host of brown-headed crowbirds.Biological sciencesRandall Breitwisch, Kevin P. Eckerle
Seasonal effects on metabolism and thermoregulation in Northern Bobwhite.Biological sciencesDavid L. Ssswanson, Duane P. Weinhalt
Seasonal variation in the foraging ecology of the Wood Stork in the Southern llanos of Venezuela.Biological sciencesJose A. Gonzalez
Sequential cavity use in a cottonwood bottomland.Biological sciencesJames A. Sedgwick
Singing for your supper: acoustical luring of avian prey by northern shrikes.Biological sciencesEric C. Atkinson
Song organization of house finches at the edge of an expanding range.Biological sciencesCarolyn L. Pytte
Sources of variation in clutch size, egg size and clutch completion dates of Semipalted Plovers in Churchill, Manitoba.Biological sciencesErica Nol, Michele Sullivan Blanken, Laura Flynn
Species limits in the Le Conte's thrasher.Biological sciencesRobert M. Zink, Rachelle C. Blackwell, Octavio Rojas-Soto
Territorial responses of boreal forest birds to habitat gaps.Biological sciencesJean Huot, Andre Desrochers, Marcel Darveau, Jean-Francois Rail
The adaptive significance of nutrient reserves to breeding American coots: a reassessment.Biological sciencesTodd W. Arnold, C. Davison Ankney
The distribution of neotropical migrant birds wintering in the El Cielo Biosphere Reserve, Tamaulipas, Mexico.Biological sciencesJohn Faaborg, Wendy K. Gram
The effect of carrying devices on breeding Royal Penguins.Biological sciencesCindy L. Hull
The effects of parental quality and timing of breeding on the growth of nestling Thick-billed Murres.Biological sciencesJ. Mark Hipfner
The foraging behavior of semipalmated sandpipers in the upper Bay of Fundy: stereotyped or prey-sensitive?Biological sciencesW. Herbert Wilson Jr., Erin R. Vogel
The influence of habitat, prey abundance, sex, and breeding success on the ranging behavior of Prairie Falcons.Biological sciencesJohn M. Marzluff, James C. Bednarz, Mary E. McFadzen, Bryan A. Kimsey, Linda S. Schueck, Mark S. Vekasy
The length of incubation in relation to nest initiation date and clutch size in dabbling ducks.Biological sciencesCliff L. Feldheim
The mating strategies of eastern screech-owls: a genetic analysis.Biological sciencesDavid F. Westneat, Gary Ritchison, Sunni G. Lawless, Paul H. Klatt
The potential to lay replacement clutches by tree swallows.Biological sciencesRaleigh J. Robertson, Taali M. Rooneem
The response of male and female Song Sparrow to geographic variation in song.Biological sciencesStephen Nowicki, William A. Searcy, Melissa Hughes
The role of ornithology in conservation of the American West.Biological sciencesCarl E. Bock
Timing and extent of the molts of adult red-eyed vireos on their breeding and wintering grounds.Biological sciencesChristopher C. Rimmer, Robert S. Mulvihill
Torpor in three species of Brazilian Hummingbirds under semi-natural conditions.Biological sciencesClaus Bech, Augusto S. Abe, John Fleng Steffensen, Martin Berger, Jose Eduardo P. W. Bicudo
Trophic relationship among seabirds in Central California: combined stable isotope and conventional dietary approach.Biological sciencesKeith A. Hobson, Peter Pyle, William J. Sydeman, Elizabeth B. McLaren
Unusually high reproductive effort by sage grouse in a fragmented habitat in north-central Washington.Biological sciencesMichael A. Schroeder
Variation in incubation periods and egg metabolism in mallards: intrinsic mechanisms to promote hatch synchrony.Biological sciencesPaul L. Flint, James S. Sedinger, Margaret C. MacCluskie
Variation in Song Sparrow nest defense: individual consistency and relationship to nest success.Biological sciencesMargaret Hatch
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