Guide to Graduate Studies in Ornithology in North America

The purpose of this guide is to give undergraduate college students and their academic advisors information about those graduate degree programs where they can do advanced studies in support of their interests in the biology of birds. We present information abstracted from brochures and catalogs furnished by the departments and faculty members of the institutions listed below.

Please send corrections and additions to Douglas White, Chair <dwhite@albion.edu>

This guide organizes programs by geographic region. These regions are the following:

North East: Canada east of Manitoba, south to Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey.

South East: Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware, south to Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida.

North Central: Saskatchewan and Manitoba south to Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana.

South Central: Kansas, and Missouri south to Texas, and Louisiana.

North West: Alaska, and North West Territories south to Oregon, Idaho, and Wyoming.

South West: California to Colorado, and south through Mexico.

Each entry in this guide takes the following form:

• Name and address of the institution.
• Description of the degree program.
• Description of facilities supporting ornithological research.
• Names and research interests of faculty who direct ornithological studies.
• Addresses and telephone numbers to contact for further information.

NORTH EAST REGION

CONNECTICUT

The University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269-3043.

• George A. Clark, Jr., Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology: Behavior, biogeography, evolution, and integumental structure of birds.
• Andrew Moiseff, Department of Physiology and Neurobiology: hearing in Barn Owls.
• David B. Miller, Department of Psychology: ontogeny of vocalization in ducks.
• John Barclay, Department of Natural Resource Management and Engineering: Wildlife management and conservation of waterfowl.
• Daniel L. Civco, Department of Natural Resource Management and Engineering: GIS and avian biogeography.

MAINE

The University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469.

• William E. Glanz, Department of Zoology: Community ecology of mammals and birds, foraging ecology and social behavior of granivorous mammals and birds, evolution and biogeography of North and South American rodents.
• Malcolm L. Hunter, Jr., Department of Wildlife Ecology: Conservation biology, forest wildlife management, landscape ecology, international conservation, including effects of forest conditions on bird populations.
• William B. Krohn, Department of Wildlife Ecology: Migratory bird management, habitat evaluation, wildlife administration.
• Raymond J. O'Connor, Department of Wildlife Ecology: Bird population ecology, habitat dynamics, bioindicator dynamics.
• Ray B. Owen, Jr., Department of Wildlife Ecology. Waterfowl and wetlands ecology, avian ecology, wildlife policy.
• Frederick A. Servello, Department of Wildlife Ecology: Vertebrate nutrition and physiology, habitat relationships of birds and mammals.

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Antioch New England Graduate School, Keene, NH 03431-3516

Description. &endash; For more than thirty years, Antioch New England has provided leadership in the development of interdisciplinary graduate programs. The Masters Program, founded in 1972, was one of the first environmental studies programs in North America. Graduates and faculty form an influential network of professionals throughout the Northeast. The program stresses small classes, high quality advising and mentoring, and non-traditional, participatory learning approaches. The Doctoral program, founded in 1995, is designed for the experienced environmental professional and offers an interdisciplinary, research-oriented Ph.D.

Like many environmental study programs, both Masters and Doctoral programs emphasize a broad body of knowledge including science, policy, natural history, and ethics. But unlike most graduate programs, we are distinguished by two important components&emdash;our applied focus and reflective practice. Students develop critical academic skills through practical application and applied scholarship. They develop professional and scholarly networks that are directly engaged with schools, community groups, and environmental organizations or agencies. We also believe that effective environmental scholars and professionals must be engaged in reflective practice. It is vital that we are capable of articulating and projecting our values&emdash;what we describe as ecological identity. The M.S. degree may be earned in the Department of Environmental Studies with specialization in Conservation Biology, Resource Management and Administration, Environmental Education, and Teacher Certification in Biology or General Science.

Faculty.--The faculty members currently supporting research specifically with birds are:

• Jonathan L. Atwood: Population dynamics of neotropical migrant songbirds; role of rare and threatened bird species as focal elements of regional conservation planning; factors influencing site selection and fidelity of terns.

  For information.&endash; Write the Environmental Studies Department, Antioch New England Graduate School, 40 Avon Street, Keene, NH 03431-3516; telephone (603) 357-3122, FAX: (603) 357-0718. Information also available on the WWW: http://www.antiochne.edu

Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755-3576

• Richard T. Holmes: Mating systems, reproductive ecology, territoriality, site fidelity and dispersal, survivorship, habitat selection, foraging behavior, and related population attributes of birds. Emphasis is on migratory songbirds in both their temperate zone breeding areas and their tropical winter quarters.
• Douglas T. Bolger: Conservation biology, population ecology, and habitat requirements of birds, with emphasis on the effects of habitat fragmentation.

NEW YORK

Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853.

