Beissinger,
S. R., J. R. Walters, D. G. Catanzaro, K. G. Smith, J. B. Dunning, Jr., S. M.
Haig, B. R. Noon, and B. Stith. In
press. Modeling approaches in
avian conservation and the role of field biologists.
Current Ornithology 17.
Reed, J. M., L. S. Mills, P. Miller, K. S.
McKelvey, E. S. Menges, R. Frye, J. B. Dunning, Jr., S. R. Beissinger,
and M-C Anstett. 2002.
Emerging issues in population
viability analysis.
Conservation Biology 16: 7-19. [PDF]
Cross, P. C., and S. R. Beissinger. 2001.
Using logistic regression to analyze sensitivity of PVA models: a
comparison of sensitivity methods using African wild dog models.
Conservation
Biology 15: 1335-1346.[PDF]
Wright, T. F., C.
A. Toft , E. Enkerlin-Hoeflich, J. Gonzalez-Elizondo, M. Albornoz, A. Rodríguez-Ferraro,
F. Rojas-Suárez, V. Sanz, A. Trujillo, S. R. Beissinger, V. Berovides
A., X. Gálvez A., A. T. Brice, K. Joyner, J. Eberhard, J. Gilardi, S. E.
Koenig, S. Stoleson, P. Martuscelli, J. M. Meyers, K. Renton, A. M. Rodríguez,
A. C. Sosa-Asanza, F. Vilella, and J. W. Wiley. 2001. Nest
poaching in Neotropical parrots.
Conservation
Biology 15:710-720 . [PDF]
Stoleson, S. H., and S. R. Beissinger.
2001. Does risk of nest
failure or adult predation influence hatching patterns of the Green-rumped
Parrotlet?
Condor
103:85-97. [PDF]
Shefferson, R. P., B. K. Sandercock, J. Proper, and S. R. Beissinger.
2001. Estimating dormancy and survival of a rare herbaceous perennial
using mark-recapture models. Ecology 82:145-156.[PDF]
Meretsky,
V. J., N. F. R. Snyder, S. R. Beissinger, D. A. Clendenen, and J. W.
Wiley.
2000.
Demography of the
California Condor: implications for reestablishment.
Conservation Biology 14:957-967. [PDF]
Sandercock, B. K., S. R. Beissinger, S. H.
Stoleson, R. R. Melland,
and C. R. Hughes. 2000. Survival rates of a Neotropical parrot: implications
for latitudinal comparisons of avian demography. Ecology 81:1351-1370.[PDF]
Shogren, J. F., J. Tschirart, T. Anderson, A. W. Ando, S. R. Beissinger,
D. Brookshire, G. M. Brown, Jr., D. Coursey, R. Innes, S. M. Meyer, and S.
Polasky. 1999. Why economics matters for endangered species protection and the
ESA. Conservation Biology.13:1257-1261.
Stoleson, S. H., and S. R. Beissinger. 1999. Egg viability as a
constraint on hatching synchrony at high ambient temperatures. Journal of
Animal Ecology 68:951-962.[PDF]
Grenier, J. L. and S. R. Beissinger. 1999. Variation in the onset of
incubation in a Neotropical parrot. Condor 101:752-761.
Siegel, R. B., W. W. Weathers, and S. R. Beissinger. 1999. Hatching
asynchrony reduces the duration, not the magnitude, of peak load in breeding
green-rumped parrotlets (Forpus passerinus). Behavioral Ecology and
Sociobiology 45:444-450.[PDF]
Siegel, R. B., W. W. Weathers, and S. R. Beissinger. 1999. Assessing
parental effort in a Neotropical parrot: a comparison of methods. Animal
Behaviour 57:73-79.
Beissinger, S. R., and M. I. Westpahl. 1998. On the use of demographic models
of population viability analysis in endangered species management. Journal
of Wildlife Management 62:821-841.[PDF]
Beissinger, S. R., S.
Tygielski, and B. Elderd. 1998. Social
constraints on the onset of incubation in a neotropical parrot: a nest box
addition experiment. Animal Behaviour 55:21-32. [PDF]
Hughes, C. R., R. R. Melland, and S. R. Beissinger. 1998.
Polymorphic trinucleotide microsattelite loci for a neotropical parrot, the
green-rumped parrotlet, Forpus passerinus. Molecular Ecology
7:1247-1248.
Becker, B. H., S. R. Beissinger, and H. Carter. 1997. At-sea density
monitoring of Marbled Murrelets in central California: methodological
considerations. Condor 99:743-755.
