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Publications, ID Notes and Guides: Morphology Publications

Publications and ID Notes

MORPHOLOGY PUBLICATIONS

Baker, B. (2006). "Forensic Implications of Dorsal Scale Row Counts on Puff-faced Water Snakes (Colubridae: Homalopsinae: Homalopsis buccata)." (PDF 283 KB) Herpetological Review 37(2): 171-173.

Baker, B. W. and B. S. Shaffer (1999). "Assumptions about Species: A Case Study of Tortoise Bones of SE Texas." (PDF 283 KB) Journal of Field Archaeology 26(1): 69-74. 

Baptista, L. and P. W. Trail (1988). "On the Origin of Darwin's Finches." (PDF 283 KB) Auk 105(October): 663-671.

Baptista, L. F. and P. W. Trail (1992). "The Role of Song in the Evolution of Passerine Diversity." (PDF 283 KB) Systemic Biology 41(2): 242-247.

Baptista, L. F., D. A. Bell, et al. (1993). "Song Learning and Production in the White-Crowned Sparrow:  Parallels with Sexual Imprinting." (PDF 283 KB) Netherlands Journal of Zoology 43(1-2): 17-33.

Baptista, L. F., P. W. Trail, et al. (1993). "Singing and its Functions in Female White-Crowned Sparrows." (PDF 283 KB) Animal Behavior 46: 511-524.

Bell, D. A., P. W. Trail, et al. (1998). "Song Learning and Vocal Tradition in Nuttall's White-Crowned Sparrows." (PDF 283 KB) Animal Behavior 55: 939-956.

Espinoza, E. O., B. C. Yates, et al. (1998). "Taphonomic Indicators Used to Infer Wasteful Stubsistence Hunting in Northwest Alaska." (PDF 1706 KB) Anthropozoologie 25-26: 103-112. 

Espinoza, E. O., B. W. Baker, et al. (2007). "The Analysis of Sea Turtle and Bovid Keratin Artefacts Using Drift Sprectroscopy and Discriminant Analysis." (PDF 309 KB) Archaeometry 49(3): 14 pp. 

Haig, S. M., T. D. Mullins, et al. (823). "Genetic Identification of Spotted Owls, Barred Owls, and Their Hybrids:  Legal Implications of Hybrid Identity." (PDF 260 KB) Conservation Biology 18(5): 1347-1357. 

Trail, P. W. (1980). "Ecological Correlates of Social Organization in a Communally Breeding Bird, the Acorn Woodpecker, Melanerpes formicivorus." (PDF 283 KB) Behavorial Ecology & Sociobiology 7: 83-92.

Trail, P. W. (1985). "A Lek's Icon: the Courtship Display of a Guianan Cock-of-the-Rock." (PDF 283 KB) American Birds 39(3): 235-240.

Trail, P. W. (1985). "Courtship Disruption Modifies Mate Choice in a Lek-Breeding Bird." (PDF 283 KB) Science 227: 778-780.

Trail, P. W. (1985). "Territoriality and Dominance in the Lek-Breeding Guianan Cock-of-the-Rock." (PDF 283 KB) National Geographic Research Winter: 112 - 124.

Trail, P. W. (1990). "Why Should Led-Breeders be Monomorphic?" (PDF 283 KB) Evolution 44(7): 1837-1852.

Trail, P. W. (2000). "Differentiating the Tail Feathers of Mourning, White-winged and Inca Doves" (PDF 475 KB) Identification Notes for Wildlife Law Enforcement.

Trail, P. W. (2000). "Recognizing the Feet and Talons of North American Birds of Prey." Identification Notes for Wildlife Law Enforcement.

Trail, P. W. (2003). "Identification of Eagle Feathers and Feet." (PDF 1500 KB) Identification Guides for Wildlife Law Enforcement 3: 15 pp. 

Trail, P. W. (2003). "Identifying the Flight Feathers of the Large Macaws." (PDF 510 KB) Identification Guides for Wildlife Law Enforcement 4: 6 pp. 

Trail, P. W. (2003). "Identifying Wings of North American Grouse, Prairie Chickens, Pheasant, and Partridge." (PDF 849 KB) Identification Guides for Wildlife Law Enforcement 5: 6 pp. 

Trail, P. W. (2004). "Population Trends Among Landbirds of theKlamath-Siskiyou Ecoregion:  An Analysis of Breeding Bird Survey Data." (PDF 1168 KB) Proceedings of the Second Conference on Klamath-Siskiyou Ecology: 47-59. 

Trail, P. W. and D. L. Koutnik (1986). "Courtship Disruption at the Lek in the Guianan Cock-of -the-Rock." (PDF 283 KB) Ethology 73: 197-218.

Trail, P. W. and E. S. Adams (1989). "Active Mate Choice at Cock-of-the-Rock Leks:  Tactics of Sampling and Comparison." (PDF 283 KB) Behavorial Ecological Sociobiology 25: 283-292.

Trail, P. W. and L. F. Baptista (1989). "The Behavior, Status, and Relationships of the Endemic St. Lucia Black Finch." (PDF 283 KB) National Geographic Research 5(1): 82-97.

Trail, P. W. and L. F. Baptista (1993). "The Impact of Brown-Headed Cowbird Parasitism on Populations of the Nuttall's White-Crowned Sparrow." (PDF 283 KB) Conservation Biology 7(2): 309 - 315.

Trail, P. W. and P. Donahue (1991). "Notes on the Behavior and Ecology of the Red-Cotingas (Cotingidae: Phoenicircus)." (PDF 283 KB) Wilson Bulletin 103(4): 539-551.

Trail, P. W., R. Cooper, et al. (1997). "The Breeding Birds of the Klamath/Siskiyou Region." (PDF 283 KB) Proceedings of the First Conference on Siskiyou Ecology: pp 158-174.

Trail, P. W., S. D. Strahl, et al. (1981). "Infanticide in Relation to Individual and Flock Histories in a Communally Breeding Bird.  The Mexican Jay (Aphelocoma ultramarina)." (PDF 283 KB) American Naturalist 118(1): 72-82.

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