PUBLICATIONS OF WALTER D. KOENIG

Books

1. Koenig, W. D. and R. L. Mumme. 1987. Population Ecology of the Cooperatively Breeding Acorn Woodpecker. xiii+435 pp. Monographs in Population Biology 24, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ.

2. Stacey, P. B. and W. D. Koenig (editors). 1990. Cooperative Breeding in Birds: Long-term Studies of Ecology and Behavior. xviii+615 pp. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

3. Koenig, W. D. and J. L. Dickinson (editors). 2004. Ecology and Evolution of Cooperative Breeding in Birds. ix+293 pp. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Technical articles (2000 - present)

99. Koenig, W. D. and J. M. H. Knops. 2000. Patterns of annual seed production by northern hemisphere trees: a global perspective. American Naturalist 155: 59-69.

100. Koenig, W. D., P. N. Hooge, M. T. Stanback, and J. Haydock. 2000. Natal dispersal in the cooperatively breeding acorn woodpecker. Condor 102: 492-502.

101. Trenham, P. C., H. B. Shaffer, W. D. Koenig, and M. R. Stromberg. 2000. Life history and demographic variation in the California tiger salamander (Ambystoma californiense). Copeia 2000: 365-377.

102. Knops, J. M. H. and W. D. Koenig. 2000. Annual variation in xylem water potential in California oaks. Madroño 47: 106-108.

103. Koenig, W. D., M. T. Stanback, J. Haydock, and F. Kraaijeveld-Smit. 2001. Nestling sex-ratio variation in the cooperatively breeding acorn woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus). Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 49: 357-365.

104. Haydock, J., W. D. Koenig, and M. T. Stanback. 2001. Shared parentage and incest avoidance in the cooperatively breeding acorn woodpecker. Molecular Ecology 10: 1515-1526.

105. Koenig, W. D. and J. M. H. Knops. 2001. Cone-crop size, weather and eruptions of North American boreal seed-eating birds. Journal of Animal Ecology 70: 609-620.

106. Koenig, W. D. 2001. Synchrony and periodicity of eruptions by boreal seed-eating birds. Condor 103: 725-735.

107. Koenig, W. D. 2001. Spatial autocorrelation and local disappearances in wintering North American birds. Ecology 82: 2636-2644.

108. Trenham, P. C., W. D. Koenig, and H. B. Shaffer. 2001. Spatially autocorrelated demography and interpond dispersal in the pond breeding salamander Ambystoma californiense. Ecology 82: 3519-3530.

109. Koenig, W. D. and J. M. H. Knops. 2002. The behavioral ecology of masting in oaks. Pp. 129- 148 in Oak Forest Ecosystems (W. J. McShea and W. M. Healy, eds.) The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD.

110. Koenig, W. D. 2002. Global patterns of environmental synchrony and the Moran effect. Ecography 25: 283-288.

111. Koenig, W. D., J. M. H. Knops, and W. J. Carmen. 2002. Arboreal seed removal and insect damage in three California oaks. Pp. 193-204 in Proceedings of the Fifth Symposium on Oak Woodlands: Oaks in California’s Changing Landscape. R. B. Standiford, D. McCreary, and K. L. Purcell, technical coordinators. Pacific SW Forest & Range Exp. Station Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-184.

112. Koenig, W. D. and L. S. Benedict. 2002. Size, insect parasitism, and energetic value of acorns stored by acorn woodpeckers. Condor 104: 539-547.

113. Chu, M., W. D. Koenig, A. Godinez, C. E. McIntosh, and R. C. Fleischer. 2002. Social and genetic monogamy in territorial and loosely colonial populations of the phainopepla. Auk  119: 770-777.

114. Haydock, J. and W. D. Koenig. 2002. Reproductive skew in the polygynandrous acorn woodpecker. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 99: 7178-7183.

115. Craft, K. J., M. V. Ashley, and W. D. Koenig. 2002. Limited hybridization between Quercus lobata and Quercus douglasii (Fagaceae) in a mixed stand in central coastal California. American Journal of Botany 89: 1792-1798.

116. Koenig, W. D. and M. V. Ashley. 2003. Is pollen limited? The answer is blowin’ in the wind. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 18: 157-159.

117. Haydock, J. and W. D. Koenig. 2003. Patterns of reproductive skew in the polygynandrous acorn woodpecker. American Naturalist 162: 277-289.

