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Newsletter of the International Working Group of Partners in Flight No. 38 January - February 2002
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Web News ***************************** ***************************** THE GOLDEN CHEEKED WARBLER CONSERVATION PROJECT The Golden-cheeked Warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia) conservation project represents the first joint conservation effort for the tropics. This effort was made possible thanks to the support of the U.S Agency for International Development (USAID), the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, the Wings of the America program of The Nature Conservancy (TNC), TNC San Antonio, the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), and Fort Hood (US Army). The idea for the project came after the first symposium celebrated on Sierra de las Minas, Guatemala, on February 1999, which is the location with the largest record of Golden-cheeked Warbler along its winter distribution range. The activities will be offered at a local level, a regional level (Mexico and Honduras), and an international level, sharing experiences and supporting training courses in the tropics and in North America. For further information contact: Edgar Selvin Perez, Golden-cheeked Warbler Conservation Project, Fundacion Defensores de la Naturaleza, 19 avenida "B" 0-83 Vista Hermosa II zona 15, Guatemala City, Guatemala, Tel: (502) 369-0174, Email: chijunil@yahoo.com. YORK NATURE CENTER RECEIVES GRANT FOR HUMMINGBIRD PROJECT The Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History, a nature education and research facility in South Carolina, has received a grant of $35,000 from The Christensen Fund in partial support of "Operation RubyThroat: The Hummingbird Project" (Archilochus colubris), an outreach initiative of the Center. The grant will allow the Center to waive the registration fee for students and teachers of the Carolinas and New York during year one. After targeting the Carolinas and New York in year one (2001-2002 academic year), Operation RubyThroat will expand in year two to 35 other states, plus the District of Columbia. The project will go international in year three when it expands to Canada, Mexico, and the seven Central American countries. The goals of this web-based project are to excite young people about science learning and to encourage them to build connections with peers in other states and countries where Ruby-throated Hummingbirds occur. For further information on the project, and how to join, contact: Bill Hilton Jr., Executive Director, Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History, 1432 DeVinney Road, York, South Carolina 29745, USA, Tel: (803) 684-5852, Fax: (503) 218-0845, Email: research@hiltonpond.org or info@rubythroat.org; or visit: http://www.rubythroat.org. PABLO CANEVARI AWARD FOR SHOREBIRD RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION The recipient for the year 2001 of the annual Pablo Canevari Award, Daniel Blanco, was announced on December 28th by the Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network (WHSRN). Daniel Blanco is from Buenos Aires, Argentina and has been instrumental in shorebird monitoring and research along the Atlantic coast of Argentina. A colleague and close friend of Pablo Canevari for many years, Daniel has continued to develop the shorebird work established by Pablo. Further, he has coordinated the work of Wetlands International, including neotropical waterbird surveys across South America, and published valuable information to support conservation in that region. For further information on the award contact: Luquer@manomet.org; or visit: http://www.manomet.org/WHSRN.htm. ELECTRONIC FIELD TRIP TO ALASKA TO LEARN ABOUT SHOREBIRDS "Winging Northward: A Shorebird Journey" is a free electronic field trip that will bring shorebirds from the Copper River Delta in the Chugach National Forest of Alaska live to a classroom. This broadcast is provided in partnership with the U.S. Forest Service, the Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network, the Prince William Network, and the Shorebird Sister Schools Program of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Students will learn about shorebirds, wetlands, migration, and the international connection. Beginning in November, a new activity will be posted each month leading up to the field trip in May. Background information, resources, and a fun story about the journey of a western sandpiper (Calidris mauri) named Maya can be found. The student activity sheets are posted with the short version of each activity. The actual live field trip will be May 8, 2002 with a pre-flight program on May 6, 2002. For further information