Population-specific demographic estimates provide insights into declines of Lark Buntings (Calamospiza melanocorys)

Auk

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 578-593

  Yackel Adams, Amy A ^a,b   Skagen, Susan K ^b   Savidge, Julie A ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Calamospiza melanocorys; Dispersal; Fecundity; Lark Bunting; Population growth rates; Prairie birds; Renesting; Transmitter effect

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; DISPERSAL; FECUNDITY; IMMIGRATION; NEST PREDATION; PASSERINE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION GROWTH; SURVIVAL;

AVES; CALAMOSPIZA; CALAMOSPIZA MELANOCORYS;

EID: 34249011761     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2007)124[578:PDEPII]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

References (64)

1. BASILI, G. D., AND S. A. TEMPLE. 1999. Dickcissels and crop damage in Venezuela: Defining the problem with ecological models. Ecological Applications 9:732-739.
2. BÉLICHON, S., J. CLOBERT, AND M. MASSOT. 1996. Are there differences in fitness components between philopatric and dispersing individuals? Acta Œcologica 17:503-517.
3. BOCK, C. E., AND Z. F. JONES. 2004. Avian habitat evaluation: Should counting birds count? Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 2:403-410.
4. BOLLINGER, E. K., AND T. A. GAVIN. 1989. The effects of site quality on breeding-site fidelity in Bobolinks. Auk 106:584-594.
5. BRAWN, J. D., AND S. K. ROBINSON. 1996. Source-sink population dynamics may complicate the interpretation of long-term census data. Ecology 77:3-12.
6. BROWN, J. H., D. W. MEHLMAN, AND G. C. STEVENS. 1995. Spatial variation in abundance. Ecology 76:2028-2043.
7. BUDNIK, J. M., M. R. RYAN, AND F. R. THOMPSON 111. 2000. Demography of Bell's Vireos in Missouri grassland-shrub habitats. Auk 117: 925-935.
8. BURNHAM, K. P., AND D. R. ANDERSON. 2002. Model Selection and Inference: A Practical Information-theoretic Approach. 2nd ed. Springer-Verlag, New York.
9. CHANNELL, R., AND M. V. LOMOLINO. 2000. Dynamic biogeography and conservation of endangered species. Nature 403:84-86.
10. CILIMBURG, A. B., M. S. LINDBERG, J. J. TEWKSBURY, AND S. J. HEJL. 2002. Effects of dispersal on survival probability of adult Yellow Warblers (Dendroica petechia). Auk 119:778-789.
11. CROLL, D. A., J. K. JANSEN, M. E. GOEBEL, P. L. BOVENG, AND J. L. BENGTSON. 1996. Foraging behavior and reproductive success in Chinstrap Penguins: The effects of transmitter attachment. Journal of Field Ornithology 67:1-9.
12. DINSMORE, S. J., G. C. WHITE, AND F. L. KNOPF. 2003. Annual survival and population estimates of Mountain Plovers in southern Phillips County, Montana. Ecological Applications 13:1013-1026.
13. DOESKEN, N., R. A. PIELKE, SR., AND O. A. P. BLISS. 2003. Climate of Colorado. [Online.] Available at ccc.atmos.colostate.edu/pdfs/climateofcoloradoNo.60.pdf.
14. DONOVAN, T. M., F. R. THOMPSON III, J. FAABORG, AND J. R. PROBST. 1995. Reproductive success of migratory birds in habitat sources and sinks. Conservation Biology 9:1380-1395.
15. FAABORG, J., F. R. THOMPSON III, S. K. ROBINSON, T. M. DONOVAN, D. R. WHITEHEAD, AND J. D. BRAWN. 1998. Understanding fragmented midwestern landscapes: The future. Pages 193-208 in Avian Conservation: Research and Management (J. M. Marzluff and R. Sallabanks, Ed.). Island Press, Washington, D.C.
16. GARDALI, T., D. C. BARTON, J. D. WHITE, AND G. R. GEUPEL. 2003. Juvenile and adult survival of Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus) in coastal California: Annual estimates using capture-recapture analyses. Auk 120: 1188-1194.
17. GRANFORS, D. A., K. E. CHURCH, AND L. M. SMITH. 1996. Eastern Meadowlarks nesting in rangeland and Conservation Reserve Program fields in Kansas. Journal of Field Ornithology 67:222-235.
18. GREIG-SMITH, P. W. 1982. Dispersal between nest-sites by Stonechats (Saxicola torquata) in relation to previous breeding success. Ornis Scandinavica 13:232-238.
