Education

Eastern Connecticut State University B.S.

University of Colorado - Boulder M.A.

University of Colorado - Boulder Ph.D.

Villanova University Post-doctoral Fellowship

Interests

Conservation and Management issues related to the Northern Forest www.cnfr.us

Memberships

Founder and Director of the Center for Northern Forest Research

American Ornithologists' Union

Cooper Ornithological Society

Wilson Ornithological Society

Society for Conservation Biology

Sigma-Xi, Scientific Research Society

Association of Southwestern Naturalists

Ecological Society of America

American Institute of Biological Science

Association of Northeastern Naturalists

The Wildlife Society

Publications/Papers

“Breeding Bird Responses to Woodcock Management in the Nulhegan Basin Division of the Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge” (with others), Wilson Ornithological Society and Association of Field Ornithologists Annual Meeting, Pittsburg, PA, April 2009. Presentation

Chace, J.F., and A. Cruz. 1996. Knowledge of the Colorado host relations of the parasitic Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater). J. Colorado Field Ornithol. 30: 67-81. Article

Chace, J. F. 1996. Further information on the obscurus race of the Brown-headed Cowbird in Colorado. J. Colorado Field Ornithol. 29: 146-148 Article

Hunter, A., A. Cruz, and J. F. Chace. 1997. Preferences among American Pipits for different alpine plant communities on Niwot Ridge, Colorado. J. Colorado Field Ornithol. 31: 217-221 Article

Chace, J. F., A. Cruz, and A. Cruz, Jr. 1997. Nesting success of the Western Wood-pewee in Colorado. Western Birds 28: 110-112. Article

Walsh, J. J., A. Cruz, M. E. Berry, J. F. Chace, and D. M. Evans. 1998. Breeding Range Expansion of the Blue-gray Gnatcatcher along the Northern Colorado Front Range. J. ColoradoField Ornithol. 32: 166-172. Article

Chace, J. F. and A. Cruz. 1998 The range of the Brown-headed Cowbird in Colorado -- past and present. Great Basin Naturalist 58: 245-249. Article

Chace, J. F., and R. C. Tweit. 1999. Greater Pewee (Contopus pertinax). In Birds of North America Species No. 450 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. Article

Chace, J. F. and A. Cruz. 1999. Influence of landscape and cowbird parasitism on the reproductive success of Plumbeous Vireos breeding in Colorado. Studies in Avian Biology 18: 200-203. Article

Chace, J. F. And A. Cruz. 1999. Past and present distribution of the Brown-headed Cowbird in the Rocky Mountain Region. Studies in Avian Biology 18: 89-93. Article

Chace, J. F., A. Cruz, and R. E. Marvil. 2000. Reproductive interactions between the Brown-headed Cowbird and Plumbeous Vireo in Colorado. Pp. 128-134, in J. N. M. Smith, T. L. Cooke, S. I. Rothstein, S. K. Robinson, and S. G. Sealy (eds.), Ecology and Management of Cowbirds and their Hosts. University of Texas Press, Austin. Article

Chace, J. F, S. T. McKinney, and A. Cruz. 2000. Nest-site characteristics and nesting success of the Greater Pewee in Arizona. Southwestern Naturalist 45: 169-175. Article

Sealy, S. G., A. Banks, and J. F. Chace. 2000. Trends in response to cowbird eggs by two subspecies of the Warbling Vireo. Western Birds 31:190-194. Article

Chace, J. F., B. Woodworth, and A. Cruz. 2002. Black-whiskered Vireo (Vireo altiloquus). In Birds of North America Species No. 607 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. Article

Chace, J. F., J. J. Walsh, A. Cruz, J. Prather, and H. E. Swanson. 2003. Spatial and temporal activity patterns of the brood parasitic Brown-headed Cowbird and an urban/wildland interface. Landscape and Urban Planning 64: 179-190. Article

Chace, J. F. 2004. Habitat selection by sympatric brood parasites in southeastern Arizona: the influence of landscape, vegetation, and species richness. Southwestern Naturalist 49: 24-32. Article

Chace, J.F., and J. Walsh. 2004. Urbanization impacts on bird communities: a review. Landscape and Urban Planning 62:179-190 Article

Chace, J. F. In Press. Host use by two sympatric brood parasites. Wilson Bulletin due out in December 2005 Article

Ortega, C. P., J. F. Chace, and B. D. Peer. 2005. Research directions and cowbird management. Ornithological Monograph 57: Management of cowbirds and their hosts: balancing science, ethics, and mandates. Monograph

Chace, J.F., C. Farmer, R. Winfree, D. R. Curson, W. E. Jensen, C. B. Goguen, and S. K. Robinson. 2005. Cowbird Ecology: a review of factors influencing the distribution and abundance of cowbirds across spatial scales. Ornithological Monograph 57: Management of cowbirds and their hosts: balancing science, ethics, and mandates. Monograph

Ortega, C. P. J. F. Chace, and B. D. Peer (editors). 2005. Management of cowbirds and their hosts: balancing science, ethics, and mandates. Ornithological Monograph No. 57 (American Ornithologists' Union). Monograph

Research and Scholarly Achievements

I am an avian ecologist, with interests in biogeography, habitat selection, behavioral ecology, population biology, and landscape ecology. My work also applies the principles of conservation biology towards avian conservation and the management of locally sensitive species and sensitive habitats. If there is a single unifying theme to my work, it has been how the landscape influences avian population and community dynamics. My dissertation research centered on the interactions between two sympatric brood parasites, the Bronzed and Brown-headed Cowbirds, and the impact they have on the host community in southeastern Arizona. The interactions between these species, and the hosts they parasitize, are directly influenced by anthropogenic landscape modifications. Results of this work show evolutionary evidence of size-based host-resource partitioning in sympatry mediated by a morphological shift in the Brown-headed Cowbird. More recently my research focus has shifted towards a northeast regional species of concern, the Canada Warbler. The Canada Warbler is but one of several songbird species that are indicators of forest ecological integrity, my students, research colleagues and I analyze species-specific behavioral and population level responses to spatial-temporal habitat variability. This work takes place during the summer in Vermont on the newly established 26,000 acre Nulhegan Basin National Wildlife Refuge. This refuge is established on property that was heavily logged through the 1980's. My research here has important conservation implications as the refuge managers seek to maintain biological diversity and promote habitat restoration. In cooperation with the refuge staff, I am in the final phase of establishing a field biology station where my students and I will be able to conduct our work, invite collaboration, and where I will be able to teach Field Ecology and Conservation Biology and create an internship program for undergraduates. Locally, at Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge, Salve Regina students and I are developing long-term population monitoring programs for wintering sea ducks and songbirds.

Awards

Class Schedule

Fall 2009 Schedule