Grand, J. and S. R. Beissinger. 1997. When relocation of loggerhead
sea turtle (Caretta caretta) nests becomes a useful strategy. Journal
of Herpetology 31:428-434.
Stoleson, S. H., and S. R. Beissinger. 1997. Hatching asynchrony,
brood reduction, and food limitation in a neotropical parrot. Ecological
Monographs 67:131-154. (Lead Article) [PDF]
Casagrande, D. G., and S. R. Beissinger. 1997. Evaluation of four
methods for estimating parrot population size. Condor 99:445-457. [PDF]
Beissinger, S. R., E. C. Steadman, T. Wohlgenant, G. Blate, and S.
Zack. 1996. Null models for assessing ecosystem conservation priorities:
threatened birds as titers of threatened ecosystems. Conservation Biology 10:1343-1352.
Bertrand, M. R., A. J. DeNicola, S. R. Beissinger, and R. K. Swihart.
1996. Effects of parturition on home-ranges and social affiliations of female
white-tailed deer. Journal of Wildlife Management 60:899-909.
Beissinger, S. R. 1996. On the limited breeding opportunities
hypothesis for avian clutch size. American Naturalist 147:655-658.
Snyder, N. F. R., S. R. Derrickson, S. R. Beissinger, J. W. Wiley,
T. B. Smith, W. D. Toone and B. Miller. 1996. Limitations of captive breeding
in endangered species recovery. Conservation Biology 10:338-348.
Beissinger, S. R. 1995. Modeling extinction in periodic environments:
Everglades water levels and Snail Kite population viability. Ecological
Applications 5:618-631. [PDF]
Andersen, H. L., and S. R. Beissinger. 1995. Preliminary
observations of juvenile: adult ratios of Marbled Murrelets in Auke Bay,
southeast Alaska. Northwestern Naturalist 76:79-81.
Stoleson, S. H. and S. R. Beissinger. 1995. Hatching asynchrony and
the onset of incubation in birds revisited: when is the critical period? Current
Ornithology 12:191-270.
Curlee, A. P., and S. R. Beissinger. 1995. Experimental analysis of
mass change in female green-rumped parrotlets (Forpus passerinus): the
role of male cooperation. Behavioral Ecology 6:192-198.
Beissinger, S. R., T. J. Donnay, and R. Walton. 1994. Experimental
analysis of diet specialization in the Snail Kite: the role of behavioral
conservatism. Oecologia 100:54-65.
Donnay, T. J., and S. R. Beissinger. 1993. Apple snail (Pomacea
doliodes) and freshwater crab (Dilocarcinus dentatus) population
fluctuations in the llanos of Venezuela. Biotropica 25:206-214.
Beissinger, S. R. and E. H. Bucher. 1992. Can parrots be conserved
through sustainable harvesting? BioScience 42:164-173. (Cover
Photograph)
Waltman, J. R. and S. R. Beissinger. 1992. The breeding biology of
the Green-rumped Parrotlet. Wilson Bulletin 104:65-84.
DeNicola, A. J., R. K. Swihart, and S. Beissinger. 1992. Testing
secondary metabolites of plants as deer repellents. Transactions of the
Northeast Section of the Wildlife Society 48:120-125.
Beissinger, S. R. and J. R. Waltman. 1991. Extraordinary clutch size
and hatching asynchrony of a neotropical parrot. Auk 108:863-871.
Beissinger, S. R. and S. H. Stoleson. 1991. Nestling mortality patterns
in relation to brood size and hatching asynchrony in the Green-rumped
Parrotlet. Acta XX Int. Ornithol. Cong.: 1727-1733.
Beissinger, S. R. 1990. Experimental brood manipulations and the
monoparental threshold in Snail Kites. American Naturalist 136:20-38.
Beissinger, S. R. 1990. Alternative foods of a diet specialist, the
Snail Kite. Auk 107:327-333.
Beissinger, S. R. 1990. On the limits and directions of conservation
biology. BioScience 40:456-457.
Takekawa, J. E., and S. R. Beissinger. 1989. Dispersal, cyclic
drought, and the conservation of the Snail Kite in Florida: lessons in
critical habitat. Conservation Biology 3:302-311.
Snyder, N. F. R., S. R. Beissinger, and M. R. Fuller. 1989. Solar
radio-transmitters on Snail Kites in Florida. Journal of Field Ornithology
60:171-177.
Snyder, N. F. R., S. R. Beissinger, and R. Chandler. 1989.
Reproduction and demography of the Florida Everglade (Snail) Kite. Condor
91:300-316.
