RECENT ORNITHOLOGICAL LITERATURE, No

RECENT ORNITHOLOGICAL LITERATURE, No. 83

Sponsored by the American Ornithologists' Union, the British Ornithologists' Union , and Birds Australia

June 30, 2002

CONTENTS

(NOTE: Primary subject codes not found in this issue are followed with an asterisk: * However, please note that such codes may follow any entry as a secondary subject code along with other key words.)

Subject heading	Code
NEW JOURNAL	B010*

RENAMED JOURNAL	B030*

DISCONTINUED JOURNAL	B050*

AVIAN BIOLOGY and LIFE HISTORY	B100*
General or Worldwide	B102*
Africa, sub-Saharan and Madagascar	B104*
Antarctica and sub-Antarctica	B106*
Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand	B108
Europe and Iceland	B110*
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean	B112*
New World	B114*
North Africa and Middle East	B116
North America and Greenland	B118
Northern Asia and Far East, incl. Tibet, Japan, Taiwan	B120
Northern Hemisphere	B122*
Oceanic islands, not incl. elsewhere (e.g., Hawaii, Azores, Galapagos, Seychelles)	B124*
Old World	B126
Oriental (India, Pakistan, SE Asia, Indonesia, Philippines)	B128
South America	B130
Southern Hemisphere	B132*

BEHAVIOR and COMMUNICATION	B300
Agonistic, aggressive, & defensive behavior—non-colonial	B302
Learning and intelligence	B304
Locomotion: Flight, swimming and diving, walking, climbing	B306
Self-maintenance: Daily time budget, preening, bathing, anting, roosting, sleeping	B308
Sensory perception: auditory, magnetic, olfactory, tactile and visual sensing	B310*
Sexual behavior: Courtship and pair bonding, copulation,	B312
Social behavior: Colonial behavior, social organization	B314
Territoriality and home range	B316
Visual signals	B318
Vocalizations and other sounds	B320

BIRDS and HUMANS	B500
Collisions and other man-induced fatalities	B502
Damage to crops or fisheries	B504
Gamebird management, hunting	B508*
Introduced species (non-game)	B509
Uses of birds by humans	B510

BREEDING HABITS	B700
Breeding schedule and dates	B702
Brood parasitism, egg dumping, and foster parenting	B704
Cooperative or communal breeding	B706
Effects of human studies or presence	B708
Eggs and incubation, incl. egg physiology and morphology	B710
Extra-pair mating, paternity	B712
Mating systems, sex ratio	B714
Nesting habitat, nest site and structure, & nest building	B716
Parental care and feeding, of eggs and young	B718
Young, from hatching to fledging; growth and development	B720

CONSERVATION	B900
Captives: maintenance, rehabilitation, and release	B902*
Declining and endangered species	B904
Education programs, politics, and planning	B906
Effects of man-made environmental changes: Fragmentation, Urbanization	B908
Habitat and environmental protection and management; importance of non-breeding habitats	B910

Species protection and recovery measures, incl. transplants, re-introductions	B912
Wild bird trade	B914

DISEASES, PARASITES, and PATHOLOGY	C100*
Diseases and disease transmission	C102
Parasites: External, Internal	C104
Pathology and injury	C106

DISTRIBUTION and AVIFAUNAS	C300*
General, worldwide, or zoogeography	C302*
Africa, sub-Saharan and Madagascar	C304
Antarctica and sub-Antarctica	C306*
Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand	C308
Europe and Iceland	C310*
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean	C312
New World	C314
North Africa and Middle East	C316*
North America and Greenland	C318
Northern Asia and Far East, incl. Tibet, Japan, Taiwan	C320
Northern Hemisphere	C322*
Oceanic islands, not incl. elsewhere (e.g., Hawaii, Azores, Galapagos, Seychelles)	C324
Old World	C326*
Oriental (India, Pakistan, SE Asia, Indonesia, Phillippines)	C328
South America	C330*
Southern Hemisphere	C332*

DOCUMENTATION	C700*
Bibliographies and databases	C702*
Biographies, obituaries, and history	C704
Collecting and collections, taxonomic specimens	C706*
Terminology	C708*

ECOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT, and POPULATIONS	C900
Biocides and pollution	C902
Birds as environmental monitors	C904*
Climate and weather effects	C906
Habitat change, selection, or use; community structure; habitat suitability models or indexes	C908
Impacts (recent) by birds on their environment; indirect impacts on other species	C909
Life span and survivorship (rates, etc.)	C910
Mortality causes	C912
Population numbers, censuses, trends, and dynamics	C914
Predation and predators as a mortality cause to avian species	C916
Reproductive effort and productivity	C918
Site fidelity and dispersal	C920
Species composition and competition; biodiversity	C922
Trophic levels and energy cycles and related relationships	C924*
Winter and migration habitat and habits	C926

EVOLUTION and SYSTEMATICS	D100*
Classification and phylogeny	D103
Evolutionary patterns, rates, and processes: species or higher categories	D105
Co-evolution or interaction between avian and non-avian species	D106*
Intraspecific variation	D108
New taxa	D110
Species concepts	D112*
Taxonomy and nomenclature	D114