• Elizabeth Adkins-Regan, Section of Neurobiology and Behavior and Department of Psychology: Reproductive behavior of birds, especially endocrine and neural mechanisms of sexual behavior.
• Christopher W. Clark, Laboratory of Ornithology: Director of the Bioacoustics Research Program, investigating animal acoustic communication and developing acoustic technologies with applications in conservation and environmental monitoring. Studies acoustic networks within territorial songbird communities, evolutionary role and selective advantages of countersinging, and develops techniques to augment avian census efforts.
• Timothy DeVoogt, Department of Psychology: Neural basis for song acquisition and expression in songbirds, including hormonal influences and brain changes responsible for song learning and other behaviors.
• AndrJ Dhondt, Laboratory of Ornithology: Director of Bird Population Studies program, he combines various disciplines such as population dynamics, behavioral ecology, and quantitative genetics in long-term field studies of individually marked birds.
• Stephen T. Emlen, Section of Neurobiology and Behavior: Studies the adaptive significance of the diverse social organizations of birds and mammals, including evolution of cooperative breeding and helping at the nest, polygynous and polyandrous mating systems, male-female conflicts of interest within various mating systems, and patterns of parental investment. He also maintains research interests in animal orientation and navigation, and avian acoustical communication.
• Howard E. Evans, College of Veterinary Medicine: avian anatomy, and anatomical illustration.
• Thomas A. Gavin, Department of Natural Resources: Ecology, behavior, and conservation of birds, using genetic techniques to investigate the relationships among breeding populations.
• Howard C. Howland, Section of Neurobiology and Behavior: Physiology of vision, to elucidate mechanisms of focusing and regulation of growth in avian eyes.
• George V. Kollias, College of Veterinary Medicine: Avian pathobiology, immunology/cell biology, and pharmacology.
• Richard A. Malecki, Department of Natural Resources: Waterfowl biology and wetland ecosystems.
• Kevin J. McGowan, Section of Ecology and Systematics. Social and reproductive behavior in crows and jays, and he is the principal caretaker of the Cornell ornithology collection.
• Milo E. Richmond, Department of Natural Resources: Vertebrate ecology and reproduction, with studies of a wide range of avian types.
• Richard B. Root, Section of Ecology and Systematics: Foraging ecology, biogeography, and community relationships of birds.
• Paul W. Sherman, Section of Neurobiology and Behavior: Behavioral ecology of many avian species, the causes and consequences of extra-pair copulations in passerines, and the costs and benefits of extreme brood parasitism (dump nesting) in hole-nesting ducks.
• Charles R. Smith, Department of Natural Resources: Conservation of North American bird species at the population, community, and landscape levels.
• Charles Walcott, Laboratory of Ornithology: Director of the Laboratory of Ornithology, his main interests are bird navigation, orientation, and acoustic communication.
• David W. Winkler, Section of Ecology and Systematics: Evolutionary and behavioral ecology of birds, focusing on the phylogeny and physiological and ecological determinants of life history traits.

University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY 12214-0222.

• Kenneth P. Able, Ecology and Animal Behavior: Animal migration, orientation, and navigation.
• Jerram L. Brown, Ecology and Animal Behavior: Social behavior; behavioral ecology; evolutionary biology; major histocompatibility complex; mate choice.
• Caro-Beth Stewart, Molecular Biology: Molecular basis for adaptive evolution; evolution of digestive enzymes; evolution of substrate specificity; tree analysis of gene families.

OHIO

The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210

• Richard A. Bradley: Biology of vocal behavior in birds, emphasizing the evolutionary significance of geographic variation in bird song, female song in passerines.
• Sandra L. L. Gaunt: Biology of vocal behavior in animals, with emphasis on behavioral ecology, evolution of vocal behavior, and vocal learning in avian taxa.
• Thomas C. Grubb, Jr.: Theoretical and empirical behavioral ecology and conservation biology.
• Douglas A. Nelson: Communication behavior and song development in birds.
• Patricia G. Parker: Ecology and evolution of social behavior and the application of principles of population biology to wildlife conservation.
• Joseph B. Williams: Avian physiology with emphasis on field metabolic rates and water flux of free-living birds.

PENNSYLVANIA

The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802-4703

• Margaret C. Brittingham, Associate Professor of Wildlife Resources: avian ecology, human impacts on bird populations, breeding ecology of neotropical migrants, urban birds.
• Robert P. Brooks, Associate Professor of Wildlife Ecology: wetland ecology, avian use of wetlands.
• Richard H. Yahner, Professor of Wildlife Conservation: forest wildlife, neotropical migrants.

Villanova University, Villanova, PA 19085-1699

• Robert L. Curry: Behavioral ecology, focusing on vertebrate social organization; ornithology, conservation biology. Social ecology of Florida Scrub-Jays; hybridization in Black-capped and Carolina Chickadees; conservation ecology of island-endemic mockingbirds and allies.
• John M. Olson: Metabolic and muscle physiology; ecological physiology, development and physiology of endothermy in birds.

QUEBEC

McGill University, Macdonald Campus, 21,111 Lakeshore Road, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada H9X 3V9

• David M. Bird: Director, Avian Science and Conservation Centre, research on birds in a variety of areas including reproductive physiology, toxicology, genetics, parasitology, behavioral ecology, nutrition, physiology, and wildlife management.
• Rodger D. Titman: Behavior and ecology of waterfowl and wetland ecology; social systems, behavioral ecology, and habitat selection by ducks and other birds.
• K. A. Blanchard: Executive Vice-President, Quebec-Labrador Foundation is an adjunct professor involved in environmental education and conservation of seabirds.
• Henry Markon: Wetland ecologist with Institute for Waterfowl & Wetland Research, Ducks Unlimited, is an adjunct professor studying waterbirds in wetlands.
• Jean-Pierre Savard: Research scientist with the Canadian Wildlife Service, is an adjunct professor who studies waterfowl and forest bird ecology, behavior, and management.

SOUTH EAST REGION

ALABAMA

Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849

• James Armstrong, Professor: Wildlife damage management, especially bird predators at aquaculture ponds. (e-mail: jarmstro@acesag.auburn.edu)
• Barry Grand, Associate Professor; Leader, Alabama Cooperative Fisheries and Wildlife Research Unit: Productivity and management of acrtic and subarctic breeding waterfowl; population dynamics; factors influencing productivity and survival; study of marked populations. (e-mail: bgrand@acesag.auburn.edu)
• Gary Hepp, Professor: Ecology and management of waterfowl populations; reproductive ecology of Wood Duck; winter ecology of waterfowl; effects of herbivory by waterfowl and other large herbivores on aquatic plant communities. (e-mail: ghepp@acesag.auburn.edu)
• Geoffrey Hill, Associate Professor: Sexual selection and mate choice in cardueline finches; avian mating systems; carotenoid plumage pigmentation; habitat use by passerine birds; management of Neotropical migrant birds. (e-mail: Geoffrey.Hill@acesag.auburn.edu)
• Ralph Mirarchi, Professor: Raptor rehabilitation and management; dove and pigeon ecology. (e-mail: rmirarch@acesag.auburn.edu)
• Tara R. Robinson, Research Associate: Behavioral ecology, emphasizing evolution of families, social behavior, and cooperative breeding. (e-mail: trrobins@acesag.auburn.edu)
• W. Douglas Robinson, Assistant Professor: Ecology of tropical bird communities; community ecology; neotropical migrant birds; landscape ecology and biogeography. (e-mail: wdrobins@acesag.auburn.edu)
• Lee Stribling, Professor: Bobwhite Quail management. (e-mail: hstribl@acenet.auburn.edu)

GEORGIA

The University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602.

