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Dr. Christopher Andrew Lepczyk
Curriculum Vitae


Education

Ph.D., Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, and Program in Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior, Michigan State University. December 2002
Dissertation: Effects of human activities on birds across landscapes in the Midwest

M.S., Department of Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison.  August 1996
Thesis: Can altricial nestlings compensate for ephemeral reductions in food abundance?  

B.S., Department of Biology and Department of Geology, Hope College, May 1993
Major: Biology, and Geology
Minor: Chemistry
NSF-REU Project: Behavioral preferences and digestive correlates of reducing sugars and lipids in the American Robin (Turdus migratorius).


Positions Held

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, 2007-present
  • Faculty in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, 2007-present
  • Honorary Fellow, Department of Forest Ecology and Management, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2005-2007
  • Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2005-2006
  • NSF Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Forest Ecology and Management, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2003-2005
  • Research Associate, Department of Forest Ecology and Management, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2003
  • Instructor, Science Department, Lansing Community College, 2002
  • EPA Fellow, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, 2000-2002
  • Research Assistant, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, 1997-2000
  • Research Assistant, State of Michigan, Office of State Demographer, 1997
  • Research Assistant, Department of Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1994-1996
  • NSF-REU Summer Research Assistant, Biology Department, Hope College, 1992

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Honors

  • Citizen-based Monitoring Program of the Year, Milwaukee County Avian Migration Monitoring Partnership, Citizen-Based Monitoring Network of Wisconsin, 2007
  • National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship in Interdisciplinary Informatics, 2003     
  • Marcia Brady Tucker Award, American Ornithologists’ Union, 2002  
  • NASA-MSU Professional Enhancement Award, National Aeronautics and Space
    Administration and Michigan State University, 2002
  • Sigma Xi Senior Research Award, Michigan State University Chapter of Sigma Xi National
    Research Society, 2001
  • Science To Achieve Results (STAR) Fellowship, National Center for Environmental
    Research, United States Environmental Protection Agency, 2000
  • NASA-MSU Scholarship in Landscape Ecology, National Aeronautics and Space
    Administration and Michigan State University, 1998
  • Marcia Brady Tucker Award, American Ornithologists’ Union, 1997
  • Graduate Recruiting Fellowship, Michigan State University, 1997
  • Terry Amundson Memorial Scholarship, Ruffed Grouse Society, 1996
  • DeKruif Prize in Science Writing, Biology Department, Hope College, 1993
  • Frank G. Brooks Award For Excellence In Student Research, Tri-Beta National Biological
    Honor Society, 1993
  • Patterson Memorial Prize In Biology, Biology Department, Hope College, 1993
  • Sigma Xi Senior Research Award, Sigma Xi National Research Society, 1993
  • Tulip City Gem and Mineral Club Award, Geology Department, Hope College, 1993
  • Junior Book Award in Geology, Geology Department, Hope College, 1992
  • Michael Visscher Memorial Book Award, Geology Department, Hope College, 1991

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Grants Received

  • Lepczyk, C.A. 2000. The Effect of Landscape Change on Breeding Birds in a Rapidly Urbanizing Watershed. Science To Achieve Results (STAR) Fellowship, National Center for Environmental Research, United States Environmental Protection Agency.
    $82,681.
  • Lepczyk, C.A. 2003. Effects of urbanization on avian populations of the Northeast U.S. evaluating spatiotemporal dynamics and simulating future trends. National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship in Interdisciplinary Informatics. $100,000.
  • Boyle, O., M. Feider, C. Guglielmo, C. Lepczyk, W.P. Mueller, A. Sherkow, and T. Vargo (CO PI’s listed alphabetically). 2006. Monitoring Avian Migration – Use of Stopover Sites in Milwaukee County. Citizen-based Monitoring Partnership Program. $7,500.
  • Boyle, O., M. Feider, C. Guglielmo, C. Lepczyk, W.P. Mueller, A. Sherkow, and T. Vargo (CO PI’s listed alphabetically). 2006. Monitoring Avian Migration – Use of Stopover Sites in Milwaukee County. Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act 2006. $9,000.
  • Boyle, O., M. Feider, C. Guglielmo, C. Lepczyk, W.P. Mueller, A. Sherkow, and T. Vargo (CO PI’s listed alphabetically). 2006. Monitoring Avian Migration – Use of Stopover Sites in Milwaukee County (year 2). Citizen-based Monitoring Partnership Program.
    $7,500.

