University of Oklahoma,
Ph.D., 1994. Dissertation title:
Communal roosting in vultures and the role of information exchange in the
evolution of avian coloniality.
University College Cork,
Ireland, M.Sc. 1987. Thesis title:
Aspects of the biology of the great black-backed gull (Larus marinus) in southern Ireland.
University College Cork,
Ireland, B.Sc. (Hons.) 1985.
2005-present Associate
Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York at Plattsburgh.
1999-2005.
Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York at Plattsburgh.
1994-1999.
EPSCoR Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Biology, University of Vermont.
2003. United States Department of Agriculture. “Hayfields as sustainable habitat for grassland bird populations: ecological implications of “bird-friendly” hay” Co-PI with Allan M. Strong, Therese Donovan and Sidney Bosworth. $300,000.
2001.
United States Department of Agriculture.
Evaluating management practices for
1997-1999.
National Science Foundation. NSF
DEB-9615708 Behavioral strategies of sit-and-wait foragers: models of ant-lion
foraging. Co-PI with N. J. Gotelli. $110,000.
1997.
Buckley, N. J. The origin of Ireland's introduced bank vole population:
an analysis using PCR. Vermont EPSCoR. $1600.
1995.
National Biological Survey. Population
dynamics and food habits of Double-crested Cormorants on Lake Champlain.
Co-PI with D. E. Capen and B. K.Williams.
$23,000.
1993.
American Ornithologists' Union Travel Grant
1993.
Graduate College University of Oklahoma, Travel Grant
1990.
Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research
1990.
Cleo Cross International Student Scholarship, University of Oklahoma.
1989.
University of Oklahoma Graduate Student Association Grant.
1988.
Frank M. Chapman Memorial Fund, American Museum of Natural History
1988.
University of Oklahoma Graduate Student Association Grant.
1987-1990.
George Miksch Sutton Scholarship in Ornithology, University of Oklahoma.
1984.
O'Rourke Prize in Zoology, University College Cork, Ireland.
Perlut, N. G., A. M. Strong, T. M. Donovan, and N. J.
Buckley. In press. Grassland songbirds
in a dynamic management landscape: behavioral responses and management
strategies. Ecological Applications.
Troy, A.R., A.M. Strong, T.M. Donovan, S.C. Bosworth, N. J. Buckley, and M.L. Wilson. 2005. Farmer attitudes towards bird-friendly hayfield management practices. Wildlife Society Bulletin. 33(2):528-538.
Buckley, Neil J. (2005).
Not so happy families. Review
of “A Natural History of Families” by Scott Forbes.
Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 20(6): 295.
Buckley, Neil J. and Graeme D. Ruxton. 2003. The Resource Dispersion Hypothesis and the “future value”
of food. Trends in Ecology and Evolution
18: 379.
Farnsworth, K., D. P. Sleeman and N. J. Buckley 2002. High numbers of voles in diet of Barn owls in County Cork. Irish Birds. 7: 142-143.
Fowle, M. R.,. D. E. Capen and N. J. Buckley. 1999. Population growth and dynamics of Double-crested Cormorants in Lake Champlain. Northeast Wildlife. 54: 25-34.
Buckley, N. J. 1999.
Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus).
In The Birds of North America
No. 402 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds). The Birds of North America, Inc.,
Philadelphia, PA. 24pp.
Buckley, N. J. 1998. Interspecific
competition among vultures for preferred roost positions.
The Wilson Bulletin. 110:
122-125.
Buckley, N. J. 1998.
Fading of numbers from patagial tags: a potential problem for long-term studies
of vultures. Journal of Field Ornithology. 69: 536-539.
Forbes, L. S., B. Glassey, S. Thornton, M. Forbes, and N.
J. Buckley 1997. Why parent birds
play favourites. Nature
390: 351-352.
Buckley, N. J. 1997.
Experimental tests of the information center hypothesis with black
vultures (Coragyps atratus) and turkey vultures (Cathartes aura). Behavioral
Ecology and Sociobiology 41:
267-279.
Buckley, N. J. 1997
Spatial-concentration effects and the importance of local enhancement in
the evolution of colonial breeding in seabirds. The
American Naturalist
149: 1091-1112.
Gotelli, N. J., N. J. Buckley, and J. A. Wiens 1997.
Co-occurrence of Australian land birds: Diamond's assembly rules
revisited. Oikos 80:
311-324
Buckley, N. J. 1996. Food finding and the influence of information, local enhancement, and communal roosting on foraging success of North American vultures. The Auk 113: 473-488.
Buckley N. J. 1995. Review
of Birds of Europe with North Africa and the Middle East.
The Auk
112: 811-812.
Buckley, N. J. 1995. Review of The New Atlas of Breeding Birds in Britain and Ireland: 1988-1991. The Auk 112: 812-813.
