The Science Coordination Team (SCT) of the South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force/Working Group has been requested to conduct a scientific review of research in Avian Ecology relevant to critical information needs necessary for restoration-related management decisions. Because of recent water management decisions related to the Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow (CSSS), an endangered (sub-)species as defined by the Endangered Species Act, the SCT, through the Avian Ecology Scoping Committee, has decided to support a peer review of scientific documents and a panel-led workshop dealing with CSSS research. The CSSS review/workshop may be followed in early spring 1999 by a more comprehensive review assessing the relevance of avian ecology science to restoration information needs.

To facilitate the review/workshop process, the South Florida Ecosystem Restoration=s Science Coordination Team (SCT) is convening an independent review panel, coordinated through the American Ornithological Union (AOU), to provide expertise and guidance. The panel will be charged with reviewing the CSSS research relevant to the following overarching questions:

• Are we doing the right science for a comprehensive understanding of the ecology and population dynamics of the CSSS relevant to restoration and management needs/decisions?
• Are we doing the science right and thoroughly enough to make restoration and management decisions?
• Are there additional critical research needs?

Below are the AOU Panel nominations [biosketch attached], and the combined recommendations of the Panel and the SCT’s Avian Ecology Steering Committee for the Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow Review/Workshop process.

Dr. Jeffrey R. Walters, CSSS Panel Chair

Dr. Steven R. Beissinger, UC-Berkeley

Dr. John W. Fitzpatrick, Cornell Univ.

Dr. Russell S. Greenberg, Smithsonian

Dr. James Nichols, USGS Patuxent Center

Dr. Ronald Pulliam, University of Georgia

Dr. David Winkler, Cornell University

Dr. Frank Gill, National Audubon Society, as AOU President, will continue to advise the panel.

In general, the AOU Panel and SCT Steering Committee recommends using the National Academy of Sciences procedure commonly used in producing reviews. We think the NAS review process is the procedure to follow with a modification, as per comments and guidance from the Avian Ecology Steering Committee that allows the panel to receive signed comments on the white papers. Much like is used by NSF in their review process, signed comments received by the Panel will be used anonymously and with non-attribution (i.e., name and organization will not be included in the Panel report). With that in mind, the following procedure and timetable are recommended:

(1) Guidelines for preparing White Papers distributed to researchers (done in early Nov 98).

(2) White papers from researchers to AOU panel (nearly done).

(3) 11 January 1999 [or as soon as possible] – publicly post white papers or otherwise make them available (Best responsibility), with instructions that signed comments about any or all of the white papers or other information relevant to this review are welcome. Please note: All comments received by the Panel will be used anonymously and with non-attribution (i.e., name and organization will not be included in the Panel report). However, to identify the source of the comments, all comments must be signed and on letterhead OR accompanied by a business card.

(4) 22 January - deadline for submitting comments on white papers, comments should be sent directly to Dr. Jeff Walters for distribution to panel. [Dr. Jeff Walters, Biology Department, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0406; Fax - 540-231-9307; e-mail – jrwalt@vt.edu]

(5) 9 February 1999 - workshop @ Florida International University @ University Park Campus; Graham Center from 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. // $10 registration fee made payable to FIU/SERP is required for ALL participants. See http://www.fiu.edu/tour/campuses.html for directions to campus. Advance registration fee should be submitted to and parking passes are available from Ms. Oria Solis, FIU @ Univ. Park, SERP @ Bldg OE Room 148, Miami, FL 33199 or Phone 305 348 3095; Fax 305 348 4096; or e-mail @ soliso@fiu.edu // For planning purposes, advance notice of plan to attend is REQUESTED!

(6) 22 February - panel submits draft report to Best for distribution to Avian Ecology Steering Committee and others; comment period begins.

(7) 5 March - deadline for submitting comments on draft report to Walters.

