Presentations Conference Presentations University Seminars
	Conference Presentations
		Garcia, V., and C. J. Conway. 2008. When a protected predator eats an endangered prey; managing burrowing owls that eat California least terns. 41st Joint Annual Meeting of the Arizona/New Mexico Chapters of The Wildlife Society and American Fisheries Society, Prescott, AZ; 126th Stated Meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union, Portland, OR.
		LaRoche, D., C. Kirkpatrick, and C. J. Conway.  2008.  Quantifying impacts of surface water and groundwater depletion on riparian bird communities in the desert southwest.  Public presentation to the Cascabel Community, Cascabel, Arizona. Invited presentation.
		LaRoche, D., C.J. Conway, and C. Kirkpatrick.  2007.  Evaluating the efficacy of sticky traps to measure arthropod biomass in riparian woodlands. The Wildlife Society 14th Annual Conference, Tucson, Arizona, 25 September 2007.
		Kirkpatrick, C., and C. J. Conway.  2007.  Effects of surface water depletion on Arizona's riparian bird communities.  NPS Science Symposium, Saguaro National Park, Tucson, Arizona, 11 May 2007.
		Kirkpatrick, C., C. J. Conway, and D. E. Swann.  2007.  Quantifying impacts of surface water and groundwater depletion on riparian bird communities in the desert southwest.  Departmental Seminar, School of Natural Resources, University of Arizona.  18 April 2007.
		Kirkpatrick, C., and C. J. Conway.  2007.  Effects of surface water and groundwater depletion on riparian bird communities in the desert southwest.  Arizona Riparian Council Annual Meeting, Casa Grande, Arizona.  12 April 2007.
		Conway, C. J., C. P. Nadeau, and R. J. Steidl.  2007.  Monitoring Secretive Marshbirds: Combining Removal, Double-observer and Distance Methods.  Special Symposium on Bird Monitoring and Detectability: Understanding and Applying Appropriate Methods. Ft. Collins, CO, 1 March 2007.
		Conway, C. J., B. Ball, L. A. Ellis, and C. P. Nadeau.  2007.  Growing crops in the desert; Does irrigated agriculture create an "ecological trap" for burrowing owls?  40th Joint Annual Meeting of the Arizona/New Mexico Chapters of The Wildlife Society and American Fisheries Society.  Albuquerque, NM, 8 February 2007.
		Conway, C. J., C. P. Nadeau, and L. A. Piest.  2007.  Effectiveness of prescribed fire as a management tool to improve habitat quality of endangered Yuma clapper rails and California black rails along the Lower Colorado River.  40th Joint Annual Meeting of the Arizona/New Mexico Chapters of The Wildlife Society and American Fisheries Society.  Albuquerque, NM, 8 February 2007.
		Nadeau, C. P., C. J. Conway, L. A. Piest, O. Hinojosa-Huerta, and W. P. Burger.  2007.  Effectiveness of multi-species versus single-species call-broadcast surveys for the federally endangered Yuma clapper rail.  40th Joint Annual Meeting of the Arizona/New Mexico Chapters of The Wildlife Society and American Fisheries Society.  Albuquerque, NM, 8 February 2007.
		Kirkpatrick, C., and C. J. Conway.  2007.  Habitat selection and factors influencing nesting success of ground-nesting forest birds in southeastern Arizona.  40th Joint Annual Meeting of the Arizona/New Mexico Chapters of The Wildlife Society and American Fisheries Society.  Albuquerque, NM, 8 February 2007.
		Borgmann, K. L., C. J. Conway, and M. L. Morrison.  2007.  Does nest concealment influence predation risk in passerine birds?  40th Joint Annual Meeting of the Arizona/New Mexico Chapters of The Wildlife Society and American Fisheries Society.  Albuquerque, NM, 8 February 2007.
		Ogonowski, M., and C. J. Conway.  2007.  To migrate, or not?  Factors influencing winter residency in western burrowing owls.  40th Joint Annual Meeting of the Arizona/New Mexico Chapters of The Wildlife Society and American Fisheries Society.  Albuquerque, NM, 8 February 2007.
