Wilson Bulletin articles

Recent articles from Wilson Bulletin

Predation and variation in breeding habitat use in the Ovenbird, with special reference to breeding habitat selection in northwestern Pennsylvania.
December 1, 2005... The Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) is a classic example of a "forest interior" and "area sensitive" songbird (Frost 1916, Forman et al. 1976, Ambuel and Temple 1983, Kroodsma 1984, Gibbs and Faaborg 1990, Freemark and Collins 1992). In some areas, it avoids edge habitat altogether,...

Avian frugivory on a gap-specialist, the red elderberry (Sambucus racemosa).
December 1, 2005... In the temperate zone, few plants produce fruit during the avian breeding season (Thompson and Willson 1979, Wheelwright 1988), and the typical pattern is for temperate zone plants to fruit in late summer and early fall (Morton 1973). Only a small fraction of the breeding bird community is...

Bird communities after blowdown in a late-successional great lakes spruce-fir forest.
December 1, 2005... Forest composition and structure in the Upper Great Lakes region is greatly influenced by disturbances, primarily fire, insect outbreaks, logging, and wind (Van Wagner and Methven 1978, Bonan and Shugart 1989, Bergeron 1991, Drapeau et al. 2000). Although the most prevalent natural...

Use of group-selection and seed-tree cuts by three early-successional migratory species in Arkansas.
December 1, 2005... Due to growing public concerns about clear-cutting and planting, the USDA Forest Service (USFS) is now relying more on natural regeneration systems involving both even-aged (e.g., seed-tree and shelterwood) and uneven-aged (e.g., single-tree and group-selection) silvicultural practices (Thill...

Flight speeds of northern pintails during migration determined using satellite telemetry.
December 1, 2005... The overall rate at which birds travel during migration, often referred to as migration speed (measured in km/day), includes the time required to accumulate fat reserves and rest prior to migration and at stopovers, and the actual time spent in flight during which fat is catabolized (Alerstam...