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Oral Session 2: Avian Ecology I: Habitat and Disturbance.
Presiding: D Miles and C Lepczyk
Monday, August 2, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room A 106.

8:00 AM Saab, Victoria *,1, Dudley, Jonathan2, Thompson, William3, 1 Rocky Mountain Research Station, Bozeman, MT, USA2 Rocky Mountain Research Station, Boise, ID, USA3 National Park Service, Anchorage, AK, USA Modeling occupancy of nest cavities in recently burned forests.

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8:20 AM Hayes, John1, Stoddard, Margo*,1, Chambers, Carol2, 1 Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR2 Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ Influence of alternative silvicultural practices on songbirds in western Oregon.

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8:40 AM Schmidt, Kenneth*,1, Nelis, Lis 2, Briggs, Nathan3, Ostfeld, Richard 4, 1 Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX2 University of Chicago, Chicago, IL3 4 Williams College, Williamstwon, MA Climatic variability and predator abundance mediate the interaction between an invasive shrub and nesting success in a woodland songbird.

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9:00 AM Yoder, James*,1, Marschall, Elizabeth1, Swanson, David 2, 1 The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH2 Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Columbus, OH The effects of landscape characteristics on ruffed grouse movements.

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9:20 AM Seavy, Nathaniel*,1, 2, Alexander, John2, Ralph, C.2, 3, 1 University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, nseavy@zoo.ufl.edu2 Klamath Bird Observatory, Ashland, OR3 USFS Redwood Sciences Laboratory, Arcata, CA Effects of mixed-severity fire on bird communities: A before and after comparison from southern Oregon.

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9:40 AM Break.

9:50 AM Horrocks, Greg1, Mac Nally, Ralph1, 1 Australian Centre for Biodiversity, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia Experimental analysis of bird and mammal responses to variation of fallen-timber loads on forest floors.

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10:10 AM Miles, Donald*,1, Streby, Henry1, 1 Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA Avian community responses to prescribed burns and shelterwood harvests.

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10:30 AM Lepczyk, Christopher*,1, Radeloff, Volker1, Flather, Curtis2, Pidgeon, Anna1, Hammer, Roger1, Liu, Jianguo3, 1 University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI2 USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, CO3 Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI The influence of human-dominated landscapes on breeding birds in the Midwest United States.

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10:50 AM Apigian, Kyle*,1, Dahlsten, Donald1, Brown, Letty1, Allen-Diaz, Barbara1, 1 University of California - Berkeley, Berkeley, CA Do stand structure changes resulting from "sudden oak death" affect insectivorous, cavity-nesting birds?

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11:10 AM O'Dea, Niall*,1, Whittaker, Robert1, 1 University of Oxford, Oxford, UK Equally rich, equally valuable? -diversity indices fail to reflect effects of habitat modification in the Andes.

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