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Scientific Program Version 1.3 – 9 July 2021 Scientific Program Symposia and Contributed Oral Presentations Monday afternoon, 9 August 2021, 14:00-15:30 EDT 1 2 3 4 Contributed papers: Contributed papers: Contributed papers: Contributed papers: Session Conservation 1 Phylogenetics 1 Physiology Ecology 1 *Urbanization influences Wood Thrush Phylogeography, hybridization, and eye *Seasonal plasticity in mitochondrial *Resource and rainfall thresholds abundance and nest success: A 25-year color variation of the Boat-tailed Grackle function of Yellow-rumped Warblers structure reproductive phenology of before-and-after study in 70 forest 14:00 (Quiscalus major) (Setophaga coronata) tropical montane bird communities fragments EDT Corbett EC, Faircloth BC, Brumfield RT Coulson SZ, Staples JF, Guglielmo CG Newell FL, Ausprey IJ, Robinson SK Heide KT, Friesen LE, Norris DR et al. PA: Eamon C. Corbett PA: Soren Coulson PA: Felicity Newell PA: Karl Heide Metabarcoding of Eastern Whip-poor-will Systematics and evolution of the A torpor spectrum in hummingbirds: Can *Natural and anthropogenic effects on fecal samples suggests strong reliance tyrant-flycatcher tribe Contopini metabolism and body temperature be Pacific Swallow (Hirundo tahitica) on moths: Implications for conservation (Tyrannidae) decoupled? populations 14:13 Benson TJ, Souza-Cole IF, Skinner AA et Chesser RT, Tello JG, Harvey MG et al. Shankar A, Vitousek MN, Powers DR Ramirez B, Hund AK, Zellmer A et al. al. PA: Terry Chesser PA: Anusha Shankar PA: Brenda Ramirez PA: Thomas Benson Describing the diet of Eastern *Multi-scale landscape effects on Origin and evolutionary history of the Whip-poor-wills and estimating the effect The role of testosterone in regulating the breeding scoter (Melanitta spp.) and endemic Galapagos Rail: Museum of food availability and landscape movement behaviours of juvenile migrant scaup (Aythya spp.) occurrence on specimens, genomes, and conservation composition on their abundance during songbirds ponds in the northwestern boreal forest 14:26 Chaves JA, Martinez-Torres PJ, Depino the breeding season Casbourn GW, Posliff CD, Henry C et al. of North America EA et al. Souza-Cole I, Ward MP, Benson TJ et al. PA: Garth Casbourn Tanguay MS, Gurney KEB, Reed ET PA: Jaime Chaves PA: Ian Souza-Cole PA: Moriah Tanguay Mercury in Neotropical birds: A A molecular phylogeny and A comparative species approach to collaborative approach to overcome biogeographic analysis of Accipitridae: A *Raptor foraging ecology and ecosystem determine gonadal testosterone current challenges test of the monophyly of the genus services in agricultural landscapes asymmetry in male birds 14:39 Sayers CJ II, Ruiz-Gutierrez V, Evers DC Accipiter Utley OJ, Lindell CA Starkey JM, Pradhan DS, Delehanty DJ et al. Catanach TA, Hejmadi S, Weckstein JD PA: Olivia Utley PA: Jeremy Starkey PA: Christopher Sayers PA: Therese Catanach *Metal contaminant quantification of Diversification and biogeography of the tissues from Red-shouldered Hawks How does digestive physiology mediate *Avian community structure across an ‘true brilliants’ clade of Andean (Buteo lineatus) reveals the blood feather the relationship between diet and color in urbanizing county: The effects of noise, hummingbirds for non-lethal sampling New World warblers? light, and landscape composition 14:52 Castro-Farias M, Arbeláez-Cortéz E, Witt Bouchenot JT, Beazley MJ, Mason CM et Webb EA, McGraw KJ Sanchez KA, Kennedy C, Benedict L CC et al. al. PA: Emily Webb PA: Karina Sanchez PA: Marialejandra Castro-Farias PA: Jennifer Bouchenot A retrospective analysis of *Migratory physiology of the nomadic, *DNA metabarcoding reveals predictors methylmercury in the feathers of irruptive Pine Siskin in captivity and the of diet quality variation in Tree Swallows Indonesian avifauna field Questions and discussion (Tachycineta bicolor) 15:05 Dzielski