Landbirds/ Raptors

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To receive a copy of a publication or report listed here, please contact:
Migratory Bird Management, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
1011 E. Tudor Road, Anchorage, Alaska 99503
or call 907-786-3443

Publications

Greenberg, R., D. W. Demarest, S. M. Matsuoka, C. Mettke-Hofmann, M. L. Avery, P. J. Blancher, D. Evers, P. B. Hamel, K. A. Hobson, J. Luscier, D. K. Niven, L. L. Powell, and D. Shaw. 2010. Understanding declines in Rusty Blackbirds. Studies in Avian Biology, in press.

Booms, T. L., F. Huettmann, and P. F. Schempf [online]. 2009. Gyrfalcon nest distribution in Alaska based on a predictive GIS model. Polar Biology.

Booms, T. L., B. McCaffery, and P. Schempt. 2008. Molted-feather persistence and aging in a sub-arctic environment: implications for noninvasive genetic sampling. Condor 110:756–762.

Handel, C. M., S. D. Swanson, D. A. Nigro, and S. M. Matsuoka. 2009. Estimation of avian population sizes and species richness across a boreal landscape in Alaska. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 121:528–547.

Ip, H. S., P. L. Flint, J. C. Franson, R. J. Dusek, D. V. Derksen, R. E. Gill, Jr., C. R. Ely, J. M. Pearce, R. B. Lanctot, S. M. Matsuoka, D. B. Irons, J. B. Fischer, R. M. Oates, M. R. Petersen, T. F. Fondell, D. A. Rocque, J. C. Pedersen, and T. C. Rothe. 2008. Prevalence of influenza A viruses in wild migratory birds in Alaska: patterns of variation in detection at a crossroads of intercontinental flyways. Virology Journal.

Johnson, J. A., B. A. Andres, and J. A. Bissonette. 2008. Birds of the major mainland rivers of southeast Alaska. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report PNW-GTR-739, Portland, Oregon.

Matsuoka, S. M., and J. A. Johnson. 2008. Using a multimodel approach to estimate the population size of McKay’s Buntings. Condor 110:371–376.

Matsuoka, S. M., D. Shaw, and J. A. Johnson. 2008. Assessing the value of military lands in Alaska to a declining species, the Rusty Blackbirds. Unpublished final report to the Department of Defense Legacy Program. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Migratory Bird Management, Anchorage, Alaska.

Matsuoka, S. M., and C. M. Handel. 2007. Nesting ecology of boreal forest birds following a massive forest disturbance by spruce beetles. Journal of Wildlife Management 71:51–63.

Matsuoka, S. M., J. A. Johnson, and D. DellaSala. 2007. Succession of bird and vegetation communities in young-temperate rainforests following thinning. Unpublished final report to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Migratory Bird Management, Anchorage, Alaska.

Matsuoka, S. M., and C. M. Handel. 2007. Nesting ecology of boreal forest birds following a massive forest disturbance by spruce beetles. Journal of Wildlife Management 71:51–63.

Benson, A.-M., B. A. Andres, W. N. Johnson, S. Savage, and S. M. Sharbaugh.  2006.  Differential timing of Wilson’s Warbler migration in Alaska. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 118:547–551.

Matsuoka, S. M., E. H. Holsten, M. E. Shephard, R. A. Werner, and R. E. Burnside [Eds.].  2006. Special issue: spruce beetles and forest ecosystems of south-central Alaska. Forest Ecology and Management 227:193–283.

Werner, R. A., E. H. Holsten, S. M. Matsuoka, and R. E. Burnside. 2006. Spruce beetles and forest ecosystems in south-central Alaska: a review of 30 years of research. Forest Ecology and Management 227:195–206.
 
Andres, B. A., B. T. Browne, and D. L. Brann.  2005. Composition, abundance, and timing of post-breeding migrant landbirds at Yakutat, Alaska.  Wilson Bulletin 117:270–279.

Andres, B. A., M. J. Stotts, and J. M. Stotts. 2004. Breeding birds of research natural areas in southeastern Alaska. Northwestern Naturalist 85:95–103.

Johnson, J. A., S. M. Matsuoka, D. R. Ruthrauff, M. A. Litzow, and M. N. Dementyev. 2004. Additions to the avifauna of St. Matthew Islands, Bering Sea. Western Birds 35:50–52.

Johnson, J.A. 2003. Breeding bird communities of major mainland rivers of southeastern Alaska. M.S. Thesis. Utah State University.

