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Book

 

Riegner, M., and L. Niemeyer (photographer). 1993. Long-legged Wading Birds of the North American Wetlands . Stackpole Books, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. [Excerpt PDF, 1.6 MB]

 

 Selected Journal Articles and Book Chapters

 

Riegner, M. F. 2023. Parrots and people: A morphodynamic convergence. Jahrbuch fur Goetheanismus (Yearbook for Goetheanism)Riegner.Parrots and People.Jahrbuch.2023.Final.pdf

 

Riegner, M. F., and R. D. Bassar. 2023. Morphological covariance and onset of foot prehensility as indicators of integrated evolutionary dynamics in the herons (Ardeidae). Integrative Organismal Biology 5(1): 

https://doi.org/10.1093/iob/obad010

 

Clark, E. W., A. B. Fleishman, and M. F. Riegner. 2015. Diversity, abundance and nesting phenology of the wading birds of Bahia Kino, Sonora, Mexico. Waterbirds 38(4): 355-363. Waterbirds.2015.pdf



Riegner, M. F. 2014. The phenomenology of betweenness: Encountering nature's wholeness. Environmental and Architectural Phenomenology 25(3): 18-21.

http://www.arch.ksu.edu/seamon/75%2015%20fall%2025%203%20print%20version.pdf

 

Riegner, M. F. 2013. Ancestor of the new archetypal biology: Goethe's dynamic typology as a model for contemporary evolutionary developmental biology. Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences 44: 735-744.  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1369848613000873

 

Riegner, M. F. 2008. Parallel evolution of plumage pattern and coloration in birds: Implications for defining avian morphospace. The Condor 110: 599-614. [PDF, 4.4 MB]

 

Riegner, M. (Editor). 2001. Prescott College Course Reader for the Kino Bay Region. Prescott College Publications, Prescott, Arizona. 142 pp. 

 

Riegner, M. 1998. Horns, hooves, spots, and stripes: Form and pattern in mammals. In Goethe's Way of Science: A Phenomenology of Nature. D. Seamon and A. Zajonc, Editors. SUNY Press, Albany, New York, pp. 177-212.


Riegner, M., and J. Wilkes. 1998. Flowforms and the language of water. In Goethe's Way of Science: A Phenomenology of Nature. D. Seamon and A. Zajonc, Editors. SUNY Press, Albany, New York, pp. 233-252.

 

Riegner, M. 1993. Toward a holistic understanding of place: Reading a landscape through its flora and fauna. In Dwelling, Seeing, and Designing: Toward a Phenomenological Ecology. D. Seamon, Editor. SUNY Press, Albany, New York, pp. 181-215.

 

Fleischner, T., and M. Riegner. 1993. Winter birds of Bahia Kino, central Gulf of California coast, Sonora, Mexico. Ecologica 3(1): 29-34. [PDF]

 

Riegner, M. 1982. Prey handling in Yellow-crowned Night-Herons. Auk 99: 380-381.

 

Riegner, M. 1982. The diet of Yellow-crowned Night-Herons in the eastern and southern United States. Colonial Waterbirds 5: 173-176.

 

Articles in Preparation

  

Riegner, M. (in press). The many faces of water. In Elements Series: Water. Center for Humans and Nature. G. Van Horn, Executive Editor. (Publication date 2024)

 

Riegner, M. (in prep.). Plumage pattern and coloration as indicators of a morphodynamic principle in birds. In Life Patterns: Integrated Approaches to Organismal and Evolutionary Biology. M. Lockley, K. McNamara, M. Riegner, Editors.

 

Riegner, M. (in prep.). Occurrence of nonfeathered avian integumentary outgrowths: Implications for aerodynamics.  

 

Duncan, W., and Riegner, M. (in prep.). Dilation and beauty: Toward a Goethean way of perception. (will be submitted to a philosophy journal)

 

Riegner, M. (in prep.). The Ostrich and the Hummingbird: Exploring Morphodynamic Patterns in Nature. (ongoing book project.)

  

Selected Popular Articles

 

Riegner, M. 1998. The Little Blue Heron. Birder's World 12(4): 60-63.

 

Riegner, M. 1996. The Tricolored Heron. Birder's World 10(6): 18-21.

 

Riegner, M. 1994. The Snowy Egret. Birder's World 8(2): 28-32.

