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Publication List

Peter C. Frederick

Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
P.O. Box 110430 University of Florida
Gainesville Fl. 32611

I. Refereed Publications:

1. Frederick, P. C. 1985. Extrapair copulations in the mating system of the White Ibis (Eudocimus albus). Phd. Dissertation, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill N.C.

2. Frederick, P.C. 1985. Intraspecific food piracy in White Ibis. Journal of Field Ornithology 56:413-414.

3. Frederick, P.C. 1986. Conspecific nest takeovers and egg destruction by White Ibises. Wilson Bulletin 98:156-157.

4. Frederick, P.C. 1986. Parental desertion of nestlings by White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) in response to muscle biopsy. Journal of Field Ornithology 57:168-169.

5. Frederick, P.C. 1986. A self-tripping trap for use with colonial nesting birds. North American Bird Bander 11:94-95.

6. Frederick, P.C. and M.A. Shields. 1986. Suspected intraspecific egg dumping in the White Ibis (Eudocimus albus). Wilson Bulletin 98:476-478.

7. Frederick, P.C. and M.A. Shields. 1986. Corrections for the underestimation of brood parasitism frequency derived from daily nest inspections. Journal of Field Ornithology 57:224-226.

8. Westneat, D.F., P.C. Frederick, and R.H. Wiley. 1987. The use of genetic markers to estimate the frequency of alternative reproductive tactics. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 21:35-45.

9. Frederick, P.C. 1987. Extrapair copulations in the mating system of White Ibis (Eudocimus albus). Behaviour 100:170-201.

10. Frederick, P.C. 1987. Responses of male White Ibises to their mate's extra-pair copulations. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 21:223-228.

11. Frederick, P.C. 1987. Chronic tidally-induced nest failure in a colony of White Ibises. Condor 89:413-419.

12. Frederick, P.C. and M.W. Collopy 1989. The role of predation in determining reproductive success of colonially-nesting wading birds (Ciconiiformes) in the Florida Everglades. Condor 91(4).

13. Frederick, P.C. and M.W. Collopy. 1989. Nesting success of five species of wading birds (Ciconiiformes) in relation to water conditions in the Florida Everglades. Auk 106:625-634.

14. Frederick, P.C. and M.W. Collopy. 1989. Researcher disturbance in colonies of wading birds: effects of frequency of visits and egg marking on reproductive parameters. Colonial Waterbirds 12: 152-157.

15. Frederick, P.C., N. Dwyer, S. Fitzgerald and R.E. Bennetts. 1990. Relative abundance and habitat preferences of Least Bitterns (Ixobrychus exilis) in the Everglades. Florida Field Naturalist 18:1-20.

16. Bildstein, K.L., Post, W., Johnston, J., and P.C. Frederick. 1990. Freshwater wetlands, rainfall, and the breeding ecology of White Ibises (Eudocimus albus) in coastal South Carolina. Wilson Bulletin 102:84-98.

17. Custer, T.W. and P.C. Frederick. 1990. Egg size and laying order of Snowy Egrets, Great Egrets, and Black-crowned Night Herons. Condor 92:772-775.

18. Bildstein, K.L., P.C. Frederick and M. G. Spalding. 1991. Feeding patterns and aggressive behavior in juvenile and adult American Flamingos (Phoenicopterus ruber ruber). Condor 93:916-925.

19. Harris, L.D. and P.C. Frederick. 1991. The role of the Endangered Species Act in the conservation of biological diversity: an assessment. In: J. Cairns, Jr., T.V. Crawford (eds.) Integrated Environmental Management. Lewis Publishers, Chelsea MI.

20. Frederick, P.C. and K.L. Bildstein. 1992. Foraging behavior of seven species of neotropical ibises (Threskiornithidae) during the dry season in the llanos of Venezuela. Wilson Bulletin 104, 1-21.

21. Frederick, P.C., R.D. Bjork, G.V.N. Powell and G.T. Bancroft. 1992. Reproductive success of three species of herons in relation to habitat in southern Florida. Colonial Waterbirds 15:192-201.

