Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION:

• 1975-80    Ph.D. Ecology, UCLA
• 1974-75    A.M. Biology, Dartmouth College
• 1969-73    A.B. Biology, Dartmouth College
• Graduated cum laude, with highest honors in the major

FELLOWSHIPS & HONORS:

• 2004-05 Chercheur Associé, Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, Centre
  National de la Recherche Scientifique, Montpellier, France (6 month appointment in laboratory of Jean-Dominique Lebreton)
• 1999       Elective Fellow, American Ornithologists' Union
• 1996       Tulane: Envir. Studies Faculty Enrichment Seminar (2 wks., summer)
• 1992       Election to membership of Graduate Faculty, Tulane University
• 1991       Election to Sigma Xi
• 1986       Elective member, American Ornithologists' Union
• 1979-80    NSF National Needs Fellowship (UCLA)
• 1979          Special recognition for paper "Prey Handling and Prey Selection in Two Tropical Puffbirds", Cooper Ornithological Society.
• 1978-79     University of California Regents Fellowship (UCLA)
• 1974-75     Dartmouth College Graduate Fellowship

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE:

• 2004-07 Council, American Ornithologists' Union (3-year elective position)
• 2003-04 Student Awards Committee, American Ornithologists' Union
• 1999     Co-Chair (local Chair), Local Committee, 3rd North American Ornithological Conference (New Orleans, Sept 2002). Conference highlights: 1,400 ornithologists (30 countries represented; largest ornithology conference ever); six societies including Mexican and Caribbean ornithology societies for first time ever in U.S.; $330,000 budget; $40,000 funding raised locally towards meeting expenses; $40,000 provided in student travel awards; program included 4 plenary speakers, 418 spoken papers, 328 posters, 140 talks in 14 symposia, and 9 workshops.
• 1998     Director, Neotropical Ecology Institute, Tulane University
• 1997     National Science Foundation, Ecology Panel
• 1995-98     Co-President (with Tracey K. Werner) Twitchell Lake Fish & Game Society (Adirondack Mountains, NY, USA)
• 1990-     Member of Research Working Group, Neotropical Migrant Bird Conservation Program
• 1989-     Board of Directors, Organization for Tropical Studies
• 1985-     Reviews of grant proposals: NSF, Organization for Tropical Studies, University of Montana, Brigham Young University
• 1980-     Reviews of manuscripts: American Naturalist, Animal Behaviour, The Auk, Behavioral Ecology, Behaviour, Biological Conservation, Biotropica, Canadian Journal of Zoology, The Condor, Conservation Biology, Ecology, Eco-Science, Evolution, Molecular Ecology, The Journal of Conservation Biology, The Journal for Field Ornithology, Journal of Animal Ecology, Nature, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B Biological Sciences, The Wilson Bulletin

INVITED SYMPOSIA:

• 2003     4th Annual Ecological Integration Symposium, topic of "Natural History and Modern Conservation", Texas A&M University. "The Garden of Eden meets Noah's Ark: wildlife conservation in agricultural ecosystems."

• 2002     Birds of Two Worlds, Migratory Bird Symposium, Smithsonian Institution: "Population limitation of long-distance migrant birds: evidence for food limitation in winter."

• 1997     Thomas Waring Bennett Symposium & Migratory Bird Workshop, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS "Population Regulation and Limitation in Migratory birds."

• 1995     International Partners in Flight Program on monitoring migrant bird populations, Cape May, NJ

• 1994"Winter Ecology of Migrant Birds", and "Habitat Selection in Birds", XXI International Ornithological Congress, Vienna, Austria (With R.T. Holmes and M. Cohn-Haft, respectively)

• 1993     Winter Habitat Limitation for Neotropical-Nearctic Migrant Songbirds: Distributional, Demographic, and Experimental Evidence, in "Population Trends in Neotropical Migrant Birds: What are the Key Processes at Work", Ecological Society of America, Madison, Wisconsin (With R.T. Holmes)

• 1990     Demography and Population Dynamics of Long-distance Migratory Passerines: Variability in Time and Space, in "Long-term Population Studies" symposium, XX International Ornithological Congress, Christchurch, New Zealand (with R. T. Holmes)

