Demographic and population responses of Cape May Warblers wintering in multiple habitats

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 2502-2515

  Latta, Steven C ^a,b   Faaborg, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Altitude gradients; Cape May Warbler; Demography; Dendroica tigrina; Diet; Foraging behavior; Habitat generalist; Hispaniola; Resource opportunist; Site dependence; Site fidelity; Wintering behavior

Indexed keywords

BIRD; DEMOGRAPHY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GENERALIST; HABITAT SELECTION; OVERWINTERING; RESOURCE USE; SITE FIDELITY;

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC;

AVES; DENDROICA TIGRINA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; LYCIUM; TREMA;

EID: 0038545212     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[2502:DAPROC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

References (76)

1. Arendt, W. J. 1992. Status of North American migrant landbirds in the Caribbean: a summary. Pages 143-171 in J. Hagan and D. Johnston, editors. Ecology and conservation of Neotropical migrant landbirds. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C., USA.
2. Baillie, S. R., and W. J. Peach. 1992. Population limitation in Palearctic-African migrant passerines. Ibis 134:120-132.
3. Baltz, M. E., and S. C. Latta. 1998. Cape May Warbler (Dendroica tigrina). In A. Poole and F. Gill, editors. The Birds of North America, Number 332. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C., USA.
4. Blake, J. G., B. A. Loiselle, T. C. Moermond, D. J. Levey, and J. S. Denslow. 1990. Quantifying abundance of fruits for birds in tropical habitats. Studies in Avian Biology 13:73-79.
5. Colwell, R. K., and D. J. Futuyma. 1971. On the measurement of niche breadth and overlap. Ecology 52:567-576.
6. Conover, W. J., and R. L. Iman. 1981. Rank transformations as a bridge between parametric and nonparametric statistics. American Statistician 35:124-129.
7. Crawford, H. S., and D. T. Jennings. 1989. Predation by birds on spruce budworm Choristoneura fumiferana: functional numerical and total responses. Ecology 70:152-163.
8. Eaton, S. W. 1953. Wood warblers wintering in Cuba. Wilson Bulletin 65:169-174.
9. Ellis, J. E., J. A. Wiens, C. F. Rodell, and J. C. Anway. 1976. A conceptual model of diet selection as an ecosystem process. Journal of Theoretical Biology 60:93-108.
10. Faaborg, J., and W. J. Arendt. 1984. Population sizes and philopatry of winter resident warblers in Puerto Rico. Journal of Field Ornithology 55:376-378.
11. Fisher-Meerow, L. L., and W. S. Judd. 1989. A floristic study of five sites along an elevational transect in the Sierra de Baoruco, Provincia Pedernales, Dominican Republic. Moscosoa 5:159-185.
12. Ford, H. A., L. Huddy, and H. Bell. 1990. Seasonal changes in foraging behavior of three passerines in Australian eucalyptus woodland. Studies in Avian Biology 13:245-253.
13. Fretwell, S. D. 1972. Populations in a seasonal enviroment. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, USA.
14. Gardner, L. L. 1925. The adaptive modifications and taxonomic value of the tongue in birds. Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum 67:1-49.
15. Gosler, A. G. 1991. On the use of greater covert moult and pectoral muscle as measures of condition in passerines with data for the Great Tit Parus major. Bird Study 38:1-9.
16. Greenberg, R. 1979. Body size, breeding habitat, and winter exploitation systems in Dendroica. Auk 96:756-766.
17. Greenberg, R. 1984. The winter exploitation systems of Bay-breasted and Chestnut-sided Warblers in Panama. University of California Publications in Zoology 116:1-107.
18. Greenberg, R., C. M. Caballero, and P. Bichier. 1993. Defense of homopteran honeydew by birds in the Mexican highlands and other warm temperate forests. Oikos 68:519-524.
19. Greenberg, R., M. S. Foster, and L. Marquez-Valdelamar. 1995. The role of the white-eyed vireo in the dispersal of Bursera fruit on the Yucatan Peninsula. Journal of Tropical Ecology 11:619-639.
20. Greenberg, R., J. Salgado-Ortiz, and C. Macias-Caballero. 1994. Aggressive competition for critical resources among migratory birds in the Neotropics. Bird Conservation International 4:115-127.
21. Grubb, T. C., Jr. 1989. Ptilochronology: feather growth bars as indicators of nutritional status. Auk 106:314-320.
22. Grubb, T. C., Jr. 1991. A deficient diet narrows growth bars on induced feathers. Auk 108:725-727.
23. Hilty, S. L. 1980. Flowering and fruiting periodicity in a premontane rain forest in Pacific Columbia. Biotropica 12:292-306.
24. Holmes, R. T., T. W. Sherry, and L. Reitsma. 1989. Population structure, territoriality, and overwinter survival of two migrant warbler species in Jamaica. Condor 91:545-561.
