Table Of ContentThe Extended
Specimen: Emerging
Frontiers in
Collections-based
Ornithological
Research
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Volume 50
Studies in Avian Biology
American Ornithological Society
The Extended
Specimen: Emerging
Frontiers in
Collections-based
Ornithological
Research
EDITED BY
Michael S. Webster
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
Cover photo by Mike McDowell: Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia). Pheasant Branch, Wisconsin, May 17, 2014 (spring
migration).
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Names: Webster, Michael S., (Ornithologist) editor.
Title: The extended specimen : emerging frontiers in collections-based ornithological research / editor,
Michael S. Webster.
Description: Boca Raton : Taylor & Francis, 2017. | Series: Studies in avian biology | Includes bibliographical
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Identifiers: LCCN 2016059788 | ISBN 9781498729154 (hardback : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Birds--Collection and preservation. | Birds--Research.
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CONTENTS
Contributors / vii 7 • WHAT BIRD SPECIMENS CAN REVEAL
ABOUT SPECIES-LEVEL DISTRIBUTIONAL
Preface / xi
ECOLOGY / 111
A. Townsend Peterson and
Adolfo G. Navarro-Sigüenza
1 • THE EXTENDED SPECIMEN / 1
Michael S. Webster
8 • USING MUSEUM SPECIMENS TO STUDY
FLIGHT AND DISPERSAL / 127
2 • GETTING UNDER THE SKIN: A CALL FOR
Santiago Claramunt and Natalie A. Wright
SPECIMEN-BASED RESEARCH ON THE
INTERNAL ANATOMY OF BIRDS / 11
9 • TRANSFORMING MUSEUM SPECIMENS
Helen F. James
INTO GENOMIC RESOURCES / 143
John E. McCormack,
3 • ADVANCED METHODS FOR STUDYING
PIGMENTS AND COLORATION USING Flor Rodríguez-Gómez,
AVIAN SPECIMENS / 23 Whitney L. E. Tsai, and Brant C. Faircloth
Kevin J. Burns, Kevin J. McGraw,
Allison J. Shultz, Mary C. Stoddard, and 10 • METHODS FOR SPECIMEN-BASED
STUDIES OF AVIAN SYMBIONTS / 157
Daniel B. Thomas
Holly L. Lutz, Vasyl V. Tkach, and
4 • INTEGRATING MUSEUM AND MEDIA Jason D. Weckstein
COLLECTIONS TO STUDY VOCAL
ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION / 57 11 • STUDENT-LED EXPEDITIONS AS AN
Nicholas A. Mason, EDUCATIONAL AND COLLECTIONS-
BUILDING ENTERPRISE / 185
Bret Pasch, Kevin J. Burns,
David W. Winkler, Teresa M. Pegan,
and Elizabeth P. Derryberry
Eric R. Gulson-Castillo,
5 • LEVERAGING DIVERSE SPECIMEN Joseph I. Byington, Jack P. Hruska,
TYPES TO INTEGRATE BEHAVIOR AND Sophia C. Orzechowski,
MORPHOLOGY / 75
Benjamin M. Van Doren, Emma I. Greig,
Kimberly S. Bostwick, Todd Alan Harvey,
and Eric M. Wood
and Edwin Scholes III
6 • EMERGING TECHNIQUES FOR ISOTOPE
STUDIES OF AVIAN ECOLOGY / 89
Anne E. Wiley, Helen F. James, and
Peggy H. Ostrom
v
12 • BIODIVERSITY INFORMATICS AND DATA 13 • ORNITHOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS
QUALITY ON A GLOBAL SCALE / 201 IN THE 21st CENTURY / 219
Carla Cicero, Carol L. Spencer, Michael S. Webster, Carla Cicero,
David A. Bloom, Robert P. Guralnick, John Bates, Shannon Hackett, and
Michelle S. Koo, Javier Otegui, Leo Joseph
Laura A. Russell, and John R. Wieczorek
Index / 233
Complete Series List / 239
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CONTRIBUTORS
JOHN BATES JOSEPH I. BYINGTON
Life Sciences Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates
Field Museum of Natural History Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
1400 S. Lake Shore Drive Cornell University
Chicago, IL 60605 Ithaca, NY 14853
[email protected] [email protected]
DAVID A. BLOOM CARLA CICERO
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology Museum of Vertebrate Zoology
3101 Valley Life Sciences Building 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building
University of California University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-3160 Berkeley, CA 94720-3160
[email protected] [email protected]
KIMBERLY S. BOSTWICK SANTIAGO CLARAMUNT
Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates Department of Natural History
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Royal Ontario Museum
Cornell University Toronto, Canada
Sapsucker Woods Road
Ithaca, NY 14850 ELIZABETH P. DERRYBERRY
[email protected] Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Tulane University
KEVIN J. BURNS 400 Lindy Bogs
Department of Biology New Orleans, LA 70118
