Monteverde : Ecology and Conservation of a Tropical Cloud Forest

. 1984. Scaphiodontophis (Serpentes: Colubridae): natural history and test of a mimicry-related hypoth- esis. Pages 185-194 iiz ...

Stouffer, and S. Tett. 1996. A search for human influ- ences on the thermal structure of the atmosphere. Na- ture 382:39-46. Sar ...

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Birds Bruce E. Young David B. McDonald Why Monteverde? Birds have been a major focus of study in Monteverde. The first biologist ...

Table 6.1. Doctoral dissertations based on research on Monteverde birds. Author Year Institution Title Busby, W. H. Buskirk, W. ...

(2) Abundance and ease of study: Many species have large populations and occur close to the ground, making them easy to study. I ...

by ornithologists. In this chapter, we summarize stud- ies on Monteverde's birds, describing areas that have been well covered a ...

Figure 6.3. Species accumulation curves of birds caught in mist nets for two life zones at Monteverde (B. Young and D. McDonald, ...

unpubl. data; see Powell et al., "Altitudinal Migra- tions and Habitat Linkages, pp. 439-442). Long-distance migration. Of Monte ...

Figure 6.4. Black-faced Solitaire at its nest on the trunk of a tree in the Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve. Photograph by Kath ...

tain an average of 4.4 species per flock (range 2-20) and an average of 6.4 individuals per flock (range 2- 26; Shopland 1985). ...

Figure 6.5. Gray-breasted Wood-Wren foraging in the understory of the lower montane wet forest. Photograph by Kathy Winnett-Murr ...

Long-tailed Manakins, in contrast, eat primarily fruits as adults and feed their nestlings a fruit-dominated diet (Sargent 1993, ...

The major issue addressed by the Brown Jay study is cooperative breeding in the context of rapid popu- lation expansion. Coopera ...

aggression against their bearers. By the time males attain definitive plumage, they probably recognize one another individually ...

Information on nest location, nest architecture, and construction materials is difficult to generalize. Indi- vidual species dem ...

Table 6.3. Use of nest material and nest location by birds in Monteverde (based on Stiles and Skutch 1989). Inhabitants of cloud ...

Table 6.4. Clutch sizes of birds observed nesting in forest and pastures in Monteverde. Species Clutch Size Species Clutch Size ...

Table 6.5. Postfledging periods (time during which fledgling birds remain on their natal territories) of some birds of Monteverd ...

improves. The winds calm earlier in some years than others, and House Wrens advance the onset of breed- ing by as much as one mo ...