(8) 26 March - final integrated panel report submitted

1994. Virginia Polytechnic and State University, Department of Biology, Bailey Professor of Biology

Topic and Location of Previous Research:

Behavioral ecology, ornithology, animal behavior, conservation biology, primatology; evolution of cooperative breeding system and conservation of red-cockaded woodpeckers (North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida); evolutionary basis of sensitivity to habitat fragmentation (North Carolina, Puerto Rico, Australia); ecology of wintering shorebirds (North Carolina, California); evolution of parental care, mating systems and clutch size in shorebirds (Venezuela, Kenya); effects of kinship and dominance on primate social behavior (Kenya)

Society Memberships:

American Ornithologists Union (Elective Member 1988; Fellow 1998); American Society of Naturalists; American Society of Primatologists; Animal Behavior Society; Audubon Society; Cooper Ornithological Society; Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology; International Society of Primatologists; Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma XI; Society for Conservation Biology; Society for the Study of Evolution; Wilson Ornithological Society

Service:

State of North Carolina Bird Records Committee (5 years); NC Committee to Evaluate Status of Bird Species; NC Wildlife Resources Commission Non-game Advisory Committee (3 years); State of Virginia Red-cockaded Woodpecker Steering Committee (1997- ); National Audubon Society Committee on Red-cockaded Woodpeckers; Associate Editor, Wilson Bulletin (1985-1992); Associate Editor, The Auk (1998- ); American Ornithologist's Union Committee on Red-cockaded Woodpeckers (member 1989- , chair 1994- ); American Ornithologist's Union Conservation Committee (1994- ); Animal Behavior Society Ethics Committee (1995- ); American Ornithologist's Union, Elective Councilor (1996-1999); American Ornithologists' Union, Long-range Planning Committee (1997- );

Selected Publications:

Walters, J. R. 1980. Interventions and the development of dominance relationships in female baboons. Folia Primatol. 34:61-89.

Walters, J. R. 1982. Parental behavior in lapwings (Charadriidae) and its relationships with clutch sizes and mating systems. Evolution 36:1030-1040.

Winkler, D. and J. R. Walters. 1983. Clutch size in precocial birds. Current Ornithology 1:33-68.

Walters, J. R., P. D. Doerr and J. H. Carter, III. 1988. The cooperative breeding system of the red-cockaded woodpecker. Ethology 78:275-305.

Walters, J. R. 1990. Anti-predatory behavior of lapwings: field evidence of discriminative abilities. Wilson Bull. 102:49-70.

Walters, J. R. 1991. Application of ecological principles to the management of endangered species: the case of the red-cockaded woodpecker. Annu. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 22:505-523.

Walters, J. R., P. D. Doerr and J. H. Carter, III. 1992. Delayed dispersal and reproduction as a life history tactic in cooperative breeders: fitness calculations from red-cockaded woodpeckers. Am. Nat. 139:623-643.

Walters, J. R., C. K. Copeyon and J. H. Carter, III. 1992. A test of the ecological basis of cooperative breeding in red-cockaded woodpeckers. Auk 109:90-97.

Walters, J. R. 1998. The ecological basis of avian sensitivity to habitat fragmentation. Pages 181-192 in Avian conservation: research and management, J. M. Marzluff and R. Sallabanks, eds. Washington: Island Press.

Letcher, B. H., J. A. Priddy, J. R. Walters and L. B. Crowder. 1998. An individual-based, spatially-explicit simulation model of the population dynamics of the endangered red-cockaded woodpecker, Picoides borealis. Biol. Conserv. 86:1-14.

 

Steven R. Beissinger, Ph.D.

Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, 151 Hilgard Hall #3110, University of California

Berkeley, CA 94720-3110; Phone: 510-643-3038; fax: 510-643-3946; e-mail: beis@nature.berkeley.edu

Positions

Associate Professor of Conservation Biology, Division of Ecosystem Science, University of California, Berkeley

Research Associate, Smithsonian Institution, 1985-present.

Research Associate, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley, 1998-present.

Affiliate, Energy and Resources Group, UC, Berkeley, 1998-present

Education

B.A. Zoology. Miami University. June 1974.

M.S. Zoology. Miami University. May 1978.

Ph.D. Natural Resource Ecology. University of Michigan. August 1984.

Academic Fellowships, Honors and Awards

Fellow, American Ornithologists' Union, 1995.

National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Environmental Biology. 1986-1988.

American Ornithologists' Union Travel Award to attend the International Ornithological Congress in Durban South Africa (1998) and Vienna, Austria (1993).

First Tour du Valat Postdoctoral Fellowship in Ecology (France). Declined - 1984.

Marcia Brady Tucker Travel Award, American Ornithologists' Union. 1983 and 1984.

Rackham Pre-doctoral Fellowship, University of Michigan. 1983-1984.

Howard M. Wight Prize, University of Michigan, outstanding graduate student in wildlife management. 1983.

