Cover -- URBAN BIRD ECOLOGY and CONSERVATION -- STUDIES IN AVIAN BIOLOGY -- Title -- Copyright -- DEDICATION -- CONTENTS -- Contributors -- Preface -- 1 BEYOND THE GRADIENT: INSIGHTS FROM NEW WORK IN THE AVIAN ECOLOGY OF URBANIZING LANDS -- Part I Mechanisms and Urban-Rural Gradients -- 2 USING GRADIENT ANALYSIS TO UNCOVER PATTERN AND PROCESS IN URBAN BIRD COMMUNITIES -- 3 FROM FORES TS TO CITIES: EFFECTS OF URBANIZATION ON TROPICAL BIRDS -- 4 DOES NEST PREDATION SHAPE URBAN BIRD COMMUNITIES? -- 5 EVALUATING FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE AVIAN COMMUNITY RESPONSE TO URBANIZATION -- 6 IMPACTS OF SEASONAL SMALL-SCALE URBANIZATION ON NEST PREDATION AND BIRD ASSEMBLAGES AT TOURIST DESTINATIONS -- Part II Citizen Science and Demography of Urban Birds -- 7 THE USE OF CITIZEN VOLUNTEERS IN URBAN BIRD RESEARCH -- 8 PAINTED BUNTING CONSERVATION: TRADITIONAL MONITORING MEETS CITIZEN SCIENCE -- 9 A NEW APPROACH TO URBAN BIRD MONITORING: THE TUCSON BIRD COUNT -- 10 DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT OF GREATER ROADRUNNERS IN URBAN AND SUBURBAN ARIZONA -- 11 EDGES, TRAILS, AND REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE OF SPOTTED TOWHEES IN URBAN GREENSPACES -- 12 POST-FLEDGING MOBILITY IN AN URBAN LANDSCAPE -- Part III Human-Avian Interactions and Planning -- 13 AVIAN CONSERVATION IN URBAN ENVIRONMENTS: WHAT DO ECOLOGISTS BRING TO THE TABLE? -- 14 HOW BIOLOGISTS CAN INVOLVE DEVELOPERS, PLANNERS, AND POLICYMAKERS IN URBAN AVIAN CONSERVATION -- 15 PREDICTING AVIAN COMMUNITY RESPONSES TO INCREASING URBANIZATION -- 16 INTERACTIONS BETWEEN PEOPLE AND BIRDS IN URBAN LANDSCAPES -- 17 WHO FEEDS THE BIRDS? A COMPARISON ACROSS REGIONS -- Part IV Future Directions -- 18 URBAN EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY -- Index -- Complete Series List -- Online Content -- SPECIAL TOPIC A DOES HABITAT HETEROGENEITY AFFECT BIRD COMMUNITY STRUCTURE IN URBAN PARKS?.

SPECIAL TOPIC B HOME RANGE AND HABITAT USE OF COOPER'S HAWKS IN URBAN AND NATURAL AREAS.