Curriculum Vitae

Updated, September, 2005

 

Russell P. Balda

Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff AZ 86011

Regents’ Professor of Biology

 

Degrees Held        Dates Received      Institution

 

B.S. (Biology Teaching)  1961    University of Wisconsin‑Oshkosh

M.S. (Zoology)                 1963    University of Illinois

Ph.D. (Ecology)                1967    University of Illinois

 

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

 

Assistant Professor                          1966‑1969  Northern Arizona University

Associate Professor                         1970‑1975  Northern Arizona University

Professor of Biology                        1975-1988  Northern Arizona University

Regents' Professor of Biology        1988 to present, Northern Arizona University

 

POST‑DOCTORAL HONORS AND AWARDS

 

Elected Fellow, American Association for Advancement of Science, (1969)

Ernest P. Edwards Award (Best paper in Wilson Bulletin, 1972)

Selected (1 of 6) to represent the U.S. at the 16th International Ornithological Congress in Canberra, Australia (1974)

Selected (1 of 24) to serve on NSF National Plan for Ornithology, (1976)

Selected to chair panel on Ornithological Education in the U.S. for NSF National Plan for Ornithology, (1976)

Selected to organize a symposium for the 17th International Ornithological Congress in West Berlin, Germany (1978)

Elected Fellow, American Ornithologist's Union (1976)

Elected Fellow, Arizona and Nevada Academy of Sciences (1977)

Awarded an Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship for study in Germany (1977)

Awarded a Fulbright Research Fellowship for study in Germany (1977)

Elected Corresponding Fellow, German Ornithological Society (1979)

Alumni Distinguished Faculty Award, NAU (1979)

Phi Kappa Phi, Outstanding Faculty Award (1981)

Selected to organize a symposium for the 18th International Ornithological Congress in Moscow, Russia (1982)

Selected to organize a symposium for the 19th International Ornithological Congress in Toronto, Canada (1986)

Selected to give keynote address, German Ornithological Society Meeting (1985)

President's Award for Teaching, Research, and Service, NAU (1987)

Selected NAU’s first Regents'  Professor (1988)

Painton Award (1988) (Best paper in The Condor over past four years, with J. Marzluff)

Honorary Member, Cooper Ornithological Society (1991)

Selected to Organize a Round-table Discussion for the 20th International Ornithological Congress, Vienna, Austria (1994)

Selected to participate in two Symposia at the 20th International Ornithological Congress, Vienna, Austria (1994)

Elected Fellow, Animal Behaviour Society (1995)

Selected to a three year term to serve on NSF panel for Dissertation Improvement Grants (1996-2000)

Awarded the Miller Award from the Cooper Ornithological Society for outstanding life-long research in ornithology (1998)

Selected to serve on NSF Animal Behavior review panel (2001)

Selected to present Ralph E. Schrieber Memorial Lecture, Collage of Wooster (2003)

Selected to serve on NSF Animal Behavior review panel (2003)

Selected to participate in a symposium at the 28th International Ethological Congress, Florianopolis, Brazil (2003)

Selected to present Plenary Lecture, Annual Meeting of the American Ornithologist’s Union (2003)

Selected to serve on NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Panel (2004)

Awarded the Brewster Memorial Award from the American Ornithologists’ Union for groundbreaking work on corvid ecology, behavior and cognition (2004)

 

CLASSES TAUGHT

 

Man and His Biological World

The Meaning of Evolution to Modern Man

Ecology and Man

General Ecology

Advanced Ecology

Ornithology

Vertebrate Social Systems

TIPS

Ontogeny of Behavior

Behavioral Ecology

Behavior of Animals

Foraging Orientation (J. W.  Goethe University, Frankfurt)

Major Issues in Ornithology

 

     Student Evaluations consistently well above college average in all classes for past 10 years

 

GRADUATE TRAINING

 
Served as major professor for 42 MS and 16 Ph.D. students who have completed degrees in past 37 years. Have served on more than 120 graduate   committees during  the past 37 years.

 

GRANTS

 

N.S.F. Undergraduate Equipment Grant for Improving Instruction, 1967,($13,000)

Diets, Reproductive Cycles and Habitat Selection by Five Species of Desert Rodents, .IBP‑NSF Desert Biome Study 1972,($74,000). (with T.  A.  Vaughan)

Secondary Succession Along Major Transmission Line Rights‑of‑Way. Arizona Public Service Co. 1973,($206,400). (with C.D. Johnson)

The Effects of Different Timber Harvest Methods on Breeding Birds of the Ponderosa Pine Forest. U.S. Department of Agriculture 1973, ($32,000)

The Importance of Snags in the Pine Forest to Secondary Cavity Nesting Birds. U.S. Department of Agriculture 1974,($7,000)