		Garcia, V., and C. J. Conway.  2007.  Influence of repeated video probing at burrows on nesting success of burrowing owls.  40th Joint Annual Meeting of the Arizona/New Mexico Chapters of The Wildlife Society and American Fisheries Society.  Albuquerque, NM, 8 February 2007.
		Hughes, K., C. Kirkpatrick, C. J. Conway, and J. deVos.  2006.  Nest-site selection and nesting success of band-tailed pigeons?  39th Joint Annual Meeting AZ/NM Chapters of The Wildlife Society and AZ/NM Chapters of the American Fisheries Society.  Flagstaff, AZ, 2 February 2006.
		Conway, C. J., and M. Woodrey.  2006.  Implementing standardized monitoring for secretive marsh birds on NOAAs Estuarine Research Reserves.  22nd Annual Conference of NOAA?s National Estuarine Research Reserve Program.  Cleveland, OH.  18 October 2006.
		Garcia, V., and C. J. Conway.  2006.  Effect of latitude, clutch initiation date, and re-nesting on clutch size in Burrowing Owls.  IV North American Ornithological Conference, Veracruz, Mexico, 7 October 2006.
		Nadeau, C. P., C. J. Conway, L. Piest, O. Hinojosa-Huerta, B. Burger.  2006.  The effectiveness of multi-species versus single-species call-broadcast surveys for the federally endangered Yuma clapper rail.  IV North American Ornithological Conference, Veracruz, Mexico, 6 October 2006.
		Boyle, W. A., C. J. Conway, and J. L. Bronstein.  2006.  Food and migration: testing alternative hypotheses explaining altitudinal migration in Costa Rican frugivorous birds.  IV North American Ornithological Conference, Veracruz, Mexico, 6 October 2006.
		Hughes, K., C. Kirkpatrick, C. J. Conway, and J. deVos.  2006.  Nest-site selection and nesting success of band-tailed pigeons.  IV North American Ornithological Conference, Veracruz, Mexico, 6 October 2006.
		Ogonowski, M., and C. J. Conway.  2006.  Factors influencing winter residency of burrowing owls in southern Arizona.  North American Ornithological Conference, Veracruz, Mexico, 6 October 2006.
		Conway, C. J., C. P. Nadeau, M. D. Smith, and D. R. Rosenberg.  2006.  Do burrowing owls bring mammal manure to their nests to lure prey?  IV North American Ornithological Conference, Veracruz, Mexico, 3 October 2006.
		Borgmann, K. L., C. J. Conway, and M. L. Morrison.  2006.  Factors influencing seasonal variation in nesting success. IV North American Ornithological Conference, Veracruz, Mexico, 3 October 2006.
		Conway, C. J.  2006.  The effect of land use on burrowing owl population trend varies by latitude in North America.  IV North American Ornithological Conference, Veracruz, Mexico, 2 October 2006.
		Macias-Duarte, A., C. J. Conway, and M. Culver. 2006. Change in migratory behavior and population declines of Burrowing Owls in northern latitudes.  Third international Burrowing Owl Symposium.  IV North American Ornithological Conference, Veracruz, Mexico, 2 October 2006.
		Kirkpatrick C., and C. J. Conway.  2006.  Effects of surface water depletion & groundwater withdrawal on Arizona's riparian bird communities.  Annual meeting of the Arizona Bird Conservation Initiative Program, Arizona Game and Fish Department, Phoenix, Arizona.  7 September 2006.
		Boyle, W. A., C. J. Conway, and J. L. Bronstein.  2006.  Altitudinal migration of frugivorous birds: a comparative study of diet composition and preference.  Ecological Society of America Conference, Memphis, Tennessee, 7 August 2006.
		Nadeau, C. P., and C. J. Conway.  2006.  The North American Marsh Bird Monitoring Protocol: a summary of the protocol and its use on the lower Colorado River. Lower Colorado River MSCP Terrestrial Biology Conference, Laughlin, NV, 24 January 2006.
		Conway, C. J., and M. Woodrey.  2006.  A continental program for estimating population trends of marsh birds and monitoring ecological integrity of marshlands in North America.  NOAA and Environmental Protection Agency’s National Estuary Program Monitoring & Indicators Summer Seminar Series.  Washington, D.C.  17 August 2006.
