Preface, Ken A. Otter
1. Introduction to the North American Paridae, Susan M. Smith
Proximate Mechanisms in Behavior and Evolution
2. Neurobiology and spatial behavior, David F. Sherry & Jennifer S. Hoshooley
3. The relationship between environment, corticosterone, food caching, spatial memory and the hippocampus in chickadees, Vladimir V. Pravosudov
4. Photoperiodism and the annual cycle of black-capped chickadees, Leslie S. Phillmore & Scott A. Macdougall-Shackleton
5. Fine-scale variation in the timing of reproduction in titmice and chickadees, Scott M. Ramsay & Ken A. Otter
Chapter Synopsis 1 Proximate mechanisms in behavior and evolution, David F. Sherry, Vladimir V. Pravosudov, Scott A. Macdougall-Shackleton, Jennifer S. Hoshooley & Leslie S. Phillmore
Reproductive Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
6. Phylogeography of chestnut-backed chickadees in western North America, Theresa M. Burg
7. Behavioral aspects of chickadee hybridization, Robert L. Curry, Mathew W. Reudink & Lindsay M. Rossano
8. Population density, nest site selection, and reproduction in Mountain Chickadees with changes in forest health and the Nest Web structure, Kathy Martin & Andrea R. Norris
9. Social dominance and fitness in black-capped chickadees, Laurene Ratcliffe, Daniel J. Mennill & Kristin A. Schubert
Chapter Synopsis 2 Parid reproductive behavior, Daniel J. Mennill, Theresa M. Burg, Robert L. Curry, Kathy Martin, Andrea R. Norris, Laurene Ratcliffe, Mathew W. Reudink, Lindsay M. Rossano & Kristin A. Schubert
Vocal Communication
10. Chickadee vocal production and perception: an integrative approach to understanding acoustic communication, Chris Sturdy, Laurie L. Bloomfield, Isabelle Charrier & Tiffany T-Y. Lee
11. The garglecall of black-capped chickadees: ontogeny, acoustic structure, population patterns, function, and processes leading to sharing of call characteristics, Myron C. Baker & David Gammon
12. How post-dispersal social environment may influence acoustic variation in birdsong, David Gammon
13. "Information" and the chick-a-dee call: communicating with a complex vocal system, Jeffrey Lucas & Todd Freeberg
14. Status signalling and communication networks in chickadees: complex communication with a simple song, Daniel J. Mennill & Ken A. Otter
Chapter Synopsis 3 Compexities in vocal communication, Todd M. Freeberg, Myron C. Baker, Laurie L. Bloomfield, Isabelle Charrier, David E. Gammon, Jack P. Hailman, Tiffany T-Y. Lee, Jeffrey R. Lucas, Daniel J. Mennill & Christopher B. Sturdy
Landscape Ecology, Behavior, and Conservation Issues
15. Edge, patch and landscape effects on parid distribution and movements, André Desrochers & Marc Bélisle
16. Winter adaptations in chickadees and titmice and the added effect of habitat fragmentation, Jennifer R. Olson & Thomas C. Grubb, Jr
17. Habitat quality and reproductive behavior in chickadees and tits: potential for habitat matrix use in forest generalists, Ken A. Otter, Harry van Oort & Kevin T. Fort
Chapter Synopsis 4 Landscape ecology, behavior, and conservation issues, André Desrochers, Ken A. Otter, Marc Bélisle, & Jennifer R. Olson
18. What drives differences between North American and Eurasian tit studies?