Tana Ellis

MS Student, Forest Ecosystems and Society
Major Professor: Matt Betts

321 Richardson Hall
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331

• Office: 307 Richardson Hall
• Phone: 520-390-8148

• B.S. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 2002, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
• GIS Natural Resource Applications, 2003, Utah State University, Logan, Utah

Occurrence and productivity of Neotropical migrant birds as a function of intensive forest management. Objectives are: (1) to evaluate breeding songbird occupancy in relation to management intensity of early-seral conifer forests at stand and landscape scales; (2) to examine nest success and post-fledging habitat use as a function of vegetation structure resulting from intensive forest management practices; and (3) to examine whether food limitation influences nest success in intensively-managed stands.

• Field Crew Supervisor: Pileated Woodpecker Monitoring Project. Point Reyes Bird Observatory. Lassen National Forest, California. May-September 2007.
• Data Manager: Laysan Teal and Seabird Monitoring Project. US Geological Survey/US Fish and Wildlife Service. Volcano, Hawaii. January-March 2007.
• Endangered Species Monitor: Palila Restoration Project. US Geological Survey, Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center. Mauna Kea, Hawaii. August-December 2006.
• Avian Point Counter and Bander: Northern Sierra Forest Songbird Communities Study. Point Reyes Bird Observatory. Lassen National Forest, California. May-August 2006.
• Avian Point Counter: Xeric Riparian Songbird Study. Point Reyes Bird Observatory. Colorado River Valley, Arizona/California. March-May 2006.
• Refuge Management Intern: Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, US Fish and Wildlife Service. Alamo, Texas. October 2005-February 2006.
• Banding Intern: Longterm Songbird Monitoring. Klamath Bird Observatory. Ashland, Oregon. April-October 2005.
• Burrowing Owl Bander: Graduate student assistant. University of Arizona. Tucson, Arizona. January-April 2005.
• Biological Science Technician: Resource Inventory. National Park Service, Great Basin National Park, Nevada. April-October 2004.
• Biological Science Technician and Crew Leader: Chihuahuan Desert/Southern Shortgrass Prairie Exotic Plant Management Team, National Park Service: Carlsbad Caverns NM, Guadalupe Mountains NM, White Sands NM, Big Bend TX, Lake Meredith TX, Washita Battlefield OK, Bent's Old Fort CO, Arches UT. November 2002-December 2004.
• Park Guide: Cavern program guide and passage survey assistant. National Park Service, Jewel Cave National Monument, South Dakota. May-November 2002.
• Lab Technician: Ground Beetle Systematics. Department of Entomology, University of Arizona. Tucson, Arizona. May 2000-May 2002.
• Entomology Intern: Sonoran Insect Biodiversity Program. Center for Insect Science, University of Arizona. Tucson, Arizona. August 2001-January 2002.

1. Reynolds, M.H., M.S. Vekasy, J.H. Breeden and T.M. Ellis. 2009. Long-term Pair Bonds in the Laysan Duck. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 121(1):188-190.
2. Maddison, D.R., Moore, W., Baker, M.D., Ellis, T.M., Ober, K.A., Cannone, J.J., and Gutell, R.R. Monophyly of terrestrial adephagan beetles as indicated by three nuclear genes (Coleoptera: Carabidae and Trachypachidae). 2009. Zoologica Scripta 38(1):43-62.
3. Maddison, D.R., Baker, M.D., Kavanaugh, D.H., Ober, K.A., Ellis, T.M. Molecular phylogeny of the beetle supertribe Nebriitae (Coleoptera: Carabidae) based on 18s rDNA, 28s rDNA, wingless, and COI gene sequences. In progress (expected submission date: January 2008).
4. Will, K., D.R. Maddison, T.M. Ellis. Pterostrichite phylogeny. In progress (expected submission date: April 2008).
5. Moore, W., D.R. Maddison and T.M. Ellis. Explosive defensive chemistry has evolved twice in carabid beetles. In progress (expected submission date: April 2008).