22. Bildstein, K.L., Blood, L., and P. C. Frederick 1992. The relative importance of biotic and abiotic vectors in nutrient processing. Estuaries 15:147-157.

23. Frederick, P.C. and W. F. Loftus. 1993. Responses of marsh fishes and breeding wading birds to low temperatures; a possible behavioral link between predator and prey. Estuaries 16:216-222.

24. Frederick, P.C., M.G. Spalding, and G.V.N. Powell. 1993. An evaluation of methods for measuring nestling survival in colonially-nesting Tricolored Herons (Egretta tricolor). Journal of Wildlife Management 57:34-41.

25. Robertson, W. B. and P. C. Frederick. 1994. The faunal papers: contexts, synthesis, and departures. Pgs. 709 - 737 in: Everglades: the ecosystem and its restoration. S. Davis and J. C. Ogden (eds.) St. Lucie Press, Delray Beach Fl.

26. Frederick, P. C. and G.V.N. Powell, III. 1994. Nutrient transport by wading birds in the Everglades. Pgs. 571 - 584 in: Everglades: the ecosystem and its restoration. S. Davis and J. C. Ogden (eds.) St. Lucie Press, Delray Beach, Florida.

27. Frederick, P.C. and M.G. Spalding. 1994. Factors affecting reproductive success of wading birds (Ciconiiformes) in the Everglades ecosystem. Pgs. 659 - 691 in: Everglades: the ecosystem and its restoration. S. Davis and J. C. Ogden (eds.) St. Lucie Press, Delray Beach, Florida.

28. Frederick, P. C. and S. M. McGeheee. 1994. Wading bird use of wastewater wetlands in Florida. Colonial Waterbirds 17: 50-59.

29. Frederick, P. C., K. L. Bildstein, B. Fleury and J. C. Ogden. 1996. Conservation of nomadic populations of White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) in the United States. Conservation Biology 10:203 - 216.

30. Frederick, P. C., S. M. McGehee and M. G. Spalding. 1996. Prevalence of Eustrongylides ignotus in mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki) in Florida: historical and regional comparisons. Journal of Wildlife Disease 32:552 - 555.

31. Frederick, P. C. and T. Towles. 1995. Roseate Spoonbills nesting at an inland location in the Everglades. Florida Field Naturalist 23:65-66.

32. Lorenz, J. J., G.V.N. Powell, C. C. McIvor and P. C. Frederick. 1997. A drop net and removable walkway for sampling fishes over wetland surfaces. Wetlands 17:346-359.

33. Frederick, P. C., T. Towles, R. Sawicki and G. T. Bancroft. 1996. Comparison of aerial and ground techniques for discovery and census of long-legged wading bird (Ciconiiformes) nesting colonies in the Florida Everglades. Condor 98:837 - 841.

34. Frederick, P. C., J. C. Sandoval, C. Luthin and M. G. Spalding. 1997. Dry-season populations of waterbirds in the Caribbean coastal wetlands of Nicaragua and Honduras. Journal of Field Ornithology 68:287-295.

35. Frederick, P. C. and J. C. Ogden. 1997. Philopatry and nomadism: contrasting long-term movement behavior and population dynamics of White Ibises and Wood Storks. Colonial Waterbirds 20:316-323.

36. Coulter, M. C. and P. C. Frederick. 1997. Movements and population dynamics of colonial waterbirds as guides for the temporal and spatial scale of conservation. Colonial Waterbirds 20:295-297.

37. Frederick, P. C. 1997. Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor). In The Birds of North America, No. 306 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA, and the American Ornithologists’ Union, Washington, D. C. 28 pp.

38. Bouton, S. N., P. C. Frederick, M. G. Spalding and H. Lynch. 1999. The effects of chronic, low concentrations of dietary methlymercury on appetite and hunting behavior in juvenile Great Egrets (Ardea albus). Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry18:1934-1939.

39. Sepulveda, M. S., P. C. Frederick, M. G. Spalding, and G. E. Williams, Jr. 1999. Mercury contamination in free-ranging great egret nestlings (Ardea albus) from southern Florida. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 18:985-992.

