S. KIM NELSON

Senior Faculty Research Assistant

Year Hired: 1983

Organizations and Affiliations:

Pacific Seabird Group: Appointed to the Steering Committee of PSG's new publication, Marine Ornithology, 2000;
Past-Chair 1998; Chair 1997; Chair-Elect 1996; Coordinator, Marbled Murrelet Technical Committee, 1990-1993.
The Wildlife Society: National, Western Region and Oregon member; Executive Board Member, Oregon
Chapter, 1990-1993; Executive Board, OSU Student Chapter, 1984-1986; Certified Wildlife Biologist 2000.
American Ornithologists Union
Association of Field Ornithologists
Cooper Ornithological Society
Ecological Society of America
Oregon Field Ornithologists
Society for Conservation Biology
Society of American Foresters
Society of Northwestern Vertebrate Biology
Waterbird Society
Wilson Ornithological Society

She was an Advisor to the Marbled Murrelet Recovery Team (1992-1997) and is currently a Member of the Inland Effectiveness Monitoring Team of the Northwest Forest Plan, and a member of the North American Colonial Waterbird Conservation Plan. Kim is also actively involved in the American Bird Conservancy's "Cat Indoors!" program.

Specialty: Current research focus is on the behavior, ecology, and habitat associations of Marbled Murrelets in Oregon, California, and Alaska. In Oregon, projects have included tree climbing to look for active nests, characterizing nest sites, determining optimal habitat based on reproductive success, and modeling and mapping murrelet habitat associations. In California, she has looked at habitat associations, the effects of anthropogenic disturbance, and predator abundance. In southeast Alaska, projects included determining foraging ranges, inland attendance patterns, and habitat use of radio-marked individuals.

Research Interests: Ecology and habitat associations of seabirds, specifically Brachyramphus murrelets; forest-wildlife interactions; using information on habitat associations to better manage bird populations. Kim is also interested in the ecology of Kittlitz's and Long-billed Murrelets, other Pacific seabirds and their habitats, the factors associated with nest predation, and management of older-aged forests for birds and other wildlife. She has searched for Long-billed Murrelets on Hokkaido, Japan and written a summary of their status and conservation in Asia. She hopes to begin research on this species in Russia in the near future.

Office: 447 Weniger Hall

Office Phone: 541-737-1962

Fax: 541-737-1980

Email: kim.nelson@oregonstate.edu

Address:

Oregon Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
104 Nash Hall
Corvallis, OR 97331-3803

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Degrees:

Personal Interests: Watching birds, recording bird vocalizations, natural history, conservation biology, travel, photography, hiking, sea kayaking, canoeing, rafting, and skiing.

Hometown: Denver, CO

Other: Please send her any inland observations of Marbled Murrelets in Oregon and southeast Alaska, and inland or at-sea observations of Long-billed Murrelets in Asia and throughout the world.

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