"The author takes a ian approach to identifying the major environmental factors that help define the species-specific niches of birds in Alaska. In her study, she censused breeding birds on twelve 10- plots selected to represent fairly homogeneous tracts of each of the major s described for Alaska's taiga."
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Brina Kessel
Brina Cattell Kessel Roof (née Brina Cattell Kessel, November 20, 1925 – March 1, 2016) was an American , curator at the , professor, and dean at the . She was elected in 1960 a fellow of the and in 1973 a fellow of the (AOU). She served as the AOU's president from 1992 to 1994. Kessel Pond at in is named in her honor.
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