Beissinger, S. R., B. T. Thomas, and S. D. Strahl. 1988. Vocalizations,
food habits, and nesting biology of the Slender-billed Kite with comparisons
to the Snail Kite. Wilson Bulletin 100:604-616.
Beissinger, S. R. 1987. Mate desertion and reproductive effort in the
Snail Kite. Animal Behaviour 35:1504-1519.
Beissinger, S. R. 1987. Anisogamy overcome: female strategies in Snail
Kites. American Naturalist 129:486-500.
Beissinger, S. R. and N. F. R. Snyder. 1987. Mate desertion in the
Snail Kite. Animal Behaviour 35:477-487.
Beissinger, S. R. 1986. Demography, environmental uncertainty, and the
evolution of mate desertion in the Snail Kite. Ecology 68:1445-1459.
(Lead Article)
Beissinger, S. R. 1983. Hunting behavior, prey selection and energetics
of Snail Kites in Guyana: consumer choice by a specialist. Auk
100:84-92.
Beissinger, S. R. and J. E. Takekawa. 1983. Habitat use by and
dispersal of Snail Kites in Florida during drought conditions. Florida
Field Naturalist 11:89-106.
Beissinger, S. R., A. Sprunt, IV and R. Chandler. 1983. Notes on the
Snail Kite in Cuba. American Birds 37:262-265.
Takekawa, J. E. and S. R. Beissinger. 1983. First evidence of Snail
Kites feeding on the introduced snail, Pomacea bridgesi, in Florida. Florida
Field Naturalist 11:107-108.
Osborne, D. R., S. R. Beissinger and G. R. Bourne. 1983. Water as an
enhancing factor in bird community structure. Caribbean Journal of Science
19:35-38.
Beissinger, S. R. and D. R. Osborne. 1982. Effects of urbanization on
avian community organization. Condor 84:75-83.
Osborne, D. R. and S. R. Beissinger. 1979. Long-winged Harrier
predation on Wattled Jacana eggs. Wilson Bulletin 91:470-471.
Osborne, D. R. and S. R. Beissinger. 1979. The Paint-billed Crake in
Guyana. Auk 96:425.
Beissinger, S. R. 2002. Population viability
analysis: past, present,
future. Pages 5-17 in Population Viability Analysis (S. R. Beissinger
and D. R. McCullough, Eds.). University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL. [PDF]
Ralls, K., S. R. Beissinger, and J. F. Cochrane. 2002. Guidelines for
using population viability analysis in endangered species
management. Pages 521-550 in Population Viability Analysis (S. R. Beissinger
and D. R. McCullough, Eds.). University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL. [PDF]
Beissinger,
S. R. 2001. Trade
of live wild birds: potentials, principles and practices of sustainable use. Pages
182-202 in Conservation of Exploited Species (J. D. Reynolds, G. M.
Mace, K. H. Redford, and J. G. Robinson, Eds.). Cambridge University
Press, Cambridge, U.K. [PDF]
Beissinger, S. R., and J. D. Perrine. 2001. Extinction, recovery
and the Endangered Species Act. Pages 51-71 in Protecting Endangered Species in the United States. Biological Needs, Political Realities,
Economic Consequences (J. F. Shogren and J. Tschirhart, Eds.). Cambridge
University Press, Cambridge.
Dunne, T., J. Agee, S.R. Beissinger, W. Dietrich, D. Gray, M.
Power, V. Resh, and K. Rodrigues. 2001. A Scientific Basis for the Prediction
of Cumulative Watershed Effects. Wildland Resources Center Report No. 46.
University of California, Berkeley, CA
Mace, G. M., J. E. M. Baillie, S. R. Beissinger, and K. H. Redford.
2001. Assessment and Management of Species at Risk. Conservation Biology 11-
29.
Meretsky, V., N.F.R. Snyder, S.R. Beissinger, D.A. Clendenen, and J.W.
Wiley. 2001. Quantity versus Quality in California Condor Reintroduction:
Reply to Beres and Starfield. Conservation Biology 15: 1449-1451.
Beissinger, S. R. 2000. Ecological mechanisms of extinction. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science
97:11688-11689.[PDF]
Csuiti, B., G. S. Miller and S. R. Beissinger. 2000. The
Marbled Murrelet. Pages 184-190 in Endangered Animals: A Reference
Guide to Conflicting Issues (R. P.
Reading and B. J. Miller, eds.). Greenwood Press, Westport, Connecticut.
Beissinger, S. R., J. M. Reed, J. M. Wunderle, Jr., S. K. Robinson, and
D. M. Finch. 2000. Report of the AOU Conservation Committee on the Partners in
Flight species prioritization plan. Auk 117: 549-561.