25. Hutto, R. L. 1992. Habitat distributions of migratory landbird species in western Mexico. Pages 211-239 in J. Hagan and D. Johnston, editors. Ecology and conservation of Neotropical migrant landbirds. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C., USA.
26. Karr, J. R. 1976. On the relative abundance of migrants from the north temperate zone in tropical habitats. Wilson Bulletin 88:433-458.
27. Kendeigh, S. C. 1947. Bird population studies in the coniferous forest biome during a spruce budworm outbreak. Ontario Department of Lands and Forests, Biological Bulletin 1:1-100.
28. Latta, S. C., and M. E. Baltz. 1997. Population limitation in Neotropical migratory birds: comments on Rappole and McDonald (1994). Auk 114:754-762.
29. Latta, S. C., and C. Brown. 1999. Autumn stopover ecology of the Blackpoll Warbler (Dendroica striata) in thorn scrub forest of the Dominican Republic. Canadian Journal of Zoology 77:1147-1156.
30. Latta, S. C., and J. Faaborg. 2001. Winter site fidelity of Prairie Warblers in the Dominican Republic. Condor 103:455-468.
31. Latta, S. C., H. A. Gamper, and J. R. Tietz. 2001. Revising the convergence hypothesis of avian use of honeydew: evidence from Dominican subtropical dry forest. Oikos 93:250-259.
32. Latta, S. C., and M. L. Sondreal. 1999. Observations on the abundance, site persistence, home range, foraging, and nesting of the Pine Warbler on Hispaniola, and first record of ground nesting for this species. Ornitología Neotropical 10:43-54.
33. Latta, S. C., and J. M. Wunderle, Jr. 1996. The composition and foraging ecology of mixed-species flocks in pine forests of Hispaniola. Condor 98:595-607.
34. Levey, D., and F. G. Stiles. 1992. Evolutionary precursors of long-distance migration: resource availability and movement patterns in Neotropical landbirds. American Naturalist 140:447-476.
35. Lynch, J. F. 1989. Distribution of overwintering Nearctic migrants in the Yucatan Peninsula, I: general patterns of occurrence. Condor 91:515-544.
36. Lynch, J. F. 1992. Distribution of overwintering Nearctic migrants in the Yucatan Peninsula, II: use of native and human-modified vegetation. Pages 178-196 in J. Hagan and D. Johnston, editors. Ecology and conservation of Neotropical migrant landbirds. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C., USA.
37. MacArthur, R. H. 1958. Population ecology of some warblers of northeastern coniferous forests. Ecology 39:599-619.
38. Marra, P. P., K. A. Hobson, and R. T. Holmes. 1998. Linking winter and summer events in a migratory bird by using stable-carbon isotopes. Science 282:1884-1886.
39. Marra, P. P., and R. L. Holberton. 1998. Corticosterone levels as indicators of habitat quality: effects of habitat segregation in a migratory bird during the non-breeding season. Oecologia 116:284-292.
40. Marra, P. P., and R. T. Holmes. 2001. Consequences of dominance-mediated habitat segregation in American Redstarts during the nonbreeding season. Auk 118:92-104.
41. Marra, P. P., T. W. Sherry, and R. T. Holmes. 1993. Territorial exclusion by a long-distance migrant warbler in Jamaica: a removal experiment with American Redstarts (Setophaga ruticilla). Auk 110:565-572.
42. Moore, F. R., S. A. Gauthreaux, Jr., P. Kerlinger, and T. R. Simons. 1995. Habitat requirements during migration: important link in conservation. Pages 121-144 in T. E. Martin and D. M. Finch, editors. Ecology and management of Neotropical migratory birds. Oxford University Press, New York, New York, USA.
43. Morse, D. H. 1980. Population limitation: breeding or wintering grounds. Pages 505-516 in A. Keast and E. S. Morton, editors. Migrant birds in the Neotropics: ecology, behavior, distribution and conservation. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C., USA.
44. Morse, D. H. 1989. American warblers. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
45. Morton, E. S. 1973. On the evolutionary advantages and disadvantages of fruit eating in tropical birds. American Naturalist 107:8-22.
46. Morton, E. S. 1990. Habitat segregation by sex in the Hooded Warbler: experiments on proximate causation and discussion of its evolution. American Naturalist 135:319-333.
47. Noon, B. R., and W. M. Block. 1990. Analytical considerations for study design. Studies in Avian Biology 13:126-133.
48. Parrish, J. D., and T. W. Sherry. 1994. Sexual habitat segregation by American Redstarts: importance of resource seasonality. Auk 111:38-49.
49. Petit, D. R., J. F. Lynch, R. L. Hutto, J. G. Blake, and R. B. Waide. 1995. Habitat use and conservation in the Neotropics. Pages 145-197 in T. E. Martin and D. M. Finch, editors. Ecology and management of Neotropical migratory birds. Oxford University Press, New York, New York, USA.
