Initial training of cranes for an airship migration
D. H. Ellis, Glenn H. Olsen, J. Kwitowski
Felipe Chavez-Ramirez, editor(s)
2005, Book chapter, Proceedings of the Ninth North American Crane Workshop: 17-20 January 2003, Sacramento, California
We describe the first year of our efforts to train cranes to accept the unnatural stimuli associated with being transported south in cages suspended beneath an airship. All 4 experimental cranes readily acclimated to entering a suspended cage and were trained to accept being jostled while in the cage,...
Characterizing stopover sites of migrating passerine birds in the lower Chesapeake Bay region for conservation: an integrated radar-habitat study
S. Mabey, B. Watts, B. Paxton, F. Smith, B. Truitt, D. Dawson
2005, Book chapter, One Hundred and Twenty-Third Stated Meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union: abstract book
Many conservation organizations and initiatives including Partners-in-Flight and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's regional Joint Ventures have identified migratory songbird stopover habitat as a priority conservation target. However, the spatial and temporal variability inherent in migration presents a number of challenges to both identifying and characterizing stopover habitat....
Wallace and Savage: heroes, theories, and venomous snake mimicry
H.W. Greene, R.W. McDiarmid
M.A. Donnelly, B.I. Crother, C. Guyer, M.H. Wake, M.E. White, editor(s)
2005, Book chapter, Ecology and Evolution in the Tropics: A Herpetological Perspective
Plasma lipid metabolites and refueling performance of Semi palmated Sandpipers at migratory stopovers
J. E. Lyons, J.A. Collazo, C. Guglielmo
2005, Book chapter, One Hundred and Twenty-Third Stated Meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union: abstract book
Assessing stopover habitat quality and refueling performance of individual birds is crucial to the conservation and management of migratory shorebirds. Plasma lipid metabolites indicate the trajectory of mass change in individuals and may be a more accurate measure of refueling performance at a particular site than static measures such...
Predicting bird response to alternative management scenarios on a ranch in Campeche, Mexico
P.A. Wood, D.K. Dawson, J.R. Sauer, M.H. Wilson
C. John Ralph, Terrell D. Rich, editor(s)
2005, Book chapter, Bird Conservation Implementation and Integration in the Americas: Proceedings of the Third International Partners in Flight Conference 2002
We developed models to predict the potential response of wintering Neotropical migrant and resident bird species to alternative management scenarios, using data from point counts of birds along with habitat variables measured or estimated from remotely sensed data in a Geographic Information System. Expected numbers of occurrences at points...
Modeling seasonal interactions in the population dynamics of migratory birds
M.C. Runge, P.P. Marra
Russell Greenberg, Peter P. Marra, editor(s)
2005, Book chapter, Birds of two worlds: the ecology and evolution of migration
Understanding the population dynamics of migratory birds requires understanding the relevant biological events that occur during breeding, migratory, and overwintering periods. The few available population models for passerine birds focus on breeding-season events, disregard or oversimplify events during nonbreeding periods, and ignore interactions that occur between periods of the...
Evaluating calling surveys
Sam Droege, P. Eagle
Michael Lannoo, editor(s)
2005, Book chapter, Amphibian declines : the conservation status of United States species
Part II: Species accounts: Introduction
M. Lannoo, Alisa L. Gallant, P. Nanjappa, L. Blackburn, R. Hendricks
Michael Lannoo, editor(s)
2005, Book chapter, Amphibian declines : The conservation status of United States species
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Population trends of North American sea ducks as revealed by the Christmas Bird Count
D.K. Niven, J.R. Sauer, G.S. Butcher
2005, Book chapter, One Hundred and Twenty-Third Stated Meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union: abstract book
Relative to other waterfowl, sea ducks are not well understood, yet evidence from a variety of analyses suggests that as many as 10 of the 15 species of North American sea ducks may be declining in population. However, because of the difficulty of conducting surveys of breeding populations and...
Waiting for trees to grow: nest survival, brood parasitism, and the impact of reforestation efforts
K.R. Hazler, D.J. Twedt, R.J. Cooper
2005, Book chapter, One Hundred and Twenty-Third Stated Meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union: abstract book
Of the forested wetlands that once covered the Mississippi Alluvial Valley, only -25% remain due to large-scale conversion to agriculture. Reforestation efforts are currently underway, but tracts planted with slow-growing oaks maintain the structure of a grassland for 5 yr or longer, and will require at least 40 yr...
Hierarchical models and Bayesian analysis of bird survey information
J.R. Sauer, W.A. Link, J. Andrew Royle
C. John Ralph, Terrell D. Rich, editor(s)
2005, Book chapter, Bird Conservation Implementation and Integration in the Americas: Proceedings of the Third International Partners in Flight Conference 2002
Summary of bird survey information is a critical component of conservation activities, but often our summaries rely on statistical methods that do not accommodate the limitations of the information. Prioritization of species requires ranking and analysis of species by magnitude of population trend, but often magnitude of trend is...
