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Studies in Avian Biology - Number 15

A Century of Avifaunal Change in Western North America

Joseph R. Jehl, Jr. and Ned K. Johnson


v List of authors
SYMPOSIUM OVERVIEW
1 A century of avifaunal change in western North America: overview
Ned K. Johnson and Joseph R. Jehl, Jr.
REGIONAL AVIFAUNAL CHANGE
4 A century of avifaunal change in Alaska
Brina Kessel and Daniel D. Gibson
14 The unlikely 18th century naturalists of Hudson's Bay
C. Stuart Houston
27 Pioneering and natural expansion of breeding distributions in western North American birds
Ned K. Johnson
45 Avifauna of the wetlands of Baja California, México: Current status
Barbara W. Massey and Eduardo Palacios
58 Trends in nocturnal migrant landbird populations at Southeast Farallon Island, California, 1968-1992
Peter Pyle, Nadav Nur, and David F. DeSante
75 Avifaunal change on California's coastal islands
Dennis M. Power
91 A chronology of ornithological exploration in the Hawaiian Islands, from Cook to Perkins
Storrs L. Olson and Helen F. James
103 Avifaunal change in the Hawaiian Islands, 1893-1993
H. Douglas Pratt
POPULATION TRENDS
119 Seabird population trends along the west coast of North America: causes and the extent of regional concordance
David G. Ainley, William J. Sydeman, Scott A. Hatch, and Ulrich W. Wilson
134 A century of population trends of waterfowl in western North America
Richard C. Banks and Paul F. Springer
147 Shorebirds in western North America: late 1800s to late 1900s
Gary W. Page and Robert E. Gill, Jr.
161 Population trends and current status of selected western raptors
Clayton M. White
173 Population trends in the landbirds of western North America
David F. DeSante and T. Luke George
191 Changes in distribution patterns of select wintering North American birds from 1901 to 1989
Terry L. Root and Jason D. Weckstein
202 Historical changes in populations and perceptions of native pest bird species in the West
John M. Marzluff, Randall B. Boone, and George W. Cox
221 Population trends of introduced birds in western North America
Richard F. Johnston and Kimball L. Garrett
THE EFFECTS OF HUMAN-INDUCED ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE ON AVIAN POPULATIONS
232 Human-induced changes in bird populations in coniferous forests in western North America during the past 100 years
Sallie J. Hejl
247 Avian assemblages on altered grasslands
Fritz L. Knopf
258 Changes in saline and alkaline lake avifaunas in western North America in the past 150 years
Joseph R. Jehl, Jr.
273 The effects of human-induced changes on the avifauna of western riparian habitats
Robert D. Ohmart
CASE HISTORIES
286 Evidence of changes in populations of the Marbled Murrelet in the Pacific Northwest
C. John Ralph
293 Changes in the distribution and abundance of Spotted Owls during the past century
R. J. Gutiérrez
301 The Cowbird's invasion of the Far West: history, causes and consequences experienced by host species
Stephen I. Rothstein
316 Endemic Song Sparrows and Yellowthroats of San Francisco Bay
Joe T. Marshall and Kent G. Dedrick
328 Endangered small landbirds of the western United States
Jonathan L. Atwood
PROSPECTS
340 Preserving and restoring avian diversity: a search for solutions
J. Michael Scott
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