Acknowledgements
This project was partially funded by Canon USA, through The Nature Conservancy’s Wings of the Americas program and the University of Arkansas Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies.
Data were provided by Steve Howell (Point Reyes Bird Observatory) and A. Townsend Peterson (University of Kansas). We owe many thanks to these and the rest of the project’s steering committee: Bette Loiselle (University of Missouri St Louis); Stuart Pimm (University of Tennessee); Robert Ridgely (Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia); Doug Stotz (Field Museum of Natural History); David Wege (BirdLife International) and Paul Williams (Natural History Museum - London). Karen Berky, Colin Bibby, Don Catanzaro, Nigel Collar, Nancy Jo Craig, Rob Dzur, Kristin Everly, Bruce Gorham, Vince Guillet, Leo Joseph, Xiao Jun Li, Lisa Manne, Larry Master, Adrienne Moore, Jeff Parrish, Ronda Mosley-Rovi, Christina Wurschy and the other staff of The Nature Conservancy’s Wings of the Americas program and the University of Arkansas Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies and Department of Biological Sciences provided further help.
In addition to these scientists, the following participants in the project planning session at the North American Ornithological Congress in St Louis, 7 April 1998, provided much useful input: David Barber, Fred Baumgarten, Charles Duncan, Ernesto Enkerlin, Bob Ford, Oliver Komar, Roberto Phillips, Cecilia Riley, Ernesto Ruelas Inzunza, Bruce Schuette, Stacy Small, and Bruce Young. Further thanks go to Jon Fjeldså, Carlos Gonzalez, Morton and Phyllis Isler, Alberto Madroño-Nieto, Mike Parr, Chris Sharpe, and Christine Wilder.
Collaborators
Lead Institutions and Staff:
Principal Investigators:
The Nature Conservancy Wings of the Americas Program
David Mehlman
Roberto Roca1
University of Arkansas, Department of Biological Sciences
Kimberly Smith
University of Arkansas, Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies
Thomas Brooks1
Fred Limp
Additional Staff:
The Nature Conservancy Wings of the Americas Program
Marcus Koenen
Danny Kwan
Jeffrey Parrish2
Kevin Skerl3
University of Arkansas, Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies
Alex Jahn
Jim Taulman
Sponsor:
Technical Advisory Committee:
Steve Howell, Point Reyes Bird Ovservatory
Bette Loiselle, University of Missouri, St. Louis
A. Townsend Peterson, University of Kansas
Stuart Pimm, Universtiy of Tennessee
Robert Ridgely, Academy of Natural Sciences
Douglas Stotz, The Field Museum, Chicago (Chicago)
David Wege, BirdLife International
Paul Williams, The Natural History Museum (London)
Donors:
Private Individuals
Conservation, Food & Health Foundation, Inc.
Collaborating Institutions:
Association for Biodiversity Information (now NatureServ)
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1Current address: Conservation International, Center for Applied Biodiversity Science
2Current address: The Nature Conservancy, Latin American and Carribbean Region
3Current address: National Park Service