Synopsis of Graduate Program in
Ornithology
J. V. Remsen
Louisiana State University
A. GRADUATE STUDENTS ADVISED:
1. Degrees completed: Ph.D. (16), M.S. (15):
a. Doctoral students
1985: Scott M. Lanyon (Director, Bell Museum of Natural History, and Professor, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, Univ. of Minnesota). Link: Scott Lanyon
1987: Angelo P. Capparella (Assoc. Prof. of Biology, Illinois State University). Link: Angelo Capparella
1989: Peter E. Scott (Assoc. Prof. of Biology, Indiana State University). Link: Peter Scott
1990: Kenneth V. Rosenberg (Director of Conservation Science, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology). Link: Kenneth V. Rosenberg
1995: Andrew W. Kratter (Collections Manager, Florida Museum of Natural History). Link: Andy Kratter
1995: R. Terry Chesser (Curator of Birds, U.S. National Museum, Smithsonian). Link: Terry Chesser
1998: Manuel Marín A. (Research Associate, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County)
2000: Mario Cohn-Haft (Vertebrate Systematist and Curator of Birds, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia, Manaus, Brazil). Link: Mario Cohn-Haft
2002: Alexandre Aleixo (Curator of Birds, Museu Goeldi, Brazil). Link: Alex Aleixo
2002: Alison R. Styring (Assoc. Prof. Biology, Evergreen State College). Link: Alison Styring
2003: Kazuya Naoki (Assist. Prof. Biology, Universidad Mayor de San Andres, La Paz, Bolivia). Link: Kazuya Naoki
2004: Christopher C. Witt (Asst. Prof. Biology and Curator of Birds, Museum of Southwestern Biology, Univ. New Mexico). Link: Chris Witt
2009: Thomas Valqui (Director, Centro
de Ornitología y Biodiversidad, Lima, Peru). Link:
Thomas Valqui
2009: Brian J. O’Shea (Collections Manager, North
Carolina State Museum Natural History)
2010: David L. Anderson (Instructor,
Dept. Biology, Boise State Univ.).
Link: Dave
Anderson
2010: Santiago Claramunt (Postdoctoral Researcher,
American Museum of Natural History).
Link: Santiago
Claramunt
2010: Luciano Naka (Postdoctoral Researcher, CnPQ,
Brazil).
b. Master's students
1980: Ethan J. Temeles (Ph.D. in Zoology, Univ. Calif. at Davis, with Dr. Thomas W. Schoener; currently Assoc. Prof. of Biology, Amherst College). Link: Ethan Temeles
1981: Gary R. Graves (Ph.D. in Biological Science, Florida State Univ., with Dr. Frances C. James; currently Curator of Birds, U.S. National Museum, Smithsonian). Link: Gary Graves
1982: Thomas S. Schulenberg (Ph.D. in Evolutionary Biology, Univ. Chicago, with Dr. Scott M. Lanyon; currently Research Associate, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology). Link: Tom Schulenberg
1982: Mark B. Robbins (currently Collections Manager, Museum of Natural History, Univ. of Kansas). Link: Mark Robbins
1983: David A. Wiedenfeld (Ph.D. in Biological Science, Florida State Univ., with Dr. Frances C. James; currently, Assistant Director of International Programs, American Bird Conservancy). Link: David Wiedenfeld
1985: Gary H. Rosenberg (currently bird-tour leader, Wings Tours, Inc.). Link: Gary Rosenberg
1987: M. Mark Swan (non-thesis M.S.; Research Associate, Colorado State University Center for
Environmental Management of Military Lands).
1989: Mary C. Garvin (Ph.D. in Biology, Univ. of Florida; currently Assoc. Prof. of Biology, Oberlin College). Link: Mary Garvin
1989: Peter P. Marra (Ph.D. in Biology, Dartmouth College, with Dr. Richard Holmes; currently Terrestrial Animal Ecologist, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center). Link: Peter P. Marra
1991: Angela Chapman (Ph.D. in bird biology, University of Queensland; currently Lecturer, Calif. State University Channel Islands). Link: Angela M. Chapman
1992: T. Scott Sillett (Ph.D. in Biology, Dartmouth College, with Dr. Richard Holmes; currently Research Wildlife Ecologist, Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center). Link: Scott Sillett
1992: Curtis A. Marantz (Ph.D.
Biology, Univ. of Massachusetts, with Dr. Donald Kroodsma; starting December
2005, NSF International Research Fellow, Tropical Zoology Institute,
Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas).
1993: David C. Moyer (Director and Associate Conservation Ecologist, Tanzania Country Program, Wildlife Conservation Society). Link: David C. Moyer
1999: Daniel F. Lane (currently Museum Associate, LSU Museum of Natural Science). Link: Dan Lane
1999: Elizabeth R. Loos (Ph.D. program in Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, Univ. Louisiana at Lafayette, with Dr. Paul Leberg; currently Research Program Scientist for Delta Waterfowl Foundation and Research Associate, LSU Dept. Renewable Natural Resources).