• 1990     Demographic and Numerical Responses of Temperate Forest Birds to Fluctuating Food Resources, in "Food Limitation in Breeding Terrestrial Bird Populations" symposium, XX International Ornithological Congress, Christchurch, New Zealand (with R. T. Holmes)

• 1989     Demography of a Long-distance Migrant: Causes and Consequences of variable yearling recruitment in the American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla), in "Ecology and Conservation of Neotropical Migrant Landbirds" symposium, Manomet Bird Observatory, Manomet, Massachusetts (with T. Holmes)

• 1989     Site Fidelity and Site Attachment of Migrant Warblers in Temperate Breeding and Neotropical Wintering Quarters: Implications for Population Dynamics, Habitat Selection, and Conservation, in "Ecology and Conservation of Neotropical Migrant Landbirds" symposium, Manomet Bird Observatory, Manomet, Massachusetts (with R.T. Holmes)

• 1988     When is a Bird a food Specialist?, in "Food Exploitation by Terrestrial Birds" symposium, Cooper Ornithological Society Meeting, Pacific Grove, California

• 1986     Temporal and Spatial Heterogeneity in a Temperate Forest Bird Community, in "Community Ecology: the Importance of Scale", Cooper Ornithological Society Meeting, Davis, California (with R.T. Holmes)

PUBLICATIONS:

• 2005      Brown, D.R., and T.W. Sherry. Population response of resident Jamaican birds to food supplementation: evidence of dry-season limitation. Accepted for publication, Biotropica.

• 2005      Johnson, M.D., A.M. Strong, and T.W. Sherry. Migrants in tropical bird communities: the Balanced Breeding Limitation Hypothesis. Accepted for publication, Journal of Avian Biology.

• 2005      Irschick, D., L. Dyer, and T.W. Sherry. Phylogenetic methodologies for studying specialization. Oikos 110: 404-408.

• 2005      Sigel, B., T.W. Sherry, and B.E. Young. Avian community response to lowland tropical rainforest isolation: 40 years of change at La Selva Biological Station. In press, Conservation Biology.

• 2005      Johnson, M.D., T.W. Sherry, A.M. Strong, and A. Medori. Migrants in Neotropical bird communities: an assessment of the breeding currency hypothesis. Journal of Animal Ecology 74:333-341.

• 2005      Sherry, T.W., M.D. Johnson, and A.M. Strong. Does winter food limit populations of migratory birds? Pp. 414-425 in R. Greenberg and P.P. Marra (eds.), Birds of Two Worlds: the Ecology and Evolution of Migration. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD.

• 2004      Norris, D.R., P.P. Marra, T.K. Kyser, T.W. Sherry, and L.M. Ratcliffe. Tropical winter habitat limits reproductive success on the temperate breeding grounds in a migratory bird. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B, 271: 59-64.

• 2002     Sherry, T. W., editor. Program for 3^rd North American Ornithological Conference (Tulane Printing, New Orleans, LA; 130 pp.)

• 2001     Strong, A.M., and T.W. Sherry. Body condition of Swainson's warblers wintering in Jamaica, with emphasis on the conservation value of Caribbean dry forests. Wilson Bulletin, 113:410-418.

• 2001     McPeek, M.A., N.L. Rodenhouse, R.T. Holmes, and T.W. Sherry. A general model of site-dependent population regulation: popuplation-level regulation without individual-level interactions. Oikos 94: 417-424.

• 2001     Holmes, R.T., and T.W. Sherry. 30-year bird poulation trends in an unfragmented temperate deciduous forest: the importance of habitat change. The Auk 118: 589-609 [Commentary by Scott Collins preceeding article]

• 2001     Johnson, M.D., and T. W. Sherry. Effects of food availability on the distribution of migratory warblers among habitats in Jamaica. Journal of Animal Ecology 70: 546-560.

• 2000     Strong, A.M., T.W. Sherry, and R.T. Holmes. Bird predation on herbivorous insects: indirect effects on sugar maple saplings. Oecologia 125: 370-379.