Matsuoka, S.M., C.M. Handel, and D.R. Ruthrauff. 2001. Densities of breeding birds and changes in vegetation in an Alaskan boreal forest following a massive disturbance by spruce beetles. Canadian Journal of Zoology 79:1678-1690.

Smith, W.P., M.J. Stotts, B.A. Andres, J.M. Melton, A. Garibaldi, and K. Boggs. 2001. Bird, mammal, and vegetation community survey of Research Natural Areas in the Tongass National Forest. USDA Forest Service Research Paper PNW-RP-535, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Portland OR.

Cotter, P.A., and B.A. Andres. 2000. Breeding bird habitat associations on the Alaska Breeding Bird Survey. U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division Information and Technology Report USGS/BRD/ITR-2000-0010.

Ayers, L.W., P.F. Schempf, and S. H. Anderson.  Strategies for monitoring merlin (Falco columbarius) populations in North America. p. 56., 1999, Special Issue: Abstracts of the Raptor Research Foundation Annual Meeting Raptor Research Foundation Annual Meeting, November 3-7, 1999, La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico.

Bowman, T.D, and P.F. Schempf. 1999.  Detection of bald eagles during aerial surveys in Prince William Sound, Alaska. Journal of Raptor Research, 33(4): 299-304.

Jacobson, M.J., and J.I. Hodges. 1999. Population trend of adult bald eagles in southeast Alaska, 1967-97. Journal of Raptor Research, 33(4): 295-298.

Gende, S.M., M.F. Willson, B.H. Marston, M.J. Jacobson, and W.P. Smith.  1998.  Bald eagle nesting density and success in relation to distance from clearcut logging in southeast Alaska. Biological Conservation, 83(2): 121-126.

Handel, C.M., S.M. Matsuoka, and D.C. Douglas. 1998. The Alaska Landbird Resources Information System, Version 98.1. USGS Alaska Biological Science Center, Anchorage, Alaska. (http://www.absc.usgs.gov/research/bpif/bpif.html).

Swem, T., T. Woods, and P. Schempf.  1998.  The Queen Charlotte goshawk (Accipiter gentilis laingi) and the Endangered Species Act. Raptor Research Foundation Annual Meeting 31-32. Abstract only.

Wright, A.L., G.D. Hayward, S.M. Matsuoka, and P.H. Hayward. 1998. The Townsend's Warbler (Dendroica townsendi). In Birds of North America, No. 333 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA.

Bowman, T.D, P.F. Schempf, and J.I. Hodges.  1997.  Bald eagle population in Prince William Sound after the Exxon Valdez oil spill.  Journal of Wildlife Management, 61(3): 962-967.

Gende, S.M., M. F. Willson, and M. Jacobson.  1997.  Reproductive success of bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) and its association with habitat or landscape features and weather in southeast Alaska.  Canadian Journal of Zoology 75(10):1595-1604.

Matsuoka, S.M., C.M. Handel, and D.D. Roby. 1997. Nesting ecology of Townsend's Warblers in relation to habitat characteristics in a mature boreal forest. Condor 99:271-281.

Matsuoka, S.M., C.M. Handel, D.D. Roby, and D.L. Thomas. 1997. The relative importance of nesting and foraging sites in selection of breeding territories by Townsend's Warblers. Auk 114:657-667.

Schempf, P.F.  1997.  Bald eagle longevity record from southeastern Alaska.  Journal of Field Ornithology, 68(1): 150-151.

Bernatowicz, J.A., P.F. Schempf, and T.D. Bowman. 1996. Bald Eagle productivity in south-central Alaska in 1989 and 1990 after the Exxon Valdez oil spill. 1996. Amer. Fish. Soc. Sym. 18:785-797.

Matsuoka, S.M. 1996. Habitat selection and nestling ecology of Townsend's Warblers (Dendroica townsendi) in southcoastal Alaska. M.S. Thesis. University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Bowman, T.D., P.F. Schempf, and J.A. Bernatowicz 1995. Bald eagle survival and population dynamics in Alaska after the Exxon Valdez oil spill. 1995. Journal of Wildlife Management 59: 317-324.

Jacobson, M.J.  1995.  Bald eagle surveys in Alaska's Chilkat Valley, 1984-94.  Journal of Raptor Research, 29(1): 58-59. Abstract only.

Garcelon, D.K., E.G. Lobkov, M.J. McGrady, M.R. Fuller, I. Utekhina, P. Schempf, E.R. Potapov, and H. Nakagawa.  1994.  Preliminary report on the status of Steller's sea eagles in Russia.  Journal of Raptor Research, 28(1): 57. 1994. Abstract only.