2. Graduate students who took permanent jobs before completing their degrees:
(Ph.D.) Carlos E. Quintela (Wildlife Conservation Society).
(M.S.) Steven W. Cardiff (Collections Manager, Birds & Mammals, Museum of Natural Science, LSU).
(M.S.) Daniel G. Christian (Naturalist, Penrose Point State Park, Washington)
(M.S.) Robert C. Faucett (Collections
Manager, Birds, Burke Museum, Univ. of Washington)
3. Current graduate students and research topics: link: Current Graduate Students
B. GRADUATE
STUDENT GRANTS. TOTAL (1982-2011) = $345,316
C. MAJOR AWARDS
Outstanding Student Paper Awards at scientific meetings:
MARY C. GARVIN; 1989, American Ornithologists Union (Univ. of Pittsburgh): "The relationship of blood parasites of some passerine birds to sexual plumage dimorphism, plumage brightness, and nesting height"
R. TERRY CHESSER; 1994, American Ornithologists' Union (Univ. of Montana): "Patterns of seasonal distribution of austral migrant passerines in Bolivia"
MARIO COHN-HAFT; VI Brazilian Ornithological Congress (Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 1997): "Biogeography of the genus Hemitriccus in Amazonia: Morphological, vocal, and genetic variation"
ELIZABETH R. LOOS; 1999, American Ornithologists' Union (Cornell University): "Incubation in Blue-winged Teal: testing hypotheses of incubation constancy, recess frequency, weight loss, and nest success"
MARIO COHN-HAFT; 2000, American Ornithologists' Union- British Ornithologists' Union-Society of Canadian Ornithologists (St. Johns Memorial University. Newfoundland, Canada): "Vocal and DNA-sequence variation and phylogeography of Amazonian Hemitriccus flycatchers"
ALEXANDRE ALEIXO; 2001, American Ornithologists' Union (University of Washington): "Molecular systematics of Xiphorhynchus woodcreepers (Dendrocolaptidae): implications for species limits and Neotropical historical biogeography"
CHRISTOPHER C. WITT; 2002, North American Ornithological Congress (New Orleans): "The causes of differential rates of molecular evolution in bird mitochondrial DNA"
CHRISTOPHER C. WITT; 2004, Ernst Mayr Award of the Society of Systematic Biologists at the Evolution 2004 conference (Fort Collins, Colorado): "A re-examination of the phylogenetic evidence for molecular punctuated equilibria"
LUCIANO N. NAKA; 2008, American Ornithologists' Union (Portland,
Oregon): "Contact zones and phylogeographic breaks in northwestern
Amazonian antbirds (Thamnophilidae)"
GUSTAVO A. BRAVO; 2009, American Ornithologists' Union (Philadelphia):
“Phylogenetic analysis of phenotypic divergence in the antbirds”
LSU Outstanding Dissertation Award in Science and Engineering (selected as the outstanding dissertation done at LSU that year):
R. TERRY CHESSER, 1995
Cooper Ornithological Society, Joseph Grinnell Student Research Award:
KAZUYA NAOKI, 2000
American Ornithologists' Union, Wetmore Awards:
2002: CHRISTOPHER C. WITT
2000: MARIO COHN-HAFT
1999: ALEXANDRE ALEIXO
1999: KAZUYA NAOKI
1993: R. TERRY CHESSER
1993: ANDREW W. KRATTER
1987: CARLOS E. QUINTELA
1986: ANGELO P. CAPPARELLA
D. SELECTED PUBLICATIONS from a total of 200 by Remsen graduate students (while at LSU, or based on their LSU work published after leaving LSU; Remsen students in all-caps.)
2011
CLARAMUNT,
S., Derryberry, E. P., J. V. Remsen, Jr., & R. T. Brumfield. High dispersal ability inhibits
speciation in a continental radiation of passerine birds. Proceedings Royal Society London B (in
press).
Derryberry,
E. P., S. CLARAMUNT, G. Derryberry, R. T. Chesser, J. Cracraft, A. Aleixo, J.
Pérez-Emán, J. V. Remsen Jr., & R. T. Brumfield. 2011. Lineage
diversification and morphological evolution during an exceptional continental
radiation, the Neotropical ovenbirds and woodcreepers (Aves: Furnariidae. Evolution 65: 2973–2986.
GIBBONS,
R. E., J. Barrio, G. A. Bravo, & L. Alza. 2011. Assessing
the geographic range of Black-fronted Ground-Tyrants (Muscisaxicola frontalis) using extralimital and winter range
occurrence records and ecological niche modeling. J. Field Ornithology.
NAKA, L. N.
2011. Avian distribution
patterns in the Guiana Shield: implications for the delimitation of Amazonian
areas of endemism. Journal
Biogeography 38: 681–696.
O’Neill, J. P., D. F. Lane,
& L. N. NAKA. 2011. A cryptic new species of thrush
(Turdidae: Turdus) from western
Amazonia. Condor 113: 869-880.