• 2000     Sillett, T.S., R.T. Holmes, and T.W. Sherry. The El Niño Southern Oscillation impacts population dynamics of a migratory songbird throughout its annual cycle. Science 288: 2040-2042.

• 2000     Strong, A.M., and T.W. Sherry. Habitat-specific effects of food abundance on the condition of ovenbirds wintering in Jamaica. Journal of Animal Ecology 69: 883-895.

• 2000     Rodenhouse, N.L., T.W. Sherry, and R.T. Holmes. Site-dependent regulation of population size: reply. Ecology 81: 1168-1171.

• 2000     Sherry, T.W., and R.T. Holmes. Demographic modeling of migratory bird populations: The importance of parameter estimation using marked individuals. Proceedings of the Partners in Flight/U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Conference, Cape May, NJ. In press. Available on line at http://birdsource4.ornith.cornell.edu/pifCapeMay/sherry_and_holmes.htm. Also pp. 211-219 in Bonney, R.; Pashley, D. N.; Cooper, R. J.; Niles, L., eds. 2000. Strategies for bird conservation: The Partners in Flight Planning Process; Proceedings of the 3rd Partners in Flight Workshop; 1995 October 1-5; Cape May, NJ. Proceedings RMRS-P-16. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 281 p.

• 2000     Sherry, T.W. Overview. Shade coffee: a good brew even in small doses. The Auk 117: 563-568.

• 1999     N.L. Rodenhouse, T.W. Sherry, and R.T. Holmes. Multiple mechanisms of population regulation: contributions of site-dependence, crowding, and age structure. In N.J. Adams and R.H. Slotow, editors. Proceedings of the 22nd International Ornithological Conference, Durban, South Africa, 16-22 August 1998. CD-ROM format. Birdlife South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa.

• 1999     Spahn, S.A., and T.W. Sherry. Cadmium and lead exposure associated with reduced growth rates, poorer fledging success of little blue heron chicks(Egretta caerulea) in south Louisiana wetlands. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 37: 377-384.

• 1999     Fleury, B.E., T.W. Sherry, and J.V. Huner. Agricultural wetlands and the conservation of colonial wading birds in Louisiana. Pp. 287-294 in Rozas, L.P., J.A. Nyman, C.E. Proffitt, N.N. Rabalais, D.J. Reed, and R.E. Turner, Eds, Recent Research in Coastal Louisiana: Natural system Function and Response to Human Influence. Louisiana Sea Grant College Program, Louisiana.

• 1999     Rodenhouse, N.R., R.T. Holmes, and T.W. Sherry. What is Site-Dependent Regulation? Ecology, accepted for publication.

• 1999     Spahn, S.A., and T.W. Sherry. Cadmium and lead exposure associated with reduced growth rates, poorer fledging success of little blue herons (Egretta caerulea) in south Louisiana wetlands. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. Accepted for publication.

• 1999     N.L. Rodenhouse, T.W. Sherry, and R.T. Holmes. Site suitability, preemption and the spatial scale of population regulation. Acta XXII Congressus Internationalis Ornithologici. Accepted for publication.

• 1999     Sherry, T.W. Review of "Conservation of Faunal Diversity in Forested Landscapes" (ed. by R.M. Degraaf and R. I. Miller, Chapman & Hall, NY). The Condor 101: 186-187.

• 1998     Sherry, T.W., and R.T. Holmes. Migrants wintering in the Caribbean: vacation time? Jamaican Naturalist 5: 16-19.

• 1998     Sherry, T.W. Review of "Life of the Flycatcher" (by Alexander Skutch, Univ. Nebraska Press). The Auk 115: 266-267.

• 1998     Sloan, S.S., R.T. Holmes, and T.W. Sherry. Depredation rates and predators at artificial bird nests in an unfragmented northern hardwoods forest. Journal of Wildlife Management 62: 529-539.

