Publications

Loayza, A., and B. A. Loiselle.  2009.  Composition of the bat assemblage during the dry season in a naturally fragmented landscape in Bolivia.  J. Mammology 90: 732-742. (pdf)

Holbrook, K. M., and B. A. Loiselle.  2009. Dispersal in a neotropical tree, Virola flexuosa (Myristicaceae): does hunting of large vertebrates limit seed removal? Ecology 90: 1449-1455. (pdf)

Ryder, T. B., P. G. Parker, J. G. Blake, and B. A. Loiselle.  2009. It takes two to tango: reproductive skew and social correlates of male mating success in a lek breeding bird.  Proceedings Royal Society B.: in press. (pdf)

Durães, R., B. A. Loiselle, P. G. Parker, and J. G. Blake.  2009. Female mate choice across spatial scales: influence of lek and male attributes on mating success of blue-crowned manakins. Proceedings Royal Society B. 276: 1875-1881. (pdf)

Blake, J. G., and B. A. Loiselle. 2009. Species composition of Neotropical understory bird communities: local versus regional perspectives based on capture data.  Biotropica: in press. (pdf)

Loiselle, B. A., P. Jorgensen, T. Consiglio, I. Jimenez, J. G. Blake, L. G. Lohmann, and O.-M. Montiel. 2008. Predicting species distributions from herbarium collections: does climate bias in collection sampling influence model outcome? Journal of Biogeography 35:105-116. (pdf)

Blendinger, P., B. A. Loiselle, and J. G. Blake. 2008. Fruit removal and seed dispersal for two species of Miconia (Melastomataceae) in a lowland wet forest of Ecuador. Oecologia: in press. (pdf)

Graham, C. H., J. Elith, A. Guisan, S. Phillips, B. Loiselle, and R. Hijmans. 2008. The influence of spatial errors in species occurrence data used in distribution models. J. Applied Ecology 45:239-247. (pdf)

Blake, J. G., and B. A. Loiselle. 2008. Estimates of apparent survival rate for forest birds in eastern Ecuador.  Biotropica 40:485-493. (pdf)

Hidalgo, J. R., T. B. Ryder, W. P. Tori, R. Durães, J. G. Blake, and B. A. Loiselle.  2008.  Nest architecture and placement of three manakin species in lowland Ecuador.  Cotinga 29:57-61. (pdf)

Tori, W. P., R. D. Durães, T. B. Ryder, M. Anciães, J. Karubian, R. H. Macedo, A. C. Uy, P. G. Parker, T. B. Smith, A. C. Stein, M. S. Webster, J. G. Blake, and B. A  Loiselle.  2008.  Advances in sexual selection theory: insights from tropical avifauna.  Ornitología Neotropical 19 (Suppl.): 151-163. (pdf)

Ryder, T. B., R. Durães, W. P. Tori, J. R. Hidalgo, B. A. Loiselle, and J. G. Blake. 2008. Nest survival estimates for two species of manakins (Aves: Pipridae) in eastern Ecuador. J. Avian Biology 39:355-358. (pdf)

Loayza, A., and B. A. Loiselle. 2008. Preliminary information on the home range and movement patterns of Sturnira lilium (Phyllostomidae) in a naturally fragmented landscape in Beni, Bolivia.  Biotropica 40: 630-635. (pdf)

Ryder, T. B., D. B. McDonald, J. G. Blake, P. G. Parker, and B. A. Loiselle.  2008.  Social networks in the lek mating Wire-tailed manakin (Pipra filicauda).  Proc. Royal Society B 275: 1367-1374. (pdf)

Wisz, M. S., R. J. Hijmans, J. Li, S. J. Phillips, A. T. Peterson, C. H. Graham, and NCEAS Predicting Species Working Group.  2008.  Effects of sample size on the performance of species distribution models.  Diversity and Distributions 14:763-773. (pdf)

Durães, R., B. Loiselle, and J. Blake. 2008. Spatial and temporal dynamics at leks of the blue-crowned manakin Lepidothrix coronata: reconciling lek traditionality with high male turnover.  Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 62:1947-1957. (pdf)

