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Citing the Texas Breeding Bird Atlas

Please follow The Columbia Guide to Online Style by Janice R. Walker and Todd Taylor (Columbia University Press, 1998) when citing a species account.  Give the author's name and initials and the year of publication in parentheses.  Next  list the species name followed by the site information.  Finally, enclose the date you accessed the material in parentheses.   See the examples below. 

Arnold, K. A.  (2001).  Cave Swallow.  The Texas Breeding Bird Atlas.   Texas A&M University System, College Station and Corpus Christi, TX.   http://tbba.cbi.tamucc.edu  (12 July 2001).

To cite the Texas Breeding Bird Atlas in general, use this form.

Benson, K.  L.  P., and K. A.  Arnold.   (2001).   The Texas Breeding Bird Atlas.   Texas A&M University System, College Station and Corpus Christi, TX.   http://tbba.cbi.tamucc.edu  (12 July 2001).

Contact Information
Keith A. Arnold
Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences
Texas A&M University
College Station TX 77843-2258
Phone: (979) 845-5777
e-mail: kaarnold@tamu.edu