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The following publications are written by or coauthored by members of the YYNHRG. They are in no particular order. Follow links to pdfs.

1. Greeney, HF & JO Stireman 2001. The emergence of parasitic flies from adult Actinote diceus in Ecuador. Journal of the Lepidopterists Society 55: 79-80.

2. Greeney, HF. 2002. First description of the nest for the Bicolored Antvireo (Dysithamnus occidentalis), with notes on its behavior in eastern Ecuador. Ornitologia Neotropical 13:297-299.

3. Greeney, HF & MT Jones 2003. Shelter building in the Hesperiidae: a classification scheme for larval shelters. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 37:27-36.

4. Greeney, HF & AD Warren 2003. Notes on the natural history of Eantis thraso (Hesperiidae: Pyrginae) in Ecuador. Journal of the Lepidopterists Society 57:43-46.

5. Bollino, M, HF Greeney & F Vitale. 2002. On some hitherto unknown females of the genus Catasticta (Lepidoptera, Pieridae) from Ecuador (South America). Lambillionea CII:267-272.

6. Dobbs, RC, PR Martin, C Batista, H Montag, & HF Greeney. 2003. Notes on the egg-laying, incubation, and nestling care in the Scaled Antpitta Grallaria guatemalensis. Cotinga 19: 65-70.

7. Greeney, HF 2003. Brief considerations on the diet, day roost, and juveniles of the Rufous-banded Owl (Strix albitarsis) in eastern Ecuador. Lundiana 4:67-68.

8. Martin, P.R., RC Dobbs, & HF Greeney, M Doveston, & H Creber 2004. First report of the Black-throated Blue Warbler (Dendroica caerulescens) from Ecuador. Cotinga 21: 60-62. (color figure).

9. Greeney, HF, EC Hannelly, & M. Lysinger 2004. First description of the nest and vocalizations of the Peruvian Antpitta (Grallaricula peruviana) with a northward range extension. Cotinga 21: 14-17.

10. Greeney, HF & AD Warren. 2004. Natural history and shelter building behavior of Noctuana haematospila (Hesperiidae) in Ecuador. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 59: 6-9.

11. Greeney, HF & AD Warren. (Accepted) Natural history and shelter building behavior of Vittius coryna coryna (Hesperiidae) in Ecuador. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia

12. Greeney, HF, RA Gelis, & R White 2004. Notes on breeding birds from and Ecuadorian Amazonian forest. Bulletin of the British Ornithological Club: 124: 28-37.

13. Dobbs, RC, HF Greeney, & PR Martin 2003. The nest and nesting behavior of the Rusty-winged Barbtail (Premnornis guttuligera). Wilson Bulletin 115: 367-373.

14. Greeney, HF, PR Martin, RC Dobbs, M Lysinger & RA Gelis 2005. Notes on the breeding of Basileuterus warblers in Ecuador. Bulletin of the British Ornithological Club 125: 129-135.

15. Greeney, HF, RC Dobbs & RA Gelis 2005. First description of the nest, eggs, nestlings, and parental care of the Bronze-olive Pygmy Tyrant (Pseudotriccus pelzelni). Ornitologia Neotropical 16: 511-518.

16. Greeney, HF, RC Dobbs, GIC Diaz, S. Kerr, & JG Hayhurst (Submitted). Breeding of the Green-fronted Lancebill (Doryfera ludovicae) in eastern Ecuador. Ornitologia Neotropical

17. Greeney, HF 2004. Breeding behavior of the Bicolored Antvireo (Dysithamnus occidentalis). Ornitologia Neotropical 15: 349-356.

18. Greeney, HF, J Port & F Werner 2004. First description of the nest of the Barred Puffbird (Nystalus radiatus). Ornitologia Neotropical 15: 285-288.

19. Hannelly, EC & HF Greeney 2004. Observations on the nesting and incubation behavior of the Tropical Gnatcatcher (Polioptila plumbea). Ornitologia Neotropical 15: 539-542.

20. Greeney, HF & PJ DeVries 2004. Evidence for an alarm pheromone in the longhorn beetle, Schwarzerion holochlorum Bates (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Coleopterists Bulletin 58: 642-643.

21. Greeney, HF, N Krabbe, M Lysinger & WC Funk 2004. Natural history of the Fulvous-breasted Flatbill (Rhynchocyclus fulvipectus) in eastern Ecuador. Ornitologia Neotropical 15: 365-370.

22. Greeney, HF & P Wetherwax 2005. Observations on the brooding behavior of the Lyre-tailed Nightjar (Uropsalis lyra). Cotinga 23: 44-47.

23. Greeney, HF, RA Gelis , EC Hannelly & PJ DeVries 2004. Further observations on the breeding of the Peruvian Antpitta (Grallaricula peruviana). Ornitologia Neotropical 15: 403-406.