		Kirkpatrick, C., C. J. Conway, and M. Ali.  2006.   Video identification of nest predators of ground-nesting forest birds in southeastern Arizona.  Annual Meeting of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science.  Tucson, Arizona.  8 April 2006.
		Conway, C. J.  2006.  Recommended continental survey protocols for conducting marsh bird surveys across North America.  Marsh Bird Monitoring Technical Workshop, Patuxent National Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD.  7 March 2006.
		Macias-Duarte, A., and C. J. Conway.  2005.  Change in migratory behavior as a possible explanation for burrowing owl population declines in northern latitudes. New Mexico Burrowing Owl Working Group Workshop.  Bosque del Apache NWR, New Mexico. 8 December 2005.
		Macias-Duarte, A., and C. J. Conway.  2005.  Cambio en comportamiento migratorio de Athene cunicularia y su disminución poblacional en latitudes septentrionales.  Russell E. Train Education for Nature Programmatic Meeting. World Wildlife Fund.  Mexico City, Mexico. 1 December 2005.
		Kirkpatrick, C., C. J. Conway, and P. B. Jones.  2005.  Distribution and relative abundance of forest birds in relation to burn severity in southeastern Arizona.  4th USGS Wildland Fire Sciences Workshop, Tucson, Arizona, 7 December 2005.
		LaRoche, D., C. Kirkpatrick, and C. J. Conway.  2005.  Proposed evaluation of methods for measuring burn severity in forests during avian surveys.  4th USGS Wildland Fire Sciences Workshop, Tucson, Arizona, 7 December 2005.
		Nadeau, C. P., and C. J. Conway.  2005.  Fire effects on Yuma clapper rails and California black rails along the lower Colorado River.  Joint Fire Science Program Principal Investigator's Annual Workshop.  San Diego, California, 1 November 2005.
		Conway, C. J., G. Holroyd, R. Rosenberg, and J. Duxbury.  2005.  Comparative demography of burrowing owls within changing grassland ecosystems of North America: Effects of land-use, migratory tendency, and latitude.  Special Symposium on Birds in Changing Grassland Landscapes: Ecological and Management Implications.  The Wildlife Society 12th Annual Conference, Madison, Wisconsin, 28 September 2005.
		Kirkpatrick, C., K. Hughes, C. J. Conway, and J. deVos.  2005.  Call-broadcast increases probability of detecting band-tailed pigeons during surveys.  American Ornithologists' Union, Santa Barbara, CA, 25 August 2005.
		Garcia, V., and C. J. Conway.  2005.  What is a nest?  Influence of nest definition on estimates of nesting success in Burrowing Owls. American Ornithologists' Union, Santa Barbara, CA, 24 August 2005.
		Conway, C. J.  2005.  Why migrate?  Tests of alternative hypotheses in Burrowing Owls.  American Ornithologists' Union, Santa Barbara, CA, 24 August 2005.
		Kirkpatrick, C., C. J. Conway, K. Hughes, and J. deVos.  2005.  Conservation of band-tailed pigeons: An evaluation of potential survey techniques.  Annual Meeting of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science.  Las Vegas, Nevada.  9 April 2005.
		Conway, C. J.  2005.  A standardized North American marsh bird monitoring program.  National Estuarine Research Reserve Research Coordinator Annual Meeting, Grand Bay, Mississippi, 17 February 2005.
		Conway, C. J.  2005.  Ecology and natural history of burrowing owls.  Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, Coolidge, Arizona.  15 January 2005.
		Conway, C. J.  2004.  Using prescribed fire to recover the federally endangered Yuma Clapper Rail on the Lower Colorado River National Wildlife Refuges.  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 2 Fire Management Conference.  Tucson, AZ.  7 December 2004.
		Lantz, S. J., C. J. Conway, and S. H. Anderson.  2004.  Demographic trends and habitat relationships of Burrowing Owls (Athene cunicularia) in Thunder Basin National Grasslands, northeastern Wyoming, 2001-2004.  Wyoming Chapter of The Wildlife Society.  Dubois, WY.  1 December 2004.
		Lantz, S. J., C. J. Conway, and S. H. Anderson.  2004.  Burrowing Owl Ecology in the Thunder Basin National Grasslands.  Murie Audubon Society, Casper, Wyoming.  1 October 2004.
