Over the years the avian ecology lab at MU has hosted many students who have gone on to work in a variety of fields. The following list is not complete, but it should provide an idea of the types of research students have conducted in the past and the scope of activities in which they are now active.
Click on the column headings to sort the following list of former students by name, year of completion, type of degree, and advisor. Also listed are the title of the former students' dissertation or thesis, and their current position.
| Name | Year |
Degree |
Advisor |
Thesis/Dissertation Title | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ahlering, Marissa | 2005 |
PhD |
Faaborg | The role of vegetation cues, invertebrates, and climate patterns in the selection of breeding habitat for Grasshopper and Baird’s Sparrows along the Missouri Coteau | Post-doctoral Associate and Wildlife Conservation Instructor, University of Missouri |
| Anders, Angela D. | 1996 |
MA PhD from Pennsylvania State University |
Faaborg | Post-fledgling survival, dispersal, and habitat selection of juvenile Wood Thrushes | Biologist, US Fish and Wildlife Service |
| Arendt, Wayne J. | 1983 |
MA PhD from University of Wisconsin |
Faaborg | The effects of dipteran ectoparasitism on the growth and development of nestlings of the Pearly-eyed Thrasher (Margarops fuscatus ) in the Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico | Biologist, US Forest Service in Puerto Rico |
| Arguedas, Nidia | 1992 |
MA PhD from The Ohio State University
|
Faaborg | Genetic variation and differentiation in the Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) in central Missouri and Puerto Rico. | |
| Baltz, Michael | 2000 |
PhD |
Faaborg | The nonbreeding season ecology of Neotropical migratory birds in the dry zone of Puerto Rico | Biologist, The Nature Conservancy-Illinois |
| Brito-Aguilar, Rafael | 2005 |
MS |
Faaborg | Effects of even-aged forest management on early successional bird species in Missouri Ozark forests | PhD Student, University of Missouri |
| Burhans, Dirk E. | 1996 |
PhD |
Faaborg | Anti-brood parasite defenses and nest-site selection by forest edge songbirds in central Missouri | Researcher, US Forest Service |
| Dearborn, Donald C. | 1997 |
PhD |
Faaborg | Nestling behavior of a brood parasite: food acquisition and predation risk of Brown-headed Cowbirds | Associate Professor, Bucknell University |
| DeLay, Linda | 1992 |
MA |
Faaborg | Paternal care in the cooperatively polyandrous Galapagos Hawk (Buteo galapagoensis) | Field technician |
| Donaldson-Burger, Leslie | 1988 |
MA |
Faaborg | Relations between forest and prairie fragmentation and depredation of artificial nests in Missouri | |
| Donovan, Therese | 1994 |
PhD |
Faaborg | The demography of Neotropical migrant birds in habitat sources and sinks | USGS Biologist, Vermont Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, University of Vermont |
| Fink, Mark | 2003 |
PhD |
Faaborg | Post-fledging ecology of juvenile Wood Thrush in fragmented and contiguous landscapes | Professor, Longwood University |
| Gamble, Kelly | 2005 |
MS |
Faaborg | Habitat use by Baird's and Grasshopper Sparrows in North Dakota | Biologist, Florida Game and Freshwater Fish Commission |
| Gayou, Douglas C. | 1984 |
PhD |
Faaborg | The behavioral ecology of Texas Green Jays (Cyanocorax yncas) | Instructor in Biological Sciences at University of Missouri-Columbia |
| Gentry, Robert M. | 1989 |
MA |
Faaborg | Variable mating success of the Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapillus) within remnant forest tracts of central Missouri | Environmental lawyer |
| Gibbs, James P. | 1988 |
MA PhD from Yale University |
Faaborg | Forest fragmentation, mating success, and the singing behavior of the Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapillus) and Kentucky Warbler (Oporornis formosus) in central Missouri | Faculty member, Syracuse University |
| Gram, Wendy K. | 1996 |
PhD |
Faaborg | The distribution of Neotropical migrant birds wintering in the El Cielo Biosphere Reserve, Tamaulipas, Mexico | Head of Education, Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History and Adjunct Faculty, Department of Zoology, University of Oklahoma |
| Hayden, Tim | 1985 |
MA PhD from University of Illinois |
