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Recent Ornithological Literature 
Warnell Sch. For. Resour., Athens, GA 30602, 
USA.)—Recommends MULT for analysis of band 
recoveries; it is easier to use and a wider range 
of variables is available. 
Dawson, D. K., et. al. 1995. Estimating bird spe¬ 
cies richness from capture and count data. Pp. 
1063-1068. (USGS/BRD, Patuxent Wildl. Res. 
Ctr., 11410 American Holly Dr., Laurel, MD 
20708, USA.)—No consistent differences between 
richness estimates from point-count and capture- 
recapture methods in forest and pasture habitat 
in Campeche, Mexico. Since 2 techniques sample 
different species, 1 technique may not suffice to 
derive total species richness and comparing es¬ 
timates sampled by different techniques may not 
be valid. 
DeSante, D. F. 1995. Suggestions for future direc¬ 
tions for studies of marked migratory landbirds 
from the perspective of a practitioner in popu¬ 
lation management and conservation. Pp. 949- 
965. (Inst, for Bird Pop., P.O. Box 1346, Point 
Reyes Stn., CA 94956, USA.)—Future method¬ 
ological studies should focus on identifying ma¬ 
jor causes of population declines in migratory 
landbirds, including analyses of critical popula¬ 
tion parameters, especially processes of juvenile 
dispersal, recruitment and emigration. 
DeSante, D. F., et al. 1995. Productivity indices 
and survival rate estimates from MAPS, a con¬ 
tinent-wide programme of constant-effort mist- 
netting in North America. Pp. 935-947. (Inst. 
Bird Pop., P.O. Box 1346, Point Reyes Stn., CA 
94956, USA.)—Important benefits from MAPS 
(Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivor¬ 
ship): 1) indices of adult population correlate 
well with indices from point-counts at MAPS sta¬ 
tions, 2) annual changes in indices of productiv¬ 
ity from MAPS were similar to changes docu¬ 
mented by direct nest monitoring, and 3) a mod¬ 
el using between-year recaptures in Cormack-Jol- 
ly-Seber mark-recapture analyses provided 
better results than did standard CJS mark-recap- 
‘ ture analyses.—R.B.C. 
Francis, C. M. 1995. How useful are recoveries of 
North American passerines for survival analy¬ 
ses? Pp. 1075-1081. (Long Pt. Bird Obs., P.O. Box 
160, Port Rowan, ON NOE IMO, Can.)—Of 17 
million passerines banded 1955-1984 in North 
America only 0.4% were recovered; only 62 spe¬ 
cies with >100 recoveries, 26 with >500. Sto¬ 
chastic recovery models may be applicable to 
species with more than 100 recoveries depending 
on the distribution of the recoveries. 
Francis, C. M. 1995. Estimating survival rates 
from recoveries of birds ringed as young: a case 
study. Pp. 566-577. (Long Pt. Bird Obs., P.O. Box 
160, Port Rowan, ON NOE IMO, Can.)—Analysis 
of methods of estimating survival using Lesser 
Snow Geese, Chen caerttlescens caerulescens; be¬ 
cause immature rates varied with age, estimation 
of survival for this species requires additional 
data from birds recaptured or banded as sub¬ 
adults or adults. 
Hestbeck, J. B. 1995. Bias in transition-specific sur¬ 
vival and movement probabilities estimated us¬ 
ing capture-recapture data. Pp. 737-750. (Coop. 
Fish Wildl. Res. Unit, Dept. For. Wildl. Manage., 
Univ. Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003-4220, 
USA.)—Magnitude of relative bias in estimations 
of movement rates depends upon relative differ¬ 
ence between transitions-specific survival rate 
and corresponding stratum survival rate; direc¬ 
tion in bias in movement rate estimates is op¬ 
posite to direction of this difference. 
Hestbeck, J. 1995. Population study and manage¬ 
ment of Atlantic Flyway Canada Geese. Pp. 
877-890. (Coop. Fish Wildl. Res. Unit, Dept. For. 
