Corey Tarwater

Corey Elizabeth Tarwater
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ThesisThe pre-reproductive period in a tropical bird: parental care, dispersal, survival, and avian life histories (2010)
Jeffrey D. Brawn
Websitewww.uwyo.edu/zoology/people/Tarwater.html

Corey Elizabeth Tarwater is an American ornithologist, behavioral ecologist, and evolutionary and conservation biologist. She is the Robert B. Berry Distinguished Chair in Ecology at the University of Wyoming.

Education

Tarwater received a B.S. in Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology from the University of California, Davis in 1999, an M.S. in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in 2006, and a Ph.D. in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in 2010. She completed postdoctoral training at the University of California, Berkeley from 2010 through 2012, and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver from 2013 through 2014.

Research

Tarwater has been studying the development of novel ecosystems in Oʻahu, Hawaii since 2014. Her research examines the importance of invasive species in maintaining novel ecosystems. Tarwater additionally leads the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute's biannual bird census in Panama. She has worked to develop new methods in ornithology, such as the identification of black-crowned antshrikes' ages by their songs. Her research has also examined the effects of climate change, for example by investigating the effectiveness of protected rainforests at limiting biodiversity loss.

Awards and honors

Tarwater received the Ned K. Johnson Early Investigator Award in 2013 and the Brina Kessel Award in 2020, both from the American Ornithological Society. In 2023, she was appointed the Robert B. Berry Distinguished Chair in Ecology at the University of Wyoming.

References

  1. ↑ "Corey Tarwater". University of Wyoming Zoology and Physiology. Archived from the original on February 19, 2026.
  2. 1 2 Ponsford, Matthew (April 4, 2025). "This Hawaiian island's 'freakosystems' are a warning from the future". BBC. Archived from the original on December 19, 2025.
  3. ↑ Georgiou, Aristos (April 4, 2019). "Invasive Birds Play Key Ecosystem Role on Oahu". Newsweek. Archived from the original on July 10, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Bat/Bird Census". Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. April 8, 2025. Archived from the original on December 3, 2025. Retrieved February 19, 2026.
  5. ↑ King, Elisabeth (September 9, 2019). "How to Tell a Bird's Age By Its Song". Smithsonian Magazine. Archived from the original on October 10, 2025.
  6. ↑ Holshouser, Emily (May 21, 2025). "'Science diplomacy': Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute assists global research projects in the heart of Central America". Cronkite News. Archived from the original on January 7, 2026. Retrieved March 15, 2026.
  7. ↑ "Ned K. Johnson Early Investigator Award". American Ornithological Society. Archived from the original on October 10, 2025.
  8. ↑ "2020 Kessel Award Winners: Corey Tarwater, Ryan Germain, & Peter Arcese". American Ornithological Society. April 22, 2020. Archived from the original on November 11, 2025.
  9. ↑ University of Wyoming Endowed Faculty Report (PDF) (Report). University of Wyoming Office of the Provost/Executive Vice President, Division of Academic Affairs. October 1, 2025. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 19, 2026.
  10. ↑ "Tarwater Named UW's Robert Berry Distinguished Chair in Ecology". University of Wyoming. January 26, 2023. Retrieved May 14, 2025.