118. Trenham, P. C., W. D. Koenig, M. J. Mossman, S. L. Stark, and L. A. Jagger. 2003. Regional dynamics of wetland-breeding frogs and toads: turnover and synchrony. Ecological Applications 13: 1522-1532.

119. Koenig, W. D. and A. M. Liebhold. 2003. Regional impacts of periodical cicadas on oak radial increment. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 33: 1084-1089.

120. Koenig, W. D. 2003. European starlings and their effect on native cavity-nesting birds. Conservation Biology 17: 1134-1140.

121. Koenig, W. D., D. Kelly, V. L. Sork, R. P. Duncan, J. S. Elkinton, M. S. Peltonen and R. D. Westfall. 2003. Dissecting components of population-level variation in seed production and the evolution of masting behavior. Oikos 102: 581-591.

122. Buonaccorsi, J. P., J. Elkinton, W. Koenig, R. Duncan, D. Kelly and V. Sork. 2003. Measuring mast seeding behavior: relationships among population variation, individual variation and synchrony. Journal of Theoretical Biology 224: 107-114.

123. Koenig, W. D. and J. L. Dickinson. 2004. Introduction. Pp. 1-4 in Ecology and Evolution of Cooperative Breeding in Birds (W. D. Koenig and J. L. Dickinson, eds.). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

124. Koenig, W. D. and J. Haydock. 2004. Incest avoidance. Pp. 142-156 in Ecology and Evolution of Cooperative Breeding in Birds (W. D. Koenig and J. L. Dickinson, eds.). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

125. Liebhold, A. M., V. Sork, M. Peltonen, W. D. Koenig, O. Bjørnstad, R.  Westfall, J.  Elkinton, and J. M. H. Knops. 2004. Within-population spatial synchrony in mast seeding of North American oaks. Oikos 104: 156-164.

126. Liebhold, A. M., W. D. Koenig and O. Bjørnstad. 2004. Spatial synchrony in population dynamics. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics 35: 467-490.

127. Koenig, W. D. and A. M. Liebhold. 2005. Effects of periodical cicada emergences on abundance and synchrony of avian populations. Ecology 86: 1873-1882.

128. Koenig, W. D., E. L. Walters, J. R. Walters, J. S. Kellam, K. G. Michalek, and M. S. Schrader. 2005. Seasonal body weight variation in five species of woodpeckers. Condor 107: 810-822.

129. Monahan, W. B. and W. D. Koenig. 2006. Potential effects of SOD on the oak woodland bird community of coastal California. Pp.XXX-XXX in Sudden Oak Death Second Science Symposium. (                       , Technical coordinator). Pacific SW Forest & Range Exp. Station Gen. Tech. Rep. PSWXXX.

130. Monahan, W. B. and W. D. Koenig. 2006. Estimating the effects of sudden oak death on oak-dependent birds. Biological Conservation 127: 146-157.

131. Koenig, W. D., M. T. Stanback, and J. Haydock. 2006. Abbreviated inner primaries: a sex-linked dimorphism in the acorn woodpecker. Journal of Field Ornithology 77: 157-162.

132. Koenig, W. D. 2006. Spatial synchrony of monarch butterflies. American Midland Naturalist 155: 39-49.

133. Wiebe, K. L., W. D. Koenig, and K. Martin. 2006. Evolution of clutch size in cavity-excavating birds: the nest site limitation hypothesis revisited. American Naturalist 167: 343-353.

Technical articles (pre-1999)

1. Gutièrrez, R. J. and W. D. Koenig. 1978. Characteristics of storage trees used by acorn woodpeckers in two California woodlands. Journal of Forestry 76: 162-164.

 2. Koenig, W. D. and P. L. Williams. 1979. Notes on the status of acorn woodpeckers in central Mexico. Condor 81: 317-318.

 3. Koenig, W. D. and F. A. Pitelka. 1979. Relatedness and inbreeding avoidance: counterploys in the communally nesting acorn woodpecker. Science 206: 1103-1105.

 4. Koenig, W. D. 1980. The determination of runt eggs in birds. Wilson Bulletin 92: 103-107.

 5. Koenig, W. D. 1980. The incidence of runt eggs in woodpeckers.Wilson Bulletin 92: 169-176.

 6. Koenig, W. D. 1980. Variation and age determination in a population of acorn woodpeckers. Journal of Field Ornithology 51: 10-16.

