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Current Ornithology (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1996)
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Current Ornithology (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1996)
Series: Current Ornithology, 13
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As we assume the editorship of Current Ornithology, it seems useful
to review the objectives of the series. We cannot improve on the
state ments of our predecessors when they began their service as
editors. In his preface to Volume 1 (1983), Richard F. Johnston
wrote: The appearance of the first volume of a projected series is
the occasion for comment on scope, aims, and genesis of the work.
The scope of Current Or nithology is all of the biology of birds.
Ornithology, as a whole-organism sci ence, is concerned with birds
at every level of biological organization, from the molecular to
the community, at least from the Jurassic to the present time, and
over every scholarly discipline in which bird biology is done; to
say this is merely to expand a dictionary definition of
"ornithology. " The aim of the work, to be realized over several
volumes, is to present reviews or position statements concerning
the active fields of ornithological research. Dennis M. Power, who
edited Volumes 6-12 (1989-1995), began his preface to Volume 6
(1989) as follows: This edited series has three principal goals.
The first is to provide information in a relatively concise way for
researchers needing an overview of specific disciplines. The second
is to provide an update on specific schools of thought, bringing
together ideas from colleagues whose works often appear in a
variety of journals. And the third is to stimul&te and suggest
directions for new re search."
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