Schempf, P.F.  1994.  Bald eagle nesting chronology and implications for surveys.  Journal of Raptor Research, 28(1): 65. 1994. Abstract only.

Blakely, K.L., J.A. Crawford, and R.M. Oates. 1993. Temporal variation in the diets of California quail in western Oregon. Great Basin Naturalist 53:305-309.

Henny, C.J., B. Conant, and D.W. Anderson. 1993. Recent distribution and status of nesting bald eagles in Baja California, Mexico. Journal of Raptor Research 27:203-209.

Jacobson, M.J. 1993.  A review of the bald eagle translocation projects in Alaska.  Journal of Raptor Research, 27(1):74.

Kralovec, M.L., M.R. Fuller, P.F. Schempf, and M.R. Vaughan.  1993.  Use of satellite telemetry in monitoring bald eagle movements.  Journal of Raptor Research, 27(1): 76. 1993. Abstract only.

Bloom, P.H., J.L. Henckel, E.H. Henckel, J.K. Schmutz, B. Woodbridge, J.R. Bryan, R.L. Anderson, P.J. Detrich, T.L. Maechtle, J.O. McKinley, M.D. McCrary, K. Titus, and P.F. Schempf.  1992.  The dho-gasa with great-horned owl lure: an analysis of its effectiveness in capturing raptors.  Journal of Raptor Research, 26(3): 167-178.

Curtis, P.D., P.D. Doerr, P.D., R.M. Oates, and K.H. Pollock, K.H. 1989. Whistling-cock indices as a measure of northern bobwhite harvest in North Carolina. Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Conference Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 43:253-259.

Schempf, P.F. 1989.  Raptors in Alaska.  National Wildlife Federation Scientific Technical Series. 12:144-154.

Ambrose, R.E., R. J. Ritchie, C.M. White, P.F. Schempf, T. Swem, and R. Dittrick.  1988.  Changes in the status of peregrine falcon populations in Alaska.  Pages 73-82 In Peregrine Falcon Populations. Their Management and Recovery (T.J. Cade, J.H. Enderson, C.G. Thelander and C.M. White, eds).

Blakely, K.L., J.A. Crawford, R.M. Oates and K.M. Kilbride. 1988. Invertebrate matter in the diet of California quail in western Oregon. Murrelet 69:75-78.

Hodges, J.I., E.L. Boeker, and A.J. Hansen, 1987. Movements of radio-tagged bald eagles, Haliaeetus leucocephalus in and from southeastern Alaska. Canadian Field-Naturalist 101:136-140.

Crawford, J.A. and R.M. Oates. 1986. Sex and age ratios of shot and trapped California quail. Wildlife Society Bulletin 14:380-382.

Ambrose, R.E., R.J. Ritchie, P.F. Schempf, T. Swem, and R. Dittrick.  1985.  Status of peregrine populations in Alaska since 1965.  Raptor Research Foundation Symposium on the Management of Birds of Prey. International Meeting. Session 4. International Peregrine Conference Twenty-year Anniversary Meeting. p. 1. 1985. Abstract only.

Hansen, A.J. and J.I. Hodges. 1985. High rates of nonbreeding adult bald eagles in southeastern Alaska. Journal of Wildlife Management 49:454-458.

Conant, B., A.N. Novara, and C.J. Henny. 1984. Monitoring bald eagle nesting in Baja California, Mexico. Journal of Raptor Research 18:36-37.

Hodges, J.I., J.G. King, and R. Davies. 1984. Bald eagle breeding population survey of coastal British Columbia. Journal of Wildlife Management 48:993-998.

Oates, R.M. and J.A. Crawford 1983. Effects of habitat manipulation on California quail in western Oregon. Journal of Wildlife Management 47:229-234.

Hodges, J.I. 1982. Bald eagle nesting studies in Seymour Canal, southeast Alaska. Condor 84: 125-127.

Crawford, J. A., R.M. Oates, and D.H. Helfer. 1979. Avian pox in California quail from Oregon. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 15: 447-449.

Hodges, J.I., J.G. King, and F.C. Robards. 1979. Resurvey of the bald eagle breeding population in southeast Alaska. Journal of Wildlife Management 43:219-221.

Dau, C.P. and J. Paniyak. 1977. Hoopoe, a first record for North America. Auk 94:601.

Dau, C.P., and D.D. Gibson. 1974. Common rosefinch, a first record for North America. Auk 91:185-186

Last Updated: November 9, 2009