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Do female Yellow Warblers (Dendroica petechia) incubatewhile in the nest during the laying period?

Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia) Science Article 2 abstract Although some passerine species heat their eggs during the brief periods of nest attentiveness early in the laying period (e.g., Haftorn 1981), egg temperature data are not available for Yellow Warblers (Dendroica petechia). As part of a larger study on the effect of Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) […]

Male plumage, paternal care and reproductive success in yellow warblers,Dendroica petechia

Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia) Science Article 13 abstract Using morphological or behavioural features correlated with paternal care, females can, priorto mating, assess the potential parental contribution of males. As a first step in a study of female matechoice in yellow warblers, this study was designed to examine the importance of paternal care by malesof diVering […]

Yellow Warbler nests: building materials and cowbirdparasitism

Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia) Science Article 4 abstract Nests are traditionally defined as receptacles in which to house eggs and chicks; however, for the Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia), nests may have additional biological significance, especially with respect to Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) parasitism. Michelle Mico, UFS (Delta Marsh) Annual Report, Vol. 30, 1995 Download article […]

JUVENILE GRAY JAY PREYS UPON MAGNOLIA WARBLER

Magnolia Warbler (Dendroica magnolia) Science Article 1 abstract A juvenile Gray Jay (Perisoreus canadensis) was observed to capture, kill, and eata healthy juvenile Magnolia Warbler (Dendroica magnolia), demonstrating that Gray Jaysdepredate free-flying birds in addition to nestlings and dead adults. Predation of birds, which was manifested in a recently independent bird, may be a regular […]

Interspecific song learning in a wild Chestnut-sided Warbler.

Chestnut-sided Warbler (Dendroica pensylvanica) Science Article 2 abstract Vocal learning involving imitation is the prevalent mode of song development in songbirds. The evidence for vocal learning both from experimental studies and from local song variants shared among neighbors (dialects) indicates that songbirds generally learn from their own species, and that a genetically determined signal recognition […]

EXTRAPAIR PATERNITY INCREASES VARIABILITY INMALE REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS IN THE CHESTNUT-SIDEDWARBLER (DENDROICA PENSYLVANICA), A SOCIALLYMONOGAMOUS SONGBIRD

Chestnut-sided Warbler (Dendroica pensylvanica) Science Article 1 abstract A monogamous mating system that includes extrapair fertilization can potentially generate higher variability in male reproductive success than monogamy without extrapair fertilization. That increased variability could provide a correspondingly higher opportunity for sexual selection and, thus, for the origin and persistence of sexual dimorphism in monogamous species. […]

DEMOGRAPHIC AND POPULATION RESPONSES OF CAPE MAYWARBLERS WINTERING IN MULTIPLE HABITATS

Cape May Warbler (Dendroica tigrina) Science Article 2 abstract Wintering Cape May Warblers (Dendroica tigrina) were studied in three habitats along an altitudinal gradient in the Dominican Republic. Results of this study are some of the first to link both population responses and individual condition of nonbreeding birds to prevailing ecological conditions across divergent habitats. […]

The Cape May Warbler (Dendroica tigrina) as an Abundant Autumnal Migrant and as a Destructive Grape Juice Consumer at Berwyn, Pa.

Cape May Warbler (Dendroica tigrina) Science Article 1 abstract For several years, previous to the crushing sleet of the past winter, a pie cherry tree crowned with the foliage of a fugitive Clinton grapevine overhung my shop platform; and a thirty foot pine bending under the weight of several Niagara grapevine runners, stood close to […]