Walters, J. R., S. R. Beissinger, J. W. Fitzpatrick, R. Greenberg,
J. D. Nichols, H. R. Pulliam, and D. W. Winkler. 2000. The AOU Conservation
Committee review of the biology, status, and management of Cape Sable Seaside
Sparrows: final report. Auk 117:1093-1115.
Beissinger, S. R. 1999. Interaction of egg viability, brood reduction
and nest failure on the onset of incubation. Pages 638-646 in Proceedings
of the 22nd International Ornithological Congress (N.J. Adams, &
R.H.Slotow, Eds.). BirdLife South Africa, Durban: Johannesburg, South Africa.
Beissinger, S. R. and T. Slagsvold. 1999. Hatching asynchrony and the
onset of incubation: Beyond brood reduction. Pages 582-583 in Proceedings
of the 22nd International Ornithological Congress (N.J. Adams, &
R.H.Slotow, Eds.). BirdLife South Africa, Durban: Johannesburg, South Africa.
Beissinger, S. R., B. H. Becker, L. Rachowicz and A. Hubbard. 1999.
Testing and designing methods for developing an at-sea monitoring strategy for
the Marbled Murrelet. Unpublished Report to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service. 99 pages.
Derrickson, S. R., S. R. Beissinger, and N. F. R. Snyder. 1998.
Directions in endangered species research. Pages 111-123 in Avian
Conservation (J. M. Marzluff and R. Sallabanks, Eds.). Island Press,
Washington, D.C.
Snyder, N. F. R., S. R. Derrickson, S. R. Beissinger, J. W. Wiley,
T. B. Smith, W. D. Toone and B. Miller. 1997. Limitations of captive breeding:
reply to Gippoliti and Carpaneto. Conservation Biology 11:808-810.
Beissinger, S. R. 1997. Integrating behavior into conservation biology:
potentials and limitations. Pages 23-47 in Behavioral Approaches to
Conservation in the Wild (J. R. Clemmons and R. Buchholtz, Eds.). Cambridge
University Press, Cambridge, U.K.
Stoleson, S. H., and S. R. Beissinger. 1997. Hatching asynchrony in
parrots: boon or bane for sustainable use. Pages 157-180 in Behavioral
Approaches to Conservation in the Wild (J. R. Clemmons and R. Buchholtz,
Eds.). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K. [PDF]
Beissinger, S. R., and S. H. Stoleson. 1997. Hatching asynchrony in
birds. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 12:112.
Snyder, N. F. R., S. R. Derrickson, S. R. Beissinger, J. W. Wiley,
T. B. Smith, W. D. Toone and B. Miller. 1997. Captive breeding and
conservation (reply to Hutchins, Wiese and Willis). Conservation Biology
11:3-5.
National Research Council. 1996. The Scientific Basis for the Preservation
of the Mariana Crow. National Academy of Sciences, Washington D.C. 91 pp. (NRC
Committee Report).
Beissinger, S. R. 1995. Population trends of the Marbled Murrelet
projected from demographic analyses. Pages 385-393 in Ecology and
Conservation of the Marbled Murrelet (C. J. Ralph, G. L. Hunt, Jr., M. G.
Raphael, and J. F. Piatt, Eds.). General Technical Report PSW-GTR-152, Pacific
Southwest Research Station, U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Albany, CA.
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 1995. Draft Recovery Plan Marbled Murrelet
(Brachyramphus marmoratus) (Washington, Oregon and California
population). U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Portland, Oregon. 171 pages.
Beissinger, S. R. 1994. Position statement on the sustainable use and
trade of birds. Association for Parrot Conservation, Alexandria, VA. 8pp.
Beissinger, S. R. 1994. Conservation of Neotropical psittacines:
challenges for biologists, managers, and government. Pages 141-147 in
Biología y conservación de los psitácidos de Venezuela (G. Morales, I.
Novo, D. Bigio, A. Luy, and F. Rohas-Suárez, Eds.). Caracas, Venezuela.
(Keynote address published in Spanish with English abstract).
Stoleson, S. H., and S. R. Beissinger. 1994. Reproduction and
demography of the Green-rumped Parrotlet in the llanos of Venezuela. Pages
65-72 in Biología y conservación de los psitácidos de Venezuela (G.
Morales, I. Novo, D. Bigio, A. Luy, and F. Rohas-Suárez, Eds.). Caracas,
Venezuela. (Article in Spanish with English abstract).