Past Positions Held

Associate and Assistant Professor, Yale University, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. Courses (all graduate level): Conservation Biology, Vertebrate Life History Strategies, Genetics and Demography of Small Populations, Wildlife Ecology, Ecology Seminar, Seminar in Sustainability, and Conservation and Trade. 1988-1996.

Associate Curator of Ornithology, Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, 1994-1996.

National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow in Environmental Biology, National Zoological Park, Department of Zoological Research. 1986-1988.

Recent Professional Activities

Editorial Board, Conservation Biology, 1997- ; Current Ornithology, 1994- .

Elective Counselor, American Ornithologists' Union, 1995-1998.

Member, U.S. National Committee for the International Union of Biological Sciences, National Research Council, 1995-2001.

Chair, Conservation Committee, American Ornithologists' Union, 1995-

Population Biologist, Marbled Murrelet Recovery Team, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Portland, Oregon, 1993-present.

Professional Affiliations

AAAS, American Ornithologists' Union, Cooper Ornithological Society, Ecological Society of America, International Society for Behavioral Ecology, Society of American Naturalists, Society for Conservation Biology, and Wilson Ornithological Society.

Selected Publications:

Beissinger, S. R., and M. I. Westphal. 1998. On the use of demographic models of population viability analysis in endangered species management. Journal of Wildlife Management 62:821-841 (lead article).

Beissinger, S. R., S. Tygielski, and B. Elderd. 1998. Social constraints on the onset of incubation in a neotropical parrot: a nest box addition experiment. Animal Behaviour 55:21-32.

Beissinger, S. R. 1997. Integrating behavior into conservation biology: potentials and limitations. Pages 23-47 in Behavioral Approaches to Conservation in the Wild (J. R. Clemmons and R. Buchholtz, Eds.). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K

Grand, J. and S. R. Beissinger. 1997. When relocation of loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) nests becomes a useful strategy. Journal of Herpetology 31:428-434.

Stoleson, S. H., and S. R. Beissinger. 1997. Hatching asynchrony, brood reduction, and food limitation in a neotropical parrot. Ecological Monographs 67:131-154.

Beissinger, S. R., E. C. Steadman, T. Wohlgenant, G. Blate, and S. Zack. 1996. Null models for assessing ecosystem conservation priorities: threatened birds as titers of threatened ecosystems. Conservation Biology 10:1343-1352.

Beissinger, S. R. 1996. On the limited breeding opportunities hypothesis for avian clutch size. American Naturalist 147:655-658.

Snyder, N. F. R., S. R. Derrickson, S. R. Beissinger, J. W. Wiley, T. B. Smith, W. D. Toone and B. Miller. 1996. Limitations of captive breeding in endangered species recovery. Conservation Biology 10:338-348.

Beissinger, S. R. 1995. Modeling extinction in periodic environments: Everglades water levels and Snail Kite population viability. Ecological Applications 5:618-631.

Beissinger, S. R. 1995. Population trends of the Marbled Murrelet projected from demographic analyses. Pages 385-393 in Ecology and Conservation of the Marbled Murrelet (C. J. Ralph, G. L. Hunt, Jr., M. G. Raphael, and J. F. Piatt, Eds.). General Technical Report PSW-GTR-152, Pacific Southwest Research Station, U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Albany, CA.

Stoleson, S. H. and S. R. Beissinger. 1995. Hatching asynchrony and the onset of incubation in birds revisited: when is the critical period? Current Ornithology 12:191-270.

Beissinger, S. R., T. J. Donnay, and R. Walton. 1994. Experimental analysis of diet specialization in the Snail Kite: the role of behavioral conservatism. Oecologia 100:54-65.

Donnay, T. J., and S. R. Beissinger. 1993. Apple snail (Pomacea doliodes) and freshwater crab (Dilocarcinus dentatus) population fluctuations in the llanos of Venezuela. Biotropica 25:206-214.

Beissinger, S. R. and E. H. Bucher. 1992. Can parrots be conserved through sustainable harvesting? BioScience 42:164-173.

Beissinger, S. R. and N. F. R. Snyder (Editors). 1992. New World Parrots in Crisis: Solutions from Conservation Biology. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C.

Beissinger, S. R. and J. R. Waltman. 1991. Extraordinary clutch size and hatching asynchrony of a neotropical parrot. Auk 108:863-871.

Beissinger, S. R. 1990. Experimental brood manipulations and the monoparental threshold in Snail Kites. American Naturalist 136:20-38.

