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global climatic phenomenon in an uneven aged 
forest” 
Eric M. Wood and Anna M. Pidgeon, Univer¬ 
sity of Wisconsin-Madison, '‘The importance ol 
oak trees as foraging habitat lor neotropical 
migrant songbirds during spring migration. 
Steve Zack and Joe Liebezeit. Wildlife Con¬ 
servation Society, "Conservation science lor 
conservation outcomes in Arctic Alaska. 
Edmund Zlonis and Gerald Niemi, University 
of Minnesota, "Avian community dynamics in 
managed and unmanaged boreal 1 orests. 
POSTERS 
A. B. Anderson. P. M. Nolan, and K. Y. 
Johnson. The Citadel, "Hormonal correlates of 
West Nile virus seropositivily in House Finches. 
David Baasch. Platte River Recovery Imple¬ 
mentation Program, "Platte River Recovery 
Implementation Program: a basin-wide approach 
toward recovery and ESA compliance for lour 
listed species including Interior Least Terns and 
Piping Plovers.” 
Jennifer Baldy, Kalamazoo Naiure Center, "A 
method of adjusting for area overlap when using 
the unlimited distance method to estimate popu¬ 
lation.” 
Nathan Banet, Kathleen O’Reilly, Kathleen 
Hum, and Dan Kim. Portland State University, 
“The effect of Brown-headed Cowbirds on 
nestling condition of hosts. 
Nyambayar Batbayar. Xiangming Xiao, John 
Y. Takekawa, Delong Zhao, Hongleng Zhao, and 
Tseveenmvadag Natsagdorj, University of Okla¬ 
homa. "Modeling spatial distribution of Swan 
Goose (Anser cygnoides) in East Asia. 
Brian J. Biclfelt, Texas A&M University- 
Kingsville. Andrea R. Liu, Montana State Uni¬ 
versity, and Fred C. Bryant, Leonard A. Brennen. 
and Tom Langschied. Texas A&M Umversity- 
Kingsvillc. “Does a native invasive grass atlect 
breeding birds in grasslands? 
Ashley Bogrand and Diane L. H. Neudort, Sam 
Houston State University. “Nest defense behavior 
by Carolina Wrens ('Thryotharus ludovicianus) m 
an urban environment.” 
Richard A Bolta and Dale E Gawhk. Florida 
Atlantic University. 'Effects of lake stage and 
marsh elevation on wading bird nesting effort at 
Lake Okeechobee. FL.” 
Annie M. Bracey, University of Minnesota 
Duluth, "Window related avian mortality 
Minnesota Point. MN. USA. 
Charles R. Brown, University of Tulsa, and 
Valerie A. O'Brien, Oklahoma Stale University, 
"Are wild birds important in the movement of 
arthropod-borne viruses?” 
David R. W. Bruinsma and Nicola Koper, 
University of Manitoba. "Does conspecific at¬ 
traction explain area sensitivity ot songbirds in 
tail-grass prairie?” 
Luke C. Campillo, Scott K. Anliker, and Muir 
D. Eaton, Drake University. "The effectiveness of 
innovative wildlife harvest tools. I. Field assess¬ 
ment of flocking behavior.” 
Mery Casady and Letitia M. Reichart. University 
of Nebraska at Kearney, and Andrew K. Birnie and 
Jeffrey A. French. University of Nebraska at 
Omaha, "Measuring fecal corticosterone in wild 
Whooping Cranes {Grits americana)." 
Jocelyn Chainpagnon and Matthieu Guillemain, 
French Hunting and Wildlife Agency, Le Sambuc, 
France, Gregoire Massez, Marais du Vigueirat, 
and Mas Thibert. Arles. France. Michel Gauthier- 
derc. Tour du Valat Research Center, Le 
Sambuc. Arles, France, and Jean-Dominique 
Lebreton. Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et 
Evolutive, Centre National de la Recherche 
Scientifique, Montpellier. France. "Impact of 
harvest on survival of captive-reared Mallard 
released for hunting purposes.” 
Sharon Coe, Deborah Finch, and Megan 
Friggens, USFS Rocky Mountain Research Sta¬ 
tion, “Assessing the vulnerability of birds to 
climate change using a decision-support tool. ’ 
Sheldon J. Cooper and Andrea Holzbauer, 
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, " The energetic 
cost of an immune challenge in Black-capped 
Chickadees.” 
Sarah Cubaynes, Centre d’Ecologie Fonction- 
nelle et Evolutive, Montpellier, France, E. A. 
Schreiber. Smithsonian Institution, Paul F. Do¬ 
herty Jr., Colorado State University, Ralph W. 
Schreiber, deceased, and Olivier Ciimenez, Centre 
d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive. Montpel¬ 
lier. France. “To breed or not to breed: seabirds 
response to extreme climatic events. 
Andrew S. Dolby. D. A. O'Dell, and W. 
Humayon, University of Mary Washington, En¬ 
zyme immunoassay quantification of heat shock 
proteins to evaluate chronic stress in birds. 
Jeff Drahota and Letitia Reichart, University ol 
Nebraska at Kearney, and Mark Vrtiska. Nebraska 
Game and Parks Commission. "Rainwater Basin 
wetland seed availability in annual and perennial 
plant communities prior to spring migration. 
