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SS10 Swallows of the Americas: Comparative Approaches to Exploring Processes Affecting Behavioral Decisions and Demographic Patterns in Birds


Session Organizer(s):
David Winkler
Robert Clark
Russell Dawson
Dave Shutler
Juan Carlos Reboreda

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Oral Presentations

10:00
Dawson, R D SYMPOSIUM INTRODUCTION: SWALLOWS AS MODELS FOR COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH

10:15
Ringelman, K M ; Winkler, D W ; Hussel, D ; Clark, B ; Lombardo, M ; Dunn, P ; Leonard , M ; Dawson, R D ; Shutler, D ; Massoni, V A PAN-AMERICAN VIEW OF THE INFLUENCES OF ECOLOGY AND PHYLOGENY ON CLUTCH SIZE AND THE CLUTCH SIZE-LAYDATE REGRESSION IN TACHYCINETA SWALLOWS.

10:30
Clark, R G ; Winkler, D W ; Shutler, D ; Dawson, R D SURVIVAL OF TREE SWALLOWS IN RELATION TO SEX, REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT, GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION, AND CLIMATE

10:45
Bidwell, M T ; Wasson, M F ; Dawson, R D CALCIUM LIMITATION IN NORTH AMERICAN SWALLOWS

11:00
Hussell, D J ; Phillips, J M RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN TEMPERATURE, FOOD ABUNDANCE, LAY-DATE AND CLUTCH SIZE IN TREE SWALLOWS _TACHYCINETA BICOLOR_.

11:15
Dawson, R D ; Fast, M ; Clark, R G EXPERIMENTAL CHANGES IN THERMAL REGIMES OF NEST SITES DURING THE BREEDING SEASON AND ITS EFFECTS ON REPRODUCTION OF TREE SWALLOWS

11:30
Quiroga, M A ; De la Peña, M R ; Reboreda, J C ; Massoni, V ; Llambías, P E ; Ferreti, V ; Tomasevic, J A ; Schiavini, A ; Imberti, S ; Tubaro, P EARLY USE OF NEST BOXES BY BIRDS IN SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA.

11:45
Massoni, V ; Bulit, F ; Reboreda, J C THE BREEDING BIOLOGY OF WHITE-RUMPED SWALLOWS, _TACHYCINETA LEUCORRHOA_: A COMPARISON WITH OTHER CONGENERS

12:00
Bulit, F ; Massoni, V PARENTAL DEFENSE AS REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT IN TACHYCINETA LEUCORRHOA

12:15
Tautin, J ; Burney, C ; Kramer, P M ; Hill, J R ROOSTING BIOLOGY OF SWALLOWS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR PAN-AMERICAN MONITORING

14:00
Robertson, R J ; Dunn, P O ; Stapleton, M K ; Whittingham, L EXTRA-PAIR FERTILIZATIONS IN SWALLOWS: WHERE HAVE WE BEEN, WHERE ARE WE GOING?

14:15
O'Brien, E L ; Dawson, R D CONTEXT-DEPENDENT GENETIC BENEFITS OF EXTRA-PAIR MATE CHOICE IN TREE SWALLOWS

14:30
Ferretti, V DISENTANGLING BREEDING SYNCHRONY FROM EXTRA-PAIR PATERNITY IN _TACHYCINETA_ SWALLOWS

14:45
Safran, R J ; McGraw, K J ; Neuman, C R ; Lovette, I J ; Evans, M R ; Lotem, A GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION IN THE EXPRESSION AND FUNCTION OF MATE CHOICE SIGNALS IN HIRUNDO RUSTICA

15:00
Shutler, D ; Dawson, R D GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION IN PREVALENCE AND INTENSITY OF ECTOPARASITISM IN TACHYCINETA

15:15
Brown, C R ; Moore, A ; Edwards, E A ; Brown, M B ; Komar, N ECOLOGICAL CORRELATES OF BUGGY CREEK VIRUS INFECTION IN CLIFF SWALLOW COLONIES

16:00
Smits, J E ; Gentes, M L ; Bortolotti, G R INTERPRETING MEASURES OF HEALTH AND IMMUNOCOMPETENCE WHEN USING SWALLOWS AS SENTINELS:

16:15
Ardia, D R ; Palacios, M G GEOGRAPHIC AND AGE-RELATED VARIATION IN IMMUNE FUNCTION

16:30
Palacios, M G ; Vleck, C M ; Vleck, D ; Cunnick, J E COMPARISON OF IMMUNE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF NESTLING AND ADULT TREE SWALLOWS: PATTERNS AND PROCESSES

16:45
Shutler, D OVERVIEW OF THE SYMPOSIUM: SWALLOWS OF THE AMERICAS

17:00
Winkler, D W ; Reboreda, J C ; Clark, R G ; Dawson, R D ; Shutler, D OPPORTUNITIES FOR FURTHER INTEGRATED RESEARCH ON AMERICAN SWALLOWS

17:15
Roboreda, J C ; Winkler, D W ; Clark, R G ; Dawson, R D ; Shutler, D OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTNERSHIPS IN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION