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RECENT ORNITHOLOGICAL LITERATURE

RECENT ORNITHOLGOICAL LITERATURE FROM THE CARIBBEAN

Readers are invited to submit literature citations Economics 69:2108–2115.—An estimated 90% of that should be highlighted in this section to STEVEN the global population of the Bicknell’s Thrush C. L ATTA , National Aviary, Allegheny Commons (Catharus bicknelli ) overwinters on West, Pittsburgh, PA 15212, USA; e-mail: steven. where ongoing habitat loss is a severe problem. This [email protected]. paper considers a voluntary incentive program to landowners in the Dominican Republic to yield a GARRIDO , O. H., J. W. W ILEY , AND G. B. R EYN- cost-effective network of protected habitat to sus- ARD . 2009. of the Loggerhead tain overwintering Bicknell’s Thrush populations. (Tyrannus caudifasciatus ) complex (Aves: - TAMARIN, a Geographic Information System dae). Wilson Journal of Ornithology 121:703–713. (GIS) based model, evaluates the economic and —The , a West Indian endem- ecological considerations for a voluntary bid scenar- ic, is separated on the basis of differences in plum- io where landowners sell their property rights to a age coloration and pattern, size, vocalizations, and government agency or non-governmental organiza- distribution. The authors propose the following des- tion. Results indicate that two scientific reserves in ignations: populations in Puerto Rico and Isla northeast Dominican Republic could be connected Vieques ( T. taylori ), and Hispaniola ( T. gabbii ) are under one viable forest fragment, increasing the distinct ; subspecific distinction is assigned total protected land by 87% to 19,357 ha. E-mail: to populations in , Isla de Pinos, and Cuban [email protected]. satellites ( T. caudifasciatus caudifasciatus ); Cay- KLEIN , A., G. J. H ORSBURGH , C. K ÜPPER , A. M A- man Islands ( T. c. caymanensis ); ( T. c. ja- JOR , P. L. M. L EE , G. H OFFMAN , R. M ÁTICS , AND maicensis ) ; and ( T. c. bahamensis ). E- D. A. D AWSON . 2009. Microsatellite markers char- mail: [email protected]. acterized in the Barn Owl ( Tyto alba ) and of high GEBHARDT , K. J., AND L. P. W AITS . 2008. Cross- utility in other owls (Strigiformes: Aves). Molecular species amplification and optimization of microsat- Ecology Resources 9:1512-1519.—Fifteen poly- ellite markers for use in six Neotropical . morphic microsatellite loci were identified for the Molecular Ecology Resources 8:835–839.—Primers Barn Owl, five from testing published owl loci and were redesigned for 17 microsatellite loci developed 10 from testing non-owl loci. All 15 loci were se- in St. Vincent ( Amazona guildingii ) and six quenced in Barn Owl, and new primer sets were loci developed in Blue-and-yellow ( Ara designed for eight loci. The 15 polymorphic loci ararauna ) and tested using six species of Neotropi- displayed two to 26 alleles in 56–58 Barn Owls. cal parrots. The resulting multiplexed loci will be When tested in 10 other owl species ( n = 1–6 indi- useful in evaluating genetic diversity, genetic struc- viduals), between four and nine loci were polymor- ture, and mating system in Neotropical parrots. E- phic per species. These loci are suitable for studies mail: [email protected]. of population structure and parentage in owls. E- JOHNSON , M. D., N. J. L EVY , J. L. K ELLERMANN , mail: [email protected]. AND D. E. R OBINSON . 2009. Effects of shade and LATTA , S. C., C. C. R IMMER , AND K. P. M CFAR- predation on arthropods and leaf damage on LAND . 2003. Winter bird communities in four habi- coffee farms in Jamaica’s Blue Mountains. Agrofor- tats along an elevational gradient on Hispaniola. estry Systems 76:139-148.—E-mail: mdj6@hum- Condor 105:179–197. Avian diversity was quanti- boldt.edu. fied in four habitats along a 1750 m elevational gra- KELLERMANN , J. L., M. D. J OHNSON , A. M. dient in the Dominican Republic, including desert STERCHO , AND S. H ACKETT . 2008. Ecological and thorn scrub, dry forest, pine forest, and montane economic services provided by on Jamaican broadleaf forest. Data represent the most complete Blue Mountain coffee farms. Conservation Biology quantitative record of avian abundance and distribu- 22:1177–1185.—E-mail: [email protected]. tion on Hispaniola, and details the value of these KERCHNER , C., M. H ONZÁK , R. K EMKES , A. four habitats to various suites of species. The study RICHARDSON , J. T OWNSEND , AND C. C. R IMMER . emphasizes the importance of montane broadleaf 2009. Designing spatially explicit incentive pro- and pine forests to large numbers of Neotropical grams for habitat conservation: A case study of the migrants and Hispaniolan endemics, some of which Bicknell’s Thrush wintering grounds. Ecological are narrowly restricted to these habitats. E-mail:

Journal of Caribbean Ornithology 24(2), 2011 79 RECENT ORNITHOLOGICAL LITERATURE [email protected]. Antilles also provide evidence of a mass PLASENCIA VÁZQUEZ , A. H., Y. A. T ORRENS , event within the past 1 million yr. Geographical AND F. R. H ERNANDEZ MARTÍNEZ . 2009. Dis- dynamics are matched by ecological changes in the tribución vertical de las aves Dendroica pityophila y distribution of species within islands over time re- Teretistris fernandinae (Passeriformes: Parulidae) sulting from adaptive radiation and shifts in habitat. en Pinar del Río, Cuba. Revista de Biologia Tropi- Although extinction is relatively infrequent under cal 57:1263–1269.—The Yellow-headed Warbler natural conditions, changes in island environments and the Olive-capped Warbler coexist in Western as a result of human activities have exterminated Cuba. This study evaluated their vertical distribu- many populations and others—especially old, en- tion in pine forests to determine the differential use demic species—remain vulnerable. E-mail: rick- of forest strata. From the 360 counts carried out, the [email protected]. Olive-capped Warbler reached greater abundances SHERRY , T. W., M. D. J OHNSON , AND A. M. than the Yellow-headed Warbler. The Olive-capped STRONG . 2005. Does winter food limit populations Warbler had the highest frequency in the high stra- of migratory birds? Pp. 414–425 in Birds of two tum and was observed in the low stratum only dur- worlds: advances in the ecology and of ing the reproductive season. The Yellow-headed temperate-tropical migration systems (R. Greenberg Warbler had a preference for low and medium stra- and P. P. Marra, eds.). Johns Hopkins University ta, and was seen less frequently in the high stratum. Press, Baltimore, MD.—E-mail: tsherry@tulane. E-mail: [email protected], alexpla79@ edu. gmail.com, [email protected], fhernandez@ SMITH , J., P. P. M ARRA , AND L. R. R EITSMA . af.upr.edu.cu. 2008. Roosting behavior of Northern Waterthrush PRINS , T. G., J. H. R EUTER , A. O. D EBROT , J. during the non-breeding season. Journal of Avian WATTEL , AND V. N IJMAN . 2009. Checklist of the Biology 39:460–465.—E-mail: [email protected] birds of Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire, South Carib- STRONG , A. M., AND T. W. S HERRY . 2002. Body bean. Ardea 97 (2): 137-268.—See book review in condition of Swainson’s Warblers wintering in Ja- JCO 23:58–59, 2010. E-mail: [email protected]. maica, and the conservation value of Caribbean dry RICKLEFS , R., AND E. B ERMINGHAM . 2008. The forest. Wilson Bulletin 113:410–418.—E-mail: West Indies as a laboratory of and [email protected]. evolution. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal STUDDS , C., AND P. P. M ARRA . 2007. Linking Society of London B Biological Sciences 363:2393 fluctuations in rainfall to non-breeding season per- –413.—Most residents of the West Indies arrived by formance in a long-distance migratory bird. Climate over-water dispersal. Species-area relationships Research 35:115–122.—E-mail: [email protected]. within the West Indies suggest a strong role for en- VILLARD , P., P. F ELDMANN , A. F ERCHAL AND C. demic radiations and extinction in shaping patterns PAVIS . 2010. Population size and habitat associa- of diversity. Diversification is promoted by opportu- tions of the endemic Woodpecker nities for allopatric divergence between islands, or (Melanerpes herminieri ). Journal of Field Ornithol- within the large islands of the . ogy 81:278–286.—E-mail: [email protected]. Even though individual island populations of birds WILEY , J. W. 2006. The ecology, behavior, and might persist 2 million yr on larger islands in the conservation of a West Indian corvid, the White- , recolonization from within the ar- necked Crow ( Corvus leucognaphalus ). Ornitología chipelago appears to maintain avian lineages within Neotropical 17:105–146.—E-mail: jwwiley@mail. the island chain indefinitely. Birds of the Lesser

REVIEWERS OF VOLUME 24

We thank the following individuals for reviewing Jeffrey V. Wells, and James W. Wiley. manuscripts (more than one indicated in parenthe- ses) for volume 24: Wayne Arendt, Keith L. Bildstein, William K. Hayes, Steven G. Mlodinow, William L. Murphy, Erica Nol, Robert L. Norton,

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