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Peer Reviewed Publications

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Non-peer Reviewed Publications

  • Lepczyk, C.A. 1993. Assimilation efficiencies and preferences of lipids and reducing sugars in the American Robin (Turdus migratorius). Bios 64:122-129.
  • Lepczyk, C.A. and W.H. Karasov. 1996. The effect of ephemeral food restrictions on the growth of House Sparrows (Passer domesticus). Supplement to the Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 77:260.
  • Lepczyk, C.A. 1996.  Can altricial nestlings compensate for ephemeral reductions in food abundance? Masters Thesis, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
  • Hayes, D., K. Newman, D. Rutledge, J. Liu, C. Lepczyk, and R. Groop. 2000. Response of fish and wildlife macrohabitat to changes in land use and land cover. Special Report 107. East Lansing: Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station, Michigan State University.
  • Lepczyk, C.A., A.G. Mertig, and J. Liu. 2002. Landowner perceptions and activities related to birds across rural-to-urban landscapes.  Pgs 251-259 in D. Chamberlain and E. Wilson (eds). Avian Landscape Ecology.  Proceedings of the 2002 Annual UK-IALE Conference.
  • Lepczyk, C.A. 2002. Effects of human activities on birds across landscapes in the Midwest. Dissertation, Michigan State University.
  • Lepczyk, C.A., V.C. Radeloff, C.H. Flather, and J. Liu. 2003. The human influence on birds across landscapes of the Midwest United States. Die Vogelwarte 42(1-2):8.
  • Lepczyk, C.A. 2003. Book review of Dale and Haeuber. Landscape Ecology 18: 446-448. Lepczyk, C.A., R.B. Hammer, V.C. Radeloff, and S.I. Stewart. 2005. A comparison of housing growth hotspots in the Midwestern and Northeastern U.S. from 1940-2000. Proceedings of Emerging Issues Along Urban/Rural Interfaces: Linking Science and Society, page 340.
  • Hammer, R.B., S.I. Stewart, C.A. Lepczyk, V.C. Radeloff. 2005. Housing growth over time: the influence of human settlement on the landscape. Proceedings of Emerging Issues Along Urban/Rural Interfaces: Linking Science and Society, page 394.
  • Lepczyk, C.A., S. Diehl, N. Cutright, K. Etter Hale, W. Mueller, J. Trick. 2006. The effects of free-ranging cats on birds in Wisconsin: Wisconsin Bird Conservation Initiative Issues and Guidelines. [on-line]
  • Warren, P., C. Tripler, D. Bolger, S. Faeth, N. Huntly, C. Lepczyk, J. Meyer, T. Parker, E. Shochat, and J. Walker.  2006. Urban food webs: predators, prey, and the people who feed them. The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 87:387-393.
  • Lepczyk, C.A. 2006. Multifunctional landscapes – volume II: monitoring, diversity and Management. Landscape Ecology 21:1169-1170.
  • Lepczyk, C.A. and W.P. Mueller. 2007. Introduction to the Wisconsin Bird Conservation Initiative “Issues Papers.”  The Passenger Pigeon 69: 5-6.
  • Lepczyk, C.A., S. Diehl, N. Cutright, K. Etter Hale, W. Mueller, J. Trick. 2007. The effects of free ranging cats on birds in Wisconsin: Wisconsin Bird Conservation Initiative Issues and Guidelines. The Passenger Pigeon 69:17-23.

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Published Photographs

Picture of Common Terns in Dallas Morning News

Media Coverage of Research

Overviews and interviews have appeared in: Birding Magazine, Buffalo News, Dallas Morning News, The Oregonian, ScienceNOW, Vilas County News-Review, National Public Radio (Day to Day), Wisconsin Public Radio (statewide broadcast), Wisconsin Radio Network (statewide broadcast), Earthwatch Radio (on 127 stations), and Ag Facts Radio (on 100+ stations).