Wildl. Manage., Univ. Massachusetts, Amherst, 
MA 01003-4220, USA.)—Since the 1950's the 
number of Branta canadensis wintering has in¬ 
creased in the mid-Atlantic (NY, PA, WV, NJ) 
and then decreased in the Chesapeake region 
(DE, MD, VA) and in the south (NC, SC, GA, FL). 
Migrants are declining in all wintering regions 
and residents apparently are increasing, possibly 
from production differences among populations. 
Hofemann, a., & J. R. Skalski. 1995. Inferential 
properties of an individual based survival mod¬ 
el using release-recapture data: sample size, va¬ 
lidity and power. Pp. 579-595. (PNL, P. O. Box 
K6-63, Richland, WA 99352, USA.)—Generalizes 
existing individual covariate model to include 
multiple groups of animals. 
Kaiser, A. 1995. Estimating turnover, movements 
and capture parameters of resting passerines in 
standardized capture-recapture studies. Pp. 
1039-1047. (Max-Planck-Inst. VerhaltenphysioL, 
Vogelwarte Radolfzell, AM Obstberg, D-78315, 
Radolfzell, Germany.)—^Jolly-Seber models A, B, 
D, and 2 used to investigate capture-recapture 
data; A most useful, 2 useful in some applica¬ 
tions, but B and D gave poor results. Discusses 
factors influencing estimation of capture param¬ 
eters. 
Kendall, W. L., & J. D. Nichols. 1995. On the use 
of secondary capture-recapture samples to esti¬ 
mate temporary emigration and breeding pro¬ 
portions. Pp. 771-762. (USFWS, Off. Migr. Bird 
Manage., Henshaw Lab, 11500 American Holly 
Dr., Laurel, MD 20708, USA.)—Use of secondary 
capture samples over shorter intervals with the 
assumption that population is closed (Pollock's 
robust design) allows estimation of temporary 
emigration probabilities to and from a single site. 
Lebreton, J.-D. 1995. The future of population dy¬ 
namics using marked individuals: a statisti¬ 
cian's perspective. Pp. 1009-1030. (Ctr. Ecol. 
Fonct. & EvoL, CNRS, F-34033 Montpellier Ced- 
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ex 1, France.)—Reviews 3 lines of development 
of capture-recapture methodology, consolidation 
of recent results, perspective of broad generali¬ 
zations, and problems associated with transfer of 
knowledge to biologists. 
Legendre, S., & J. Clobert. 1995. ULM, a software 
for conservation and evolutionary biologists. 
Pp. 817-834. (Lab. Ecol, Ecole Normale Superi- 
ere, 46 rue d'Ulm, F-75230 Paris Cedex 05, 
France.)—ULM (Unified Life Models) matrix 
model program use exemplified by a simple 
model of Sturnus vulgaris population life cycle 
which is then used to study competing habits in 
a varying environment. Also present a meta-pop- 
ulation model with migrations. Provide list of 
ways in which program has been used to study 
various subjects. 
Lindberg, M. S., j. S. Sedinger, & E. A. Rexstad. 
1995. Estimating nest site fidelity among female 
Black Brant with multi-state modeling and geo¬ 
graphic information systems. Pp. 725-735. 
(Dept. Biol. Wildl., 211 Irving Bldg., Univ. Alas¬ 
ka, Fairbanks, AK 99775-0180, USA.)—2 methods 
of analysis both indicated a strong probability 
that Branta bernicla nigrans would be faithful to 
previous nest sites. 
Martin, T. E., J. Clobert, & D. R. Anderson. 1995. 
Return rates in studies of life history evolution: 
are biases large. Pp. 863-875. (USGS/BRD, Mon¬ 
tana Coop. Wildl. Res. Unit., Univ. Montana, 
Missoula, MT 59812, USA.)—Examination of 11 
color-banding studies of passerines revealed that 
return rates are generally poor estimators of an¬ 
nual survivor probabilities. Recapture/resight¬ 
ing probabilities should be estimated in all stud¬ 
ies attempting to estimate annual survival prob¬ 
abilities. 
Nichols, J. D., & W. L. Kendall. 1995. The use of 
multi-state capture-recapture models to address 
questions in evolutionary ecology. Pp. 835-846. 
