Jason David Luscier, Ph.D. Candidate

Department of Biological Sciences – SCEN 632

1 University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, AR 72701-1201

(479) 575-2984

e-mail: jluscie@uark.edu

website: http://comp.uark.edu/~jluscie

 

EDUCATION:

 

Ph.D.  -  University of Arkansas (UofA), Fayetteville, AR.  Present.  Dissertation: Winter occupancy rates and habitat selection of Rusty Blackbirds (Euphagus carolinus) in Arkansas and Mississippi.  Advisor: Kimberly G. Smith.

 

M.S. – University of Arkansas (UofA), Fayetteville, AR.  2004.  Thesis:  Short-term responses of grassland birds to timing of haying in Northwest Arkansas.  Advisor: William L. Thompson.

 

B.S. – Colorado State University (CSU), Fort Collins, CO.  2000.  Major: Wildlife Biology.

 

A.S. – Berkshire Community College (BCC), Pittsfield, MA.  1998.  Major: Environmental Sciences.

 

A.A. – Berkshire Community College (BCC), Pittsfield, MA.  1997.  Major: Theatre Arts.

 

ACADEMIC POSITIONS:

 

Graduate Teaching Assistant, UofA, Analysis of Animal Populations (graduate), Plant Biology, Principles of Biology, and Evolutionary Biology, Jan 2005 – Present.

 

Adjunct Faculty, Massasoit Community College, Brockton, MA, Human Form and Function, Summer 2004.

 

Graduate Research Assistant, AR Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, UofA, Aug 2001 – May 2004.

 

Adjunct Faculty, BCC, General Ecology, Zoology, General Biology, August 2000 – July 2001.

 

Teaching Assistant, CSU, Ichthyology, January – May 2000.

 

PUBLICATIONS:

 

Luscier, J.D., W.L. Thompson, J.M. Wilson, B.E. Gorham, and L.D. Dragut.  2006.  Using digital

photographs and object-based image analysis to estimate percent ground cover in vegetation plots. 

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 4(8): 408-413.

 

Luscier, J.D., W.L. Thompson, J.M. Wilson, B.E. Gorham, and L.D. Dragut.  2007.  Response to Richter:

“Techniques for determining percent ground cover.”  Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 5(6): 239-240.

 

 

 

PUBLICATIONS IN REVIEW AND IN PREPARATION:

 

Demarest, D., R. Greenberg, P.B. Hamel, K.A. Hobson, S. Matsuoka, J. D. Luscier, and C. Mettke-

Hofmann.  In Review.  Understanding declines in Rusty Blackbirds (Euphagus carolinus): an indicator of wooded wetland health.  Studies in Avian Biology.

 

Luscier, J.D., and W.L. Thompson.  In Preparation.  Short-term responses of grassland birds to timing of

haying in Northwest Arkansas.  Condor.

 

PRESENTATIONS (presenter in bold):

 

Krementz, D.G., and J.D. Luscier.  2008. Assessment of woodpecker densities relative to forest structure

and composition.  Ivory-billed Woodpecker Researcher’s Science Symposium, Lafayette, LA, June 2008.

 

Luscier, J.D., L. Powell, and S. Matsuoka.  2008.  Beyond BBS and CBC: approaches to surveying and

monitoring Rusty Blackbird populations.  Fourth International Partners in Flight Conference,

McAllen, TX, February 2008.

 

Mettke-Hofmann, C., J.D. Luscier, G. Hofmann, P.Hamel, and R. Greenberg.  2008.  From urban roosts

to bottomland hardwoods: Critical needs for wintering Rusty Blackbirds.  Fourth International Partners in Flight Conference, McAllen, TX, February 2008.

 

Luscier, J.D.  2008.  Presence/absence surveys for estimating occupancy as a system state variable for

wintering Rusty Blackbirds (Euphagus carolinus).  International Rusty Blackbird Technical Group Workshop, SC, January 2008.

 

Luscier, J.D. and K.G. Smith.  2007.  Presence/absence surveys for monitoring and estimating habitat use

of wintering Rusty Blackbirds (Euphagus carolinus).  Poster.  125th Stated Meeting of the American Ornithologists’ Union, Laramie, WY, August 2007. 

 

Luscier, J.D.  2007.  Habitat use of wintering Rusty Blackbirds (Euphagus carolinus).  International

            Rusty Blackbird Technical Group Workshop, Stoneville, MS, April 2007.

Luscier, J.D.  2007.  Presence/absence surveys for estimating occupancy as a system state variable for

wintering Rusty Blackbirds (Euphagus carolinus).  International Rusty Blackbird Technical Group Workshop, Stoneville, MS, April 2007.

 

Luscier, J.D.  2007.  Presence/absence surveys for estimating population dynamics and habitat use of

wintering Rusty Blackbirds (Euphagus carolinus).  Southeast Partners in Flight Annual Meeting, Memphis, TN, February 2007.