contact: Hilary Chapman, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Shorebird Sister Schools Program Coordinator, Email: hilary_chapman@fws.gov; or visit: http://shorebirds.pwnet.org to register to receive satellite coordinates and support materials. EL CHALILLO DAM PROJECT APPROVED BY THE BELIZE GOVERNMENT The government of Belize has authorized the construction of El Chalillo dam in the valley of the Macal River. The purpose is to decrease the dependence carried by Belize to purchase electrical energy from Mexico, and to provide additional water storage during the dry season for an existing dam and generator downstream at Mollejon. The Chalillo Dam is expected to flood 1,100 hectares (2,718 acres) of pristine forest, engulfing the valleys of the Macal and Raspaculo rivers. The valley represents one of the important areas for the reproduction of the Scarlet macaw, jaguars, and is home to endangered Central American tapirs, southern river otters, and Morelets crocodiles. Many North American migratory birds overwinter in the area. For further information visit: http://www.ryakuga.org/belize/first.html, http://ens.lycos.com/ens/nov2001/2001L-11-15-06.html, or http://www.wrm.org.uy/boletin/44.html#Belice. *********** *********** AMERICAN BIRD CONSERVANCY conducts the first study to identify the Important Bird Areas in the US. For more information contact Mike Parr, Email: mparr@abcbirds.org or visit: www.abcbirds.org/iba/aboutiba.htm. WEB PAGE OF 2001 EDITION OF HIUTZIL (Journal of Mexican Ornithology) at: http://www.huitzil.net/indexing.htm. THE "RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT". The U.S. Geological Survey, Mid
continent Ecological Science Center launched a web site featuring the work
of USGS biologist Adrian Farmer and geologists Gary Landis and Bob Rye,
who are investigating the utility of stable isotope analysis of flight
feathers as a means of identifying the wintering grounds of Neotropical
migratory birds and better understanding their migration routes. For
English version visit: HANDBOOK ON THE PIF SPECIES ASSESSMENT AND PRIORITIZATION SCHEME, available as a PDF file at: http://www.rmbo.org/pif/pifdb.html. The site also offers the PIF species assessment scores and conservation priority rankings, which describes in detail the criteria currently used to determine scores and priority rankings, as well as other data carried in the database. SUDDEN DEATH ON THE HIGH SEAS, a report for the Albatross Action Campaign of the American Bird Conservancy, can be viewed at: http://www.abcbirds.org, and can be downloaded in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format. For further information contact: Gerald Winegrad, Email: gww@abcbirds.org. GUIDELINES TOT HE USE OF WILD BIRDS IN RESEARCH, now available in Portuguese at: http://www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET. Like the English and Spanish translations, it can be browsed online or downloaded in a PDF format. "BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION OF THE WORLD'S LAKES: A PRELIMINARY FRAMEWORK FOR IDENTIFYING PRIORITIES", the second report in a series published by the Lake Net Secretariat, is available as a PDF document at: http://www.worldlakes.org/Biodiversity.htm. The study identifies 250 lakes in 73 countries, and includes biological diversity and limnological information on each priority lake. THE NORTH AMERICAN RAPTOR MONITORING STRATEGY (NARMS) SPECIES ACCOUNT can be viewed at: http://srfs.wr.usgs.gov/pdf/BUANstrategy.pdf. This program is being developed by the USGS to devise ways of monitoring all of the diurnal raptors in North America, in addition to several owl species. NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY LAUNCHES GLOBAL IBA PROGRAM IN USA, at: http://www.audubon.org BIRD WEB SITES OF INTEREST: - BirdLife Reserves pages on the BirdLife web site at: www.birdlife.net - The Albatross Action Campaign at: www.abcbirds.org - The website of the International Association of Falconry is at http://www.i-a-f.org - Satellite telemetry in ornithology at: http://www.egroups.com/group/SatTelOrn - Sierra Llorona in Panama at: www.sierrallorona.com *********** *********** 2002 GRANTS FOR RESEARCH EXCHANGE PROGRAMS BETWEEN CANADA, LATIN AMERICA AND THE WEST INDIES The program is an initiative funded by the International Research Center for Development (CIID as initialed in Spanish), and directed by the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC). The goals of the program are to strengthen the international alliances and consolidate the emerging academic research network among Canada, Latin America and the West Indies. The program is aimed to all research projects between Canada and the following countries: Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. The