Travel Grant to attend 16th International Ornithological Congress in Canberra, Australia.  U.S. Research Council 1974, ($1,200)

Travel Grant to attend 1975 and 1976 American Ornithologist Union Meetings to work on a National Plan for Ornithology. NSF ($800)

Natural Resource Survey and Analysis of Sunset Crater and Wupatki National Monuments, Arizona. National Park Service 1976, ($13,675)

Coupling of a Model to Predict Density of Breeding Birds in Ponderosa Pine Forest, to the ECOSIM  family. U.S. Department of Agriculture 1978, ($17,112)

Development of a Model to Predict Density and Diversity of Breeding Birds in Ponderosa Pine Forests. U.S. Department of Agriculture 1978, ($12,500)

The Effects of Wildfire on Bird Populations of the Ponderosa Pine Forest. U.S. Department of Agriculture 1979, ($1,000)

Breeding and Wintering Birds of the Mixed Coniferous Forest, San Francisco Peaks. U.S. Department of Agriculture 1979, ($5,000)

The Effects of Nest Boxes on Bird Densities in the Ponderosa Pine Forest. NFPA‑FTPA 1979, ($31,100)

NSF Travel Grant to attend First International Archaeopteryx Conference in Eickstatt, W. Germany 1984 ($550)

Learning and Memory in Seed Caching Corvids. NSF (with Al Kamil) 1982. ($99,000)

DOG Travel Grant to attend annual meeting, give address 1985, ($3,000)

Spatial Memory in Birds, NSF (with Al Kamil) 1985, ($172,000)

Spotted Owl Habitat Requirements, Arizona Game and Fish Department (with Joe Ganey)1988, ($33,000)

Scrub Jay Caching Patterns in Pinyon‑Juniper Woodlands. U.S. Department of Agriculture (with Lisa Hall) 1988, ($9,850).

Physiological Responses of Spotted Owls, Arizona Game and Fish (with Joe Ganey) 1989, ($9,980)

NIMH Spatial Memory in Seed Caching Birds (with Al Kamil) 1989, ($670,000)

Use of GIS Technology to Map Spotted Owl Habitat, Arizona Game and Fish (with Joe Ganey) 1989, ($15,500)

Research Experiences for Undergraduates, NSF 1989, ($8,000)

Spatial Memory in Seed Caching Corvids, NSF (With Al Kamil)1990, ($167,000)

Natural History and Cognition, NSF (with Al Kamil),1995-2000 (NAU award,$623,300)

Research Experience for Undergraduates, NSF 1996, ($4,000)

Research Experience for Undergraduates, NSF 1999, ($3,700)

Cognition and Natural Selection: Spatial and Social Cognition in Pinyon Jays, NSF 2000-2004, (with Al Kamil & Paul Keim) ($ 360,000)

Wayfinding in Clark’s Nutcrackers, NIH 2000-2005 (with Al Kamil), 1.3 million.

NSF, REU, Mate Selection in Pinyon Jays 2003-2004, ($6,000)

USDA, Habitat Use By Pinyon Jays Experiencing Extreme Drought Conditions, 2003-2005, ($34,000)

NSF, ROA, Hippocampus Morphology in Four Seed Caching Corvids ($6,500) (pending)(not funded)

NIMH, Transitive Inference in Pinyon Jays 2003-2006, ($30,000)

 

 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

 

Membership on Committees

Student Awards Committee of the American Ornithologist’s Union (1969-1976), Chairman (1974-1976) 

Membership Committee of the American Ornithologist's Union (1972-1974)

Assistant Secretary, Cooper Ornithological Society (1972‑1974)

Secretary, Cooper Ornithological Society (1975-1976)

Council Member, Cooper Ornithological Society (1972‑1975)

Member of the Board of Directors, Cooper Ornithological Society (1975‑1978)          

Vice President, Cooper Ornithological Society (1976‑1977)

Chair, Natural Areas Study Committee, Arizona Academy of Sciences (1972), Member (1971‑1976)

Member, Coconino Scientific and Historic Registration Committee  (1974)

Program Committee Member Arizona Public Health Department Symposium on "Man, Ecology and the Law" (1974)

Member of the Arizona Bird Committee (1974‑1978)

Member of the Natural Areas Committee, Arizona Parks and Forests Department (1957‑1977)

Coconino National Forest Advisory Council (1969‑1974)

North Central High School Evaluation Team (1977)

President‑Elect Sigma Xi (1980), President (1981)

Treasurer, NAU Faculty Association (1979‑1981)

Treasurer, Phi Kappa Phi (1981‑1987)

Member of the Board of Directors, American Ornithologist's Union (1980‑1983)

President‑Elect, Cooper Ornithological Society (1985‑1986)

Vice‑President, American Ornithological Union (1983‑1984)

Chair, Committee to Nominate Elective and Honorary Fellows, AOU (1982‑1984)

Member, Committee to Nominate Ornithologists for the Coues and Brewster Awards (1985‑1986, 2003) ( AOU).