 7. Davis, J., W. D. Koenig and P. L. Williams. 1980. Birds of Hastings Reservation, Monterey County California. Western Birds 11:113-128.

 8. Koenig, W. D. 1980. Acorn storage by acorn woodpeckers in an oak woodland: an energetics analysis. Pp. 265-269 in Symposium on the Ecology, Management, and Utilization of California Oaks (T. R. Plumb, technical coordinator) Pacific SW Forest & Range Exp. Station Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW44.

 9. Williams, P. L. and W. D. Koenig. 1980. Water dependence of birds in a temperate oak woodland. Auk 97: 339-350.

10. Koenig, W. D. 1981. Space competition in the acorn woodpecker: power struggles in a cooperative breeder. Animal Behaviour 29: 396-409.

11. Koenig, W. D. 1981. Reproductive success, group size, and the evolution of cooperative breeding in the acorn woodpecker. American Naturalist 117: 421-443.

12. Koenig, W. D., and F. A. Pitelka. 1981. Ecological factors and kin selection in the evolution of cooperative breeding in birds. Pp. 261-280 in Natural Selection and Social Behavior: Recent Research and New Theory (R. D. Alexander and D. W. Tinkle, editors) Chiron Press, New York.

13. Koenig, W. D. 1981. Coalitions of male lions: making the best of a bad job? Nature 293: 413.

14. Koenig, W. D. 1982. Ecological and social factors affecting hatchability of eggs. Auk 99:526-536.

15. Joste, N. E., W. D. Koenig, R. L. Mumme and F. A. Pitelka. 1982. Intragroup dynamics of a cooperative breeder: an analysis of reproductive roles in the acorn woodpecker. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 11: 195-201.

16. Koenig, W. D., R. L. Mumme, and F. A. Pitelka. 1983. Female roles in cooperatively breeding acorn woodpeckers. Pp. 235-261 in Social Behavior of Female Vertebrates (S. K. Wasser, editor) Academic Press, New York.

17. Mumme, R. L., W. D. Koenig and F. A. Pitelka. 1983. Mate-guarding in the acorn woodpecker: within-group reproductive competition in a cooperative breeder. Animal Behaviour 31:1094-1106.

18. Mumme, R. L., W. D. Koenig and F. A. Pitelka. 1983. Are acorn woodpecker territories aggregated? Ecology 64: 1305-1307.

19. Mumme, R. L., W. D. Koenig and F. A. Pitelka. 1983. Reproductive competition in the communal acorn woodpecker: sisters destroy each other's eggs. Nature 306: 583-584.

20. Koenig, W. D. 1984. Clutch size of the gilded flicker. Condor 86: 89-90.

21. Koenig, W. D., R. L. Mumme and F. A. Pitelka. 1984. The breeding system of the acorn woodpecker in central coastal California. Zeitshrift für Tierpsychologie 65: 289-308.

22. Koenig, W. D. 1984. Geographic variation in clutch size in the northern flicker (Colaptes auratus ): support for Ashmole's hypothesis. Auk 101: 698-706.

23. Mumme, R. L., W. D. Koenig, R. M. Zink and J. A. Marten. 1985. An analysis of genetic variation and parentage in a California population of acorn woodpeckers. Auk 102: 305-312.

24. Koenig, W. D. and S. S. Albano.1985. Patterns of territoriality and mating success in the white-tailed skimmer Plathemis lydia (Odonata: Anisoptera). American Midland Naturalist 114: 1-12.

25. Koenig, W. D. 1985. Dunking of prey by Brewer's blackbirds: a novel source of water for nestlings. Condor 87: 444-445.

26. Hannon, S. J., R. L. Mumme, W. D. Koenig and F. A. Pitelka.1985. Replacement of breeders and within-group conflict in the cooperatively breeding acorn woodpecker. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 17: 303-312.

27. Moore, W. S. and W. D. Koenig. 1986. Comparative reproductive success of yellow-shafted, red-shafted and hybrid flickers across a hybrid zone. Auk 103: 42-51.