• John Avise, Genetics Department: Molecular ecology and evolution.
• Lehr Brisbin, Senior Research Scientist, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory: Vertebrate ecology, ornithology, radioecology, behavioral ecology, studies of mathematical models of growth and contaminant cycling processes, studies of the ecology of domestication, ecotoxicology.
• Brian R. Chapman, School of Forest Resources: Non-game ecology, endangered species management, vertebrate natural history.
• Michael J. Conroy, School of Forest Resources, Georgia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit: Population dynamics, avian and mammalian population ecology, wildlife biometrics.
• Patricia Adair Gowaty, Institute of Ecology: Behavioral and evolutionary ecology, mating systems, sex allocation, statistical aspects of genetical parentage testing.
• David G. Krementz, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Southeast Research Group, and School of Forest Resources: Population ecology, upland game bird biology, waterfowl ecology.
• Ernest E. Provost, School of Forest Resources; Wildlife biology, vertebrate natural history.
• Ron Pulliam, Institute of Ecology: Ecology and behavior of birds; species diversity and population ecology.
• Sara H. Schweitzer, School of forest Resources; Effects of human disturbance on ecosystems and wildlife populations, conservation biology, ecological systems analysis, relationships among wildlife habitat selection, nutrition, and productivity; conservation of threatened and endangered species and ecosystems.
• Donald H. White, School of Forest Resources, and Southeast Field Station, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Biocontaminants and avian ecology.

Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 30460.

Description.-- Georgia Southern University is a comprehensive public university that enrolls approximately 16,000 students. Located on the coastal plain near Savannah, the campus provides easy access to some of the most biodiverse habitats in the southeast. The Department of Biology offers a strong MS program that provides the opportunity for graduate study in ornithology and many other fields of biology as well. A strong faculty of 28 scientists directs a program whose graduates have been highly successful. Recent ornithology graduates now study in top PhD programs, work in state and federal agencies, teach, and are employed in environmental consulting.

Facilities.--The Department of Biology is housed in 2 buildings that offer laboratories, classrooms, animal rooms, and computer facilities. The department is also closely affiliated with the Institute for Arthropodology and Parasitology and the Applied Coastal Research Laboratory located at the Skidaway Institute for Oceanography. Faculty and graduate students also have close working relationships with the St. Catherines Island Species Survival Center, Fort Stewart, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Gray's Reef Marine Sanctuary, Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve, Mountain Lake Biological Station, and the Caribbean Marine Research Center.

Faculty.--Faculty members available to direct ornithological studies are the following:

• C. Ray Chandler: Ecology, behavior, and conservation of birds and other terrestrial vertebrates. (chandler@georgiasouthern.edu)
• Lance A. Durden: Systematics, ecology, and vector competence of ectoparasites of vertebrates, including birds. (ldurden@georgiasouthern.edu)
• John W. Parrish: Comparative physiological ecology; life history of Southeastern American Kestrels. (jparrish@georgiasouthern.edu)

  For information.--Contact the Graduate Program Director, Department of Biology, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 30460-8042. Phone: 912-681-5487, Fax: 912-681-0845. www.bio.georgiasouthern.edu

MARYLAND

Towson University, Towson, MD 21252.

• Don C. Forester: Behavioral ecology of vertebrates, especially parental care, sexual selection, and communication.
• L. Scott Johnson: Mating systems and other reproductive behavior in birds, function of bird song, effects of ectoparasites on breeding success, ecology and conservation of secondary cavity nesting birds.
• Brian S. Masters: Molecular aspects of ecology, evolution and behavior, especially parental care, kin recognition, sex ratios.
• Erik P. Scully: Behavioral ecology, especially mechanisms of intraspecific competition for resources.

NORTH CAROLINA

Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28608.

• Matthew P. Rowe: Behavioral ecology and conservation biology, currently studying boreal relict birds species in the high-elevation spruce-fir forests of the southern Appalachians.

VIRGINIA

The College of William and Mary, P.O. Box 8795, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187-8795

Description.--The College of William & Mary is one of the two premier public universities in Virginia. It is also the second oldest university in North America and is regularly ranked as the best small public university in the United States. The Department of Biology offers a 2-year M.A. for those studying any aspect of ornithology. A joint Ph.D. is possible for students doing applied research (through the Program in Applied Science) or those doing marine ornithology (through the associated Virginia Institute of Marine Science).

Facilities.--William and Mary's location, near the shores of the Chesapeake Bay, opens up countless possibilities for field research on breeding colonial waterbirds or landbirds and raptors concentrated by this important migration bottleneck. The Biology Department's field house on the Eastern Shore National Wildlife Refuge allows convenient access to the lower bay. A field station run by the Virginia Institute of Marine Science allows access to the upper bay. The large and expanding aviary complex on campus is the cornerstone of the Biology Department's avian biology facilities. The immediate proximity to Colonial Historical National Park and large areas of publicly-owned wildlands creates numerous convenient study sites, including many acres of second-growth woodland owned by the Biology Department right on campus. All standard modern molecular and cellular biology laboratory equipment and scanning and transmission electron microscopes are available in common departmental facilities. The Center for Conservation Biology on campus has carried out hundreds of studies on endangered and threatened birds and is rapidly becoming one of the foremost bird conservation institutes in the mid-Atlantic region.