FOOD HABITS and NUTRITION	D300*
Diet, food selection, birds as predators, and nutrition	D302
Drinking, pellet-casting, and defecation	D304
Foraging habits and food transport and storage	D306
Kleptoparasitism	D308

GENETICS and HYBRIDIZATION	D500*
Behavioral and population genetics	D502
Genetic polymorphism, cytogenetics and molecular genetics	D504
Hybrids and progeny	D508

IDENTIFICATION	D700*
Species and subspecies identification	D702
Sex or age class identification	D704

MIGRATION and NAVIGATION	D900
Migratory behavior	D902
Migratory dates, timing, counts, and routes	D904
Migratory physiology	D906
Navigation and homing	D908*

MORPHOLOGY and PHYSIOLOGY	E100
Abnormal external appearance: plumage, soft body parts	E101
Circulatory and lymphatic systems: vessels, blood, blood chemistry	E102
Digestive system	E104
Embryology and development of embryo (see B710 and B720)	E106
Endocrine system and hormones	E108
Excretory system and water metabolism: Urinary structures, Nasal glands	E110*
Immune system	E112
Integument: Feathers, molts, plumages, other integumentary structures, skin	E114
General morphology: Body size and mass, regional morphology, sexual dimorphism	E116
Physiology and biochemistry: Body composition, day length effects, energy
metabolism and body temperature, lipid physiology, protein physiology	E118
Reproductive system and physiology (see B710)	E120
Respiratory system	E122
Sensory and nervous system	E124
Skeletomuscular system	E126

PALEORNITHOLOGY	E300*
Jurassic and Cretaceous fossils	E302*
Paleocene, Eocene and Oligocene fossils	E304*
Miocene and Pliocene fossils	E306*
Pleistocene and Holocene fossils and subfossils	E308*
Site surveys	E310*

TECHNIQUES	E500*
Binoculars, telescopes, and other non-photographic optical equipment	E501*
Biochemical or biophysical assay	E502*
Captive breeding, care, and rehabilitation	E504*
Censuses, maps, and surveys	E506
Environmental monitoring, incl. remote sensing, GIS and related methods	E508*
Feeding habits and diet analysis	E509
Field methods NOT incl. elsewhere under E500	E510
Genetic methods	E512*
Mathematical models, population and other statistics	E514
Nesting studies	E515*
Photographic and video documentation	E516*
Physiological methods	E518*
Predator and nuisance control	E520
Sound recording and playback	E522*
Tracking and remote monitoring, radio-telemetry	E524
Trapping, netting, banding, and marking	E526

Acknowledgements: Denis Abbott, Rafael Brito Aguilar, Marissa A. Ahlering , Range D. Bayer, Alex Baynes, Bharat Bhushan, Michael G. Brooker, Michelle T. Christy, Geoffrey W. H. Davison, James D. Dinsmore, Jerald J. Dosch, Ian D. Endersby, Klaus-Michael Exo, Jon S. Greenlaw, Susan W. Hillman, Ernesto Rueles Inzunza, Richar F. Johnston, Peter S. Lansley, Andy Mack, Shigeru Matsuoka, Ed O. Minot, Dana L. Morris, Hisashi Nagata, Robert W. Nero, Harvey D. Perkins, John M. Peter, James R. Philips, Ian Rowley, Edward I. Saiff, Jay M. Sheppard, Stacy L. Small, Micah M. Stake, Will K. Steele, Eric D. Stolen, Robert W. Storer, Ruth G. Troetschler, Keisuke Ueda, Mutsuyuki J. Ueta, James C. Vanden Berge, William D. Whan, and Jennifer D. White.

{B108} Barnes, C. P., et al. 2001. Diet and biology of Square-tailed kites Lophoictinia isura breeding in south-eastern Queensland : nest-building to post-fledging. Australian Bird Watcher 19: 28--43. (c/o Bundaberg Base Hospital, Bundaberg, Qld. 4670, Australia.)---A complete breeding cycle reveals previously undescribed behaviour of foliage-bathing by female and juvenile and as aerial display between male and juvenile. Detailed observations of nest-building, copulation, incubation, post-fledging behaviour and diet items.---I.D.E. {B700, D302} {ROL #83}

{B108} Brooker, B. 2001. Biology of the Southern Scrub-robin (Drymodes brunneopygia ) at Peron Peninsula, Western Australia. Emu 101: 181--190. (Sch. Biol. Sci., Murdoch Univ., Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia; EM: bpcale@bigpond.com)---Breeding biology and diet of the species is described. The species both forages and nests amongst leaf litter that, when coupled with its single egg clutches (and hence a potentially low reproductive rate), means the species may be vulnerable to any changes in the quantity and quality of leaf litter within its range.---W.K.S. {B908, B700, C900} {ROL #83}

{B108} Conole, L. E., & R. MacNally. 2001. Field identification, ecology and conservation status of the Red-chested Button-quail Turnix pyrrhothorax in northern Victoria. Victorian Naturalist 118: 56--58. (Sch. Ecol., Dept. Biol. Sci., Monash Univ., Monash, Vic. 3800, Australia.) {D702, C900, B900} {ROL #83}