… MARK Ta STANBACK … In most of the examples we discuss, however, Wf(m...) is set
unrealistically low so as to allow us to focus on the differences between We and Wd. …

… m mast years were randomly distributed or tended to occur in successive years. For each m,
we simulated 1000 trees with m … From these numbers, we estimated the number of runs of m …

… However, predation seems to be the main cause of nest loss (MT Stanback unpubl. data).
Gopher snakes (Pituophis melanoleucus) are the most common nest predators (Eichholz and …

… Trees were all located within 1 km of the Hastings weather station and were within l 00 m
elevation of each other. We recorded the first date on which each tree was in bloom (as …

Data from the North American Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) suggest that populations of aerial
insectivorous birds are declining, particularly in northeastern regions of the continent, and …

Climate change models often assume similar responses to temperatures across the range
of a species, but local adaptation or phenotypic plasticity can lead plants and animals to …

… Haydock, WD Koenig, and MT Stanback, unpublished data). Offspring are parented by im(Mumme …
Mumme, and MT Stanback. 1992. The evolution of delayed dispersal in cooperative …

Dispersal data are inevitably biased toward short-distance events, often highly so. We illustrate
this problem using our long-term study of Acorn Woodpeckers (Melanerpes formicivorus) …

… , eggs hatch asynchronously (usually a few hours apart), and birds hatching more than
24 h after the first egg tend not to be fed by adults and almost invariably die (MT Stanback, …

… This paper reports on a study (Stanback 1991) that compiled and analyzed a large
frequency-based vocabulary in order to group words by syllable patterns for teaching reading, …