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Jennifer F. M. Horne

Jennifer F. M. Horne is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Jennifer F. M. Horne rather than just read about it. In short: Jennifer Felicity Mary Horne (died 5 October 2008 in Nanyuki, Kenya) also known as Jenny Horne or after her marriage as Jennifer Horne-Short, was a Kenyan ornithologist and bioacoustician. During a British Ornithologists' Union financed Mascarenes expedition in 1973 and 1974, she made the first complete voice recording study of all endemic land birds including Réunion Harrier, Echo Parakeet, Mauritius Kestrel, Pink…

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Reference excerpt

Jennifer Felicity Mary Horne (died 5 October 2008 in Nanyuki, Kenya) also known as Jenny Horne or after her marriage as Jennifer Horne-Short, was a Kenyan ornithologist and bioacoustician. During a British Ornithologists' Union financed Mascarenes expedition in 1973 and 1974, she made the first complete voice recording study of all endemic land birds including Réunion Harrier, Echo Parakeet, Mauritius Kestrel, Pink Pigeon, Mascarene Swiftlet and Mascarene Martin. In 1974 she teamed up with Colin Groves in the Tana River floodplain where they studied the endangered Tana River Red Colobus and the Tana River Mangabey. In 1978 she married ornithologist Lester L. Short. As research associate and later senior research fellow in the National Museums of Kenya she and her husband took part in an ornithological project which lasted from 1985 to 1999. They studied the behaviour of the honeyguides on the Ol Ari Nyiro estate in Laikipia, Kenya and compiled an ornithological list of all birds recorded on the Ol Ari Nyiro estate. She was also among the team who rediscovered the Cuban Ivory-billed Woodpecker for a short time in 1986/87 (since declared likely extinct). Jennifer Horne was a member of BirdLife International. Together with Lester L. Short she wrote the chapter of the toucans, barbets and honeyguides in the Handbook of the Birds of the World (Volume 7) and the book Toucans, Barbets and Honeyguides: Ramphastidae, Capitonidae and Indicatoridae.

Publications (selected) Groves C.P., R.J. Andrew & J.F.M. Horne (1974). Tana river colobus and mangabey. In: Oryx: 12(5): 565–575. Short, L.L., J.F.M. Horne & C. Muringo-Gichuki (1990). Annotated Check-list of the Birds of East Africa. Proceedings of the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology 4(3): 61–246. Short, L.L. & J.F.M. Horne (2005). The avifauna of an upland seasonal woodland in central Kenya: ecology, behaviour, breeding. Bonner Zoologische Monographien 53: 1–80. Horne, J.F.M. (1987). Vocalisations of the endemic land birds of the Mascarene Islands. In A.W. Diamond (ed.), Studies of Mascarene Island Birds. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK in 1987. Pp. 101–150. Short, L.L., R. Schodde & J.F.M. Horne (1983). Five-way hybridization of Varied Sittellas Daphoenositta chrysoptera (Aves: Neosittidae) in Central Queensland. Australian Journal of Zoology 31: 499–516. Short, L.L. & J.F.M. Horne (2002). Family Indicatoridae (Honeyguides) In J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott & J. Sargatal (eds), Handbook of birds of the World, Vol. 7. Jacamars to Woodpeckers. Lynx Editions, Barcelona. pp. 274–295.

References Kim Howell: Jenny Horne: In Appreciation of a Kenyan Mentor In: Journal of East African Natural History 98(1): 7–9 (2009) Online

Worked examples

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Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Jennifer F. M. Horne ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Jennifer F. M. Horne

In research: Jennifer F. M. Horne appears in biology research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Jennifer F. M. Horne in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Jennifer F. M. Horne is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1931 births, 2008 deaths, 20th-century Kenyan women scientists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Jennifer F. M. Horne outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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