PRESENTATIONS:

• 2008            Ecology and behavior in the evolution of endemism in the forest avifauna of the Caucasus. CIBIO, Porto, Portugal.
• 2007            Beak of the finch. Presented at the national Museum of natural History, Smithsonian institution, Washington, D.C., USA.
• 2007            Mechanisms of peripatric speciation and evolution of endemism in the forest avifauna of the Caucasus. Presented at the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alaska, Anchorage, AK, USA.
• 2006            Ornithology at UAA: collections and research. Presented at the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Boreal Partners in Flight, Anchorage, AK, USA.
• 2006            Geographic mode of speciation in ptarmigan (Lagopus).  Presented at the Fourth North American Ornithological Conference, Veracruz, Mexico.
• 2006            Geographic mode of speciation in ptarmigan (Lagopus). Presented at the Population Genetics EAC Meeting, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK, USA.
• 2003            The Phylogeographic Perspective on Evolution of Endemism in the Caucasian Avifauna.  Presented at the Second Russian Internet Based Conferense “Current Biogeography”, Stavropol State University, Stavropol, Russia. (available at http://conf.stavsu.ru/conf.asp?ConfId=10&SectionId=14&action=viewreportslist) pdf
• 2003            Population genetics of Pacific common murres. Presented at the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alaska, Anchorage, AK, USA.
• 2003            Molecular genetics as a tool in organismal biology. Presented at the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alaska, Anchorage, AK, USA.
• 2002            Holarctic biogeography of birds.  Presented at the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota.  St. Paul, MN, USA.
• 2002            Population genetics of Holarctic birds.  Presented at the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alaska, Anchorage, AK, USA.
• 2002            Molecular perspective on systematics of Rosy-finches (Leucosticte).  Presented at the Third North American Ornithological Conference, New Orleans, LA, USA.
• 2002            Biogeography of Holarctic birds.  Presented at the Bell Museum, University of Minnesota.  St. Paul, MN, USA.
• 1999            Nucleotide divergence between parental species, frequency of hybridization, sex ratio and survival of hybrids in north European grouse.  Presented at the Graduate Student Symposium, Department of Zoology University of Washington.  Seattle, WA, USA.
• 1999            Habitat, chick survival and density of Caucasian Black Grouse.  Presented at The Eighth International Grouse Symposium.  Rovaniemi, Finland.
• 1997            Use of extended wing specimens for modern research.  Presented at The First International Symposium of Russian Natural History Museums Association on Collecting, Preparation, Curation, and Use of Modern Natural History Collections.  Moscow, Russia.
• 1996            Spring social organization, habitat use, diet, and body mass dynamics of Hazel Grouse (Bonasa bonasia) in northeastern Asia.  Presented at The Seventh International Grouse Symposium, Fort Collins, CO, USA.

PRESENTATIONS BY SUPERVISED STUDENTS:

• 2006            Kathryn Brown. Mechanims of speciation: exploring the roles of habitat specialization and migratory behavior in avian lineage divergence. Presented at the Population Genetics EAC Meeting, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK, USA.
• 2006            Kathryn Brown and Sergei V. Drovetski.  Phylogeography of Southcentral Alaskan Rosy-finches. Presented at The Eleventh Alaska Bird Conference, Juneau, AK, USA.
• 2005            Denise Likes and Sergei V. Drovetski. Possible Genetic Adaptation to Cold in Hazel Grouse mtDNA.  Presented at the 10th International Grouse Symposium.  Luchon, France.