Beissinger, S. R. 1990. Alternative foods of a diet specialist, the Snail Kite. Auk 107:327-333.

Takekawa, J. E., and S. R. Beissinger. 1989. Dispersal, cyclic drought, and the conservation of the Snail Kite in Florida: lessons in critical habitat. Conservation Biology 3:302-311.

Snyder, N. F. R., S. R. Beissinger, and M. R. Fuller. 1989. Solar radio-transmitters on Snail Kites in Florida. Journal of Field Ornithology 60:171-177.

Snyder, N. F. R., S. R. Beissinger, and R. Chandler. 1989. Reproduction and demography of the Florida Everglade (Snail) Kite. Condor 91:300-316.

Beissinger, S. R. 1987. Mate desertion and reproductive effort in the Snail Kite. Animal Behaviour 35:1504-1519.

Beissinger, S. R. and N. F. R. Snyder. 1987. Mate desertion in the Snail Kite. Animal Behaviour 35:477-487.

Beissinger, S. R. 1986. Demography, environmental uncertainty, and the evolution of mate desertion in the Snail Kite. Ecology 68:1445-1459.

Beissinger, S. R. and J. E. Takekawa. 1983. Habitat use by and dispersal of Snail Kites in Florida during drought conditions. Florida Field Naturalist 11:89-106.

John W. Fitzpatrick, Ph.D.

Director, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd., Ithaca, NY 14850

tel: 607-254-2410; email: jwf7@cornell.edu

Education: B.A., magna cum laude, Harvard University, 1974;Ph.D., Princeton University, 1978

Positions:

1988-1995 Executive Director of Archbold Biological Station, an ecological research station in the Lake Wales Ridge highlands of central Florida.

1978-1989 Curator of Birds at the Field Museum of Natural History

(Chicago) and Chairman (1985-1989) Department of Zoology; Senior Lecturer at the University of Chicago, taught an undergraduate class in the evolutionary biology of birds.

Professional Societies: Fellow and President-elect of the American Ornithologists' Union. Awarded [1985] the Brewster Award, AOU’s highest research honor for work together with Glen Woolfenden on demography and social behavior of Florida Scrub-Jays.

Publications:

Besides his publications on scrub-jays, Fitzpatrick also has published numerous papers on Neotropical birds, including descriptions of 7 bird species new to science. Coauthor of the book, NEOTROPICAL BIRDS: ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION (Univ. Chicago Press, 1996), he has been engaged in applying science to real-world conservation issues throughout his career. While in Florida he helped design and implement a network of ecological preserves protecting endangered Florida scrub, by convening panels of scientific experts and by helping engage county, state, and federal agencies, non-governmental organizations, and private industry in the process. He serves on the national governing boards of The Nature Conservancy and National Audubon Society, and is on the Recovery Teams for the Alala (Hawaiian Crow) and the Florida Scrub-Jay.

He has been a bird-watcher since kindergarten.

 

Russell Steven Greenberg, Ph.D.

Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center, National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20008

Phone: 202-673-4908

Academic Training:

University of California, Santa Cruz Zoology 1971-1974

University of California, Berkeley Zoology 1974-1976 Bachelor's Degree (Phi Beta Kappa) March 1976 (outstanding undergraduate in Zoology)

University of California, Berkeley Zoology 1976-1981, Ph.D. June 1981 (Frank A. Pitelka, advisor);

Dissertation Title: The winter exploitation systems of Bay-breasted and Chestnut-sided warblers in Panama

Positions:

1981-82: Post-doctoral Fellow of Smithsonian Institution (ES Morton advisor)

1982-84: National Zoological Park Post-doctoral Fellow (ES Morton advisor)

1984-90: Research Associate of the Smithsonian Institution

1990- Director, Smithsonian Migratory Bird

Research Interests: Foraging ecology and social organization in birds, ecological aspects of migration, ultimate and proximate causes of foraging specialization, population biology of tropical birds, ecomorphology, tropical forest conservation, ecology of tropical agroecosystems

Selected Recent Publications

Gradwohl, J. and R. Greenberg. 1988. Saving the tropical forests. Earthscan Press (paperback) and Island Press hardback).

Robbins, C., J. Sauer, R. Greenberg, and S. Droege. 1989. Recent declines in migrant birds that winter in tropical forests. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. (USA).

Greenberg, R. and S. Droege. 1990. Adaptations to tidal marshes in breeding populations of the Swamp Sparrow. Condor 92:393-404.

