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Studies in Avian Biology - Number 18Research and Management of the Brown-Headed Cowbird in Western LandscapesMichael L. Morrison, Linnea S. Hall, Scott K. Robinson, Stephen I. Rothstein, D. Caldwell Hahn, and Terrell D. Rich |
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| 1 | Preface
Terrell D. Rich 2
| Introduction
| Michael L. Morrison, Linnea S. Hall, Scott K. Robinson, Stephen I. Rothstein, D. Caldwell Hahn, and Terrell D. Rich 4
| Section I: Cowbird ecology: factors affecting the abundance and distribution of cowbirds
| Scott K. Robinson 10
| Review of the causes and implications of the association between cowbirds and livestock
| Christopher B. Goguen and Nancy E. Mathews 18
| Managing riparian vegetation to control cowbirds
| Cara A. Staab and Michael L. Morrison 23
| Cowbirds in a western valley: effects of landscape structure, vegetation, and host density
| Joshua J. Tewksbury, Thomas E. Martin, Sallie J. Hejl, Timothy S. Redman, and F. Jeremy Wheeler 34
| Parasitism by Brown-headed Cowbirds in the shrubsteppe of eastern Washington
| W. Matthew Vander Haegen and Brett Walker 41
| Habitat and landscape factors affecting cowbird distribution in the northern Rockies
| Jock S. Young and Richard L. Hutto 52
| Use of different habitats by breeding Brown-headed Cowbirds in fragmented midwestern landscapes
| Scott K. Robinson, Jeffrey D. Brawn, Solon F. Morse, and James R. Herkert 62
| The density and distribution of Brown-headed Cowbirds: the Central Coastal California enigma
| Chris Farmer 68
| Landscape effects on cowbird occurrences in Michigan: implications to research needs in forests of the inland west
| John M. Stribley and Jonathan B. Haufler 73
| Brown-headed Cowbirds in ponderosa pine/Douglas-fir-dominated landscapes in the northern Rocky Mountains
| Sallie J. Hejl and Jock S. Young 80
| Scale dependence in the effects of forest coverage on parasitization by Brown-headed Cowbirds
| W. M. Hochachka, T. E. Martin, V. Artman, C. R. Smith, S. J. Hejl, D. E. Andersen, D. Curson, L. Petit, N. Mathews, T. Donovan, E. E. Klaas, P. B. Wood, J. C. Manolis, K. P. McFarland, J. V. Nichols, J. C. Bednarz, D. M. Evans, J. P. Duguay, S. Garner, J. Tewksbury, K. L. Purcell, J. Faaborg, C. B. Goguen, C. Rimmer, R. Dettmers, M. Knutson, J. A. Collazo, L. Garner, D. Whitehead, and G. Geupel 89
| Past and present distribution of the Brown-headed Cowbird in the Rocky Mountain region
| Jameson F. Chace and Alexander Cruz 94
| Distribution and abundance of Brown-headed Cowbirds in the wilderness of central Idaho
| Anthony L. Wright 97
| Abundance and rates of brood parasitism by Brown-headed Cowbirds over an elevational gradient in the southern Sierra Nevada
| Kathryn L. Purcell and Jared Verner 104
| Section II: The basis for cowbird management: host selection, impacts on hosts, and criteria for taking management action
| James N. M. Smith 109
| Cowbird parasitism of Arizona Bell's Vireos (Vireo bellii arizonae) in a desert riparian landscape: implications for cowbird management and riparian restoration
| Annalaura Averill-Murray, Suellen Lynn, and Michael L. Morrison 121
| What do demographic sensitivity analyses tell us about controlling Brown-headed Cowbirds?
| John J. Citta and L. Scott Mills 135
| Lazuli Buntings and Brown-headed Cowbirds in Montana: a state-wide landscape analysis of potential sources and sinks
| Erick Greene, Jennifer Jolivette, and Roland Redmond 144
| Demographic consequences of Brown-headed Cowbird parasitization of Lazuli Buntings
| Erick Greene 153
| Assessing the impact of Brown-headed Cowbird parasitism in eight National Parks
| Mary D. Halterman, Sarah Allen, and Stephen A. Laymon 160
| Impacts of Brown-Headed Cowbird parasitism on productivity of the endangered Least Bell's Vireo
| Barbara E. Kus 167
| Costs of Brown-headed Cowbird parasitism to Willow Flycatchers
| James A. Sedgwick and William M. Iko 182
| Range-wide impact of Brown-headed Cowbird parasitism on the South-western Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus)
| Mary J. Whitfield and Mark K. Sogge 191
| Importance of predation and brood parasitism on nest success in four sparrow species in southern Californian coastal sage scrub
| Kevin Ellison 200
| Influence of landscape and cowbird parasitism on the reproductive success of Plumbeous Vireos breeding in Colorado
| Jameson F. Chace and Alexander Cruz 204
| A spatial and genetic analysis of cowbird host selection
| D. Caldwell Hahn, James A. Sedgwick, Ian S. Painter, and Nancy J. Casna 218
| Common Yellowthroat brood parasitism and nest success vary with host density and site characteristics
| Hildie Spautz 229
| Cowbird removal programs as ecological experiments: measuring community-wide impacts of nest parasitism and predation
| Krista L. De Groot, James N. M. Smith, and Mary J. Taitt 235
| Parasitism and egg puncture behavior by Bronzed and Brown-headed Cowbirds in sympatry
| Brian D. Peer and Spencer G. Sealy 241
| A meta-analysis of the impact of parasitism by the Brown-headed Cowbird on its hosts
| Janice C. Lorenzana and Spencer G. Sealy 254
| Section III: Cowbird control: the efficacy of long-term control and proposed alternatives to standard control practices
| Linnea S. Hall and Stephen I. Rothstein 260
| Is Brown-headed Cowbird trapping effective for managing populations of the endangered Southwestern Willow Flycatcher?
| Mary J. Whitfield, Kristen M. Enos, and Sean P. Rowe 267
| Effective landscape management of Brown-headed Cowbirds at Fort Hood, Texas
| G. H. Eckrich, T E. Koloszar, and M. D. Goering 275
| The effects of prescribed burning and habitat edges on Brown-headed Cowbird parasitism of Red-winged Blackbirds
| Ethan D. Clotfelter, Ken Yasukawa, and Richard D. Newsome 282
| Cowbird trapping in remote areas: alternative control measures may be more effective
| Kirsten J. Winter and Sharon D. McKelvey 290
| Golden-cheeked Warbler fatality in a cowbird trap
| Kristin K. Terpening 292
| Literature cited
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