Tweeters and OBOLers,

I thought that folks might be interested in the contents of the most
recent bird-related articles in the most recent volume of the Wildlife
Society Bulletin (Vol 23 No 3, Fall 1995). This bulletin also regularly
carries articles related to the management of habitats and other (non-
avian) fauna, policy, conservation biology, etc. such as:

Forest health: moving beyond rhetoric to restore healthy landscapes in
the inland Northwest. Dominick A DellaSala, David M Olson, Sara E Barth,
Saundra L Crane, Steve A Primm. 346-356.

Bridging gaps among ecology, law, and policy. Deborah M Brosnan.
333-337. "A team of scientists, policy makers, legislators, and other
stakeholders worked together to develop laws and policies in this case
study from the Oregon Territorial Sea Plan."

Control of smooth cordgrass with Rodeo in a southwestern Washington
estuary. Kevin M Kilbride, Fred L Paveglio and Christian E Grue.
520-524. (Use of Glyphosate herbicide at Willapa Bay: ground spraying
more effective than aerial spraying)

Bird-specific articles:

Effects of the Conservation Reserve Program on wildlife in southeast
Nebraska. Justin W King and Julie A Savidge. 377-385.

Association of the Conservation Reserve Program with ring-necked pheasant
survey counts in Iowa. Terry Z Riley. 386-390.

Review of human injuries, illnesses, and economic losses caused by
wildlife in the United States. Michael R Conover, William C Pitt,
Kimberly K Kessler, Tami J DuBow, and Wendy A Sanborn. 404-414.
(Includes a section on bird-aircraft strikes, wildlife diseases)

Landscape-level management of migratory birds: looking past the trees to
see the forest. Lisa J Petit, Daniel R Petit, and Thomas E Martin.
420-429.

Adaptive management and the regulation of waterfowl harvests. Byron K
Williams and Fred A Johnson. 430-436.

Waterfowl management: recovery rates, reporting rates, reality check!
Susan E Sheaffer and Richard A Malecki. 437-440. "To estimate survival
within 10% for mallards using band-recovery methods, with a 10%
coefficient of variation, >130,000 birds would have to be banded over 5
years. There has to be a better way!"

Ecosystem management and an avian habitat dilemma. J Michael Reed.
453-457. "Perspectives on the role of habitat in conserving threatened
birds has implications for ecosystem management."

Alternative placement strategies for wood duck nest boxes. Brad Semel
and Paul W Sherman. 463-471.

In-hand duck identification by hunters at Mississippi Flyway public
hunting areas. Barry C Wilson and Frank C Rohwer. 472-480.

Seasonal ingestion of toxic and nontoxic shot by Canada geese. Stephen
DeStephano, Christopher J Brand, and Michael D Samuel. 502-506.

Seasonal predator removal relative to hatch rate of duck nests in
waterfowl production areas. Alan B Sargeant, Marsha A Sovada, and Terry
L Shaffer. 507-513. "These authors report that hatch rates of duck
nests were related to removal of predators from waterfowl production
areas. Cost effectiveness of such efforts is questioned."

Pesistence and use of artificial prairie falcon aeries in North Dakota.
Paul M Mayer and Daniel S Licht. 532-534.


The best way to see these articles is to visit you friendly local
librarian and ask for the papers through the interlibrary loan service.
Hope this is useful to some of you.

Jon. Anderson
Olympia, WA
anderjda at dfw.wa.gov