San Diego State University [email protected]
5500 Campanile Drive
San Diego, CA 92182-4614
[email protected]
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BRANT C. FAIRCLOTH HELEN F. JAMES
Department of Biological Sciences Department of Vertebrate Zoology
Museum of Natural Science National Museum of Natural History
202 Life Sciences Building Smithsonian Institution
Louisiana State University P.O. Box 37012, MRC 116
Baton Rouge, LA 70808 Washington, DC 20013-7012
[email protected] [email protected]
EMMA I. GREIG LEO JOSEPH
Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology Australian National Wildlife Collection
Cornell University CSIRO National Facilities and Collections
Ithaca, NY 14853 GPO Box 1700
[email protected] Canberra, ACT 2601 Australia
[email protected]
eRiC R. gulSon-CAStillo
Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates MICHELLE S. KOO
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Museum of Vertebrate Zoology
Cornell University 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building
Ithaca, NY 14853 University of California
[email protected] Berkeley, CA 94720-3160
[email protected]
ROBERT P. GURALNICK
Department of Natural History HOLLY L. LUTZ
Florida Museum of Natural History Department of Surgery
358 Dickinson Hall University of Chicago
University of Florida 5841 S. Maryland Avenue
Gainesville, FL 32611 Chicago, IL 60637
[email protected] [email protected]
SHANNON HACKETT and
Life Sciences
Field Museum of Natural History Department of Population Medicine and
1400 S. Lake Shore Drive Diagnostic Sciences College of Veterinary
Chicago, IL 60605 Medicine
[email protected] Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
TODD ALAN HARVEY
Peabody Museum
and
Yale University
New Haven, CT
Lab of Ornithology
[email protected]
Cornell University
159 Sapsucker Woods Road
JACK P. HRUSKA
Ithaca, NY 14850
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Kansas
NICHOLAS A. MASON
Lawrence, KS 66045 Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
[email protected] Cornell University
Corson Hall, 215 Tower Road
Ithaca, NY 14853
[email protected]
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JOHN E. MCCORMACK TERESA M. PEGAN
Moore Laboratory of Zoology Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates
Occidental College Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
1600 Campus Rd Cornell University
Los Angeles, CA 90041 Ithaca, NY 14853
[email protected] [email protected]
KEVIN J. MCGRAW A. TOWNSEND PETERSON
School of Life Sciences Biodiversity Institute
Arizona State University University of Kansas
Tempe, AZ 85287-4501 Lawrence, Kansas 66045
[email protected] [email protected]
AdolFo g. nAvARRo-SigÜenZA FloR RodRÍgueZ-gÓMeZ
Museo de Zoología Moore Laboratory of Zoology
Facultad de Ciencias Occidental College
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 1600 Campus Rd
Circuito Exterior Los Angeles, CA 90041
Ciudad Universitaria [email protected]
Mexico City 04510, Mexico
[email protected] LAURA A. RUSSELL
Biodiversity Institute
SOPHIA C. ORZECHOWSKI and Natural History Museum
Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation 1345 Jayhawk Boulevard
University of Florida University of Kansas
Gainesville, FL 32611 Lawrence, KS 66045
[email protected] [email protected]
PEGGY H. OSTROM EDWIN SCHOLES III
Department of Integrative Biology Macaulay Library
Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior Johnson Center for Birds and Biodiversity
Program Sapsucker Woods Road
Michigan State University Museum Ithaca, NY 14850
203 Natural Science Building [email protected]
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824 ALLISON J. SHULTZ
[email protected] Department of Organismic and Evolutionary
Biology
JAVIER OTEGUI Museum of Comparative Zoology
Department of Natural History Harvard University
Florida Museum of Natural History 26 Oxford Street
358 Dickinson Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
University of Florida [email protected]
Gainesville, FL 32611
[email protected] CAROL L. SPENCER
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology
BRET PASCH 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building
Department of Biological Sciences University of California
Northern Arizona University Berkeley, CA 94720-3160
617 S. Beaver Street [email protected]
Flagstaff, AZ 86011
[email protected]
CONTRIBUTORS ix
