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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kratter" data-source="post: 2194169" data-attributes="member: 50001">Well I did not mean to say that we are the exclusive holders of that knowledge.  Just that most museum scientists have a substantial foundation of population biology and species conservation, through university and graduate level courses in population biology, evolution, statistics, genetics, and conservation biology. We also read current literature, attend meetings, write papers, referee papers on the subject, as well as spend considerable time in the field with these birds. I am not so sure that non-ornithologists have this foundation.Andy</blockquote>