Zyskowski, K., J. C.
Mittermeier, O. Ottema, M. Rakovic, B. J. O'SHEA, J. E. Lai, S. B. Hochgraf, J.
de León, & K. Au. 2011. Avifauna of the easternmost tepui,
Tafelberg in central Suriname.
Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History (Yale University) 52:
153-180.
2010
ANDERSON, D. L., P. House, R. E. Hyman,
R. Steiner, H. R. Hawkins, S. Thorn, M. J. Rey, M. R. Espinal, & L. E.
Marineros. 2010. Rediscovery of the Honduran Emerald (Amazilia
luciae) in western Honduras: insights on the distribution, ecology, and
conservation of a critically endangered hummingbird. Bird Conservation International 20: 255-262.
CLARAMUNT, S. 2010.
Discovering
exceptional diversifications at continental scales: the case of the endemic
families of Neotropical suboscine passerines. Evolution 64: 2004-2019.
CLARAMUNT, S., E. P. Derryberry, R. T. Chesser, A.
Aleixo, & R. T. Brumfield. 2010. Polyphyly of Campylorhamphus and the description of a new genus for C. pucherani (Dendrocolaptinae). Auk 127: 430-439.
Derryberry, E. P., R. T. Chesser, S. CLARAMUNT, J. Cracraft, &
R. T. Brumfield. 2010. Certhiasomus, a new genus of woodcreeper (Aves: Passeriformes:
Furnariidae) from South America.
Zootaxa 2416: 44–50.
Derryberry, E., S. CLARAMUNT, K. E. O’Quin, A.
Aleixo, R. T. Chesser, J. V. Remsen, JR., & R. T. Brumfield. 2010. Pseudasthenes, a new genus of ovenbird (Aves: Passeriformes: Furnariidae). Zootaxa 2416: 61–68.
Gómez, J. P., G. A. BRAVO, R. T. Brumfield, J. G. Tello, & C. D.
Cadena. 2010. A phylogenetic approach to
disentangling the role of competition and habitat filtering in community
assembly of Neotropical forest birds.
Journal of Animal Ecology 79:1181-1192.
2009
ANDERSON,
D. L. 2009. Ground versus canopy
methods for the study of birds in tropical forest canopies: implications for
ecology and conservation. Condor
111: 226-237.
McCracken, K. G., M. Bulgarella, K. P. Johnson, M. K. Kuhner, J.
Trucco, T. H. VALQUI, R. E. Wilson, and J. L. Peters. 2009. Gene flow in the face of
countervailing selection: adaptation to high-altitude hypoxia
in the bA
hemoglobin subunit of Yellow-billed Pintails in the Andes. Molecular Biology and
Evolution
26: 815–827.
McCracken,
K., C. Barger, M. Bulgarella, M .K. Johnson, A. V. Kuhner, V. Moore, J. L.
Peters, J. Trucco, T. VALQUI, K.
Winker, & R. Wilson.
2009. Signature of high-altitude
adaptation in the major hemoglobin of five species of Andean dabbling
ducks. American Naturalist 174:
631-650.
McCracken, K. G., C. P. Barger, M. Bulgarella, K. P. Johnson, S. A. Sonsthagen, J. Trucco,
T. H. VALQUI, R. E. Wilson, K. Winker, & M. D. Sorenson. 2009. Parallel evolution in the major haemoglobin
genes of eight
species of Andean waterfowl. Molecular Ecology 18: 3992–4005.
Stouffer, P. C., C. Strong, & L. N. NAKA. 2009. Twenty years of understory bird extinctions from Amazonian
rainforest fragments: consistent trends and landscape-mediated dynamics. Diversity and Distributions 15: 88-97.
Young, B. E., I. Franke, P. A. Hernandez, S.
K. Herzog, L. Paniagua, C. Tovar, and T. H. VALQUI. 2009. Using
spatial models to predict areas of endemism and gaps in the protection of
Andean slope birds. Auk 126:
554-565.
2008
Harshman,
J., E. L. Braun, M. J. Braun, C. J. Huddleston, R. C. K. Bowie, J. L.
Chojnowski, S. J. Hackett, K.-L. Han, R. T. Kimball, B. D. Marks, K. J. Miglia,
W. S. Moore, S. Reddy, F. H. Sheldon, D. W. Steadman, S. J. Steppan, C. C.
WITT, & T. Yuri. 2008. Phylogenomic evidence for multiple
losses o flight in ratite birds.
Proceedings National Academy of Sciences 105: 13462-13467.
NAKA,
L. N., P. C. Stouffer, M. Cohn-Haft, C. A. Marantz, A. Whittaker, & R. O.
Bierregaard, Jr. 2008. Voices of the Brazilian Amazon. Vol. 1. Birds of the terra firme forests north of Manaus: Guianan
area of endemism. 4 CD set. NovoDisc Média Digital da Amazonia,
Ltda.
