| 1
| Introduction
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| 4
| Study Areas
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| 10
| Methods
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| 10
| Maps and Measurements
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| 10
| Banding
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| 11
| Determination of Sex and Age
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| 11
| Censusing
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| 12
| Determination of Territory Boundaries
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| 13
| Measures of Habitat Quality
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| 16
| Statistical Analyses
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| 16
| Annual cycle in the colorado front range
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| 21
| Population movement
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| 21
| Seasonal Movement in Altitude
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| 23
| Postbreeding Movement of Adults
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| 26
| Dispersal of Juveniles
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| 28
| Movement in Winter
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| 31
| Movement Between Drainages
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| 33
| Homing by Adult Dippers
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| 33
| Discussion of Movement
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| 35
| Population density and dispersion
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| 36
| Seasonal Trends in Population Density
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| 38
| Environmental Factors Affecting Dispersion
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| 48
| Social Factors Affecting Dispersion
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| 59
| Discussion of Density and Dispersion
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| 60
| Survival and productivity
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| 60
| Survival and Mortality
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| 62
| Productivity and Recruitment
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| 70
| Effect of Stochastic Events on Survival and Productivity
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| 73
| Discussion of Survival and Productivity
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| 73
| General discussion and conclusions
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| 74
| Front Range Dipper Populations
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| 77
| Population Regulation
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| 80
| Acknowledgments
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| 80
| Literature cited
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| Cover to Cover
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