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Studies in Avian Biology
Introduction: Conservation of Grassland Birds in the Western Hemisphere
Peter D. Vickery, Pablo L. Tubaro, Jose Maria Cardosa da Silva, Bruce G. Peterson, James R. Herkert, and Roberto B. Cavalcanti
Ecology
Population Status of North American Grassland Birds from the North American Breeding Bird Survey, 1966-1996
Bruce G. Peterjohn and John R. Sauer
Linking Continental Climate, Land Use, and Land Patterns with Grassland Bird Distribution across the Conterminous United States
Raymond J. O'Connor, Malcolm T. Jones, Randall B. Boone, and T. Bruce Lauber
History of Grassland Birds in Eastern North America
Robert A. Askins
Grassland Bird Conservation in Northeastern North America
Jeffery V. Wells and Kenneth V. Rosenburg
Use of Cultivated Fields by Breeding Mountain Plovers in Colorado
Fritz L. Knopf and Jeffery R. Rupert
Changes in Birds Populations on Canadian Grasslands
C. Stuart Houston and Josef K. Schmutz
Multiscale Habitat Associations of the Sage Sparrow Implications for Conservation Biology
John T. Rotenberry and Steve T. Knick
Spatial Distribution of Breeding Passerine Bird Habitats in a Shrubsteppe Region of Southwestern Idaho
Steve T. Knick and John T. Rotenberry
Breeding Ecology
Habitat Relations and Breeding Biology of Grassland Birds in New York
Christopher J. Norment, Charles D. Ardizzone, and Kathleen Hartman
Experimental Analysis of Nest Predation in a New York Grassland Effects of Habitat and Nest Distribution
Charles D. Ardizzone and Christopher J. Norment
Satellite Burrow Use by Burrowing Owl Chicks and Its Influence on Nest Fate
Martha J. Desmond and Julie A. Savidge
Songbird Abundance in Grasslands at a Suburban Interface on the Colorado High Plains
Carl E. Bock, Jane H. Bock, and Barry C. Bennett
Thermal Aspects of Nest-site Location for Vesper Sparrows and Horned Larks in British Columbia
Kari J. Nelson and Kathy Martin
The Effects of Summer Burns on Breeding Florida Grasshopper and Bachman's Sparrows
W. Gregory Shriver, Peter D. Vickery, and Dustin W. Perkins
Effects of Fire and Herbicide Treatment on Habitat Selection in Grassland Birds in Southern Maine
Peter D. Vickery, Malcolm L. Hunter, and Jeffrey V. Wells
Henslow's Sparrow Response to Prescribed Fire in an Illinois Prairie Reminant
James R. Herkert and William D. Glass
Effects of Prescribed Burning and Grazing on Nesting and Reproductive Success of Three Grassland Passerine Species in Tallgrass Prairie
Ronald W. Rohrbaugh Jr., Dan L. Reinking, Donald H. Wolfe, Steve K. Sherrod, and M. Alan Jenkins
Relationship of Fire History to Territory Size, Breeding Density, and Habitat of Baird's Sparrow in North Dakota
Maiken Winter
Le Conte's Sparrows Breeding in Conservation Reserve Program Fields Precipitation and Patterns of Population Change
Lawrence D. Igl and Douglas H. Johnson
Nesting Birds and Grazing Cattle Accommodating Both on Midwestern Pastures
Stanley A. Temple, Brick M. Fevold, Laura K. Paine, Daniel J. Undersander, and David W. Sample
Bird Populations of Seeded Grasslands in the Apsen Parkland of Alberta
David R. Prescott and Andrew J. Murphy
Grassland Songbird Occurrence in Native and Crested Wheatgrass Pastures of Southern Saskatchewan
Stephen K. Davis and David C. Duncan
Monitoring Grassland Birds in Nocturnal Migration
William R. Evans and David K. Mellinger
Design and Duration of Perturbation Experiments Implications for Data Interpretation
Kenneth L. Petersen and Louis B. Best
Sampling Consideration for Estimating Density of Passerines in Grasslands
Jay J. Rotella, Elizabeth M. Madden, and Andrew J. Hansen
Latin America
Bird Species Richness and Conservation in the Cerrado Region of Central Brazil
Robert B. Cavalcanti
The Decline of the Pampas Meadowlark: Difficulties of Applying the Iucn Criteria to Neotropical Grassland Birds
Pablo Luis Turaro and Fabian Marcelo Gabelli
A Preliminary Assessment of Distributions and Conservation Needs of Grassland Birds in Mexico
A. Townsend Peterson and Mark B. Robbins
Grassland Birds in Prairie-dog Towns in Northwestern Chihuahua, Mexico
Patricia Manzano-Fischer, Rurik List, and Gerardo Ceballos
Seasonal Movements and Conservation of Seedeaters of Genus Sporophila in South America
Jose Maria Silva
Demographic Characteristics of Dickcissels in Winter
Gianfranco D. Basili and Stanley A. Temple
Winter Ecology, Behavior, and Conservation Needs of Dickcissels in Venezuela
Gianfranco D. Basili and Stanley A. Temple