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Ryder, T. B. and D. B. McDonald. In Prep. Networks in the Wire-tailed manakin: Social, reproductive and evolutionary implications. Hidalgo, J. R., T. B. Ryder, W. P. Tori, R. Duraes, J. G. Blake and B. A. Loiselle. In Prep. Nest architecture of three species of manakins. Ryder, T. B., J. G. Blake, B. A. Loiselle and P. G. Parker. In Prep. Coordinated display in the Wire-tailed manakin: social dynamics, male relatedness and evolutionary function. Fair, J. M., T. B. Ryder, B. A. Loiselle, J. G. Blake, J. M. Heikoop, and T. E. Larson. In Prep. Estimates of dietary overlap in six species of Amazonian Manakins using stable isotopes. Wolfe, J. D., T. B. Ryder and P. Pyle. In Review. Using molt cycles to categorize age in tropical birds: An integrative new system. Condor Wolfe, J. D., and T. B. Ryder. In Review. Misuse of the calendar-based age-classification system to age tropical birds: A critique of a recent paper on manakin molt and plumage. Condor Ryder, T. B., R. Duraes, W. P. Tori, J. R. Hidalgo, B. A. Loiselle, and J. G. Blake. In Review. Modeling nest survival for two species of manakins (AVES: Pipridae) in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Journal of Avian Biology. Loiselle, B. A., T. B. Ryder, R. Duraes, W. P. Tori, J. G. Blake, and P. G. Parker. 2007. Genetic relatedness of males at leks of four Pipridae species. Behavioral Ecology 18: 287-291.
Loiselle, B. A., J. G. Blake, R. Duraes, T. B. Ryder, and W. P. Tori. 2007. Environmental segregation in lek sites among six co-occuring species of manakins (Aves: Pipridae) in eastern Ecuador. Auk 124: 420-431.
Loiselle, B. A., P. G. Blendinger, J. G. Blake, and T. B. Ryder. 2007. Ecological redundancy in seed dispersal systems: A comparison between manakins (Aves: Pipridae) in two tropical forests. Dennis, A. J., Schupp, E. W., Green, R., and Wescott, D. W. (Eds). Seed Dispersal: Theory and its application in a changing world. CABI Publishing, Wallingford, UK.
Tori, W. P., T. B. Ryder, R. Duraes, J. R. Hidalgo. B. A. Loiselle, and J. G. Blake. 2006. Obtaining offspring genetic material: A new method for nests with high predation. Condor 108: 948-952. Ryder, T. B., J. G. Blake, and B. A. Loiselle. 2006. A test of the hotspot hypothesis for three species of manakins (AVES: Pipridae). Auk 123: 247-258. (PDF) Ryder, T. B., and R. Duraes. 2005. Using molt limits to age and sex green-plumage manakins (AVES: Pipridae). Ornithologia Neotropcial 16: 481-491. (PDF) Tang-Martinez, Z. and T. B. Ryder. 2005. The problem with paradigms: Bateman’s worldview as a case study. Integrative and Comparative Biology 45: 821-830. (PDF) Ryder, T. B., and C. C. Rimmer. 2003. Latitudinal variation in the definitive prebasic molt of Yellow Warblers. Wilson Bulletin 115: 325-331. |
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RELEVANT CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS: Ryder, T. B. and Duraes, R. August 2005. Using molt and morphological data to age and sex green plumage manakins. American Ornithologists’ Union. Quebec, Canada Tang-Martinez, Z., and T. B. Ryder, January 2004. The problem with paradigms-Bateman’s Principle as a case study. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, New Orleans, Louisiana Ryder, T. B., J. G. Blake, and B. A. Loiselle, August 2003. A test of the environmental hotspot hypothesis for three species of manakins (Aves: Pipridae). American Ornithologists’Union, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. Loiselle, B. A., J. G. Blake, and T. B. Ryder. 2002. Spatial patterns of habitat use by manakins (Pipridae) in a lowland wet forest in Ecuador: preliminary results from captures and spot-mapping. American Ornithologists’ Union, New Orleans, Louisiana. COLLABORATORS: Zuleyma Tang-Martinez (University of Missouri-St. Louis), Patricia G. Parker (University of Missouri-St. Louis), Alex Scheuerlein (University of Missouri-St. Louis), Kevin Matson (University of Missouri-St. Louis), Chris Rimmer (Vermont Institute of Natural Science), Kent McFarland (Vermont Institute of Natural Science) GRADUATE ADVISORS: PhD advisor: John G. Blake. Dissertation Advisory Committee: Bette A. Loiselle and Patricia G. Parker (University of Missouri- St. Louis), Mercedes S. Foster (USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center Smithsonian Institution), David B. McDonald (University of Wyoming) |
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THOMAS B. RYDER, PhD Candidate Dept. of Biology, University of Missouri-St. Louis 1 University Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63121-4499 |
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PAINTINGS FROM TOP TO BOTTOM– © Guy Tudor, Birds of South America, © J. Wilczur, Handbook of the Birds of The World V9, © Guy Tudor, Birds of South America 1989, © Guy Tudor, Birds of Colombia |