Greenberg, R., C. Macias Caballero, and P. Bichier. 1993. Defense of Homopteran honeydew by birds in the Mexican highlands and other warm temperate forests. Oikos 68:519-524.

Greenberg, R. 1995. The role of migratory birds in tropical ecosystems: the breeding currency hypothesis. Journal of Avian Biology 26:260-264

Schelhas J. and R. Greenberg (eds.). 1997 Forest Patches in Tropical Landscapes. Island Press.

Greenberg, R., P. Bichier, and J. Sterling.1997. Cattle, Acacia, and migratory birds in Mexico. Biological Conservation. Biological Conservation 80:235-247.

Greenberg, R. P. Bichier and J. Sterling. 1998. Birds populations in planted and rustic shade coffee plantations in Chiapas, Mexico. Biotropica 29:501-514.

Greenberg, R. and J. Gradwohl. 1997. Adult Survivorship, Territoriality, and Dispersal in the Checker-throated Antwren. Journ. Avian Biology 23:98-110.

Greenberg, R., P. Cordero, S. Droege, and R. Fleischer. In Press. Morphological Adaptation with no mitochondrial DNA divergence in the Coastal Plain Swamp Sparrow. Auk 115:706-12

Greenberg, R. and S. Droege. In Press. The decline of the Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolensis) and the use of the ornithological literature to document long-term trends.Conservation Biology.

Greenberg, R. In Press. Warblers, finches, and tits: the structure of boreal forest foliage-gleaning guild. Condor.

 

James D. Nichols, Ph.D.

U.S. Geological Survey, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, 11510 American Holly Drive, Laurel, MD 20708-4017

Phone: 301-497-5660 – office; Fax: 301-497-5666 – office; E-mail: Jim_Nichols@nbs.gov

Discipline: Animal Population Ecology, Wildlife Ecology and Management, Biometrics

Academic Training:

1976-79 24 Credit Hours (Math/Stat), U.S.D.A. Graduate School,

1973-76 Ph.D. Wildlife, Michigan State University,

1971-73 M.S. Wildlife, Louisiana State University,

1966, 1968-71 B.S. Biology, Wake Forest University.

Pertinent Work Experience:

1976-present:U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Migratory Bird and Habitat Research Laboratory and Patuxent

Wildlife Research Center; National Biological Service and U.S. Geological Survey, Patuxent Wildlife

Research Center; wildlife biologist (research) and group leader.

Professional Societies:

Ecological Society of America; The Wildlife Society

Selected Publications:

Nichols, J. D., and K. H. Pollock. 1983. Estimating taxonomic diversity, extinction rates and

speciation rates from fossil data using capture-recapture models. Paleobiology 9:150-163.

Pollock, K.H., J.D. Nichols, C. Brownie, and J.E. Hines. 1990. Statistical inference for capture-

recapture experiments. Wildl. Monogr. 107. 97pp.

Nichols, J.D. 1992. Capture-recapture models: using marked animals to study population

dynamics. BioScience 42:94-102.

Nichols, J.D., J.R. Sauer, K.H. Pollock, and J.B. Hestbeck. 1992. Estimating transition

probabilities for stage-based population projection matrices using capture-recapture data.

Ecology 73:306-312.

Nichols, J.D., F.A. Johnson, and B.K. Williams. 1995. Managing North American waterfowl in

the face of uncertainty. Ann. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 26:177-199.

Wilson, D., F.R. Cole, J.D. Nichols, R. Rudran, and M. Foster (eds.). 1996. Measuring and

monitoring biological diversity: standard methods for mammals. Smithsonian Institution Press,

Washington, D.C. 409pp.

Nichols, J.D., J.E. Hines, and P. Blums. 1997. Tests for senescent decline in annual survival

probabilities of common pochards, Aythya ferina. Ecology 78:1009-1018.

Leirs, H., N.C. Stenseth, J.D. Nichols, J.E. Hines, R. Verhagen, and W. Verheyen. 1997. Stochastic seasonality and nonlinear density-dependent factors regulate population size in an African rodent.

Nature 389:176-180.