28. Koenig, W. D. and S. S. Albano. 1986. On the measurement of sexual selection. American Naturalist 127: 403-409.

29. Koenig, W. D. 1986. Geographic ecology of clutch size variation in North American woodpeckers. Condor 88: 499-504.

30. Hannon, S. J., R. L. Mumme, W. D. Koenig, S. Spon and F. A. Pitelka. 1987. Poor acorn crop, dominance, and decline in numbers of acorn woodpeckers. Journal of Animal Ecology 56: 197-207.

31. Koenig, W. D. and S. S. Albano. 1987. Lifetime reproductive success, selection, and the opportunity for selection in the white-tailed skimmer Plathemis lydia (Odonata: Libellulidae). Evolution 41: 22-36.

32. Koenig, W. D. and M. D. Reynolds. 1987. Potential poisoning of yellow-billed magpies by compound 1080. Wildlife Society Bulletin 15: 274-276.

33. Koenig, W. D. and S. S. Albano. 1987. Breeding site fidelity in Plathemis lydia (Anisoptera: Libellulidae). Odonatologica 16: 249-259.

34. Carmen, W. J., W. D. Koenig and R. L. Mumme. 1987. Acorn production by five species of oaks over a seven year period at the Hastings Reservation, Carmel Valley, California. Pp. 429-434 in Symposium on Multiple-Use Management of California's Hardwood Resources (T. R. Plumb and N. H. Pillsbury, technical coordinators). Pacific SW Forest & Range Exp. Station Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW100.

35. Koenig, W. D. 1987. Morphological and dietary correlates of clutch size in North American woodpeckers. Auk 104: 757-765.

36. Koenig, W. D., S. J. Hannon, R. L. Mumme and F. A. Pitelka. 1988. Parent-offspring conflict in the acorn woodpecker. Proceedings of the International Ornithological Congress 19: 1221-1230.

37. Mumme, R. L., W. D. Koenig and F. A. Pitelka. 1988. Costs and benefits of joint nesting in the acorn woodpecker. American Naturalist 131: 654-677.

38. Koenig, W. D. 1988. Reciprocal altruism in birds: a critical review. Ethology and Sociobiology 9: 73-84.

39. Koenig, W. D. 1988. On the determination of viable population size in birds and mammals. Wildlife Society Bulletin 16: 230-234.

40. Koenig, W. D. and M. K. Heck. 1988. Ability of two species of oak woodland birds to subsist on acorns. Condor 90: 705-708.

41. Koenig, W. D. 1988. Internal migration in the contemporary United States: comparison of measures and partitioning of stages. Human Biology 60: 927-944.

42. Koenig, W. D. 1989. Sex-biased dispersal in the contemporary United States. Ethology and Sociobiology 10: 263-278.

43. Mumme, R. L., W. D. Koenig and F. L. W. Ratnieks. 1989. Helping behaviour, reproductive value, and the future component of indirect fitness. Animal Behaviour 38: 331-343.

44. Koenig, W. D. 1990. Territory size and duration in the white-tailed skimmer Plathemis lydia (Odonata: Libellulidae). Journal of Animal Ecology 59: 317-334.

45. Stacey, P. B. and Koenig, W. D. 1990. Introduction. Pp. ix-xviii in Cooperative Breeding in Birds: Long-term Studies of Ecology and Behavior (P. B. Stacey and W. D. Koenig, editors). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

46. Koenig, W. D. and P. B. Stacey. 1990. Acorn woodpeckers: Group living and food storage under contrasting ecological conditions. Pp. 415-453 in Cooperative Breeding in Birds: Long-term Studies of Ecology and Behavior (P. B. Stacey and W. D. Koenig, editors). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

47. Koenig, W. D. and R. L. Mumme. 1990. Levels of analysis and the functional significance of helping behavior. Pp. 268-303 in Interpretation and explanation in the study of behavior, vol. 2: Explanation, Evolution, and Adaptation (M. Bekoff and D. Jamieson, editors). Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado. Reprinted in: Readings in Animal Cognition (M. Bekoff and D. Jamieson, editors). MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

48. Weathers, W. W., W. D. Koenig and M. T. Stanback. 1990. Breeding energetics and thermal ecology of the acorn woodpecker in central coastal California. Condor 92: 341-359.

49. Mumme, R. L., W. D. Koenig and F. A. Pitelka. 1990. Individual contributions to cooperative nest care in the acorn woodpecker. Condor 92: 360-368.

