The Wilson Journal of Ornithology

期刊简介：Aims & ScopeFor more than a century, the Wilson Ornithological Society has published a scholarly journal with form and content readily accessible to both professional and amateur ornithologists. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology is a quarterly publication consisting of major articles based on original studies of birds and short communications that describe observations of particular interest. Each issue also includes reviews of new books on birds and related subjects, as well as ornithological news. Through an endowment from the late George Miksch Sutton, each issue of the Journal includes a full color frontispiece. Each current volume consists of approximately 500 pages. The principal focus of the Journal is the study of living birds, their behavior, ecology, adaptive physiology and conservation. Although most articles originate from work conducted in the western hemisphere (a large portion of the research on Neotropical birds is published here), the geographic coverage of the journal is global. The Journal is internationally recognized as an important, major journal of ornithology. The Edwards Prize is given annually for the best major article published during the previous year. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology was formerly named the Wilson Bulletin.

【译文】宗旨与范围：威尔逊鸟类学协会已出版了一本学术期刊，其形式和内容对专业和业余鸟类学家都易于获取。威尔逊鸟类学杂志是一本季刊，包括基于鸟类原始研究的重大文章和描述特定观察结果的简短通讯。每一期还包括关于鸟类和相关主题的新书评论以及鸟类学新闻。通过已故乔治·米克施·萨顿的捐赠，每期杂志都包括一幅全彩色的扉页。每一卷大约有500页。该杂志的主要重点是研究活鸟，它们的行为、生态、适应性生理学和保护。尽管大多数文章来自西半球的研究（新热带鸟类的大部分研究在这里发表），但该杂志的地理覆盖范围是全球性的。该杂志在国际上被认为是鸟类学的一个重要、主要期刊。爱德华兹奖每年颁发给上一年度发表的最佳重大文章。威尔逊鸟类学杂志以前被称为威尔逊通报。