Faculty.--Those currently doing research with birds in the Biology Department are:

• Ruth A. Beck, Conservation of colonial nesting waterbirds
• Daniel A. Cristol, Migration, optimal foraging, spatial memory, wetland conservation
• Mark H. Forsyth, Feather-degrading bacteria
• John P. Swaddle, Communication, sexual selection, fluctuating asymmetry
• Bryan D.Watts, Conservation, landscape ecology, foraging ecology
• (Emeritus) Mitchell A. Byrd, Peregrine falcon reintroduction, eagle conservation

  For information contact Daniel A. Cristol, Department of Biology, P.O. Box 8795, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795, phone: (757) 221-2405; FAX: (757) 221-6483; email: dacris@wm.edu

NORTH CENTRAL REGION

ILLINOIS

Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901-6501.

• Lee C. Drickamer: Animal behavior, behavioral ecology.
• Robert J. Gates: Wildlife ecology, waterfowl and wetland management.
• Richard S. Halbrook: Wildlife toxicology, population dynamics, and ecology.
• Carey Krajewski: Molecular evolution, phylogenetics.
• Jonathan Newman: Population dynamics and community ecology.
• George H. Waring: Animal behavior, applied ethology, vertebrate natural history.

Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61790-4120.

• Dr. Angelo Caparella: systematics, biogeography, conservation biology. apcappar@ilstu.edu.
• Dr. Charles F. Thompson: population ecology, behavior. wrens@ilstu.edu

INDIANA

Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405.

IOWA

Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011.

Description.&emdash; Iowa State University is a major research university located about 35 miles north of Des Moines. The M.S. and Ph.D. degrees are offered in the Department of Animal Ecology, the Department of Zoology and Genetics, and the interdepartmental Ecology and Evolutionary Biology program. The Department of Animal Ecology is also the home of two units with federal employees, the Iowa Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit and the Wildlife Habitat Management Institute.

Facilities.&emdash; The Department of Animal Ecology (http://www.ag.iastate.edu/departments/aecl/) has a modern computer laboratory for graduate students, a Geographic Information Systems facility, a small ornithological teaching collection, laboratory facilities, and 14 aviaries. The Department of Zoology and Genetics (http://www.zool.iastate.edu/) has laboratory facilities for physiological and genetic studies.

Faculty.&emdash; Faculty members with expertise in some aspect of avian biology include:

• Louis B. Best, Dept. Animal Ecology: Avian ecology, with particular emphasis on agroecosystems (lbbest@iastate.edu).
• Bonnie S. Bowen, Dept. Animal Ecology: Ecology, evolution, and genetics (bsbowen@iastate.edu).
• William R. Clark, Dept. Animal Ecology: Population ecology and modeling of vertebrates, including waterfowl and Ring-necked Pheasant (wrclark@iastate.edu).
• James J. Dinsmore, Dept. Animal Ecology: Community composition, habitat requirements, and colonization rates of birds on restored and natural wetlands (oldcoot@iastate.edu).
• William L. Hohman, Dept. Animal Ecology and Wildlife Habitat Management Institute (NRCS): Life history strategies of birds, especially waterfowl, and wildlife responses to land management practices (whohman@iastate.edu).
• Rolf R. Koford, Dept. Animal Ecology and Iowa Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit (USGS): Ecology, behavior, and population biology of birds that nest in grasslands, including songbirds and dabbling ducks (rkoford@iastate.edu).
• David L. Otis, Dept. Animal Ecology and Iowa Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit (USGS): Demographic modeling of mourning doves and other species (David_Otis@usgs.gov).
• Tamara Stafford, Dept. Animal Ecology: Avian ecotoxicology (tstaffor@iastate.edu).
• Carol M. Vleck, Department of Zoology and Genetics: Physiological ecology, drawing on the disciplines of physiology, endocrinology, behavior, ecology and evolution (cvleck@iastate.edu).

  For information.&emdash; Contact one of the following offices or the faculty member whose activities match your interests.

  Department of Animal Ecology, Graduate Studies, 124 Science II, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011-3221, (515) 294-6148, FAX (515) 294-7874, lvdp@iastate.edu. http://www.ag.iastate.edu/departments/aecl/grad.htm

  Department of Zoology & Genetics, 1210 Molecular Biology Building , Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011-3260, (515) 294-3909, FAX: (515) 294-6755, zg@iastate.edu. http://www.zool.iastate.edu/ZGapplication.html

  Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Graduate Program, 2018 Molecular Biology Building, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, (515) 294-2196, FAX (515) 294-6790, eebadm@iastate.edu. http://www.public.iastate.edu/~eeb/Admissions.html

MANITOBA

The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3T 2N2.

• Spencer G. Sealy, Department of Zoology: Various interests in ornithology.
• L. James Shapiro, Department of Psychology: Director of Avian Behavior Laboratory, studies on waterfowl biology, particularly attachment behavior and its development in ducklings.

MICHIGAN

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA

• Bobbi Low, Professor of Natural Resources and Environment: Life history, sexual selection, and behavior, including: evolutionary and behavioral ecology of wildlife species; resource control, reproductive success, and parental strategies in vertebrates. (e-mail: bobbilow@umich.edu)
• David Mindell, Associate Professor of Biology and Curator of Birds: Evolution and phylogeny within and among orders of birds based on DNA sequences; evolution of mitochondrial genes and gene arrangement among birds and other amniotes; assessment and application of variable rates of sequence change in molecular evolution and systematics; phylogeny and molecular evolution of retroviruses. (e-mail: mindell@umich.edu)
• Robert B. Payne, Professor of Biology and Curator of Birds: Social behavior and ecology of birds and avian systematics, including: parental care, social systems, and reproductive rates in brood parasitic birds; population structure and mating systems; sexual imprinting; function, development, and evolution of vocal behavior; ecological and social adaptations of song dialects in several species of North American and African birds. (e-mail: rbpayne@umich.edu)
• Emily Silverman, Assistant Professor of Natural Resources and Environment: behavioral and community ecology of aquatic birds; interspecific associations in mixed-species groups; probability models and variability in biological systems; nonlinear estimation; assessment and testing of dynamic models (e-mail: esilver@umich.edu).

MINNESOTA

The University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108.