DeMatteo, K. E., and B. A. Loiselle.  2008. New data on the status and distribution of the bush dog (Speothos venaticus): evaluating its quality of protection and directing research efforts.  Biological Conservation 141:2494-2505. (pdf)

Gomes, V. S. da Mota, B. A. Loiselle, and M. A. S. Alves.  2008. Birds foraging for fruits and insects in shrubby restinga vegeation, southeastern Brail.  Biota Neotropica 8(4) (pdf)

Loiselle, B. A., T. B. Ryder, R. Durães, W. Tori, J. G. Blake, and P. G. Parker. 2007. Genetic relatedness of males at leks of four Pipridae species: no evidence for kin selection. Behavioral Ecology 18:287-291. (pdf)

Loiselle, B. A., J. G. Blake, P. G. Blendinger, and T. B. Ryder. 2007. Ecological redundancy in seed dispersal systems: a comparison between manakins (Pipridae) in two tropical forests. Pp. 178-196 in A. J. Dennis, E. W. Schupp, R. Green, and D. W. Westcott, editors, Seed Dispersal: Theory and its Applications in a Changing World. CABI Publishing, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK. (pdf)

Holbrook, K. M., and B. A. Loiselle. 2007. Using toucan-generated seed shadows to estimate seed dispersal in Amazonia Ecuador. Pp. 300-321 in A. J. Dennis, E. W. Schupp, R. Green, and D. W. Westcott, editors, Seed Dispersal: Theory and its Applications in a Changing World. CABI Publishing, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK. (pdf)

Guisan, A., C. H. Graham, J. Elith, F. Huettmann, and the NCEAS Species Distribution Modeling Group. 2007. Sensitivity of predictive species distribution models to change in grain size: insights from a multi-models experiment across five continents. Diversity and Distribution 13:332-340. (pdf)

Holbrook, K. M., B. A. Loiselle, and A. M. Clark. 2007. Eight polymorphic satellite loci for a Neotropical nutmeg, Virola flexuosa (Myristicaceae). Molecular Ecology Notes 7:248-250. (pdf)

Cadena, C. D., and B. A. Loiselle. 2007. Limits to elevational distributions in two species of Emberizine finches: disentangling the role of interspecific competition, autoecology, and geographic variation in the environment. Ecography30:491-504. (pdf)

Durães, R., J. G. Blake, and B. A. Loiselle. 2007. Intersexual spatial relationships in a lekking species: blue-crowned manakins (Lepidothrix coronata) do not lek at female hotspots. Behavioral Ecology: in press. (pdf)

Loiselle, B. A., J. G. Blake, R. Durães, T. B. Ryder, and W. Tori. 2007. Overlap in environmental space of leks among six co-occurring species of Manakins (Aves: Pipridae) in lowland wet forests of Ecuador. Auk 124:420-431. (pdf)

Ryder, T. B., J. G. Blake, and B. A. Loiselle. 2006. A test of the hotspot hypothesis for lek placement in three species of manakins (Aves, Pipridae). Auk 123:247-258. (pdf)

Elith, J., C. Graham, et al. 2006. Novel methods improve prediction of species’ distributions from occurrence data. Ecography 29:129-151. (pdf)

Tori, W. P., T. B. Ryder, R. Durães, J. R. Hidalgo, B. A. Loiselle, and J. G. Blake. 2006. Obtaining offspring genetic material: a new method for nests with high predation rates. Condor 108:948-952. (pdf)

Romo, M., B. A. Loiselle, and H. Tuomisto. 2004. Does density affect predation rates at different spatial and temporal scales? The case of Dipteryx micrantha a species dispersed by bats. Oecologia 140:76-85. (pdf)

Escalona, T., and B. A. Loiselle. 2003. Podocnemis unifilis, a valuable freshwater turtle used as a local and commercial food resource: assessment on resource use on population structure. Scientia Guaianea 12:419-440.