Faaborg | Area-sensitivity in Missouri birds | Biologist, Army Construction Engineers |
| Howell, Christine A. | 1999 |
PhD |
Faaborg | Life history evolution in the Song Sparrow: an experimental approach | Conservation Scientist, PRBO Conservation Science |
| Jacobs, R. Bradley | 1989 |
MA |
Faaborg | Area-related distribution of wintering birds in mature upland oak-hickory forests of central Missouri | Biologist, Missouri Department of Conservation |
| Latta, Steven | 2000 |
PhD |
Faaborg | Ecology and population regulation of Neotropical migratory birds in the Sierra de Baoruco, Dominican Republic | Assistant Director, Dept. of Conservation and Field Research, National Aviary, Pittsburg, PA |
| Liying, Su | 1993 |
MA |
Faaborg | Comparative feeding ecology of the Red-crowned and White-naped Cranes | International Crane Foundation |
| McGowan, Conor | 2008 |
PhD |
Ryan |
Incidental Take and Endangered Species Demography | Post-doctoral research associate, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center |
| Morris, Dana | 2005 |
PhD |
Faaborg | Effect of forest fragmentation on maternal condition and productivity of Indigo Buntings | Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Fisheries & Wildlife Sciences and Coordinator, Mizzou Tigers for Tigers, University of Missouri |
| Mulkey, Stephen S. | 1979 |
MA PhD from University of Pennsylvania |
Faaborg |
Birds of South Central Canadian habitat islands: A biogeographic survey of distribution and abundance | Professor, University of Florida |
| O'Conner, Roslyn | 1990 |
MA |
Faaborg | The abundance of the Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) in relation to exterior and interior edges in forests of Missouri | Biology lab instructor, Illinois |
| Parker, Margaret | 1986 |
MA |
Faaborg | Breeding and foraging ecology of Red-shouldered Hawks in Missouri | Veterinarian |
| Porneluzi, Paul A. | 1996 |
PhD |
Faaborg | Effects of forest fragmentation on the biology of the Ovenbird | Faculty member, Central Methodist University |
| Shane Pruett | 2008 |
PhD |
Thompson | Avian Nest Survival and Breeding Density in Cottonwood Plantations and Native Forest Fragments in Southeast Missouri | Post-doctoral Research Associate, Avian Ecology Lab, Archbold Biological Station |
| Chadwick Rittenhouse | 2008 |
PhD |
Thompson/ Millspaugh | Wildlife response to spatial and temporal changes in forest habitat |
Post-doctoral Research Associate, SILVIS Lab, University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Ruelas Inzunza, Ernesto | 2005 |
PhD |
Faaborg | Migration ecology of wading birds, vultures, and raptors in eastern Mexico | Biologist, North American Hawk Migration Association |
| Sides, Brenda | 1991 |
MA |
Faaborg | Sibling recognition and preferential association in the Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina) and the Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) | |
| Small, Stacy | 2006 |
PhD |
Faaborg |
Conservation and ecology of breeding songbirds in a riparian restoration context | Restoration Ecologist, San Joaquin Valley Project, River Partners |
| Thomas, Cheryl | 1982 |
MA |
Faaborg | Wintering ecology of dabbling ducks in central Florida | |
| Van Horn, Michele A. | 1990 |
MA |
Faaborg | The relationship between edge and the pairing success of the ovenbird | Biologist |
| Wallace, George E. | 1998 |
PhD |
Faaborg | Demography of Cuban bird communities in the nonbreeding season | Vice President for International Programs, American Bird Conservancy |
| Wenny, Daniel G. | 1989 |
MA PhD from University of Florida |
Faaborg | Population density and area requirements of three forest interior warblers in central Missouri | Illinois Natural History Survey |
| White, Jennifer | 2005 |
PhD |
Faaborg | Post-fledging survival, resource selection, and dispersal of juvenile Swainson's Thrushes in central coastal California | Post-doctoral associate, US Forest Service on Kirtland's Warbler project |
| Willson, Susan K. | 2003 |
PhD |
Faaborg | The ecology of obligate ant-following birds in southeastern Peru | Assistant Professor, St. Lawrence University |
| Winter, Maiken | 1998 |
PhD |
Faaborg | Effects of habitat fragmentation on grassland-nesting birds in Southwestern Missouri | Adjunct faculty, Cornell University |