Chair, Student Awards Committee, Cooper Ornithological Society (1985‑1986).

President, Cooper Ornithological Society (1987‑1989)

Chair, Centennial Committee, Cooper Ornithological Society (1986-1991)

Chair, Committee to Nominate Honorary Members, COS, (1993-1996)

Member, Editorial Advisory Board, National Forum, Phi Kappa Phi (1988-1993)

President-Elect, Phi Kappa Phi (1992-1993)

President, Phi Kappa Phi (1993-1994)

Editor, Historical Perspectives, The Condor, (1993-2003)

Member, Committee to Select Miller Award Winner COS (1995-1996)

Member, Committee to Nominate Board Members COS (1995-1996)

Member, Committee to Nominate Elected Members and Fellows AOU (1995)

Member, Allee Committee to Select Best Student Paper, Animal Behavior Society (1995)

Chair, Committee to Nominate Elected Members and Fellows AOU (1996)

Principal Organizer of a Symposium, Synthetic Approach to Studying Animal Cognition, 1996

Member, Local Committee to Host ABS Annual Meeting, 1996

Chair, Committee to Nominate Honorary members, COS, (1999-2000, 2001-2002)

Member, Committee to Nominate ornithologists for  Coues and Brewster Awards (2002-2003) Founding Fellow, Arizona Academy of Science, Arts, and Technology (2004-2005)               

 

     

Presentations at Scientific Meetings*

Cooper Ornithological Society Annual Meeting, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001,2002, 2003

American Ornithologists' Union Annual Meeting, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2005

Arizona‑Nevada Academy of Science Annual Meeting, 1967, 1969, 1973

Arizona‑New Mexico Wildlife Society Meeting, 1976

International Ornithological Congress, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994

Deutsche Ornithologen‑Gesellschaft, 1977, 1985, 1988

American Psychonomics Society, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990,1991, 1993

International Archaeopteryx Conference, 1984

Ecological Society of America, 1984

International Foraging Conference, 1984

Society for the Study of Animal Behavior, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992,1993, 1995, 1996, 1997,2003,2004, 2005

International Foraging Ecology Conference, 1990

Synthetic Approach to the Study of Animal Cognition, A Symposium, 1996

International Ethological Congress, 2003

International Behavioral Ecology Congress, 2004

 

*NOTE:  This list does not include 35 presentations co‑authored with my graduate students.

 

     Invited Seminars

Department of Biological Sciences, University of Arizona, 1972

Department of Zoology, Arizona State University, 1971, 1973, 1976

Department of Zoology, New Mexico State University, 1974, 1982

Management of Forest and Range Habitats for Nongame Birds. USFS,1975

Birds and Their Habitats. COS‑WOS Meeting, 1975

Department of Zoology and Entomology, Colorado State University, 1978, 1986

Department of Evolution and Population Biology, University of  Colorado, 1978, 1986

Edward Gray Institute for Ornithology, Oxford University, 1978

Department of Animal Behavior, Free University of Berlin, 1978

Department of Ecology, University of Ghent, Belgium, 1978

Department of Zoology, Louraun La Nouvelle, Belgium, 1978

Department of Biology, Syracuse University, 1979

Department of Biological Sciences, SUNY‑Albany, 1979

The Rockefeller University Field Station, 1979

The University of New Mexico, 1980

Management of Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Habitats for Nongame Birds. Salt Lake City, 1980

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 1980, 1997

Management of Pinyon‑Juniper Woodlands Symposium, New Mexico State University, 1981, 1987

Department of Zoology, University of Massachusetts, 1981

Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts, 1981

Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, 1982

Columbia University, Cognition in Animals, 1982

Department of Ethology, University of Bielefeld, West Germany, 1982, 1984, 1985

Center for Interdisciplinary Study, University of Bielefeld, West Germany, 1978,1982, 1986

Department of Zoology, University of Nevada, Reno, 1983

Management of Ponderosa Pine Forests Symposium, New Mexico State University, 1984

Brown University, Foraging Patterns in Animals, 1984

Institute of Avian Ecology, Wroclaw University, Poland, 1984

Department of Zoology, Goethe University, Frankfurt, W. Germany,1984, 1989, 1991, 1994

Department of Zoology, University of Bielefeld, W. Germany, 1984

Management of Pinyon‑Juniper Woodlands, University of Nevada, Reno, 1986

Department of Wildlife Management, Arizona State University, 1986.