• David E. Andersen, College of Natural Resources: Conservation and management of wild birds.
• Martin E. Bergeland, Department of Veterinary Diagnostic Medicine: Animal health diagnostic service for poultry industries, companion birds, and wild birds.
• Chuck Clanton, Department of Agricultural Engineering: Turkey waste management.
• Craig Coon, Department of Animal Science: broiler and layer nutrition and management.
• James Cooper, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife: Ecology and management of various species of North American waterfowl.
• Kendall W. Corbin, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior: Evolutionary ecology of the genus Zonotrichia; genetic structure of avian populations; speciation and formation of allospecies; biochemical systematics.
• Francesca Cuthbert, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife: Conservation and biology of small avian populations.
• Gary E. Duke, Department of Veterinary PathoBiology: Digestive physiology of poultry and raptors.
• Mohammed El Halawani, Department of Animal Science: Neuroendocrinology of avian reproduction.
• Douglas N. Foster, Department of Animal Science: Molecular biology of avian species.
• James R. Kitts, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, College of Natural Resources: Habitat management for birds.
• D. Frank McKinney, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior: Comparative ethology; evolution of social behavior and communication in birds.
• Daniel P. Shaw, Department of Veterinary Diagnostic Medicine: Diagnostic services for poultry industry, companion birds, and wild birds.
• Robert N. Shoffner, Department of Animal Sciences (Professor Emeritus): Genetics of poultry.
• V. Sivanandan, Department of Veterinary PathoBiology: Control of viral respiratory diseases in poultry.
• Paul E. Waibel, Department of Animal Sciences: Nutrition in turkeys.
• Mary Walser, Department of Veterinary PathoBiology: Pathogenesis of noninfectious skeletal diseases in poultry.
• Robert M. Zink, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior: Ornithology, systematics.

NEBRASKA

University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68583/68588.

Description.--The University of Nebraska offers Ph.D. and M.S. degrees through two departments for students interested in ornithology: the School of Biological Sciences (BIOS) and the School of Natural Resources (SNR). The School of Biological Sciences has faculty members with interests in ecology and organismal biology, as well as cellular and molecular biology. The School of Natural Resources has faculty with interests in wildlife and forest ecology, as well as agriculture meteorology, soil and water science, and geographic information technology. Ecologists from the two schools collaborate together through the Initiative in Ecological and Evolutionary Analysis (ecology.evolution.unl.edu).

Facilities -- Graduate students at UNL have access to at least 26 field sites through the state of Nebraska, including forest and grassland areas near the Platte River, the sandhills, and the Rainwater Basin (snrs.unl.edu/wedin/nefieldsites). Cedar Point Biological Field Station (www.unl.edu/cedarpt) is a unique facility with a major emphasis being the study of natural systems located in diverse and scenic habitats&endash;the station is at the juncture of four major grassland systems: short grass prairie, sand/sage prairie, mixed grass prairie, and sand hills. The University of Nebraska State Museum's zoological collection contains thousands of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fishes and invertebrates for research use by staff and graduate students. UNL is also the home of the Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies, specializing in remote sensing and Nebraska databases (www.calmit.unl.edu).

Faculty.--Those supervising studies of avian biology:

• Robert Gibson (BIOS): behavioral, ecological and evolutionary processes underlying animal social behavior, focusing on lek mating behavior in birds; rgibson2@unl.edu
• Scott E. Hygnstrom (SNR ): Human dimensions in wildlife, ecological aspects of wildlife damage, wildlife damage management techniques; shygnstrom1@unl.edu
• Ron J. Johnson (SNR): Wildlife in agricultural and community landscapes, agroecology, avian habitat relationships, ecological and behavioral aspects of wildlife damage, rjohnson4@unl.edu
• Alan C. Kamil (BIOS): spatial memory and navigation by seed-caching corvids, search images and the detection of cryptic prey, the effects of avian predation on the evolution of cryptic, polymorphic prey, akamil@unlserve.unl.edu, http://129.93.136.8/Emb/Kamil/homepage.htm
• Daniel Leger (BIOS/PSYC): bird song (particularly neotropical flycatchers), anti-predator behavior, animal communication, animal behavior, evolutionary psychology, and biological bases of behavior, dleger1@unl.edu, http://www.unl.edu/psypage/dept/faculty/daniel_leger.htm
• Larkin A. Powell (SNR): ecology of songbirds and waterfowl, conservation biology, behavioral ecology, population biology, lpowell3@unl.edu, http://snrs.unl.edu/powell
  

  For information.--Write to Laurie Glock, Graduate Committee Secretary, School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 348 Manter Hall, Lincoln NE 68588-0118, (402) 472-2729, lglock@unlnotes.unl.edu, (http://www.biosci.unl.edu/grad.html), or Susan Vosler, School of Natural Resources, 102 Plant Industry Building, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583-0814 , snrsgradsec@unl.edu, http://snrs.unl.edu/current_students/grad_degrees.asp
  

SOUTH DAKOTA

University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069-2390.

• Hugh B. Britten: conservation genetics, conservation biology, endangered species.
• David L. Swanson: ecology and energetics of migrating passerines, cold tolerance of small birds.

WISCONSIN

University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Green Bay, WI 54311-7001, USA.

• Gregory J. Davis: mathematical modeling of metapopulations; landscape analysis of bird populations; smooth, discrete, and chaotic dynamical systems.
• Hallet J. Harris: animal and wetland ecology; wildlife management; ecosystems management.
• Robert W. Howe: terrestrial ecology and conservation biology; bird population dynamics: habitat fragmentation and landscape ecology.
• Thomas C. Erdman, Associate Curator, Richter Museum of Natural History (staff): Raptor biology; natural history of birds.

SOUTH CENTRAL REGION

ARKANSAS

University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA.

• Douglas A. James, Department of Biological Sciences. djames@comp.uark.edu
• David G. Krementz, krementz@uark.edu
• William L. Thompson, thompson@uark.edu
• Kimberly G. Smith, Department of Biological Sciences. kgsmith@comp.uark.edu

Arkansas State University, State University, AR 72467, USA.

