Current range of the eastern population of Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris). Part 1: Breeding
P.W. Sykes Jr., S. Holzman
2005, North American Birds (59) 4-17
This paper presents the current breeding range of Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) in a series of maps and a narrative, in particular that of the eastern population, which is restricted to the states of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. Some conservation measures are recommended to protect this...
Sex ratio and early growth patterns of Roseate Tern chicks during five breeding seasons at Falkner Island, Connecticut, USA
Patricia Szczys, Jeffrey A. Spendelow, Ian C. T. Nisbet
2005, Waterbirds (28) 273-279
Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii) nests were monitored at Falkner Island, Connecticut, USA between 1998 and 2002. A total of 586 chicks were sexed and their growth measured during the first three days. These data were used to derive growth parameters and predict survival to fledging with high confidence. In...
Implementing Leave No Trace at camps
J. L. Marion, D. Bates
2005, Camping Magazine (78) 54-57
Fossil shrews from Honduras and their significance for late glacial evolution in body size (Mammalia: Soricidae: Cryptotis)
N. Woodman, D. A. Croft
2005, Fieldiana Geology (51)
Our study of mammalian remains excavated in the 1940s from McGrew Cave, north of Copán, Honduras, yielded an assemblage of 29 taxa that probably accumulated predominantly as the result of predation by owls. Among the taxa present are three species of small-eared shrews, genus Cryptotis. One species, Cryptotis...
Multi-stage sampling for large scale natural resources surveys: A case study of rice and waterfowl
Joshua D. Stafford, Kenneth J. Reinecke, Richard M. Kaminski, Patrick D. Gerard
2005, Journal of Environmental Management (78) 353-361
Large-scale sample surveys to estimate abundance and distribution of organisms and their habitats are increasingly important in ecological studies. Multi-stage sampling (MSS) is especially suited to large-scale surveys because of the natural clustering of resources. To illustrate an application, we: (1) designed a stratified MSS to estimate late autumn abundance...
Forty-sixth supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-list of North American Birds
R.C. Banks, C. Cicero, J.L. Dunn, A.W. Kratter, P.C. Rasmussen, J.V. Remsen, J.D. Rising, D.F. Stotz
2005, The Auk (122) 1026-1031
This is the fifth Supplement since publication of the 7th edition of the Check-list of North American Birds (American Ornithologists' Union [AOU] 1998). It summarizes decisions made by the AOU's Committee on Classification and Nomenclature between 1 January and 31 December 2004....
Comparative demography of new world populations of thrushes (Turdus spp.): Comment
Paul B. Conn, Paul F. Doherty Jr., James D. Nichols
2005, Ecology (86) 2536-2541
Survival and fecundity are fundamental to the study of evolutionary ecology, as they are two of the key variables influencing the constrained optimization process we call natural selection. Likewise, population managers require accurate estimates of these parameters; along with dispersal, they govern population dynamics (Lack 1954) and...
A comparison of campfire impacts and policies in seven protected areas
S. E. Reid, Jeffrey L. Marion
2005, Environmental Management (36) 48-58
Using resource-monitoring data from seven protected areas, the effectiveness of three campfire policies—campfire ban, designated campfires, and unregulated campfires—were assessed based on the number of fire sites and the amount of tree damage. Results indicate that unregulated campfire policies permitted substantial numbers of fire sites and tree damage in campsites,...
Fall rice straw management and winter flooding treatment effects on a subsequent soybean crop
M. M. Anders, T. E. Windham, R. W. McNew, Kenneth J. Reinecke
2005, Journal of Sustainable Agriculture (26) 83-96
The effects of fall rice (Oryza sativa L.) straw management and winter flooding on the yield and profitability of subsequent irrigated and dryland soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] crops were studied for 3 years. Rice straw treatments consisted of disking, rolling, or standing stubble. Winter flooding treatments consisted of maintaining a minimum...
The effects of captive rearing on the behavior of newly-released whooping cranes (Grus americana)
M.D. Kreger, Jeff S. Hatfield, I. Estevez, G.F. Gee, D.A. Clugston
2005, Applied Animal Behaviour Science (93) 165-178
Rearing treatments used in captivity to prepare animals for reintroduction to the wild may have a profound effect on behavior and, possibly, affect their survival after reintroduction. This study examined the behaviors of captive-reared whooping cranes (Grus americana) upon their release in Florida to determine if rearing treatments may affect...
Quantifying production of salmon fry in an unscreened irrigation system: A case study on the Rangitata River, New Zealand
M. J. Unwin, M. Webb, R. J. Barker, William A. Link
2005, North American Journal of Fisheries Management (25) 619-634
Diversion of out-migrant juvenile salmon into unscreened irrigation and hydroelectric canals is thought to have contributed significantly to declining populations of anadromous salmonids in the Pacific Northwest but is seldom studied in detail. Here we describe a program to study the fate of Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha fry diverted into...
Climate patterns as predictors of amphibians species richness and indicators of potential stress
W. Battaglin, L. Hay, G. McCabe, P. Nanjappa, Alisa L. Gallant
2005, Alytes (22) 146-167
Amphibians occupy a range of habitats throughout the world, but species richness is greatest in regions with moist, warm climates. We modeled the statistical relations of anuran and urodele species richness with mean annual climate for the conterminous United States, and compared the strength of these relations at national and...