Department of Evolution and Ecology, University of Arizona, 1986

Department of Forestry, Northern Arizona University, 1988

Department of Zoology, University of Innsbruck, Austria, 1989

Max Plank Institute for Animal Behavior, 1989

Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, 1990

Department of Zoology, University of Bern, Switzerland, 1990

Department of Zoology, University of Zurich, Switzerland, 1990

Department of Zoology, University of Lusanne, Switzerland, 1990

Museum of Natural History, Bern, Switzerland, 1991

Heligoland Birds Station, Germany, 1991

Department of Biology, UC, Riverside, 1992

Regents' Professor Lecture, NAUYuma, 1992

Regents' Professor Lecture, NAU, 1992

Department of Biology, Ft. Lewis College, Durango, CO, 1992

Department of Zoology, UC, San Diego, 1993

Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff Science Fair, 1996

Department of Biological Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 1997

Archbold Biological Station, Lake Placid, FL,1998

Department of Zoology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 1998

Department of Ecology, Ethology, and Evolution, University of Nevada, Reno, 1999

Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Washington, 1999

Department of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, 2002.

Department of Biological Sciences, College of Wooster,  2003

Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech. University 2004

(Talks to Audubon Society and Garden Club Chapters too numerous to list)

 

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

1965 Balda, R. P. Loggerhead Shrike Kills Mourning Dove. Condor, 67:359.

 

1966 Balda, R. P. and Barnett, L. B.  Breeding‑bird census of a deciduous forest and forest edge.  Audubon Fieldnotes, 20:633.               

 

1968 Carothers, S. W. and Balda, R. P. Nest protection by the Brown‑headed Cowbird

                              (Molothrus ater). Auk, 82:324‑325.

 

1968 Ligon, J. D. and Balda, R. P. Recent data on the summer birds of the Chiricahua Mountain

                  area, southeastern Arizona.  Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History,

                   15:41‑50.

 

1969 Balda, R. P. Foliage use by birds of the oak‑juniper woodland and ponderosa pine forest in southeastern Arizona.  Condor, 71:399‑412.

 

1970 Carothers, S. W. and Balda, R. P. Abnormal bill of a Western Meadowlark (Sturnella n.

                    neglecta). Auk, 87:173‑174.

 

1970 Balda, R. P. Effects of spring leaf‑fall on composition and density of breeding birds in two

                 woodlands in southeastern Arizona. Condor, 72:325‑331.31.31.31.31.31.

 

1970 Balda, R. P., Weisenberger, G. and Strauss, M. White‑crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia

                  leucophrys) breeding in Arizona. Auk, 87:809.

 

1971 Balda, R. P. and Bateman, G. C. Flocking and annual cycle of  the Pinon Jay

                               (Gymnorhinus  cyanocephalus). Condor, 73:287‑302.

 

1972 Balda, R. P., Bateman, G. C. and Foster, G. F. Flocking associates of the Pinon Jay.  Wilson

                Bulletin, 84:60‑77. (Ernest P. Edwards Prize).

 

1972 Carothers, S. W., Hildebrand, J. H. and Balda, R. P. The birds of the Flagstaff area.

                              Northland Press, 4 pp.pp.

 

1972 Carothers, S. W., Sharber, N. J. and Balda, R. P. Steller's  Jays prey on Gray‑headed

                           Juncos  and a Pygmy Nuthatch during periods of heavy snow. Wilson Bulletin,

                           84:204‑205.

 

1973 Bateman, G. C. and Balda, R. P. Growth, development and diet of young Pinon Jays. Auk,

                          90:39‑61.61.

 

1973 Carothers, S. W., Haldeman, J. R. and Balda, R. P. Breeding birds of two coniferous

                          forests of the San Francisco Peaks Bulletin Museum of Northern Arizona, 12:1‑21.

 

1973 Carothers, S. W., Haldeman, J. R., Foster, G. F. and Balda, R. P. Recent changes in status

                         and distribution of some northern Arizona birds. Bulletin Museum of Northern

                          Arizona, 12:37-42.

 

1973 Carothers, S. W., Haldeman, J. R. and Balda, R. P. Habitat selection and density of

                             breeding birds of a coniferous forest in the White Mountains, Arizona. Bulletin

                             Museum of  Northern Arizona, 12:22‑36.

 

1973 Balda, R. P. and Bateman, G. C. Unusual mobbing behavior by incubating Pinon Jays. 

                        Condor, 75:251‑252.

 

1973 Balda, R. P. and Bateman, G. C. Breeding biology of the Pinon Jay. The Living Bird,

                           11:5‑42.

 

1973 Bock, W. J., Balda, R. P. and Vander Wall, S. B. Morphology of the sublingual pouch and

                     tongue musculature in the Clark's Nutcracker. Auk, 90:491‑519.

 

1973 Van De Graff, K. and Balda, R. P. Importance of green vegetation for reproduction in the

                    Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys Merriami merriami.  Journal of Mammalogy, 54:509‑512.

