REPORT OF THE AOU CONSERVATION COMMITTEE ON THE PARTNERS IN FLIGHT SPECIES PRIORITIZATION PLAN

STEVEN R. BEISSINGER,1,6 J. MICHAEL REED,2 JOSEPH M. WUNDERLE, JR.,3 SCOTT K. ROBINSON,4 AND DEBORAH M. FINCH5 1Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, 151 Hilgard Hall, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA; 2Department of Biology, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, USA; 3International Institute of Tropical Forestry, USDA Forest Service, Box 490, Palmer, Puerto Rico 00721; 4Department of Ecology, Ethology and Evolution, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois 61820, USA; and 5Forestry Sciences Lab, USDA Forest Service, 2205 Columbia SE, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87106, USA

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