2007
Bulgarella, M., R. E.
Wilson, C. Kopuchian, T. VALQUI, and K. G. McCracken. 2007.
Elevational variation in body size of Crested Ducks (Lophonetta specularioides) from the central
High Andes, Mendoza, and Patagonia.
Ornitologia Neotropical 18: 587-602
Lane, D. F., G. P.
Servat, T. VALQUI H., & F. R. Lambert. 2007. A distinctive new species of
tyrant flycatcher (Passeriformes: Tyrannidae: Cnipodectes) from
southeastern Peru. Auk 124: 762-763.
NAKA, L. N., M. Cohn-Haft, A. Whittaker, J. Mazar Barnet, & M.
F. Torres. 2007. Avian
biogeography of Amazonian flooded forest in the Rio Branco basin, Brazil. Wilson Journal Ornithology 119:
439-449.
NAOKI, K. 2007. Arthropod resource partitioning among omnivorous tanagers (Tangara spp.) in western Ecuador. Auk 124: 197-209.
Robbins, M. B., M. J. Braun,
C. M. Milensky, B. K. Schmidt, W. Prince, N. H. Rice, D. W. Finch, and B. J.
O’SHEA. 2007. Avifauna of the upper Essequibo River
and Acary Mountains, southern Guyana.
Ornitologia Neotropical 18: 339-368.
2006
ALEIXO, A. 2006. Historical diversification of floodplain forest specialist species in the Amazon: a case study with two species of the avian genus Xiphorhynchus (Aves: Dendrocolaptidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 89: 383-395.
Clark, W. S. and C. C. WITT. 2006. First known specimen of a hybrid buteo: Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni) x Rough-legged Hawk (B. lagopus) from Louisiana. Wilson Journal Ornithology 118: 42-52.
Lane, D. F., T. VALQUI H., J. Alvarez A, J. Armenta, & K. Eckhardt. 2006. The rediscovery and natural history of the White-masked Antbird (Pithys castaneus). Wilson J. Ornithology 118: 13-22.
2005
CHESSER, R. T. 2005. Seasonal distribution and ecology of South American austral migrant flycatchers. Pp. 168-181 in "Birds of Two Worlds" (R. Greenberg and P. P. Marra, eds.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
WITT, C. C. 2005. Syntopic breeding suggests mimicry of the Black-and-white Seedeater (Sporophila luctuosa) by the Black-and-white Tanager (Conothraupis speculigera). Ornitologia Neotropical 16: 387-396.
VALQUI, T. 2005. Peru, Natural Eden of Birds. Graph&Consult, Lima, Peru. 199 pages.
2004
ALEIXO, A. 2004. Historical diversification of a terra-firme forest bird superspecies: a phylogeographic perspective on the role of different hypotheses of Amazonian diversification. Evolution 58: 13031317.
Burns, K. J. and K. NAOKI. 2004. Molecular phylogenetics and biogeography of Neotropical tanagers in the genus Tangara. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 32: 838-854.
STYRING, A. R.
and M.Z. Hussin. 2004. Foraging ecology of woodpeckers in lowland Malaysian
rainforests. Journal of Tropical Ecology 20: 487-494.
STYRING, A. R. and M.Z. Hussin. 2004. Selective logging and woodpeckers in Malaysia: the relationship between resource availability and woodpecker abundance. Journal of Tropical Ecology 20: 495-504.
WITT, C. C. & R. T. BRUMFIELD. 2004. Comment on "Molecular phylogenies link rates of evolution and speciation." Science 303: 173b.
2003
Marantz, C., A. ALEIXO, L. R. Bevier, & M. A. Patten. 2003. Family Dendrocolaptidae (Woodcreepers). Pp. 358-447 in "Handbook of the Birds of the World," Vol. 8. Broadbills to Tapaculos (del Hoyo, J. et al., eds.). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
NAOKI, K. 2003. The relative importance of arthropods and fruits in fruiting behavior of omnivorous tanagers (Thraupidae): the comparison of three methods. Condor 105: 135-139.
NAOKI, K. 2003. Notes on foraging ecology of the little-known Green-capped Tanager (Tangara meyerdeschauenseei). Ornitologia Neotropical 14: 411-414.
STYRING, A. R. & K. Ickes. 2003. Woodpeckers (Picidae) at Pasoh: foraging ecology, flocking and the impacts of logging on abundance and diversity. Pages 547-557 in "Pasoh: Ecology of a lowland tropical rain forest in Southeast Asia (T. Okuda et al., eds.). Springer-Verlag, Tokyo.
STYRING, A. R. 2003. Effects of selective logging on a guild of 13 syntopic woodpecker species in a Malaysian forest reserve. Pages 167-174 in P. Pechacek (ed.). Proceedings of the 1st International Symposium of the Woodpecker Working Group of the German Ornithological Society.
2002
ALEIXO, A. 2002. Molecular systematics and the role of the "várzea"-"terra firme" ecotone in the diversification of Xiphorhynchus woodcreepers (Aves: Dendrocolaptidae). Auk 119: 621-640.