50. Koenig, W. D. 1990. Dispersal, effective population size and the genetic structure of the contemporary United States. American Journal of Human Biology 2: 165-170.

51. Koenig, W. D. 1990. Opportunity of parentage and nest destruction in polygynandrous acorn woodpeckers, Melanerpes formicivorus. Behavioral Ecology 1: 55-61.

52. Koenig, W. D., S. S. Albano and J. L. Dickinson. 1991. A comparison of methods to partition selection acting via components of fitness: do larger male bullfrogs have greater hatching success? Journal of Evolutionary Biology 4: 309-320.

53. Koenig, W. D. 1991. The effects of tannins and lipids on the digestibility of acorns by acorn woodpeckers. Auk 108: 79-88.

54. Koenig, W. D., W. J. Carmen, M. T. Stanback and R. L. Mumme. 1991. Determinants of acorn productivity among five species of oaks in central coastal California. Pp.136-142 in Proceedings of the Symposium on Oak Woodlands and Hardwood Rangeland Management. (R. B. Standiford, Technical coordinator). Pacific SW Forest & Range Exp. Station Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW126.

55. Koenig, W. D., M. T. Stanback, P. N. Hooge and R. L. Mumme. 1991. Distress calls in the acorn woodpecker. Condor 93: 637-643.

56. Mumme, R. L. and W. D. Koenig. 1991. Explanations for avian helping behavior. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 6: 343-344.

57. Koenig, W. D. 1991. Levels of female choice in the white-tailed skimmer Plathemis lydia (Odonata: Libellulidae). Behaviour 119: 193-224.

58. Koenig, W. D., P. A. Gowaty and J. L. Dickinson. 1992. Boxes, barns, and bridges: confounding factors or exceptional opportunities in ecological studies? Oikos 63: 305-308.

59. Stanback, M. T. and W. D. Koenig. 1992. Cannibalism in birds. Pp. 277-298 in Cannibalism: Ecology and Evolution among Diverse Taxa (M. A. Elgar and B. J. Crespi, eds.). Oxford University Press, Oxford.

60. Koenig, W. D., F. A. Pitelka, W. J. Carmen, R. L. Mumme and M. T. Stanback. 1992. The evolution of delayed dispersal in cooperative breeders. Quarterly Review of Biology 67: 111-150.

61. Eichholz, M. W. and W. D. Koenig. 1992. Gopher snake attraction to birds' nests. Southwestern Naturalist 37: 293-298.

62. Birkhead, T. R., K. Clarkson, M. D. Reynolds and W. D. Koenig. 1992. Copulation and mate guarding in the colonial yellow-billed magpie Pica nuttalli and a comparison with the solitary black-billed magpie P. pica. Behaviour 121: 110-130.

63. Koenig, W. D., R. L. Mumme, W. J. Carmen and M. T. Stanback. 1994. Acorn production by oaks in central coastal California: variation within and among years. Ecology 75: 99-109.

64. Stanback, M. T. and W. D. Koenig. 1994. Techniques for capturing birds inside natural cavities. Journal of Field Ornithology 65: 70-75.

65. du Plessis, M., W. W. Weathers and W. D. Koenig. 1994. Energetic benefits of communal roosting by acorn woodpeckers in the non-breeding season. Condor 96: 631-637.

66. Leonard, M. L., K. L. Teather, A. G. Horn, W. D. Koenig and J. L. Dickinson. 1994. Provisioning in western bluebirds is not related to offspring sex. Behavioral Ecology 5: 455-459.

67. Knops, J. M. H. and W. D. Koenig. 1994. Water use strategies of five sympatric oaks in central coastal California. Madroño 41: 290-301.

68. Koenig, W. D., J. M. H. Knops, W. J. Carmen, M. T. Stanback and R. L. Mumme. 1994. Estimating acorn crops using visual surveys. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 24: 2105-2112.

69. Koenig, W. D. 1994. Two new bird-mammal associations from Kenya, with comments on host use by wattled starlings. Ostrich 65: 337-338.

70. Koenig, W. D., R. L. Mumme, M. T. Stanback and F. A. Pitelka. 1995. Patterns and consequences of egg destruction among joint-nesting acorn woodpeckers. Animal Behaviour 50: 607-621.

71. Dickinson, J. L., J. Haydock, W. D. Koenig, M. T. Stanback and F. A. Pitelka. 1995. Genetic monogamy in single-male groups of acorn woodpeckers. Molecular Ecology 4: 765-770.

