Contents
Factors Affecting Renesting in American Coots
Todd W. Arnold
Incubation and Fledging Durations of Woodpeckers
Yoram Yom-Tov and Amos Ar
The Nest Defense Behavior of Eastern Screech-owls: Effects of Nest Stage, Sex, Nest Type and Predator Location
Thomas Mckell Sproat and Gary Ritchison
An Experimental Study of Nest Predation in Adjacent Deciduous, Coniferous and Successional Habitats
Linda C. Seitz and David A. Zegers
A New Method for Estimating Individual Speed of Molt
Staffan Bensch and Mats Grahn
Correlates of Hunting Range Size in Breeding Merlins
Navjot S. Sodhi
Effects of Interference Competition on the Foraging Activity of Tropical Roseate Terns
David A. Shealer and Joanna Burger
Behavioral Ecology of Black-legged Kittiwakes during Chick Rearing in a Failing Colony
Bay D. Roberts and Scott A. Hatch
The Effects of Weather and Lunar Cycle on Nocturnal Migration of Landbirds at Southeast Farallon Island, California
Peter Pyle, Nadav Nur, R. Philip Henderson, and David F. Desante
An Experimental Study of Brood Reduction and Hatching Asynchrony in Yellow Warblers
Percy Norman Hebert
Wintering Shorebirds Increase After Kelp (macrocystis) Recovery
Richard A. Bradley and David W. Bradley
Body Composition of Wintering Canvasbacks in Louisiana: Dominance and Survival Implications
William L. Hohman
Stable-nitrogen Isotope Enrichment in Avian Tissues Due to Fasting and Nutritional Stress: Implications for Isotopic Analyses of Diet
Keith A. Hobson, Ray T. Alisauskas, and Robert G. Clark
An Experimental Test of the Contrasting-color Hypothesis of Red-band Effects in Red-winged Blackbirds
Karen J. Metz and Patrick J. Weatherhead
Microclimate of Ground Nests: the Relative Importance of Radiative Cover and Wind Breaks for Three Grassland Species
Kimberly A. With and D. R. Webb
Song Dialect Recognition by Male White-crowned Sparrows: Effects of Manipulated Song Components
Andrew D. Thompson Jr. and Myron C. Baker
Variability Profiles for Line Transect Bird Censuses in a Tropical Dry Forest in Mexico
Juan Francisco Ornelas, Maria Del Arizmendi, Lara Marquez-Valdelamar, Ma. De Navarijo, and Humberto A. Berlanga
Patterns of Sperm Storage in Relation to Sperm Competition in Passerine Birds
James V. Briskie and Robert Montgomerie
Book Reviews
Christopher W. Thompson
New Books in Ornithology
Christopher W. Thompson
Covers
Back Matter (PDF)
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Front Matter (PDF)
The Condor
Short Communications
Habitat Separation and Arthropod Resource Use in Three Lesser Antillean Hummingbirds
Felipe Chavez-Ramirez and Sen S. Tan
Relative Abundance and Seasonal Distribution of Seabirds in the Canal De Ballenas, Gulf of California
Bernie R. Tershy, Ellen Van Gelder, and Dawn Breese
Feathers from Museum Bird Skins--a Good Source of Dna for Phylogenetic Studies
Peter Leeton, Leslie Christidis, and Michael Westerman
Observer Effects on Common Goldeneye Nest Defense
Mark L. Mallory and Patrick J. Weatherhead
Observations on the Fall Migration of Eared Grebes, Based on Evidence from a Mass Downing in Utah
Joseph R. Jehl Jr.
The Prevalence of Abdominal Lesions on Wood Stork Nestlings in North and Central Florida
James A. Rodgers Jr., Stephen T. Schwikert, and Anne S. Wenner
Wintering Swainson's Hawks in Argentina: Food and Age Segregation
Alvaro P. Jaramillo
Notes on the Biology of the Spot-fronted Swift
Manuel Marin A. and F. Gary Stiles
Food Caching and Its Possible Origin in the Brown Creeper
Steven L. Lima and Robert M. Lee
Motivation and Measures of Accessibility
Marks S. Witter