The Extended Specimen: Emerging Frontiers in Collections-Based Ornithological Research (Studies in Avian Biology) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1498729150 ISBN 13: 9781498729154

Publisher: CRC Press, 2017

Synopsis

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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About the Author

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 world’s largest scientific collection of biodiversity media.

Edition details

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1498729150
• ISBN 13: 9781498729154
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240
• Editor: Webster Michael S.