		Smith, M. D., and C. J. Conway.  2004.  Function of manure-scattering behavior of burrowing owls. American Ornithologists? Union, Quebec City, Quebec, CANADA.  August 2004.
		Garcia, V., and C. J. Conway.  2004.  Ultimate factors affecting natal dispersal age in burrowing owls.  American Ornithologists' Union, Quebec City, Quebec, CANADA.  August 2004.
		Conway, C. J., and C. Kirkpatrick.  2004.  Effects of parental activity on probability of nest depredation: a test of Skutch's hypothesis.  American Ornithologists' Union, Quebec City, Quebec, CANADA.  August 2004.
		Hughes, K., and C. J. Conway.  2004.  The influence of nest-placement on the probability of nest depredation in band-tailed pigeons.  American Ornithologists' Union, Quebec City, Quebec, CANADA.  August 2004.
		Conway, C. J.  2004.  The status of the Burrowing Owl in the United States.  North American Conservation Action Plan: Development of Grassland Species of Common Conservation Concern.  Calgary, Alberta.  19 July 2004.
		Lantz, S., C. J. Conway, and S. H. Anderson.  2004.  The Ecology of Burrowing Owls Within Black-tailed Prairie Dog Colonies in the Thunder Basin National Grasslands.  Second Symposium of the Thunder Basin Grasslands Prairie Ecosystem Association: Collaborative Implementation of Ecosystem Management in the Thunder Basin of Wyoming.  Casper, Wyoming. 12 May 2004.
		Garcia, V., and C. J. Conway. 2003. "On the effects of food and ectoparasites on age of natal dispersal in Burrowing Owls. Cooper Ornithological Conference", Flagstaff, AZ.
		Smith, M. D., and C. J. Conway. 2003. "Are burrowing owls selective in use of nest-lining materials. Impacts of Urban Development in Southern Arizona's Desert Environment Conference", Tucson, AZ.
		Smith, M. D., and C. J. Conway. 2002. "On metabolic rate and Seasonal Reproductive Output in Birds. Ecological Society of America Annual Conference", Tucson, AZ.
		Smith, M. D., and C. J. Conway. 2002. "Selective use of nest-lining materials by Burrowing Owls. North American Ornithological Conference", New Orleans, LA.
		Conway, C. J., and C. Kirkpatrick. 2002. "Population trends and effects of fire on Buff-breasted Flycatchers in southeastern Arizona". Third International Partners-in-Flight Conference, Monterey, CA.
		Conway, C. J., J. Bart, and S. Timmermans. 2002. "Towards a North American marsh bird monitoring program". Third International Partners-in-Flight Conference, Monterey, CA.
		Boyle, A., and C. J. Conway. 2002. "Diet and habitat in the evolution of migration in the Tyrannidae (Aves). Birds of Two Worlds: Advances in the ecology and evolution of temperate-tropical migration systems". Smithsonian Institution. 7 March 2002. Washington, D.C.
		Conway, C. J., and T. E. Martin. 2001. "Effects of clutch size on nest attentiveness and incubation efficiency", American Ornithologists Union Annual Conference, Seattle, WA.
		Conway, C. J. 2001. "Continental Marshbird Monitoring Program", North American Bird Conservation Initiative; Marshbird Conservation Workshop, Denver, CO.
		Holroyd, G., and C. J. Conway. 2000. "Monitoring Burrowing Owls in Western North America", Special Symposium on The North American Raptor Monitoring Strategy. Raptor Research Foundation, Jonesboro, AR.
		Conway, C. J., W. R. Eddleman, and S. H. Anderson. 1998. "Critique of methods used to assess habitat needs of wetland birds", Symposium: Ecology and Conservation of Webless Wetland Birds. The Wildlife Society, Buffalo, NY.
		Conway, C. J., and T. E. Martin. 1997. "Effects of ambient temperature on avian incubation behavior". American Ornithologists Union, Minneapolis, MN.
		Conway, C. J., and T. E. Martin. 1996. "Variation in avian nest attentiveness: predation risk, food availability, or climate", The Wildlife Society annual conference, Cincinnati, OH.
