Dept. EEB, BSW Bldg., Room 310, P.O. Box 210088, Tucson, AZ 85721-0088

1415 E. Prince Rd. Dept. EEB, BSW Bldg., room 310, P.O. Box Tucson, AZ 85719 210088, Tucson, AZ 85721-0088 (520) 624-8253 (520) 621-3534

ACADEMIC RECORD August 2000-present Ph.D. candidate, Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology with minor in School of Natural Resources, University of Arizona, Drs. J. Bronstein & C. Conway, advisors. GPA 4.0. March 1990 Bachelor of Music, 1st Class, University of British Columbia. GPA 3.8

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY Dec. 2001- 2005 Victor Emmanuel Nature Tours, “Christmas in Oaxaca” bird tour guide June-Aug 2000 & Research technician, Marbled Murrelet nesting abundance and habitat June-Nov. 1998 preferences. Irene Manley (SFU), and Toby Jones (B.C. Ministry of Environment) research directors. May-July, 1999 Research technician to Barry Booth (PAW Research Services) on breeding songbird habitat preference study in NE British Columbia. May 1998 Research assistant to Susan Shirley (UBC), song bird studies in old growth forest and disturbed habitats on Vancouver Island, BC May-July, 1997 Research assistant to Dr. Bruce Baker (US Geological Survey) bird censuses and botanical inventories on prairie dog colonies in Great Basin/sagebrush communities (Arizona, Utah, Wyoming). 1996-1997 Violist, New World Symphony, Miami Beach, Florida. 1990-1994 Violist, Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Costa Rica, Costa Rica.

OTHER RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 2001 - 2005 Dissertation research at Rara Avis reserve, Braulio Carrillo National Park, and La Selva Biological Station in Costa Rica. August 1999 Assistant bander, Haldimand Bird Observatory, Selkirk Prov. Park, Ontario, Canada with John Miles Aug. 1993 Field assistant to Jason Bradford (MO Botanical Garden/ Wash.U.) Taxonomic study of Weinmannia (Cunoniac.) in Southern Ecuador. 1990-94 Part time field assistant to B. Boyle (MO Botanical Garden/ Wash.U.). Help conduct 0.1 ha forest inventories, Mexico, Costa Rica and Ecuador. July 1990 Assisted in mist netting and telemetry of understory passerines with David Wescott (UBC) in Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica.

SCHOLARSHIPS, GRANTS, AND AWARDS 2004-2005 American Ornithologist Union Tucker Award, OTS-REU program, Silliman Memorial Research Award, Dept. Registration Scholarship 2003-2004 NSF-Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant, Center for Insect Science Research Award, Silliman Memorial Research Award 2002-2003 PGS-B 2-yr postgraduate fellowship from Canada’s Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Silliman Memorial Research Award 2001-2002 RTG graduate fellowship, Silliman Memorial Research Award, AOU Alexander Wetmore Memorial Research Fund 2000-2001 The Explorers Club research grant, U of A RTG research grant, Silliman Memorial Research Award, Tinker Foundation/Latin American Studies Grant, U. of A. EEB departmental registration award, U of A Graduate College Fellowship 1987-1989 Maurice Taylor, Hawk Eilertson, UBC, & John S. Chappell Memorial Scholarships in Music, B.C. Government Challenge Grant.

TEACHING AND MENTORING EXPERIENCE Fall 2005-spring Mentor to U of A undergraduate in independent research on patterns of parasite 2006 load in Costa Rican birds. Fall 2005 TA & lab instructor, upper-level undergrad/graduate Animal Behavior course. Summer 2005 Co-mentor of 2 undergraduate REU students (with Dr. D. B. Clark) on projects investigating snag demography, cavity distribution and bird use of cavities & snags at La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica. Spring 2005 TA & lab instructor, upper-level undergrad/graduate Ornithology course. February 2002 & Guest resource faculty, OTS Tropical Biology 02-1 & 03-1 graduate field 2003 courses, Dr. C. Nufio, Coordinator. May-Aug ’01 & ’02, Mentor to field assistants from Costa Rica, Colombia, Spain, Australia, Canada Jan-Feb ’03, all yr & USA. Instructed assistants in bird capture, handling, & identification, plant 2004 ID, specimen collection & preservation, and experimental techniques. Fall 2001 TA & lab instructor, upper-level Ecology, U. of A. under Dr. M. Rosenzweig. Mar. ‘99 & April ‘97 Teaching assistant to Dr. B. Boyle in Chiapas and Oaxaca, Mexico. Field courses on cloud forest plant identification and inventory methods

PUBLICATIONS Boyle, A. and C. J. Conway, in review. Why migrate? A test of the evolutionary precursor hypothesis. Holland, J. N., J. H. Ness, A. Boyle, and J. L. Bronstein, 2005. Mutualisms as Consumer-Resource Interactions. in P. Barbosa and I. Castellanos, editors. Ecology of Predator-Prey Interactions, Oxford University Press. Boyle, A., 2005. Seed images from the Atlantic Slope of Costa Rica. http://eebweb.arizona.edu/grads/alice/SeedPhotos.html. Boyle, A., and C. J. Conway, 2003. Avian diversity at the Madrona Pools. Pages 61-72 in Madrona Pools Pulse Study: A rapid environmental assessment at the Madrona Pools, Saguaro National Park. U.S. Dept. of Interior, National Park Service, Tucson, AZ.

PRESENTATIONS "Patterns of nest predation risk along a tropical altitudinal gradient". Oral presentation at Ecological Society of America, Montreal, July 2005, and American Ornithological Union, Santa Barbara, July 2005. “Influence of diet and habitat in the evolution of migration in the Tyranni (Aves)”. Poster presented at the “Birds of Two Worlds” Symposium (Smithsonian). March 2002 “Diet breadth and altitudinal migration in Costa Rican frugivorous birds”. Poster presented at the 3rd North American Ornithological Congress, September 2002.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS  American Ornithologists’ Union (since 2001)  Neotropical Ornithological Society (since 2000)

OTHER SKILLS AND CERTIFICATIONS  Fluent in Spanish  U. of A.’s Institutional Animal Care and Use  Tree climbing techniques Committee (IACUC) certified #5719  Canopy mist-netting, orienteering, GPS  Leadership-level wilderness first aid  Assistant bander permit #08081-L, USGS Bird Banding Laboratory