Literature Citations

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  • Ackerman, R. A. and M. Platter-Reiger. 1979. Water loss by Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) eggs (Abstract). Am Zool 19:921.
  • Adkisson, C. S. 1996. Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra). In A. F. Poole and F. B. Gill (Eds.). Version 1.0. Birds of North America. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bna.256
  • Ambuel, B. and S. A. Temple. 1983. Area-dependent changes in the bird communities and vegetation of southern Wisconsin forests. Ecology 64:1057–1068.
  • American Ornithologists’ Union. 1983. Checklist of North American Birds. 6th ed. American Ornithologists Union, Washington, D.C.
  • Anderson, R. M. 1907. The Birds of Iowa. Proceedings of the Davenport Academy of Science 11:125–417.
  • Anderson, S. J. and C. S. Robbins. 1981. Habitat size and bird community management. Trans N Am Wildl Nat 46:511–520.
  • Anderson, T. R. 1978. Population studies of European Sparrows in North America. Occas Pap Mus Nat Hist Univ Kans 70:1–58.
  • Andrews, R., D. Jackson, L. Jackson, T. Z. Riley, W. Suchy, and G. Zenner. 1993. Trends in Iowa Wildlife Populations and Harvest:1992. Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Des Moines.
  • Andrle, R. F. and J. R. Carroll. 1988. The Atlas of Breeding Birds in New York State. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY.
  • Annand, E. M. and F. R. Thompson III. 1997.  Forest bird response to regeneration practices in central hardwood forests. J Wildl Manage 61:159–171.
  • Anonymous. 1991. Pesticide spills: Are you ready or not? Cooperative Extension Service Pm-1444, Iowa State University, Ames, IA.
  • Anteau, M. J. and A. D. Afton. 2004. Nutrient reserves of Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) during spring migration in the Mississippi Flyway: A test of the spring condition hypothesis. Auk 121:917–929.
  • Anteau, M. J., J. DeVink, D. N. Koons, J. E. Austin, C. M. Custer, and A. D. Afton. 2020. Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis). In A. F. Poole (Ed.). Version 1.0. Birds of the World. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.lessca.01
  • Apfelbaum, S. I. and P. Seelbach. 1983. Nest tree, habitat selection and productivity of seven North American raptor species based on the Cornell University nest record card program. Raptor Res 17:97–113.
  • Aquilana, S. M., T. E. Morreli and D. C. LeBlanc. 2003. Breeding bird communities in burned and unburned sites in a mature Indiana oak forest. Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science 112:186–191.
  • Arcese, P., M. K. Sogge, A. B. Marr, and M. A. Patten. 2002. Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia). In A. F. Poole and F. B. Gill (Eds.). Version 2.0. Birds of North America. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bna.704
  • Armstrong, E. A. and H. L. K. Whitehouse. 1977. Behavioural adaptations of the wren (Troglodytes troglodytes). Biol Rev 52:235–294.
  • Arterburn, J. W. and J. A. Grzybowski. 2003. Hybridization between Glossy and White-faced Ibises. N Amer Birds 57:136–139.
  • Artuso, C., C. S. Houston, D. G. Smith, and C. Rohner. 2013. Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus). In A. F. Poole (Ed.). Version 2.0. Birds of North America. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bna.372
  • Askins, R. A. 2000. Restoring North America’s Birds: Lessons from Landscape Ecology. Yale University Press, New Haven, CN.
  • Askins, R. A. and M. J. Philbrick. 1987. Effect of changes in regional forest abundance on the decline and recovery of a forest bird community. Wilson Bull 99:7–21.
  • Askins, R. A., J. F. Lynch, and R. Greenberg. 1990. Population declines in migratory birds in eastern North America. Curr Ornithol 7:1–57.
  • Aubry, K. B. and C. M. Raley. 2002. The Pileated Woodpecker as a keystone habitat modifier in the Pacific Northwest. Pp. 257–274. In J. P. Laudenslayer, P. J. Shea, B. E. Valentine, C. P. Weatherspoon, and T. E. Lisle, Jr. (Eds.). Proceedings of the Symposium on the Ecology and Management of Dead Wood in Western Forests. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-181. Berkley, CA.
  • Audubon Minnesota. 2014a. Black Tern Minnesota Conservation Plan. http://mn.audubon.org/sites/default/files/black_tern_conservation_plan_10-21-2014.pd
  • Audubon Minnesota. 2014b. Forster’s Tern Minnesota Conservation Plan. http://mn.audubon.org/sites/default/files/forsters_tern_conservation_summary_12-31-2014.pd
  • Audubon Minnesota. 2014c. Franklin’s Gull Minnesota Conservation Plan. http://mn.audubon.org/sites/default/files/franklin_gull_conservation_plan_10-21-2014.pd
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  • Augenfeld, K. H., S. B. Franklin, and D. H. Snyder. 2008. Breeding bird communities of upland hardwood forest 12 years after shelterwood logging. Forest Ecol Manage 255:1271–1282.
  • Badyaev, A. V., V. Belloni, and G. E. Hill. 2012. House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus). In A. F. Poole (Ed.) Version 2.0. The Birds of North America. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bna.46
  • Baicich, P. J. and C. J. O. Harrison. 1979. Nests, Eggs, and Nestlings of North American Birds. Princeton University Press, Princeton and Oxford. 347 pp.  
  • Baicich, P. J. and C. J. O. Harrison. 1997. A Guide to the Nests, Eggs, and Nestlings of North American Birds. Second Edition. Natural World Academic Press, San Diego, CA. 347 pp.  
