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WOS 2010 ~ SCIENTIFIC PAPER SESSIONS p. 2
Scientific Program
Names of presenting authors are indicated in bold type. Titles preceded by superscript “S” are eligible for
student presentation awards.
Friday, 21 May
8:30 Welcome and Introductions – Albright Auditorium
Mark Deutschlander (Hobart and William Smith Colleges), Chair of Local Committee
Dale Kennedy, President, Wilson Ornithological Society
9:00 Margaret Morse Nice Lecture – Albright Auditorium
Brood parasitism in cuckoos, cowbirds, and African finches. Robert B. Payne and Laura
Payne, Museum of Zoology, Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
10:00 – 10:30 COFFEE BREAK – Vandervort Room in the Scandling Center
Paper Session A – Geneva Room
Breeding Biology I – Mary Garvin, Chair
10:30 01 Short-chain carboxylic acids from Gray
Catbirds (Dumetella carolinensis) uropygial
secretions vary with testosterone levels and
photoperiod. Rebecca J. Whelan and Tera C.
Levin, Depts. Chemistry and Biochemistry,
Oberlin College, Oberlin OH 44074, Jennifer
C. Owen, Dept. Fisheries and Wildlife,
Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI
48824, and Mary C. Garvin, Dept. Biology,
Oberlin College, Oberlin OH 44074
10:45 02 S Breeding biology of five species of high
elevation Andean tanagers. Gustavo Adolfo
Londoño, Univ. Florida, Dept. Biology, and
Florida Museum of Natural History,
Gainesville, FL 32611
11:00 03 S Nest success of Snowy Plovers in the
Southern High Plains of Texas. Sarah T.
Saalfeld and Warren C. Conway, Arthur
Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture,
Stephen F. Austin State Univ., Nacogdoches,
TX 75962, David A. Haukos, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service and Dept. Range, Wildlife,
and Fisheries, Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock,
TX 79409, and William P. Johnson, Texas
Parks and Wildlife Dept., Canyon TX 79015
11:15 04 S Nesting density an important factor
affecting chick growth and survival in the
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus). Matthew S.
Savoca, David N. Bonter, Benjamin
Zuckerberg, and Janis L. Dickinson, Dept.
Natural Resources, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY
14853 and Julie C. Ellis, Dept. Environmental
Paper Session B –Sanford Room
Habitat Ecology I – Jerry Jackson, Chair
05 Pennsylvania boreal conifer forests and
their bird communities: past, present, and
future potential. Douglas A. Gross,
Pennsylvania Game Commission,
Orangeville, PA 17859
06 S Integrating species distribution models
and genetic data to forecast the effects of
climate change on genetic diversity in boreal
birds. Joel Ralston, Dept. Biological
Sciences, Univ. Albany, Albany, NY 12222
and New York State Museum, Albany, NY
12230
07 S Development of a bird community
integrity index to monitor salt marsh
condition at National Wildlife Refuges.
Whitney A. Wiest and W. Gregory Shriver,
Dept. Entomology and Wildlife Ecology,
Univ. Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, and Hal
Laskowski, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
Milton, DE 19968
08 Winter association of birds with the
invasive exotic Brazilian pepper (Schinus
terebinthifolius). Jerome A. Jackson, Dept.
Marine and Ecological Sciences, Florida Gulf
Coast Univ., Ft. Myers, FL 33965, and Bette
J. S. Jackson, Dept. Biological Sciences,
Florida Gulf Coast Univ., Ft. Myers, FL