Research Interests: See Internet: http://nhm.ukans.edu/komar/research/interests.html
Biographical Sketch: See Internet: http://nhm.ukans.edu/komar/research/bio.html
Personal Information
Date of birth: 03 August 1965
Marital status: Married (to Ana Lorena Rosales Lara)
Children: One daughter.
USFWS Bird-marking Permit No.: 22619
Languages: English, Spanish
Office address:
The University of Kansas
Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center,
1345 Jayhawk Boulevard, Lawrence, KS 66045-7561,USA
Telephone (785) 864-4065; fax (785) 864-5335
E-mail okomar@ku.edu
Education
University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas: Ph.D. Candidate (as of 9 Feb. 2001), Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Madison & Lila Self Graduate Fellow, National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow, beginning 1997. Ph.D. expected May 2004.
Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio: Bachelor of Arts degree (May 1997) with majors in Zoology and Spanish, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, honors in Zoology.
Consulting and Other Professional Experience
Noviembre 2001 - present. SalvaNATURA. Director, Conservation Science Program, for the leading environmental organization in El Salvador.
September 2002 - August 2004. SalvaNATURA/American Bird Conservancy. Latin American coordinator for the project, "Quercus and Aves: An International Project for the Conservation of Oak Habitats and Associated Birds." Funding from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (Neotropical Migratory Bird Act).
August 2002 - June 2003. The University of Kansas Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center. Research assistantship with Dr. A. Townsend Peterson, "Monitoring the spread of West Nile virus in the Caribbean."
August 2000. El Salvador Corporation of Tourism (CORSATUR). Avitourism workshop leader in the Perquín area of El Salvador, 8-12 August.
January 2000- SalvaNATURA. Consultant on development of endowment and international fundraising campaign.
August 1999- Asociación Pro-Museo Stephen Hawking. Consultant for fundraising campaign.
January 1999. The World Bank. Short-term consultant, participant in evaluation team (as Biodiversity Specialist) for the preparation of the project "Biodiversity conservation through habitat improvement in productive landscapes of the El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve" (Chiapas, México).
November 1998. Instituto de Desarrollo Sustentable de Mesoamérica. Advisor for preparation for the project "Biodiversity Conservation through habitat improvement in productive landscapes of the El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve" (Chiapas, México). Funding through the Global Environment Facility/World Bank.
July 1998. Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, El Salvador National Biodiversity Strategy. Short-term consultant, writing analysis of conservation of migratory birds in El Salvador. Consultancy funded by the United Nations Development Programme.
June-August 1998. The World Bank. Short-term consultant, assisting ProCafé with hiring and orientation of Project Director for Coffee and Biodiversity Project (San Salvador, El Salvador).
March 1998. National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and SalvaNatura (Fundación Ecológica de El Salvador). Instructor, "Workshop on Bird-song Identification," a six-day training presented to park guards and nature guides at the El Imposible National Park, El Salvador.
October 1997 - January 1998. World Bank and ProCafé (Fundación Salvadoreña para Investigaciones del Café). Coordinator of Project Preparation for the El Salvador Coffee and Biodiversity Project, a 2-year, $3.8 million program, based out of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources in El Salvador. Activities included coordinating an international Expert Workshop on biodiversity-friendly coffee certification and developing the formal proposal for Global Environment Facility funding of $750,000.
September 1996. Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development/United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Conference on the development of the Management Plan for El Imposible National Park, El Salvador. A 7-day consultancy under the El Salvador Green Project.
May-June 1996. Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development/United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Preparation of a plan for conservation of biodiversity at El Imposible National Park, El Salvador. A 33-day consultancy under the El Salvador Green Project.
April 1996. Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development/United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Ornithological field investigation to support development of a management plan for El Imposible National Park, El Salvador. A 12-day consultancy under the El Salvador Green Project.
June-July 1994. Point Reyes Bird Observatory, Latin American Program. Instruct two-week field course in monitoring birds for Salvadoran biologists in El Salvador.
Feb.-May 1993. Manomet Bird Observatory. Conducted point counts and mist-netting near Hillbank, Belize (Principal investigator was John Hagan). Wrote Training Manual for Bird-Identification and Key to Bird Songs in the Hillbank area. Designed mist-netting and point count data base (Q&A software).
Dec. 1992-Jan. 1993. Asociación Salvadoreña para la Conservación del Medio Ambiente. Principal investigator for investigation of the distribution of coastal marine and shore birds in El Salvador. Consultancy funded by Secretaría Ejecutiva del Medio Ambiente, El Salvador.
June 1992-July 1992. University of Maine Wildlife Department. Field technician for EMAP Hexagon Point Count Study (Principal Investigator, Raymond O'Connor). Conducted 275 point counts (bird censuses) throughout New England.
1985-1992. Rupicola Productions, Inc. (Executive vice president). Designed, produced and marketed educational games, including the "Gone Birding! Video Adventure in Bird Identification" (combination board game and 2-hr. video cassette).
Research/Conservation Grants
March 2003-February 2004
SalvaNATURA. Project director, "El Salvador Migratory Bird Conservation." Funding of $75,000 from National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.
October 2002-August 2004
SalvaNATURA/American Bird Conservancy. Principal investigator for El Salvador component of "Quercus and Aves, An International Project for the Conservation of Oak Habitats and Associated Birds." Funding of $34,700 (for El Salvador) from United States Fish and Wildlife Service/Neotropical Migratory Bird Act.