40. Frederick, P.C., M. G. Spalding, M.S. Sepulveda, G. E. Williams Jr., L. Nico and R. Robbins. 1999. Exposure of Great Egret nestlings to mercury through diet in the Everglades of Florida. Environmental Toxicology and.Chemistry 18:1940 - 1947

41. Sepulveda, M.S., G. E. Williams, P. C. Frederick , and M.S. Spalding. 1999. Effects of mercury on health and first year survival of free-ranging Great Egrets (Ardea albus) from southern Florida. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 37:369-376

42. Spalding, M.G., P.C. Frederick, H. C. McGill, S. N. Bouton, L. J. Richey, I. M. Schumacher, S. G. M. Blackmore and J. Harrison. 2000. Histologic, neurologic, and immunologic effects of methylmercury in captive Great Egrets. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 36:423-435.

43. Spalding, M. G., P.C. Frederick, H. C. McGill, S. N. Bouton and L. R. McDowell. 2000. Methylmercury accumulation in tissues and its effects on growth and appetite in captive Great Egrets. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 36:411-422.

44. Frederick, P. C. 2000. Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga). In: The Birds of North America, No. 522 In: A. Poole and F. Gill, (eds.) The Birds of North America. American Ornithologists Union and the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA.

45. Frederick, P. C. 2002. Wading Birds. Chapter 19, pgs. 617 - 655 in: Biology of Marine Birds, B. A. Schreiber and J. Burger, eds. CRC Press, Washington DC.

46. Frederick, P. C. and J. C. Ogden 2003. Monitoring wetland ecosystems using avian populations: Seventy years of survey and research in the Everglades. In: D. Busch and J. Trexler (eds). Interdisciplinary approaches to ecological monitoring of major ecosystem restoration initiatives. Washington DC, Island Press.

47. Frederick, P.C. (2000). Mercury and its effects in the Everglades ecosystem. Reviews in Toxicology 3:213 – 255.

48. Jie, D. and P.C. Frederick 2001. Nocturnal flight behavior of waterbirds in close proximity to a transmission powerline in the Florida Everglades. Waterbirds 24:419 - 424.

49. Frederick, P. C., M. G. Spalding and R. Dusek. 2001. Wading birds as bioindicators of mercury contamination in Florida: annual and geographic variation. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 21:262-264.

50. Frederick, P. C. and J. C. Ogden. 2001. Pulsed breeding of long-legged wading birds and the importance of infrequent severe drought conditions in the Florida Everglades. Wetlands 21 (4): 484-491.

51. Salatas, J.H., P.C. Frederick and K. A. Nagy. 2002. Validation of the labeled-water method for estimating food consumption in nestling herons. Auk 119: 551 – 556.

52. Epanchin, P.N., J. A. Heath and P. C. Frederick. 2002. Effects of Everglades fires on wading bird colonies and individual survival. Wilson Bulletin 114:139-141.

53. Bouton, S. N. And P.C. Frederick. 2003. Stakeholder’s perceptions of a wading bird colony as a community resource in the Brazilian Pantanal. Conservation Biology 17:297-306.

54. Frederick, P.C., B. Hylton, M. Ruane and J.A. Heath. 2003. Accuracy and variation in estimates of large numbers of birds by individual observers using an aerial survey simulator. Journal of Field Ornithology 74:281-287.

55. Heath, J. A., P.C. Frederick, T. Edwards and L. J. Guillette. 2003. Reproductive physiology of free-living White Ibises (Eudocimus albus). General and Comparative Endocrinology 133:118-131.

56. Heath, J.A. and P.C. Frederick. 2003. Trapping White Ibises with rocket nets and mist nets. Journal of Field Ornithology 74: 187-192.

57. Frederick, P.C. and J.C. Ogden. 2003. Monitoring wetland ecosystems using avian populations: seventy years of surveys in the Everglades. Pgs.321-350 in: D. Bush and J. Trexler, eds. "Monitoring ecosystems: interdisciplinary approaches for evaluting ecoregional initiatives". Island Press, Washington, DC. 447 pgs.

