Ecology and Management of Cowbirds and Their Hosts

Studies in the Conservation of North American Passerine Birds
Herausgeber: Smith, James N. M.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In the past two centuries, cowbirds have increased in numbers and extended their range across North America, while many of the native songbird species whose nests they parasitize to raise their young have declined. This timely book collects forty essays by most of the principal authorities on the biology and management of cowbirds. The book's goals are to explore the biology of cowbirds, the threats they pose to host species and populations, and the management programs that are being undertaken to minimize these threats. The book is organized into five sections, each with an extended editors' introduction that places the contributions in a broad, up-to-date setting. The sections cover: The changing abundance of cowbirds and the ways in which their numbers can be estimated. Host choice by cowbirds, the negative effects of cowbirds on particular host species, and the daily patterns of cowbird behavior. Behavioral interactions between cowbirds and specific host species. Patterns of cowbird abundance and host use across varying landscapes. Management programs designed to control cowbirds and protect threatened songbirds.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Texas Press
• Seitenzahl: 402
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 280mm x 216mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 1007g
• ISBN-13: 9780292726895
• ISBN-10: 0292726899
• Artikelnr.: 35559706

Autorenporträt

By James N. M. Smith, Terry L. Cook, Stephen I. Rothstein, Scott K. Robinson, and Spencer G. Sealy