Marsh, L. K., and B. A. Loiselle. 2003. Recruitment of black howler fruit trees in fragmented forests of Northern Belize. International Journal of Primatology 24:65-86. (pdf)

Loiselle, B. A., C. A. Howell, C. Graham, J. M. Goerck, T. Brooks, K. Smith, and P. H. Williams. 2003. Identifying conservation priorities: sensitivities to model selection. Conservation Biology 17:1591-1600. (pdf)

Loiselle, B. A., and J. G. Blake. 2002. Potential consequences of extinction of frugivorous birds for shrubs of a tropical wet forest. Pages 397-405 in D. J. Levey, W. R. Silva, and M. Galetti (eds.), Seed Dispersal and Frugivory: ecology, evolution and conservation. CABI Publishing, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK.

Loiselle, B. A., R. W. Sussman, and Lord G. Cranbrook. 2002. Tropical vertebrate diversity. Pages 441-448 in R. Chazdon and T. C. Whitmore (eds.), Foundations of Tropical Forest Biology: classic papers with commentaries. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL.

Loiselle, B. A., and R. Dirzo. 2002. Plant-animal interactions and community structure. Pages 269-278 in R. Chazdon and T. C. Whitmore (eds.), Foundations of Tropical Forest Biology: classic papers with commentaries. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL.

Blake, J. G., and B. A. Loiselle. 2002. Habitat use, movements, and survival of manakins (Pipridae) in second-growth and old-growth forests. Auk 119:132-148. (pdf)

Loiselle, B. A., and A. Farji-Brener. 2002. What’s up? An experimental comparison of predation in the canopy and understory in a tropical wet forest. Biotropica 34:327-330. (pdf)

Barrantes, G., and B. A. Loiselle. 2002. Reproduction, habitat use, and natural history of the black-and-yellow silky-flycatcher (Phainoptila melanoxantha), an endemic bird of the western highlands. Ornitologia Neotropical 13:121-136. (pdf)

Blake, J. G., and B. A. Loiselle. 2001. Bird assemblages in second-growth and old-growth forests, Costa Rica: perspectives from mist nets and point counts. Auk 118:304-326. (pdf)

Loiselle, B. A. 2001. Más de 30 años de investigaciones en la Estación Biológica ‘La Selva’, Costa Rica. Pages 28-34 in L. O. Rodríguez, editor, El Manu y otras experiencias de investigación y manejo de bosques neotropicales. Pro-Manu, Cusco, Perú.

Servín, J. A., S. Lyndaker-Lindsay, and B. A. Loiselle. 2001. Pileated woodpecker scavenges on a carcass in Missouri. Wilson Bulletin 113(2):249-250.

Blake, J. G., and B. A. Loiselle. 2000. Diversity of birds along an elevational gradient in the Cordillera Central, Costa Rica. Auk 117:663-686. (pdf)

Loiselle, B. A., and J. G. Blake. 1999. Dispersal of Melastome seeds by fruit-eating birds of tropical forest understory. Ecology 80:330-336. (pdf)

Remsen, J.V., Jr., J. Kushlan, and B.A. Loiselle. 1998. Why ornithological journals should not have bird names: weighing history and tradition against contemporary ornithology. Auk 115: 252-253. (pdf)

Renjifo, L. M., G. P. Servat, J. M. Goerck, B. A. Loiselle, and J. G. Blake. 1998. Patterns of species composition and endemism in the northern Neotropics: a case for conservation of montane avifaunas. Pages 577-594 in Natural History and Conservation of Neotropical Birds, Ted Parker Memorial Volume, J. V. Remsen, ed., Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.

Loiselle, B. A., E. Ribbens, and O. Vargas. 1996. Spatial and temporal variation of seed rain in a tropical lowland wet forest. Biotropica 28:82-95. (pdf)

Loiselle, B. A., V. L. Sork, and C. Graham. 1995. Comparison of genetic variation in bird-dispersed shrubs of a tropical wet forest. Biotropica 27:487-494. (pdf)

Loiselle, B. A., V. L. Sork, J. Nason, and C. Graham. 1995. Spatial genetic structure of a tropical understory shrub, Psychotria officinalis (Rubiaceae). American Journal of Botany 82:1420-1425. (pdf)

Munn, C. A., and B. A. Loiselle. 1995. Canopy access techniques and their importance for the study of tropical forest canopy birds. Pp. 165-177 in M. Lowman and N. Nadkarni (eds.), Forest Canopies - a review of research on this biological frontier. Academic Press, NY.

