RECENT ORNITHOLOGICAL PUBLICATIONS

BAUER, H-C. & BERTHOLD, P. 1996. Die Brutvogel Mitteleuropas: Bestand und Gefahrdung.
BEYNON, P.H., FORBES, N.A. & HARCOURT-BROWN. N.H. (eds). 1996. Manual of Raptors. Pigeons and Waterfowl.
BIRD. D.M., VAKIAND. D.E. & NEGRO, JJ. (eds) 1996. Raptors in Human landscapes: Adaptations to built and cultivated environments.
BLACK, J.M. (ed.). 1996. Partnerships in Birds: The study of monogamy.
CLEMMONS, J.R. & BUCHHOLZ, R. (eds). 1997. Behavioural Approaches to Conservation in the Wild.
DEL, HOYO, J,. Elliot, A. & SARGATAL. J. (eds). 1996. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 3: Hoatzin to Auks.
GERLACH, J. (ed.). Nature Protection Trust of Seychelles. 1997. Seychelles Red Ilata Book 1997.
HANININOS. G. & AKHIOTIS. T. 1997. The Birds of Greece.
HEATHER. B. & ROBERTSON, H. 1996. The Field Guide to the Birds of New Zealand.
HURFORD. C. & LANSDOWN, P. 1995. Birds of Glamorgan.
LAMHERT. F. & WOODCOCK, M. 1996. Pittas, Broadbills and Asities.
LANDMANN. A. 1996. Der Hausrotschwanz.
MLIKOVSKY. J. (ed.). 1995. Tertiary Avian Localities of Europe.
OLIOSO, G. 1996. Oiseaux de Vaucluse et de la Drdme ProvenCal.
PAIN, D.J. & PIENKOWSKI. M.W. (eds). 1997. Farming and Birds in Europe. The Common Agricultural Policy and its implications for bird conservation.
PALM. S. 1997. The Origin of Flapping Flight in Birds.
PANOW, E.N. 1996. Die Wiirger der Palaarktis.
REASTALL, R. 1996. Munias and Mannikins.
STANDLEY, P, BUCKNELL, N.J., SWASH, A. & COLLINS, I.D. 1996. The Birds of Berkshire.
STEYN. P. 1996. Nesting Birds: The breeding habits of southern African birds.
VAN DEN BRINK, H., VAN DIJK, A., VAN Os, B. & VENEMA, P. 1996. Broedvogels van Drenthe.
ZIMMRRMAN, D.A., TURNER. D.A. & PEARSON. D.J. 1996. Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania.     

RECENT ORNITHOLOGICAL PUBLICATIONS

BENTON, T.G & SPENCER, T. 1995. The Pitcairn Islands. Biogeography, ecology and prehistory.
CHEKE, R.A. & WALSH, J.F. 1996. The Birds of Togo. BOU Checklist
DAAN, P., NORMAN. I. & Rimx, P. (eds). 1995. The Penguins: Ecology and management.
DEWAK, S.M. & SHAWYER. C.R. 1996. Boxes. Baskets and Platforms: Artificial nest sites for owls and other birds of prey.
DINGLE. H. 1996. Migration: The biology of life on the move.
FEBUCCIA, A. 1996. The Origin and Evolution of Birds.
HOLMES, D.A. L PHILLIPPS, K. 1996. The Birds of Sulawesi.
JOHNSGARD. P.A. & CARBONELL, M. 1996. Ruddy Ducks and Other Stifftails: Their behavior and biology.
LANNER. R.M. 1966. Made for Each Other: A symbiosis of birds and pines.
Meyburg. B.-U. & CHANCELLOR, R.D. (eds) 1996. Eagle Studies.
PINOWSKI, J., KAVANAGH, B.P. & PINOWSKA, B. (eds). 1995. Nestling Mortality of Granivorous Birds due to Microrganisms and Toxic Substances: Synthesis.
POOLE, A.F & GILL, EB. (eds). 1995. The Birds of North America: Life histories for the 21st century. Nos 161–200. Washington, D.C.: The American Ornithologists' Union and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.
PORTER, R.F., CHRISTENSEN, S. & SCHIERMACKER-HANSEN. P. 1996. Field Guide to the Birds of the Middle East.
SCHELHAS, J. & GREENBERG, R. (eds). 1996. Forest Patches in Tropical Landscapes.
SHURTLEFF, L.L. & SAVAGE, C. 1996. The Wood Duck and the Mandarin: The northern wood ducks.
SKUTCH, A.F. 1996. The Minds of Birds.
TULLY, T.N., JR. & SHANE. S.M. (eds). 1996. Ratite Management, Medicine and Surgery.     

Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Møller , A. P. 1994: Sexual selection and the barn swallow. Wehner, R., Lehrer, M. & Harvey , W. R. (eds) 1996: Navigation, migration, and homing. Maclean , G. L. 1996: Ecophysiology of desert birds. Keulen, C., Loneux, M., Poncin, P. & Ruwet , J.-Cl. 1994: La Biodiversité: une étude de cas — ‘le site de Lanaye’ en Meuse belgo-néerlandaise. Gansloßer, U., Hodges, J. K. & Kaumanns , W. (eds) 1995: Research and captive propagation. Henry , J. D. 1996: Red fox. The catlike canine.     

New Books

Book reviewed in this article: Vygotsky, L. S. & Luria , A. R. 1993: Studies on the History of Behavior: Ape, Primitive, and Child, edited and translated by V. I. Golod & J. E. Knox. Mitchell , R. W., Thompson , N. S. & Miles , R. W. (eds) 1996: Anthropomorphism, Anecdotes, and Animals. Günther , R. (ed.) 1996: Die Amphibien und Reptilien Deutschlands.     

RECENT ORNITHOLOGICAL PUBLICATIONS

Beletsky. L. 1996. The Red-winged Blackbird. The biology of a strongly polygynous songbird.
GORMAN, G. 1996. The Birds of Hungary.
HAVERSCHMIDT, F. & MEES. G. 1994. Birds of Suriname.
HIGGINS, PJ. & DAVIES, S.J.J.F. (eds). 1996. Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds. Volume 3: Snipe to Pigeons.
HOGLUND. J. & ALATALO, R.V. 1995. Leks.
HIIMPHREYS. EN. & KAHROM. E. 1995. The Lion and the Gazelle: The mammals and birds of Iran.
KNOWI, RS. LJ. & NITCHBN. J.W. 1995. Kingfishers of the World.
RISIN˜:. J.D. 1996. A Guide to the Identification and Natural History of the Sparrows of the [Jnited States and Canada.
SKUTCH. A.F. 1996. Antbirds and Ovenbirds.
SKUTCH. A.F. 1996. Orioles, Blackbirds and their Kin.
STEVENS, L. 1996. Avian Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
STOTZ. D.E. FITZPATRICK. J.W., PARKEK. T. A,. 111. & MOSKOVITS. D.K. 1996. Neotropical Birds: Ecology and conservation. Includes FAKKER. T.A., 111, Sro˜z. D.F. & FIT%PATRlCK. J.W. Ecological and Distributional Databases for Neotropical Birds.
SUJATNIKA. JEPSON. P., SO˜:HARTONO. T.R., CROSBY, M.J. L MARDIASTUTI, A. 1995. Melestarikan Kaenekaragarnan Hayati Indonesia:Pondekatan daerah burung endemik [Conserving Indonesian Biodiversity: The endemic bird area approach].
WALLEH. G. (ed.), DANDO. M. & BURCHKTT, M. (principal contributors). 1996. Sealife: A complete guide to the marine environment.
WARHAM, J. 1996. The Behavior, Population Biology and Physiology of the Petrels.     

New Books

Richelle , M. N. 1993: B. F. Skinner: a reappraisal. Lawrence Erlbaum Wade , N. 1995: Psychologists in word and image. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, London. Kolb B. 1995: Brain plasticity and behavior. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Mahwah, NJ. Anderson , J. R., Herrenschmidt , N., Roeder , J. J. & Thierry Sommer , V. 1996: Heilige Egoisten— Die Soziobiologie indischer Tempelaffen. C. H. Beck'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, München. Wiessner , P. & Schiefenhövel , W. (eds) 1996: Food and the status quest—an interdisciplinary perspective. Salter , F. K. 1995: Emotions in command. A naturalistic study of institutional dominance. Sternberg , R. J. (ed.) 1994: Thinking and problem solving.     

New Books

Book reviewed in this article: Wrangham, R. W., McGrew, W. C., de Waal, F. B. M. & Heltne , P. G. (eds) 1996: Chimpanzee Cultures. Lewkowicz, D. J. & Lickliter , R. (eds) 1994: The Development of Intersensory Perception. Maffei, L. & Fiorentini , A. 1997: Das Bild im Kopf (Originaltitel: Arte e Cervello. Pearce , J.M. 1997: Animal Learning and Cognition. Gould, J. L., & Gould , C. G. 1997: Bewußtsein bei Tieren.     