19. GRZYBOWSKI, J. A., AND C. M. PEASE. 2005. Renesting determines seasonal fecundity in songbirds: What do we know? What should we assume? Auk 122:280-291.
20. HAAS, C. A. 1998. Effects of prior nesting success on site fidelity and breeding dispersal: An experimental approach. Auk 115:929-936.
21. HERKERT, J. R., D. L. REINKING, D. A. WIEDENFELD, M. WINTER, J. L. ZIMMERMAN, W. E. JENSEN, E. J. FINCK, R. R. KOFORD, D. H. WOLFE, S. K. SHERROD, AND OTHERS. 2003. Effects of prairie fragmentation on the nest success of breeding birds in the midcontinental United States. Conservation Biology 17:587-594.
22. HOLMES, R. T., T. W. SHERRY, P. P. MARRA, AND K. E. PETIT. 1992. Multiple brooding and productivity of a Neotropical migrant, the Black-throated Blue Warbler (Dendroica caerulescens), in an unfragmented temperate forest. Auk 109:321-333.
23. HOWARD, M. N., S. K. SKAGEN, AND P. L. KENNEDY. 2001. Does habitat fragmentation influence nest predation in the shortgrass prairie? Condor 103:530-536.
24. HOWLETT, J. S., AND B. J. M. STUTCHBURY. 1997. Within-season dispersal, nest-site modification, and predation in renesting Hooded Warblers. Wilson Bulletin 109:643-649.
25. JACKSON, W. M., S. ROHWER, AND V. NOLAN, JR. 1989. Within-season breeding dispersal in Prairie Warblers and other passerines. Condor 91:233-241.
26. JOHNSON, D. H., G. L. KRAPU, K. J. REINECKE, AND D. G. JORDE. 1985. An evaluation of condition indices for birds. Journal of Wildlife Management 49:569-575.
27. JOHNSON, R. G., AND S. A. TEMPLE. 1990. Nest predation and brood parasitism of tallgrass prairie birds. Journal of Wildlife Management 54:106-111.
28. JONES, J., P. J. DORAN, L. R. NAGY, AND R. T. HOLMES. 2005. Relationship between Mayfield nest-survival estimates and seasonal fecundity: A cautionary note. Auk 122:306-312.
29. KERSHNER, E. L., J. W. WALK, AND R. E. WARNER. 2004. Breeding-season decisions, renesting, and annual fecundity of female Eastern Meadowlarks (Sturnella magna) in southeastern Illinois. Auk 121:796-805.
30. KNOPF, F. L. 1994. Avian assemblages on altered grasslands. Pages 247-257 in A Century of Avifaunal Change in Western North America (J. R. Jehl, Jr. and N. K. Johnson, Eds.). Studies in Avian Biology, no. 15.
31. MARTIN, T. E. 1995. Avian life history evolution in relation to nest sites, nest predation, and food. Ecological Monographs 65:101-127.
32. MASSEY, B. W., K. KEANE, AND C. BOARDMAN. 1988. Adverse effects of radio transmitters on the behavior of nesting Least Terns. Condor 90:945-947.
33. MCCOY, T. D., M. R. RYAN, E. W. KURZEJESKI, AND L. W. BURGER, JR. 1999. Conservation Reserve Program: Source or sink habitat for grassland birds in Missouri? Journal of Wildlife Management 63:530-538.
34. MORRISON, S. A., AND D. T. BOLGER. 2002. Variation in a sparrow's reproductive success with rainfall: Food and predator-mediated processes. Oecologia 133:315-324.
35. NAGELKERKE, N. J. D. 1991. A note on a general definition of the coefficient of determination. Biometrika 78:691-692.
36. NEUDORF, D. L., AND T. E. PITCHER. 1997. Radio transmitters do not affect nestling feeding rates by female Hooded Warblers. Journal of Field Ornithology 68:64-68.
37. NEWTON, I. 2004. Population limitation in migrants. Ibis 146:197-226.
38. NICHOLS, J. D. 1992. Capture-recapture models: Using marked animals to study population dynamics. BioScience 42:94-102.
39. NOLAN, V., JR. 1978. Ecology and behavior of the Prairie Warbler Dendroica discolor. Ornithological Monongraphs, no. 26.
40. PEASE, C. M., AND J. A. GRZYBOWSKI. 1995. Assessing the consequences of brood parasitism and nest predation on seasonal fecundity in passerine birds. Auk 112: 343-363.
41. PULLIAM, H. R. 1988. Sources, sinks, and population regulation. American Naturalist 132: 652-661.
42. RAPPOLE, J. H., AND A. R. TIPTON. 1991. New harness design for attachment of radio transmitters to small passerines. Journal of Field Ornithology 62:335-337.