Editorial Duties

Editor:                    Ad Hoc Assigning Editor for Conservation Biology
                              Editor for Studies in Avian Biology

Reviewer for:

Auk Frontiers in Zoology
Biological Conservation Ibis
Cambridge University Press Journal of Applied Ecology
Condor Landscape Ecology
Conservation Biology   Landscape and Urban Planning
Diversity and Distributions Oikos
Ecological Applications Society and Natural Resources
Ecological Modeling Urban Ecosystems
Ecosystems  USDA Forest Service
Emu Wilson Journal of Ornithology
Environmental Management  

Certifications, Training, Workshops, and Expertise

  • Conducted frog and toad censusing, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, 2004- 2007
  • Competitively selected participant in Science Environment for Ecological Knowledge (SEEK) Ecoinformatics workshop sponsored by National Science Foundation, 2004
  • Certified Ecologist, Ecological Society of America, 2001-2011
  • Michigan Herp Atlas Volunteer, 2002
  • Piping Plover Volunteer for Michigan Department of Natural Resources, 2001, 2002
  • Wildlife rehabilitation volunteer, Critter Alley, 2001
  • Certified in animal care, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1994
  • Certified in radioisotope use and analysis, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1994
  • Trained and conducted frog and toad censusing, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, 2000-2002
  • Trained and conducted Christmas Bird Count, Audubon Society, 1999
  • Trained in prescribed burns, Green-Rock Audubon Society Burn School, 1996
  • Expertise in GIS and remote sensing applications (ArcGIS, ArcMap, Imagine, PCI), bird banding and mist-netting, mail surveys using the Total Design Method, meta-analysis, vegetation sampling, Systat, R, Stella, Access, physiology laboratory equipment, ecoinformatics and large database analyses