• James Bednarz, Department of Biological Sciences:
• Rick McDaniel, Department of Biological Sciences:

KANSAS

Friends University, Wichita, KS 67213, USA.

• Alan D. Maccarone, Biology Department and Director of Environmental Studies.

Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA.

Description.&emdash;Kansas State University was founded in 1863 as a land-grant research institution. The 269 ha campus is located 200 km west of Kansas City in the rolling Flint Hills of northeast Kansas. Current enrolment is about 20,000 students. The Division of Biology offers graduate programs leading to Master of Science and Ph.D. degrees. Kansas State has a particularly strong research program on the ecology of grassland ecosystems. Individual faculty have expertise in quantitative population statistics, demographic modeling, landscape and conservation ecology, and the ecology of tropical and grassland birds. Graduate students are supported with research and teaching assistantships. Financial support is guaranteed while progress is being made towards completion of a degree. Manhattan is a small college town with good services and a low cost of living.

Facilities.&emdash;Kansas State University offers an excellent range of facilities to support graduate research on birds. Konza Prairie Biological Station is a 3,487 ha native tallgrass prairie preserve and is one of a network of 24 Long-Term Ecological Research Sites (LTER) funded by the National Science Foundation. Long-term research has addressed the effects of different grazing and fire treatments on population and community dynamics of the flora and fauna of tallgrass prairie. The station is a 20 min drive south of the university and supports a diverse avifauna. Research facilities at Konza Prairie include: lab space, a wood and metal shop, and project vehicles. Campus facilities of the Division of Biology include: computer labs (including GIS), greenhouses, good library holdings, a transmission electron microscope, and a stable isotope mass spectrometry laboratory. Museum holdings of avian specimens and facilities for animal-care are somewhat limited. The Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Unit has an office on campus and is a joint cooperative unit between USGS-BRD, the Kansas Dept. of Wildlife and Parks and the university.

Faculty.&emdash;Faculty members currently involved in ornithological studies include:

• C. Dusty Becker, Department of Horticulture, Forestry and Recreation Resources: Community ecology of tropical birds, effects of recreational use on riparian birds.Ted T. Cable, Department of Horticulture, Forestry and Recreation Resources: Human dimensions of wildlife management.
• Jack F. Cully, Jr., Division of Biology: Habitat relationships and conservation of grassland birds, brood parasitism, and wildlife diseases.
• Philip S. Gipson, Division of Biology: Responses of bird communities to environmental disturbance and habitat enhancement.
• David A. Rintoul, Division of Biology: Lipid biochemistry, physiology of avian migration.
• Robert J. Robel, Division of Biology: Wildlife ecology, population dynamics of upland gamebirds.
• Brett K. Sandercock, Division of Biology: Demography, population biology and behavioural ecology of grassland and tropical birds.
• Fred E. Wilson, Division of Biology: Reproductive physiology, hormonal control of timing of breeding.
• Kimberly A. With, Division of Biology: Landscape and conservation ecology, effects of habitat loss and fragmentation on extinction risk.

  For information.&emdash;Write to the Graduate Selection Committee, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, 232 Ackert Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506-4901. Phone: (785) 532-6615, Fax: 785-532-6653, Home Page: http://www.ksu.edu/biology/

LOUISIANA

Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803-3216, USA.

• Dominique Homberger, Department of Biological Sciences: Functional and evolutionary morphology of birds.
• J.V. Remsen, Museum of Natural Science (MNS is affiliated with Department of Biological Sciences): Ecology, zoogeography, and geographic variation of tropical birds.
• Fred H. Sheldon, Museum of Natural Science (MNS is affiliated with Department of Biological Sciences): Molecular systematics of birds; ecophylogenetics; biogeography of birds of Borneo.
• Alan D. Afton, School of Forestry, Wildlife, and Fisheries: Bioenergetics of birds, especially of waterfowl.
• Michael Chamberlain, School of Forestry, Wildlife, and Fisheries: Upland gamebird ecology.
• Robert J. Hamilton, School of Forestry, Wildlife, and Fisheries: Feeding behavior and population ecology of birds, especially Neotropical migrants.
• Frank C. Rohwer, School of Forestry, Wildlife, and Fisheries: Ecology of birds, especially of waterfowl.

Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA 70402, USA.

• Philip C. Stouffer, Department of Biological Sciences: Conservation of birds; tropical ecology; effects of landscape alteration on tropical and temperate birds

Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA.

• Thomas Sherry, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology: Population ecology of Neotropical-Nearctic migratory landbirds; population and toxic waste monitoring in colonial wading birds; and feeding and dietary ecology in birds. (e-mail:tsherry@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu)

For information.--Graduate Director, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118.

 OKLAHOMA

Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA .
Description .- The Oklahoma State University in Stillwater is located in the Osage Plains roughly midway between Tulsa and Oklahoma City. Serious ornithological study in Oklahoma has its roots in Margaret Morse Nice's Birds of Oklahoma (1924), and includes outstanding contributions from other notables such as Frederick and Marguerite Baumgartner and George Miksch Sutton. Graduate students have pursued ornithological study in OSU's Department of Zoology (http://zoology.okstate.edu/) since at least 1948, when the Department became the home base for Oklahoma's Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit. The Department currently offers M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Zoology and Wildlife and Fisheries Ecology with several faculty engaged in field ornithology. Additional faculty in the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources (especially Rangeland Ecology and Management and Forestry) are also involved in avian research. Topics of research tend to emphasize ecology, conservation, and management of native birds.

Facilities .-The Department of Zoology occupies a six-floor building with offices, classrooms, laboratories, and animal rooms. A broad range of instrumentation is available for research as well as teaching. The Department of Zoology also houses the OSU Vertebrate Research Collections. Available for use in field studies is the University-owned Lake Carl Blackwell area, the Cross Timbers Experimental Range, and access to multiple public lands across the state managed by cooperators and partners.

