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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Dear Ornitholigist Colleagues</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Re: <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Endangered Species
Research<o:p></o:p></I></B></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>I write to</FONT></P>
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<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Inform you of our forthcoming “<B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Tracking Vertebrates for
Conservation</I></B>” special issue; of direct relevance to many
ornithologists.</FONT></LI></OL>
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<LI class=MsoNormal
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face="Times New Roman" size=3>Let you know of the most recent bird paper
published <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">in Endangered Species Research</I></B>
(ESR) <</FONT><A href="http://www.int-res.com/journals/esr/contents/"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"
size=3>http://www.int-res.com/journals/esr/</FONT></A></LI></OL>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Both detailed below.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">1. <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">“Tracking
Vertebrates for Conservation”</I><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Last month the first Inter-Research Symposium “<B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Tracking Marine Vertebrates for
Conservation</I></B>” was held as part of the International Sea Turtle
Symposium. Talks included those on large pelagic fish, turtles, seabirds, seals
and great whales. Papers presented will form part of special issue on <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">“Tracking Vertebrates for
Conservation”</I></B> to be published before the end of 2007. Manuscripts are
already arriving for what promises to be a pivotal publication. Note:</FONT></P>
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<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>this is an open call for submitted
manuscripts.</FONT>
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style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>there has been interest from terrestrial as well
as marine workers and I would stress that we are open to contributions on all
taxa.</FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>that all contributions will be published online
and open-access and thus extremely high impact is assured</FONT></LI></OL>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">2. Most recent paper<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Good TP, McClure MM,
Sandford BP, Barnas KA, Marsh DM, Ryan BA, Casillas E</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"> (2007)</SPAN> <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Endangered Species Research</I></B>
</FONT></FONT><A href="http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/esr/v3/p11-21/"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Quantifying the effect
of Caspian tern predation on threatened and endangered Pacific salmon in the
Columbia River estuary</FONT></SPAN></A></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>PDF copies of this paper and all other ESR content are freely available
at the journals website </FONT><A
href="http://www.int-res.com/journals/esr/contents/"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"
size=3>http://www.int-res.com/journals/esr/</FONT></A><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Please forward this message to anyone you might be interested in avian
conservation/ESR/wildlife tracking.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>With kind regards</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Brendan</FONT></P>
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<DIV><SPAN
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Brendan J. Godley<BR>Senior Lecturer in Conservation Biology<BR>Centre for
Ecology & Conservation<BR>University of Exeter, Cornwall
Campus<BR>UK</SPAN></DIV>
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Endangered Species Research<BR> <<A
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