Volume 14, Issue 1

Research Paper

• What land use better preserves taxonomic and functional diversity of birds in a grassland biome? PDF

  Anahí S. Vaccaro, Julieta Filloy, M. Isabel Bellocq

• Trade-offs relating to grassland and forest mine reclamation approaches in the central Appalachian region and implications for the songbird community PDF

  Eric L. Margenau, Petra B. Wood, Cathy A. Weakland, Donald J. Brown

• Influence of microhabitat on Honduran Emerald (Amazilia luciae) abundance in tropical dry forest remnants PDF

  Fabiola Rodríguez, Dorian Escoto, Thelma M. Mejía-Ordóñez, Lilian Ferrufino-Acosta, Saby Y. Cruz, Joseph E. Duchamp, Jeffery L. Larkin

• Estimating uncertainty of North American landbird population sizes PDF

  Jessica C. Stanton, Peter Blancher, Kenneth V. Rosenberg, Arvind O. Panjabi, Wayne E. Thogmartin

• Broad-scale habitat use by fledgling Black-capped Vireo PDF

  Marisa T. Martinez, Ashley M. Long, Heather A. Mathewson, Michael L. Morrison

• Diurnal habitat selection of migrating Whooping Crane in the Great Plains PDF

  David M. Baasch, Patrick D. Farrell, Aaron T. Pearse, David A. Brandt, Mary J. Harner, Greg D. Wright, Kristine L. Metzger

• Effects of patch-burn grazing on breeding density and territory size of Dickcissels PDF

  Bram H. F. Verheijen, Hannah L. Clipp, Alessandro J. Bartolo, William E. Jensen, Brett K. Sandercock

• Timing matters: cloud cover and date influence probability of detecting nesting Chimney Swifts (Chaetura pelagica) PDF

  Elisabeth F. Purves, Douglas C. Tozer, Kristyn Richardson

• Recovery of bird activity and species richness in an early-stage tropical forest restoration PDF

  Steven M. Roels, Melissa B. Hannay, Catherine A. Lindell

• Delivery rates and prey use of Mountain Bluebirds in grassland and clear-cut habitats PDF

  Jordyn A. Stalwick, Karen L. Wiebe

• Identifying the migratory strategy of the Lower Colorado River Valley population of Greater Sandhill Cranes PDF

  Courtenay M. Conring, Kathryn Brautigam, Blake A. Grisham, Daniel P. Collins, Warren C. Conway
• Special Feature

  Regional variation in responses of wetland-associated bird communities to conversion of boreal forest to agriculture PDF

  Julienne L. Morissette, Erin M. Bayne, Kevin J. Kardynal, Keith A. Hobson

• Narrowness of habitat selection in woodland and grassland birds PDF

  Mary Ann Cunningham, Douglas H. Johnson
• Special Feature

  Estimating the conservation value of protected areas in Maritime Canada for two species at risk: the Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi) and Canada Warbler (Cardellina canadensis) PDF

  Alana R. Westwood, Cindy Staicer, Péter Sólymos, Samuel Haché, Trish Fontaine, Erin M. Bayne, Dan Mazerolle

• Few detections of Black-backed Woodpeckers (Picoides arcticus) in extreme wildfires in the Sierra Nevada PDF

  Angela M. White, Gina L. Tarbill, Robert L. Wilkerson, Rodney B. Siegel

• Spatio-temporal population change of Arctic-breeding waterbirds on the Arctic Coastal Plain of Alaska PDF

  Courtney L. Amundson, Paul L. Flint, Robert A. Stehn, Robert M. Platte, Heather M. Wilson, William W. Larned, Julian B. Fischer

• Irruptions: evidence for breeding season habitat limitation in Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) PDF

  Samantha Robinson, James Fraser, Daniel Catlin, Sarah Karpanty, Jon Altman, Ruth Boettcher, Kevin Holcomb, Coral Huber, Kelsi Hunt, Alexandra Wilke