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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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` The Quality of the individual papers...[is] decidedly above average....I do suggest that university libraries buy this useful series.`
Animal Behavior, 12.
` The discussions provided allow the beginner to quickly come up to speed in specific areas....For more experienced readers they provide new viewpoints, corrections of misconceptions, and a means of checking what we think we already know.`
The Wilson Bulletin, 11.
- Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Social Cognition
Pages 1-32
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Predicting Cognitive Capacity from Natural History
Pages 33-66
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Assessing Body Condition in Birds
Pages 67-135
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Avian Chemical Defense
Pages 137-174
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Past and Current Attempts to Evaluate the Role of Birds as Predators of Insect Pests in Temperate Agriculture
Pages 175-269
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Current Ornithology
- Editors
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- Val Nolan Jr.
- Ellen D. Ketterson
- Series Title
- Current Ornithology
- Series Volume
- 13
- Copyright
- 1996
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Copyright Holder
- Plenum Press, New York
- eBook ISBN
- 978-1-4615-5881-1
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-1-4615-5881-1
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-1-4613-7697-2
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XV, 359
- Topics