Inhaltsangabe

1. Foreword: Cowbirds and Bull-hockey (Paul R. Ehrlich)
2. General Introduction: Brown-headed Cowbirds as a Model System for Studies
of Behavior, Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology (James N. M.
Smith and Stephen I. Rothstein)
3. Part I. Population Trends of Cowbirds and Hosts and Relevant Methodology
* 1. Introduction (Stephen I. Rothstein and Scott K. Robinson)
* 2. Temporal and Geographic Patterns in Population Trends of
Brown-headed Cowbirds (Bruce G. Peterjohn, John R. Sauer, and Sandra
Schwarz)
* 3. Cowbird Population Changes and Their Relationship to Changes in
Some Host Species (David A. Wiedenfeld)
* 4. The Spread of Shiny and Brown-headed Cowbirds into the Florida
Region (Alexander Cruz, John W. Prather, William Post, and James W.
Wiley)
* 5. Brown-headed Cowbird Population Trends at a Large Winter Roost in
Southwest Louisiana, 1974-1992 (Brent Ortego)
* 6. An Evaluation of Point Counts and Playbacks as Techniques for
Censusing Brown-headed Cowbirds (R. Kirk Miles and David A. Buehler)
* 7. The Structure and Function of Cowbird Vocalizations and the Use of
Playbacks to Enhance Cowbird Detectability: Relations to Potential
Censusing Biases (Stephen I. Rothstein, Chris Farmer, and Jared
Verner)
4. Part II. Cowbird Spacing Behavior, Host Selection, and Negative
Consequences of Parasitism for Commonly Used Hosts
* 8. Introduction (James N. M. Smith, Spencer G. Sealy, and Terry L.
Cook)
* 9. Spatial Patterns of Breeding Female Brown-headed Cowbirds on an
Illinois Site (Arlo Raim)
* 10. Differences in Movements, Home Range, and Habitat Preferences of
Female Brown-headed Cowbirds in Three Midwestern Landscapes (Frank R.
Thompson III and William D. Dijak)
* 11. The Effects of Host Numbers on Cowbird Parasitism of Red-winged
Blackbirds (Christy A. Carello and Gregory K. Snyder)
* 12. Cowbird Brood Parasitism on a Little-used Host: The Yellow-headed
Blackbird (Alfred M. Dufty, Jr.)
* 13. Host Selection in the Forest Interior: Cowbirds Target
Ground-nesting Species (D. Caldwell Hahn and Jeff S. Hatfield)
* 14. Reproductive Interactions between Brown-headed Cowbirds and
Plumbeous Vireos in Colorado (Jameson F. Chace, Alexander Cruz, and
Rebecca E. Marvil)
* 15. Effects of Multiple Parasitism on Cowbird and Wood Thrush Nesting
Success (Cheryl L. Trine)
* 16. Comparing the Relative Effects of Brood Parasitism and Nest
Predation on Seasonal Fecundity in Passerine Birds (Joseph A.
Grzybowski and Craig M. Pease)
5. Part III. Host-Cowbird Behavioral Interactions
* 17. Introduction (James N. M. Smith and Spencer G. Sealy)
* 18. Morning Nest Arrivals in Cowbird Hosts: Their Role in Aggression,
Cowbird Recognition, and Host Response to Parasitism (Dirk E.
Burhans)
* 19. Yellow Warbler Nest Attentiveness before Sunrise: Antiparasite
Strategy or Onset of Incubation? (Spencer G. Sealy, D. Glen McMaster,
Sharon A. Gill, and Diane L. Neudorf)
* 20. The Ecology of Egg-puncture Behavior by the Shiny Cowbird in
Southwestern Puerto Rico (Tammie K. Nakamura and Alexander Cruz)
* 21. Why Do Female Brown-headed Cowbirds Remove Host Eggs? A Test of
the Incubation Efficiency Hypothesis (Brian D. Peer and Eric K.
Bollinger)
6. Part IV. Environmental Correlates of Cowbird Parasitism at Multiple Spatial
Scales
* 22. Introduction (Scott K. Robinson and James N. M. Smith)
* 23. The Role of Vegetation in Cowbird Parasitism of Yellow Warblers
(William H. Howe and Fritz L. Knopf)
* 24. Association of Cowbird Parasitism and Vegetative Cover in
Territories of Southwestern Willow Flycatchers (Jamie C. Uyehara and
Mary J. Whitfield)
* 25. Interhabitat Differences in Parasitism Frequencies by
Brown-headed Cowbirds in the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia (David
Ward and James N. M. Smith)
* 26. Cowbird Parasitism and Nest Predation in Fragmented Grasslands of
Southwestern Manitoba (Stephen K. Davis and Spencer G. Sealy)
* 27. Cowbird Parasitism in Grassland and Cropland in the Northern
Great Plains (Rolf R. Koford, Bonnie S. Brwn, John T. Lokemoen, and
Arnold D. Kruse)
* 28. Distribution and Habitat Associations of Brown-headed Cowbirds in
the Green Mountains of Vermont (Daniel R. Coker and David E. Capen)
* 29. Impacts of Cowbird Parasitism on Wood Thrushes and Other
Neotropical Migrants in Suburban Maryland Forests (Barbara A. Dowell,
Jane E. Fallon, Chandler S. Robbins, Deanna K. Dawson, and Frederick
W. Fallon)
* 30. Cowbird Distribution at Different Scales of Fragmentation:
Trade-offs between Breeding and Feeding Opportunities (Therese M.
Donovan, Frank R. Thompson III, and John R. Faaborg)
* 31. Brown-headed Cowbird Parasitism of Migratory Birds: Effects of
Forest Area and Surrounding Landscape (Lisa J. Petit and Daniel R.
Petit)
* 32. Biogeographic, Landscape, and Local Factors Affecting Cowbird
Abundance and Host Parasitism Levels (Frank R. Thompson III, Scott K.
Robinson, Therese M. Donovan, John R. Faaborg, Donald R. Whitehead,
and David R. Larsen)
* 33. Cowbird Parasitism in a Fragmented Landscape: Effects of Tract
Size, Habitat, and Abundance of Cowbirds and Hosts (Scott K.
Robinson, Jeffrey P. Hoover, and James R. Herkert)
* 34. Within-landscape Variation in Patterns of Cowbird Parasitism in
the Forests of South-central Indiana (Donald E. Winslow, Donald R.
Whitehead, Carolyn Frazer Whyte, Matthew A. Koukal, Grant M.
Greenberg, and Thomas B. Ford)
* 35. Effects of Land-use and Management Practices on the Presence of
Brown-headed Cowbirds in the White Mountains of New Hampshire and
Maine (Mariko Yamasaki, Toni M. McLellan, Richard M. DeGraaf and
Christine A. Costello)
7. Part V. Cowbird Management, Host Population Limitation, and Efforts to Save
Endangered Species
* 36. Introduction (Stephen I. Rothstein and Terry L. Cook)
* 37. Brown-headed Cowbird Control on Kirtland's Warbler Nesting Areas
in Michigan, 1972-1995 (Michael E. DeCapita)
* 38. Cowbird Control and the Endangered Least Bell's Vireo: A
Management Success Story (John T. Griffith and Jane C. Griffith)
* 39. Cowbird Control Program at Fort Hood, Texas: Lessons for
Mitigation of Cowbird Parasitism on a Landscape Scale (Timothy J.
Hayden, David J. Tazik, Robert H. Melton, and John D. Cornelius)
* 40. Results of a Brown-headed Cowbird Control Program for the
Southwestern Willow Flycatcher (Mary J. Whitfield)
8. Contributors
9. Index