19 September 2002

Jeffrey F. Kelly

Oklahoma Biological Survey                                                               		Phone: 405-325-2440
University of Oklahoma                                                                      	 	Fax:     405-325-7702
111 East Chesapeake St.                                                                   	 	E-mail: jkelly@ou.edu
Norman, OK 73019                                      

Experience

2002- Present        Assistant Professor in the Department of Zoology and Assistant Heritage Zoologist 
                                                               Oklahoma Biological Survey. University of Oklahoma 

1997 -2002           Postdoc, USDA- Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Albuquerque, NM  

6/96 - 8/96            Instructor, Dept. of Biology, Colorado State University  

8/91 - 5/96            Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Biology, Colorado State University

5/91 - 8/91            Research Associate, University of Montana, Missoula, MT

4/89 - 5/91            Research Assistant, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater  OK 

6/87 - 4/89            Wildlife Technician, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service., Volcano HI

6/86 - 8/86            Volunteer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, AK 99503                                                                   Monitored bird populations on Alaska’s North Slope

Education

Ph.D. in Zoology, Colorado State University, 1996. Dissertation: Ecological responses to variable resource distributions: Effects of prey availability on Belted Kingfishers - Advisor: Beatrice Van Horne

 

M.S. in Zoology, Oklahoma State University, Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit 1991. Thesis: The influence of habitat quality on the population decline of the Red-cockaded Woodpecker in McCurtain County Wilderness Area, Oklahoma  - Advisor: David M. Leslie, Jr.

 

B.S. in Wildlife Management, University of Maine, 1987

Publications

Brown, J. H., E. J. Bedrick, S. K. M. Ernest, J-L. E. Cartron, and J. F. Kelly. In Press. Constraints on negative relationships: mathematical causes and ecological consequences.  In (M. Taper, L. Subhash and N. Lewin-Koh eds.) The nature of scientific evidence.  Johns Hopkins Univ. Press.

 

Kelly, J.F. V. Atudorei, Z.D. Sharp, and D.M. Finch. 2002. Insights into Wilson’s Warbler migration from analyses of stable hydrogen isotope ratios.  Oecologia 130:216-221

 

Kelly, J.F. L. DeLay, and D.M. Finch.  2002. Density-dependent mass gain by Wilson’s Warblers during stopover. Auk 119:210-213

 

Kelly, J.F.  2000. Stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen in the study of avian and mammalian trophic ecology. Canadian Journal of Zoology 78:1-27.

 

Kelly, J.F. and D.M. Finch.  2000. Effects of sampling design on age ratios of migrants captured at stopover sites. Condor 102:699-702.

 

Kelly, J. F., D. M. Finch, and W. Yong.  2000. Vegetative associations of wood warblers migrating along the Middle Rio Grande Valley, New Mexico.  Southwestern Naturalist 45: 159-168.

 

Schooley, R.L., B. T. Bestelmeyer, and J.F. Kelly. 2000. Influence of small-scale disturbances by kangaroo-rats on Chihuahuan Desert ant communities. Oecologia 125:142-149.

 

Cartron, J-L, J.F. Kelly, and J. H. Brown.  2000. Constraints on patterns of covariation: a case study in strigid owls. Oikos 90: 381-390.

 

Kelly, J.F. 1999. [Review of] Population Limitation in Birds by Ian Newton. Auk 116:866-868.

 

Kelly, J. F., R. Smith, D. M. Finch, F.R. Moore, W. Yong.  1999. Effects of summer biogeography on the stopover abundance of Wood Warblers. Condor 101:76-85.

 

Kelly, J. F. and D. M. Finch. 1998. Using stable isotopes to track migrant songbirds.  Trends in Ecology and Evolution 13:48-49.

 

Kelly, J. F. 1998. Behavior and energy intake of Belted Kingfishers in winter. Journal of  Field Ornithology 69:75-84

 

Yong, W., D. M. Finch, F.R. Moore, and J.F. Kelly.  1998.  Stopover ecology and habitat use of migratory Wilson’s Warblers.  Auk 115:829-842.

 

Kelly, J. F. 1998.  Latitudinal variation in sex ratios of Belted Kingfishers.  Journal of Field Ornithology 69:386-390

 

Kelly, J. F.  and B. Van Horne. 1997. Effects of supplemental food on timing of nest-initiation in Belted Kingfishers.  Ecology 78:2504-2511.

