THE CONDOR
Volume 105, Number 4
November 2003 C.E.
Table of Contents

ISSUES IN CONSERVATION
 
Teetering on the Edge or Too Late? Conservation and Research Issues for the Avifauna of Sagebrush Habitats 611
  STEVEN T. KNICK, DAVID S. DOBKIN, JOHN T. ROTENBERRY, MICHAEL A. SCHROEDER, W. MATTHEW VANDER HAEGEN AND CHARLES VAN RIPER III


FEATURE ARTICLES

 
The First Basic Problem: A Review of Molt and Plumage Homologies 635
  STEVE N. G. HOWELL, CHRIS CORBEN, PETER PYLE AND DANNY I. ROGERS
The High-Elevation Population of Mountain Plovers in Colorado 663
  MICHAEL B. WUNDER, FRITZ L. KNOPF AND CHRIS A. PAGUE
Do Melanin- or Carotenoid-Pigmented Plumage Ornaments Signal Condition and Predict Pairing Success in the Kentucky Warbler? 663
  TIMOTHY H. PARKER, BROOK M. STANSBERRY, C. DUSTIN BECKER AND PHILIP S. GIPSON
The Complex Song Duet of the Plain Wren 672
  NIGEL I. MANN, LORRAINE MARSHALL-BALL AND PETER J. B. SLATER
Reproductive Seasonality of Seven Neotropical Passerine Species 683
  MARTIN WIKELSKI, MICHAELA HAU, W. DOUGLAS ROBINSON AND JOHN C. WINGFIELD
Using Fecal Glucocorticoids for Stress Assessment in Mourning Doves 696
  BRIAN E. WASHBURN, JOSHUA J. MILLSPAUGH, JOHN H. SCHULZ, SUSAN B. JONES AND TONY MONG
Energetics of Altricial Nestlings in Cold Climates: Insights from the Mountain White-crowned Sparrow 707
  WESLEY W. WEATHERS, CHARISSE L. DAVIDSON AND MARTIN L. MORTON
Frequency of Egg Rejection by Potential Hosts of the New Zealand Cuckoos 719
  JAMES V. BRISKIE
A Comparative Study of Shiny Cowbird Parasitism of Two Large Hosts, the Chalk-browed Mockingbird and the Rufous-bellied Thrush 728
  PAULA SACKMANN AND JUAN CARLOS REBOREDA
Long-term Declines and Decadal Patterns in Population Trends of Songbirds in Western North America, 1979–1999 737
  GRANT BALLARD, GEOFFREY R. GEUPEL, NADAV NUR AND THOMAS GARDALI
Advantages of Clustered Nesting for Least Flycatchers in North-Central Minnesota 756
  ETHAN F. PERRY AND DAVID E. ANDERSEN
Identification of Source Population for Greenland Canada Geese: Genetic Assessment of a Recent Colonization 771
  KIM T. SCRIBNER, RICHARD A. MALECKI, BRUCE D. J. BATT, RAINY L. INMAN, SCOT LIBANTS AND HAROLD H. PRINCE
Seasonal Changes in Brood Sex Composition in Audouin’s Gulls 783
  MERITXELL GENOVART, DANIEL ORO, XAVIER RUIZ, RICHARD GRIFFITHS, PAT MONAGHAN AND RUEDI G. NAGER
Winter Distribution and Survival of a High-Desert Breeding Population of Canvasbacks 791
  KAMMIE L. KRUSE, JAMES R. LOVVORN, JOHN Y. TAKEKAWA AND JEFFREY MACKAY

SHORT COMMUNICATIONS
 

Effects of Radio-Transmitters on Fecal Glucocorticoid Levels in Captive Dickcisse

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  KIMBERLY M. SUEDKAMP WELLS, BRIAN E. WASHBURN, JOSHUA J. MILLSPAUGH, MARK R. RYAN AND MICHAEL W. HUBBARD
Home Range and Residency Status of Northern Goshawks Breeding in Minnesota 811
  CLINT W. BOAL, DAVID E. ANDERSEN AND PATRICIA L. KENNEDY
Effects of Paternity and Mate Availability on Mate Switching in House Wrens 816
  NICOLE E. POIRIER, LINDA A WHITTINGHAM AND PETER O. DUNN
Stasis in the Morph Ratio Cline in the Bananaquit on Grenada, West Indies 821
  ANDREW D. C. MACCOLL AND IAN R. STEVENSON
Wing Shape in House Finches Differs Relative to Migratory Habit in Eastern and Western North America 825
  JEREMY R. EGBERT AND JAMES R. BELTHOFF
Digestive Enzymes in Two Species of Marine Cinclodes (Passeriformes: Furnariidae) 830
  PABLO SABAT AND SANDRA P. GONZALEZ

BOOK REVIEWS
 
The Lost World of the Moa, by Trevor H. Worthy and Richard N. Holdaway 834
  MICHAEL R. DICKISON
The Adélie Penguin: Bellwether of Climate Change, by David G. Ainley 835
  GERALD L. KOOYMAN
North American Owls: Biology and Natural History, Second Edition, by Paul A. Johnsgard 836
  JEFFREY S. MARKS
Briefly Noted: Avian Masala 838
  WILLIAM I. BOARMAN

NEWS AND NOTES
840
ANNOUNCEMENT OF A NEW AWARD 843
AWARD ANNOUNCEMENTS 844
REVIEWERS FOR VOLUME 105 848
INDEX TO VOLUME 105 849