NEWS AND NOTES

The Condor 97:290 0 The Cooper Omithologial

Society 1995

NEWS AND NOTES 1995 ANNUAL MEETING The Cooper OrnithologicalSocietyand CIPAMEX will hold their first joint meeting on the campus of the Universidad Aut6noma de Baja California Sur, in La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mbico, from Tuesdav to Sunday, April 4-9, 1995. Many field trips and t&s will be offered, including a trin to Isla Socorro. Archipielago de las-Revillagiiedo. -Early registration is encouragedbecausespacefor someeventswill be limited. A registrationpacketwas sentto Cooper Societymembers in January. For information, contact Juan Guzman, Chairman of Local Arrangements, Universidad Aut6noma de Baja California sur, Area de Cienciasde1 Mar, Depto. de Biologia Marina, Apdo. Postal 19-B, La Paz, B.C.S., C.P. 23080, MCxico. Information on the Scientific Program is available from Patricia Escalante, CIPAMEX, Depto. de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, UNAM, Apdo. Postal 70-153, C.P. 045 10 Mkxico, D.F.

of these committees during other years and participated on the Conservation-Resolutions Committee from 1988-l 990. Shewasa member ofthe Local Committee for the 1994 joint meeting of the American Ornithologists’Union. CooDerOmitholoaical Societv. and Wils& OmitholdgicalSociety. Dr. Gejl con&ii: utespapersat annual meetingsof the Societyand publishes in, and reviews manuscripts for, The Condor. Her primary researchinterestsare the effectsof forest managementpracticesand of natural processeson bird populations in forested ecosystems. Barbara E. Kus is Adjunct Professor of Biology at San Diego State University in California. She received her Ph.D. in Ecologyfrom the University of California at Davis in 1985, and has been a member of the COS since 1981. Dr. Kus attendsSocietymeetingsregularly and presentsresultsof her researchin behavioral and population ecology of wetland birds. Her current activities are focused on conservation of riparian birds and their habitatsin California and Baia. and sheworks closely with wildlife agenciesin the-development of monitoring and managementprograms for both. NOMINEES FOR 1995 BOARD OF Thomas E. Martin is Assistant Unit Leader of the DIRECTORS Montana CooperativeWildlife ResearchUnit and ProIn 1955, the members of the Cooper Ornithological fessor of Wildlife and Biology at the University of Society shall elect to the Board of Directors three neo- Montana. He received his Ph.D. from the University ple to replace retiring members Deborah M. F&h, of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana in 1982 and has been Walter D. Koenig and Elizabeth A. Schreiber. a member of the COS since 1976. Dr. Martin regularly The Nominating for Directors Committee. chaired attendsannual meetingsand servedon the Local Comby Walter D. Koenig, nominates Susan B. ‘Chaplin, mittee for thejoint ornithologicalmeetingsin Missoula Sallie J. Heil, Barbara E. Kus. Thomas E. Martin and in 1994. He organized and is Director of the national James N. G. Smith for three-year terms to the Board. BBIRD (Breeding Biology Research and Monitoring A ballot will be distributed to all members 45 days Database)program. He has published in The Condor, prior to the 1994 annual meeting. and has published more than 50 scientific papers on Susan B. Chaplin is Associate Professorof Biology birds and edited one book. His current scientific inat the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota. terestsinclude ecologicaldeterminantsofthe evolution Shereceivedher Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1973 of life history traits, nest predation as a determinant and has been a member of the COS since 1970. She of demography, habitat selection and speciescoexisattends meetingsoften and has chaired paper sessions tence, and the interaction of physiologicaltolerances, microclimate, and nest predation in nest-site selection and presented papers at each. Susanhas published in The Condorand has reviewed many manuscriptssub- and incubation rhythms. James N. M. Smith is Professor in the Centre for mitted to the journal. Dr. Chaplin’s researchinterests include avian energetics,nestling development, therBiodiversity Research, Department of Zoology, Unimoregulation and llight physiology.She has published versity of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. He received his Ph.D. from Oxford University in 1971. He about 30 journal articles and is a coauthor of one ornithology text and lab manual-Ornithology: An Eco- has been a member of the Cooper Ornithological Society since 1976. He served as assistanteditor of The logicalApproach. Condor in 1978-1979, and on the editorial board of Sallie J. Hejl is ResearchWildlife Biologist for the Ecolom from 1988-1990. His researchis mainlv on U.S. Forest Service in Missoula, Montana. She received her Ph.D. from Northem.Arizona University the population biology of songbirds,particularly gong in 1987 and has been a member of the Societv since Sparrowsand Brown-headedCowbirds. Dr. Smith also 1980. Dr. Hejl chaired the Paper Awards Co&ittee works on community problems with songbirds and during 1988-l 989 and the StudentParticipation Comraptors.He hasbroad interestsin communication skills mittee from 1993-1995. She also has been a member and in conservation education.

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