Fine-scale spatial variation in plant species richness and its relationship to environmental conditions in coastal marshlands
J.E. Mancera, G.C. Meche, P.P. Cardona-Olarte, E. Castaneda-Moya, R.L. Chiasson, N.A. Geddes, L.M. Schile, H.G. Wang, G.R. Guntenspergen, J.B. Grace
2005, Plant Ecology (178) 39-50
Previous studies have shown that variations in environmental conditions play a major role in explaining variations in plant species richness at community and landscape scales. In this study, we considered the degree to which fine-scale spatial variations in richness could be related to fine-scale variations in abiotic and biotic factors....
Salt tolerance underlies the cryptic invasion of North American salt marshes by an introduced haplotype of the common reed Phragmites australis (Poaceae)
Edward A. Vasquez, Edward P. Glenn, J. Jed Brown, Glenn R. Guntenspergen, Stephen G. Nelson
2005, Marine Ecology Progress Series (298) 1-8
A distinct, non-native haplotype of the common reed Phragmites australis has become invasive in Atlantic coastal Spartina marshes. We compared the salt tolerance and other growth characteristics of the invasive M haplotype with 2 native haplotypes (F and AC) in greenhouse experiments. The M haplotype retained 50% of its growth...
A curious pellet from a great horned owl (Bubo virginianus)
N. Woodman, C.J. Dove, S.C. Peurach
2005, Northeastern Naturalist (12) 127-132
One of the traditional methods of determining the dietary preferences of owls relies upon the identification of bony remains of prey contained in regurgitated pellets. Discovery of a pellet containing a large, complete primary feather from an adult, male Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) prompted us to examine in detail...
Use of radio-telemetry to reduce bias in nest searching
Larkin A. Powell, J. D. Lang, David G. Krementz, Michael J. Conroy
2005, Journal of Field Ornithology (76) 274-278
We used traditional searching, as well as radio-telemetry, to find 125 Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) nests during 1994–1996 at the Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge in Georgia, USA. We compared daily nest survival rates for 66 nests of radio-marked birds with 59 nests of birds found through systematic searching. By...
Estimating moist-soil seeds available to waterfowl with double sampling for stratification
Kenneth J. Reinecke, Kevin M. Hartke
2005, Journal of Wildlife Management (69) 794-799
No abstract available....
A new species of Lonchophylla Thomas (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from Ecuador
Luis Albuja V., Alfred L. Gardner
2005, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington (118) 442-449
We describe Lonchophylla orcesi, sp. nov., from the Choco, a region of high biotic diversity, endemism, and rainfall along the western Andean slopes and Pacific lowlands of Colombia and Ecuador. One of the largest known Lonchophylla, it occurs sympatrically with at least two other species of Lonchophylla including the similar,...
A general class of multinomial mixture models for anuran calling survey data
J. Andrew Royle, William A. Link
2005, Ecology (86) 2505-2512
We propose a general framework for modeling anuran abundance using data collected from commonly used calling surveys. The data generated from calling surveys are indices of calling intensity (vocalization of males) that do not have a precise link to actual population size and are sensitive to factors that influence anuran...
Plant species invasions along the latitudinal gradient in the United States
Thomas J. Stohlgren, David Barnett, Curtis Flather, John Kartesz, Bruce G. Peterjohn
2005, Ecology (86) 2298-2309
It has been long established that the richness of vascular plant species and many animal taxa decreases with increasing latitude, a pattern that very generally follows declines in actual and potential evapotranspiration, solar radiation, temperature, and thus, total productivity. Using county-level data on vascular plants from the United States (3000...
Double-observer approach to estimating egg mass abundance of vernal pool breeding amphibians
Evan H. Campbell Grant, Robin E. Jung, James D. Nichols, James E. Hines
2005, Wetlands Ecology and Management (13) 305-320
Interest in seasonally flooded pools, and the status of associated amphibian populations, has initiated programs in the northeastern United States to document and monitor these habitats. Counting egg masses is an effective way to determine the population size of pool-breeding amphibians, such as wood frogs (Rana sylvatica) and spotted salamanders...
New England salt marsh pools: A quantitative analysis of geomorphic and geographic features
Susan C. Adamowicz, Charles T. Roman
2005, Wetlands (25) 279-288
New England salt marsh pools provide important wildlife habitat and are the object of on-going salt marsh restoration projects; however, they have not been quantified in terms of their basic geomorphic and geographic traits. An examination of 32 ditched and unditched salt marshes from the Connecticut shore of Long Island...
Seed dispersal into wetlands: Techniques and results for a restored tidal freshwater marsh
K. P. Neff, Andrew H. Baldwin
2005, Wetlands (25) 392-404
Although seed dispersal is assumed to be a major factor determining plant community development in restored wetlands, little research exists on density and species richness of seed available through dispersal in these systems. We measured composition and seed dispersal rates at a restored tidal freshwater marsh in Washington, DC, USA...
Estimation of stream salamander (Plethodontidae, Desmognathinae and Plethodontinae) populations in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, USA
R.E. Jung, J. Andrew Royle, J.R. Sauer, C. Addison, R.D. Rau, J.L. Shirk, J.C. Whissel
2005, Alytes (22) 72-84
Stream salamanders in the family Plethodontidae constitute a large biomass in and near headwater streams in the eastern United States and are promising indicators of stream ecosystem health. Many studies of stream salamanders have relied on population indices based on counts rather than population estimates based on techniques such...
Dynamic design of ecological monitoring networks for non-Gaussian spatio-temporal data
C. K. Wikle, J. Andrew Royle
2005, Environmetrics (16) 507-522
Many ecological processes exhibit spatial structure that changes over time in a coherent, dynamical fashion. This dynamical component is often ignored in the design of spatial monitoring networks. Furthermore, ecological variables related to processes such as habitat are often non-Gaussian (e.g. Poisson or log-normal). We demonstrate that a simulation-based design...