43. RICH, T. D., C. J. BEARDMORE, H. BERLANGA, P J. BLANCHER, M. S. W. BRADSTREET, G. S. BUTCHER, D. W. DEMAREST, E. H. DUNN, W. C. HUNTER, E. E. IÑIGO-ELIAS, AND OTHERS. 2004. Partners in Flight North American Landbird Conservation Plan. Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York.
44. RICKLEFS, R. E. 1973. Fecundity, mortality, and avian demography. Pages 366-435 in Breeding Biology of Birds (D. S. Farner, Ed.). National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C.
45. ROBINSON, S. K., F. R. THOMPSON III, T. M. DONOVAN, D. R. WHITEHEAD, AND J. FAABORG. 1995. Regional forest fragmentation and the nesting success of migratory birds. Science 267:1987-1990.
46. SAS INSTITUTE. 2000. SAS/STAT Users Guide, version 8. SAS Institute, Cary, North Carolina.
47. SAUER, J. R., J. E. HINES, AND J. FALLON. 2004. The North American Breeding Bird Survey, results and analysis 1966-2003, version 2004.1. U.S. Geological Survey, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, Maryland.
48. SCHLÜTER, D., AND L. GUSTAFSSON. 1993. Maternal inheritance of condition and clutch size in the Collared Flycatcher. Evolution 47: 658-667.
49. SCHMIDT, K. A., AND C. J. WHELAN. 1999. The relative impacts of nest predation and brood parasitism on seasonal fecundity in songbirds. Conservation Biology 13:46-57.
50. SCOTT, D. M., R. E. LEMON, AND J. A. DARLEY. 1987. Relaying interval after nest failure in Gray Catbirds and Northern Cardinals. Wilson Bulletin 99:708-712.
51. SEDGWICK, J. A. 2004. Site fidelity, territory fidelity, and natal philopatry in Willow Flycatchers (Empidonax traillii). Auk 121: 1103-1121.
52. SHANE, T. G. 2000. Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys). In The Birds of North America, no. 542 (A. Poole and F. Gill, Eds.). Birds of North America, Philadelphia.
53. SHERRY, T. W., AND R. T. HOLMES. 1992. Population fluctuations in a long-distance Neotropical migrant: Demographic evidence for the importance of breeding season events in the American Redstart. Pages 431-442 in Ecology and Conservation of Neotropical Migrant Landbirds (J. M. Hagan III and D. W. Johnston, Eds.). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C.
54. SILLETT, T. S., AND R. T. HOLMES. 2002. Variation in survivorship of a migratory songbird throughout its annual cycle. Journal of Animal Ecology 71:296-308.
55. SLAGSVOLD, T., AND J. T. LIFJELD. 1988. Ultimate adjustment of clutch size to parental feeding capacity in a passerine bird. Ecology 69: 1918-1922.
56. VICKERY, P. D., AND J. R. HERKERT. 2001. Recent advances in grassland bird research: Where do we go from here? Auk 118:11-15.
57. VICKERY, P. D., M. L. HUNTER, JR., AND J. V. WELLS. 1992. Evidence of incidental nest predation and its effects on nests of threatened grassland birds. Oikos 63:281-288.
58. WALK, J. W., K. WENTWORTH, E. L. KERSHNER, E. K. BOLLINGER, AND R. E. WARNER. 2004. Renesting decisions and annual fecundity of female Dickcissels (Spiza americana) in Illinois. Auk 121:1250-1261.
59. WESTERSKOV, K. 1950. Methods for determining the age of game bird eggs. Journal of Wildlife Management 14:56-67.
60. WHEELWRIGHT, N. T., AND R. E. SEABURY. 2003. Fifty:fifty offspring sex ratios in Savannah Sparrows (Passerculus sandwichensis). Auk 120:171-179.
61. WHITE, G. C., AND K. P. BURNHAM. 1999. Program MARK: Survival estimation from populations of marked animals. Bird Study 46: 120-139.
62. WINTER, M., AND J. FAABORG. 1999. Patterns of area sensitivity in grassland-nesting birds. Conservation Biology 13:1424-1436.
63. YACKEL ADAMS, A. A., S. K. SKAGEN, AND J. A. SAVIDGE. 2006. Modeling postfledging survival of Lark Buntings in response to ecological and biological factors. Ecology 87: 178-188.
64. YACKEL ADAMS, A. A., S. K. SKAGEN, AND R. D. ADAMS. 2001. Movements and survival of Lark Bunting fledglings. Condor 103: 643-647.