ALEIXO, A. & B. M. Whitney. 2002. Dendroplex (= Xiphorhynchus) necopinus Zimmer 1934 (Dendrocolaptidae) is a junior synonym of Dendrornis kienerii (= Xiphorhynchus picus kienerii) Des Murs 1855. Auk 119: 520-523.
Borges, S. H., M. COHN-HAFT, A. M. P. Carvalhaes, L. M. Henriques, J. F. Pacheco, & A. Whittaker. 2002. Birds of Jaú National Park, Brazilian Amazon: species check-list, biogeography and conservation. Ornitologia Neotropical 12: 109-140.
Isler, M. L., J. Alvarez A., P. R. Isler, T. VALQUI, A. Begazo, & B. M. Whitney. 2002. Rediscovery of a cryptic species and description of a new subspecies in the Myrmeciza hemimelaena complex (Thamnophilidae) of the Neotropics. Auk 119: 362-378.
Johnson, K. P., J. D. Weckstein, C. C. WITT, R. C. FAUCETT, and R. G. Moyle. 2002. The perils of using host relationships in parasite taxonomy: phylogenetics of Degeeriella. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 23: 150-157.
STYRING, A. R., Lomoljo, R., and M. Zakaria. 2002. Observations of a Bushy- crested Hornbill (Anorrhinus galeritus) nest in a West Malaysian forest reserve: insights into foraging behavior and group size. Malayan Nature Journal 56: 169-173.
2001
MARÍN, M. 2001. Postnatal development of the Violet Sabrewing in Costa Rica. Wilson Bull. 113: 110-114.
NAOKI, K., & E. Toapanta. 2001. Mullerian body feeding by Andean birds: new mutualistic relationship or evolutionary time lag? Biotropica 33: 204-207.
STYRING, A. R. & K. Ickes. 2001. Woodpecker abundance in a logged (40 years ago) vs. unlogged lowland dipterocarp forest in Peninsular Malaysia. Journal of Tropical Ecology 17: 261-268.
STYRING, A. R. & K. Ickes. 2001. Woodpecker participation in mixed species flocks in Peninsular Malaysia. Wilson Bulletin 113: 342-345.
2000
MARÍN, M. 2000. Species limits, distribution, and biogeography of some New World gray-rumped spine-tailed swifts (Chaetura, Apodidae). Ornitologia Neotropical 11: 93-108.
O'Neill, J. P., D. F. LANE, A. W. Kratter, A. P. Capparella, & C. Fox Joo. 2000. A striking new species of barbet (Capitoninae: Capito) from the Eastern Andes of Peru. Auk 117: 569-577.
1999
COHN-HAFT, M. 1999. Family Nyctibiidae (Potoos). Pp. 288-301 in Handbook of the Birds of the World, vol. 5 (J. del Hoyo and A. Elliott, Eds.). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
MARÍN, M. 1999. Food, foraging, and timing of breeding of the Black Swift in California. Wilson Bull. 111: 30-37.
MARÍN, M. 1999. Growth rates in the Black Swift: temperate versus tropical comparisons. Ornitologia Neotropical 10: 179-192.
Petit, L. J., D. R. Petit, & D. G. CHRISTIAN. 1999. Bird communities of natural and modified habitats in Panama. Ecography 22: 292-304.
Robbins, M. B., R. C. FAUCETT, & N. H. Rice. 1999. Avifauna of a Paraguayan cerrado locality: Parque Nacional Serranía San Luis, depto. Concepción. Wilson Bull. 111: 216-228.
1998
CHESSER, R. T. 1998. Further perspectives on the breeding distribution of migratory birds: South American austral migrant flycatchers. J. Anim. Ecol. 67: 69-77.
CHESSER, R. T. & D. J. Levey. 1998. Austral migrants and the evolution of migration in New World birds: diet, habitat, and migration revisited. American Naturalist 152: 311-319.
KRATTER, A. W. 1998. The nests of two bamboo specialists: Celeus spectabilis and Cercomacra manu. J. Field Ornith. 69: 37-44.
MARÍN, M., & J. E. Sanchez. 1998. Breeding of the Black Swift (Cypseloides niger) in Costa Rica. Ornitologia Neotropical 9: 219-221.
NAOKI, K. 1998. Seasonal change of flower use by the Slaty Flowerpiercer (Diglossa plumbea). Wilson Bull. 110: 393-397.
1997
Bierregaard, R. O., M. COHN-HAFT, and D. F. Stotz. 1997. Cryptic biodiversity: an overlooked species and new subspecies of antbird (Formicariidae) with a revision of Cercomacra tyrannina in northeastern South America. Pp. 111-128 in "Studies in Neotropical ornithology honoring Ted Parker." Ornith. Monogr. No. 48.