New Books

Book reviewed in this article: Russon , A., Bard , K. & Parker , S. (eds) 1996: Reaching into Thought: The Minds of the Great Apes. Bonner , J. T. 1996: Sixty Years of Biology: Essays on Evolution and Development. Miller , B., Reading , R. P. & Forrest , S. 1996: Prairie Night — Black-footed Ferrets and the Recovery of Endangered Species.     

New Books

Book reviewed in this article: Hauser , M. D. 1996: The evolution of communication. Runciman , W. G., Maynard Smith , J. & Dunbar , R. I. M. (eds) 1996: Evolution of Social Behaviour Patterns in Primates and Man. Snowdon , C. T. & Hausberger , M. (eds) 1997: Social Influences on Vocal Development. Wyrwicka , W. 1996: Imitation in Human and Animal Behaviour. Waal , F. de & Lanting , F. 1997: Bonobo: The forgotten ape. Witte , G. R. 1997: Der Maulwurf, Talpa europaea. Neuc Brehm-Bücherei Nr. 637.     

New Books

Book reviewed in this article: Clemmons , J. R. & Buchholz , R.1997: Behavioral Approaches to Conservation in the Wild. Reagan , D. P. & Waide , R. B. (eds) 1996: The Food Web of a Tropical Rain Forest. Städler , E., Rowell-Rahier , M. & Baur, R . (eds.) 1996: Insect-Plant-Relationships. Reprinted from Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 80 (1) 1996, with additional indices, as Series Entomologica, Vol. 53 . Seeley , T. D. 1997: Honigbienen. Im Mikrokosmos des Bienenstocks. (The Wisdom of the Hive, Harvard UP 1995, übersetzt von Ute Döring). Rowe , N. 1996: The Pictorial Guide to the Living Primates. Kuper , A. 1994: The Chosen Primate. Human Nature and Cultural Diversity. Goodwin , B. 1994: Der Leopard, der seine Flecken verliert. Evolution und Komplexität. (How the leopard changed its spots, 1994, aus dem Engl. übers.)     

New Books

Factor , J. R. (ed) 1995: Biology of the lobster Homarus americanus. Hölldobler, B. & Wilson, E. O. 1995: Ameisen. Terman , M. R. 1996: Messages from an owl. Williams , T. D. 1995: The penguins. With contributions by R. P. Wilson , P. D. Boersma & D. L. Stokes . Leyhausen , P. 1996: Katzenseele. Wesen und Sozialverhalten. Alterman, L., Doyle, G. A. & Izard , M. K. (eds) Heymer, A. 1995: Die Pygmäen. Menschenforschung im afrikanischen Regenwald.     

New Books

Kroodsma, D. E. & Miller, E. H. (eds) 1996: Ecology and evolution of acoustic communication in birsds. Rigler, F. J. & Peters, R. H. 1995: Science and limnology. Cushing, D. H. (1996): Towards a science of recruitment in fish populations. Hausmann, K. & Hösmann, N. 1996: Protozoology. 2nd edition, with contributions by H. Machemer, M. Mulisch, and G. Steinbrück. Sommer, U. 1996: Algen, Quallen, Wasserfloh-Die Welt des Planktons, Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelber, New York.     

New Books

Book reviewed in this article: Rosenblatt, J. S. & Snowdon , C. T. (eds.) 1996: Parental Care: Evolution, Mechanisms, and Adaptive Significance. Lehner , P. N. 1996: Handbook of Ethological Methods, 2nd Ed. Denoël , M. 1996: Etude comparée du comportement de cour de deux sousespèces du triton alpestre (A Comparative Study of Courtship Behaviour of Triturus alpestris alpestris Goldschmidt , T. 1996: Darwin's Dreampond. Drama in Lake Victoria. König, B. & Linsenmair , K. (eds.) 1996: Biologische Vielfalt (Beiträge aus Spektrum der Wissenschaft). Bruce V., Green P.G. & Georgeson M.A., 1996: Visual Perception. Physiology, Psychology, and Ecology. Roth, G. & Prinz , W. (eds.) 1996: Kopf-Arbeit. Ricklefs, R. E. & Finch , C. E. 1996: Altern: Evolutionsbiologie und medizinische Forschung. Hausser , J. (ed.) 1995: Säugetiere der Schweiz/Mammifères de la Suisse/Mammiferi della Svizzera — Verbreitung, Biologie, Ökologie/Répartition, Biologie, Ecologie/Distribuzione, Biologia, Ecologia. Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel, Boston, Berlin.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Biological interactions : J. L. Cloudsley-Thompson (1996) Adaptations of desert organisms: biotic interactions in arid lands. How a Puerto Rican rain forest ticks; : D. P. Reagan and R. B. Waide (eds) (1996) The food web of a tropical rain forest. Molecular-geological coupling elucidates Hawaiian biogeographic history; : W. L. Wagner and V. A. Funk (eds) (1996) Hawaiian biogeography. Evolution on a hot spot archipelago. Palaeornithology: approach with care : A. Feduccia (1996) The origin and evolution of birds. Little water has flowed under the bridge : C. D. K. Cook (1996) Aquatic plant book. Beautiful photos, but handle the text with care : J. Del Hoyo, A. Elliott & J. Sargatal (eds) (1996). Handbook of the birds of the World Environmental history exposed but not synthesized : D. Gilbertson, M. Kent and J. Grattan (eds) (1996) The Outer Hebrides. The last 14.000 years.     

