WHEN: Monday evenings, 7:30 to 9 PM, starting 26 January.
WHERE: Foster Hall 214 (Museum classroom, contra registration booklet)

POSSIBLE TOPICS AND PAPERS:

Species diversity -- overview: ."Latitudinal gradients in species diversity: a review of concepts" Pianka, 1966, Am. Nat. 100: 33-46; "Patterns of communities in the tropics" MacArthur, 1969, Biol. J. Linnaean Soc. London 1: 19-30; "Evolution in the tropics" Baker, 1970, Biotropica 2: 101-111.
Species diversity - historical factors: "Generation and maintenance of gradients in taxonomic diversity" Stehli et al., 1969, Science 164: 947-949; "Climate and evolutionary rate" Van Valen, 1969, Science 166: 1656-1658; "Historical factors and bird species richness" Pearson, 1982, pp. 441-452 in "Biological diversification in the tropics" (Prance, ed.); "Speciation in Amazonian forest birds" Haffer, 1969, Science 165: 131-137; "Avian biogeography in the Amazon Basin and the biological model of diversification" Beven et al., 1984, J. Biogeogr. 11: 383-400; "The biogeographic evidence supporting the Pleistocene forest refuge hypothesis" Mayr and O'Hara, 1986, Evolution 40: 55-67; "A 5200-year history of Amazonian rain forest" Liu and Colinvaux, 1988 , J. Biogeogr. 15: 231-248.
Species diversity - ecological factors: "The number of bird species in some tropical forests" Orians, 1969, Ecology 50: 783-801; "A comparative study of the structure of avian communities in selected Panama and Illinois habitats" Karr, 1971, Ecolog. Monogr. 41: 207--; "Causes of tropical species diversity" Terborgh, 1980, Proc. 17th Int. Orn. Congr. 955-961; "The latitudinal gradient in geographical range: how so many species coexist in the tropics" Stevens, 1989, Amer. Nat. 133: 240-256.
Metabolic rates: "Metabolic rates, resources, and the occurrence of non-passerines in terrestrial avian communities" Faaborg, 1977, Amer. Nat. 111: 903-916. "The metabolic rate of tropical birds" Hails, Condor 85: 61-65.
Habitat selection: "Niche size and faunal diversity" Klopfer and MacArthur, 1960, Amer. Nat. 94: 293-300; "Why are many tropical bird species distributed patchily with respect to available habitat?" Diamond, 1980, Proc. 17th Int. Orn. Congress 968-973; "Habitat selection in Amazonian birds" Terborgh, 1985, pp. 311-338 in "Habitat selection in birds" (Cody, Ed.).
Competition: "Colonization of secondary habitats by Peruvian birds" Terborgh and Weske, 1969, Ecology 50: 765-782; {Terborgh Vilcabamba papers}, Ecology.
Relative abundance: "Ecological correlates of rarity in a tropical forest bird community" Karr, 1977, Auk 94: 240-247; "Patterns of foraging ecology for common and rarer bird species in tropical lowland forest communities" Pearson, 1980, Proc. 17th Int. Orn. Congr. 974-978.
Ecomorphology: "Large-billed insectivorous birds: a precipitous diversity gradient" Schoener, 1971, Condor 73: 154-161; "Dissimilar bill shapes in New World tropical versus temperate forest foliage-gleaning birds" Greenberg, 1981, Oecologia 49: 143-147.
Insectivory: "Comparative foraging success of insectivorous birds in tropical and temperate forests: ecological implications" Thiollay, 1988, Oikos 53: 17-30; "Leaf surface specializations of birds and arthropods in a Panamanian forest" Oecologia 46: 115-124.
Frugivory: "On the evolutionary advantages and disadvantages of fruit-eating in tropical birds" Morton, 1973, Amer. Nat. 107: 8-22; "Bird activity and seed dispersal of a tropical wet forest tree" Howe, 1977, Ecology 58: 539-550; {numerous other papers}.
Nectarivory: "Coadapted competitors: the flowering seasons of hummingbird-pollinated plants in a tropical forest" Stiles, 1977, Science 198: 1177-1178; "Community organization among Neotropical nectar-feeding birds" Feinsinger and Colwell, 1978, Amer. Zool. 18: 779-795; {numerous other papers}.
Population biology: "The seasonality and population dynamics of equatorial forest birds in Sarawak" Fogden, 1972, Ibis 114: 307-343; "Breeding productivity and the nonbreeding element in some montane forest birds in Malawi, south-central Africa" Dowsett-Lemaire, 1985, Biotropica 17: 137-144; "Constant density and stable territoriality in some tropical insectivorous birds" Greenberg and Gradwohl, 1986, Oecologia 69: 618-625.
Clutch size: "Evolution of clutch size in tropical species of birds" Murray, 1985, Ornith. Monogr. 36: 505-519.
Nesting success: "Clutch size, nesting success, and predation of nests of Neotropical birds, reviewed" Skutch, 1985, Ornith. Monogr. 36: 575-594; "Is nesting success of birds low in the tropics?. Oniki, 1979, Biotropica 11: 60-69.
Growth rates: "Growth rates of birds in the humid New World tropics" Ricklefs, 1976, Ibis 118: 179-207.
Nesting biology: "The nesting cycle of songbirds in tropical and temperate regions" Ricklefs, 1968, Living Bird 8: 165-175.
Timing of breeding: The nesting seasons of Central American birds in relation to climate and food supply, Skutch, 1950, Ibis 92: 185-222; "The breeding seasons of birds in Indonesia" Voous, 1950, Ibis 92: 279-287.
Molt patterns: "A model to explain molt-breeding overlap and clutch size in some tropical birds" Foster, 1974, Evolution 28: 182-190; "Breeding and molt cycles of some montane forest birds in Malawi, south-central Africa" Dowsett and Dowsett-Lemaire, 1984, Terre et Vie 38: 89-111.
Social systems: "Social systems in a tropical forest avifauna" Buskirk, 1976, Amer. Nat. 110: 293-310; "Multispecies territoriality in Neotropical foraging flocks" Munn and Terborgh, 1979, Condor 81: 338-347; "Birds that 'cry wolf'" Munn, 1986, Nature 319: 143-145.
Vocalizations: "Duetting and chorus singing in African birds" Payne, 1971, Ostrich Suppl. 9: 125-146.
Coloration: "Latitudinal gradients in colors and patterns of passerine birds" Bailey, 1978, Condor 80: 372-381.