 

1973 Balda, R. P. and Vander Wall, S. B. Food transportation and storage by the Clark's

                              Nutcracker. McGraw‑Hill, Yearbook of  Science and Technology, 381‑384.84.84.

 

1974 Marshall, J. and Balda, R. P. The breeding ecology of the Painted Redstart. Condor,

                              76:89‑101.

 

1975 Cameron, C. A., Brown, J. L. and Balda, R. P. Wedge‑tailed Eagle attacks Emu chick.

                           Queensland Sunbird, 10:98‑101.01.

 

1975 Balda, R. P., McKnight, B. C. and Johnson, C. D. Flammulated Owl migration in the

                           southwestern United States. Wilson Bulletin, 87:520‑533.33.

 

1975 Balda, R. P. The relationship of secondary cavity nesters to snag densities in western

                             coniferous forests.  Wildlife Habitat Technical Bulletin No. 1, U.S. Forest Service. 37 pp.

 

1975 Balda, R. P. Vegetation structure and breeding bird diversity. Proceedings of the

                                  Symposium on Managements of  Forest and Range Habitats for Non‑game Birds. U.S.

                                  Forest Service General Technical Report WO‑1, 59‑80.

 

  

1976 Laudenslayer, W. F. Jr. and Balda, R. P. Foraging strategies of five breeding species of a

                       pinyon‑juniper‑ponderosa pine ecotone.  Auk, 93:571‑586.86.

 

1976 Balda, R. P. and Bateman, G. C. Cannibalism in the Piñon Jay. Condor, 78:562‑564.

 

1977 Mayes, V. and Balda, R. P. The birds of Navajo Land. Navajo Tribal Museum, 31 pp.

 

1977 Vander Wall, S. B. and Balda, R. P. The coadaptation of  Clark's Nutcracker and Piñon

                          Pine. Ecological Monographs,47:89‑111.11.

 

1977 Balda, R. P., Morrison, M. L., and Bement, T. R. Roosting  behavior of the Pinon Jay in

                       autumn and winter. Auk, 94:494‑504.04.

 

1977 Salomonson, M. and Balda, R. P. Winter territoriality in the Townsend's Solitaire. 

                               Condor,79:148‑161.61.

 

1977 Balda, R. P. and Brown, J. L. Observations on the behavior of Hall's Babbler. Emu,

                              77:111‑114.14.14.

 

1977 Brown, J. L. and Balda, R. P. The relationship of habitat quality to group size in Hall's

                           Babbler. Condor, 79:312‑320.

 

1978 Balda, R. P. and Balda, J. H. The care of young Pinon Jays (Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus)

                    and their integration into the flock. Journal für Ornithologie, 119:146‑171.

 

1979 Szaro, R. C. and Balda, R. P. Bird community dynamics in a ponderosa pine forest. Studies

                   in Avian Biol. No. 3, 66 pp.

 

1979 Kruse, W. H., Balda, R. P., Simono, M. J., Macrander, A. M. and Johnson, C. D. 

                                 Community development in two adjacent pinyon‑juniper eradication areas twenty‑five

                                 years after treatment. Journal of Environ. Mgmt., 8:237‑247.

 

1979 Conrads, K. and Balda, R. P. Uberwinterungschancen Sibirischer Tannenaher im

                                    Invasionsgebiet. Berich Natur Verin Bielefeld, 115‑137.37.

 

1979 Szaro, R. and Balda, R. P. Management implication for forest cutting and logging on

                              non‑game bird populations. Technical Bull. U.S. Forest Service 8 pp.

 

1979 Smith, C. C. and Balda, R. P. Competition between insects, birds and mammals for conifer

                    seeds. Amer. Zool,19:1065‑1083.

 

1980 Cunningham, J., Balda, R. P. and Gaud, W. S.  Factors governing the densities of

                                    secondary cavity nesting birds. Technical Bull. U.S. Forest Service, Research Paper

                                    RM‑22, 1‑15.

 

1980 Balda, R. P. Recovery of cached seeds by a captive Nucifraga  caryocatactes. Zeitschrift

                         für Tierpsychologie, 52:331‑346.

 

1980 Balda, R. P. and Masters, N. Bird communities in Pinyon‑juniper woodlands. Proceeding

                      of  a workshop for managing non‑game birds of the Rocky Mountains. USFS Tech.

                       Rept. INT‑36, 146‑169.

 

1980 Butt, S.M., Beley, J. R., Ditsworth, T. M., Johnson, C. D. and Balda, R. P. Arthropods,

                        plants and transmission lines in Arizona: community dynamics during secondary

                       succession in a desert grassland. Jour. Environ. Mgmt. 11(3):267‑284.

