Ornithological Science

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ORNITHOLOGICAL
SCIENCE
Vol. 1 No. 1
January 2002
ORNITHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
Officialjournal ofthe Ornithological Society ofJapan
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PREFACE Fj;-tCH/^£^
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From Japan through Asia to the world:'""''
building bridges in ornithological science
On behalf of the Ornithological Society of Japan, I would like to express my great pleasure at the publica-
tion of this first edition of Ornithological Science. This is an international peer-reviewed journal that will be
published twice yearly. The purposes of the journal are to promote ornithological studies in Japan and other
Asian countries, and to facilitate the exchange of information between ornithological scientists working both
inside and outside Asia.
In Japan, China, Korea, and many other Asian countries, both the amount and importance of ornithological
research are increasing. Research in Asia encompasses areas of ornithological science that have emerged rela-
tively recendy, including the behavioral ecology, conservation biology and molecular phylogenetics of birds,
as well as more traditional fields such as bird distribution, population and community ecology and dynamics,
and physiology. However, often the results ofornithological research carried out in Asia have been published
in domestic journals solely in Asian languages. Although the work may be of high quality and great impor-
tance, language barriers and difficulty acquiring published materials can prevent foreign scientists accessing
and understanding the research done by their colleagues. We would like to help remove these difficulties with
the publication ofOrnithological Science.
In Asia, there are so many interesting birds and subjects for research. Although we know that the amount of
research being done in this region is increasing, we believe that many interesting and important studies of
Asian avifauna remain unpublished. As a venue for the publication of original ornithological research, Or-
nithological Science is open to all scientists, and there are advantages to publishing within its pages, as de-
scribed on the reverse ofthe front cover and in the editorial ofthis edition. The publication and dissemination
ofinteresting work encourages further study, for example, by scientists extending research to other species and
groups ofbirds. We hope that Ornithological Science will facilitate the development ofornithological research
in this way.
As well as publishing original research, the editors ofOrnithological Science would like to encourage scien-
tists to contribute review papers on particular topics, to promote the understanding of different fields of re-
search. Examples oftopics for review could include the origin and evolution ofbirds endemic to Asia, mate se-
lection and social structure of Asian birds e.g. babblers and pheasants, the present status and conservation of
endangered birds in Asia, the use ofmolecular data for ecological bird studies, the use ofGIS (Geographic In-
formation Systems) for habitat and distribution analyses, and modern technologies used in migration studies.
Producing reviews in a common language, based on previous publications in scientists' native languages,
should give a better perspective on the state ofresearch in various fields ofAsian ornithology.
The avifaunas of different countries are, or used to be, connected to each other. Bird species of one area
were differentiated from those occupying neighboring areas. Migratory birds move over a number ofdifferent
countries. Therefore, in order to study the origin, distribution, ecology, migration and conservation ofbirds, in-
ternational cooperation and collaboration are very important. During the last ten years, I have enjoyed collabo-
rating with Korean, Chinese, Indian, Russian, and American ornithologists to satellite-track the migration of
cranes, swans and storks. We have obtained an enormous amount ofvaluable data on the migration routes, mi-
gration patterns through time, relative importance ofresting sites, and habitat characteristics ofimportant sites.
Our studies have resulted in various conservation activities relevant to these birds and their habitats. Through
my involvement with this research, I realized that international cooperation and collaboration are extremely
important. My colleagues and I have already published many papers in various academicjournals, but this at-
tractive new ornithological journal is appealing to us as a publication venue, and we are looking forward to
presenting our work within its pages. I would like to encourage collaborative research groups, e.g. Asian re-
search groups studying geese, swans, egrets and raptors, to publish their results here. Publishing the results of
joint work in internationaljournals like Ornithological Science should help broaden the scope of our research
activities, and increase the depth ofour friendships.
This year, the Ornithological Society ofJapan will celebrate its 90th anniversary. We now have about 1,200
members, and this number is increasing. Most members ofthe Society are Japanese. However, we encourage
new members from many countries to join, particularly ornithological scientists working in Asian countries.
We would like to broaden our research horizons, while forming as many friendships and collaborative working
relationships as possible. With the publication of Ornithological Science, the Ornithological Society ofJapan
will enter into a new generation ofits history. Ornithology in Japan, and ornithologists working there, will ben-
efit from their area of interest and expertise becoming more open. This will facilitate an increasing level of
connection with other ornithological scientists in Asia and around the world. Japan is a beautiful country with
a diverse landscape including forests, mountains and islands, and has a lot of interesting areas for ornithologi-
cal studies. It is my great pleasure to welcome visitors to our country to study birds, and also to enjoy birds
through subscribing to Ornithological Science.
I sincerely hope that Ornithological Science will help build bridges connecting ornithological scientists from
different countries.
January4, 2002
Hiroyoshi HIGUCHI
President ofthe Ornithological Society ofJapan
EDITORIAL
Ornithological Science",
the new English publication from Japan
Ornithological Science has evolved from the Japanese Journal of Ornithology, which was composed of
both English and Japanese papers and was published four issues; numbers 50 volumes last year. Twenty-five
years ago, when Ijoined the society, many papers were written in Japanese. However, in recent years most of
them are written in English. This marked a great change in our society and an outstanding growth in a new
generation of Japanese ornithologists. We felt now was a good opportunity to divide the journal into two
parts: English andJapanese. This is the firstissue ofthe English addition.
Ornithological Science will be published twice a year. It includes special features, original articles, reviews,
short communications, and commentaries on all aspects of ornithology. All papers will be critically reviewed
by at least two referees. If accepted, submissions will be published in a high quality format without a long
delay.
I hope that this new journal will have be of international caliber and will contain high quality papers of
ornithology from not only Japan but also other Eastern and/or South-Eastem Asian nations. Of course, we
would be glad to receive papers from other parts of the world. In keeping with our aims, we have invited
powerful Advisory Board members from Asian, European, Australian, and North American countries listed
on the back cover.
We welcome your support as authors, readers, referees, and subscribers.
UEDA
Keisuke
Editor-in-Chief