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xiv, 918 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 27 cm. |
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Also available electronically on the Internet. |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Contents: In memoriam: Theodore A. Parker III, 1953-1993 / Mark B. Robbins, Gary R. Graves, J.V. Remsen, Jr. -- The pervasive influence of Ted Parker on neotropical field ornithology / J.V. Remsen, Jr., Thomas S. Schulenberg -- Colorimetric and morphometric gradients in Colombian populations of Dusky Antbirds (Cercomacra tyrannina), with a description of a new species, Cercomacra parkeri / Gary R. Graves -- A new species of tyrannulet (Phylloscartes) from the Andean foothills of Peru and Bolivia / John W. Fitzpatrick, Douglas F. Stotz -- Species limits and natural history of Scytalopus tapaculos (Rhinocryptidae), with descriptions of the Ecuadorian taxa, including three new species / Krabbe, Niels, and Thomas S. Schulenberg -- A new genus for the Yellow-shouldered Grosbeak / J.V. Remsen, Jr -- Distribution and geographic variation in three South American grassquits (Emberizinae, Tiaris) / John M. Bates -- Cryptic biodiversity: an overlooked species and new subspecies of antbird (Aves: Formicariidae) with a revision of Cercomacra tyrannina in northeastern South America / Richard O. Bierregaard, Jr., Mario Cohn-Haft, Douglas F. Stotz -- Evolutionary relationships among the potoos (Nyctibiidae) based on isozymes / Robb T. Brumfield, David L. Swofford, Michael J. Braun -- Techniques for audio recording vocalizations of tropical birds / Gregory F. Budney, Robert W. Grotke -- A new subspecies of Percnostola rufifrons (Formicariidae) from northeastern Amazonian Peru, with a revision of the rufifrons complex / A.P. Capparella, Gary H. Rosenberg, Steven W. Cardiff -- Patterns of seasonal and geographical distribution of austral migrant flycatchers (Tyrannidae) in Bolivia / R. Terry Chesser -- A new look at the "species-poor" Central Amazon: the avifauna north of Manaus Brazil / Mario Cohn-Haft, Andrew Whittaker, Philip C. Stouffer -- Patterns and causes of endangerment in the New World avifauna / Nigel J. Collar, David C. Wege, Adrian J. Long -- Field techniques for collecting and preserving heiminth parasites from birds, with new geographic and host records of parasitic nematodes from Bolivia / Mary C. Garvin, John M. Bates, J.M. Kinsella -- Lack of genetic divergence in a genus (Pteroglossus) of Neotropical birds: the connection between life- history characteristics and levels of genetic divergence / Shannon J. Hackett, Cathi A. Lehn -- Contact zones between birds of southern Amazonia / Jürgen Haffer -- The nature and probable function of vocal copying in Lawrence's Thrush, Turdus lawrencii / John William Hardy, Theodore A. Parker III -- Seasonal distribution of birds at a cloud-forest locality, the Anchicayá Valley, in western Colombia / Steven L. Hilty -- A sector-based ornithological geographic information system for the Neotropics / Morton L. Isler -- Biogeography and systematics of the Thamnophilus punctatus (Thamnophilidae) complex / Morton L. Isler, Phyllis R. Isler, Bret M. Whitney -- Relationship of two bamboo-specialized foliage-gleaners: Automolus dorsalis and Anabazenops fuscus (Furnariidae) / Andrew W. Kratter, Theodore A. Parker III -- Geographic variation of plumage patterns in the woodcreeper genus Dendrocolaptes (Dendrocolaptidae) / Curtis A. Marantz -- Species limits and distribution of some New World spinetailed swifts (Chaetura spp.) / Manuel Marín -- Insights into the maintenance of high species diversity in the Neotropics: habitat selection and foraging behavior in understory birds of tropical and temperate forests / Peter P. Marra, J.V. Remsen, Jr. -- New subspecies