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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 stateƯ 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 OrƯ nithology is all of the biology of birds. Ornithology, as a whole-organism sciƯ 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

Author

Nolan, Val; Ketterson, Ellen D.

Publisher

Springer US : Imprint : Springer

Published

1996

Language

EN

ISBN

9780306454738