(USGS/BRD, Migr. Bird Res., Patuxent Wildl. 
Res. Ctr., 11510 American Holly Dr., Laurel, MD 
20708-4015, USA.)—To estimate survival rates in 
populations stratified by location or by state vari¬ 
ables estimating movement probabilities for the 
former and estimation and testing of hypotheses 
about state specific survival probabilities. 
Peach, W. J., H. Q. P. Quick, & J. H. Marchant. 
1995. The demography of the decline in the 
British Willow Warbler population. Pp. 905- 
922. (BTC), The Nunnery, Nunnery PL, Thetford, 
Norfolk IP24 2PU, UK .)—Phylloscopus trochilus 
territories declined 47% in southern Britain and 
7% in northern Britain 1986-1993; the southern 
decline largely resulted from lower survival rates 
of adults. 
Pendleton, G. W., & J. S. Sauer. 1995. Delineating 
bird populations using ring recoveries. Pp. 
1049-1055. (USGS/BRD, Patuxent Wildl. Res. 
Ctr., 11510 American Holly Dr., Laurel, MD 
20708, USA.)—Using cluster analysis to group 
banding sites bases on pairwise comparison of 
recoveries. This allows a quantitative grouping 
that can be used to examine relationships of bird 
distributions at both local and geographic scales. 
Method demonstrated with Anas platyrhynchos 
recoveries. 
Piper, S. E. 1995. A model of the ring-recovery re¬ 
porting process for the Cape Griffon Gyps co- 
protheres. Pp. 641-659. (Behav. Ecol. Res. Group, 
Psychol. Dept., Univ. Natal, Private Bag XIO, 
Dalbridge, KwaZulu-Natal 4014, S. Africa.)—The 
proportion of birds banded as nestlings and re¬ 
ported dead varied with ring type, use of color 
rings, and time, with reporting rate increasing 
from 1950s to mid-1980s. Such sources of varia¬ 
tion in the cohort-specific reporting rate could be 
accommodated by a model incorporating factors 
for ring type and presence or absence of color 
rings. 
Pollock, K. E., et al. 1995. A capture-recapture 
survival analysis model for radio-tagged ani¬ 
mals. Pp. 661-672. (Dept. Stat., N. Carolina State 
Univ., P.O. Box 8203, Raleigh, NC 27695-8203, 
USA.)—Give generalization of Kaplan-Meier 
model that allows probabilities of less than 1 that 
animals may be relocated; example based on 
data for Canvasbacks, Aythya valisineria. 
Pollock, K. H., M. J. Conroy, & W. S. Hearn. 
1995. Separation of hunting and natural mor¬ 
tality using ring-return models: an overview. 
Pp. 557-566. (Dept. Stat., N. Carolina State Univ., 
P.O. Box 8203, Raleigh, NC 27695-8203, USA.)— 
Gives method of using all data from solicited and 
non-solicited returns to estimate survival rate, 
solicited recovery rate and reported recovery 
rate. 
Pradel, R., E. Cooch, & F. Cooke. 1995. Transient 
animals in a resident population of Snow 
Geese: local emigration or heterogeneity? Pp. 
695-710. (Dept. Biol. Sci., Simon Frazer Univ., 
Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Can.)—Data on female 
Chen caerulescens banded in northern Manitoba 
suggest that significantly lower survival rates in 
the 1st year after banding were not due to per¬ 
manent emigration by transients or heterogene¬ 
ity of individual capture probability, but proba¬ 
bly reflect differences between individuals in 
their response to marking; about 25% of handled 
birds permanently emigrated from the sample 
area after capture. 
Pradel, R., A.-M. Reboulet, & A. Viallefont. 
1995. Testing hypotheses and estimating sur¬ 
vival with CR. Pp. 775-784. (CNRS, Ctr. Ecol. 
Fonct. & EvoL, CEPE L. Emberger, Rte. Mende, 
BP 5051, F-34033 Montpellier Cedex 1, France.)— 
Description and example of software program 
(CR) that provides interaction between a number 