Faculty .--Those involved primarily in ornithological studies:
Craig A. Davis, Dept. of Zoology. (craigda@okstate.edu)
Timothy J. O'Connell, Dept. of Zoology. (oconnet@okstate.edu)
 
For information .- For general inquiries regarding graduate study in ornithology at OSU, please contact Tim O'Connell. Specific advice for applicants may be found here: http://zoology.okstate.edu/Grad_adm.htm.

TEXAS

Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX 75962, USA.

• Cliff Shackelford, Department of Biology: Ecology and behavior of birds.

  For information.--Contact Dr. Don Hay, Chair, Department of Biology, Box 13003, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX 75962, (409) 468-3601.

The Arthur Temple College of Forestry at Stephen F. Austin State University

Description.--Accredited by the Society of American Foresters, the Arthur Temple College of Forestry (College) is dedicated to meeting the teaching, research, and service needs of professional managers of land and related forest resources. Its primary purpose is to provide students with the education and field experience required for success beyond the campus. A secondary purpose is to provide the knowledge and expertise required when solving problems of resource management and use. This includes research and continuing education as well as graduate education and technology transfer. College (http://www.sfasu.edu/forestry) faculty build on strong working relationships with resource managers for exemplary programs in teaching, research, and service.

Faculty.&emdash;A faculty member currently involved in ornithological studies is:

• Warren C. Conway, Assistant Professor of Wildlife Management, phone: 936-468-2090, email: wconway@sfasu.edu

  For information.&emdash;Director of Graduate Studies in Forestry, Stephen F. Austin State University, Arthur Temple College of Forestry, Box 6109, Nacogdoches, TX 75962 Telephone: (936) 468-3301

Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409-3131.

• M. Kent Rylander, Ornithology and Comparative Neuroanatomy, social behavior of geese, role of birds in modified desert ecosystems.
• Michael R. Willig, Population and Community Ecology.

The University of Texas - Pan American, Edinburg, TX 78539-2999, USA.

• Tim Brush, Department of Biology: Habitat use and population ecology of subtropical birds, with special interest in conservation biology.

NORTH WEST REGION

BRITISH COLUMBIA

Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada.

• Dr. Evan Cooch: population dynamics, demography, life history theory, and applied statistics.
• Dr. Fred Cooke: population biology and evolutionary ecology of birds.
• Dr. David B. Lank: behavioral ecology, alternative mating strategies, and behavioral genetics.
• Dr. Tony D. Williams: reproduction and migration physiology.
• Dr. Ron Ydenberg: evolutionary ecology; foraging and social behavior, predator-prey interactions.

IDAHO

Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID 83209, USA

• Charles H. Trost, Department of Biological Sciences: Status and distribution of birds in Idaho; reproductive success and social behavior of birds.

OREGON

Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331

• Robert G. Anthony (Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, USGS Oregon Coop. Unit): population biology/demography, particularly of raptors such as Spotted Owls; contaminants.
• Bruce G. Dugger (Department of Fisheries and Wildlife): Ecology and conservation of waterbirds, particularly waterfowl; restoration and management of wetlands; behavioral ecology.
• Katie M. Dugger (Department of Fisheries and Wildlife): Avian population ecology particularly the effects of climate and global climate change on survival and reproductive, foraging ecology, waterbird management and conservation
• W. Daniel Edge (Department of Fisheries and Wildlife): avian habitat relationships.
• Paul Farber (Departments of History and Zoology): history of ornithology and natural history -- bird-watcher watcher.
• Eric D. Forsman (Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, U.S. Forest Service Pacific Northwest Forest Experiment Station): Ecology of forest birds and mammals, spotted owls, pygmy owls, barred owls, red tree voles, genetics, dispersal, population analysis, home range, habitat selection, diets, forest management.
• Susan M. Haig (Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, USGS FRESC): conservation genetics, behavioral ecology including mating systems and dispersal patterns, shorebird/wetland landscape conservation, conservation of endangered Micronesian avifauna.
• John P. Hayes (Forest Science Department): habitat ecology, influences of natural disturbance and forest management on songbirds.
• Charles J. Henny (Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, USGS FRESC): environmental contaminants, long-term biomonitoring, fish-eating birds and raptors.
• Patricia L. Kennedy (Department of Fisheries and Wildlife): ecology and management of forest and grassland avifauna; regulation of avian populations; raptor ecology and management; effects of livestock grazing on avian populations and communities.
• Arch McCallum (Applied Bioacoustics, Inc.): Bioacoustics, particularly conservation applications. Conservation biology, especially theory and methodology of monitoring and habitat assessment. Flammulated Owls. Evolution of the Paridaes.
• David K. Mellinger (Hatfield Marine Science Center) acoustic monitoring of wildlife populations; nocturnal flight calls of migrating birds; signal processing methods for automatic recognition of animal sounds.
• Laura Nagy (Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Environmental Protection Agency): Population modeling, behavioral ecology, risk assessment.
• Fred Ramsey (Department of Statistics): Statistical analyses, author of Field Guide to Birds of Oregon.
• W. Douglas Robinson (Department of Fisheries and Wildlife): avian conservation, aridlands ecology, tropical ecology.
• Tara Robinson (Department of Fisheries and Wildlife): avian ecology, behavioral ecology, tropical ecology, genetics.
• Daniel Roby (Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, USGS Oregon Coop. Unit): Physiological ecology, reproductive energetics, seabird/fisheries interactions, ecology of colonial waterbirds, restoration following oil spills.
• Richard Schmitz (Department of Fisheries and Wildlife): spatial ecology, upland game birds.

Portland State University, Portland, OR 97207, USA

• Dr. Michael T. Murphy, Department of Organismal Biology: Population ecology, habitat use, avian behavior, and the ecology of migrants in the Caribbean.

WASHINGTON

University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.

