Gila-San Francisco Coordinating Committee - Technical Subcommittee
Reference Literature - Relevant Desert Southwest

Ornithology

• Anderson, B.W., A. Higgins, and R.D. Ohmart. 1977. Avian use of saltcedar communities in the lower Colorado River Valley. Pages 128-136 in R.R. Johnson and D.A. Jones (tech. coords.) Importance, preservation, and management of riparian habitat. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RM-43. Fort Collins, CO.

• Boren, J. 1997. Report, 44: Brown-headed Cowbird parasitism on Southwestern Willow Flycatcher: a literature review. Las Cruces, New Mexico, New Mexico State University, Agricultural Experiment Station, Cooperative Extension Service, Range Improvement Task Force.

• Broadhead, K. M. 2005. The influence of riparian-canopy structure and coverage in the breeding distribution of the Southwestern Willow Flycatcher. Masters’ Thesis. Montana State University, Bozeman, MT

• Brown B.T. & Trosset M.W. 1989. Nesting-habitat relationships of riparian birds along the Colorado River in Grand Canyon, Arizona. Southwestern Naturalist 34, 260-270.

• Cardinal, S. N. 2005. Conservation of Southwestern Willow Flycatchers: home range and habitat use by an endangered passerine. M. S. Thesis. Northern Arizona University. 46 p.

• Cartron, J.-L. E., D. A. Dean, S. H. Stoleson, and P. J. Polechla. 2004. Nesting of Swainson's Hawks (Buteo swainsoni) in riparian woodlands of New Mexico. New Mexico Ornithological Society Bulletin 32: 91-94.

• DeGraaf, R. M., and J. H. Rappole. 1995. Neotropical migratory birds: natural history, distribution, and population change. Comstock Publishing Associates, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY.

• DeLay, L. S., S. H. Stoleson, and M. Farnsworth. 2002. A quantitative analysis of the diet of the Southwestern Willow Flycatchers in the Gila Valley, New Mexico. Final Report to T & E Inc.14 p.

• Dockens, P. E. T. and C. E. Paradzick (Eds.) 2004. Mapping and monitoring Southwestern Willow Flycatcher breeding habitat in Arizona: a remote sensing approach. Tech. Rep. 223. Arizona Game and Fish Department, Phoenix, AZ. 82 p.

• Drost C.A., E.H. Paxton, M.K. Sogge and M.J. Whitfield. 2001. Food habits of the endangered southwestern willow flycatcher. Final Report to U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Salt Lake City, UT.

• Durst, S. L., M. K. Sogge, H. English, S. O. Williams, B. E. Kus, and S. J. Sferra. 2005. USGS Southwest Biological Science Center, Colorado Plateau Research Station, report to the Bureau of Reclamation. 18 p.

• Ellis, L.M. 1995. Bird use of saltcedar and cottonwood vegetation in the Middle Rio Grande Valley of New Mexico. Journal of Arid Environments 30:339-349.

• Farley G.H., Ellis L.M., Stuart J.N. & Scott N.J.Jr. 1994a. Avian species richness in defferent-aged stands of Riparian Forest along the Middle Rio Grande, New Mexico. Conservation Biology 8, 1098-1108.

• Farley G.H., Ellis L.M., Stuart J.N. & Scott N.J.Jr. 1994b Birds of restored and mature riparian woodlands in the middle Rio Grande Valley. NMOS Bulletin 22, 25-33

• Finch, D. and S. Stoleson (Eds.). 2000. Status, ecology, and conservation of the Southwestern Willow Flycatcher. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-60. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 131 p.

• Finch, D, M. and S, H. Stoleson (eds). 2000. Status, ecology and conservation of the Southwestern Willow Flycatcher. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS_GTR-60. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station 131p.

• Finch D.M. & W. Yong. Landbird migration in riparian habitats of the middle Rio Grande: a case study. Studies in Avian Biology 20, 88-98. 2000.

• Graf, W. L., J. Stromberg, and B. Valentine. 2002. Rivers, dams and willow flycatchers: a summary of their science and policy connections. Geomorphology 47: 169-188.

• Halterman, M. D. and S. A. Laymon. 1998. Population status, site tenacity, and habitat requirements of the Yellow-billed Cuckoo at the Bill Williams River, Arizona: Summer 1993.

• Hatten, J. R. and C. E. Paradzick. 2003. A multiscaled model of Southwestern Willow Flycatcher breeding habitat. Journal of Wildlife Management 67(4): 774 – 788.

• Hunter, W.C., B.W. Anderson, and R.D. Ohmart. 1987. Avian community structure changes in a mature floodplain forest after extensive flooding. Journal of Wildlife Management 51: 495-502

• Kirkpatrick, Chris. Quantifying Impacts of Groundwater Withdrawal on Avian Communities in the Desert Riparian Woodlands of the Southwestern US. University of Arizona, January 2007

• Knopf F.L. and Samson F.B. 1994. Scale perspectives on avian diversity in western riparian ecosystems. Conservation Biology 8, 669-676

• Kunzmann, M.R., A. Rybak, and P.S. Bennett. 2000. Yellow-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus occidentalis) habitat identification using GPS and GIS based survey information.
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• Laymon, S.A. and M.D. Halterman. 1987. Can the western subspecies of the Yellow-billed Cuckoo be saved from extinction? Western Birds 18:19-25.