deadline to present proposals is February 8, 2002. For further information, or to apply, contact: Helen Raij, Oficial de Investigacion, IDRC, Montevideo, Uruguay, Tel: (598-2) 709-0042 ext. 243, Fax: (598-2) 708-6776, Email: hraij@idrc.org.uy; or visit: http://www.idrc.ca/minga. THE PAMELA AND ALEXANDER SKUTCH AWARD The Association of Field Ornithologists will grant the Pamela and Alexander F. Skutch Fund award for the first time in 2002. One award of up to $10,000 will be given annually. The Fund is awarded to support the study of life histories, especially social relations and reproduction, of little known birds of the Continental Neotropics including Trinidad and Tobago, with a minimum of disturbance. The grantee may be an amateur or professional ornithologist of any nationality. It is highly desirable that he or she has some previous experience of the region and birds (and if possible, the locality) where he or she will study. The deadline to apply is February 15, 2002. For further information, or to apply, contact: Elissa Landre, Broadmoor Sanctuary, Massachusetts Audubon, 280 Eliot St., Natick, MA 01760, USA, Email: elandre@massaudubon.org; or visit: the AFO website: http://www.afonet.org or http://www.brocku.ca/~rgraves/afo/english/skutch_description.doc. REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION ACT GRANTS The US Fish and Wildlife Service is requesting proposals for the grants program of the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act. This new program provides funding for the conservation of migrants and their habitats in the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean. Proposals will be accepted for management of bird populations and their habitats, research and monitoring, law enforcement and community outreach and education. All applications must be postmarked by April 5, 2002. For further information contact: Gilberto Cintron-Molero Chief, Western Hemisphere Branch, Division of International Conservation, Tel: (703) 358-1765, Fax: (703) 358-2849. For U.S. proposals contact: Doug Ryan, Tel: (703) 358-1784, Fax: (703) 358-2282; or Heather Johnson, Senior Conservation Biologist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of International Conservation, 4401 N. Fairfax Dr., Suite 730, Arlington, Virginia 22203, USA, Tel: (703) 358-1792, Fax: (703) 358-2849 ******************************** ******************************** INTERNSHIP FOR MEXICAN, CENTRAL, AND SOUTH AMERICAN BIOLOGISTS The Willamette National Forest's Neotropical Migratory Bird Program will host a Latin American biologist during the summer of 2002. As during the past four years, the program will link our Forest's internship program with an internship work experience through the Institute for Bird Populations in Pt. Reyes, California. Between May 1 and August 8, the selected intern would participate in the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship program and be part of a two-person team operating mist-netting stations on the Willamette National Forest. Once that work is completed, the Willamette National Forest would provide an additional month of training and work experience, depending on the interest and needs of the individual. Roundtrip airfare, housing and a per diem allowance will be covered. Funding for this project will be determined in the spring of 2002. Application Deadline is February 15, 2002. A good comprehension of English and ability to work outdoors are required For more information or for a full application information packet contact: Ruby Seitz, Blue River Ranger District, Tel: (541)822-1203, Fax: (541)822-1255, Email: rseitz/r6pnw_willamette@fs.fed.us or Melissa Winfield or Sara Martin, Institute for Bird Populations, P.O. Box 1346, Pt. Reyes, CA 94956-1346 USA, Email: mellissawinfield@birdpop.org or saramartin@birdpop.org, Tel (415)663-1436, Fax: (415)663-9482 or visit: www.birdpop.org. COURSE ON TROPICAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION The course will take place in Bocas del Toro, Panama, from 8 July to 31 July, 2002, and will be offered by Dr. James Roper. This course is intended for primary Spanish speakers and is presented in Spanish. Students must be able to read articles written in English. There will be three scholarships offered to college students, plus two scholarships offered to Panamanian students. For further information contact: Dr. James J. Roper, Dep. Botanica, Sector de Ciencias Biologicas, Univ. Federal do Parana, Centro Politecnico, Cx. Postal 19031, 81531-970 Curitiba/ PR, Brasil, Tel: 55 41 366 3144 ramal 112, Fax: 55 41 266 2042, Email: jjr@bio.ufpr.br; or visit: http://www.itec-edu.org and http://www.itec-edu.org/spanish.html. POSITION OF DIRECTOR OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS