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Saipan as well as editorial comments, and James F. Saracco 
for overseeing protocols and data collection. We thank 
James Bradley. Christine Carter. Nathan Banficld. Lauren 
Helton. Caroline Poli, and Daniel Webb for collecting data 
at the TMAPS stations relative to this study. Wc also thank 
Karen Nassi for keeping the process moving, and Seivert 
Rohwer and three anonymous reviewers for comments on 
the manuscript. This is Contribution Number 3% of The 
Institute for Bird Populations. 
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