 

1981 Balda, R. P. Sociobiology as learned from a drab, blue bird. Auk, 98:415‑417.

 

1981 Vander Wall, S. B. and Balda, R. P. Ecology and evolution of food‑storage behavior in

                        conifer‑seed‑caching corvids. Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie, 56:217‑242.

 

1981 Johnson, C. D., Ditsworth, T. M., Beley, J. R., Butt, S. M. and Balda, R. P. Arthropods,

                     plants and transmission lines in Arizona: secondary succession in a Sonoran Desert

                         habitat. Jour. Environ. Mgmt. 13:151‑163.

 

1981 Balda, R. P. Are seed caching systems coevolved? Proceeds of  the XVII International

                          Ornithological Congress. W. Berlin,1185‑1191.

 

1981 Clark, L. and Balda, R. P.  The bioenergetics of nestling  Piñon Jays. Auk, 98:615‑619. 

 

1981 Grue, C. E., Balda, R. P. and Johnson, C. D. Diurnal activity patterns and population

                              estimates of breeding birds within a disturbed and undisturbed desert‑scrub

                              community. IN C. J. Ralph and J. M. Scott (eds.), Symposium on Estimating

                              Numbers of Terrestrial Birds, 6:287‑291.

 

1982 Ditsworth, T. M., Butt, S. M., Beley, J. R., Johnson, C. D. and Balda, R. P.  Arthropods,

                            plants and transmission lines in Arizona:  community dynamics during secondary

                             succession in a pinyon-juniper Woodland.  Southwestern Naturalist, 27:167-181.   

 

1982 Hessing, M. B., Johnson, C. D. and Balda, R. P. Early secondary succession of a

                          pinyon‑juniper woodland in a northern Arizona power‑line corridor. Southwestern

                          Naturalist, 27:1‑9.;9.;9.

 

1982 Beley, J. R., Ditsworth, T. M., Butt, S. M., Johnson, C. D. and Balda, R. P. Arthropods,

                              plants and transmission lines in Arizona: community dynamics during secondary

                              succession in a pinyon‑juniper chaparral habitat. Southwestern Naturalist, 27:167‑181.

 

1982 Szaro, R. C. and Balda, R. P. Selection and monitoring of  avian indicator species: An

                            example from a ponderosa pine forest in the southwest. Technical Bull., RM‑89,

                             U.S. Forest Service, 8 pp.

 

1983 Caple, G., Balda, R. P. and Willis, W. S. The physics of leaping animals and the evolution

                    of  pre‑flight. Am. Nat.121:455‑476.

 

1983 Vander Wall, S. B. and Balda, R. P. Remembrance of seeds stashed. Natural History,

                             92:60‑65.

 

1983 Brawn, J. D. and Balda, R. P. Use of nest boxes in ponderosa pine forests.  IN J. W. Davis,

                  G. A. Goodwin, R. A. Ockenfels (ed.), Snag Habitat Management, RM‑99, 159‑164.

 

1983 Balda, R. P., Gaud, W. S. and Brawn, J. D. Predictive models for snag nesting birds.  IN J.

                      W. Davis, G. A. Goodwin, R.A. Ockenfels (eds.) Snag Habitat Management, RM‑99,

                     216‑222.22.

 

1983 Goodwin, G. A. and Balda, R. P. Challenges of snag management.  IN J. W. Davis, G. A.

                      Goodwin, R. A. Ockenfels (eds.) Snag Habitat Management, RM‑99, 223‑226.

 

1984 Benkman, C., Balda, R. P. and Smith, C. Coexistence and competition among birds,

                              squirrels, and pines. Ecology, 65:632‑642.42.

 

1984 Balda, R. P. and Turek, R. S. Learning and memory in birds: a case study with the Clark's

                            Nutcracker.  p; IN R. Roitblat and D. Beaver (eds.) Cognition in Animals, Columbia

                           University Press, 315‑330.

 

1984 Caple, G., Balda, R. P., and Willis, W. S. The flap about flight. Animal Kingdom

                                87:33‑38.38.

 

1985 Kamil, A. C. and Balda, R. P. Cache recovery and spatial memory in Clark's Nutcracker.

                        Jour. Exper. Psychology,11:95‑111.

 

1985 Balda, R. P., Caple, G., Willis, W. R. Comparison of the  gliding to flapping sequence with

                  the flapping to gliding sequence.  p; IN M. Hecht, J. H. Ostrom, G. Viohl, P. Wellnhofer

                   (eds.)  The Beginnings of Birds, Proceedings of the International Archaeopteryx

                   Conference, Eichstatt 1984, 267‑277.

 

1986 Gaud, W. S., Balda, R. P., and Brawn, J. D. The dilemma of plots or years: a case for

                    long‑term studies.  IN J. Verner,M. L. Morrison, and C. J. Ralph (eds.) Wildlife 2000:

                    Modeling habitat relationships of terrestrial vertebrates. University of Wisconsin

                     Press, 223‑227.

