Most Recent Articles from Auk, The

• FLYWAY-SCALE VARIATION IN PLASMA TRIGLYCERIDE LEVELS AS AN INDEX OF REFUELING RATE IN SPRING-MIGRATING WESTERN SANDPIPERS (CALIDRIS MAURI) 

  ABSTRACT. - We combined radiotelemetry, plasma metabolite analyses, and macro-invertebrate prey sampling to investigate variation in putative...

  07/01/07 by Williams, Tony D Warnock, Nils Takekawa, John Y Bishop, Mary Anne · More from publication

• EARLY INFESTATION BY BOT FLIES (PHILORNIS SEGUYI) DECREASES CHICK SURVIVAL AND NESTING SUCCESS IN CHALK-BROWED MOCKINGBIRDS (MIMUS SATURNINUS) 

  ABSTRACT. - Bot flies (Diptera: Muscidae: Philornis spp.) are a group of flies comprising mostly species with a Neotropical distribution. Their...

  07/01/07 by Rabuffetti, Fabián L Reboreda, Juan C · More from publication

• SHORT-TERM RESPONSE OF FOREST BIRDS TO EXPERIMENTAL CLEARCUT EDGES 

  ABSTRACT.- Numerous studies have addressed the potential consequences of increasing the density of edges through human activities, but most have...

  07/01/07 by Villard, Marc-André Schmiegelow, Fiona K A Trzcinski, M Kurtis · More from publication

• EFFECTS OF SIZE AND MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR ON THE EVOLUTION OF WING MOLT IN TERNS (STERNAE): A PHYLOGENETIC-COMPARATIVE STUDY 

  ABSTRACT.- Approximately 60% of the 45 species of terns (Sternae) have an unusual form of wing molt in which a variable number of inner primaries...

  07/01/07 by Bridge, Eli S Voelker, Gary Thompson, Christopher W Jones, Andrew W Baker, Allan J · More from publication

• BEHAVIORAL PATERNITY PREDICTS GENETIC PATERNITY IN SATIN BOWERBIRDS (PTILONORHYNCHUS VIOLACEUS), A SPECIES WITH A NON-RESOURCE-BASED MATING SYSTEM 

  Abstract.- The potential for differences between genetic paternity and paternity inferred from behavioral observation has long been recognized....

  07/01/07 by Reynolds, Sheila M Dryer, Katie Bollback, Jonathan Uy, J Albert C Et al · More from publication

• HISTORICAL BIOGEOGRAPHY OF THE NEW WORLD SOLITAIRES (MYADESTES SPP.) 

  ABSTRACT.- Solitaires (Myadestes spp.) are montane-forest birds that are widely distributed throughout the New World, ranging from Alaska to...

  07/01/07 by Miller, Matthew J Bermingham, Eldredge Ricklefs, Robert E · More from publication

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