SA, Shakya SB, Prawiradilaga DeSimone JG, Tobalske BW, Fylling MA Uehling JJ, Taff CC, Houtz JL et al. DM et al. et al. PA: Jennifer Uehling PA: Sarah Dzielski PA: Joely DeSimone 15:18 Questions and discussion Questions and discussion Questions and discussion Questions and discussion * indicates student presenters eligible for a Student Presentation Award; “PA” indicates Presenting Author 2021 Joint Virtual Meeting – 1 – AOS & SCO-SOC Scientific Program Symposia and Contributed Oral Presentations Monday afternoon, 9 August 2021 (continued) 5 6 7 8 Contributed papers: Contributed papers: Contributed papers: Contributed papers: Session Migration and stopover 1 Models and methods 1 Song and vocalizations 1 Evolution and genomics 1 Developing aVOICE: An interactive tool Do form and function predict the acoustic *Does ecological specificity impact Decreased migration distances in North for comparative bioacoustics transmission properties of male and differentiation across a barrier? Insights American geese linked to climate change 14:00 Rodriguez-Saltos CA, Bilger HT, Eliason female bird songs? from an avian pine-oak assemblage Curley SR, Ramírez-Garofalo JR EDT CM et al. Benedict L, Hardt B, Dargis L Hruska JP, Manthey JD PA: Shannon Curley PA: Carlos Rodriguez-Saltos PA: Lauryn Benedict PA: Jack Hruska A test of the acoustic adaptation hypothesis explaining range expansion in Spatio-temporal changes in fall waterfowl Evaluating the effectiveness of dispersal Big-data bioacoustics, biogeography, and songbirds with large vocal repertoires: migration in the context of a rapidly barriers in the Negro River Basin for biases in birds Enhancing our understanding of the changing world white sand associated passerines 14:13 Provost KP, Yang J, Carstens BC Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus Frei B, Gutowsky S, Baldwin F et al. mexicanus) alarm call Wadleigh R, Ribas CC, Knowles LL PA: Kaiya Provost PA: Barbara Frei Bowser S, MacPherson M PA: Rachel Wadleigh PA: Samantha Bowser Detecting potential nocturnal Determining bird colors from digital *Does vegetation structure shape the *Understanding the effects of sampling pre-migratory roost sites in Canada by images for high-throughput analyses of acoustic features of Lincoln's Sparrow on inferred population histories in two 14:26 Canadian weather radars color evolution songs in Alberta? North American songbirds Cyr M-A, Cheskey E, Bencke A et al. Tsai WLE, Schwartz ST, Karan EA et al. Sánchez NV, Hilje B, Bayne EM Minor NR, Carling MD PA: Marc-André Cyr PA: Whitney Tsai PA: Natalie V. Sánchez PA: Nicholas Minor Near-term ecological forecasting for Acoustic, genetic, and morphological dynamic aeroconservation of migratory Making bird specimen data more Genomic species delimitation of the adaptations in song: A study of male and birds consistent, accessible, and informative Scrub-Jays female tropical wren song 14:39 Horton KG, Van Doren BM, Albers HJ et Bates JM, Cicero C, Peterson AT et al. DeRaad DA, Peterson AT, Moyle RG Graham BA, Sandoval LA, Mennill DJ al. PA: A. Townsend Peterson PA: Devon DeRaad PA: Brendan Graham PA: Kyle Horton Movement patterns of the Orinoco Goose Systematic map effort of using small Population genomics and hybrid *Vocal coordination between male and (Oressochen jubatus) on the Rio Branco, Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) to detections between King and Clapper female Carolina Wrens (Thryothorus northern Amazonia monitor birds Rail populations in the eastern United ludovicianus) 14:52 Costa BMS, Devenport L, Simões PI et Elmore JA, Evans KO, Samiappan S et States Pare RW, Price JJ al. al. Elizondo EC, Clark JD, McRae SB et al. PA: Rustin Pare PA: Bruna Costa PA: Jared Elmore PA: Elisa Elizondo Comparative genomic analysis of An evaluation of the importance of Drab males, sweet talkers: Larger song population history and inbreeding in the Delaware Bay near-shore habitats to repertoires in males with