24. Funk, WC & LS Mills 2003. Potential causes of population declines in forest fragments in an Amazonian frog. Biological Conservation 111:205-214.

25. Funk, WC, D Almeida-Reinoso, F Nogales-Sornosa, & MR Bustamante 2003. Monitoring population trends of Eleutherodactylus frogs. Journal of Herpetology 37:245-256.

26. Greeney, HF & CJF Rombough 2005. First nest of the Chusquea Tapaculo (Scytalopus parkeri) in southern Ecuador. Ornitologia Neotropical 16: 439-440.

27. Greeney, HF. 2004a. A nest of the Spot-fronted Swift in north-eastern Ecuador Bulletin of the British Ornithologists Club 124:154-156.

28. Greeney, HF, J Hualinga, JFV Bernstein, & B Bixenmann 2005. Observations at a nest of the Thrush-like Antpitta Myrmothera campanisoma in eastern Ecuador Cotinga 23: 60-62.

29. Greeney, HF. 2005. The nest, eggs, and incubation rhythms at a nest of the Sickle-winged Guan (Chamaepetes goudotii fagani) in western Ecuador. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists Club 125: 113-116.

30. Greeney, HF & F. Sornoza 2005. The nest and egg of the Slate-crowned Antpitta (Grallaricula nana), with observations on incubation behavior in southern Ecuador. Ornitologia Neotropical 16: 137-140.

31. Martin, PR & RC Dobbs 2004. Description of the nest, egg, and nestling of Watkins's Antpitta Grallaria watkinsi. Cotinga 21:35-37.

32. Greeney, HF & JJ Young (Accepted). Observations on the shelter building behavior of some Asian skipper larvae (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae). Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera

33. Greeney, HF 2004b. Fallen flower bracts of the stilt-root palm Iriartea deltoidea (Palmae: Iriarteae) as phytotelmata habitats in a lowland Ecuadorian rainforest. Milwaukee Public Museum Contributions in Biology and Geology 101. 22 pp.

34. Greeney, HF & RA Gelis. 2005. Juvenile plumage and vocalisations of Jocotoco Antpitta Grallaria ridgleyi. Cotinga 23: 79-81.

35. Greeney, HF, RC Dobbs, PR Martin, K Halupka, & RA Gelis. 2005. Nesting and foraging ecology of the Rufous-crowned Tody-Flycatcher (Poecilotriccus ruficeps) in eastern Ecuador. Ornitologia Neotropical 16: 427-432.

36. Greeney, HF & PR Martin 2005. High in the Ecuadorian Andes: the nest and eggs of the Tawny Antpitta (Grallaria quitensis). Ornitologia Neotropical 16: 567-571.

37. Greeney, HF & RA Gelis 2005. A nest of the Rufous Antpitta depredated by a Turqoise Jay. Cotinga 24: 110-111.

38. Greeney, HF, C Dingle, RC Dobbs, & PR Martin 2006. The natural history of the Streak-necked Flycatcher (Mionectes striaticollis) in northeastern Ecuador. Cotinga 25: in press.

39. Greeney, HF. 2005. The nest and eggs of the Yellow-whiskered Bush Tanager (Chlorospingus parvirostris) in eastern Ecuador. Ornitologia Neotropical 16: 437-438.

40. Greeney, HF & AD Warren (In prep). The natural history and shelter building behavior of Falga jeconia ombra Evans, 1955 in eastern Ecuador (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae, Hesperiinae). Revista Brasiliera de Zoologia

41. Greeney, HF & RA Gelis 2005. The nest and nestlings of the Long-tailed Tapaculo (Scytalopus micropterus). Ornitologia Colombiana 3: 88-91.

42. Dobbs, RC & HF Greeney (In Review). Nesting and foraging ecology of the Rufous-breasted Flycatcher (Leptopogon rufipectus) in eastern Ecuador. Ornitologia Neotropical

43. Gelis, RA & HF Greeney (In prep). The nest of the Long-tailed Antbird Drymophila caudata. Cotinga

44. Greeney, HF, ADL Bücker & N. Harbers 2005. Parental care of the Blackish Tapaculo (Scytalopus latrans) in northeastern Ecuador. Ornitologia Neotropical 16: 283-286.

45. Greeney, HF & T Nunnery (Accepted). Notes on the breeding of northwestern Ecuadorian birds. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists Club

46. Greeney, HF 2006. The nest and eggs fo the Ocraceous Attila (Attila torridus) in southwestern Ecuador with notes on parental care. Cotinga 25: in press.

47. Greeney, HF 2005. Incubation behavior of the Peruvian Antpitta (Grallaricula peruviana). Ornitologia Neotropical 16: in press.

