The Extended Specimen highlights the research potential for ornithological specimens, and is meant to encourage ornithologists poised to initiate a renaissance in collections-based ornithological research. Contributors illustrate how collections and specimens are used in novel ways by adopting emerging new technologies and analytical techniques. Case studies use museum specimens and emerging and non-traditional types of specimens, which are developing new methods for making biological collections more accessible and "usable" for ornithological researchers.
Published in collaboration with and on behalf of The American Ornithological Society, this volume in the highly-regarded Studies in Avian Biology series documents the power of ornithological collections to address key research questions of global importance.
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2 Getting Under The Skin: A Call For Specimen-Based Research On The Internal Anatomy Of Birds |
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3 Advanced Methods For Studying Pigments And Coloration Using Avian Specimens |
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4 Integrating Museum And Media Collections To Study Vocal Ecology And Evolution |
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5 Leveraging Diverse Specimen Types To Integrate Behavior And Morphology |
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6 Emerging Techniques For Isotope Studies Of Avian Ecology |
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7 What Bird Specimens Can Reveal About Species-Level Distributional Ecology |
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8 Using Museum Specimens To Study Flight And Dispersal |
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9 Transforming Museum Specimens Into Genomic Resources |
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10 Methods For Specimen-Based Studies Of Avian Symbionts |
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11 Student-Led Expeditions As An Educational And Collections-Building Enterprise |
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12 Biodiversity Informatics And Data Quality On A Global Scale |
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13 Ornithological Collections In The 21st Century |
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Michael Webster is the Robert G. Engel Professor of Ornithology, and also Director of the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. He has served as an Associate Editor for four different scientific journals: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology (2000- 2004), Evolution (2004-2006 and 2008-2010), Emu - Austral Ornithology (2007-present), and Animal Behaviour (2011-present). Webster is also Director of the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, the worlds largest scientific collection of biodiversity media.
