Current Ornithology

In Volume 12, eminent international ornithologists further elucidate endocrinological correlates of mating strategies and hormones and reproductive behavior; assess the value of the ''brood reduction hypothesis'' in explaining ''the paradox of hatching as

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George F. Barrowclough, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York

Ellen D. Ketterson, Indiana University. Bloomington. Indiana

Robert E. Ricklefs, University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. Pennsylvania Stephen 1. Rothstein, University of California, Santa Barbara. California John A. Wiens, Colorado State University, Fort Collins. Colorado

A Continuation Order Plan is available for this series. A continuation order will bring delivery of each new volume immediately upon publication. Volumes are billed only upon actual shipment. For further information please contact the publisher.

CURRENT ORNITHOLOGY VOLUME 12 Edited by

DENNIS M. POWER The Oakland Museum Oakland, California

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The Library of Congress cataloged the first volume of this title as follows: Current ornithology.-Vol. 1New York: Plenum Press, c1983v.: ill.; 24 cm. Annual. Editor: Richard F. Johnston. ISSN 0742-390X = Current ornithology. 1. Ornithology-Periodicals. I. Johnston, Richard F. QL671.C87 598'.05-dc19 (8509)

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Suggested citation: Current Ornithology, VoI. 12 (D. M. Power, ed.). Plenum Press, New York ISBN 978-1-4613-5743-8 ISBN 978-1-4615-1835-8 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4615-1835-8

© 1995 Springer Science+Business Media New York Originally published by Plenum Press, New York in 1995 Softcover reprinl of Ihe hardcover 1sI edilion 1995

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CONTRIBUTORS

STEVEN R. BEISSINGER, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511 LES D. BELETSKY, Department of Zoology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195 ANDRE A. DHONDT, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 ERICA H. DUNN, Canadian Wildlife Service, National Wildlife Research Centre, 100 Gamelin Boulevard, Hull, Quebec, Canada K1A OH3 SCOTT FREEMAN, Burke Museum, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195 DAVID F. GORI, The Nature Conservancy, 300 East University Boulevard, Suite 230, Tucson, Arizona 85705 THOMAS C. GRUBB, JR., Behavioral Ecology Group, Department of Zoology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210 DAVID J. T. HUSSELL, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Maple, Ontario, Canada L6A lS9, and Environment Canada (Ontario Region), Nepean, Ontario, Canada K1A OH3 MARCEL M. LAMBRECHTS, CNRS-CEFE, B.P. 5051, 34000 Montpellier Cedex 1, France. v

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CONTRIBUTORS

UDO M. SAVALLI, Department of Biology, Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania 16335 SCOTT H. STOLESON, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511 JOHN C. WINGFIELD, Department of Zoology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195

PREFACE Behavioral ecology, particularly as it pertains to reproduct