less Neotropical falcons Falco deiroleucus migratory songbirds conspicuous plumage patterns 15:05 Questions and discussion and Falco rufigularis Pickett A, Heckscher CM Sandoval L, Ocampo D Martin AM, Berry RB, Byerly PA et al. PA: Aya Pickett PA: Luis Sandoval PA: Audrey Martin 15:18 Questions and discussion Questions and discussion Questions and discussion Questions and discussion * indicates student presenters eligible for a Student Presentation Award; “PA” indicates Presenting Author 2021 Joint Virtual Meeting – 2 – AOS & SCO-SOC Scientific Program Symposia and Contributed Oral Presentations Tuesday morning, 10 August 2021, 10:00-11:30 EDT 1 2 3 4 5 Symposium: Symposium: Symposium: What is next in Amazonian Addressing aerial Contributed papers: Contributed papers: Session A bird's-eye view of the biogeography research? – insectivore declines in the Evolution 1 Life history microbiome – 1 1 Western Hemisphere – 1 *Do the major histocompatibility Life-history traits of alpine *Full annual cycle insights on complex and the microbiome breeding songbirds predict Introduction to avian microbiome Amazonian biogeography from a Common Nighthawk population explain variation in fitness early-life resilience to severe research historical perspective trend correlates in Dark-eyed Juncos 10:00 weather events Videvall E Aleixo, A Knight EC, Harrison A-L, (Junco hyemalis)? EDT de Zwaan DR, Drake A, Scarpignato A et al. Denis JD, Van Laar TA, Slade PA: Elin Videvall PA: Alexandre Aleixo Greenwood JL et al. PA: Elly Knight JWG PA: Devin de Zwaan PA: Joee Denis Idiosyncratic patterns and recent *Implications of multiple *Degree of habitat heterogeneity What does an avian host want dynamics revealed by Migration distance is a brooding for Barn Swallow
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  • Facilitating the Evolution of Resistance to Avian Malaria in Hawaiian Birds

    Facilitating the Evolution of Resistance to Avian Malaria in Hawaiian Birds

    BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION 128 (2006) 475– 485 available at www.sciencedirect.com journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/biocon Facilitating the evolution of resistance to avian malaria in Hawaiian birds A. Marm Kilpatrick* Department of Zoology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, United States Consortium for Conservation Medicine, 460 W, 34th Street, 17th Floor, Palisades, NY 10964, United States ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Article history: Research has shown that avian malaria plays an important role in limiting the distribution Received 17 February 2005 and population sizes of many Hawaiian birds, and that projected climate change is likely Received in revised form to eliminate most disease-free habitat in Hawai’i in the next century. I used a modeling 2 October 2005 approach, parameterized with demographic data from the literature and the field, to Accepted 10 October 2005 examine alternate management scenarios for the conservation of native Hawaiian birds. Available online 23 November 2005 I examined the feasibility of using management in the form of rodent control to facilitate the evolution of resistance to malaria by increasing the survival and reproduction of native Keywords: birds. Analysis of demographic data from seven native species, Akepa (Loxops coccineus), Management ‘Akohekohe (Palmeria dolei), Elepaio (Chasiempis sandwichensis), Hawai’i’amakihi (Hemigna- Endangered species thus virens), Hawai’i creeper (Oreomystis mana), Omao (Myadestes obscurus), and Palila (Loxio- Drepanidinae ides bailleui), suggest that differences in life history cause some species to be more Rodent control susceptible to local extinctions from the transmission of malaria. Modeling results demon- Demography strated that rodent control at middle, but not high, elevations can facilitate the evolution Survival of resistance to malaria in several species of Hawaiian birds.