		Conway, C. J., and T.E. Martin. 1996. "Interspecific variation in nest attentiveness: climate, food availability, or predation risk" American Ornithologists Union, Boise, ID.
		Martin, T. E., A. Badyaev, C. G. Ghalambor, C. J. Conway. 1996. "Parental care and nest predation", Special Symposium: Current Issues in Avian Parental Care. American Ornithologists Union, Boise, ID.
		Conway, C. J., and T. E. Martin. 1995. "Effects of ambient temperature, predation risk, and egg physiological tolerance on avian incubation". American Ornithologists Union, Cincinnati, OH.
		Conway, C. J., and T. E. Martin. 1995. "The value of monitoring nesting success and associated habitat: The BBIRD Program", Symposium: Monitoring Avian Populations. Partners-in-Flight International Conference, Cape May, NJ.
		Conway, C. J., and T. E. Martin. 1995. "Components of Avian Productivity and approaches to estimating them in the field", Symposium: Approaches to estimating avian productivity, Partners in Flight International Conference, Cape May, NJ.
		Conway, C. J., and T. E. Martin. 1994. "A national program for monitoring nongame birds throughout North America: The BBIRD Program", Partners in Flight National Monitoring Working Group Meeting. Denver, CO.
		Conway, C. J., G. V. N. Powell, and J. D. Nichols. 1993. "Effect of winter habitat use on survivorship and capture probability of understory migrants in southern Belize". American Ornithologists Union, Fairbanks, AK.
		Eddleman, B. E., C. J. Conway, S. Melvin, and F. Reid. 1993. "An overview of state and provincial management programs for Rails". Northeast Fish and Wildlife Conference, Burlington, VT.
		Conway, C. J. 1992. "Age/Sex Ratios by Habitat for Migrants Wintering in Southern Belize". Assoc of Field Ornithologists/ABA Joint Meetings, New London, CT.
		Conway, C. J., and T. E. Martin. 1992. "Habitat Suitability of Williamson's Sapsuckers in Mixed-Conifer Forests". Wilson Ornithological Society, Kissimmee, FL.
		Anderson, S. H., C. J. Conway, D. Abbate, and D. E. Runde. 1990. "Long-term Productivity of a Prairie Falcon (Falco mexicanus) Population under Harvest Conditions". Ecological Society of America, Salt Lake City, UT.
		Conway, C. J. 1990. "Seasonal Changes in Habitat Partitioning and Movement of Three Sympatric Rails". American Ornith. Union/Cooper Ornith. Society, Los Angeles, CA.
		Conway, C. J. 1989. "Evaluation of Potential Reintroduction Sites for Black-footed Ferrets (Mustela nigripes)". Wyoming Wildlife Society, Douglas, WY. (Best Student Paper)
		Conway, C. J., and W. R. Eddleman. 1987. "Status of Research on the endangered Yuma Clapper Rail", American Ornithologists Union, Symposium: Endangered Rails of North America. San Francisco, CA.
	University Seminars
		New Mexico State University, Department of Fishery and Wildlife Sciences, Las Cruces, NM, 2003. "Comparative demography of Burrowing Owls in North America: a collaborative approach for determining underlying causes of regional population declines".
		University of Arizona, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Tucson, AZ, 2001. "Clutch size evolution in birds: Lack's hypothesis revisited".
		University of Arizona, School of Renewable Natural Resources, Tucson, AZ, 2000. "The fitness consequences of habitat choice".
		University of Arizona, School of Renewable Natural Resources, Tucson, AZ, 2000. "Behavioral decisions of nesting birds: tradeoffs among thermal requirements, foraging needs, and risk of nest predation".
		State University of New York, Environmental and Forest Biology, Syracuse, NY, 1999. "Measuring the Fitness Consequences of Habitat Selection".
		State University of New York, Environmental and Forest Biology, Syracuse, NY, 1999. "Hypothesis Testing and the Scientific Method".
		University of Montana, Division of Biological Sciences, Missoula, MT, 1996. "Factors affecting variation in parental investment during avian embryonic development".
		University of Rhode Island, Department of Natural Resources Science, Kingston, RI, 1992. "Seasonal Changes in Habitat Breadth as an Indication of Interference Competition in Three Sympatric Rails".