• 1997     Holmes, R.T., and T.W. Sherry. Ecological factors influencing biodiversity in northern hardwoods ecosystems: contributions of long-term studies of bird populations at Hubbard Brook. 13 pp. in "Biodiversity at LTER Sites" (R.B. Waide, ed.). http://atlantic.evsc.virginia.edu/LTER_biod/hbr.html

• 1997     Rodenhouse, N.L., T.W. Sherry, and R.T. Holmes. Site-dependent regulation of population size: a new synthesis (in section, "Concepts in Ecology"). Ecology 78: 2025-2042.

• 1997     Sherry, T.W., and R.T. Holmes. American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla). In Birds of North America, No. 277 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). The academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; the American Ornithologists’ Union, Washington, DC.

• 1997     Chamberlain,C.P., J.D. Blum, R.T. Holmes, X. Feng, T.W. Sherry, and G.R. Graves. The use of isotope tracers for identifying populations of migratory birds. Oecologia, 109: 132-141.

• 1996     Holmes, R.T., P.P. Marra, and T.W. Sherry. Habitat-specific demography of breeding black-throated blue warblers (Dendroica caerulescens): implications for population dynamics. J. Anim. Ecol. 65: 183-195.

• 1996     Sherry, T.W., and R.T. Holmes. Winter habitat limitation in Neotropical-Nearctic migrant birds: implications for population dynamics and conservation. Ecology 77: 36-48 (in Special Feature: "Continental Scale Ecology and Neotropical Migratory Birds").

• 1996     Fleury, B.E., and T.W. Sherry. Long-term population trends of colonial wading birds in the southern United States: The impact of crawfish aquaculture on Louisiana populations. The Auk 113: 613-632.

• 1995     Sherry, T.W., and R.T. Holmes. Summer versus winter limitation of populations: issues and the evidence. Pp. 85-120 In T.M. Martin, and D. Finch, eds. Ecology and management of Neotropical migratory birds. Oxford University Press.

• 1995     Omland, K.E., and T.W. Sherry. Parental care not likely to explain poor mating success in yearling male American redstarts. Condor 97: 836-837.

• 1995     Sherry, T.W., and R.T. Holmes. American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla). Species account in New Hampshire Breeding Bird Atlas. New Hampshire Audubon Society.

• 1994     Omland, K.E., and T.W. Sherry. Parental Care at Nests of Two Age Classes of Male American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla): Implications for Female Choice of Mate. The Condor 96: 606-613.

• 1994     Parrish, J., and T.W. Sherry. Sexual habitat segregation in American Redstarts (Setophaga ruticilla) wintering in Jamaica: impact of resource seasonality. The Auk 111: 38-49.

• 1993     Sherry, T.W., and R.T. Holmes. Are Populations of Neotropical Migrant Birds Limited in Summer or Winter? Implications for Management. Pp. 47-57, in Finch, D.M., and P.W. Stangel (eds.). Status and Management of Neotropical Migratory Birds. U.S. Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Fort Collins, Colorado. General Technical Report RM-229.

• 1993     Marra, P.P., T.W. Sherry, and R.T. Holmes. Territorial exclusion by a Neotropical migrant warbler in Jamaica: a removal experiment with American redstarts (Setophaga ruticilla). The Auk 110: 565-572.

• 1993     Sherry, T.W., and R.T. Holmes. Limits for migrant landbirds--year-round. Quart. Jour. Point Reyes Bird Observatory 97 (Fall): 4-5.

• 1992     Sliwa, A., and T.W. Sherry. Surveying Wintering Warbler Populations in Jamaica: Point Counts with and without Broadcast Vocalizations. The Condor 94:924-936.

• 1992     Partners in Flight/Aves de las Americas: A call for broader participation. Editorial, in Tropinet, Vol. 2, No. 4, Winter 1991.

• 1992     Holmes, R.T., and T.W. Sherry. Site Fidelity of Migratory Warblers in Temperate Breeding and Neotropical Wintering Areas: Implications for Population Dynamics, Habitat Selection, and Conservation. Pp. 563-575 in J.M. Hagan III and D.W. Johnston, eds. Ecology and Conservation of Neotropical Migrant Landbirds, Smithsonian Inst. Press, Wash., D.C.

