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

Auk, The, Jul 2004

Effects of fire on montane forest birds in southeastern Arizona. CHRIS KIRKPATRICK and COURTNEY J. CONWAY, USGS Arizona Coop. Fish & Wildl. Res. Unit, Univ. Arizona, Tucson, AZ.

Does oxidative damage to DNA increase with age in birds? WEI LIU and CAROL VLECK, Dept. EEOB, Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA.

Preliminary assessment of relationships in Tolmomyias Flycatchers. JOSE G. TELLO, Dept. Biol. Sci., Univ. Illinois at Chicago and Div. Birds, Field Mus., Chicago, IL; ISABEL C. CABALLERO, RAURI C. K. BOWIE, THOMAS S. SCHULENBERG and JOHN M. BATES, Div. Birds, Field Mus., Chicago, IL.

Effects of food and ectoparasites on age of natal dispersal in Burrowing Owls. VICTORIA GARCIA and COURTNEY J. CONWAY, School Renew. Nat. Res., Univ. Arizona, Tucson, AZ.

Characteristics of forage trees and energy demands of wintering Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers. H. DAWN WILKINS, School Sci. & Tech., Quincy Univ., Quincy, IL.

Food availability and obligate brood reduction in the Nazca Booby LESLIE D. CLIFFORD and DAVID J. ANDERSON, Dept. Biol., Wake Forest Univ., Winston-Salem, NC.

Sources of egg size variation in Eastern Bluebirds. THOMAS J. ROBINSON and THOMAS S. RISCH, Dept. Biol. Sci., Arkansas State Univ., Jonesboro, AR.

Lactotroph distribution and response to VIP stimulation across the breeding cycle in the Zebra Finch. DEBORA E. CHRISTENSEN and CAROL M. VLECK, Dept. Zool. & Gen., Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA.

Sex-specific nestling mortality, food requirements, and sex ratios in the Waved Albatross. MARK A. WESTBROCK, Dept. Biol., Wake Forest Univ., Winston-Salem, NC, KATHRYN P. HUYVAERT, Dept. Biol., Univ. Missouri - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, MARINA HAGEN and DAVID J. ANDERSON, Dept. Biol., Wake Forest Univ.

Comparing avian species richness, density, and productivity among grazing systems in the Nebraska Sandhills. LARKIN A. POWELL and SILKA L. FINKBEINER, School Nat. Res., Univ. Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE.

Social interest of nestlings to non-breeding adult Nazca Boobies; causes and consequences. ELAINE T. PORTER and DAVID J. ANDERSON, Dept. Biol., Wake Forest Univ., Winston-Salem, NC.

Upland Sandpipers habitat use in an experimental landscape. TONY W MONG and BRETT K. SANDERCOCK, Div. Biol., Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS.

A landscape perspective on the effects of mesopredators on avian nest success in wetlands in Nebraska's Rainwater Basin. LARKIN A. POWELL, CHRISTINA J. KOCER, and MAX POST VAN DER BURG, School Nat. Res., Univ. Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE.

Moving on up: shifting contact zone between Black-capped and Carolina Chickadees in southeastern Pennsylvania. ROBERT L. CURRY, SUSAN L. GUERS, KERRl L. CORNELL, MATTHEW W. REUDINK, LINDSAY M. ROSSANO and RYAN ZITNAY, Dept. Biol., Villanova Univ., Villanova, PA.

Is food limiting during the nonbreeding season of birds? A view provided by optimal body mass models. CHRISTOPHER M. ROGERS, Dept. Biol. Sci.., Wichita State Univ., Wichita, KS.

The science of reintroduction: a survey of avian release programs. JOANNE M. EARNHARDT, DENNIS RENTSCH, Dept. Conserv. & Sci., Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, IL; ERIC VANDERWERF, U.S. Fish & Wildl. Ser., Pacific Islands Fish & Wildl. Office, Honolulu, HI; LISA FAUST, AMY WOLF, MEGAN ROSS and STEVEN D. THOMPSON, Dept. Conserv. & Sci., Lincoln Park Zoo.