CAPARELLA, A. P., G. H. ROSENBERG, and S. W. Cardiff. 1997. A new subspecies of Percnostola rufifrons (Formicariidae) from northeastern Amazonian Peru, with a revision of the rufifrons complex. Pp. 165-170 in "Studies in Neotropical ornithology honoring Ted Parker." Ornith. Monogr. No. 48.
CHESSER, R. T. 1997. Patterns of seasonal and geographical distribution of austral migrant flycatchers (Tyrannidae) in Bolivia. Pp. 171-204 in "Studies in Neotropical ornithology honoring Ted Parker." Ornith. Monogr. 48.
COHN-HAFT, M., A. Whittaker, and P. C. Stouffer. 1997. A new look at the "species-poor" central Amazon: the avifauna north of Manaus, Brazil. Pp. 205-235 in "Studies in Neotropical ornithology honoring Ted Parker." Ornith. Monogr. No. 48.
COX, G., J. M. Read, R. O Clarke, and V. S. Easty. 1997. Studies of Horned Curassow Pauxi unicornis in Bolivia. Bird Conservation Intern. 7: 199-211.
GARVIN, M. C., J. M. Bates, & J. M. Kinsella. 1997. Field techniques for collecting and preserving parasitic helminths from birds, with new geographic and host records of parasitic nematodes from Bolivia. Pp. 261-266 in "Studies in Neotropical ornithology honoring Ted Parker." Ornith. Monogr. 48.
GARVIN, M. C. & J. V. Remsen, Jr. 1997. An alternative hypothesis for heavier parasite loads of brightly colored birds: exposure at the nest. Auk 114: 179-191.
KRATTER, A. W. 1997. Bamboo specialization by Amazonian birds. Biotropica 29: 100-110.
KRATTER, A. W. & T. A. Parker III. 1997. Relationship of two bamboo-specialized foliage-gleaners: Automolus dorsalis and Anabazenops fuscus (Furnariidae). Pp. 383-397 in "Studies in Neotropical ornithology honoring Ted Parker." Ornith. Monogr. 48.
MARANTZ, C. A. 1997. Geographic variation of plumage patterns in the woodcreeper genus Dendrocolaptes (Dendrocolaptidae) in South America. Pp. 399-499 in "Studies in Neotropical ornithology honoring Ted Parker." Ornith. Monogr. 48.
MARÍN, M. 1997. Species limits and distribution of some New World spine-tailed swifts (Chaetura spp.) Pp. 431-443 in "Studies in Neotropical ornithology honoring Ted Parker" Ornith. Monogr. 48.
MARÍN, M. 1997. Some aspects of the breeding biology of the Black Swift. Wilson Bull. 109: 290-306.
MARÍN, M. 1997. On the behavior of the Black Swift. Condor 99: 514-519.
MARRA, P. P. & J. V. Remsen, Jr. 1997. Insights into the maintenance of high species diversity in the Neotropics: habitat selection and foraging behavior in understory birds of tropical and temperate forests. Pp. 445-483 in Studies in Neotropical ornithology honoring Ted Parker. Ornithol. Monogr. 48.
ROSENBERG, K. V. 1997. Ecology of dead-leaf-searching specialists and their contribution to Amazonian bird diversity. Pp. 673-700 in "Studies in Neotropical ornithology honoring Ted Parker." Ornith. Monogr. 48.
Sealy, S. G., J. E. Sánchez, R. G. Campos, & M. MARÍN. 1997. Bronzed cowbird hosts: new records, trends in host use, and cost of parasitism. Ornitologia Neotropical 8: 175-184.
SILLETT, T. S., A. James, & K. B. Sillett. 1997. Bromeliad foraging specialization and diet selection of Pseudocolaptes lawrencii (Furnariidae). Pp. 733-742 in "Studies in Neotropical ornithology honoring Ted Parker." Ornith. Monogr. 48.
1996
COHN-HAFT, M. 1996. Why the Yungas Tody-Tyrant (Hemitriccus spodiops) is a Snethlagea, and why it matters. Auk 113: 709-714.
1995
CHAPMAN, A. 1995. Breeding and moult of four bird species in tropical West Africa. Trop. Zool. 8: 227-238.
CHESSER, R. T. 1995. Comparative diets of obligate ant-following birds at a site in northern Bolivia. Biotropica 27: 382-390.
Kofron, C. P. & A. CHAPMAN. 1995. Deforestation and bird species composition in Liberia, West Africa. Trop. Zool. 8: 239-254.
KRATTER, A. W. 1995. Status, habitat and conservation of the Rufous-throated Antthrush Formicarius rufifrons. Bird Conservation International 5: 391-404.
MARRA, P. P., K. T. Lampe, & B. L. Tedford. 1995. Plasma corticosterone levels in two species of Zonotrichia sparrows under captive and free-living conditions. Wilson Bull. 107: 296-305.
1994
CHESSER, R. T. 1994. Migration in South America: an overview of the austral system. Bird Conservation Intern. 4: 91-107.
