e-ISSN: 2321-6190 p-ISSN: 2347-2294
Hallie Walsh*
Department of Zoology, Boston University, Massachusetts, United States of America
Received: 29-Nov-2023, Manuscript No. JZS-24-125716; Editor assigned: 04-Dec-2023, PreQC No. JZS-24-125716 (PQ); Reviewed: 14-Dec-2023, QC No. JZS-24-125716; Revised: 21-Dec-2023, Manuscript No. JZS-24-125716 (R); Published: 29-Dec-2023, DOI: 10.4172/2347-2294.11.4.008
Citation: Walsh H. Ornithology's Role in Global Community to Conserve Avian Diversity. Res Rev J Zool Sci.2023;11:008
Copyright: © 2023 Walsh H. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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