Loiselle, B. A., and J. G. Blake. 1994. Annual variation in birds and plants of a tropical second growth woodland. Condor 96:368-380. (pdf)

Loiselle, B. A., and J. G. Blake. 1993. Spatial dynamics of understory fruit eating birds in a lowland wet forest. Special Issue of Vegetatio and in A. Estrada and T. H. Fleming, eds., Frugivory and Seed Dispersal, Volume II. Dr. W. Junk Publ., Dordrecht, The Netherlands.

Ellison, A. M., J. S. Denslow, B. A. Loiselle, and D. Brenes M. 1993. Seed and seedling ecology of Neotropical Melastomataceae. Ecology 74:1733-1749. (pdf)

Briceño, R. D., and B. Loiselle. 1993. Carton building ants in a lowland tropical forest: nest characteristics and associated biota. Brenesia 39-40:167-171.

Blake, J. G., and B. A. Loiselle. 1992. Habitat use by neotropical migrants at La Selva Biological Station and Braulio Carrillo National Park, Costa Rica. Pp. 257-272 in J. Hagan and D. W. Johnston, eds. Ecology and conservation of Neotropical landbird migrants. Smithsonian Insitution Press, Washington, D.C.

Blake, J. G., and B. A. Loiselle. 1992. Fruits in the diets of neotropical migrant birds in Costa Rica. Biotropica 24:200-210. (pdf)

Loiselle, B. A., and J. G. Blake. 1992. Population variation in a tropical bird community: implications for conservation. BioScience 42:838-845. (pdf)

Loiselle, B. A., and J. G. Blake. 1991. Temporal variation in birds and fruits along an elevational gradient in Costa Rica. Ecology 72:180-193. (pdf)

Blake, J. G., and B. A. Loiselle. 1991. Variation in resource abundance effects capture rates of birds in three lowland habitats in Costa Rica. Auk 108:114-130. (pdf)

Loiselle, B. A. 1990. Seeds in droppings of tropical fruit eating birds: importance of considering seed composition. Oecologia 82:494-500. (pdf)

Loiselle, B. A., and J. G. Blake. 1990. Diets of understory fruit-eating birds in Costa Rica. Studies in Avian Biology 13:91-103.

Blake, J. G., B. A. Loiselle, T. C. Moermond, D. J. Levey, and J. S. Denslow. 1990. Quantifying abundance of fruits for birds in tropical habitats. Studies in Avian Biology 13:73-79.

Blake, J. G., F. G. Stiles, and B. A. Loiselle. 1990. Birds of La Selva: habitat use, trophic composition, and migrants. Pp. 161-182 in A. Gentry, ed., Four neotropical rain forests. Yale University Press.

Blake, J. G., B. A. Loiselle, and J. P. Vande weghe. 1990. Weights and measurements of some Central African birds. Le Gerfaut 80:3-11.

Loiselle, B. A., J. G. Blake, T. C. Moermond, and D. J. Mason. 1989. Low elevation record for Resplendent Quetzals (Pharomachrus mocinno) in Costa Rica. Journal of Field Ornithology 60:86-88. (pdf)

Loiselle, B.A. 1988. Bird abundance and seasonality in a Costa Rican lowland forest canopy. Condor 90:761-772. (pdf)

Loiselle, B. A. 1987. Migrant abundance in a lowland forest canopy in Costa Rica. Journal of Tropical Ecology 3:163-168. (pdf)

Vande weghe, J. P., and B. A. Loiselle. 1987. The bird fauna of Bururi Forest, Burundi. Le Gerfaut 77:147-164.

Loiselle, B. A., and J. G. Blake. 1984. Site tenacity of birds on Curtis Prairie, Dane County, Wisconsin. Passenger Pigeon 46:16-21.

Loiselle, B. A., and W. G. Hoppes. 1983. Nest predation in insular and mainland lowland rainforest in Panama. Condor 85:93-95. (pdf)