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Conference Presentations

  • Pidgeon, A., V. Radeloff, C. Flather, C. Lepczyk, and S. Stewart. 2007. The effects of housing density on forest birds in the United States. 21st Annual Meeting Society for Conservation Biology. Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
  • Lepczyk, C.A., V.C. Radeloff, R.B. Hammer and S.I. Stewart. 2007. Houses as a driver of landscape change.  22nd Annual Symposium of the  United States Regional Association of the International Association for Landscape Ecology. Tucson, AZ.
  • Taylor, J.J., D.G. Brown, and C.A. Lepczyk. 2006. Songbird-habitat relationships in human dominated landscapes of exurban southeastern Michigan, U.S.A. 4th North American Ornithological Conference, Veracruz, Mexico.
  • Pidgeon, A., V. Radeloff, C. Lepczyk, C. Flather, and R. Hammer. 2006. Understanding the effects of rural sprawl on bird communities. 24th International Ornithological Congress, Hamburg, Germany.
  • Bauhs, C. and C.A. Lepczyk. 2006. Does size matter? Examining how body mass and geographic range affect endangered species listing.  UWM Biological Sciences Research Symposium.  University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI.
  • Krueger, L. and C.A. Lepczyk. 2006. Relationships between social and demographic factors and bird identification. UWM Biological Sciences Research Symposium.  University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI.
  • Warren, P.S., C.A. Lepczyk, S. Lerman, L. Machabée, and A.P. Kinzig. 2006. Who feeds the birds? A comparison between Phoenix, Arizona and Southeastern Michigan. Symposium on Conserving Birds in Human-Dominated Landscapes. American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY.
  • Taylor, J.J., D.G. Brown, C.A. Lepczyk. 2006. Songbird trends in relation to human-induced landscape changes in exurban Southeastern Michigan. Symposium on Conserving Birds in Human-Dominated Landscapes. American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY.
  • Taylor, J.J., D.G. Brown, C.A. Lepczyk. 2006. Breeding-bird trends in relation to land-use and land-cover changes in exurban Southeastern Michigan. 21st Annual Symposium of the United States Regional Association of the International Association for Landscape Ecology. San Diego, CA.
  • Lepczyk, C., A. Pidgeon, V. Radeloff, C. Flather, and R. Hammer. 2005. The influence of housing growth on bird communities in the Northeast U.S. from 1970 to 2000. 90th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Montréal, Canada.
  • Pidgeon, A., V. Radeloff, C. Lepczyk, C. Flather, and R. Hammer. 2005. Housing and human population density are significant predictors of richness in forest bird species guilds. 90th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Montréal, Canada.
  • Wunnicke, A., C. Lepczyk, V. Radeloff, A. Pidgeon, C. Flather, and R. Hammer. 2005. Ovenbird abundance and housing density changes in Massachusetts from 1970 to 2000: a metapopulation modeling perspective.  90th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Montréal, Canada.
  • Wunnicke, A. and C. Lepczyk. 2005. The effect of housing growth on ovenbird habitat and populations from 1970 to 2000. Undergraduate Symposium 2005. University of Wisconsin-Madison. Madison, WI.
  • Lepczyk, C.A., Hammer, R.B., S.I. Stewart, and V.C. Radeloff. 2005. A comparison of housing growth hotspots in the Midwestern and Northeastern U.S. from 1940-2000. Emerging Issues Along Urban/Rural Interfaces: Linking Science and Society. Atlanta, GA.
  • Hammer, R.B., S.I. Stewart, C.A. Lepczyk, and V.C. Radeloff. 2005. Housing growth over time: the influence of human settlement on the landscape. Emerging Issues Along Urban/Rural Interfaces: Linking Science and Society. Atlanta, GA.
  • Stewart, S.I., R.B. Hammer, V.C. Radeloff, and C.A. Lepczyk. 2004. Housing Growth over Time: The Influence of Human Settlement on the Landscape.  USDA Forest Service Global Change All-Scientists Workshop.
  • Lepczyk, C., V. Radeloff, C. Flather, A. Pidgeon, R. Hammer, and J. Liu. 2004. The influence of human-dominated landscapes on breeding birds in the Midwest United States. 89th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Portland, OR.
  • Pidgeon, A, V. Radeloff, C. Lepczyk, C. Flather, and R. Hammer. 2004. Changes in bird species richness due to housing growth and landcover change from 1970-2000: A nation – wide study. 89th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Portland, OR.
  • Lepczyk, C.A., A.M. Pidgeon, V.C. Radeloff, R.B. Hammer, and C.H. Flather. 2004. The influence of housing growth on bird communities in the Northeastern U.S. 18th Annual Meeting Society for Conservation Biology, New York, NY.
  • Lepczyk, C.A., R.B. Hammer, V.C. Radeloff, and S.I. Stewart. 2004. Spatiotemporal dynamics of housing growth hotspots in the Northeastern U.S. from 1940 to 2000. 10th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management, Keystone, CO.
