''Ornithological Applications'', formerly ''The Condor'' and ''The Condor: Ornithological Applications'', is a

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quarterly

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covering

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. It is an official journal of the

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History

The journal was first published in 1899 as the ''Bulletin of the Cooper Ornithological Club'' by the

Cooper Ornithological Club The Cooper Ornithological Society (COS), formerly the Cooper Ornithological Club, was an American ornithological society. It was founded in 1893 in California and operated until 2016. Its name commemorated James Graham Cooper, an early California ...

(later Cooper Ornithological Society), a California-based ornithological society. In 1900, the journal was renamed as ''The

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''. It published ornithological research, and through the 1950s, its scope was regional, focusing on the western United States. An editorial board was established in 1951 to address increasing submissions to the journal. James R. King,

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following 1965, instituted an external

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system. Moreover, King broadened the journal's geographic scope. By 1966, at least 40% of papers published in ''The Condor'' were written by scientists outside the United States. In 2013, ''The Condor'' became ''The Condor: Ornithological Applications'', limiting its scope to applied research in ornithology. In 2016, the Cooper Ornithological Society, publisher of ''The Condor'', merged with the American Ornithologists' Union to form the

. In 2018, the American Ornithology Society announced a partnership with Oxford University Press to publish ''The Condor: Ornithological Applications'' and '' The Auk: Ornithological Advances.'' In January 2021, ''The Condor'' was renamed as ''Ornithological Applications'' to make the title more descriptive and clarify its thematic focus and citation. The society's sister publication ''

The Auk ''Ornithology'', formerly ''The Auk'' and ''The Auk: Ornithological Advances'', is a peer-reviewed scientific journal and the official publication of the American Ornithological Society (AOS). It was established in 1884 and is published quarterly ...

'' was renamed to ''Ornithology'' at the same time.

Editors-in-chief

The following persons are or have been editor-in-chief: *1899–1902:

Chester Barlow Chester Barlow (24 June 18749 November 1902) was an American cashier and amateur ornithologist who worked in California. He served as the secretary of the Cooper Ornithological Club and he encouraged others to publish in its bulletin on aspects o ...

*1902–1905: Walter K. Fisher with Joseph Grinnell as Associate Editor *1906–1939:

Joseph Grinnell Joseph P. Grinnell (February 27, 1877 – May 29, 1939) was an American field biologist and zoologist. He made extensive studies of the fauna of California, and is credited with introducing a method of recording precise field observations known ...

*1940–1966: Alden H. Miller, Berkeley, CA *1966–1968: James R. King, Washington State *1969–1973: Ralph J. Raitt, New Mexico State University *1973–1974: Francis S. L. Williamson, Smithsonian Institution: Chesapeake Bay Center for Environmental Studies, Edgewater, MD *1975–1985: Peter Stettenheim, Lebanon, NH *1986–1990: Martin L. Morton, Occidental College, LA *1991–1995: Glenn E. Walsberg, Arizona State *1996–2000: Walter D. Koenig, Hastings Reservation *2001–2008: David S. Dobkin, High Desert Ecological Research Institute, Bend, OR *2009–2013: Michael A. Patten, University of Oklahoma *2013–2019: Philip C Stouffer, Louisiana State University *2019–2024: Catherine A. Lindell, Michigan State University *2024–present: Judit K. Szabo, Charles Darwin University

References

External links

* Journal homepage
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