OPEN AT ABC The Director of International Programs works to provide direction and oversight for ABC programs for Latin America and the Caribbean; helps Latin American and Caribbean non-governmental organizations build capacity and attain funding for their bird conservation programs and projects; and assists the President of ABC in other matters as requested, among other duties. The successful candidate for this position will possess an advanced degree in biological sciences or related field with knowledge of conservation, ornithology, and management needs of birds in the Americas; at least five years experience in Latin American or Caribbean conservation; demonstrated ability to communicate clearly and effectively; experience in fundraising for conservation programs. Fluency in English and Spanish is required, and fluency in Portuguese is desirable. To apply send cover letter and resume by February 15, 2002. For further information, or to apply, contact: Merrie Morrison, American Bird Conservancy, P.O. Box 249, 4249 Loudoun Avenue, The Plains, VA 20198, USA, Email: mmorr@abcbirds.org; or visit: http://www.abcbirds.org. *********** *********** TROPICAL FORESTS CONFERENCE "WORKING FORESTS IN THE TROPICS:
CONSERVATION THROUGH SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT" The meeting will take place at the University of Florida campus in Gainesville, Florida. Oral sessions include: Chainsaw Conservation: Sacrificing Trees for the Sake of the Forest, Linking Communities and Markets: Critical Issues, Paying for Carbon: Internalizing an Ecosystem Service in Tropical Forestry, Certification of Tropical Forest Products and Management Systems. For further information contact: Daniel J. Zarin, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Tropical Forestry & Executive Director, Forest Management Trust School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida, P.O. Box 110760, Gainesville, FL 32611-0760, USA, Tel: (352) 846-1247, Fax: (352) 846-1332, Email: zarin@ufl.edu; or visit: http://conference.ifas.ufl.edu/tropics for on-line registration & abstract submission. III INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS IN FLIGHT CONFERENCE, "PARTNERS IN
FLIGHT CONSERVATION PLANS: IMPLEMENTATION AND INTEGRATION IN THE
AMERICAS" The conference will take place at the Asilomar State Park Conference Center in Monterey, California. Please visit the conference web site and read through the "draft program" (http://www.prbo.org/PIF/program.htm) to better understand the scope and intent of this conference. For further information contact: Sandy Scoggin, 4990 Shoreline Hwy, Stinson Beach, CA 94970, USA, Tel: (415) 868-1221 ext. 16, Email: sscoggin@prbo.org; ANNUAL MEETING OF THE NORTH AMERICAN BANDING COUNCIL The meeting will take place at the Big Sur Ornithology Lab in Andrew Molera State Park. Our location and timing make for easy access to those attending the Partners in Flight Conference at Asilomar. The NABC meeting is normally open only to Council members and certified Trainers but the NABC, recognizing its lack of representation from Caribbean and Central American Banding or Ornithological organizations, would welcome visitors from groups whose members use banding as a research or monitoring tool in those geographic areas. For further information contact: Brenda Dale, 200 4999 98th Av, Edmonton, AB, Canada T6B 2X3, Tel: (780) 9518686. Email: Brenda.Dale@ec.gc.ca. For information on the organization's objectives and activities and details of the meeting visit: http://www.nabanding.net/nabanding/. See the Big Sur Ornithology Lab web site for information on the meeting site (http://www.ventanaws.org/lab.htm). Questions and indications of interest to Brenda Dale, 200 4999 98th Av, Edmonton, AB, Canada T6B 2X3, Tel: (780) 9518686. Email: Brenda.Dale@ec.gc.ca. THE ASSOCIATION OF FIELD ORNITHOLOGISTS ANNUAL MEETING WILL BE HELD
JOINTLY WITH THE 83RD. ANNUAL MEETING OF THE WILSON ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY The meeting will take place at Florida Gulf Coast University in Ft. Myers, Florida. Submissions are welcome on any ornithological topic for presentation at the meeting, either orally (15 minute time slot) or as a poster (no larger than 4X4'). The deadline for receipt of abstracts is March 1, 2002. Send abstracts to: Erica Dunn, Canadian Wildlife Service, National Wildlife Research Center, 100 Gamelin Blvd., Hull, Quebec K1A 0H3, Email: Erica.Dunn@ec.gc.ca. For further information and updates about registration and call for abstracts contact: Jerry Jackson, Tel: (941) 590-7193, Fax: 941-590-7200, Email: picus@fgcu.edu; or visit: http://www.afonet.org/. CONFERENCE ON "BIRDS OF TWO WORLDS: ADVANCES IN THE ECOLOGY AND
EVOLUTION OF TEMPERATE-TROPICAL MIGRATION SYSTEM" To be held in Shepherdstown WV, and hosted by the Smithsonian