  • Lepczyk, C.A., R.B. Hammer, V.C. Radeloff, and S.I. Stewart. 2004. Spatiotemporal dynamics of housing growth hotspots in the North Central U.S. from 1940 to 2000. United States Region of the International Association for Landscape Ecology, 19th Annual Meeting.  Las Vegas, NV.
  • Lepczyk, C.A., V.C. Radeloff, C.H. Flather, and J. Liu. 2003. The human influence on birds across Midwest landscapes. 4th European Ornithologists’ Union Conference, Chemnitz, Germany.
  • Lepczyk, C.A., V.C. Radeloff, C.H. Flather, and J. Liu. 2003. The human influence on birds across Midwest landscapes. 17th Annual Meeting Society for Conservation Biology, Duluth, MN.
  • Lepczyk, C.A. 2002.  Landowner influences on birds across rural-to-urban landscapes. 3rd North American Ornithological Conference. New Orleans, LA.
  • Lepczyk, C.A., A.G. Mertig, and J. Liu. 2002. Landowner perceptions and activities related to birds across rural-to-urban landscapes. United Kingdom-International Association for Landscape Ecology. Norwich, UK.
  • Lepczyk, C.A., A.G. Mertig, and J. Liu. 2002. Assessing landowner activities that influence birds along BBS routes of a dynamic landscape. United States Region of the International Association for Landscape Ecology, 17th Annual Meeting. Lincoln, NE.
  • Lepczyk, C.A., A.G. Mertig, and J. Liu. 2002.  Assessing landowner activities that influence birds in human-dominated landscape. 1st Annual Landuse Poster Forum, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.
  • Lepczyk, C.A., A.G. Mertig, and J. Liu. 2001. Effects of landowner attitudes and behaviors on breeding birds in a dynamic landscape.  Ecological Society of America, 86th Annual Meeting. Madison, WI.
  • Rutledge, D., C. Lepczyk, J. Xie, and J. Liu. 2001.  Spatiotemporal dynamics of endangered species hotspots in the United States.  Ecological Society of America, 86th Annual Meeting. Madison, WI.
  • Lepczyk C.A., A.G. Mertig, and J. Liu. 2001. Effects of landowner attitudes and behaviors on breeding birds in a dynamic landscape.  Society for Conservation Biology, 15th  Annual Meeting. Hilo, HI.
  • Lepczyk, C.A. 2001.  Effects of landowner attitudes and behaviors on breeding birds in a dynamic landscape.  6th Annual STAR Graduate Fellowship Conference. Washington, DC.
  • Iyer, M., C.A. Lepczyk, and R.K. Kobe. 1999. Variation in foliar nutrient resorption across fertility gradients: a meta-analysis. Ecological Society of America, 84th Annual Meeting. Spokane, WA.
  • Rutledge, D.T., C.A. Lepczyk, and J. Liu. 1999. Changing landscapes in Michigan: case studies from the Huron and Black River watersheds. Michigan Chapter of The Wildlife Society, Annual Meeting. East Lansing, MI.
  • Rutledge, D.T., C.A. Lepczyk, and J. Liu. 1999. Changing landscapes in Michigan: case studies from the Huron and Black River watersheds. Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Division Training School. Traverse City, MI.
  • Lepczyk, C.A., K.G. Murray, and K. Winnett-Murray. 1998. Seasonal fruit selection and digestive correlates in American Robins. Ecological Society of America, 83rd Annual Meeting. Baltimore, MD.
  • Rutledge, D.T., C.A Lepczyk and J. Liu. 1998. Linking human demographics and landscape dynamics: A case study in Michigan with implications for wildlife. Ecological Society of America, 83rd Annual Meeting. Baltimore, MD.
  • Lepczyk, C.A., and J. Liu. 1998. Land‑use and human demographic changes in the Huron River watershed, Michigan. United States Region of the International Association for Landscape Ecology, 13th Annual Meeting. East Lansing, MI.
  • Lepczyk, C.A., and J. Liu. 1998. Land‑use and human demographic changes in the Huron River watershed, Michigan. Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Division Training School. Traverse City, MI.
  • Lepczyk, C.A. 1997. Digestive responses to changes in food intake by nestling House Sparrows. American Ornithologists’ Union, Annual Meeting. Minneapolis, MN.
  • Lepczyk, C.A., and W.H. Karasov. 1996. The effect of ephemeral food restrictions on the growth of House Sparrows (Passer domesticus).  Ecological Society of America, 81st Annual Meeting.  Providence, RI.
  • Lepczyk, C.A. 1995. A test for compensatory growth in an altricial species: the House Sparrow (Passer domesticus). Northern Association of Physiological Ecology (NAPE), Annual Meeting. Eau Claire, WI.
  • Lepczyk, C.A. 1993. Assimilation efficiencies and preferences of lipids and reducing sugars in the American Robin (Turdus migratorius). Tri-Beta Regional Conference, Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, MI.
    *Winner of Best Presentation
  • Lepczyk, C.A. 1992. Assimilation efficiencies and preferences of lipids and reducing sugars in the American Robin (Turdus migratorius). Pew Midstates Science and Mathematics Consortium Fall Symposium: Undergraduate Research Symposium in the Biological Sciences. Chicago, IL.

