Fwd: [OB] Request for photographs of Tytonidae owls

Some on the list may be able to assist. Carl Clifford Begin forwarded message: > From: “simonroddis@yahoo.co.uk [orientalbirding]” <orientalbirding-noreply@yahoogroups.com> > Date: 27 February 2015 7:17:23 am AEDT > To: <orientalbirding@yahoogroups.com> > Subject: [OB] Request for photographs of Tytonidae owls > Reply-To: simonroddis@yahoo.co.uk > > This is posted on behalf of Alexandre Roulin, a professor in Biology at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, requesting photos of the Tytonidae owls. > > > > > My name is Alexandre Roulin, a professor in Biology at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. I started working with barn owls in 1987 before going to university (1993). In 1997 I did my master thesis on the barn owl and in 1999 my PhD, again on the barn owl. Since then I always worked on the barn owl because this species revealed to be much more interesting than I could have expected. So far I wrote 118 papers on the barn owl and my research group is entirely dedicated on the study of this bird from several perspectives (conservation biology, population genetics, genetics, biogeography, genomics, population dynamics, ecophysiology, etc). Our main research focus is on the evolution, maintenance and adaptive function of alternative melanin-based color morphs as well as on sib-sib vocal communication. To this end, we study a Swiss population but also consider other populations located worldwide. > > > > I am currently working on a book about « barn owls and allies », i.e. barn owls, grass owls, masked owls, sooty owls. The main aim of this book is to write a review of the studies performed on Tytonidae at the worldwide scale. The idea is not to favor my studies but rather to summarize the knowledge accumulated by many researchers (I collected >3600 papers on Tytonidae). Furthermore, my aim is not to favor studies on barn owls located on the northern hemisphere (Europe and USA), as it is usually the case, but rather to talk about all worldwide-distributed populations. I indeed started a project where I measured 10’000 Tytonidae preserved in natural history museums and realized how this group is diverse and interesting. This book should therefore interest ornithologists located on all continents (Africa, Asia, Europe, North, Central and South America, Oceania). > > > > The book will deal with the following topics: Conservation – Parasites and predation – Physiology in an ecological context – Morphology in an ecological context – Foraging – Roost – Sexual behavior – Reproduction – Parental care – Sibling interaction – Dispersal – Survival and demography – Moult – Plumage color polymorphism. It should be published at Cambridge University Press ensuring a large distribution. To illustrate this book, I would like to include many pictures of barn owls and allies taken worldwide. The idea is to obtain pictures from all continents. Obviously, people who took pictures will get credits (name will be indicated). It is very important to obtain pictures from all continents to emphasize the importance of studying this group of owls at the worldwide scale. > > > > I thank you very much in advance! > > > > With best regards, > > > > Alexandre Roulin > > > Please reply to Roulin Alexandre <alexandre.Roulin@unil.ch > > > > > __._,_.___ > Posted by: simonroddis@yahoo.co.uk > Reply via web post • Reply to sender • Reply to group • Start a New Topic • Messages in this topic (1) > This group is run in association with the Oriental Bird Club. To find out more about the Club and its conservation work, and to become a member, please visit www.orientalbirdclub.org > VISIT YOUR GROUP New Members 2 > • Privacy • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use > . > > > __,_._,___