72. Leonard, M. L., J. L. Dickinson, A. G. Horn and W. D. Koenig. 1995. An experimental test of offspring recognition in western bluebirds. Auk 112: 1062-1064.

73. Koenig, W. D., P. B. Stacey, M. T. Stanback and R. L. Mumme. 1995. Acorn woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus). In The Birds of North America, No. 194 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.) Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia; American Ornithologists’ Union, Washington, D.C.

74. Dickinson, J. L., W. D. Koenig and F. A. Pitelka. 1996. Fitness consequences of helping behavior in the western bluebird. Behavioral Ecology 7: 168-177.

75. Koenig, W. D., J. M. H. Knops, W. J. Carmen, M. T. Stanback and R. L. Mumme. 1996. Acorn production by oaks in central coastal California: influence of weather at three levels. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 26: 1677-1683.

76. Koenig, W. D. and J. L. Dickinson.1996. Nestling sex-ratio variation in western bluebirds. Auk 113: 902-910.

77. Koenig, W. D., D. Van Vuren and P. N. Hooge. 1996. Detectability, philopatry, and the distribution of dispersal distances in vertebrates. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 11: 514-517.

78. Lidicker, W. Z., Jr. and W. D. Koenig. 1996. Responses of terrestrial vertebrates to habitat edges and corridors. Pp. 85-109 in Metapopulations and Wildlife Conservation (D. R. McCullough, ed.) Island Press, Washington, D.C.

79. Koenig, W. D. 1997. Host preferences and behavior of oxpeckers: coexistence of similar species in a fragmented landscape. Evolutionary Ecology 11: 91-104.

80. Monk, D. S. and W. D. Koenig. 1997. Individual, brood, and sex variation in begging calls of western bluebirds. Wilson Bulletin 109: 328-332.

81. Fincke, O. M., J. K. Waage and W. D. Koenig. 1997. Natural and sexual selection components of Odonate mating patterns. Pp. 58-74 in The Evolution of Mating Systems in Insects and Arachnids (J. C. Choe and B. J. Crespi, eds.) Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

82. Knops, J. M. H., W. D. Koenig, and T. H. Nash, III. 1997. On the relationship between nutrient use efficiency and fertility in forest ecosystems. Oecologia 110: 550-556.

83. Knops, J. M. H. and W. D. Koenig. 1997. Site fertility and leaf nutrients of sympatric evergreen and deciduous species of Quercus in central coastal California. Plant Ecology 130: 121-131.

84. Reynolds, M. D. and W. D. Koenig. 1997. Reproductive success of yellow-billed magpies Pica nuttalli in central coastal California. Acta Ornithologica 32: 99-109.

85. Koenig, W. D. and J. M. H. Knops. 1997. Patterns of geographic synchrony in growth and reproduction of oaks within California and beyond. Pp.101-108 in Proceedings of the Symposium on Oak Woodlands: Ecology, Management, and Urban Interface Issues. (N. H. Pillsbury, J. Verner, and W. D. Tietje, Technical coordinators) Pacific SW For. & Range Exp. Stn Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-160.

86. Koenig, W. D., J. Haydock, and M. T. Stanback. 1998. Reproductive roles in the cooperatively breeding acorn woodpecker: incest avoidance vs. reproductive competition. American Naturalist 151: 243-255.

87. Koenig, W. D. and J. M. H. Knops. 1998. Testing for spatial autocorrelation in ecological studies. Ecography 21: 423-429.

88. Koenig, W. D. 1998. Spatial autocorrelation in California land birds. Conservation Biology 12: 612-620

89. Koenig, W. D. and S. H. Faeth. 1998. Effects of storage on tannin and protein content of cached acorns. Southwestern Naturalist 43: 170-175.

90. Koenig, W. D. and J. M. H. Knops. 1998. Scale of mast-seeding and tree-ring growth. Nature 396: 225-226.

91. Koenig, W. D. 1999. Spatial autocorrelation in ecological studies. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 14: 22-26.

92. Hooge, P. N., M. T. Stanback and W. D. Koenig. 1999. Nest-site selection in the acorn woodpecker. Auk 116: 45-54.

93. Koenig, W. D. and J. R. Walters. 1999. Sex-ratio selection in species with helpers at the nest: the repayment model revisited. American Naturalist 153: 124-130.

