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Auk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Great Auk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Auk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Auk is a quarterly journal and the official publication of the American Ornithologists' Union, having been continuously published by that body since 1884. The journal contains articles relating...
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The University of California Press took over as publisher of The Auk in 2009, and on 10 June 2009 ScholarOne Manuscripts ™ replaced Rapid Review as the portal for submission of manuscripts, including regular research articles, solicited manuscripts, and letters to the Editor.
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For more than 100 years, The Auk has published original reports on the biology of birds. As one of the foremost journals in ornithology, The Auk publishes innovative empirical and theoretical findings.
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Pinguinus impennis Great Auk ... The Great Auk became extinct in 1844. ... Finally, on June 4, 1844, three fishermen made a trip to the Icelandic island of Eldey to collect auk specimens. Unwittingly, they killed the auk they found, thus completing the extinction of the species.
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The Great Auk was the last flightless seabird of the Northern Hemisphere. Inhabiting the boreal and low-Arctic regions of the North Atlantic, this extinct alcid was the original Penguin. The name “penguin” has many possible derivations, including “pen-winged” or “pinioned”;
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