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The Palomarin Handbook (2010 edition)

Selected Palomarin Publications

Ballard, G., G. R. Geupel, N. Nur, and T. Gardali. 2003. Long term declines and decadal patterns in population trends of songbirds in Western North America 1979 – 1999. Condor 105:737-755.

Chase, M.K., N. Nur, and G.R. Geupel. 1997. Survival, productivity, and abundance in a Wilson’s Warbler population. Auk 114:354-366.

Chase, M.K., N, Nur and G.R. Geupel. Effects of weather and population density on reproductive success and population dynamics in a Song Sparrow (Melospiza meloida) population: A long term study. Auk 122: 571-592.

DeSante, D.F., and G.R. Geupel. 1986. Landbird productivity in central coastal California: the relationship to annual rainfall, and a reproductive failure in 1986. Condor 89:663-653.

Gardali, T., G. Ballard, N. Nur, and G. R. Geupel. 2000. Demography of a declining population of Warbling Vireos in coastal California. Condor 102:601-609.

Gardali, T., D. C. Barton, J. D. White, and G. R. Geupel. 2003. Juvenile and adult survival of Swainson’s Thrush in coastal California: annual estimates using capture-recapture analyses. Auk 120:1188-1194.

Howell, S. N. G., and T. Gardali. 2003. Phenology, sex ratios, and population trends of Selasphorus hummingbirds in coastal California. Journal of Field Ornithology 74:17-25.

Johnson, M.D., and G.R. Geupel. 1996. The importance of productivity to the dynamics of a Swainson’s Thrush population. Condor 98:133-141.

Long-term Studies and Avian Conservation Science

Bock, C.E. 1997. The role of ornithology in conservation of the American west. Condor 99:1-6.

Konishi, M., S.T. Emlen, R.E. Ricklefs, and J.C. Wingfield. 1989. Contributions of bird studies to biology. Science 246:465-472.

 

O’Conner, R.J. 1991. Long-term bird population studies in the United States. IBIS 133 suppl. 1:36-48.

 

Habitat Fragmentation

Robinson, S.K., F.R. Thompson, T.M. Donovan, D.R. Whitehead, and J Faaborg. 1995. Regional forest fragmentation and the nesting success of migratory birds. Science 267:1987-1990.

Tewksbury, J.J., S.J. Hejl, and T.E. Martin. 1998. Breeding productivity does not decline with increasing fragmentation in a western landscape. Ecology 79:2890-2903.

Lloyd, P. T. E. Martin, R. L. Redmond, U. Langner, and M. M. Hart. 2005. Linking demographic effects of habitat fragmentation across landscapes to continental source–sink dynamics. Ecological Applications 15:1504–1514

The Mayfield Method and beyond

Gardali for Palo: Calculating nest survival using the Mayfield (1975) Method (is simple)

Mayfield, H.F. 1975. Suggestions for calculating nest success. Wilson Bull. 87:456- 466.

Nur, N., A.L. Holmes, and G.R. Guepel, GR. 2004. Use of survival time analysis to analyze nesting success in birds: An example using Loggerhead Shrikes. Condor 106:457-471.

Johnson, D.H. 1979. Estimating nest success: the Mayfield method and an alternative. Auk 96:651-661.

Molt and Banding

Howell - The Basics of Molt (read this first)

Howell - Birding Part 1

Howell - Birding Part 2

Pyle Guide Introduction (the full Pyle Guide can be ordered from the Institute for Bird Populations or purchased at the Palomarin Field Station).

More coming soon . . .

 

 



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