New Perspectives in Ornithology

Scott V. Edwards is the Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology at Harvard University and Curator of Ornithology at Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology. Prof. Edwards is an evolutionary biologist, with diverse interests in the evolution of birds and how they respond to a changing planet. Edwards has served as President of the Society for the Study of Evolution and other scientific societies and serves on the Advisory Boards of the National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian), the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, the Massachusetts Audubon Society, and the Adventure Cycling Association. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.J. Michael Reed is a Professor of Biology at Tufts University. People in Prof. Reed's lab work on a variety of problems related to the distribution and persistence of species on human-altered landscapes, mostly with birds. Reed is particularly interested in threatened and endangered species on islands, birdsin coupled human-natural ecosystems such as working forests and wetlands, and in the extinction risk of small, isolated populations. He received his PhD from North Carolina State University in 1988, working on extinction risk of an endangered bird species. His recent research focuses on birds in Maine forests and in the Mojave Desert.

Approachable and conversational in style, yet scientifically rigorous, this volume is essential reading for graduate students, early career researchers, and senior academics, and anyone else who will need to be aware of key approaches and conceptual domains in ornithology today.

• 1. Introduction Ecology2. Commentary3. Uncovering Factors Limiting Populations of Migratory Birds across the Annual Cycle4. The Impact of Movement Ecology on Ornithology5. Bird Invasions in a Humanizing World Evolution6. Commentary7. Advances in the Avian Tree of life and Biogeography in the 21st Century8. The Origin and Early Evolution of Birds 9. Speciation and Adaptation in Birds10. Avian Diversity and Patterns of Diversification in South America 11. Natural History Collections for 21st Century Ornithology Behavior12. Commentary13. Social Behaviour in Birds14. Birdsong: Established truths, advances, and an expanded view 15. New Frontiers in Avian Color Research16. Bird Migration in the Age of Rapid Technological Advance and Global Change Databases & Citizen Science17. Commentary18. Recent Advances in Avian Occurrence and Movement Databases19. Participatory Science in the Field of Ornithology20. Expanding the Scope of Ornithology by Engaging Diverse Communities Conservation & Management21. Commentary 22. Bird Conservation Geography23. Bird Conservation in the Neotropics: Gaps and challenges in the face of Anthropocene threats24. The Introduction, Management and Utilization of Tropically Adapted Chickens in Sub-Saharan Africa25. Trends in Bird Conservation in Africa26. Does Climate Change Alter How We Should Do Bird Conservation