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Journal of Raptor Research

Editor in Chief
Cheryl Dykstra
Raptor Environmental
7280 Susan Springs Drive
West Chester, OH 45069
telephone: 513 779-1744
E-mail: journalofraptorrearch@juno.com

Associate Editors
James C. Bednarz
Joseph B. Buchanan
Carol L. McIntyre
Vincenzo Penteriani
Fabrizio Sergio
Ian G. Warkentin
James W. Watson
Bryan D. Watts

Book Review Editor
Joelle Gehring

Spanish Editors
Carlos Daniel Cadena
Cintia Cornelius
Lucio R. Malizia

Editorial Assistant
Joan Clark

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Call for papers--special issues

New Extended Deadlines

Call for papers--special issue, Journal of Raptor Research

New Extended Deadline

Call for papers on American Kestrel (Falco sparverius). The Journal of Raptor Research is planning a special issue on the American Kestrel, a species that may be declining in parts of its range. Papers presented at the RRF/HMANA conference special symposium on American Kestrels should be submitted for this issue, but other manuscripts may also be submitted. Authors are invited to send manuscripts on American Kestrels to the editor of the Journal of Raptor Research, at journalofraptorresearch@juno.com with a copy to Dr. David Bird at david.bird@mcgill.ca by 15 September 2008 (
note extended deadline). Manuscripts must meet Journal of Raptor Research standards and will be subject to the typical  peer-review process. Please notify the editor of intent to submit.

Call for papers on dispersal. The Journal of Raptor Research is planning a special issue on the topic of dispersal in raptors. Invited papers include a discussion of the complexity of dispersal as a multi-step process by Vincenzo Penteriani and María del Mar Delgado, and "Approaches to studies of dispersal behavior in raptors" by Joan Morrison and Petra Wood. Authors are invited to submit manuscripts on this topic to the editor of the Journal of Raptor Research, at journalofraptorresearch@juno.com by 31 July, 2008 (
note extended deadline). Manuscripts must meet Journal of Raptor Research standards and will be subject to the typical peer-review process. Please notify the editor of intent to submit