Habitats used by black and surf scoters in eastern North America as determined by satellite radio telemetry
Matthew C. Perry, D.M. Kidwell, A. M. Wells-Berlin, E.J.R. Lohnes, Glenn H. Olsen, P.C. Osenton
2005, Book chapter, Second North American Sea Duck Conference, November 7-11, 2005, Annapolis, Maryland. Program and Abstracts
Satellite radio telemetry was used to determine the movements and habitats of black scoters (Melanitta nigra) and surf scoters (Melanitta perspicillata) in eastern North America. A total of 21 surf scoters were instrumented during five years (2001-05) and 32 black scoters were instrumented during three years (2002-04) with implanted...
General constraints on sampling wildlife on FIA plots
L.L. Bailey, J.R. Sauer, J.D. Nichols, P.H. Geissler
Ronald E. McRoberts, Gregory A. Reams, Paul C. Van Deusen, William H. McWilliams, Chris J. Cieszewski, editor(s)
2005, Book chapter, Proceedings of the fourth annual Forest Inventory and Analysis Symposium: meeting jointly with the Southern Forest Mensurationists: New Orleans, Louisiana, November 19-21, 2002
This paper reviews the constraints to sampling wildlife populations at FIA points. Wildlife sampling programs must have well-defined goals and provide information adequate to meet those goals. Investigators should choose a State variable based on information needs and the spatial sampling scale. We discuss estimation-based methods for...
Delineation of surf scoter habitat in Chesapeake Bay, Maryland: macrobenthic and sediment composition of surf scoter feeding sites
D.M. Kidwell, Matthew C. Perry
2005, Book chapter, Second North American Sea Duck Conference, November 7-11, 2005, Annapolis, Maryland. Program and Abstracts
Surveys of surf scoters (Melanitta perspicillata) along the Atlantic coast of the United States have shown population declines in recent decades. The Chesapeake Bay has traditionally been a key wintering area for surf scoters. Past and present research has shown that bivalves constitute a major food item for...
Status and conservation of the fish fauna of the Alabama River system
Mary C. Freeman, E.R. Irwin, N.M. Burkhead, B. J. Freeman, H.L. Bart Jr.
John N. Rinne, Robert M. Hughes, Bob Calamusso, editor(s)
2005, Book chapter, Historical Changes in Large River Fish Assemblages of the Americas
The Alabama River system, comprising the Alabama, Coosa, and Tallapoosa subsystems, forms the eastern portion of the Mobile River drainage. Physiographic diversity and geologic history have fostered development in the Alabama River system of globally significant levels of aquatic faunal diversity and endemism. At least 184 fishes are...
The herpetofauna of the Rincon area, Peninsula de Osa, Costa Rica, a Central American lowland evergreen forest site
R.W. McDiarmid, J.M. Savage
M.A. Donnelly, B.I. Crother, C. Guyer, M.H. Wake, M.E. White, editor(s)
2005, Book chapter, Ecology and Evolution in the Tropics: A Herpetological Perspective
Management of ticks and tick-borne diseases
H. S. Ginsberg, K.C. Stafford III
J.L. Goodman, D.T. Dennis, D .E. Sonenshine, editor(s)
2005, Book chapter, Tick-borne Diseases of Humans
The mainstays of tick management and protection from tick-borne diseases have traditionally been personal precautions and the application of acaricides. These techniques maintain their value, and current innovations hold considerable promise for future improvement in effective targeting of materials for tick control. Furthermore, an explosion of research in...
Wildlife and habitat damage assessment from Hurricane Charley: recommendations for recovery of the J. N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge Complex. [Final report to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service]
J.M. Meyers, C.A. Langtimm, T. J. Smith III, K. Pednault-Willett
2005, Book
On 13 August 2004, the first of four hurricanes to strike Florida in <6 weeks came ashore near J. N. ?Ding? Darling National Wildlife Refuge (JNDDNWR) Complex, Sanibel Island, FL. Hurricane Charley passed just north of Sanibel Island with maximum sustained winds of 145 mph (123 knots) and a...
Second North American Sea Duck Conference, November 7-11, 2005, Annapolis, Maryland. Program and Abstracts
Matthew C. Perry, editor(s)
2005, Book
Management and protection protocols for the threatened Piping Plover (Charadrius Melodus) on Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina
J.B. Cohen
2005, Book
Executive Summary 1. The breeding population of the piping plover (Charadrius melodus), a federally-threatened shorebird, at Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CAHA) declined from 15 pairs/yr to 3 pairs/yr from 1989-2004. A population of this size may face immediate risk of extirpation from several sources. At several former breeding...
Management and protection protocols for nesting sea turtles on Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina
J.B. Cohen
2005, Book
Executive Summary 1. The southeast U.S. population of the loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) has increased since the species was listed as federally threatened in 1978. Since standardized monitoring began in North Carolina in 1995, the number of nests at Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CAHA) fluctuated from year...
Management, monitoring, and protection protocols for seabeach amaranth at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina
J. L. Marion
2005, Book
Synthesis of management, monitoring, and protections protocols for the threatened and endangered species and species of special concern at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina
J.B. Cohen, R.M. Erwin, J.B. French, J. L. Marion, J.M. Meyers
2005, Book
Management, monitoring, and protection protocols for American Oystercatchers at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina
J.M. Meyers
2005, Book
Management, monitoring, and protection protocols for colonially nesting waterbirds at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina
R.M. Erwin
2005, Book