58. Frederick, P.C., B.A. Hylton, J.A. Heath and M.G. Spalding. 2004. A historical record of mercury contamination in southern Florida as inferred from avian feather tissue. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 23:1474-1478.

59. Heath, J.A. and P.C. Frederick. 2005. Relationships among mercury concentrations, hormones, and nesting effort of White Ibises. The Auk 122:255-267

60. Stolen, E. D., D. R. Breininger, and P.C. Frederick. 2005. Using waterbirds as indicators in estuarine systems: successes and perils. Pgs. 409-422 in: S. Bortone (ed). Estuarine Indicators. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Fl.

61. Bouton, S.N., P.C. Frederick, C. D. Rocha, A. T. Barbosa dos Santos and T.C. Bouton. 2005, in press. Effects of tourist disturbance on Wood Stork nesting success and breeding behavior in the Brazilian Pantanal. Waterbirds 28.

62. Frederick, P.C., J. A. Heath, R. Bennetts and H. Hafner. 2006. Estimating nests not present at the time of breeding surveys: an important consideration in assessing nesting populations. Journal of Field Ornithology 77:212 – 219.

63. Hylton, B.A, P. C. Frederick, T. E. Delafuente, and M.G. Spalding. 2006. Effects of nestling health on post-fledging survival of wood storks. Condor 108:97-106.

64. Hoffman, D.J., M.G. Spalding, and P.C. Frederick. 2005. Subchronic effects of methylmercury on plasma and organ biochemistries in great egret nestlings. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 24:3078 – 3084.

65. Heath, J. A. and P. C. Frederick. 2006. White Ibis integument color during the breeding season. Journal of Field Ornithology 77:141 – 150.

66. Babbitt, G.A. and P. C. Frederick 2007. Selection for bill dimorphism in ibises:an evaluation of hypotheses. Waterbirds 30(2):199-206.

II. Nonrefereed Publications

65. Bildstein, K.L. and P.C. Frederick 1985. Birds of the Pharoahs. South Carolina Wildlife 32:6-10.

66. Frederick, P.C. and M.W. Collopy 1988. Reproductive ecology of wading birds in relation to water conditions in the Florida Everglades. Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, School of Forest Resources and Conservation, Univ. of Florida Technical Rept. # 30. 300 pgs.

67. Bildstein, K.L., W. Post, P.C. Frederick, and J. Johnston. 1990. The importance of freshwater wetlands in the breeding ecology of coastal White Ibises (Eudocimus albus). In: Frederick, P.C., Morales, L.G., A.L. Spaans and C.S. Luthin (eds.). The Scarlet Ibis: Status, conservation and recent research. International Waterfowl Research Bureau, Slimbridge, U.K.

68. Frederick, P.C. 1990. Hydrological cues associated with the initiation and abandonment of nesting by White Ibises (Eudocimus albus) in the Everglades of Florida, U.S.A. In: Frederick, P.C., Morales, L.G., A.L. Spaans and C.S. Luthin (eds.). The Scarlet Ibis: Status, conservation and recent research. International Waterfowl Research Bureau, Slimbridge, U.K.

69. Frederick, P. C. 1991. Factors affecting reproductive success of wading birds. Symposium Proceedings, Southeastern Coastal Wetlands and Wildlife, Fish and Wildlife Service. Winter 1991.

70. Frederick, P. C. 1992. Review of: Summary performance report of Florida Wading Bird Atlas. Florida Field Naturalist 20:80-81.

71. Frederick, P. C. 1993. Review of: "Storks, Ibises and Spoonbills of the World" (J. Hancock, J.A. Kushlan and M. P. Kahl, 1992, Academic Press). The Auk, 110:963-964.

72. Erwin, R. M., P. C. Frederick and J. L. Trapp. 1993. Monitoring of colonial waterbirds in the United States: problems and prospects. pgs. 18 - 22 in: Moser, M., R. C. Prentice, and J. van Vessem (eds.). Waterfowl and wetland conservation in the 1990's - a global perspective. Proceedings IWRB Symposium 1993. International Waterfowl and Wetlands Research Bureau publication No. 26, Slimbridge, U.K. 263 pp.