of Myrmoborus leucophrys (Formicariidae) and Phrygilus alaudinus (Emberizidae) from the upper Huallaga Valley, Peru / John P. O'Neill, Theodore A. Parker III -- Avifauna of the Tapajós National Park and vicinity, Amazonian Brazil / David C. Oren, Theodore A. Parker III -- The importance of national parks and biological reserves to bird conservation in the Atlantic forest region of Brazil / Theodore A. Parker III, Jaqueline M. Goerek -- Notes on avian bamboo specialists in southwestern Amazonian Brazil / Theodore A. Parker III, Douglas F. Stotz, John W. Fitzpatrick -- Notes on three tiny grass- land flycatchers, with comments on the disappearance of South American fire-diversified savannas / Theodore A. Parker III, Edwin O. Willis -- Birds of the central Río Tuichi Valley, with emphasis on dry forest, Parque Nacional Madidi, depto. La Paz, Bolivia / Alan Perry, Michael Kessler, Nicholas Heime -- Patterns of species composition and endemism in the northern neotropics: a case for conservation of montane avifaunas / Luis Miguel Renjifo, Grace P. Servat, Jaqueline M. Goerek, Bette A. Loiselle, John G. Blake -- What is the closest living relative of Catharopeza (Parulinae)? / Mark B. Robbins, Theodore A. Parker III -- Voice and taxonomy of Caprimuigus (rufus) otiosus (Caprimulgidae), with a reevaluation of Caprimulgus rufus subspecies / Mark B. Robbins, Theodore A. Parker III -- Taxonomy and nest description of the Tumbes Swallow (Tachycineta [albilinea] stolzmanni) / Mark B. Robbins, Gary H. Rosenberg, Francisco Sornoza Molina, Marco A. Jácome -- Birds of a Peruvian oxbow lake: populations, resources, predation, and social behavior / Scott K. Robinson -- Bird community dynamics along primary successional gradients of an Amazonian whitewater river / Scott K. Robinson, John Terborgh -- Ecology of dead-leaf foraging specialists and their contribution to Amazonian bird diversity / Kenneth V. Rosenberg -- Birds of the Tambo area, an arid valley in the Bolivian Andes / C. Gregory Schmitt, Donna C. Schmitt, J.V. Remsen, Jr. -- Notes on the Yellow-browed Toucanet Aulacorhynchus huallagae / Thomas S. Schulenberg, Theodore A. Parker III -- A new species of tyrant-flycatcher (Tyrannidae: Tolmomyias) from the western Amazon Basin / Thomas S. Schulenberg, Theodore A. Parker III -- Bromeliad foraging specialization and diet selection of Pseudocolaptes lawrencii (Furnariidae) / T. Scott Sillett, Anne James, Kristine B. Sillett -- Composition and distribution patterns of the avifauna of an Amazonian upland savanna, Amapá, Brazil / José Maria Cardoso Da Silva, David Conway Oren, Júlio César Roma, Luiza Magalli Pinto Henriques -- An avifaunal survey of two tropical forest localities on the middle Rio Jiparaná, Rondônia, Brazil / Douglas F. Stotz, Scott M. Lanyon, Thomas S. Schulenberg, David E. Willard, A. Townsend Peterson, John W. Fitzpatrick -- Timing of breeding by antbirds (Formicariidae) in an aseasonal environment in Amazonian Equador / Dan A. Tallman, Erika J. Tallman -- Status and distribution of Asthenes anthoides (Furnariidae), a species endemic to Fuego-Patagonia, with notes on its systematic relationships and conservation / François Vuilleumier -- Behavior, vocalizations, and relationships of some Myrmotherula antwrens (Thanmophilidae) in eastern Brazil, with comments on the "plain-winged" group / Bret M. Whitney, José Fernando Pacheco -- Land of magnificent isolation: M.A. Carriker's explorations in Bolivia / David A. Wiedenfeld -- Species limits in Cranioleuca vulpine / Kevin J. Zimmer -- Avifauna of a locality in the upper Orinoco drainage of Amazonas, Venezuela / Kevin J. Zimmer, Steven L. Hilty -- Survey of a southern Amazonian avifauna: the Alta Floresta region, Mato Grosso, Brazil / Kevin J. Zimmer, Theodore A. Parker III, Morton L. Isler, Phyllis R. Isler. |