Avian Conservation and Ecology - New Issue Announcement Volume 5, Issue 1 | June 2010
http://www.ace-eco.org/ Editors-in-Chief Marc-André Villard and Tom Nudds are pleased to announce the publication of Volume 5, Issue 1 of Avian Conservation and Ecology (http://www.ace-eco.org/). This issue sees the publication of the first three papers in the Special Feature "Conservation of Grassland Birds: Causes and Consequences of Population Declines" (http://www.ace-eco.org/issues/view.php?sf=2) edited by Nicola Koper. In addition, Dr. Villard and Dr. Nudds discuss the relationship between conservation and taxonomy in their editorial "" (http://www.ace-eco.org/vol5/iss1/art6/). The Editors of ACE-ÉCO continue to invite new manuscript submissions to the special feature: "Population Dynamics of Aerial Insectivores" guest edited by Philip Taylor and Jon McCracken. See the Call for Papers (http://www.ace-eco.org/docs/callforpapers/call_for_papers_aerial.pdf) for details. Please see below for the table of contents. To read the full text of the articles please visit http://www.ace-eco.org/. ********** Editorial ********** Traditional Taxonomy vs. the "Dark Side": What’s the Fuss? Taxinomie traditionnelle contre les « forces de l’ombre » : pourquoi faire tant d’histoires? - Thomas Nudds and Marc-André Villard ********************************************************* Special Feature: Conservation of Grassland Birds ********************************************************* Vesper Sparrows and Western Meadowlarks Show a Mixed Response to Cattle Grazing in the Intermountain Region of British Columbia Le Bruant vespéral et la Sturnelle de l’Ouest réagissent de façon variable au broutement dans la région intramontagnarde de la Colombie-Britannique - Megan L. Harrison, Nancy A. Mahony, Pat Robinson, Alicia Newbury, and David J. Green Mortality of Parental Mountain Plovers (Charadrius montanus) during the Post-hatching Stage. Mortalité adulte des Pluviers montagnards (Charadrius montanus) pendant la période d’élevage des jeunes - Victoria J. Dreitz An Assessment of Factors Affecting Population Growth of the Mountain Plover Évaluation des facteurs influençant la croissance de la population du Pluvier montagnard - Stephen J. Dinsmore, Michael B. Wunder, Victoria J. Dreitz, and Fritz L. Knopf ******************** Research Papers ******************** Contrasting Seasonal Survivorship of Two Migratory Songbirds Wintering in Threatened Mangrove Forests Différence de survie saisonnière chez deux passereaux migrateurs hivernant dans des mangroves menacées - Anna M. Calvert, John Woodcock, and Jon D. McCracken Separation of Availability and Perception Processes for Aural Detection in Avian Point Counts: a Combined Multiple-Observer and Time-of-Detection Approach Distinction des composantes (manifestation et détection) de la probabilité de détection aux points d’écoute : approche combinant les méthodes fondées sur les observateurs multiples et le temps de détection - Stephen J. Stanislav, Kenneth H. Pollock, Theodore R. Simons, and Mathew W. Alldredge
