CURRICULUM VITAE DAVID N. BONTER Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road Ithaca, New York 14850
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CURRICULUM VITAE DAVID N. BONTER Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road Ithaca, New York 14850 EDUCATION: Ph.D. 2003. School of Natural Resources, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont. Dissertation: The migration and ecology of landbirds during migration in the Great Lakes basin. M.A. 1996. University of Miami Graduate School of International Studies, Miami, Florida. Thesis: The international politics of nearctic-neotropical migratory avifauna conservation. B.A. 1994. University of Miami, Miami, Florida. EMPLOYMENT AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Co-Director, Center for Engagement in Science and Nature, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 2019 – present. Arthur A. Allen Director of Citizen Science, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. 2016 – present. Senior Lecturer, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. 2013 – present. Senior Extension Associate, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. 2013 – present. Assistant Director, Citizen Science Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. 2009 – 2016. Faculty, Shoals Marine Lab, Cornell University, Appledore Island, Maine. 2007 – 2016. Extension Associate, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. 2009 – 2013. Leader, Project FeederWatch, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. 2002 – 2013. SERVICE: Faculty Fellow, Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future, 2018 – present. Cornell University Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee. Member, 2015 – 2019. Associate Editor, Journal of Field Ornithology. 2012 – present. Editorial Board, PLoS ONE. 2014 – 2018. American Ornithological Society. Elected Councilor. 2013 – 2016. House Fellow, Alice Cook House, Cornell University. 2015 – 2016. National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON). Advisor, Citizen Science program, 2013. Design Consortium Member, Informal Science Education committee. Los Angeles, CA, January 2005; Boston, MA, March 2005; Estes Park, CO, June 2005. Ornithological Societies of North America. Chair and Treasurer. 2013 – 2014. Association of Field Ornithologists. Past-President, 2010 – 2011; President, 2008 – 2010; Vice- president, 2007 – 2008; Councilor & Webmaster, 2005 – 2008. The Nature Conservancy, Central & Western NY Chapter. Scientific Advisory Board, Songbird Stopover Ecology project. 2010 – 2012. Federal Advisory Committee Member. USGS Bird Banding Laboratory. 2005 – 2006. National Phenology Network. Workshop participant, Milwaukee, WI, 2008. Braddock Bay Bird Observatory. Board member, 1997 – present; Director of Research, 1997 – 2012; Vice President, 2004 – 2010; President, 2001 – 2004. PUBLICATIONS: * Indicates undergraduate student collaborator. Fernandez-Duque, F.*, R. Bailey, and D.N. Bonter. 2019. Egg oiling as an effective management technique for limiting reproduction in an invasive passerine. Avian Conservation and Ecology 14:20. https://doi.org/10.5751/ACE-01491-140220 Dayer, A., C. Rosenblatt, D.N. Bonter, H. Faulkner, R. Hall, W.M. Hochachka, C. Phillips, and D. Hawley. 2019. Observations at backyard bird feeders influence the emotions and actions of people that feed birds. People and Nature 1:138-151. DOI: 10.1002/pan3.17 McCabe, J.D., H. Yin, J. Cruz, V. Radeloff, A. Pidgeon, D.N. Bonter, and B. Zuckerberg. 2018. Urbanization and prey abundance influence the establishment of avian predators in a metropolitan landscape. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 285:1890. doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.2120 Rosenblatt, C.R.* and D.N. Bonter. 2018. Characteristics of fields used by wintering birds in New York. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 130:924-931. Reed, J.H.* and D.N. Bonter. 2018. Supplementing non-target taxa: Bird feeding alters the local distribution and abundance of mammals. Ecological Applications 28: 761-770. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.1683 Witynski, M.L.* and D.N. Bonter. 2018. Crosswise migration by Yellow Warblers, Nearctic-Neotropical passerine migrants. Journal of Field Ornithology 89: 37-46. doi: 10.1111/jofo.12237 Winner of the journal’s “Best Student Paper” Award in 2018. Miller, E., D.N. Bonter, C. Eldermire, B. Freeman, E. Greig, L. Harmon, C. Lisle, W. Hochachka. 2017. Fighting over food unites the birds of North America in a continental dominance hierarchy. Behavioral Ecology 28:1454-1463. doi:10.1093/beheco/arx108 Bailey, R.L. and D.N. Bonter. 2017. Predator guards on nest boxes improve reproductive success of birds. Wildlife Society Bulletin 41:434-441. doi:10.1002/wsb.801 Greig, E.I., E.M. Wood, and D.N. Bonter. 2017. Winter range expansion of a hummingbird is associated with urbanization and supplemental feeding. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 284:20170256. Heaton Crisologo, T.L.* and D.N. Bonter. 2017. Defending the weak: parental defense peaks when chick vulnerability is greatest in the herring gull (Larus argentatus). Ethology 123:113-122. Perlut, N.G., D.N. Bonter, J.C. Ellis and M.S. Friar. 