 

Kelly, J. F. and B. Van Horne. 1997. Effects of scale-dependent variation in ice cover on the distribution of wintering Belted Kingfishers. Ecography 20:506-512.

 

Shields, S. J. and J. F. Kelly.  1997. Nest-site selection by Belted Kingfishers in Colorado. American Midland Naturalist. 137:401-403.

 

Kelly, J.F. 1996. Effects of substrate on prey use by Belted Kingfishers: an experimental test of the prey abundance-availability assumption.  Canadian Journal of  Zoology. 74:693-697.

 

Kelly, J. F., S. M. Pletschet, and D. M. Leslie Jr. 1994.  Decline of the Red-cockaded Woodpecker population in southeastern Oklahoma. American Midland Naturalist. 132:275-283.

 

Kelly, J. F., S. M. Pletschet, and D. M. Leslie Jr.  1993.  Habitat associations of Red-cockaded Woodpecker cavity trees in an old-growth forest of Oklahoma. Journal of Wildlife Management. 57:122-128.

 

Pletschet, S.M. and J. F. Kelly.  1990.  Breeding biology and nesting success of the Palila.  Condor 92:1012-1021.

Technical Reports, Symposia, and Proceedings

Periman, R.  And J.F. Kelly. 2000.  Historical survey of Willow Flycatcher habitat in the Southwest. Pages 24-42 in (Finch, D.M., and S.H. Stoleson, eds.) Ecology and Conservation of the Southwestern Willow Flycatcher.  RMRS-GTR-60.  Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station

 

Finch, D.M.,  J.F. Kelly and J-L. E. Cartron . 2000.  Migration and winter ecology. Pages 71-81 in (Finch, D.M., and S.H. Stoleson, eds.) Ecology and Conservation of the Southwestern Willow Flycatcher.  RMRS-GTR-60.  Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.

 

Finch, D. M., J. W. Whitney, J. F. Kelly, and S. R. Loftin. Technical editors .  1999. Rio Grande ecosystems: linking land, water, and people.  1998, June 2-5 Albuquerque, NM.  RMRS-P-7.  Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.   

 

Kelly, J. F. and D. M. Finch. 1999. Use of saltcedar vegetation by landbirds migrating through the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge.  Pages 222-231 in  (Finch, D.M., J. W. Whitney, J. F. Kelly, and S. R. Loftin. eds.) Rio Grande ecosystems: linking land, water, and people.  1998, June 2-5 Albuquerque, NM.  RMRS-P-7.  Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.

 

Finch, D. M. and J. F. Kelly.  1999. Status and migration of the Southwestern Willow Flycatcher in New Mexico. Pages 197-203 in (Finch, D. M., J. W. Whitney, J. F. Kelly, and S. R. Loftin. eds.) Rio Grande ecosystems: linking land, water, and people.  1998, June 2-5 Albuquerque, NM.  RMRS-P-7.  Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.

 

Delay, L.S., D.M. Finch, S. Brantley, R. Fagerlund, M.D. Means, and J.F. Kelly.  1999. Arthropods of native and exotic vegetation and their association with Willow Flycatchers and Wilson=s Warblers.  Pages 216-221 in (Finch, D. M., J. W. Whitney, J. F. Kelly, and S. R. Loftin. eds.) Rio Grande ecosystems: linking land, water, and people.  1998, June 2-5 Albuquerque, NM.  RMRS-P-7.  Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.

 

Hutto, R. L., S. J. Hejl, J. F. Kelly, and S. M. Pletschet. 1995.  A comparison of bird detection rates derived from on-road versus off-road point counts in Northern Montana. Pages 103-110 in Monitoring bird populations by point counts (C.J. Ralph, J. Sauer and S. Proege, eds.) Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-149, Albany, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station.