 

 

1986 Balda, R. P. and Kamil, A. C. and Grim, K. Revisits to emptied cache sites by Clark's

                            Nutcrackers (Nucifraga  columbiana). Animal Behaviour, 34:1289‑1298.

 

1986 Szaro, R. C. and Balda R. P. Relationships among weather, habitat structure, and

                                 ponderosa pine forest birds. J. Wildl. Mgmt. 50(2):253‑260.60.

 

1987 Johnson, L. S., Marzluff, J. M. and Balda, R. P. Handling of pinyon pine seed by the

                          Clark's Nutcracker. Condor 83 :117‑125.25.25.

 

1987 Balda, R. P. Avian impacts on pinyon‑juniper woodlands.  IN Everett, R. L. (compiler).

                        Proceedings Pinyon Juniper Conference. U.S.D.A. For Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep.

                        INT‑215, 525‑533.

 

1987 Balda, R. P., Bunch, K. G., Kamil, A. C., Sherry, D. F., and Tomback, D. F. Cache site

                       memory in birds.  p; IN A. C. Kamil, J. R. Krebs. H. R. Pulliam (eds.) Foraging

                        Behavior, Plenum Press. pp. 645‑666.

 

1987 Brawn, J. R., Boecklen, W. S., Balda, R. P. Investigations of density interactions among

                       breeding birds in ponderosa pine forests: correlative and experimental evidence.ce.

                       Oecolgia 72:348‑357.

 

1988 Marzluff, J. M. and Balda, R. P. Resource and climatic variability: influences on sociality

                     of  two southwestern corvids.  IN C. S.  Slobodchikoff (ed.) The Ecology of Social

                      Behavior. New York, Academic Press, pp. 255‑283.

 

1988 Balda, R. P. and Kamil, A. C. The spatial memory of Clark's Nutcrackers (Nucifraga

                          columbiana), in an analog of the radial arm maze. Animal Learning and Behavior,

                            16:116‑122.

 

1988 Marzluff, J. M. and Balda, R. P. Pairing patterns and fitness in a free‑ranging population of

                  Pinyon Jays: what do they reveal about mate choice? Condor, 90:201‑213. (Painton

                  Award).

 

1988 Marzluff, J. M. and Balda, R. P. Pair bonds in a Pinyon Jay society: advantages of, and

                         constraints forcing, mate fidelity. Auk, 105:286‑295

 

1988 Brawn, J. D. and Balda, R. P. Population biology of cavity nesting birds in ponderosa pine

                   forests: Do nest sites always limit breeding density? Condor, 90:61‑71.

 

1988 Heyl, S.J., Verner, J., and Balda, R. P. Weather and bird  populations in true fir forests of

                      the Sierra Nevada, California. Condor, 90:561‑574.74.

 

1988 Sydeman, W.  J., Guntert, M., and Balda, R. P. Annual reproductive yield in the cooperative

                 Pygmy Nuthatch (Sitta  pygmaea). Auk, 105:20‑27.

 

1988 Ganey, J. L., Johnson, J. A., Balda, R. P. and Skaggs, R. W. The Mexican Spotted Owl in

                 Arizona and New Mexico. IN: Southwest Raptor Management Symposium, pp.

                 145‑150.

 

1988 Brawn, J. and Balda, R. P. Avian communities in ponderosa pine forests: A historical

                            review. ICBP, P, IN Bird Conservation, III, Univ. of Wisconsin Press, pp. 3-21.

 

1989 Kamil, A. C. and Balda, R. P. Spatial memory in Clark's  Nutcrackers. Proceedings of the

                      XIX International Ornithological Congress, 2100-2111.11.

 

1989 Guntert, M., Hay, D.B. and Balda, R. P. Communal roosting in the Pygmy Nuthatch.

                             Proceedings of the XIX International Ornithological Congress, 1964-1972.72.

 

1989 Wiltschko, W. and Balda, R..P.  Sun compass orientation in seed caching Scrub Jays.

                                Journal of Comparative Physiology, 164:717-721.

 

1989 Ganey, J. L. and Balda, R. P. Distribution and habitat use of  Mexican Spotted Owls in

                             Arizona. Condor, 91:355-361.

 

1989 Balda, R.  P.  and Kamil, A.C. A comparative study of cache recovery in three species of

                          corvids.  Animal Behavior, 38:486-495.

 

1989 Sherry, D. E. and Balda, R..P.  Introduction: Spatial memory in birds. Proceedings of the

                         XIX International Ornithological Congress, 2066-2068.68.

 

1989 Marzluff, J. M. and Balda, R. P. Causes and consequences of female-based dispersal in a

                         flock-living bird, the pinyon jay. Ecology, 70:316-328.