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Invited Lectures

  • Lepczyk, C.A. 2007. How housing growth and development influences birds. Zoology Department, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI.
  • Lepczyk, C.A. 2007. Conservation and Management in Human Dominated Landscapes. Program in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI.
  • Lepczyk, C.A. 2007. Problems Associated With Feral Cat Management in Urban Communities. Urban Wildlife Management National Conference, Portland, OR.
  • Lepczyk, C.A. 2007. Incorporating wildlife in the urban neighborhood. Madison Area Master Gardeners Association, Madison, WI.
  • Lepczyk, C.A. 2007. Understanding and conserving vertebrates across human-dominated landscapes. The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. Edgewater, MD.
  • Lepczyk, C.A. 2007. Activities to enhance backyard wildlife. Root River Chapter of the Wild Ones, Racine, WI.
  • Lepczyk, C.A. 2007. Understanding and Conserving Wildlife in an Urbanizing World. Center for Urban Environmental Research, Loyola University, Chicago, IL.
  • Lepczyk, C.A. 2007. Conservation on human-dominated landscapes. Biology Department, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY.
  • Lepczyk, C.A. 2007. Introduction to concepts and terminology in landscape ecology. Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI.
  • Lepczyk, C.A. 2007. Understanding and conserving wildlife resources across human- dominated landscapes. Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI.
  • Lepczyk, C.A. 2007. Understanding and conserving wildlife across human-dominated landscapes. Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
  • Lepczyk, C.A. 2006. Understanding and conserving birds across human-dominated landscapes. Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO.
  • Lepczyk, C.A. 2006. Human-wildlife interactions: from people to landscapes. Biology Department, York University, Toronto, Ontario.
  • Lepczyk, C.A., P.S. Warren, L. Machabée, A.M. Pidgeon, A. Kinzig, C.H. Flather, V.C. Radeloff, and R.B. Hammer. 2006. Introduction and overview: past knowledge and examples of new urban bird research. 4th North American Ornithological Conference, Veracruz, Mexico.
  • Vargo, T.L., C.A. Lepczyk, W.P. Mueller, O.D. Boyle, M. Feider, C.G. Guglielmo, D.A. Hartmann, A.M. Sherkow, and S.E. Vondrachek. 2006. Challenges and benefits of citizen based bird research in an urban environment. 4th North American Ornithological Conference, Veracruz, Mexico.
  • Lepczyk, C.A., P.S. Warren, L. Machabée, and A.P. Kinzig. 2006. For the birds-A
    comparison of human activities related to avian food webs between Phoenix, Arizona and southeastern Michigan. Invited Symposium for the 91st Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Memphis, TN.
  • Lepczyk, C.A. 2006. Understanding and Conserving Vertebrates in a Human-Dominated World. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Milwaukee, WI.
  • Lepczyk, C.A. 2006. Investigating Birds Across Rural-to-Urban Gradients. Ned Hollister Bird Club. Beloit, WI.
  • Lepczyk, C.A. 2006. Conflicts and Attitudes: How Humans Influence and Interact with Birds. Riveredge Bird Club, Riveredge Nature Center, Saukville, WI.
  • Lepczyk, C.A. 2005. Human influences on wildlife across landscapes. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Milwaukee, WI.
  • Lepczyk, C.A. 2005. How birds respond to human influence across landscapes. Hoy Audubon Society. River Bend Nature Center, Racine, WI.
  • Lepczyk, C.A. 2005. Backyard bird habitat and landscape ecology. Discovery Nature Center Bird Festival. Manitowish Waters, WI.
  • Lepczyk, C.A. 2005. From people to landscapes: understanding human-wildlife systems. Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University. Corvallis, OR.
  • Lepczyk, C.A. 2005. Introduction to landscape ecology and agricultural systems. Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University. Corvallis, OR.
  • Lepczyk, C.A. 2005. Birds, guts, people and landscapes: perspectives on avian ecology. Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology, University of Delaware. Newark, DE.
  • Lepczyk, C.A. 2005. Habitat conservation issues in birds in the Mid-Atlantic region. Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology, University of Delaware. Newark, DE.
  • Lepczyk, C.A. 2004. Human influence on birds in the Midwest U.S. Horicon Marsh Bird Club. Horicon, WI.
  • Lepczyk, C.A. 2004. Conservation of biodiversity on private lands. Department of Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Madison, WI.
  • Lepczyk, C.A. 2004. Understanding human-wildlife interactions: from people to landscapes. Department of Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Madison, WI.
  • Radeloff, V.C., R.B. Hammer, S.I. Stewart, C. Gonzalez-Abraham, T.J. Hawbaker, C.A. Lepczyk and A.M. Pidgeon. 2004. Ecological effects of housing growth in the Northwoods. Science in the Northwoods Conference. Camp Manitowish, WI.
  • Lepczyk, C.A. 2004. Landowners and cat predation across rural-to-urban landscapes. Wisconsin Bird Conservation Initiative. Harrington Beach State Park, WI.
  • Lepczyk, C.A. 2003. Landowner perceptions and activities related to birds across rural-to- urban landscapes. Department of Forest Ecology and Management, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Madison, WI.
  • Lepczyk, C.A. 2002. Quantifying landowner activities that influence bird dynamics in human-dominated landscapes. Biology Department, Lawrence University. Appleton, WI.
  • Lepczyk, C.A. 2001. How landowners influence and perceive birds in Southeastern Michigan. Biology Department, Oakland University. Rochester, MI.
  • Lepczyk, C.A. 2001. How landowners may be influencing birds in Southeastern Michigan. White Lake Landowners Organization. White Lake, MI.
  • Lepczyk, C.A. 2001. Effects of landowner attitudes and behaviors on breeding birds in dynamic landscape. Biology Department, Hope College. Holland, MI.
  • Lepczyk, C.A. 2000. From the suborganism to the continent: three ecological questions. Biology Department, Hope College. Holland, MI.
  • Lepczyk, C.A. 1996. Preparing for graduate school. Biology Department, Hope College. Holland, MI.
  • Lepczyk, C.A. 1996. Can nestling birds compensate for ephemeral reductions in food abundance. Biology Department, Hope College. Holland, MI.

