''Emu'', subtitled ''Austral Ornithology'', is the

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of BirdLife Australia (formerly the

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). The journal was established in 1901 and is the oldest ornithological journal published in Australia.Marchant, S (1972) A critical history of ''Emu''. ''Emu'' 72: 51-69
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Kate Buchanan Katherine Louise "Kate" Buchanan is an avian behavioural ecologist currently working in Deakin University's School of Life and Environment Sciences. Her research focuses on investigating how sexual selection has shaped the evolution of complex s ...

(

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). The journal was published quarterly for the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union in print and online by

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until 2016. According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2012

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of 1.895, ranking it 4th out of 22 journals in the category "Ornithology".

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