SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM LISTING FOR THE ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIRST STATED MEETING OF THE AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION

Auk, The, Jul 2004

6 - 9 August 2003

University of Illinois,

Champaign-Urbana, Illinois

Thursday, 7 August 2003

Plenary 1. Linking life zones, life history traits and cognition in select southwestern seed caching corvids. RUSSELL P. BALDA, Dept. Biol. Sci., Univ. N. Arizona, Flagstaff, AZ.

Symposium A. The legacy of S. Charles Kendeigh. Douglas A. James, organizer.

The legacy of S. Charles Kendeigh. DOUGLAS A. JAMES, Dept. Biol. Sci., Univ. Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR.

Comparison of nesting and wintering bird populations in central Belize. DOUGLAS A. JAMES, Dept. Biol. Sci., Univ. Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR.

Grassland vegetation and bird abundances on reclaimed midwestern coal mines. PETER SCOTT, TRAVIS DEVAULT, ROBB BAJEMA and STEVEN LIMA, Dept. Life Sci., Indiana State Univ., Terre Haute, IN.

Forest disturbance patterns and avian communities: effects of clearcut logging on avian community structure in temperate rainforests of Alaska. GAIL C. HALL, Audubon California, Starr Ranch Sanctuary, Trabitco Canyon, CA; and WILLIAM M. SHIELDS, Dept. Environ. & Forest Biol., SUNY ESF, Syracuse, NY.

Climatic seasonality influences life history traits and immune function in tropical and temperate House Sparrows: a common garden experiment. LYNN B. MARTIN II, MONICA PLESS, JULIA SVOBODA and MARTIN WIKELSKI, Dept. Ecol. & Evol. Biol., Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ.

Physiological responses to habitat fragmentation in a threatened migratory song bird on its wintering quarters. J. FRANCISCO DE LOS SANTOS and BRIDGET J. M. STUTCHBURY, Dept. Biol., York Univ., Toronto, ON.

Use of plant species for nests in relation to age in Wood Thrushes. WILLIAM P. BROWN and ROLAND R. ROTH, Dept. Entomol. & Appld. Ecol., Univ. Delaware, Newark, DE.

Conservation priorities for North American landbirds: the Partners in Flight perspective. KENNETH V. ROSENBERG, Cornell Lab. Ornithol., Ithaca, NY, and PETER J. BLANCHER, Bird Studies Canada, Ottawa, ON.

Roles of science in land conservation by local land trusts. RICHARD BREWER, Dept. Biol. Sci., W. Michigan Univ., Kalamazoo, ML

Symposium B. Avian dispersal and demography: scaling up to the landscape and beyond. Robert G. Clark, Keith A. Hobson and James D. Nichols, organizers.

General introduction to stable isotope techniques: recent advances and future prospects. KEITH A. HOBSON, Canadian Wildl. Ser., Saskatoon, SK.

Understanding survival and abundance in winter resident warblers: which rainfall matters? JOHN FAABORG, Div. Biol. Sci., Univ. Missouri, Columbia, MO, KATIE DUGGER, Dept. Wildl., Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR, and WAYNE J. ARENDT, USDA For. Ser., Luquillo, PR.

Potential fitness benefits resulting from the evolution of a new migratory behaviour in central European Blackcaps: a stable isotope approach. STUART BEARHOP, ROBERT W. FURNESS, Div. Envir. & Evol. Biol., Univ. Glasgow, UK; WOLFGANG FIEDLER, Vogelwarte, Radolfzell, Germany; and SUSAN WALDRON, Scottish Univ. Envir. Res. Center, East Kilbride, UK.

Modelling regional-scale population dynamics of boreal forest songbirds. STEVEN G. CUMMING, Boreal Ecosystems Res. Ltd, Edmonton, AB; and FIONA K. A. SCHMIEGELOW, Dept. Renew. Res., Univ. Alberta, Edmonton, AB.

Dispersal by Tree Swallows: experiments and prospects. DAVID W. WlNKLER, PETER H. WREGE, PAULO E. LLAMBIAS, VALENTINA FERRETTI, Dept. Ecol. & Evol. Biol, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, PETER A. HOSNER and PATRICK J. SULLIVAN, Dept. Nat. Res., Cornell Univ.

General introduction to CMR analyses: recent advances and future prospects. JAMES D. NICHOLS, USGS, Patuxent Widl. Res. Center, Laurel, MD.

Modern statistical methods for the study of dispersal and movement of marked birds. WILLIAM L. KENDALL, USGS, Patuxent Wildl. Res. Center, Laurel, MD.

Factors affecting natal and breeding dispersal movement of female European ducks. PETER BLUMS, Univ. Missouri, Columbia, MO; JAMES D. NICHOLS, JAMES E. HINES, USGS, Patuxent Wildl. Rex. Center, Laurel, MD; MARK S. LINDBERG, Inst. Arctic Biol., Univ. Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and AIVARS MEDNIS, Univ. Latvia, Salaspils, Latvia.

Survival and productivity of a neotropical migrant songbird: effects of large-scale climatic fluctuations. DANIEL F. MAZEROLLE, Dept. Biol., Univ. Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, KEVIN W. DUFOUR, KEITH A. HOBSON, Canadian Wildl. Ser., Prairie & N. Wildl. Res. Centre, Saskatoon, SK, and HEIDI E. DEN HAAN, Delta Marsh Bird Observatory, Portage la Prairie, MB.

Integrating stable isotope information with multi-state modeling to estimate movement rates among geographic strata. LARKIN A. POWELL, School Nat. Res. Sci., Univ. Nebraska, Lincoln, NE.

Symposium C. Birds and golf courses. Daniel A. Cristol and Amanda D. Rodewald, organizers Habitat value of golf course wetlands to waterbirds. C. LEANN WHITE and MARTIN B. MAIN, Dept. Wildl. Ecol. & Conserv., Univ. Florida, Gainesville, FL.

Avian diversity on desert golf courses. MICHELE MEROLA ZWARTJES, USDA For. Set: Rocky Mountain Res. Sta., Albuquerque, NM.

Attributes of golf courses that determine their conservation value. JOSHUA E. LECLERC and DANIEL A. CRISTOL, Dept. Biol., Coll. William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA.