Publications
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How to lie with biodiversity How to lie with biodiversity
No abstract available.
Authors
C.S. Robbins
[Book review] Illustrations of the birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian America [Book review] Illustrations of the birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian America
John Cassin was one of the leading American ornithologists of the 19th century. Appointed Honorary Curator of Birds at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia in 1842, he built and studied the collections of that institution (although engaged full time in business) until his death in 1869. This book represents perhaps his most important and least well known endeavor.
Authors
Richard C. Banks
The ninety-third Christmas Bird Count: OC MD Ocean City, MD The ninety-third Christmas Bird Count: OC MD Ocean City, MD
No abstract available.
Authors
C.S. Robbins
Resistance of young wolf pups to inclement weather Resistance of young wolf pups to inclement weather
Three observations of young wolf (Canis lupus) pups in Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska, and two on Ellesmere Island, Northwest Territories, Canada, indicate that pups
Authors
L.D. Mech
Use of stable isotope ratios to discriminate dietary components of free-ranging animals: An example with Chesapeake Bay canvasbacks Use of stable isotope ratios to discriminate dietary components of free-ranging animals: An example with Chesapeake Bay canvasbacks
No abstract available.
Authors
G.M. Haramis, Dennis G. Jorde, P. N. Klein, S.A. Macko, B.S. Walker
Prey escaping wolves, Canis lupus, despite close proximity Prey escaping wolves, Canis lupus, despite close proximity
We describe attacks by wolf (Canis lupus) packs in Minnesota on a white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) and a moose (Alces alces) in which wolves were within contact distance of the prey but in which the prey escaped.
Authors
M.E. Nelson, L.D. Mech
Male Kirtland's warbler with incubation patch Male Kirtland's warbler with incubation patch
No abstract available.
Authors
P.W. Sykes, Carol I. Bocetti, L.A. Moore
Sex and age identification of palila Sex and age identification of palila
Methods to sex and age Palila (Loxioides bailleui), an endangered Hawaiian finch restricted to subalpine woodlands on Hawai'i, were identified on the basis of measurements and plumage characteristics of 17 museum specimens and 96 known-age, live Palila. Palila undergo a single annual molt during September-December following the breeding season. Presence of a complete or partial wingbar
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J.J. Jeffrey, S.G. Fancy, G.D. Lindsey, P.C. Banko, T.K. Pratt, J.D. Jacobi
Phyllorhynchus Stejneger, leaf-nosed snakes Phyllorhynchus Stejneger, leaf-nosed snakes
No abstract available.
Authors
R.W. McDiarmid, R.J.R. McCleary
Identifying sex and age of apapane and iiwi on Hawaii Identifying sex and age of apapane and iiwi on Hawaii
Methods to determine the sex and age of Apapane (Himatione sanguinea) and Iiwi (Vestiaria coccinea) were developed on the basis of 189 museum specimens and 91 live birds captured in mist nets on the Island of Hawaii (USA). Both species retain all juvenal primaries and some juvenal secondaries and body feathers after the first prebasic molt and attain full adult plumage after the second...
Authors
S.G. Fancy, T.K. Pratt, G.D. Lindsey, C.K. Harada, A.H. Parent, J.D. Jacobi
'Tool' use by the red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 'Tool' use by the red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
Perhaps the best documented example of regular tool use for a falconiform is the Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus) striking an Ostrich (Struthio camelus) egg with a stone (J. van Lawick-Goodall and H. van Lawick-Goodall 1966, Nature 212:1468-1469; R.K. Brooke 1979, Ostrich 50:257-258). Another species, the Lammergeier (Gypaetus barbatus), routinely drops bones on stone slabs to...
Authors
David H. Ellis, Shawn Brunson