 

Riegner, M. 1993. Thunder pumper: The American Bittern. Birder's World 7(3): 12-15.

 

Riegner, M. 1992. Look-alike birds from distant lands: A consideration of similarities in unrelated birds. Birder's World 6(3): 17-21. [PDF, 760 KB]

 

 Book Reviews (past 10 years)

 

Riegner, M. F. 2022. review of Naturalized Parrots of the World: Distribution, Ecology, and Impacts of the World's Most Colorful Colonizers; edited by S. Pruett-Jones. Quarterly Review of Biology 97: 151-152.

 

Riegner, M. F. 2021. review of All the Birds of the World; edited by J. del Hoyo. Quarterly Review of Biology 96: 136-137.

 

Riegner, M. F. 2019. review of Night Parrot: Australia's Most Illusive Bird; by P. Olsen. Quarterly Review of Biology 94: 427-428.

 

Riegner, M. F., and M. A. Riegner. 2019. review of Antpittas and Gnateaters; by H. F. Greeney. Quarterly Review of Biology 94: 83. 

 

Riegner, M. F. 2018. review of Vanished and Vanishing Parrots: Profiling Extinct and Endangered Species; by J. M. Forshaw. Quarterly Review of Biology 93: 258-259. 

 

Riegner, M. F. 2016. review of Bird Families of the World: An Invitation to

the Spectacular Diversity of Birds; by D. Winkler, S. Billerman, and I. Lovette. Quarterly Review of Biology 91: 374-375.  QRB.Bird Families of World.2016.pdf

 

Riegner, M. F. 2015. review of On the Origin of Autonomy: A New Look at the Major Transitions in Evolution; by B. Rosslenbroich. Quarterly Review of Biology 90: 77-78.

QRB.Biological Autonomy.2015.pdf

 

Riegner, M. F., and M. A. Riegner. 2014. review of Handbook of the Birds of the World. Special Volume: New Species and Global Index; edited by J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, and D. Christie. Quarterly Review of Biology 89: 72-73. 

QRB.HBW Special Volume.2014.pdf

  

Riegner, M. 2012. review of Cotingas and Manakins; by G. M. Kirwan and G. Green. Quarterly Review of Biology 87: 399-400. QRB.Cotingas and Manakins.2012.pdf

 

Riegner, M. 2012. review of Handbook of the Birds of the World, vol. 16, Tanagers to New World Blackbirds; edited by J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, and D. Christie. Quarterly Review of Biology 87: 271-272.  QRB.HBW Vol. 16.2012.pdf

 

 Presentations (past 10 years)

 

"Feathers and Beaks, Bars and Streaks: Form and Pattern in Birds;" Natural History Institute, Prescott, Arizona; April 2018.

 

"Parallel Evolution of Plumage Pattern and Coloration in Birds: Implications for Defining Avian Morphospace;" Department of Biology and Philosophy, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic; October 2017. 

 

"Exploring the Occupation of Morphospace Based on Goethe’s Dynamic Typology: Insights into the Morphology, Ecology, and Behavior of Birds;" Evolving Morphology: 200 Years of Goethe's Morphological Notebooks, Goetheanum, Dornach, Switzerland; October 2017.

 

"Biological Evolution and Natural History: An Intertwined Path;" Highlands Center for Natural History, Prescott, Arizona; September 2017.

 

"Morphological Trade-offs and Recursive Plumage Patterns as Indicators of Integrated Evolutionary Dynamics in the Ardeidae;" Ecology Department, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil; August 2017.

 

"Morphological Trade-offs and Recursive Plumage Patterns as Indicators of Integrated Evolutionary Dynamics in the Ardeidae;" Scientific session, Waterbird Society Conference, New Bern, North Carolina; September 2016. 

  

“Marvelous Mammals of the Central Arizona Highlands;” Workshop at Highlands Center for Natural History, Prescott, Arizona; February 2016.

 

"Behavior and Ecology of Herons Around the World;" Prescott Audubon Society, Prescott, Arizona; March 2015.

 

"Parallel Evolution of Plumage Pattern and Coloration in Birds;" Bird Conservation Society of Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand; June 2014.

 

"Goethe's Dynamic Vision in Science and Art;" Marshall-LeKae Art Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona; April 2014.

 

“Mammals of the Central Arizona Highlands;” Workshop at Highlands Center for Natural History, Prescott, Arizona; February 2014.

 

 

 

 

 

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