Luscier, J.D., D. Demarest, R. Greenberg, P.B. Hamel, K.A. Hobson, S. Matsuoka, and C. Mettke- Hofmann.  2006.  Understanding declines in Rusty Blackbirds (Euphagus carolinus): an indicator of wooded wetland health.  IV North American Ornithological Conference, Veracruz City, Veracruz, Mexico, October 2006.

Luscier, J.D., W.L. Thompson, J.M. Wilson, B.E. Gorham, and L.D. Dragut.  2006.  Using digital

photographs and object-based image analysis to estimate percent ground cover in vegetation plots.  Poster.  1st International Conference on Object-based Image Analysis, Salzburg, Austria, July 2006.

 

Luscier, J.D., W.L. Thompson, J.M. Wilson, B.E. Gorham, and L.D. Dragut.  2005.  Using digital

photographs and object-based image analysis to estimate percent ground cover in vegetation plots.  123rd Stated Meeting of the American Ornithologists’ Union, Santa Barbara, CA, August 2005.

 

Luscier, J.D., and W.L. Thompson.  2004.  Short-term responses of grassland birds to timing of haying in

Northwest Arkansas.  Annual Wildlife Society Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September

2004.

 

Luscier, J.D., and W.L. Thompson.  2003.  Short-term responses of grassland bird populations to haying. 

Poster.  Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference, Kansas City, MO, December 2003.

 

Martin, D. and J. D. Luscier.  2000.  Responses of bird populations to fire in a lodgepole pine community

in the Rocky Mts. of Colorado.  Western States Student Wildlife Conclave, Logan, UT, March

2000. (Best Presentation Award)

 

MEETINGS ATTENDED:

 

Ivory-billed Woodpecker Researcher’s Science Symposium, Lafayette, LA, June 2008.

 

4th International Partners in Flight Conference, McAllen, TX, February 2008.

 

125th State Meeting of the American Ornithologists’ Union, Laramie, WY, August 2007.

 

International Rusty Blackbird Technical Group Workshop, Stoneville, MS, April 2007.

 

Southeast Partners in Flight Annual Meeting, Memphis, TN, February 2007.

 

IV North American Ornithological Conference, Veracruz City, Veracruz, Mexico, October 2006.

 

123rd Stated Meeting of the American Ornithologists’ Union, Santa Barbara, CA, August 2005.

 

Annual Wildlife Society Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2004.

 

34th Midwestern Fish and Wildlife Conference, Kansas City, MO, December 2003.

 

120th Stated Meeting of the American Ornithologists’ Union, New Orleans, LA, September 2002.

 

Western States Student Wildlife Conclave, Logan, UT, March 2000.

 

Annual Wildlife Society Conference, Austin, TX, September 1999.

 

Western States Student Wildlife Conclave, Moscow, ID, March 1999.

 

AWARDS AND HONORS:

 

Professor Delbert Swartz Endowed Graduate Fellowship – UofA, outstanding graduate student in biological sciences, May 2007.

 

Scott D. Schull Award – UofA, outstanding graduate student in wildlife, May 2003.

 

Boone and Crocket Award – CSU, outstanding honors senior wildlife biology major, May 2000.

 

David R. Anderson Award – CSU, outstanding contribution to The Wildlife Society, November 1999.

 

SOCIETIES:

 

American Ornithologists’ Union (Publications Committee member, August 2005 - present)

 

Arkansas Audubon Society (Vice President, April 2007 – present)

 

Association of Field Ornithologists

 

Cooper Ornithological Society

 

Ecological Society of America

 

The Wildlife Society

 

Wilson Ornithological Society

 

MEDIA AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH:

 

Public Presentation: Improving future monitoring programs for Rusty Blackbirds (Euphagus carolinus).  Arkansas Audubon Society Spring Meeting, Fayetteville, AR, April 2007.

 

Public Presentation: Understanding Declines in Rusty Blackbirds.  Arkansas Audubon Society Spring Meeting, Lake Village, AR, May 2006.

 

News Interview:  The Search for the Ivory-billed Woodpecker, Channel 40/29, Fayetteville, AR, aired 1 December 2005.

 

Public Presentation: Birds of Costa Rica.  Brookstone Assisted Living Center, Fayetteville, AR, August 2005.

 

Public Presentation: Grassland Birds of Northwest Arkansas.  Brookstone Assisted Living Center, Fayetteville, AR, August 2003.

 

News Article:  Wildlife at Wedington forest should benefit from new-hire and more management, officials say.  Northwest Arkansas Times, Fayetteville, AR, 19 January 2003.

 

RELATED EXPERIENCE:

 

Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology – Ivory-billed Woodpecker Search Team, Eastern AR, spring 2006.

 

Organization for Tropical Studies – OTS-1-04: Tropical Biology: An Ecological Approach, Costa Rica, Winter 2004.

 

Massachusetts Audubon Society – Naturalist on the Trail, Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary, Lenox, MA, September - November 2000.

 

Town of Orleans, MA, Department of Parks & Beaches – Shorebird Monitor, Orleans, MA, May - September 2000.

 

City of Fort Collins, CO, Department of Natural Resources – Black-tailed Prairie Dog relocation and plague monitoring, Fort Collins, CO, October 1998 – August 1999.