Institute. The conference will include a series of invited talks organized
into symposia, round table discussions and poster session. The organizers
are soliciting proposals to fill conceptual gaps in the conference and
eventual book. 23rd INTERNATIONAL ORNITHOLOGICAL CONGRESS The meeting is to be held in Beijing, China, under the auspices of the International Ornithological Committee. The Congress features ten plenary lectures, 40 symposia, round-table discussions, oral presentations, and poster presentations. For further information, or to obtain a copy of the brochure, contact: Liu Feng, Assistant Secretary General, 23rd. International Ornithological Congress, Email: infocenter@ioc.org.cn, or visit: http://www.ioc.org.cn. III NORTH AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGICAL CONFERENCE The meeting will be held at the Intercontinental Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. The Conference will consist of symposia, workshops and roundtables, contributed oral presentations, poster sessions and a session about birds of the Caribbean with the Society of Caribbean Ornithology. For further information on the conference contact: Tom Sherry, Email: tsherry@tulane.edu or Kimberly Smith, Email: kgsmith@uark.edu. For more information on the symposia, workshops or roundtables contact: Dr. Phil Stouffer, Co-Chair, Scientific Program Committee, 3rd NAOC, Department of Biological Sciences, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA 70402-0736, USA, Tel: (985) 549-2191, Fax: (985) 549-3851, Email: stouffer@selu.edu; or visit: http://www.tulane.edu/~naoc-02/. SATELLITE TELEMETRY SYMPOSIUM The Raptor Research Foundation (RRF) is proposing a symposium entitled Satellite telemetry studies of birds for the 3rd North American Ornithological Conference (NAOC). This will be a joint meeting of the American Ornithologists Union, The Cooper Ornithological Society, the Society of Canadian Ornithologists /Societe des Ornithologists du Canada, the Raptor Research Foundation, and the Society of Caribbean Ornithology. For more information contact: Dr. Ken Meyer, Avian Research and Conservation Institute, 411 N.E. 7 St., Gainesville, FL 32601, USA, Email: meyer@arcinst.org. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NEOTROPICAL RAPTORS AND HARPY EAGLE The Peregrine Fund and Fondo Peregrino Panama invite you to join scientists, conservationists, resource managers, falconers, representatives of zoos, government and non-governmental organizations, and other persons and institutions with an interest in research and/or conservation of birds of prey in Latin America and the Caribbean to participate in a meeting to share knowledge, interests, and concerns and help develop a network of practitioners in the fields of raptor conservation, research, captive-breeding, and falconry. For further information contact: Neotropical Raptor Conference, The Peregrine Fund, 5668 West, Flying Hawk Lane, Boise, Idaho 83709, USA, Tel: 208-362-3717, Fax: 208-362-2376, Email: tpf@peregrinefund.org or visit: www.peregrinefund.org/nrconference.html. SYMPOSIUM ON TERRESTRIAL VERTEBRATES IN TIDAL MARSHES: EVOLUTION,
ECOLOGY, AND CONSERVATION BIOLOGY Papers on related species and subspecies will be considered if they provide insight into the biology and conservation of their salt marsh relatives. To aid us in establishing a tentative table of contents for the proceedings and schedule for the conference, contact Russ Greenberg at the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center Email: antbird@erols.com, Tel: (202) 673-4908. Individuals interested in receiving updates on the meeting send a blank email to: join-mire@rana.er.usgs.gov. VII NEOTROPICAL ORNITHOLOGICAL CONGRESS The congress will take place in Puerto Varas, Chile. The scientific program will include plenary lectures, concurrent symposia sessions, oral papers, poster sessions, and round-table discussions. In addition, special evening sessions with talks and films are planned. English and Spanish will be the working languages of the congress. Details about the Scientific Program will be announced in future issues on the journal Ornitologia Neotropical and in the VIIth Congress web page www.geocities.com/nos_congress_vii/. A formal Call for Papers will appear also in the April OSNA Newsletter. The Proceedings of the VII Neotropical Ornithological Congress will be published after the congress as a special issue or supplement of Ornitologia Neotropical. The VIIth Neotropical Congress Officers are as follows: President: François Vuilleumier, vuill@amnh.org; Secretary General: Luis Espinosa G., legpvar@entelchile.net, Congress Organizer for North America: M. Victoria McDonald, vickiem@mail.uca.edu; Co-chairs of the Scientific Program Committee: Jaime Jimenez, jjimenez@ulagos.cl, and Cristina Y. Miyaki, cymiyaki@usp.br; Proceedings Committee: Editor: Raymond McNeil, Raymond.McNeil@umontreal.ca; and Assistant to the Editor: Ivan Lazo, bubo@entelchile.net. For more information visit: www.neotropicalornithology.org. *************************** *************************** "SHOREBIRDS", by Des Thompson and Ingvar Byrkedal. Published by Voyageur Press. ISBN: 0-89658-596-1. 