CHESSER, R. T. & M. MARÍN A. 1994. Seasonal distribution and natural history of the Patagonian Tyrant (Coloramphus parvirostris). Wilson Bull. 106: 649-668.
CHESSER, R. T. & R. M. Zink. 1994. Modes of speciation in birds: an application of Lynch's (1989) method. Evolution 48: 490-497.
Foster, R. B., T. A. Parker III, A. H. Gentry, L. H. Emmons, A. Chicchón, T. S. Schulenberg, L. Rodríguez, G. Lamas, H. Ortega, J. Icochea, W. Wust, M. Romo, A. A. Castillo, O. Phillips, C. Reynel, A. W. KRATTER, P. K. Donahue, & L. J. Barkley. 1994. The Tambopata-Candamo Reserved Zone of southeastern Perú: a biological assessment. Rapid Assessment Program Working Papers No. 6, Conservation International, Washington, D.C., 184 pp.
SCOTT, P. E. 1994. Lucifer Hummingbird (Calothrax lucifer). In "The birds of North America", No. 134 (A. Poole and F. Gills, eds. Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, and American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C.
SILLETT, T. S. 1994. Foraging ecology of epiphyte-searching birds in Costa Rica. Condor 96: 863-877.
1993
COHN-HAFT, M. 1993. Rediscovery of the White-winged Potoo (Nyctibius leucopterus). Auk 110: 391-394.
KRATTER, A. W. 1993. Geographic variation in the Yellow-billed Cacique (Amblycercus holosericeus), a partial bamboo specialist. Condor 95: 641-651.
KRATTER, A. W., T. S. SILLETT, R. T. CHESSER, J. P. O'Neill, T. A. Parker III, & A. Castillo. 1993. Avifauna of a chaco locality in Bolivia. Wilson Bull. 105: 114-142.
Remsen, J. V. Jr., M. A. Hyde, & A. CHAPMAN. 1993 The diets of Neotropical trogons, motmots, toucans, and barbets. Condor 95:178-192.
ROSENBERG, K. V. 1993. Diet selection in Amazonian antwrens: consequences of substrate specialization. Auk 110: 361-375.
ROSENBERG, K. V. & D. A. Wiedenfeld 1993. Directory of Neotropical ornithology. 2nd edition. American Ornithologists' Union, 131 pp.
SCOTT, P. E., S. L. Buchmann, & M. K. O'Rourke. 1993. Evidence for mutualism between a flower-piercing carpenter bee and ocotillo: use of pollen and nectar by nesting bees. Ecol. Entom. 18: 234-240.
1992
CHESSER, R. T. & S. J. Hackett. 1992. Mammalian diversity in South America. (Letter to) Science 256: 1502-1504.
KRATTER, A. W. 1992. Montane avian biogeography in southern California and Baja California. J. Biogeography 19:269-283.
1991
CHAPMAN, A. & K. V. ROSENBERG. 1991. Dietary relationships of four sympatric Amazonian woodcreepers (Dendrocolaptidae). Condor 93: 904-915.
MARANTZ, C. A. & J. V. Remsen, Jr. 1991. Seasonal distribution of the Slaty Elaenia (Elaenia strepera), a little-known austral migrant of South America. J. Field Ornith. 62: 162-172.
ROSENBERG, K. V., R. D. Ohmart, W. C. Hunter & B. W. Anderson. 1991. Birds of the Lower Colorado River Valley. Univ. of Arizona Press, Tucson, 416 pp.
1990
Hackett, S. J. & K. V. ROSENBERG. 1990. Comparison of phenotypic and genetic differentiation in South American antwrens. Auk 107: 473-489.
ROSENBERG, G. H. 1990. Habitat specialization and foraging behavior by birds of Amazonian river islands. Condor 92: 427-443.
ROSENBERG, K. V. 1990. Dead-leaf foraging specialization in tropical forest birds: measuring resource availability and use. Pp. 360-368 in "Food exploitation by terrestrial birds" (Morrison, M. L. et al., eds. ). Studies in Avian Biol. No. 13.
ROSENBERG, K. V. & R. J. Cooper. 1990. Approaches to avian diet analysis. Pp. 80-90 in "Food exploitation by terrestrial birds" (Morrison, M. L. et al., eds. ). Studies in Avian Biol. No. 13.
1989
Martin, R. F., P. E. SCOTT, & M. W. Martin. 1989. Mate fidelity and breeding-site specificity of the Turquoise-browed Motmot. Condor 91: 217-219.
1988
Boinski, S. & P. E. SCOTT. 1988. Association of birds with monkeys in Costa Rica. Biotropica 20: 136-143.
CAPPARELLA, A. P. 1988. Genetic variation in Neotropical birds: implications for the speciation process. Acta XIX Congr. Int. Ornith., pp. 1658-1664.
Raphael, M. G., K. V. ROSENBERG, & B. G. Marcot. 1988. Largescale changes in bird populations of Douglas-fir forests, northwestern California. Bird Conservation 3: 63-83.