• 1992     Sherry, T.W., and R.T. Holmes. Population Fluctuations in a Long-Distance Neotropical Migrant: Demographic Evidence for the importance of Breeding Season Events in the American Redstart. Pp. 431-442 in J.M. Hagan III and D.W. Johnston, eds. Ecology and Conservation of Neotropical Migrant Landbirds, Smithsonian Inst. Press, Wash., D.C.

• 1992     Holmes, R.T., T.W. Sherry, P.P. Marra, and K.E. Petit. Multiple-brooding, nesting success, and annual productivity of a Neotropical Migrant, the Black-throated Blue Warbler (Dendroica caerulescens), in an unfragmented temperate Forest. The Auk 109:321-333.

• 1991     Holmes, R.T., and T.W. Sherry, and F.W. Sturges. Numerical and Demographic Responses of Temperate Forest Birds to Annual Fluctuations in their Food Resources. Acta XX Congressus Internationalis Ornithologici: 1559-1567.

• 1991     Sherry, T.W., and R.T. Holmes. Population Age structure of Long-distance Migratory Passerine Birds: Variation in Time and Space. Acta XX Congressus Internationalis Ornithologici: 1542-1556.

• 1991     Secunda, R.C., and T.W. Sherry. Polyterritorial Polygyny in the American Redstart. The Wilson Bulletin 103:190-203.

• 1990     Sherry, T.W. Winging it in hemispheric eco-politics. Review of "Where Have All the Birds Gone", by John Terborgh (Princeton University Press, 1989). Ecology 71:1224-1225.

• 1990     Sherry, T.W. Neotropical Migrant Birds. Review of Ecology and Conservation of Neotropical Migrant Landbirds, a symposium, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, December, 1989 (organized by Manomet Bird Observatory). Tropinet vol. 2 (Biotropica Supplement No. 25).

• 1990     Reitsma, L.R., R.T. Holmes, and T.W. Sherry. Effects of removal of Red Squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus), and Eastern Chipmunks, Tamias striatus, on nest predation in a northern hardwoods forest: an artificial nest xperiment. Oikos 57:375-380.

• 1990     Sherry, T.W. When are birds dietarily specialized? Distinguishing ecological from evolutionary approaches. In Avian Foraging: Theory, Methodology, and Applications. M.L. Morrison, C.J. Ralph, and J. Verner, and J. Jehl, eds. Studies in Avian Biology 13:337-352.

• 1989     Holmes, R.T., and T.W. Sherry. Ecological Studies of Migrant Warblers Jamaica--A Progress Report. Gosse Bird Club (Jamaica, W.I.) Broadsheet No. 53, pp. 7-10.

• 1989     Sherry, T.W., and R.T. Holmes. Age-specific social dominance affects habitat use by breeding American redstarts (Setophaga ruticilla): a removal experiment. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 25:327-333.

• 1989     Holmes, R.T., T.W. Sherry, and L. Reitsma. Population Structure, Territoriality and Overwinter Survival of Two Migrant Warbler Species in Jamaica. The Condor 91:545-561.

• 1988     Holmes, R.T., and T.W. Sherry. Assessing Population Trends of New Hampshire Forest Birds: Local vs. Regional Patterns. The Auk 105:756-768.

• 1988     Sherry, T.W., and R.T. Holmes. Habitat Selection by breeding American Redstarts in Response to a Dominant Competitor, the Least Flycatcher. The Auk 105:350-364.

• 1987     Sherry, T.W. Darwin's Finches Revisited. Review of P.R. Grant, Ecology and Evolution of Darwin's Finches. Ecology 68:1127-1128.

• 1987     Werner, T.K. and T.W. Sherry. Behavioral Feeding Specialization in Pinaroloxias inornata, the 'Darwin's Finch' of Cocos Island, Costa Rica. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci.USA, 84:5506-5510. (For commentary see J. Diamond. 1987. News and Views. Nature 330:16-17).

• 1987     Kroodsma, D.E., V. Ingalls, T.W. Sherry, and T.K. Werner. Songs of the Cocos Flycatcher: Vocal Behavior of a Suboscine on an isolated Oceanic Island. The Condor 89: 75-84.

