William R. Eddleman is interested mainly in the general biology of wetland and endangered birds (especially rallids), the effects of habitat manipulations on birds, and techniques for monitoring breeding birds. He completed his B.S. (1975) and M.S. (1978) degrees in fisheries and wildlife at the University of Missouri, where his thesis research focused on the distribution and habitat of Swainson’s Warbler in southern Illinois and Missouri. Between 1979 and 1983, for his Ph.D. dissertation in wildlife ecology at Oklahoma State University, he worked on the ecology of the American Coot during migration. He worked for the Missouri Department of Conservation from 1983 to 1984 on a study of potential habitat for Red-cockaded Woodpeckers in the Missouri Ozarks. His postdoctoral research (1984–1988) at the University of Wyoming concerned the general biology of Yuma Clapper Rails on the lower Colorado River in Arizona. He has been Assistant (1988–1994) and Associate (1994) Professor of Wildlife Biology and Management at the University of Rhode Island. He is now Associate Professor of Biology at Southeast Missouri State University. Current address: Department of Biology, MS 6200, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701. E-mail: weddlema@biology.semo.edu.
Courtney J. Conway is interested in ecological and physiological constraints on habitat selection and reproductive strategies of birds. He received a B.S. in wildlife biology from Colorado State University and an M.S. in zoology and physiology from the University of Wyoming. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in organismal biology and ecology within the Division of Biological Sciences at the University of Montana. His M.S. research examined habitat selection and seasonal shifts in habitat breadth in sympatric Virginia Rails, Soras, and Yuma Clapper Rails. His Ph.D. research focuses on ecological and physiological constraints on incubation strategies in passerines. Other areas of research have included how diet influences fat deposition and storage in Wood Thrushes in New England, the effects of nest-site selection on nest success in Williamson’s Sapsuckers, and the effects of forest structure on overwinter survival and nutritional condition in migratory birds in Belize. Current address: Montana Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812. E-mail: conway@selway.umt.edu.