• Dee Boersma, Department of Zoology: Conservation of birds; seabirds.
• Scott Edwards, Department of Zoology: Molecular systematics and evolution of birds.
• Gordon Orians, Department of Zoology: Ecology of birds; icterid social systems.
• Sievert Rohwer, Department of Zoology: Evolution of birds; molts and coloration.
• Michael Beecher, Department of Psychology: Mechanisms, development, and function of bird song.
• Eliot Brenowitz, Department of Psychology: Integration between mechanism and function in animal behavior, with emphasis on acoustic communication in birds.
• John Wingfield, Department of Zoology: Environmental endocrinology of birds.
• David Manuwal, Wildlife Science Group, College of Forest Resources:
• Christian Grue, Leader, Washington Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit:
• Stephen Penland (Affiliate faculty), Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife:

SOUTH WEST REGION

ARIZONA

University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA.

• William A. Calder, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology: Physiological ecology of birds, biological scaling; conservation biology.
• Steven Hopp, Adjunct in Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology: Comparative biology, particularly vocal behavior, of vireo species; acoustic analysis.
• Tom Huels, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology : Curatorial specialist in charge of collections.
• Irene M. Pepperberg, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology: Cognitive and communicative behavior of parrots; effects of social interaction or vocal learning in birds.
• Stephen M . Russell, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (emeritus): Migration patterns of hummingbirds.

CALIFORNIA

University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA.

• Daniel W. Anderson, Wildlife and Fisheries Biology: Ecotoxicology and residue accumulation patterns in migratory waterbirds. Avian ecology: population, behavior, and community studies of marine birds.
• Dale Brooks, Director, California Raptor Center: Raptor medicine and rehabilitation. Nicky Clayton, Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior: Memory and the hippocampus in food-storing birds; brain behavior of birdsong.
• Mary Delany, Animal Science: Embryonic development; genetics; cytogenetics.
• John Eadie, Wildlife & Fisheries Conservation Biology: Evolution of birds; parasitism; population dynamics.
• D. Michael Fry, Avian Sciences Department: Wildlife toxicology, environmental chemistry. Effects of toxicants on reproduction and development of birds, and the physiological and reproductive effects of oil pollution on seabirds.
• Michael L. Johnson, Civil and Environmental Engineering: Ecology and evolution of birds and mammals, especially interactions involving spatial heterogeneity, dispersal and population dynamics. Modeling, ecotoxicology, and ecosystem risk assessment.
• Annie King, Animal Science: Prevention of lipid peroxidation; association of protein with by-products of lipid oxidation.
• Kirk Klasing, Animal Science: Nutrition and immunity; comparative avian nutrition.
• Linda Lowenstine, VM: Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology: pathogenesis and pathology of spontaneous diseases of captive and free-ranging wild animals, especially birds, primates, and marine mammals; aviculture embryonic pathology.
• Peter Marler, Evolution and Ecology: Animal behavior and behavioral ecology; ethology and neurobiology of bird song and its development with special reference to sensitive periods for learniing.
• Joy Mench, Animal Science: Social behavior; animal welfare; environmental enrichment.
• James R. Millam, Animal Science: Physiological basis, particularly endocrine, of how environmental and social cues modulate progression of the avian sexual cycle; captive biology of parrots.
• Gabrielle Nevitt, Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior: Avian olfaction.
• Pat Wakenell, VM: Population Health and Reproduction: Viral diseases of poultry; immunology of chicken, turkey; clinical pathology of birds.
• Wesley W. Weathers, Animal Science: Wildlife ecology and conservation, with emphasis on ecological energetics and thermal relations of wild birds, physiological adaptation to environmental stress, and allometric analysis and scaling of animal function.
• Barry Wilson, Animal Science: Muscle growth and development; neurotoxicology; ecotoxicology

Humboldt State University

Description: HSU offers 4-8 semester courses (lectures and labs) in ornithology. These include: ornithology, ornithology II, waterfowl ecology and management, shorebird ecology and management, and birds and human society (for non-science majors). We offer three other courses on an irregular basis: ecology and management of upland game birds, ecology and management of raptors, ecology and management of seabirds. The department has seven full-time faculty, three of whom are ornithologists. Other faculty, however, direct graduate students on thesis related to ornithology. We have a 12,000 specimen teaching collection housed in the Wildlife museum, which includes live mount displays in hallways and rooms of the Wildlife and Fisheries Building. The collection is curated by a half-time staff member.  

Facilities: A game pens facility houses live waterfowl, galliforms and columbiforms for use in teaching and research. The department runs a banding station at the Wright Urban Wildlife Refuge in Eureka. Lastly, the diverse habitats of the north coast of California provide valuable opportunities for students to perfect their field skills.  

Faculty:  

• Jeffrey Black, http://www.humboldt.edu/~jmb7002/
• Mark Colwell, http://www.humboldt.edu/~wldm/markweb.html
• Luke George, http://www.humboldt.edu/~tlg2/
• Matt Johnson, http://www.humboldt.edu/mdj6

  For information: 

  Natural Resources Graduate Program
  College of Natural Resources and Sciences
  Humboldt State University
  Arcata, CA 95521
  Forestry Building, Room 101
  (707) 826-3256  

NEVADA

University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV 89154, USA

• Shawn Gerstenberger, Department of Environmental Studies: Avian toxicology.
• John Klicka, Barrick Museum, Adjunct in Department of Biology: Molecular systematics and evolution of birds; Distributions of Honduran birds.
• Gary Voelker, Barrick Museum, Adjunct in Department of Biology: Molecular systematics and evolution of birds; molts and plumages; Distributions of Honduran birds.

NEW MEXICO

New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 88003, USA.

• Craig Benkman, http://www.cs.nmsu.edu/~biology/faculty/benkman.html; evolutionary ecology of birds
• Marv Bernstein, http://www.cs.nmsu.edu/~biology/faculty/bernstein.html; avian physiology
• Donald F. Caccamise, Professor and Department head: avian ecology and behavior.
• F. Graham Cooch, adjunct faculty: waterfowl biology and management.
• Peter Houde, http://www.cs.nmsu.edu/~biology/faculty/houde.html; avian systematics
• Bruce C. Thompson, adjunct faculty and New Mexico Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Unit: biodiversity conservation, sustainable resource use, avian ecology.
• Raul Valdez, Professor: ecological relationships of the Aplomado Falcon, ungulate ecology, behavior, and taxonomy.