• 1986     Holmes, R.T., T.W. Sherry, and F.W. Sturges. Bird Community Dynamics in a Temperate Deciduous Forest: Long-term Trends at Hubbard Brook. Ecological Monographs 56: 201-220.

• 1986     Sherry, T.W. Nest, Eggs, and Reproductive Behavior of the Cocos Flycatcher (Nesotriccus ridgwayi). The Condor 88:531-532.

• 1985     Sherry, T.W., and R.T. Holmes. Dispersion Patterns and Habitat Responses of Birds in Northern Hardwoods Forests. Pp. 283-309, in M.L. Cody, ed. habitat Selection in Birds. Academic Press.

• 1985     Sherry, T.W. Adaptation to a Novel Environment: Food, Foraging, and Morphology of the Cocos Island Flycatcher. Pp. 908-920 in Neotropical Ornithology, P.A. Buckley, M.S. Foster, E.S. Morton, R.S. Ridgely, and F. Buckley, eds. Ornithological Monographs No. 36, American Ornithologists'Union, Washington, D.C.

• 1984     Sherry, T.W. Comparative Dietary Ecology of Sympatric, Insectivorous Neotropical Flycatchers (Tyrannidae). Ecological Monographs 54: 313-338.

• 1983     Sherry, T.W. Galbula ruficauda (Jacamar Rabirrufo, Gorrion de Montana, Rufous-tailed Jacamar), pp. 579-581; Mionectes oleaginea (Mosqueitero Ojenido, Tontillo, Ochre-bellied Flycatcher), pp. 586-587; Monasa morphoeus (Monja Cariblanca, Julio, White-fronted Nunbird), pp. 587-590; Terenotriccus erythrurus (Mosqueitero Colirrufo, Tontillo, Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher), pp. 605-607; Todirostrum cenereum (Espatulilla Comun, Pechita, Tontilla, Common Tody-Flycatcher), pp. 608-610. In Costa Rican Natural History, D.H. Janzen, ed. Univ. Chicago Press, Chicago, llinois, USA.

• 1982     Sherry, T.W., and L.A. McDade. Prey Selection and Handling in Two Neotropical Hover-gleaning Birds. Ecology 63: 1016-1028.

• 1980     Anderson, R.C., P.L. Wong, and T.W. Sherry. Diplotriaena muscisaxicolae Schuurmans-Stekhoven, 1952 (Nematoda: Diplotriaenoidea) from Nesotriccus ridgwayi Townsend (Tryannidae) of Cocos Island, Costa Rica. Can. J. of Zool. 58:1923-1926.

• 1979     Holmes, R.T., C.P. Black, and T.W. Sherry. Comparative Population Bioenergetics of Three Insectivorous Passerines in a Deciduous Forest. The Condor 81: 9-20.

• 1979     Sherry, T.W. Competitive Interactions and Adaptive Strategies of American Redstarts and Least Flycatchers in a Northern Hardwoods Forest. The Auk 96: 265-283.

• 1978     Holmes, R.T. , T.W. Sherry, and S.E. Bennett. Diurnal and Individual Variation in the Foraging Behavior of American Redstarts (Setophaga ruticilla). Oecologia 36: 141-49.

MANUSCRIPTS IN REVIEW

• Fleury, B.E., T.W. Sherry, and J.V. Huner. The importance of agricultural habitats for wildlife: aquaculture and colonial wading birds in Louisiana.

• Medori, A., and T.W. Sherry. Seasonal and habitat changes in diet of a Neotropical migrant warbler: implications for food-limitation in winter.

• Sherry, T.W., and R.T. Holmes. Age-specific Segregation of American Redstarts (Setophaga ruticilla) by Habitat at a Deciduous-Coniferous Ecotone.

• Sliwa, A., T.W. Sherry, and R.T. Holmes. Population structure of American Redstarts and Black-throated Blue Warblers wintering in Jamaica: effects of habitat, elevation, and human disturbance.

• Arp, J., and T.W. Sherry. Seasonal food availability and habitat quality for foliage-gleaning birds in a deciduous-coniferous forest ecotone.