Lymphoma-selective antibody Lym-1 recognizes a discontinuous epitope on the light chain of HLA-DR10

 The selectivity of Lym-1 for malignant B lymphocytes makes this monoclonal antibody a promising candidate for the delivery of toxic agents to malignant B cells. The original immunogen used for the development of Lym-1 was Raji Burkitt’s lymphoma cell nuclei [Epstein A. L., Marder R. J., Winter J. N., Stathopoulos E., Chen F. M., Parker J. W., Taylor C. R. (1987) Cancer Res 47: 830]. The Lym-1 antigen was characterized at that time as a polymorphic HLA-DR variant. We prepared an affinity column using immobilized Lym-1 to isolate the Lym-1 antigen from Raji cell lysate. Immunological characterization of the immunoaffinity-purified Lym-1 antigen on Western blots led to the conclusion that the antigen is the β chain of HLA-DR10. This was confirmed by Edman sequencing of the isolated polypeptide chain. Western blots further show that the Lym-1 epitope is only recognized if the β chain disulfide bonds are intact. These results imply that Lym-1 binds a discontinuous epitope on the β chain of HLA-DR10. Received: 22 February 1996 / Accepted: 28 June 1996     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Arroyo, M.T.K., Donoso, C., Murúa, R.E., Pisano, E.E., Schlatter, R.P. & Serey, A. 1996. Toward an ecologically sustainable forestry project: concepts, analysis and recommendations. Short reviews Given, David R. 1994. Principles and practice of plant conservation. Fremstad, Eli. 1997. Vegetasjonstyper i Norge. Hermy, Martin & De Blust, Geert (editors). 1996. Punten en lijnen in het landschap. Vernet, J.-L. 1997. L'homme et la forêt méditer-ranéenne de la préhistoire à nos jours. Grabherr, Georg. 1997. Farbatlas Ökosysteme der Erde.     

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Biber, 0., ENGIST. P., MARTI, C. & SALATHE. T. 1995. Conservation ol the White Stork, Western Population. Proceedings of the International Symposium on the White Stork (Western Population), Basel 1994.
Cucco. M. Levi, L., MAFFEI. G. & PULCHER. C. (eds). 1996. Atlante degli ucceli di Piemonte e Valle d'Aosta in inverno (1986–1992).
GHIGI, A. 1995. Alessandro Ghigi: Autobiografia.
GILLHAM. E. & GILLHAM. B. 1996. Hybrid Ducks: A contribution towards an inventory.
HAYWOOD. G.D. & VKRNER. J. 1994. Flammulated, Boreal and Great Gray Owls in the United States: A technical conservation assessment.
HICKLIN. P. (ed). 1996. Shorebird Ecology and Conservation in the Western Hemisphere: Based on papers presented at a symposium held on 4–5 November 1991 in conjunction with the IV Neotropical Ornithology Congress in Quito. Ecuador.
Porter R.E. & MARTINS, R.P. (eds). 1996. Southern Yemen and Scotra: The report of the OSME survey in spring 1993.
PRANTY. B. 1996. A Birder's Guide to Florida. 4th edition.
Scott, D. A. 1995. A Directory of Wetlands in the Middle East.
TAYLOR, D. 1996. Birding in Kent.
WAGNER. W.L. & FUNK. VA. (eds). 1995. Hawaiian Biogeography: Evolution on a hot spot archipelago.
WAUER. R.H. 1996. A Birder's West Indies: An island by island tour.
ZALAKEVICIUS. M., SVAZAS, S., Stanvicious V. & VAIKUS. G. 1995. zBird Migration and Wintering in Lithuania.
ZORICH. D. & HOAGLANU. K.E. 1995. Status, Resources and Needs of Systematic Collections.     