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Professional Service

  • Co-organized symposium entitled “New Directions in Urban Bird Ecology & Conservation”
    with Paige Warren, 4th North American Ornithological Congress, Veracruz, Mexico,
    2006.
  • Co-organized symposium entitled “The Urban Food Web: How Humans Alter the State and
    Interactions of Trophic Dynamics” with Paige Warren, Chris Tripler and Jason Walker
    at the Ecological Society of America Meeting, Memphis, TN 2006.
  • Moderator, Undergraduate Symposium, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI,
    2005.
  • Moderator, Emerging Issues Along Urban/Rural Interfaces: Linking Science and Society.
    Atlanta, GA, 2005.
  • Moderator, Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland, OR 2004.
  • Member of Wisconsin Bird Conservation Initiative Issues Committee, 2004-Present.
  • Judge, United States Region of the International Association for Landscape Ecology, 19th
    Annual Meeting. Las Vegas, NV.   
  • Moderator, Society for Conservation Biology Annual Meeting, Duluth, MN, 2003.
  • Book Reviewer, International Association for Landscape Ecology, United States Chapter,
    2002 and 2005.
  • Judge for Zoology Section, International Science and Engineering Fair, Detroit, MI, 2000.
  • Graduate Student Representative on ad hoc committee to change departmental seminars,
    Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, 2000.
  • Graduate Student Representative on Search Committee for Landscape Ecologist Faculty
    Position, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, 1999.
  • Graduate Student Representative to University Graduate Council, Michigan State
    University 1999.
  • Treasurer, Graduate Student Organization, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan
    State University, 1998-1999.
  • Planning Committee, United States Region of the International Association for Landscape 
    Ecology Annual Meeting, Michigan State University, 1998.
  • Representative to Council of Graduate Students (COGS), Department of Fisheries and
    Wildlife,  Michigan State University, 1997-1999.
  • Treasurer, Tri-Beta National Biological Honor Society, Biology Department, Hope College,
    1992-1993.
  • Treasurer, Geology Club, Geology Department, Hope College, 1992-1993.

Professional Memberships

  • American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1998-present.
  • American Institute for Biological Sciences, 2001-present.
  • American Ornithologists’ Union, 1997-present.
  • Ecological Society of America, 1995-present.
  • International Association of Landscape Ecology, 1996-present.
  • Sigma Xi, 1993-present.
  • Society for Conservation Biology, 1998-present.
  • The Wildlife Society, 2002-present.

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