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By Peter Marler (auth.), Val Nolan Jr., Ellen D. Ketterson (eds.)

ISBN-10: 1461376971

ISBN-13: 9781461376972

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As we suppose the editorship of present Ornithology, it sort of feels helpful to study the pursuits of the sequence. we won't increase at the kingdom­ ments of our predecessors after they all started their carrier as editors. In his preface to quantity 1 (1983), Richard F. Johnston wrote: the looks of the 1st quantity of a projected sequence is the social gathering for touch upon scope, goals, and genesis of the paintings. The scope of present Or­ nithology is the entire biology of birds. Ornithology, as a whole-organism sci­ ence, is worried with birds at each point of organic association, from the molecular to the group, not less than from the Jurassic to the current time, and over each scholarly self-discipline within which fowl biology is finished; to assert this is often simply to extend a dictionary definition of "ornithology. " the purpose of the paintings, to be discovered over numerous volumes, is to offer studies or place statements in regards to the energetic fields of ornithological examine. Dennis M. strength, who edited Volumes 6-12 (1989-1995), begun his preface to quantity 6 (1989) as follows: This edited sequence has 3 significant objectives. the 1st is to supply info in a comparatively concise means for researchers wanting an summary of particular disciplines. the second one is to supply an replace on particular colleges of suggestion, bringing jointly rules from colleagues whose works usually seem in a number of journals. And the 3rd is to stimul&te and recommend instructions for brand spanking new re­ search.

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KAMIL, and PETER A. BEDNEKOFF 1. INTRODUCTION Birds have been studied for centuries because they are numerous, conspicuous, and aesthetically pleasing to humans. Despite their overall regard for birds, historically, many ornithologists have considered birds as instinct-driven organisms of little intellectual capacity. For example, the ornithological textbook of choice from the 1960s states the following view of avian intelligence: Flight has proven to be an enormously successful evolutionary venture, but one that has cost birds dearly in mental development.

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