94. Koenig, W. D. and J. Haydock. 1999. Oaks, acorns, and the geographical ecology of the acorn woodpecker. Journal of Biogeography 26: 159-165.

95. Koenig, W. D., M. T. Stanback, and J. Haydock. 1999. Demographic consequences of incest avoidance in the cooperatively breeding acorn woodpecker. Animal Behaviour 57: 1287-1293.

96. Koenig, W. D., J. M. H. Knops, W. J. Carmen, and M. T. Stanback. 1999. Spatial dynamics in the absence of dispersal: acorn production by oaks in central coastal California. Ecography 22: 499-506.

97. Koenig, W. D., D. R. McCullough, C. E. Vaughn, J. M. H. Knops, and W. J. Carmen. 1999. Synchrony and asynchrony of acorn production at two coastal California sites. Madroño 46: 20-24.

98. Koenig, W. D. and J. M. H. Knops. 1999. The ecology of blue oak (Quercus douglasii) acorn production. Journal of the International Oak Society 9: 60-68.

General articles

  1. Stacey, P. B., and W. D. Koenig. 1984. Cooperative breeding in the acorn woodpecker. Scientific American 251(2): 114-121. Reprinted in: Behavior and Evolution of Birds. (D. W. Mock, ed.). W. H. Freeman, San Francisco.

  2. Koenig. W. D. 1988. La vie communicataire chez les oiseaux. La Recherche (Paris) 19: 300-308.

  3. Koenig, W. D. 1990. Oaks, acorns, and the acorn woodpecker. Fremontia 18: 77-79.

  4. Koenig, W. D. 1991. The acorn woodpecker. Pp. 86-87 in Oaks of California (Written by B. M. Pavlik, P. C. Muick, S. Johnson, and M. Popper). Cachuma Press, Los Olivos, CA.

  5. Koenig, W. D. 1992. [Defender of granaries: the acorn woodpecker]. Animals on Earth (Asahi Encyclopedia, weekly) 29: 137-139 [In Japanese].

  6. Koenig, W. D. 1993. Acorn woodpecker. Pp. 243-244 in The Marin County Breeding Bird Atlas: a Distributional and Natural History of Coastal California Birds, by W. D. Shuford. Bushtit Books, Bolinas, CA.

  7. Koenig, W. and J. Knops. 1995. Acorn production in California. Oaks ‘n’ folks 10(1): 1-4.

  8. Koenig, W. D. and J. Knops. 1995. Why do oaks produce boom-and-bust seed crops? California Agriculture 49(5): 7-12.

  9. Koenig, W. D. and R. L. Mumme. 1997. The great egg-demolition derby. Natural History 106(5): 32-37.

10. Koenig, W. and J. Knops. 1997. Geographical ecology of acorn production by California oaks. Oaks ‘n’ folks 12(2): 6-7.

11. Koenig, W. D. 1998. ‘Cooperative breeding, evolution of’ (pp. 159-160) and ‘ecological constraint hypothesis’ (p. 211) in The Encyclopedia of Ecology and Environmental Management. (P. Calow, editor-in-chief). Blackwell Publications, Oxford.

12. Kraaijeveld-Smit, F., and W. Koenig. 1998. Groepsgedrag van de Eikelspecht. Natura 1998(5): 140-141 [In Dutch].

13. Koenig, W. D. 2000. Oaks, acorns, and acorn woodpeckers. Oaks ‘n’ folks 15(1):5, 7.

14. Koenig, W. D. and J. Haydock. 2001. Dividing up the kids. Science 291: 442-443.

15. Koenig, W. D. and J. Haydock. 2002. Group sex in the acorn woodpecker: who comes out on top, and why? The Biologist 49: 150-154.

16. Dickinson, J. L. and W. D. Koenig. 2002. Social behaviour. Encyclopaedia Brittanica

17. Dickinson, J. L. and W. D. Koenig. 2003. Desperately seeking similarity. Science 300: 1887-1889.

18. Koenig, W. D. and J. M. H. Knops. 2005. The mystery of masting in trees. American Scientist 93: 340-347.

19. Koenig, W. D. 2005. Persistence in adversity: lessons from the ivory-billed woodpecker. BioScience 55: 646-647.

20. Koenig, W. D. 2006. A look at Sudden Oak Death. BirdScope 20(2): 15.

Book reviews

 1. Koenig, W. D. 1983. Woodpeckers of the World, by L. L. Short. Wilson Bulletin 95: 698-700.

 2. Koenig, W. D. 1985. Perspectives in Ornithology, edited by A. H. Brush and G. A. Clark, Jr. American Scientist 73: 81-82.