  • Baicich, P. J. and C. J. O. Harrison. 2005. A Guide to the Nests, Eggs and Nestlings of North American Birds. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ. 
  • Bailey, A. M., R. J. Niedrach, and A. L. Baily. 1953. The Red Crossbills of Colorado. Mus. Pictorial No. 9. Denver Museum of Natural History. Denver, CO.
  • Bailey, R. H. 1918. The raptorial birds of Iowa. Iowa Geol Surv Bull 6:174–177.
  • Bailey, W. 1915. The Plum Island night herons. Auk 32:424–441.
  • Bakermans, M. H., A. D. Rodewald, and A. C. Vitz. 2012. Influence of forest structure on density and nest success of mature forest birds in managed landscapes. J Wildl Manage 76:1225–1234.
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  • Bannor, B. K. and E. Kiviat. 2002. Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata). A. F. Poole and F. B. Gill (Eds.). In Version 2.0. The Birds of North America. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bna.685
  • Barclay, J. H. and T. J. Cade. 1983. Restoration of the Peregrine Falcon in the eastern United States. Bird Conserv 1:3–37.
  • Barlow, J. C. 1980. Patterns of ecological interactions among migrant and resident vireos on the wintering grounds. Pp. 79–107. In A. Keast and E. S. Morton (Eds.). Migrant Birds in the Neotropics: Ecology, Behavior, Distribution, and Conservation. Smithsonian Inst Press, Washington, D.C.
  • Barlow, J. C. and S. N. Leckie. 2000. Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus). In A. F. Poole and F. B. Gill (Eds.). Version 2.0. The Birds of North America. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bna.560
  • Barrows, W. B. 1889. The English Sparrow in North America, especially in its relations to agriculture. USDA, Div Econ Ornithol Mammal Bull 1:1–405.
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  • Bartos, S. and J. S. Greenlaw. 2020. Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus). In P. G. Rodewald (Ed.). Version 1.0. Birds of the World. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.spotow.01
  • Baynard, E. O. 1913. Home life of the Glossy Ibis (Plegadis autumnolis). Wilson Bull 20:103–117.
  • Beal, F. E. L. 1911. Food of the woodpeckers of the United States. U.S. Department of Agriculture. Biol Survey Bull 37.
  • Beal, F. E. L. 1922. Some common birds useful to the farmer. U.S.D.A. Farmers’ Bull 630.
  • Beason, R. C. 1995. Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris). In A. F. Poole and F. B. Gill (Eds.). Version 2.0. The Birds of North America. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bna.195
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  • Bechard, M. J., C. S. Houston, J. H. Saransola, and A. S. England. 2010. Swainson’s Hawk (Buteo swainsoni). In A. F. Poole (Ed.). Version 2.0. The Birds of North America. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bna.265
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  • Bednarz, J. C. 1979. I. Productivity, nest sites, and habitat of Red-shouldered and Red-tailed Hawks in Iowa, and II. Status, habitat utilization, and management of Red-shouldered Hawks in Iowa. Ph.D. Diss., Iowa State University, Ames, IA.
  • Bednarz, J. C. and J. J. Dinsmore. 1981. Status, habitat use, and management of Red-shouldered Hawks in Iowa. J Wildl Manage 45:236–241.
  • Bednarz, J. C. and J. J. Dinsmore. 1982. Nest sites and habitat of Red-shouldered Hawks (Buteo lineatus) and Red-tailed Hawks (Buteo jamaicensis) in Iowa, USA. Wilson Bull 94:31–45.
  • Beissinger, S. R. and D. R. Osborne. 1982. Effects of urbanization on avian community organization. Condor 84:75–83.
  • Belles-Isles, J. C. and J. Picman. 1986. House Wren nest-destroying behavior. Condor 88:190–193.
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  • Belthoff, J. R. and G. Ritchison. 1990. Nest-site selection by Eastern Screech-Owls in central Kentucky. Condor 92:982–990.
  • Benkman, C. W. 1990. Foraging rates and the timing of crossbill reproduction. Auk 107:376–386.
  • Bennett, L. J. 1934. Notes on nesting waterfowl and other marsh nesting birds in northwest Iowa. Oologist 51:101–104.
  • Bennett, L. J. 1937. Canvasback breeding in Iowa. Auk 54:534.
  • Bennett, L. J. 1938. Redheads and Ruddy Ducks nesting in Iowa. Transactions of the North American Wildlife Conference 3:647–650.
  • Bent, A. C. 1926. Life histories of North American marsh birds. U.S. Natl Mus Bull 135.
  • Bent, A. C. 1937. Life histories of North American birds of prey, Pt. 1. U.S. Natl Mus Bull 167.
  • Bent, A. C. 1948. Life histories of North American nuthatches, wrens, thrashers, and their allies. U.S. Natl Mus Bull 195.
  • Bergman, R. D., P. Swain, and M. W. Weller. 1970. A comparative study of nesting Forster’s and Black terns. Wilson Bull 82:435–444.
  • Best, L. B. and D. F. Stauffer. 1980. Factors affecting nesting success in riparian bird communities. Condor 82:149–157.
  • Best, L. B. and D. F. Stauffer. 1986. Factors confounding evaluation of bird-habitat relationships. Pp. 209–216. In J. Verner, M. L. Morrison, and C. J. Ralph (Eds.). Wildlife 2000: Modeling Habitat Relationships of Terrestrial Vertebrates. University of Wisconsin Press, Madison.
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