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Studies in Avian Biology
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Reader's Guide
Studies in Avian Biology
Introduction
J. Michael Scott and C. John Ralph
Genesis of the Symposium
Robert Z. Callaham
The Needs for Censuses in Policy Making
David L. Trauger
Photographs of Participants
Anthony Gomez
Estimating Relative Abundance
Chairman's Introductory Remarks to Part 1
Joseph J. Hickey
Counting Birds for a Relative Measure Index of Density
David G. Dawson
The Christmas Bird Count and Avian Ecology
Carl E. Bock and Terry L. Root
The Christmas Bird Count: an Overlooked and Underused Sample
Susan Roney Drennan
The Christmas Bird Count: Constructing an Ideal Model
Robert S. Arbib Jr.
The North American Breeding Bird Survey
Danny Bystrak
Estimates of Avian Population Trends from the North American Breeding Bird Survey
Barry R. Noon and Paul H. Geissler
Reappraisal of the Winter Bird-population Study Technique
Chandler S. Robbins
Summarizing Remarks Estimating Relative Abundance Part 1
Douglas H. Johnson
Summarizing Remarks Estimating Relative Abundance
Ralph W. Schreiber
Chairman's Introductory Remarks Estimating Abundance Part 2
Robert D. Ohmart
Surveying Birds with Mist Nets
James R. Karr
Playback Recordings as a Special Avian Censusing Technique
R. Roy Johnson, Bryan T. Brown, Lois T. Haight, and James M. Simpson
Indirect Estimates of Abundance of Birds
Evelyn L. Bull
Use of Playback Recordings in Sampling Elusive or Secretive Birds
Wayne R. Marion, Timothy E. O'Meara, and David S. Maehr
The Use of Migration Counts for Monitoring Bird Population Levels
David J. T. Hussell
An Overview of Grid-based Atlas Works in Ornithology
Miklos D. F. Udvardy
Summarizing Remarks Estimating Relative Abundance Part 2
Stanley A. Temple
Estimating Birds Per Unit Area
Chairman's Introductory Remarks Estimating Birds Per Unit Area
David R. Anderson
Limitations of the Mapping Method
Hans Oelke
Territory and Home Range of the Blackcap (sylvia Atricapilla) and Some Other Passerines, Assessed and Compared by Mapping and Capture-recapture
C. Ferry, B. Frochot, and Y. Leruth
Remarks on the Use of Mark-recapture Methodology in Estimating Avian Population Size
James D. Nichols, Barry R. Noon, S. Lynne Stokes, and James E. Hines
Mark-recapture - what Next?
G. M. Holly
The Determination of Avian Densities Using the Variable-strip and Fixed-width Transect Surveying Methods
Kathleen E. Franzreb
Methodology for Censusing Land Bird Faunas in Large Regions
Olli Jarvinen and Rosto A. Vaisanen
Summarizing Remarks Estimating Birds Per Unit Area
Charles E. Gates
Summarizing Remarks Estimating Birds Per Unit Area
Larry F. Pank
Comparison of Methods
Summarizing Remarks Comparison of Methods
Charles van Riper III
Literature Cited
Frank E. Price and Carl E. Bock
Introduction
Ralph W. Schreiber
An Ecological Comparison of Oceanic Seabird Communities of the South Pacific Ocean
David G. Ainley and Robert J. Boekelheide
Growth Strategies in Marine Terns
N. P. Langham
Some Considerations on the Reproductive Energetics of Pelagic Seabirds
Robert E. Ricklefs
Species Variability
Chairman's Introductory Remarks Species Variability
Cameron B. Kepler
Problems in Estimating Population Size through Counts of Singing Males
Harold F. Mayfield
Problems of Unequal Observability
Jan Ekman
Methods of Detecting and Counting Raptors: a Review
Mark R. Fuller and James A. Mosher
Summarizing Remarks Species Variability
David L. Otis
Summarizing Remarks Species Variability
Robert E. Ricklefs
Environmental Influences
Chairman's Introductory Remarks Environmental Influences
Harry F. Recher
Seasonal Changes in Avian Densities and Diversities
Bertin W. Anderson, Robert D. Ohmart, and Jake Rice
Effect of Time of Day and Time of Season on Number of Observations and Density Estimates of Breeding Birds
Aaron A. Skirvin
Effect of Time of Day on Bird Activity
Chandler S. Robbins
Diurnal Activity Patterns and Population Estimates of Breeding Birds Within a Distributed and Undisturbed Desert-scrub Community
Christian E. Grue, Russell P. Balda, and Clarence D. Johnson
Interpreting Population Estimates of Birds Following Pesticide Application--behavior of Male Starlings Exposed to a Organophosphate Pesicide
Christian E. Grue and Byron K. Shipley
Environmental Acoustics and Censuses of Singing Birds
Douglas G. Richards
Bird Activity Levels Related to Weather
Chandler S. Robbins
Sampling in Rugged Terrain