 

1989 Ganey, J. L. and Balda, R. P. Home range characteristics of  Spotted Owls in northern

                            Arizona. Journal of Wildlife Management, 53:1159-1165.

 

1990 Ganey, J. L., Alderson, M.E., Balda, R. P. and Patton, D. R. Developing large-scale model

                   for Mexican spotted owl habitat. pp. 182-189, 9, in P.R. Krausman and N. S. Smith, eds.

                    Managing Wildlife in the Southwest, Az. Chapt. Wildl. Soc., Phoenix AZ

 

1990 With, K. A. and Balda, R.  P.   Intersexual variation and factors affecting parental care in

                         Western Bluebirds; a comparison of nestling and fledgling periods. Can. Journal of

                          Zoology, 68:733-742.

 

1990 Szaro, R. C., Brawn, J.D. and Balda, R. P. Yearly variation in resource-use behavior by

                          ponderosa pine forest birds. Studies in Avian Biology, 13:226-236.36.

 

1990 Kamil, A.C. and Balda, R. P.  Differential memory for different cache sites in Clark's

                         nutcrackers (Nucifraga  columbiana). Journal of Experimental Psychology:  Animal

                         Behavior Processes, 16:162-168.

 

1990 Kamil, A.C. and Balda, R. P. Spatial memory in seed caching corvids. IN The Psychology

                     of  Learning and Motivation, G. H.  Bower (ed.)  26:1-25, Academic Press, N.Y.

  

1990 Marzluff, J. M.  and Balda, R. P.  Pinyon Jays: making the most of a bad situation by

                 helping. IN Cooperative breeding in Birds. P.B. Stacy and W.D. Koenig (eds.) pp. 199-

                 237,  Cambridge University Press.ss.

 

1991 Caple, G., Balda, R. P., Laughram, L. and Thomas, P.E. Integrated Science Laboratory

                         Programs - A holistic approach. Journal of College Science Teaching, 20:222-227.27.

 

1991 Christensen, K. M. , Whitham, T.G. and Balda, R. P.  Discrimination among pinyon pine

                     trees by Clark's nutcrackers: effects of cone crop size and cone characters. Oecologia,

                     86:402-407.07.

 

1991 Balda, R. P. and Conrads, K. Seed caching and recovery by  Eurasian nutcrackers during an

                  invasion year. Berich Natur Verin, Bielefeld, 11:122-143.

 

1991 Balda, R. P. and Wiltschko, W. Caching and recovery in Scrub jays: transfer of sun-compass

                 direction from shaded to sunny areas. Condor,93:1020-1023.

 

1992  Marzluff, J. M. and Balda, R.  P.  The Pinyon Jay. Academic Press, London. 317pp.

 

1992 Balda, R. P. and Kamil, A. C. Long-term spatial memory in Clark's nutcracker, Nucifraga

                    columbiana. Animal Behavior, 44:761-769.

 

1993 Kamil, A.C., Balda, R. P., Olson, D.J. and Good, S. Returns to emptied cache sites by

                            Clark's nutcrackers, Nucifraga columbiana: a puzzle revisited. Animal Behavior,

                              45:241- 252.

 

1993 Ganey, J. L., Balda, R. P. and King, R. M. Metabolic rate and evaporative  water loss of

                         Mexican spotted and great horned owls. Wilson Bulletin, 105:645-656.

 

1993 Olson, D. J., Kamil, A. C. and Balda, R. P. Effects of  response strategy and retention

                           interval on performance of  Clark's nutcrackers in a radial maze analogue. Journal of 

                           Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 19:138-148.

 

 

1994 Ganey, J. L. and Balda, R. P., Habitat selection by Mexican Spotted Owls in northern

                             Arizona. Auk, 111:162-169.

             

 

1994 Kamil, A. C. and Balda, R. P., Spatial memory in Seed-caching Corvids. Journal für

                               Ornithologie 135: 444.

 

1994 Marzluff, J. M. and Balda, R. P., Social and Nonsocial Intelligence of Corvids. Journal für

                   Ornithologie 135: 452.

 

1994 Bednekoff P. A. and Balda, R. P., Landmark Use by Clark's  Nutcrackers: Importance of

                        Room and Floor Cues. Journal für Ornithologie 135: 88.

 

1994 Kamil, A. C., Balda, R. P. and Olson, D. J.  Performance of four seed-caching corvid

                       species in the radial-arm maze analog. Journal of Comparative Psychology 108:385-

                       393.

 

1994 Kamil, A. C. Balda, R. P. and Olson, D. J. The effects of  requiring different response

                            strategies following caching in Clark's nutcracker. Animal Learning and Behavior,

                           22:373- 378.

 

1995  Stotz, N. and Balda, R. P. Field observation of pinyon jays cach