1987
ROSENBERG, K. V., S. B. Terrill, & G. H. ROSENBERG. 1987. Value of suburban habitats to desert riparian birds. Wilson Bull. 99: 642-654.
1986
Braun, M. J. & M. B. ROBBINS. 1986. Extensive protein similarity of the hybridizing chickadees Parus atricapillus and P. carolinensis. Auk 103: 667-675.
LANYON, S. M. & C. F. Thompson. 1986. Site fidelity and habitat quality as determinants of settlement pattern in male Painted Buntings. Condor 88: 206-210.
Lanyon, W. E. & S. M. LANYON. 1986. Generic status of Euler's Flycatcher: a morphological and biochemical study. Auk 103: 341-350.
Remsen, J. V., Jr., F. G. Stiles, & P. E. SCOTT. 1986. Frequency of arthropods in stomachs of tropical hummingbirds. Auk 103: 436-441.
ROBBINS, M. B., M. J. Braun, & E. A. Tobey. 1986. Morphological and vocal variation across a contact zone between the chickadees Parus atricapillus and P. carolinensis. Auk 103: 655-666.
SCOTT, P. E. & R. F. Martin. 1986. Clutch size and fledging success in the Turquoise-browed Motmot. Auk 103: 8-13.
1985
CAPPARELLA, A. P. & S. M. LANYON. 1985. Biochemical and morphometric analyses of the sympatric, Neotropical, sibling species, Mionectes macconnelli and M. oleagineus. Pp. 347-355 in "Neotropical Ornithology" (P. A. Buckley et al. eds.), Ornithol. Monogr. No. 36.
LANYON, S. M. 1985. Detecting internal inconsistencies in distance data. Syst. Zool. 34: 397-403.
LANYON, S. M. 1985. A molecular perspective on higher-level relationships in the Tyrannoidea (Aves). Syst. Zool. 34: 404-418.
ROBBINS, M. B. 1985. Social organization of the Band-tailed Manakin (Pipra fasciicauda). Condor 87: 449-456.
SCHULENBERG, T. S. & L. C. Binford. 1985. A new species of tanager (Emberizidae: Thraupinae, Tangara) from southern Peru. Wilson Bull. 97: 413-420.
WIEDENFELD, D. A. 1985. Humerus length and foramen magnum area as indicators of size in birds. Anat. Anz. 158: 193-198.
1984
Hafner, M. S., J. V. Remsen, Jr., & S. M. LANYON. 1984. Bird versus mammal morphological differentiation. Evolution 38: 1154-1156.
LANYON, S. M. & C. F. Thompson. 1984. Visual displays and their context in the Painted Bunting. Wilson Bull. 96: 396-407.
SCOTT, P. E. & R. F. Martin. 1984. Avian consumers of Bursera, Ficus, and Ehretia fruits in Yucatan. Biotropica 16: 319-323.
Sibley, C. G., S. M. LANYON, & J. E. Ahlquist. 1984. The relationships of the Sharpbill (Oxyruncus cristatus). Condor 86: 48-52.
1983
GRAVES, G. R., J. P. O'Neill, & T. A. Parker, III. 1983. Grallaricula ochraceifrons, a new species of from northern Peru. Wilson Bull. 95: 1-6.
GRAVES, G. R., M. B. ROBBINS, & J. V. Remsen, Jr. 1983. Age and sexual differences in spatial distribution and mobility in manakins (Pipridae): inferences from mist-netting. J. Field Orn. 54: 407-412.
ROBBINS, M. B. 1983. The display repertoire of the Band-tailed Manakin (Pipra fasciicauda). Wilson Bull. 95: 321-342.
SCHULENBERG, T. S. 1983. Foraging behavior, eco-morphology and systematics of some antshrikes (Formicariidae; Thamnomanes). Wilson Bull. 95: 505-521.
SCOTT, P. E. & R. F. Martin. 1983. Reproduction of the Turquoise-browed Motmot at archaeological ruins in Yucatan. Biotropica 15: 8-14.
1982
GRAVES, G. R. 1982. Speciation in the Carbonated Flower-piercer (Diglossa carbonaria) complex of the Andes. Condor 84: 1-14.
SCHULENBERG, T. S. & M. D. WILLIAMS. 1982. A new species of antpitta (Grallaria) from northern Peru. Wilson Bull. 94: 105-113.
1981
GRAVES, G. R. 1981. Brightly colored plumage in female manakins (Pipridae). Bull. Brit. Orn. Club 101: 270-271.
ROBBINS, M. B. 1981. Range expansion of the Bronzed Cowbird (Molothrus aeneus) in the United States. Condor 83: 270-272.
1980
GRAVES, G. L. 1980. A new species of metaltail hummingbird from northern Peru. Wilson Bull. 92: 1-7.
GRAVES, G. L.
1980. Relationship of white facial feathering to age and locality in Peruvian Cinnycerthia
peruana. Bull. Brit. Orn. Club 100: 149-150.