73. Frederick, P. C. 1994. Review of "White Ibis, Wetland Wanderer" (K. L. Bildstein, 1993, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D. C. Florida Field Naturalist 22:55-56.

74. Frederick, P. C. 1996. Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis). Pgs. 381 - 387 in: Rodgers, J. A., H. W. Kale II and H. T. Smith (eds). Rare and Endangered Biota of Florida Vol. V. Birds. University Press of Florida.

75. Frederick, P.C. 1996. White Ibis (Eudocimus albus). Pgs. 466 - 474 in: Rodgers, J. A., H. W. Kale II and H. T. Smith (eds). Rare and Endangered Biota of Florida Vol. V. Birds. University Press of Florida.

76. Frederick, P. C. 1997. White Ibis (Eudocimus albus). Species account in: Florida Breeding Bird Atlas. Florida Audubon Society, Maitland Fl..

77. Frederick, P. C. 1997. Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus). Species account in: Florida Breeding Bird Atlas. Florida Audubon Society, Maitland, Fl..

78. Frederick, P. C.1997. Review of: The Double-crested Cormorant: Biology, Conservation, and Management. The Wilson Bulletin 109:367-368.

79. Spalding, M.G. and P.C. Frederick. 1996. The Everglades: what can wading birds tell us about ecosystem health? (extended abstract) Pgs. 33 - 35 in: R. E. Junge, (ed.) Proceedings of Joint Conference, American Association of Zoo Veterinarians, Wildlife Disease Association, American Association of Wildlife Veterinarians, East Lansing, Michigan, August 1995.

80. Ogden, J. C., G. T. Bancroft and P.C. Frederick. 1997. Ecological success indicators: reestablishment of healthy wading bird populations. In: Ecologic and precursor success criteria for south Florida ecosystem restoration. A Science Sub-Group report to the Working Group of the South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force. U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville, Fl.

81. Frederick, P. C. 1998. Effects of the 1992 – 1995 high water period on nesting effort and nesting success of wading birds (Ciconiiformes) in the central Everglades. Pgs. 137 – 146 in: T. V. Armentano, ed. Ecological assessment ofn the 1994 – 1995 high water conditions in the southern Everglades. Department of the Interior, Everglades National Park, Homestead, Fl.

82. Frederick, P.C. 2002. Review of: Dell’Omo: Behavioural Ecotoxicology. Behavioural Processes 60:241 – 242.

83. Frederick, P.C., D. Axelrad, T. Atkeson and C. Pollman. 2005. Contaminants research and policy: The Everglades mercury story. National Wetlands Newsletter 27:3 – 6.

84. White, L. C., P.C. Frederick, M. B. Main and J.A. Rodgers, Jr. 2005. Nest Island Creation for Wading Birds. EDIS extension publication.

85. Steinkamp, M, P. Frederick, K. Parsons, H. Carter and M. Parker. 2005. The challenges of standardizing colonial waterbird survey protocols – What is working? What is not? Pgs. 1006 – 1008 in: Ralph, C.J. and T. D. Rich. Bird conservation implementation and integration the Americas: Proceedings of the Third International Partners in Flight Conference, 2002 March 20 – 24, Asilomar CA. Vol. 2. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-191. Albany CA. Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. 643 pp.

86. Axelrad, D. M., T. D. Atkeson, T. Lange, C. D. Pollman, C. C. Gilmour, W.H. Orem, I. A. Mendelssohn, P. C. Frederick, D. P. Krabbenhoft, G. R. Aiken, D. G. Rumbold, D. J. Scheidt and P. I. Kalla. 2006. Mercury Monitoring, Research and Environmental Assessment in South Florida. Chapter 3B, Vol. I in the 2006 South Florida Ecosystem Report. South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, Fl.

87. Frederick, P.C., D. Axelrad, T. Atkeson and C. Pollman. 2005. Contaminants research and policy: The Everglades mercury story. National Wetlands Newsletter 27:3 – 6.