Volume 18, Issue 1

Research Paper

• Does human disturbance affect physiological traits of Two-banded Plovers nesting on an urban beach? PDF

  Glenda D. Hevia, Marcelo Bertellotti, Daniel Gibson, Verónica L. D'Amico

• Evidence of historical pairing between two cryptic species of Short-tailed Albatross PDF

  Masaki Eda, Hiroe Izumi, Satoshi Konno, Miwa Konno, Yuki Watanabe, Fumio Sato

• Using Breeding Bird Survey and eBird data to improve marsh bird monitoring abundance indices and trends PDF

  Kristin Bianchini, Douglas C. Tozer

• Quantifying gull predation in a declining Leach’s Storm-petrel (Hydrobates leucorhous) colony PDF

  Alexander L. Bond, Sabina I. Wilhelm, Donald W. Pirie-Hay, Gregory J. Robertson, Ingrid L. Pollet, Jillian L. Arany

• Comparative use of artificial structures and natural vegetation by birds in a built-up urban area in Ghana PDF

  Joseph K. Afrifa, Justus P. Deikumah, Kweku A. Monney

• Survival of Common Loon chicks appears unaffected by Bald Eagle recovery in northern Minnesota PDF

  Jennyffer Cruz, Steve Windels, Wayne E. Thogmartin, Shawn M. Crimmins, Benjamin Zuckerberg

• Combining community science and MaxEnt modeling to estimate Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) winter abundance and distribution PDF

  Jennifer E. Baici, Jeff Bowman

• Weak support for cumulative effects of industrial disturbance on three owl species in Alberta’s boreal forest PDF

  Julia Shonfield, Erin M. Bayne

• Natal origins of Mallards harvested in the Atlantic Flyway of North America: implications for conservation and management PDF

  Samuel R. Kucia, Michael L. Schummer, Jackson W. Kusack, Keith A. Hobson, Chris A. Nicolai

• Experts’ opinions on threats to Leach’s Storm-Petrels (Hydrobates leucorhous) across their global range PDF

  Ingrid L. Pollet, Ariel K. Lenske, Anne N. M. A. Ausems, Christophe Barbraud, Yuliana Bedolla-Guzmán, Anthony W. J. Bicknell, Mark Bolton, Alexander L. Bond, Karine Delord, Antony W. Diamond, David A. Fifield, Carina Gjerdrum, Luke R. Halpin, Erpur S. Hansen, Rielle Hoeg, Heather L. Major, Robert A. Mauck, Gregory T. W. McClelland, Laura McFarlane Tranquilla, William A. Montevecchi, Mike Parker, Isabeau Pratte, Jean-François Rail, Gregory J. Robertson, Jennifer C. Rock, Robert A. Ronconi, Dave Shutler, Iain J. Stenhouse, Akinori Takahashi, Yukata Watanuki, Linda J. Welch, Sabina I. Wilhelm, Sarah N. P. Wong, Mark L. Mallory

• High breeding success of the European Starling compared to native species in a recently invaded natural forest of South America PDF

  Adrian Jauregui, Paula A. Gerstmayer, Martin A. Colombo, Luciano Noel Segura

• Patch-burn grazing provides resources for upland-nesting ducks PDF

  Alexander C. Rischette, Cameron A. Duquette, Torre Hovick, Benjamin A. Geaumont

• The growth rate of Black-tailed Gull chicks is negatively related to total mercury of female parents on Kabushima (Kabu Island), Japan PDF

  Tani Hinako, Masaki Shirai, Yuichi Mizutani, Yasuaki Niizuma

• Before-and-after evidence that urbanization contributes to the decline of a migratory songbird PDF

  Karl T. Heide, Lyle E. Friesen, Virgil E. Martin, Edward D. Cheskey, Michael D. Cadman, D. Ryan Norris

• Diversity in selection patterns of five grassland songbirds in dry-mixed grasslands of Alberta PDF

  Julie P. N. Landry-DeBoer, Paul F. Jones, Brad A. Downey, Phillip K. Rose, Katheryn Taylor, Mike S. Verhage, Amanda M. MacDonald, Adam J. Moltzahn

• Metabarcoding fecal samples to investigate spatiotemporal variation in the diet of the endangered Westland Petrel (Procellaria westlandica) PDF

  Marina Querejeta, Marie-Caroline Lefort, Vincent Bretagnolle, Stéphane Boyer

• Population trends and effects of local environmental factors on waterbirds at Tanguar Haor freshwater wetland complex in northeast Bangladesh PDF

  A B M Sarowar Alam, Sakib Ahmed, Kazi Zenifar Azmiri, Raquibul Amin, Mariëlle Liduine van Toor, Ashis Kumar Datta, Jonas Waldenström, Enam Ul Haque, Sayam U. Chowdhury

• Long-distance dispersal patterns in the Cerulean Warbler: a case study from Indiana PDF

  Lara E. Jones, Kamal Islam

• Evaluating captive-release strategies for the Western Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia hypugaea) PDF

  Breanna E. Pyott, Lauren M. M. Meads, Alexandra L. M. Froese, Stephen D. Petersen, Aimee M. Mitchell, Albrecht I. Schulte-Hostedde

• Evaluating the effects of Natural Resources Conservation Service project implementation on the disturbance-dependent avian community with implications for Blue-winged Warblers PDF

  Lincoln R. Oliver, Richard S. Bailey, Kyle R. Aldinger, Petra B. Wood, Christopher M. Lituma

• Heightened heart rate but similar flight responses to evolved versus recent predators in an Arctic seabird PDF

  Erica A. Geldart, Oliver P. Love, H. Grant Gilchrist, Andrew F. Barnas, Christopher M. Harris, Christina A.D Semeniuk

• International importance of tidal flats in the Republic of Korea as shorebird stopover sites in the East Asian–Australasian flyway PDF

  Ju-Hyun Lee, In-Cheol Kim, Si-Wan Lee, Jong-Ju Son, Jae-Ung Jang, Ha-Cheol Sung

• Three grassland bird species’ responses to fire and habitat structure in southern Illinois, USA suggest broad benefits of grassland size and plant diversity PDF

  Alex Glass, Michael Eichholz

• Raptors benefit from biosolids applications on rangelands PDF

  Jennifer K. Meineke, Frank I. Doyle, Karen E. Hodges

• Golden-winged Warbler body fat and blood parasites are associated with anthropogenic and environmental habitat metrics PDF

  Chelsea L. Enslow, Nicola Koper