THE CONDOR
Volume 109, Number 4
November 2007 C.E.
Table of Contents

FEATURE ARTICLES
Spotted Towhee Population Dynamics in a Riparian Restoration Context
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STACY L. SMALL, FRANK R. THOMPSON III, GEOFFREY R. GEUPEL, AND JOHN FAABORG
Response of Bird Species Densities to Habitat Structure and Fire History along a Midwestern Open-Forest Gradient 734

RALPH GRUNDEL AND NOEL B. PAVLOVIC
Home Range Attributes and Habitat Selection of Barred Owls and Spotted Owls in an Area of Sympatry 750

THOMAS E. HAMER, ERIC D. FORSMAN, AND ELIZABETH M. GLENN
Optimizing Nest Survival and Female Survival: Consequences of Nest Site Selection for Canada Geese 769

DAVID A. MILLER, JAMES B. GRAND, THOMAS F. FONDELL, AND R. MICHAEL ANTHONY
Survival of Postfledging Grassland Birds in Missouri 781

KIMBERLY M. SUEDKAMP WELLS, MARK R. RYAN, JOSHUA J. MILLSPAUGH, FRANK R. THOMPSON III, AND MICHAEL W. HUBBARD
Stopover Ecology and Habitat Selection of Juvenile Swainson’s Thrushes during Fall Migration along the Northern California Coast 795

JAMES R. TIETZ AND MATTHEW D. JOHNSON
The Ornithology of the Real Expedición Botánica a Nueva España (1787–1803): An Analysis of the Manuscripts of José Mariano Mociño 808

ADOLFO G. NAVARRO-SIGÜENZA, A. TOWNSEND PETERSON, MIGUEL ÁNGEL PUIG-SAMPER, AND GRACIELA ZAMUDIO
Diet, Food Preferences, and Digestive Efficiency of the Grayish Saltator, a Partly Folivorous Passerine 824

ADRIANA RODRÍGUEZ-FERRARO, M. ALEXANDRA GARCÍA-AMADO, AND CARLOS BOSQUE
Diet of the Cauca Guan: Exploitation of a Novel Food Source in Times of Scarcity 841

MARCIA C. MUÑOZ, GUSTAVO A. LONDOÑO, MARGARITA M. RIOS, AND GUSTAVO H. KATTAN
Contaminants in Lesser Scaup Eggs and Blood from Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska 852

ANGELA C. MATZ AND DEBORAH A. ROCQUE
Selenium Accumulation in European Starlings Nesting in a Selenium-Contaminated Environment 862

GARY M. SANTOLO
Species Differences in the Songs of the Critically Endangered Niceforo’s Wren and the Related Rufous-and-white Wren 870

SANDRA V. VALDERRAMA, JORGE E. PARRA, AND DANIEL J. MENNILL
Genetic Characterization of Common Eiders Breeding in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska 878

SARAH A. SONSTHAGEN, SANDY L. TALBOT, AND KEVIN G. MCCRACKEN
Does Sea Ice Constrain the Breeding Schedules of High Arctic Northern Fulmars?
894

MARK L. MALLORY AND MARK R. FORBES
Breeding Ecology of the Altamira Oriole in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas 907

SCOTT M. WERNER, SALLIE J. HEJL, AND TIMOTHY BRUSH
Nestling Immunocompetence Is Affected by Captivity but Not Investigator Handling
920

MICHAEL W. BUTLER AND ALFRED M. DUFTY JR.
A Small Representative of the Phalacrocoracoidea (Cormorants and Anhingas) from the Late Oligocene of Germany
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GERALD MAYR

SHORT COMMUNICATIONS

Power to Detect Trend in Short-Term Time Series of Bird Abundance 943

WAYNE E. THOGMARTIN, BRIAN R. GRAY, MAUREEN GALLAGHER, NEAL YOUNG, JASON J. ROHWEDER, AND MELINDA G. KNUTSON
Approximating Variance of Demographic Parameters Using the Delta Method: A Reference for Avian Biologists 949

LARKIN A. POWELL
Genetic Variability and Taxonomic Status of the Nihoa and Laysan Millerbirds 954

ROBERT C. FLEISCHER, BETH SLIKAS, JON BEADELL, COLM ATKINS, CARL E. MCINTOSH, AND SHEILA CONANT
The Family Behavior of California Quail: A Molecular Analysis 962

JENNIFER D. CALKINS
Song Learning After Isolation in the Open-Ended Learner the European Starling: Dissociation of Imitation and Syntactic Development 968

MARTHALEAH CHAIKEN AND JÖRG BÖHNER
Hypoxia Probably Does Not Explain Short Incubation Periods of Woodpeckers 976

KAREN L. WIEBE

BOOK REVIEWS

Wildlife-Habitat Relationships: Concepts and Applications. Third edition, by Michael L. Morrison, Bruce G. Marcot, and R. William Mannan 980

STEPHEN J. DINSMORE
Techniques for Wildlife Investigations and Management, edited by Clait E. Braun 981

KATIE DUGGER
Two Evaluations of Condor Recovery 983

NOEL F. R. SNYDER
Ecology and Behavior of Chickadees and Titmice: An Integrated Approach, edited by Ken A. Otter 984

SHELDON J. COOPER
Texas Quails: Ecology and Management, edited by Leonard A. Brennan
985

THOMAS V. DAILEY