 

Research Support

2002 – Effects of wildfire on flora and fauna of Rio Grande riparian forests. USDA – Forest Service. J.F. Kelly.  $35,000
2001 - Effects of fuels reduction and exotic plant removal on vertebrates, vegetation and water resources in southwestern riparian ecosystems. Joint Fire Sciences Program.  Finch, D.M., A. MacCoubrey, J.F. Kelly et al.  3 years $345,000
2001 - Grassland bird use on the Sevilleta and Bosque del Apache NWRs.  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.  J.F. Kelly.  $ 8,000.  
2000 - Are golf courses, hotspots for biodiversity in the desert southwest?  J.F. Kelly et al. National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. 3yrs -$86,400
2000 - Using stable isotopes to link breeding, wintering and migratory populations of Southwestern Willow Flycatchers.  USDA, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station J.F. Kelly et al. $13,140 
2000 - Effects of grazing on habitat use by wintering grassland birds on the Sevilleta NWR. USDA, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.  J.F. Kelly et al. $ 11,520
2000 - Habitat use by grassland songbirds relative to grazing management, New Mexico Department of Game and Fish. J.F. Kelly, et al. $3,000
2000 - Migration and winter habitat use by grassland birds of the Sevilleta NWR, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,   J.F. Kelly et al. . $10,280.
1999 - Use of stable hydrogen isotopes for tracking migrant songbirds, USDA, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. J.F. Kelly et al.  $12,500
1999 - Effects of grazing on habitat use by wintering grassland birds on the Sevilleta NWR, USDA, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, J.F. Kelly et al. $14,000
1995 - Research Fellowship Award, Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Colorado State University. $1800
1994 - Josselyn Van Tyne Award, American Ornithologist's Union.  $800
1994 - Research Fellowship Award,  Graduate Degree Program in Ecology,  Colorado State University.  $3400
1994 - Student Research Award, North American Bluebird Society. $975
1993 - American Museum of Natural History, Frank M. Chapman Fund. $400  

Awards

2001 - Certificate of Merit, Rocky Mountain Research Station
2000 - Certificate of Appreciation, Rocky Mountain Research Station
1998 - Certificate of Appreciation, Rocky Mountain Research Station
1996 - Student Travel Award, Cooper Ornithological Society, 
1996 - Student Travel Award, Department of Biology, Colorado State University.
1995 - Nellie Johnson-Baroody Award, American Ornithologists Union,

1995 - Travel Award, American Ornithologist’s Union
1995 - Student Travel Award, Department of Biology, Colorado State University

1994 - Best Poster Presentation,Symposium on Conservation Biology and Ecological Research at Colorado State University.

1994 - Student Travel Award, Department of Biology, Colorado State University

1991 - Outstanding M.S. Student, Dept. of Zoology, Oklahoma State University.

Invited Presentations

USDA, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station, Warren, PA.  January 2002
Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University. December 2001
Department of Fishery and Wildlife Sciences, New Mexico State Univ. February 2001
Department of Biology, Colorado College, November, 2000
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center - Workshop on population connectivity of migratory birds, November 2000
Department of Biology, Portland State University, May 2000
Department of Fishery and Wildlife Sciences, New Mexico State Univ.  January 2000
Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, September 1999
Department of Biology, California State University-Chico April 1999
Department of Wildlife Ecology, University of Maine.  February 1999
Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University. June 1998
Department of Biology, University of Colorado-Denver.  March 1998
Department of Biology, Ball State University.  March 1996

Presentations at Professional Meetings
American Ornithologists’ Union. 1994*, 1995, 1997, 1998*, 1999
Cooper Ornithological Society.  1991*, 1993, 1994*, 1996, 1998*, 1999, 2000, 2001
Wilson Ornithological Society 1991*, 1994*, 1998*  
Ecological Society of America, 1995, 2000 
Southwestern Association of Naturalists 1990
Western Section of The Wildlife Society. 1988
New Mexico/Arizona Chapter of The Wildlife Society 1998, 1999, 2000
Guild of Rocky Mountain Population Biologists 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997
Applications of Stable Isotope Techniques to Ecological Studies 1998,2002
* indicates a joint meeting of two or more societies

Professional Activities

Editing and Reviewing:
Associate Editor, Journal of Wildlife Management - October 2001 to Present 
Manuscripts Reviewer for Ecology, Auk, Condor, Journal of Wildlife Management, Canadian Journal 
    of Zoology, American Midland Naturalist, Southwestern Naturalist, Wilson Bulletin, 
    Journal of Animal Ecology, Journal of Biochemical and Physiological Zoology, 
    Wetlands, Western North American Naturalist

Professional Affiliations

American Ornithologists’ Union		Cooper Ornithological Society
Ecological Society of America             	Society for Conservation Biology 
The Wildlife Society                            	Southwestern Association of Naturalists