• Lite, S. J. and J. C. Stromberg. 2005. Surface water and ground-water thresholds for maintaining Populus-Salix forests, San Pedro River, Arizona. Biological Conservation 125: 153-167.

• Mills G.S., J.B.J. Bunning & J.M. Bates. The relationship between breeding bird density and vegetation volume. Wilson Bulletin 103[3 ], 468-479. 1991.

• Naiman R.J., H. Decamps & M. Pollock. The role of riparian corridors in maintaining regional biodiversity. Ecological Applications 3[2], 209-212. 1993.

• Owen, J. C., and M. K. Sogge. 2002. Physiological condition of southwestern willow flycatchers in native and saltcedar habitats. Flagstaff, AZ, USGS Southwest Biological Science Center, Colorado PLateau Field Station, U.S.Geological Survey report to the Arizona Department of Transportation, Phoenix.

• Owen, J. C., M. K. Sogge, and M. D. Kern. 2005. Habitat and sex differences in physiological condition of breeding southwestern Willow Flycatchers (Empidonax traillii extimus) Auk 122(4): 1261-1270.

• Paradzick, C. E. 2005. Southwestern Willow Flycatcher habitat selection along the Gila and Lower San Pedro Rivers, Arizona: vegetation change and hydrogeomorphic considerations. M. S. Thesis. Arizona State University. 151 p.

• Parody, J.M. and T.H. Parker. 2002. Biogeographic variation in nest placement: a case study with conservation implications. Diversity and Distributions 8:11-20.

• Powell B.F. & R.J. Steidl. 2000. Nesting habitat and reproductive success of southwestern riparian birds. Condor 102[4], 823-831.

• Rosenberg K., Ohmart R. & Anderson B. (1982) Community organization of riparian breeding birds: response to an annual resource peak. Auk. 99, 260-274

• Skagen S.K. The importance of riparian corridors and oases to migrating birds: a research, inventory, and monitoring project. 1995.

• Sedgwick, J. A. 2000. The Birds of North America, No. 533: Willow Flycatcher. Philadelphia, PA, The Birds of North America, Inc.

• Saab V. 1999. Importance of spatial scale to habitat use by breeding birds in riparian forests: A hierarchical analysis. Ecological Applications 9[1], 135-151.

• Skagen, S.K., C.P. Melcher, W.H. Howe, and F.L. Knopf. 1998. Comparative use of riparian corridors and oases by migrating birds in southeast Arizona. Conservation Biology 12: 896-909.

• Snyder W.D. & G.C. Miller. Changes in riparian vegetation along the Colorado River and Rio Grande, Colorado. Great Basin Naturalist 52[4], 357-363. 1992.

• Sogge, M. K., B. E. Kus, S. J. Sferra, and M. J. Whitfield. 2003. Ecology and conservation of the Willow Flycatcher. Studies in Avian Biology No. 26. Cooper Ornithological Society. Allen Press: Lawrence, KS

• Sogge, M. K., E. H. Paxton, and A. Tudor. 2005. Saltcedar and Southwestern Willow Flycatchers: lessons from long-term studies in central Arizona. In Aguirre-Bravo, Celedonio, et al. (Eds.) Monitoring science and technology symposium: unifying knowledge for sustainability in the Western Hemisphere. 2004 Sept. 20-24; Denver, CO. Proceedings RMRS-P037CD. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. CD-ROM.

• Stevens L.E., B.T. Brown, J.M. Simpson & R.R. Johnson. The importance of riparian habitat to migrating birds. U S Forest Service General Technical Report RM-43 , 156-164. 1977.

• Stoleson, S.H., and D.M. Finch. 2000. Landscape-level effects on habitat use, nesting success, and brood parasitism in the southwestern Willow Flycatcher. Report to The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Grant No. 99-254. 5 December 2000.

• Stoleson, S. H., and D. M. Finch. 2002. Breeding bird use of and nesting success in exotic Russian olive in New Mexico. Wilson Bulletin 113:452-455.

• Stromberg J.C. 1993. Riparian mesquite forests: a review of their ecology, threats, and recovery potential. Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science 27, 111-124.

• Strong T.R. & C.E. Bock. 1990. Bird species distribution patterns in riparian habitats in southeastern Arizona. Condor 92[4], 866-885.

• Taylor, R. V. 2003. Factors influencing expansion of the breeding distribution of Bewick’s Wren into riparian forests of the Rio Grande in central New Mexico. Southwestern Naturalist 48(3): 373-382.

• Woodward, H.D., and S.H. Stoleson. 2002. Brown-headed Cowbird attacks southwestern Willow Flycatcher nestlings. Southwestern Naturalist 47:626-628.

• Yong, W. and D.M. Finch. 1997. Population trends of migratory landbirds along the middle Rio Grande. Southwestern Naturalist 42:132-147.