Solid-phase Chemistry: A Useful Tool to Discover Modulators of Protein Interactions

The Solid phase synthesis (SPS) concept, first developed for biopolymers, has spread in every field where organic synthesis is involved. While the potential of the solid-phase method was obvious in 1959 to its discoverer, Prof. R. B. Merrifield, it was unpredictable its dominance in peptide synthesis and especially in combinatorial chemistry, an area not yet conceived. SPS paved the way for solid-phase combinatorial approaches (extensively reviewed in (Choong, I. C. and Ellman, J. A.: 1996, Annu. Rep. Med. Chem. 31, 309–318; Obrecht, D. and Villalgordo, J. M.: 1998, Solid-supported Combinatorial and Parallel Synthesis of Small-Molecular-Weight Compound Libraries. Pergamon Press Ltd., Oxford, UK; Chabala, J. C.: 1995, Curr. Opin. Biotechnol. 6, 632–639; Kamal, A., Reddy, K. L., Devaiah, V., Shankaraiah, N., Reddy, D. R.: 2006, Mini Rev. Med. Chem. 6, 53–69; Whitehead, D. M., McKeown, S. C., Routledge, A.: 2005, Comb. Chem. HTS 8, 361–371; Nefzi, A., Ostresh, J. M., Houghten, R. A.: 1997, Chem. Rev. 97, 449–472; Gordon, E. M., Gallop, M. A., Patel, D. V.: 1996, Acc. Chem. Res. 29, 144–154)) as many laboratories and companies focused on the development of technologies and chemistry suitable to this new methodology. This resulted in the spectacular outburst of combinatorial chemistry, which profoundly changed the approach for new drug discovery. Combinatorial chemistry is currently considered a valid approach for a wide range of biomedical applications, such as, target validation and drug discovery.     

Also Received

Ali. S. 1996. The Book of Indian Birds. 12th ed. ALI S. & RIPLEY, S.D. 1996. Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan Together with Those of Bangladesh. Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan and Sri Lanka. Vol 7: Laughing Thrushes to the Mangrove Whistler. 2nd edition. ARMONIA. 1995. Lista de las Aves de Bolivia. 4th edition. BAILLIE, J. & GROOMBRIDGE, B. (eds). 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. BLUMP, D. 1996. Schwarzspecht, Grauspecht. Gruenspecht: Dryocopus martius, Picus canus, Picus viridis. 5th revised edition. CLARKE, T. & COLLINS, D. 1996. A Birdwatcher's Guide to the Canary Islands. DENNIS. M.K. 1996 Tetrad Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Essex. HOMES. J.S. & CLEMENT. P. 1996. Fish-eating Birds: Proceedings of a seminar to review status, interactions with fisheries and licensing issues. HOWELL., S.N.G. 1996. A Checklist of the Birds of Chile. INSKIPP, T., LINDSEY, N. & DUCKWORTH, W. 1996. An Annotated Checklist of the Birds of the Oriental Region. MALVAIJD, F. (ed.) 1996. L'adicneme Criard en France (Burhinus crdicnemus): Resultats d'une enquete nationale (1980–1993), importance et distribution des populations, biologie, exigences ecologiques et conservation de l'espece. MENZEL. H. 1996. Die Mehlschwalbe: Drlichon urbica. 2nd edition. POYHONEN, M. 1995. Muuttolintujen Matkassa [Bird Migration in Finland]. REID. K. 1996. A Guide to the Use of Otoliths in the Study of Predators at South Georgia. ROMAN, J., ROMAN. F., ANSOLA, L.M., PALMA, C. & VENTOSA, R. 1996. Atlas de las Aves Nidificantes de la Provincia de Burgos. SAIBENEF, C.A., CASTELINO. MA., JUSTO HERRERA, N.R.R. & CALO, J.1996. Inventario de las Aves del Parque Nacional Iguazu, Misiones, Argentina. SHERMAN. A.R. 1996. Birds of an Iowa Dooryard. SMITH, V. 1996. Birds. Beasts and Bature. TERMAN, M. 1996. Messages from an Owl. TOMHAL, 1.-C. (coord.). 1996. Les Oiseaux de la Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais: Effectifs et distribution des especes nicheuses Period 1985–1995. WATERHOUSE. M. 1996. A Wandering Voice: A diary of birdsong. WHEATLEY, N. 1996 Where to Watch Birds in Asia. WORLD CONSERVATION MONITORING CENTRE. 199 5. Checklist of Birds Listed in the CITES Appendices. 4th edition. ZWARTS. L.I. 1996. Waders and Their Estuarine Food Supply.