本书是根据1986年在渥太华召开的研讨会：Forest Bird Communities; Structure and Attributs的内容编写的，收集了世界各地关于鸟类地理和群落研究的一些方法和研究成果。翻译一下目录，国家图书馆借阅有收藏。
1. A. Keast, Introduction 概论
2.H.H. Shugart, Patterns and ecology of forests 森林的模式及生态
3.F. Halle, Tropical rain forests: structure and growth dynamics relative to utilization by birds. 热带雨林：
4.A.H. Gentry, Tropical forests 热带森林
5. A. Keast, Distribution and origins of forest birds 林鸟的分布和起源
6.Y. Haila and O. Jarvinen, Northern conifer forests and their bird species assemblages 北方针叶林和其中的鸟种群落
7. T. Hino, Palaearctic deciduous forests and their bird communities: comparisons between East Asia and West-Central Europe 古北界的落叶林和它们的鸟类群落：对比东亚和中西部欧洲
8.J. Blondel, Biogeography and history of forest bird faunas in the Mediterranean zone 地中海地区林鸟区系的生物地理学和历史
9. A. Keast, Biogeography of the North American broad-leafed deciduous forest avifauna 北美阔叶落叶林鸟类的生物地理学
10. R. T. Holmes, The structure of a temperate deciduous forest bird community: variability in time and space 温带落叶林林鸟的社会群落结构：时空变化
11. L. Tomialojc and T. Wesolowski, Bird communities of the primaeval temperate forest of Bialowia, Poland 波兰Bialowia原始温带森林的鸟类群落
12. J.Blondel, Long term studies on bird communities and populations in mainland and island mediterranean forests 对陆地和岛屿森林鸟类群落和数量的长期研究
13. C. Ferry and B. Frochot, Bird communities of the forests of Burgundy and the Jura (Eastern France) 勃艮第和Jura（法国东部）森林的鸟类群落
14. A. Keast, The annual cycle and activity on the breeding grounds in a Canadian broad-leafed deciduous forest bird community, relationship to the prey resource base
15. J. R. Karr, Birds of tropical rainforest: comparative biogeography and ecology 热带雨林中的鸟：生物地理和生态的比较
16. S. K. Robinson, Lowland tropical forest bird communities of a site in Western Amazonia 亚马逊西部的低地热带森林鸟类群落
17. A. Brosset, A long term study of the rain forest birds in M'Passa (Gabon) 加蓬M'Passa雨林鸟类的长期研究
18. C. J. Ralph, The island forests of Hawaii: few species, many specialists 夏威夷的岛屿森林：种类少，专家多
19. A. Keast, Australian eucalypt forest bird communities , features and adaptatical aspects and practical implications 澳大利亚桉树林的林鸟群落，特点、适应性和其中的联系
20. P. Helle and M. Monkkonen, Forest successions and bird communities: theoretical aspects and practical implications 森林连续性和鸟类群落
21. D. S. Wilcove and S. K. Robinson, The impact of forest fragmentation on bird communities in Eastern North America 美洲东北部森林碎片化对鸟类群落的影响
22. R.O. Bierregaard Jr., Avian communities in the understory of Amazonian forest fragments 亚马逊森林碎片下层的鸟类群落
23. P. C. Lack, Palaearcitc - African systems 非洲系统
24. D. R. Wells, Migratory birds and tropical forest in the Sunda region 巽他区的迁徙鸟类和热带雨林
25. J. Blondel, The history of forest bird avifaunas of the world 世界林鸟的历史
26. J. R. Karr, Interactions between forest birds and their habitats: a comparative synthesis 林鸟与其栖息地的相互作用
27. R. T. Holmes, Food resource availability and use in forest bird communities: acomparative view and critique 林鸟群落种食物的使用
28. A. Keast, The annual cycle in forest birds relative to latitude and habitat: a synthesis
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