Buckley, N. J. and T. C. Kelly 1994. Breeding biology of great black-backed gulls Larus marinus at a declining colony: Cape Clear Island, Co Cork. Irish Naturalists' Journal. 24: 388-392.
Buckley, N. J. 1992. Birds
and landfills: problems and possible solutions.
Pages 199-204 in Proceedings of the
8th Annual Southwestern Regional Solid Waste Symposium. Solid Waste Association of North America publication # GR-G
0252.
Buckley, N. J. 1990.
Diet and feeding ecology of great black-backed gulls (Larus
marinus) at a southern Irish breeding colony.
Journal of Zoology (Lond.) 222: 363-373.
Buckley, N. J. 1990. A
partial census of the breeding seabirds of Cape Clear Island 1986.
Cape Clear Bird Report 20: 48-53.
Buckley, N. J. 1987. Kleptoparasitism
of black-headed gulls Larus ridibundus by common
gulls Larus canus
at a refuse dump. Bird
Study 34: 10-11.
Buckley, N. J. and J. O'Halloran 1986.
Mass mortality of gulls in west Cork attributed to botulism.
Irish Birds 3: 283-285
Ecology; The American Naturalist; The Auk; The Ibis; Journal of Field Ornithology; Behaviour; Ethology, Ecology & Evolution; Current Ornithology; The Condor.
Spring 2000. Biology 387AA and
Bio 385. Ornithology and Ornithology lab. Department of Biological
Sciences, SUNY Plattsburgh.
Fall 1999. Biology
100/103. Non-majors
Introductory Biology and laboratories. (approx. 230 students).
Department of Biological Sciences, SUNY Plattsburgh.
Spring 1998. Ornithology. Junior/Senior level. Four
credit hour class with both lecture and laboratory. Department of Biology, St. Michael's College, Winooski, VT.
Spring 1998. Basic
Birds: an Introduction to Ornithology.
Freshman level. One credit hour introductory class.
Department of Biology, University of Vermont.
Fall 1998. Biology
1A. Introductory Biology lecture (>250 undergraduates, mostly freshmen).
Department of Biology, University of Vermont.
Fall 1997. University of Vermont. Scientific Writing.
Senior/Graduate-level class. Coverage:
Organization of the scientific paper; Writing with clarity; Effective figures
and tables; The publication process; Reviews and revising; Proofing; Grammar and
punctuation; Scientific correspondence; Job applications; Writing grant
proposals. Team-taught with Dr. Nicholas J. Gotelli.
Fall 1997.
University of Vermont. Teaching colloquium . Coverage:
Developing effective lectures; Organization of material; Efficient use of time;
Use of visual aids; Demonstration lectures; Students presented 50 minute
lectures and were critiqued by the class. Team-taught
with Dr. Nicholas J. Gotelli.
Fall 1996 and Spring 1997.
University of Vermont. Introduction
to Biomodelling graduate-level class. Coverage:
Philosophy of modeling, Introduction to analytical models, Stochastic and
deterministic simulation models, Game theory, Dynamic programming, and
Introduction to programming in Pascal.
Spring 1995. University
of Vermont. Ornithology. Covered two weeks of lectures substituting for Dr. David
Capen.
Summer 1995. Directed HELIX/EPSCoR funded research project (Effects of predation risk on foraging site choice of black-capped chickadees) carried out by students of Bellows Free Academy, St. Albans, Vermont led by teacher Jennifer Kennison. Students and teacher spent a week on campus learning how to carry out a research project and learning experimental techniques. Students and teacher completed the project at their high school over the next six months while consulting with me when necessary.
Fall 1994. University
of Vermont: Graduate
colloquium: The evolution of avian
coloniality. Team-taught with
Dr. Bernd Heinrich.
Summer 1994. Directed
HELIX/EPSCoR funded research project (Foraging choices of house sparrows: food constrained or risk
constrained?) carried out by
students from Spaulding High School, Barre Vermont led by teacher Douglas
LaPointe.
Guest lecturer in: Environmental
Biology, Community Ecology (Dr.
Nicholas J. Gotelli, Biology Department, UVM);
Introductory Biology
(Dr. Lori Stevens, Biology Department, UVM); The
Green World (Dr.
Jane Molofsky, Botany Department UVM); Ornithology
(Dr. David Capen, School of Natural Resources, UVM) 1995-1997; Bioethics
(Dr. Alison Brody, Biology Department, UVM).
University of Oklahoma: Teaching Assistant in Introductory Biology (2 semesters)
Teaching Associate for Introductory
Biology - coordinated all laboratories and supervised teaching assistants (1
semester). Teaching assistant: Principles
of Physiology laboratory (1 semester).
Guest lecturer in Ornithology
(Dr. Douglas Mock) and Animal Behavior
(Dr. Colleen Cassady St. Clair).
University College Cork, Ireland. Demonstrator in freshman, sophomore and junior laboratory classes. Comparative Anatomy; Vertebrate and Invertebrate Biology; Ecology.
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