Douglas F. Stotz

Douglas Forrester Stotz (born June 6, 1956 ) is an American ornithologist and conservation ecologist . His research focuses on evolutionary biology , biodiversity and the endemism of birds in the Neotropics , bird community ecology, ecomorphology, biogeography and species protection .

Life

In 1978, Stotz obtained a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Arizona . In 1990 he was with the dissertation Foraging behavior and morphology in the avian genus Myrmotherula led by Scott M. Lanyon for Ph.D. PhD in evolutionary biology from the University of Chicago .

Stotz is a senior conservation ecologist at the Keller Science Action Center of the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago , where he oversees the environmental and conservation programs. His field studies of birds took him through most of Mexico and South America, particularly Brazil, Bolivia, and Peru. In the United States, he conducted research on bird ecology in Arizona, Florida, and Illinois. In Illinois, his research focused on bird migration and breeding along the Chicago Lakes, Lake Calumet , the Palos region of Cook County, and the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie .

In 1996, Stotz published the book Neotropical Birds: Ecology and Conservation with John W. Fitzpatrick , Theodore Albert Parker III and Debra K. Moskovits, which analyzes the distribution of birds and ecological patterns in order to set priorities for conservation measures in the Neotropical region .

In 1991, together with Scott M. Lanyon and David E. Willard , Stotz described the Mato-Grosso ground ant shrike ( Clytoctantes atrogularis ). In 1997, he and John W. Fitzpatrick described the cinnamon-faced foliage tyrant ( Phylloscartes parkeri ).

Dedication names

Bret M. Whitney and Mario Cohn-party designated in 2013 the Aripuanaameisenfänger ( Herpsilochmus stotzi ) in honor of Douglas F. Stotz, who had discovered the nature of the 1986th

literature

• The Fieldmuseum Collections and Research February 1997 Office of Academic Affairs, 1997, p. 206 (short biography)
• David N. Bengston: Policies for managing urban growth and landscape change: a key to conservation in the 21st century , Proceedings of a Symposium at the Society for Conservation Biology 2004 Annual Meeting, Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-265. St. Paul, MN: US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 2005, p. II (short biography)
• Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins, Michael Grayson: The Eponym Dictionary of Birds. Bloomsbury Publishing 2014 (short biography)