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        <full-reference>2. Haug, E.A., Millsap, B.A. and Martell, M.S. (1993) Burrowing Owl (&lt;i&gt;Athene cunicularia&lt;/i&gt;). In: Poole, A. Ed. &lt;i&gt;The Birds of North America Online&lt;/i&gt;. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca.</full-reference>
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        <full-reference>3. CITES  (April, 2009) &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cites.org&quot;&gt;http://www.cites.org&lt;/a&gt;</full-reference>
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        <full-reference>4. The Owl Pages  (April, 2009) &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.owlpages.com/owls.php?genus=Athene&amp;species=cunicularia&quot;&gt;http://www.owlpages.com/owls.php?genus=Athene&amp;species=cunicularia&lt;/a&gt;</full-reference>
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        <full-reference>5. Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society  (May, 2009) &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.scvas.org/index.php?page=text&amp;id=bowl&quot;&gt;http://www.scvas.org/index.php?page=text&amp;id=bowl&lt;/a&gt;</full-reference>
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        <full-reference>6. Gould, J. and Darwin, C.R. (1839) &lt;i&gt;Birds Part 3 No. 2 of The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle&lt;/i&gt;. Smith Elder and Co, London.</full-reference>
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        <full-reference>7. Levey, D.J., Duncan, R.S. and Levins, C.F. (2004) Use of dung as a tool by burrowing owls. &lt;i&gt;Nature&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;b&gt;43&lt;/b&gt;: 39.</full-reference>
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        <full-reference>1. IUCN Red List  (April, 2009) &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.iucnredlist.org&quot;&gt;http://www.iucnredlist.org&lt;/a&gt;</full-reference>
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        <full-reference>3. CITES  (April, 2009) &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cites.org&quot;&gt;http://www.cites.org&lt;/a&gt;</full-reference>
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Baker University
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PO Box 65
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Putnam, C. G., A. W. Jones, and R. S. Ridgely.  accepted, Cotinga.  Documentation of two Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus) specimens from Ecuador.

Jones, A. W. and R. S. Kennedy.  2008.  Evolution in a tropical archipelago: 
comparative phylogeography of Philippine fauna and flora reveals complex 
patterns of colonization and diversification.  Biological Journal of the Linnaean Society 95: 620-639.

Jones, A. W. and R. S. Kennedy.  2008.  Plumage convergence and evolutionary history of the Island Thrush (Turdus poliocephalus) in the Philippines.  The Condor 110: 35-44.

Bridge, E. S., G. A. Voelker, C. W. Thompson, A. W. Jones and A. J. Baker. 2007.  Effects of size and migratory behavior on the evolution of wing molt in terns (Sternae): a phylogenetic-comparative study.  The Auk 124: 841-856.

Bridge, E. S., A. W. Jones, and A. Baker. 2005  A phylogenetic framework of the terns (Sternini) inferred from mtDNA sequences: implications for taxonomy and plumage evolution.  Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 35: 459-469.</credentials>
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University of Miami
Coral Gables, Fl 33124

AAAS, ICRS, Sigma Xi

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Responsible for, among others, the Southern African Bird Atlas Project, South African Bird Ringing Unit.

Fellow of the American Ornithologists' Union.</credentials>
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Holdich, Catherine, David M., Noel, Pierre Y., Reynolds, Julian D. and Haffner, Patrick (eds) (2006). Atlas of crayfish in Europe. Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, 187 pages. Patrimoines naturels, 64.

Hudson, Anne V. and Reynolds, Julian D. (1984). Distribution of Irish intertidal Talitridae. Bulletin of the Irish biogeographical Society, 8, 63-76.

Reynolds, Julian D. (1976). Occurrence of the fresh-water Bryozoan, Cristatella mucedo Cuvier, in British Columbia. Syesis, 9, 365-366.

Smyth, Thomas and Reynolds, Julian D.  (1995). Survival ability of statoblasts of freshwater Bryozoa found in Renvyle Lough, County Galway.  Biology and Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 95B (1), 65-68.

Wickenberg, Maria and Reynolds, Julian D. (2002). A recent Irish record of the woodlouse  Acaeroplastes melanurus (Budde-Lund, 1885) (Isopoda: Porcellionidae), considered to be extinct in the British Isles.  Bulletin of the Irish Biogeographical Society, 26, 60-63.</credentials>
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Adjunct Faculty, Antioch University New England
Elective Member of American Ornithologists' Union
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Author Sponges of the British Isles - A colour guide and working document, 1992 Edition. Ackers, R.G., Moss, D. &amp; Picton, B. E. 1992. Marine Conservation Society, UK. Revised and extended, 2007, Bernard Picton, Christine Morrow &amp; Rob van Soest. PDf and website</credentials>
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