H. Ronald Pulliam, Ph.D.Regents' Professor of Ecology, Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia,

Athens, Georgia 30602; Phone 706-542-6010 e-mail: pulliam@ecology.uga.edu

Education:

1968 University of Georgia, B.S. in Zoology

1970 Duke University, Ph.D. in Zoology (minor in Applied Mathematics)

1971 Postdoctoral Studies in Population Genetics, University of Chicago

Selected Recent Positions and Professional Service:

1998- Regent's Professor of Ecology, University of Georgia

1994. Member, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources,

1997-2000 "The Fine-scale Movements and Conservation Biology of Forest Birds", McIntire-Stennis Project NYC-183561, USDA, 3 year ($75,000 with K.M. Fristrup and T.A. Gavin)

1996-2000 "Cornell Nest Box Network", National Science Foundation, 4 years ($1,305,765 with A.A. Dhondt, R. E. Bonney, Jr., and J. W. Fitzpatrick)

1996-1999 "Parent-Offspring Conflict and Communication in Bird Nestlings", United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation, 3 years ($35,100 to A. Lotem first year; DWW travel only)

1992-1995 "The Seasonal Decline in Avian Clutch Size: Parental Condition or Environmental Deterioration?"; National Science Foundation, 3 years, $190,000

1992-1994 "Curatorial Upgrade and Computerization of the Cornell Ornithological Collection" (with K. J. McGowan); National Science Foundation, 2 years, $150,284

1988-1997 "Tree Swallow Predation Upon Aerial Insects"; USDA Hatch Project, 9 years, ca. $36,000

1991 "The Nests, Diets and Phylogeny of Southern African Swallows"; American Philosophical Society, 1 month, $3,570

1986-1988 "Past Investment or Expected Payoffs? The Determination of Parental Investment in the Tree Swallow"; Whitehall Foundation, 3 years, $33,888

1986-1987 "The California Gull and Snowy Plover Populations of Mono Lake, California"; Community and Organization Research Institute, University of California, 2 years, $30,000

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Evolutionary and behavioral ecology, especially evolution of life histories; Ornithology; Systematics and biology of the Hirundinidae

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

1998 AOU Committee on Scientific Basis for Management of Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow

1998 Chair, Cornell Plantations Advisory Board

1997 Elective Councilor and Fellow, American Ornithologists' Union

1997 Director of Graduate Studies, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University

1996 Board Member, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology and Cornell Plantations

 

Pahl, R., D.W. Winkler, J. Graveland, and B.W. Batterman. 1997. Songbirds do not create long-term stores of calcium in their legs prior to laying: results from high-resolution radiography. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 264:239-244.

Winkler, D. W., and P. E. Allen. 1996. The seasonal decline in avian clutch size: Strategy or physiological constraints? Ecology 77:922-932.

Winkler, D.W., and P.E. Allen. 1995. Effects of handicapping on female condition and reproduction in Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor). The Auk 112:737-747.

Winkler, D. W. 1993. Use and importance of feathers as nest lining in tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor). Auk 110:29-36.

Winkler, D. W., and F. R. Adler. 1996. Dynamic state variable models for parental care: I. A submodel for the growth of the chicks of passerine birds. Jour. of Avian Biol. 27:343-353.

Winkler, D. W. 1994. Anti-predator defence by neighbours as a responsive amplifier of parental defence in tree swallows. Animal Behaviour 47:595-605.

Winkler, D.W. and F. H. Sheldon. 1994. Phylogenetic hierarchy in character variability and its causes: lessons from character-state distributions in swallows, Hirundinidae. Journal für Ornithologie 135:342.

Winkler, D. W. 1993. Testosterone in egg yolks: an ornithologist's perspective. Proceedings, National Academy of Sciences, USA 90:11439-11441.

Winkler, D. W., and F. H. Sheldon. 1993. Evolution of nest construction in swallows (Hirundinidae): a molecular phylogenetic perspective. Proceedings, National Academy of Sciences, USA 90:5705-5707.

Past: William Benner (M.S., Veterinarian), Corey Freeman-Gallant (Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Skidmore College), David Haskell (Ph.D., Assistant Professor, University of the South), John McCarty (Ph.D., AAAS Science and Engineering Fellow, National Center for Environmental Assessment, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency), Sarah Sargent (Ph.D., Lecturer, Allegheny College)

Present: Daniel Ardia (Ph.D. exp. 2002), Gary Langham (Ph.D. exp. 2001), Rebecca Safran (Ph.D. exp. 2003), Justin Schuetz (Ph.D. exp. 2002), Laura Stenzler (M.S. exp. 1999), Matthew Wasson (Ph.D. exp. 2000)

On thesis committees of an additional 28 students