Wingspan
Wingspan is a twice yearly newsletter.
Editor
Petra Bohall Wood
Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
P.O. Box 6125, 333 Percival Hall
West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV 26506-6125 USA
PH: 304-293-5090
EM: rrfwingspan@mail.wvu.edu
Get the current Wingspan here:
March 2010
Get previous Wingspans here:
Mar 2006,
Sept 2006,
Mar 2007,
Sept 2007,
Mar 2008,
Sept 2008,
Mar 2009,
Sept 2009
En Espanol:
2009 Septiembre.
Content Guidelines
Wingspan was established in 1992 as a newsletter designed
to provide timely information to members of the Raptor Research
Foundation. It is intended to complement, not overlap,
The Journal of Raptor Research. RRF's intent for Wingspan
has been honed as the Wingspan editors have confronted a wide
array of potential content and have sought guidance from the RRF board.
Through this iterative process, the following guidelines have emerged.
Appropriate for Wingspan
Leadership Communications—communications to the RRF membership from RRF
officers, directors, and committees; also, letters written by RRF to
other organizations.
Commentary—Although open letters have seldom appeared, Wingspan
welcomes commentary regarding RRF as an organization as well as raptor
biology and conservation.
Conservation News—updates on recent conservation events and activities.
Such accounts should not report results of investigations, although the
scientific basis of a problem, action, or decision may be summarily
described (e.g., a decision to list a raptor species as endangered based
on population declines).
Profiles—sketches of established organizations whose purpose
substantially concerns raptors.
Meeting Reports—summary descriptions of recent conferences, symposia,
and workshops concerning raptors. Such accounts may note the
titles/authors of papers presented at the event—if the number of papers
is small—but should not report findings (results) of these papers.
RRF Resolutions—draft resolutions before the RRF Membership; also, final
resolutions once they have been adopted.
Thesis Abstracts—abstracts of theses or dissertations on raptors
published during the current or preceding two calendar years. Abstracts
should be accompanied by a complete citation (author's full name, year,
title, university, city in which the university is located, and number
of pages).
Announcements—descriptions of upcoming events, job openings, recent
publications, audio/visual resources, and on-line resources concerning
raptors; also, assistance offered and sought by persons working with
raptors, and personal property (related to raptors) offered for sale by
members.
Grants and Awards—announcements of grants and awards available
exclusively to persons working with birds of prey; also, announcements
of grant and award recipients whose grant/award is based on work with
raptors.
News of Members—news of RRF members, including obituaries and contact
information updates; news should not include results of members'
investigations.
RRF Elections—solicitations urging RRF members to run for office; also,
results of RRF elections.
RRF Business—any other matters pertaining to RRF as an organization.
Not Appropriate for Wingspan
Results—with the sole exception of thesis abstracts (see above),
Wingspan does not publish results from research, monitoring,
inventories, surveys, management experiments, expeditions, or other
types of investigation. These types of reports must undergo peer review
and are appropriately directed to The Journal of Raptor Research
or another scientific publication.
RR Communications—Communications concerning content published in The
Journal of Raptor Research should be directed to RRF's
Editor-in-Chief.
Book Reviews—Critiques/comments regarding the content or merits of a
recent publication should be directed to RRF's Book Reviews Editor. Book
reviews are featured in The Journal of Raptor Research.
Advertisements—Wingspan does not publish advertisements for
commercial enterprises.
General Ornithology—Wingspan publishes only material that is
specific to raptors. Contributions concerning birds in general should be
directed to the Editor of
Ornithological Newsletter.