72 pages. Price: $16.95 USD. The book contains photos, tables, and maps of shorebirds worldwide, and information on taxonomy, appearance, migration, behavior, feeding, and conservation issues. For further information contact: Voyageur Press, Stillwater, MN 55082-5002; or visit: www.voyageurpress.com. "PUERTO RICO'S BIRDS IN PHOTOGRAPHS", 2nd ed., by Mark W. Oberle. Editorial Humanitas. 132 pp, softcover + CD-ROM. ISBN 0-9650104-1-4, Retail price: U.S. $29.95. The first book with color photos of all breeding birds and common migrants of Puerto Rico. 310 photos of 181 species. The book contains a CD-ROM with detailed Spanish and English accounts of 350 species, background essays, extensive bibliography, plus audio clips and 1,250 photos. The CD-ROM is written in HTML, for PC and Macintosh computers. Distributed by: Sociedad Ornitologica Puertorriqueña, PO Box 1112, Ciales, PR 00638-1112, Email: sopi@coqui.net, Orders: http://home.coqui.net/tody/tiendita.html. Sample text, photos, and audio at: http://ww.mindspring.com/~oberle/PRbirds.htm. ********************** ********************** NOTE: For thorough searches of the ornithological literature consult ROL in the web at: www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET/ROL (# 82 now posted) Bracey, Elwood D. 2001. The Shorebirds of Green Turtle Cay, Abaco. Bahamas Journal of Science 9(1): 55-57. Graham, C. H. and J. G. Blake. 2001 . Influence of patch- and landscape-level factors on bird assemblages in a fragmented tropical landscape. Ecological Applications 11:1709-1721. Kessler, M., S.K. Herzog, J. Fjeldså & K. Bach. 2001. Diversity and endemism of plants and birds along two gradients of elevation, humidity, and human land-use in the Bolivian Andes. Diversity and Distributions 7:61-77. Koenig, S. E. 2001. The breeding biology of the Black-billed Parrot Amazona agilis and Yellow-billed Parrot Amazona collaria in Cockpit Country. Jamaica. BCI 11(3): 205-225. Lawton, R. O., U. S. Nair, R. A. Pielke Sr., and R. M. Welch. 2001. Climatic impact of tropical lowland deforestation on nearby montane clous forest. Science 294:584-587. Molino, J-F. and D. Sabatier. 2001. Tree diversity in tropical rain forests: A validation of the intermediate disturbance hypothesis. Science 294:1702-1704. Ricklefs, R. E., and E. Bermingham. 2001. Nonequilibrium diversity dynamics of the lesser Antillean avifauna. Science 294:1522-1524. Sekercioglu, Ç. H., P. R. Ehrlich, G. C. Daily, D. Aygen, D. Goehring, and R F. Sandi 2002. Disappearance of insectivorous birds from tropical forest fragments. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 99: 263-267. Smith, P. W. 2001. Comments on George F. Gaumer and the provenance of a Giant Kingbird Tyrannus cubensis specimen from Mexico. Bull BOC 121: 249-252. Terborgh, J. et al. 2001. Ecological meltdown in predator-free forest fragments. Science 294:1923-1926. **************************************************************************************** LA TANGARA is the bimonthly newsletter of the International Working Group of Partners in Flight. Contributions to the next issue are welcome (preferably by e-mail or diskette). Send materials and comments to: Jose Manuel Zolotoff, Editor, Fundacion Cocibolca, Apartado C-212, Managua, Nicaragua. Email: zolotoff@ibw.com.ni **************************************************************************************** LA TANGARA is edited by: Jose Manuel Zolotoff P., Fundacion Cocibolca: P.O Box C-212, Managua, Nicaragua, Tel: (505) 277-1681, Fax: (505) 270-0578, Email: zolotoff@ibw.com.ni. Reviewed by George Fenwick, American Bird Conservancy, PO Box 249, The Plains, VA 20198, USA, Tel: (540) 253-5780, Fax: (540) 253-5782, email: gfenwick@abcbirds.org; Megan Hill, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, 20 calle, 10-30, Zona 10, Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala, Tel/Fax: (502) 333-5066, Email: hill@nfwf.org ; Borja Mila, Organismic Biology, Ecology and Evolution, University of California - Los Angeles, 621 Charles E. Young Dr. South, P.O. Box 951606, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1606, USA, Tel: (310) 825-5014, Email:bmila@ucla.edu **************************************************************************************** |
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