PUBLICATIONS (complete list)
– Chris Elphick
Floyd,
T., E. Ammon, C.S. Elphick, K. Mack, R. Elston, G. Chisholm and J. Boone. Nevada Breeding Bird Atlas. University
of Nevada Press. Accepted for publication; in revision.
Greenberg, R., C. Elphick, J. C. Nordby, C. Gjerdrum,
H. Spautz, G. Shriver, B. Schmeling, B. Olsen, P. Marra, N. Nur, and M. Winter. In press. Between the
devil and the deep blue sea: nesting ecology of tidal marsh sparrows. In R. Greenberg, S. Droege, J.
Maldonado, and M. V. McDonald (eds.) Vertebrates of Tidal Marshes: Ecology,
Evolution and Conservation. Studies in Avian Biology, Allen Press, Lawrence,
KS, USA.
Gjerdrum, C., C.S. Elphick,
and M. Rubega. 2005. What determines
nest site selection and nesting success in saltmarsh breeding sparrows? Condor 107: 849-862.
Elphick, C.S. 2005. Review of: Hill, Red Bird in a Brown Bag: The Function and
Evolution of Colorful Plumage in the House Finch; and Birkhead, A Brand New Bird: How Two Amateur Scientists
Created the First Genetically Engineered Animal. Birding. (In press).
Elphick, C.S. 2005. Review of: Couzens, Birds by Behavior; Icenoggle, Birds in Place; and Michl, A Birders’ Guide to the Behaviour of European and North American Birds. Birding 37: 316-324.
Sibley, D., C. S. Elphick and J. B. Dunning. Weekly, Aug
2002 to Dec 2005. Sibley on Birds.
Nationally syndicated newspaper column, distributed by New York Times
Special Features.
Elphick,
C.S. 2004. Assessing conservation trade-offs: Identifying the effects of
flooding rice fields for waterbirds on non-target bird species. Biological
Conservation 117: 105-110.
Elphick, C.S. 2004. Review of: Adamus, P. et al., Oregon Breeding Bird Atlas, and Wernham, C. et al., The Migration Atlas: movements of the birds
of Britain and Ireland. Birding 36: 312-320.
Elphick, C.S., and L.W. Oring. 2003. Effects of rice
field management on winter waterbird communities: conservation and agronomic
implications. Agriculture, Ecosystems and
Environment 94:17-29.
[pdf]
Elphick, C.S. 2003. Review of: Clark, G., Birds of Storrs. Connecticut Warbler 23: 67-69.
Elphick, C.S., and J. Klima. 2002. Hudsonian Godwit (Limosa haemastica). The Birds of North America, No. 629 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.).
The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA.
Anderson, C., R. Rozzi, C. Elphick, and S. McGehee. 2002. El programa Omora de anillamiento de aves en los
bosques subantárticos: la estandarización del tamaño de anillos apropiados par
alas aves de la región de Magallanes. Boletin Chileno de Ornitología
9:2-11.
Elphick, C.S., J.M. Reed, and J.M. Bonta. 2001.
Correlates of endangered
species recovery goals. Conservation Biology 15:1285-1291.
Warnock, N., C.S. Elphick, and M.A. Rubega. 2001.
Biology of marine birds: shorebirds. In: Biology
of Marine Birds (J. Burger and B.A. Schreiber, eds.). CRC Press. pp
581-615.
Elphick,
C.S., J.B. Dunning, and D.S. Sibley (eds.). 2001. National Audubon Society. Sibley Guide to Bird Life and Behavior.
Knopf. 608 pp. (New York Times best seller list.)
Cech, R., J.B. Dunning, C.S. Elphick, and M. Rubega.
2001. Flight, form and function. In: National Audubon Society.
Sibley Guide to Bird Life and Behavior. Knopf. pp. 15-38.
Cech, R., J.B. Dunning, and C.S. Elphick. 2001. Bird
behavior. In: National Audubon Society. Sibley Guide to Bird Life and
Behavior.
Knopf. pp. 51-79.
Cech, R., D.S. Sibley, C.S. Elphick and J.B. Dunning.
2001. Habitats and distribution. In: National Audubon Society. Sibley Guide to Bird Life and
Behavior.
Knopf. pp. 80-106.
Reed, J. M., and C.S. Elphick. 2001. Populations and
conservation. In: National Audubon Society.
Sibley Guide to Bird Life and Behavior. Knopf. pp.
107-120.
Sibley, D.A., and C.S. Elphick. 2001. Jacanas. In: National
Audubon Society. Sibley Guide to Bird Life and Behavior. Knopf. pp. 271-272.
Elphick, C.S.
2001. A comprehensive revision of the Nevada Bird Records Committee
review list. Great Basin Birds 4:
13-18.
Elphick, C.S. 2000. Functional equivalency between rice fields and
seminatural wetland habitats. Conservation Biology 14:181-191. [pdf]
Howe,
M., J. Bart, S. Brown, C. Elphick, B. Harrington, C. Hickey, G. Morrison, S.
Skagen, and N. Warnock, eds. 2000. A Comprehensive Monitoring Program for North
American Shorebirds. Manomet Center for
Conservation Sciences. 124 pp.
Baepler, D., D. Crowe, C.S.
Elphick, L. Hoskins, L. Neel, F. Ryser, Jr., and J. Eidel. 1999. Report of the
Nevada Bird Records Committee for 1997. Great
Basin Birds 2:72-74.
Elphick, C.S., and L.W. Oring. 1998. Winter management
of California rice fields for waterbirds. Journal
of Applied Ecology 35:95-108. [pdf]
Elphick, C.S. and T.L. Tibbitts. 1998. Greater
Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca). The Birds of North America, No. 355 (A.
Poole and F. Gill, eds.). The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA.
Reed, J.M., C.S. Elphick, and L.W. Oring. 1998.
Life-history and viability analysis of the endangered Hawaiian stilt. Biological Conservation 84:35-45.
Elphick,
C.S. 1998. Waterbird
conservation and ecology: the role of rice field management in habitat
restoration. Ph.D. dissertation. University of Nevada, Reno.
Elphick, C.S. 1997. Experimental approaches to shorebird
habitat management. In Conservation and Management of Shorebirds in the Western
Great Basin (J.M. Reed, N. Warnock, and L.W. Oring, eds.). International Wader Studies 9:20-28.
Elphick, C.S. 1997. Correcting avian richness estimates
for unequal sample effort in atlas studies. Ibis
139:189-190.
Elphick, C.S., and M.A. Rubega. 1995. Prey choices and
foraging efficiency of recently-fledged California Gulls at Mono Lake,
California. Great Basin Naturalist
55:363-367.
Oring, L.W., and C.S. Elphick. 1994. Review of: Helmers,
D.L. 1992. Shorebird Management Manual. Auk
110:672-674.
Elphick, C.S., and G.L. Hunt. 1993. Variations in the
distributions of marine birds with water masses in the northern Bering Sea. Condor 95:33-44.