Hey Larry and all,
I thought it might be helpful to provide some comments for some of you who
don’t understand what Larry meant about this work being not peer-reviewed.
Below is a note of clarity here regarding ‘sordida’ Orange-crowned Warbler,
and the paper he is sharing.
Both Larry and Alvaro noted that this research is not peer-reviewed and
should be ‘taken with a grain of salt’. Although it is true that the work
is yet to go through the review process, I think we can be reasonably sure
that the study has been done well and the inferences drawn from the work
are sound, given the folks who published this work. This paper is what is
called a pre-print, meaning it is released prior to it’s submission into
the rigors of the peer review process. However, the authors go through
great lengths to get things refined to the best of their abilities since
they are putting it into the community. The purpose of preprints is to open
up the work to comments, etc. of the entire research community prior to the
limited view of the peer-review process. In theory, it’s meant to make the
study even better in the long run because it allows the input of the broad
community. In short, I think we can rely on what this paper states as
representative to what will be the ‘final product’ following peer-review.
A few months ago I was in Ventura, attending the Western Field
Ornithologist’s annual conference. I had the opportunity to go to San
Clemente Island to see Island Scrub Jay, and ‘sordida’ Orange-crowned
Warbler. They certainly stick out as different in the field, both in
appearance and by sound. I encourage you all to make a trip to the Channel
Islands, and put some context to what you’ll read in this insightful paper!
All the best birds,
Bryce
On Mon, Dec 24, 2018 at 8:56 AM LARRY ARNOLD larnold47@cableone.net [ible] < ible-noreply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> perhaps someday we’ll have Island OCWA, similar to Island Jay???
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> *From:* CALBIRDS@groups.io [mailto:CALBIRDS@groups.io] *On Behalf Of *Alvaro
> Jaramillo
> *Sent:* Sunday, December 23, 2018 10:53 PM
> *To:* calbirds@groups.io
> *Subject:* [CALBIRDS] genetic differentiation of Island Orange-crowned
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> Just saw this, pre-peer review so take with a grain of salt. But
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