Beissinger, S. R. and J. P. Gibbs. 1993. Are variable environments
stochastic? A review of methods to quantify environmental predictability.
Pages 132-146 in Adaptation in Stochastic Environments (J. Yoshimura
and C. W. Clark, Eds.). Lecture Notes on Biomathematics Springer-Verlag,
Berlin.
Beissinger, S. R. 1992. Statement before the joint hearing of the U.S.
House of Representatives Subcommittee on fisheries and Wildlife Conservation
and the Environment of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, and the
Subcommittee on Trade of the Committee on Ways and Means. Congressional Record
Serial 102-84, Pp. 16-18 and 110-119.
Beissinger, S. R. and E. H. Bucher. 1992. Sustainable harvesting of
parrots for conservation. Pages 73-115 in New World Parrots in Crisis:
Solutions from Conservation Biology. Smithsonian Institution Press,
Washington, D.C.
Beissinger, S. R. and N. F. R. Snyder. 1992. Introduction. Pages x-xv in
New World Parrots in Crisis: Solutions from Conservation Biology. Smithsonian
Institution Press, Washington, D.C.
Snyder, N. F. R., F. C. James, and S. R. Beissinger. 1992. Towards a
conservation strategy for Neotropical parrots. Pages 257-276 in New
World Parrots in Crisis: Solutions from Conservation Biology. Smithsonian
Institution Press, Washington, D.C.
Beissinger, S. R., N. F. R. Snyder, S. R. Derrickson, F. C. James, and
S. M. Lanyon. 1991. International trade in live exotic birds creates a vast
movement that must be halted. Auk 108:982-984. (Report to the AOU from
the Bird Trade Subcommittee).
Reading, R. P., J. J. Grensten, S. R. Beissinger, and T. W. Clark.
1989. Attributes of black-tailed prairie dog colonies, associated species, and
management implications. Pages 13-28 in The Prairie Dog Ecosystem:
Managing for Biological Diversity. Montana BLM Wildlife Technical Bulletin No.
2. Billings, Montana.
Beissinger, S. R. 1988. A fickle, faithful hawk. Natural History
97:42-51. (Cover Photograph)
Bennetts, R. E., M. W. Collopy, and S. R. Beissinger. 1988. Nesting
ecology of Snail Kites in Water Conservation 3A. Fla. Coop. Fish and Wildl.
Res. Unit. Tech. Rept. No. 31. 174 pp.
Beissinger, S. R. 1988. The Snail Kite. Pages 148-165 in
Handbook of North American Birds, Volume IV (R. S. Palmer, Ed.), New Haven,
Yale University Press.
Beissinger, S. R. 1984. Breeding bird community structure of a
beech-maple forest. Pages 101-106 in Hueston Woods State Park and
Nature Preserve, Proceedings of a Symposium, April 16-18, 1982 (G. E. Willeke,
Ed.). Oxford, Ohio, Miami University.
Beissinger, S. R. 2001. The California Condor: a flagship adrift.
Conservation Biology 15:1197-1199.
Beissinger, S. R. 1999. Review of Behavioral Ecology and Conservation
Biology (T., Caro, Ed.). Animal Behaviour 58:1159-1160.
Beissinger, S. R. 1996. Birds' eggs. Quarterly Review of Biology
71:269. (review of M. Walters’ "Birds’ Eggs", Dorling Kinderly,
U.K.).
Beissinger, S. R. 1995. Threatened birds of the America. Wildlife
Review 249:170. (review of Collar et al.'s Threatened Birds of the Americas:
the ICBP/IUCN Red Data Book).
Beissinger, S. R. and J. P. Gibbs. 1995. Monitoring and science:
comfortable bedfellows? Conservation Biology 9:465-467. (reviews of
Heyer et al.'s "Measuring and Monitoring Biological Diversity: Standard
Methods for Amphibians" and Furness and Greenwood's "Birds as
Monitors of Environmental Change").
Beissinger, S. R. 1994. Cormorants, darters and pelicans of the world. Quarterly
Review of Biology 69:416-417.
Beissinger, S. R. 1994. The race to balance time - biodiversity
conservation. (Reviews of E.O. Wilson's "The Diversity of Life" and
the World Conservation Monitoring Centre's "Global Biodiversity"). Ecology
75:578-580.
Beissinger, S. R. and W. Silver Beissinger. 1990. Tropical Rainforests:
Diversity and Conservation. American Scientist 78:376-377.
Beissinger, S. R. 1984. A Bird-Finding Guide to Ontario. Quarterly
Review of Biology 59:81-82.