48. Greeney, HF, A McLean, ADL Bücker, RA Gelis, D Cabrera & F Sornoza (Accepted). Incubation behavior of the Long-wattled Umbrellabird

(Cephalopterus penduliger). Ornitologia Neotropical

49. Greeney, HF, RA Gelis, C Dingle, J. F. Vaca B., N. Krabbe, & M. Tidwell. (Submitted) First description of the nest and eggs of the Plain-backed Antpitta (Grallaria haplonota) from eastern Ecuador. Ornitologia Neotropical

50. Greeney, HF, LH Jamieson, RC Dobbs, PR Martin & RA Gelis 2006. Observations on the nest, eggs, and natural history of the Highland Motmot (Momotus aequatorialis) in eastern Ecuador. Ornitologia Neotropical 17: in press.

51. Funk, WC, AE Greene, R Benson, B. Maxell & AW Allendorf. (In Preparation). Elevational variation in ovum size in Columbia spotted frogs (Rana luteiventris): does gene flow limit phenotypic divergence?

52. Guayasamin, JM, MR Bustamante, D Almeida-Reinoso & WC Funk. (Accepted). New species of glass frogs (Centrolenidae) from the Amazonian slopes of Ecuador, with comments on the generic and intrageneric classification of the family. Scientific Papers, Natural History Museum, The University of Kansas.

53. Greeney, HF, RC Dobbs, M Juina, & M Lysinger. (In preparation). The nest and eggs of Olive-chested Flycatcher (Myiophobus cryptoxanthus) from eastern Ecuador with comments on breeding of Bran-colored Flycatcher (M. fasciatus) in western Ecuador. Ornitologia Neotropical

54. Funk, WC, AE Greene, PS Corn, & FW Allendorf. 2005. High dispersal in a frog species suggests that it is vulnerable to habitat fragmentation. Biology Letters (Royal Society of London). 1: 13-16.

55. Funk, WC, MA Donnelly, & KR Lips. 2005. Alternative views of amphibian toe-clipping. Nature 433: 193.

56. Funk, WC, MS Blouin, PS Corn, BA Maxell, DS Pilliod, S Amish & FW Allendorf. 2005. Population structure of Columbia spotted frogs (Rana luteiventris) is strongly affected by landscape. Molecular Ecology 14: 483-496.

57. Funk, WC, J Tyburczy, KL Knudsen, KR Lindner, & FW Allendorf. 2005. Genetic basis of variation in morphological life history traits of a wild population of pink salmon. Journal of Heredity 96: 24-31.

58-59. (Reserved by WC Funk)

60. Martin, PR & HF Greeney 2006. Description of the nest and eggs of the Chestnut-crowned Antpitta, Grallaria ruficapilla, from the eastern Ecuadorian Andes. Cotinga 25: in press

61. Vaca, JFV, HF Greeney, RA Gelis, C Dingle, N Krabbe & M Tidwell (Submitted). The nest and eggs of the Red-winged Woodrail Aramides calopterus from the foothills of northeastern Ecuador. Cotinga.

62. Greeney, HF, N Sherman, R Lynch, & I Harms. (In preparation). The nest and eggs of Maroon-chested Ground Dove Claravis mondetoura in southeastern Ecuador. Cotinga

63. Dobbs, RC, PR Martin, & MJ Kuehn. 2001. On the nest, eggs, nestlings, and parental care in the Scaled Antpitta (Grallaria guatimalensis). Ornitologia Neotropical 12: 225-233.

64. Martin, PR & JK McKay. 2004. Latitudinal variation in genetic divergence of populations and the potential for future speciation. Evolution 58: 938-945.

65. Ghalambor, C, RB Huey, PR Martin, JJ Tewksbury, & G Wang. 2005. Are mountain passes higher in the tropics? Janzen's hypothesis revisited. Journal of Integrative and Comparative Biology 45: in press.

66. Martin, PR & JJ Tewksbury. (in review). The latitudinal gradient in diversity is two patterns.

67. Martin, PR, JJ Tewksbury, HD Bradshaw, Jr., & JK McKay. (in review). The role of mitochondrial DNA phylogenies in obscuring avian biological diversity and misleading conservation policy.

68. Greeney, HF, K Zyskowski, & N Sherman. (In preparation). The nest, eggs, and nestlings of the Rufous-naped Brush-Finch (Atlapetes latinuchus latinuchus) in southeastern Ecuador. Ornitologia Neotropical

69. Greeney, HF, W Dameron & H Brodkin (In Preparation). An interspecific mating attempt between a male Siproeta epaphus Latreille and a female Anartia amathea Linnaeus (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera.