 3. Koenig, W. D. 1985. The Florida Scrub Jay: Demography of a Cooperative-breeding Bird, by G. E. Woolfenden and J. W. Fitzpatrick. Animal Behaviour 33: 1402-1404.

 4. Koenig, W. D. 1986. The Life of the Woodpecker, by A. F. Skutch. Auk 103: 652-653.

 5. Koenig, W. D. 1987. Ecological Aspects of Social Evolution, edited by D. I. Rubenstein and R. W. Wrangham. Animal Behaviour 35: 1908-1909.

 6. Koenig, W. D. 1990. Reproductive Success. Studies of Individual Variation in Contrasting Breeding Systems, edited by T. H. Clutton-Brock. Auk 107: 223-224.

 7. Koenig, W. D. 1991. Food Hoarding in Animals, by S. B. Vander Wall. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 4: 690.

 8. Koenig, W. D. 1993. The Ostrich Communal Breeding System, by B. C. R. Bertram. Condor 95: 762-763.

 9. Koenig, W. D. 1994. The Natural History of Inbreeding and Outbreeding, edited by N. W. Thornhill. Journal of Wildlife Management 58: 797-798.

10. Koenig, W. D. 1996. Woodpeckers: a Guide to Woodpeckers of the World, by H. Winkler, D. A. Christie, and D. Nurney. Auk 113: 726-727.

11. Wolff, J. O. and W. D. Koenig. 1997. Cooperative Breeding in Mammals, edited by N. G. Solomon and J. A. French. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 12: 412-413.

12. Koenig, W. D. 1998. Made for Each Other, a Symbiosis of Birds and Pines, by R. N. Lanner. Quarterly Review of Biology 73: 100.

13. Koenig, W. D. 1999. Fairy-wrens and Grasswrens, by I. Rowley and E. Russell. Quarterly Review of Biology 74: 88-89.

14. Koenig, W. D. 2000. Helpers at Birds’ Nests: a Worldwide Survey of Cooperative Breeding and Related Behavior, by A. F. Skutch. Auk 117: 273-274.

15. Koenig, W. D. 2000. Hope is the Thing with Feathers, by C. Cokinos. Condor 102: 963-964.

16. Koenig, W. D. 2002. Dispersal, edited by J. E. Danchin, A. A. Dhondt, and J. D. Nichols. Ecology 83: 879-880.

17. Koenig, W. D. 2002. The Red-cockaded Woodpecker: Surviving in a Fire-maintained Ecosystem, by R. N. Conner, D. C. Rudolph, and J. R. Walters. Animal Behaviour 63: 831-832.

Other

1. Koenig, W. D. and P. W. Sherman. 2004. In Memoriam: Frank Alois Pitelka, 1916-2003. International Society for Behavioral Ecology Newsletter 16: 4-5.

2. Koenig, W. D. and P. W. Sherman. 2004. In Memoriam: Frank Alois Pitelka, 1916-2003. Auk 121: 963-965.

Films and CD-ROMs

1. 1995. Featured in a film on the ecology and social behavior of acorn woodpeckers produced by NHK, Japan, aired Oct. 1995.

2. 1997. Featured in Cal Alive! Exploring Biodiversity, an interactive educational CD-ROM about California biodiversity produced by the California Institute for Biodiversity.

3. 1998. For a few acorns more. National Geographic Explorer Series; produced and filmed by Oxford Scientific Films. 27 min film devoted to Koenig’s study of acorn woodpeckers. Originally aired 29 March 1998.

4. 1999. The Life of Birds . BBC; short section on acorn storage by acorn woodpeckers.

5. 2000. Birdwatch. PBS series; 9 min section on acorn woodpeckers and Koenig’s study.

6. 2003. Natural reserve system: Hastings Reservation. A UCTV production airing nationally over cable TV featuring Hastings Reservation and including an extensive segment focusing on Koenig’s study of acorn woodpeckers. First aired 3 Dec. 2003.