Jon Atwood
Dr. Jon Atwood has been a practicing ornithologist and conservation biologist for 30 years, specializing in integrating behavioral studies of rare and endangered bird species with habitat conservation planning. While working at Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences during the early 1990’s he collaborated in the analysis of the first 30 years of Manomet’s landbird banding effort, and spearheaded federal protection of the California Gnatcatcher under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. From 1998-2011 he directed the Conservation Biology Program at Antioch University, New England, taught classes in Ornithology, Ecological Research Design, and GIS, and mentored over 70 graduate students working on various wildlife studies. During 2011-2013 he worked as Science Director at Biodiversity Research Institute in southern Maine. Currently he is a Bird Conservation Fellow with Mass Audubon, focusing on conservation of grassland bird species.
Selected publications
Akçakaya, H. R., and J. L. Atwood. 1997. A habitat-based metapopulation model of the California Gnatcatcher. Conservation Biology 11:422-434.
Akçakaya, H. R., J. L. Atwood, D. Breininger, C. T. Collins, and B. Duncan. 2003. Metapopulation dynamics of the California Least Tern. J. Wildl. Management 67: 829-842.
Atwood, J.L. 1980a. Breeding biology of the Santa Cruz Island Scrub Jay. Pp. 675-688 in D.M. Power [ed.], The California Islands: proceedings of a multidisciplinary symposium. Santa Barbara Natural History Museum, Santa Barbara, California.
Atwood, J. L. 1980b. Social interactions in the Santa Cruz Island scrub jay. Condor 82: 440-448.
Atwood, J. L. 1988. Speciation and geographic variation in black-tailed gnatcatchers. Ornithol. Monogr. No. 42.
Atwood, J.L. 1993. California Gnatcatchers and coastal sage scrub: the biological basis for endangered species listing. Pp. 149-169, in J. E. Keeley [ed.], Interface Between Ecology and Land Development in California. S. Calif. Acad. Sci.; Los Angeles, California.
Atwood, J.L., and D.R. Bontrager. 2001. California Gnatcatcher (Polioptila californica). In The Birds of North America, No. 574 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA.
Atwood, J. L., M. J. Elpers and C. T. Collins. 1990. Survival of breeders in Santa Cruz Island and mainland scrub jay populations. Condor 92: 783-788.
Atwood, J. L., and S. B. Lerman. 2006. Family Polioptilidae (Gnatcatchers). Pp. 350-377, in del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. and Christie, D.A. [eds.], Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 11. Old World Flycatchers to Old World Warblers. Lynx Editions, Barcelona, Spain.
Atwood, J. L., and S. B. Lerman. 2007. Geographic variation in Cactus Wren songs. Western Birds 38(1): 29-46.
Atwood, J. L., and B.W. Massey. 1988. Site fidelity of Least Terns in California. Condor 90: 389-394.
Atwood, J.L., C. C. Rimmer, K.P. McFarland, S.H. Tsai, and L.R. Nagy. 1996. Distribution of Bicknell's Thrush in New England and New York. Wilson Bull. 108: 650-661.
DeSorbo, C.R., K.M. Taylor, D.E. Kramar, J. Farr, J.H. Cooley, Jr., D.C. Evers, W. Hanson, H.S. Vogel, and J.L. Atwood. 2007. Reproductive advantages for Common Loons using rafts. J. Wildl. Management 71(4): 1206-1213.
Hagan, J.M., T.L. Lloyd-Evans, J.L. Atwood, and D.S. Wood. 1992. Long-term changes in migratory landbirds in the northeastern United States: evidence from migration capture data. Pp. 115-130, in J.M. Hagan and D.W. Johnston [eds.], Ecology and Conservation of Neotropical Migrant Landbirds. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington.
Lambert, J. D., K. P. McFarland, C. C. Rimmer, S. D. Faccio, and J. L. Atwood. 2005. A practical model of Bicknell's Thrush distribution in the northeastern United States. Wilson Bull. 117:1-11.
Lloyd-Evans, T. L. and J.L. Atwood. 2004. 32 years of changes in passerine numbers during spring and fall migrations in coastal Massachusetts. Wilson Bull. 116: 1-16.
Massey, B.W., and J.L. Atwood. 1981. Second-wave nesting of the California Least Tern: age composition and reproductive success. Auk 98: 596-605.
Massey, B.W., D.W. Bradley, and J.L. Atwood. 1992. Demography of a California Least Tern colony including effects of the 1982 - 1983 El Niño. Condor 94: 976-983.
Rimmer, C.C., J. L. Atwood, K.P. McFarland, and L.R. Nagy. 1996. Population density, vocal behavior, and recommended survey methods for Bicknell's Thrush. Wilson Bull. 108: 639-649.
Thompson, B.C., J.A. Jackson, J. Burger, L.A. Hill, E.M. Kirsch, and J.L. Atwood. 1997. Least Tern (Sterna antillarum). In The Birds of North America, No. 290 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA, and The American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C.
Zink, R.F., G.F. Barrowclough, J.L. Atwood, and R.C. Blackwell-Rago. 2000. Genetics, taxonomy, and conservation of the threatened California Gnatcatcher. Conservation Biology 14: 1394-1405.