2016. Rooftop nesting in a declining population of herring gulls (Larus argentatus) in Portland, Maine. Waterbirds 39:68-74. Bonter, D.N., M.C. Moglia* and L.E. DeFisher*. 2016. Sons don’t take advantage of a head start: Parity in offspring sex ratios despite greater initial investment in males. Journal of Avian Biology 47:121-128. Shah, S.S.*, S.A. MacLean*, E.I. Greig and D.N. Bonter. 2015. Risk-based alarm calling in a non- passerine bird. Animal Behaviour 106:129-136. Zuckerberg, B., E.J. Ross, K. Prince and D.N. Bonter. 2015. Climate variability on wintering grounds drives spring arrival of short-distance migrants to the Upper Midwestern United States. Studies in Avian Biology 47:83-94. Bonter, D.N., S.A. MacLean*, S.S. Shah* and M.C. Moglia*. 2014. Storm induced shifts in optimal nesting sites: A potential effect of climate change. Journal of Ornithology 155:632-638. MacLean, S.A.* and D.N. Bonter. 2013. The sound of danger: threat sensitivity to predator vocalizations, alarm calls, and novelty in gulls. PLoS ONE. 8(12):e82384 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082384. Bonter, D.N., B. Zuckerberg, C.W. Sedgwick* and W.M. Hochachka. 2013. Daily foraging patterns in free living birds: Exploring the predation-starvation tradeoff. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 280:20123087. DeFisher, L.E.* and D.N. Bonter. 2013. Effects of invasive European fire ants (Myrmica rubra) on herring gull (Larus argentatus) reproduction. PLoS ONE 8: e64185. Koenig, W.D., A.M. Liebhold, D.N. Bonter, W.M. Hochachka and J.L. Dickinson. 2013. Effects of the emerald ash borer invasion on four species of birds. Biological Invasions 15: 2095-2103. Bonter, D.N. and C.B. Cooper. 2012. Data validation in citizen science: A case study from Project FeederWatch. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 10:305-307. Dickinson, J.L., J. Shirk, D. Bonter, R. Bonney, R.L. Crain, J. Martin, T. Phillips and K. Purcell. 2012. The current state of citizen science as a tool for ecological research and public engagement. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 10: 291-297. Bonter, D.N. 2012. From backyard observations to continent-wide trends: Lessons from the first 22 years of Project FeederWatch. In Citizen Science: Public participation in environmental research. J.L Dickinson and R. Bonney (Eds). Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY. Savoca, M.S.*, D.N. Bonter, B. Zuckerberg, J.L. Dickinson and J.C. Ellis. 2011. Nesting density is an important factor affecting chick growth and survival in the herring gull. Condor 113:565-571. Zuckerberg, B., D.N. Bonter, W.M. Hochachka, W.D Koenig, A.T. DeGaetano and J.L. Dickinson. 2011. Climatic constraints on wintering bird distributions are modified by urbanization and weather. Journal of Animal Ecology 80:403-413. Bonter, D.N. and E.S. Bridge. 2011. Applications of radio frequency identification (RFID) in ornithological research: a review. Journal of Field Ornithology 82:1-10. Bridge, E.S. and D.N. Bonter. 2011. A low-cost radio frequency identification device for ornithological research. Journal of Field Ornithology 82:52-59. Bonter, D.N., B. Zuckerberg and J.L. Dickinson. 2010. Invasive birds in a novel landscape: habitat associations and effects on established species. Ecography 33:494-502. Dickinson, J.L., B. Zuckerberg and D.N. Bonter. 2010. Citizen science as an ecological research tool: Challenges and benefits. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics 41:149-172. Brooks, E.W. and D.N. Bonter. 2010. Long-term changes in avian community structure in a successional, forested, and managed plot in a reforesting landscape. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 122:288-295. Bonter, D.N., S.A. Gauthreaux, Jr. and T.M. Donovan. 2009. Characteristics of important stopover locations for migrating birds: Remote sensing with radar in the Great Lakes basin. Conservation Biology 23:440-448. Bonter, D.N. and W.M. Hochachka. 2009. A Citizen Science Approach to Ornithological Research: Twenty Years of Watching Backyard Birds. Proceedings of the Fourth International Partners In Flight Conference, McAllen, Texas, pp. 453-458. Bonter, D.N., E.W. Brooks and T.M. Donovan. 2008. What are we missing with ground-level mist nets? Using elevated nets at a migration stopover site. Journal of Field Ornithology 79:314-320. Cooper, C. and D.N. Bonter. 2008. Artificial nest site preferences of Black-capped Chickadees. Journal of Field Ornithology 79:193-197. Bonter, D.N. and M.G. Harvey*. 2008. Winter Survey Data Reveal Range-wide Decline in Evening Grosbeak Populations. Condor 110:376-381. Haseltine, S.D., P.R. Schmidt, B.D. Bales, D.N. Bonter, and others. 2008. Report of the Federal Advisory Committee on the Bird Banding Laboratory: US Geological Survey Circular 1320, 19p. Bonter, D.N., T.M. Donovan and E.W. Brooks. 2007. Daily mass changes in landbirds during migration stopover on the south shore of Lake Ontario. Auk 124:122-133. Harvey, M.G.*, D.N. Bonter, L.M. Stenzler and I.J. Lovette. 2006. A comparison of plucked feathers versus blood samples as DNA sources for molecular sexing. Journal of Field Ornithology 77:136-140. Bonter, D. and W. Hochachka. 2003. Widespread declines of chickadees and Corvids: possible impact of West Nile virus.