50. Pyle, P., S. N. G. Howell, R. P. Yunick, and D. F. Desante. 1987. Identification guide to North American passerines. Slate Creek Press, Bolinas, California, USA.
51. Ralph, C. J., G. R. Geupel, P. Pyle, T. E. Martin, and D. F. DeSante. 1993. Handbook of field methods for monitoring landbirds. U.S. Forest Service General Technical Report PSW-GTR-144. Pacific Southwest Research Station, U.S. Forest Service, Albany, California, USA.
52. Ralph, C. J., and J. M. Scott, editors. 1981. Estimating numbers of terrestrial birds. Studies in Avian Biology 6.
53. Rappole, J. H., and M. V. McDonald. 1994. Cause and effect in population declines of migratory birds. Auk 111:652-660.
54. Rappole, J. H., E. S. Morton, T. E. Lovejoy, and J. L. Ruos. 1983. Nearctic avian migrants in the Neotropics. U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington, D.C., USA.
55. Rappole, J. H., M. A. Ramos, and K. Winker. 1989. Wintering Wood Thrush movements and mortality in southern Veracruz. Auk 106:402-410.
56. Remsen, J. V., and S. K. Robinson. 1990. A classification scheme for foraging behavior of birds in terrestrial habitats. Studies in Avian Biology 13:144-160.
57. Robbins, C. S., J. R. Sauer, R. S. Greenberg, and S. Droege. 1989. Population declines in North American birds that migrate to the neotropics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 86:7658-7662.
58. Rodenhouse, N. L., T. W. Sherry, and R. T. Holmes. 1997. Site-dependent regulation of population size: a new synthesis. Ecology 78:2025-2042.
59. Rosenberg, K. V. 1990. Dead-leaf foraging specialization in tropical forest birds: measuring resource availability and use. Studies in Avian Biology 13:360-368.
60. Sealy, S. G. 1989. Aggressiveness in migrating Cape May Warblers: defense of an aquatic food source. Condor 90:271-274.
61. Sherry, T. W. 1990. When are birds dietarily specialized? Distinguishing ecological from evolutionary approaches. Studies in Avian Biology 13:337-352.
62. Sherry, T. W., and R. T. Holmes. 1995. Summer versus winter limitation of populations: what are the issues and what is the evidence? Pages 85-120 in T. E. Martin and D. M. Finch, editors. Ecology and management of Neotropical migratory birds. Oxford University Press, New York, New York, USA.
63. Sherry, T. W., and R. T. Holmes. 1996. Winter habitat quality, population limitation, and conservation of Neotropical-Nearctic migrant birds. Ecology 77:36-48.
64. Smith, K. G., and J. T. Rotenberry. 1990. Quantifying food resources in avian studies: present problems and future needs. Studies in Avian Biology 13:3-5.
65. Sokal, R. R., and F. J. Rohlf. 1995. Biometry. Third edition. W. H. Freeman, New York, New York, USA.
66. Staicer, C. A. 1992. Social behavior of the Northern Parula, Cape May Warbler, and Prairie Warbler wintering in second-growth forest in southwestern Puerto Rico. Pages 308-320 in J. M. Hagan III and D. W. Johnston, editors. Ecology and conservation of Neotropical migrant landbirds. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C., USA.
67. Strong, A. M., and T. W. Sherry. 2000. Habitat-specific effects of food abundance on the condition of ovenbirds wintering in Jamaica. Journal of Animal Ecology 69:883-895.
68. Terborgh, J. W. 1986. Keystone plant resources in the tropical forest. Pages 330-344 in M. E. Soule, editor. Conservation biology. Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, Massachusetts, USA.
69. Terborgh, J. W. 1989. Where have all the birds gone? Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, USA.
70. Terborgh, J. W., and J. R. Faaborg. 1980. Factors affecting the distribution and abundance of North American migrants in the Eastern Caribbean region. Pages 145-156 in A. Keast and E. S. Morton, editors. Migrant birds in the Neotropics: ecology, behavior, distribution, and conservation. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C., USA
71. Wilkinson, L. 1992. SYSTAT: the system for statistics. SYSTAT, Evanston, Illinois, USA.
72. Winker, K., J. H. Rappole, and M. A. Ramos. 1990. Population dynamics of the Wood Thrush in southern Veracruz, Mexico. Condor 92:444-460.
73. Wunderle, J. M., Jr. 1995. Population characteristics of Black-throated Blue Warblers wintering in three sites on Puerto Rico. Auk 112:931-946.
74. Wunderle, J. M., and S. C. Latta. 1996. Avian abundance in sun and shade coffee plantations and remnant pine forest in the Cordillera Central, Dominican Republic. Ornitología Neotropical 7:19-34.
75. Wunderle, J. M., Jr., and S. C. Latta. 2000. Winter site fidelity of Nearctic migrant birds in isolated shade coffee plantations of different sizes in the Dominican Republic. Auk 117:596-614.
76. Wunderle, J. M., Jr., and R. B. Waide. 1993. Distribution of overwintering Nearctic migrants in the Bahamas and Greater Antilles. Condor 95:904-933.