70. Greeney, HF & RA Gelis. 2006. Observations on the nesting of the Olive Finch (Lysurus castaneiceps) in eastern Ecuador. Ornitologia Neotropical 17: in press.

71. Funk, WC, G Fletcher-Lazo, F Nogales-Sornosa & D Almeida-Reinoso 2004. First description of a clutch and nest site for the genus Caecilia (Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae). Herpetological Review 35:128-130.

72. Funk, WC, AE Greene, PS Corn & FW Allendorf. (Submitted). High dispersal in a frog species suggests amphibians vulnerable to habitat fragmentation. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B.

73. Funk, WC, MS Blouin, PS Corn, BA Maxell, DS Pilliod, S Amish & FW Allendorf. (Submitted). Population structure of Columbia spotted frogs (Rana luteiventris) is strongly affected by the landscape. Molecular Ecology.

74. Greeney, HF & RA Gelis. (In review). Observations on parental care of the Moustached Antpitta (Grallaria alleni) in northwestern Ecuador. Ornitologia Neotropical

75. Dobbs, RC. 2003. Behavioral notes on some breeding birds in southern Utah. Western Birds 34: 42-44.

76. Dobbs, RC. 2003. First record of Townsend's Solitaire (Myadestes townsendi) from Louisiana. Journal of Louisiana Ornithology 6: 1-4.

77. Dobbs, RC. 2005. Breeding biology of Dusky Flycatchers (Empidonax oberholseri) in a southern Utah mixed conifer-aspen woodland. Journal of Field Ornithology 76: 183-192.

78. Dobbs, RC & M Huizinga. 2005. Noteworthy records of migrant birds in the Bolivian Chaco. Cotinga 23: 82-83.

79. Dobbs, RC, HF Greeney, & PR Martin (In preparation). Nesting ecology and behavior of the White-throated Quail-Dove (Geotrygon frenata) in Ecuador.

80. Gelis, RA, HF Greeney, M Cooper, & C Dingle. (submitted). The nest, eggs, nestlings, and fledglings of Fiery-throated Fruiteater (Pipreola chlorolepidota) in northeastern Ecuador. Cotinga

81. Muchhala, N.C. and P.J. Jarrin-V. 2002. Flower visitation by bats in cloud forests of western Ecuador. Biotropica 34:387-395.

82. Muchhala, N.C. 2003. Exploring the boundary between pollination syndromes: Bats and hummingbirds as pollinators of Burmeistera cyclostigmata and B. tenuiflora. Oecologia 134: 373-380.

83. Cramer, J. M., M. L. Cloud, N. C. Muchhala, A. E. Ware, B. H. Smith, G. B. Williamson. 2003. A test of the bicolored fruit display hypothesis: Berry removal with artificial fruit flags. The Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 130(1): 30-33.

84. Muchhala, N.C. and T.A. Munroe. 2004. A new species of Soleichthys (Soleidae: Pleuronectiformes) from tropical seas off northern Australia. Ichthyological Research 51:57-62

85. Fleming, T.H., N.C. Muchhala, and P. Ornelas. 2004. New world nectar-feeding vertebrates: Community patterns and processes. Book chapter in: V. Sanchez-Cordero and R. A. Medellin, eds. Contribuciones Mastozoologicos en Homenaje a Bernardo Villa. (In press).

86. Muchhala, N.C. and T. G. Lammers. 2005. A new species of Burmeistera (Campanulaceae) from Ecuador. Novon 15: 176-179.

87. Muchhala, N.C., P. Mena V., and L. Albuja V. 2005. A new species of Anoura (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from the Ecuadorian Andes. Journal of Mammology 86: 457-461.

88. Martin, PR, F Bonier, & D Gibson. (in press). First nest of the Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris for Alaska, with notes on breeding biology. Western Birds.

89. Bonier, F, PR Martin, & JC Wingfield. (in review). Elevated stress hormones in male, but not female, urban birds.

90. Halupka K & M Borowiec. 2006. Male whitethroats, Sylvia communis, advertise their future contribution to parental care. Behaviour : in press.

91. Greeney, HF & SL Erazo M. 2005. A nest of the Sickle-winged Guan Chamaepetes goudotii tschudii in eastern Ecuador. Bulletin of the Cracid Specialist Group 21: 38-46.

92. Dingle, C, IJ Lovette, C Canaday, & TB Smith. 2006. Elevational speciation and the phylogenetic relationships of the Henicorhina wood-wrens. Auk: in press.

93. Greeney, HF. (in review). Two nests of the Grass-green Tanager Chlorornis riefferii on the ground. Cotinga.

94. Florian

95. -Golden tanager

96-99. (Reserved by C. Dingle)

100-110. (Reserved by T. Walla)

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