1 What Are Neotropical Migrants and Why Are We Concerned?

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Preface xi
5. Acknowledgments xv
6. 1 What Are Neotropical Migrants and Why Are We Concerned? 1
7. 2 The Breeding Bird Survey: So Simple Yet So Complex 12
8. 3 Is There Other Evidence for Large-Scale Population Declines? 24
9. 4 Fragmentation Studies: Real Evidence of Local Declines 35
10. 5 What Happens on Habitat Fragments? 51
11. 6 Rethinking Avian Demography: Understanding Landscapes, Sources, Sinks, and Dispersal 77
12. 7 Modern Management Guidelines for Breeding Migrant Birds 97
13. 8 Migrant Wintering Ecology: Characteristics and Constraints 113
14. 9 Population Limitation in Winter: Theory and Evidence 134
15. 10 Migration Ecology: A Limiting Factor? 163
16. 11 Migrant Birds in the New Millennium: What Do We Know? 171
17. 12 Partners in Flight: How It Works and How You Can Help 183
18. Postscript 195
19. Appendix: Lists of Migrants for Partners in Flight 199
20. Bibliography 207
21. Author Index 219
22. Subject Index 221