Deanna K. Dawson
Limitations of Estimating Bird Populations Because of Vegetation Structure and Composition
Hans Oelke
Summarizing Remarks Environmental Influences
Frank A. Pitelka
Summarizing Remarks Environmental Influences
Kenneth P. Burnham
Observer Variability
Chairman's Introductory Remarks Observer Variability
Ralph J. Raitt
Distance Estimation as a Variable in Estimating Bird Numbers from Vocalizations
J. Michael Scott, Fred L. Ramsey, and Cameron B. Kepler
Tests of Hearing Ability
Fred L. Ramsey and J. Michael Scott
The Application of Song Detection Threshold Distance to Census Operations
John T. Emlen and Michael J. DeJong
The Role of Observer Bias in the North American Breeding Bird Survey
Craig A. Faanes and Danny Bystrak
Problems in Separating Species with Similar Habits and Vocalizations
Chandler S. Robbins and Richard W. Stallcup
Reducing Bird Count Variability by Training Observers
Cameron B. Kepler and J. Michael Scott
The Influence of Observer and Analyst Efficiency in Mapping Method Censuses
Raymond J. O'Connor
Effects of Observers Using Different Methods upon the Total Population Estimates of Two Resident Island Birds
Shelia Conant, Mark S. Collins, and C. John Ralph
Lateral Detectability Profiles for Line Transect Bird Censuses: Some Problems and an Alternative
Richard L. Hutto and Sandra L. Mosconi
Summarizing Remarks Observer Variability
Lyman L. McDonald
Summarizing Remarks Observer Variability
David E. Davis
Sampling Design
Chairman's Introductory Remarks Sampling Design
Jared Verner
Experimental Design When Counting Birds
David G. Dawson
Effects of Number of Circular Plots on Estimates of Avian Density and Species Richness
Michael L. Morrison, R. William Mannan, and Geoffrey L. Dorsey
Length of Count Period as a Possible Source of Bias in Estimating Bird Densities
J. Michael Scott and Fred L. Ramsey
Point Counts with Unlimited Distance
Jacques Blondel, Camille Ferry, and Bernard Frochot
The Species-area Relationship in Spot-map Censusing
Todd Engstrom
Capture-recapture Models: a Review of Current Methods, Assumptions, and Experimental Design
K. H. Pollock
Improved Population Estimates through the Use of Auxilary Information
Douglas H. Johnson
Density Estimation Using Line Transect Sampling
P. V. Rao, K. M. Portier, and J. A. Ondrasik
Avian Censusing with the Strip Method: a Computer Simulation
Ronald W. Engel-Wilson, A. Kurt Webb, Kenneth V. Rosenberg, Robert D. Ohmart, and Bertin W. Anderson
Summarizing Remarks Sampling Design
Jake Rice
Summarizing Remarks Sampling Design
Frances C. James
Data Analysis
Chairman's Introductory Remarks Data Analysis
Fred L. Ramsey
Breeding Bird Censuses Using Spot-mapping Techniques upon Samples of Homogeneous Habitats
Paul F. J. Eagles
An Evaluation and Comparison of Techniques for Estimating Home Range and Territory Size
R. Glenn Ford and J. P. Myers
Line Transect Estimation of Bird Population Density Using a Fourier Series
Kenneth P. Burnham, David R. Anderson, and Jeffery L. Laake
Analysis of Bird Survey Data Using a Modification of Emlen's Method
Fred L. Ramsey and J. Michael Scott
Residual Edge Effects with Mapping Bird Census Method
J. H. Marchant
The Efficiency of the Mapping Method--a Computer Simulation Based on Field Data
Martin Erdelen and Beate Erdelen
The Effect of Group Size on Line Transect Estimators of Abundance
Terrance J. Quinn II
Summarizing Remarks Data Analysis
Kenneth H. Pollock
Summarizing Remarks Data Analysis
Stuart L. Pimm
Overviews
Scale Problems in Avian Censusing
John A. Wiens
Censusing and the Evaluation of Avian Habitat Occupancy
John A. Wiens and John T. Rotenberry
Habitat Correlates of Bird Distribution in British Census Plots
Raymond J. O'Connor
Correlating Habitat Variables and Birds
Stanley H. Anderson
Surveying Birds in the Tropics
James R. Karr
The Usefulness of Absolute ("census") and Relative ("sampling" or "index") Measures of Abundance
David G. Dawson
The Underexploited Potential of Bird Censuses in Insular Ecology
Yrjo Haila and Olli Jarvinen
Statistics for the Birds
F. N. David
Summary of the Symposium
John T. Emlen
Appendices: Committee Reports and Agendas
Appendix Iv: North American Ornithological Atlas Committee Formed
Miklos D. F. Udvardy
Appendix Vii: Poster Papers Presented at Symposium
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Appendix Viii: List of Symposium Participants
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Literature Cited
Stephen R. Sabo