April 2001-July 2002
Principal investigator, "Inventory and conservation of highland birds in El Salvador." This project forms part of my Ph.D. dissertation work, and has received numerous small grants and donations totalling approximately $25,000. Contributors include University of Kansas Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, Field Museum of Natural History, Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale University, SalvaNATURA, Center of Latin American Studies at University of Kansas, Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (El Salvador), and others.
August 1999-December 2000
Asociación Salvadoreña para Investigaciones Biológicas SIMBIOSIS/International Resources Group, Ltd. Co-principal Investigator on Ecological evaluation of biodiversity-friendly certification criteria for coffee plantations. $85,000 from ProCafé/World Bank-GEF.
May 1999-August 1999
SalvaNatura (Fundación Ecológica de El Salvador). Principal Investigator, "Bird Conservation at Montecristo National Park, Breeding Bird Inventory." Part of year-long conservation project with budget of $80,000, grant of $40,000 from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.
December 1996-November 1997
SalvaNatura (Fundación Ecológica de El Salvador). Principal Investigator, "Evaluation of Freshwater and Swamp Forest Ecosystems in El Salvador for Conservation of Neotropical Migratory Birds." Project budget of $109,200. Grant of $54,600 from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.
Jan.- Mar. 1996
Principal investigator for "Winter Bird Population Study, Delaware, Ohio" and "Detectability of birds wintering in Ohio forests." $1,000 grant from Student Assistanceship Program, Ohio Wesleyan University.
May-Sep. 1995
Principal investigator for "Ecology and Conservation of Isolated Volcano Forests in El Salvador" Project. Grant of $8,000 from The Wildlife Conservation Society.
Oct. 1994-Dec. 1994
Principal investigator for the project, "Second Field Ornithology Training Project in El Salvador, with field studies of Snowy Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) and Cave Swallow (Hirundo fulva)." Grants of $15,000 from The Wildlife Conservation Society and $1,000 from the Explorer's Club. A 12-week course with four full-time and nine part-time students, in Spanish.
May 1994-Sept. 1994
Co-investigator with Wilfredo Rodríguez, "Survey of Colonial Waterbird Nesting Sites in El Salvador" project. Grant of $13,500 from The Wildlife Conservation Society.
Nov. 1993-Sept. 1994
Principal investigator for "Avian Biodiversity and Habitat Use in El Salvador" project. Three grants totaling $17,500 ($15,000 from The Wildlife Conservation Society, $500 Bergstrom Award from the Association of Field Ornithologists, and $2,000 from the Chicago Zoological Society).
Nov. 1992-Sep. 1993
Project leader, Field Ornithology Training Workshop in El Salvador. Grant of $12,000 from The Wildlife Conservation Society. (An 8-week course with 14 part-time students).
Professional Affiliations
Founding member (1996), Sociedad Mesoamericana para la Biología y la Conservación.
Founding member (1998), Asociación Salvadoreña para Investigaciones Biológicas SIMBIOSIS
Member (Since 1997), Graduate and Professional Association, University of Kansas
Member (Since 1992), Association of Field Ornithologists
Member (Since 1992), Wilson Ornithological Society
Member (Since 1997), American Ornithologists' Union
Member (Since 1994), Cooper Ornithological Society
Member (Since 1996), Neotropical Ornithological Society
Member (Since 1996), Neotropical Bird Club
Member (Since 1995), Waterbirds Society
Research Associate (Since 1993), Asociación Salvadoreña de Conservación del Medio Ambiente
Service
Professional
President of El Salvador chapter, Sociedad Mesoamericana para la Biología y la Conservación, October 2002-September 2004.
Member, Organizing Committee, V Congress of the Mesoamerican Society for Biology and Conservation, San Salvador, El Salvador, 15-19 October 2001
Member, Central American work group, North American Waterbird Conservation Plan, October 2000
Member of Technical Advisory Board, Museo Stephen W. Hawking, San Salvador, February 2000
"Vocal", El Salvador Bird Conservation Working Group, October 1999
Member of Board of Directors, Fundación Ecológica de El Salvador (SalvaNATURA), August 1998-October 2000
Vice President, Sociedad Mesoamericana para la Biología y la Conservación, July 1998-September 2000.
Member, ECO-O.K. Coffee Certification Science Advisory Panel, Rainforest Alliance, 1997.
Editor of Mesoamericana, bulletin of the Sociedad Mesoamericana para la Biología y la Conservación, October 1996-Sept. 2000.
Member, Scientific Program Committee, Wilson Ornithological Society Annual Meeting, 1995.
University
Webmaster, Division of Ornithology, Natural History Museum, Univ. Kansas, Jan. 2000-March 2001.
Graduate Student Representative, Dept. Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Univ. Kansas, August 1998-May 1999.
Chair, Awards Committee, Graduate Student Organization, Dept. Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Univ. Kansas., October 1998-May 1999.
President, Ohio Wesleyan University Bird Club, 1997
Academic and Professional Honors
Leaman D. Harris Biodiversity Scholarship, University of Kansas, Autumn 2002
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 1997-1999, 2001-2002
Madison A. and Lila Self Graduate Fellowship, University of Kansas, 1997-2001
Marcia Brady Tucker Travel Award, American Ornithologists' Union, 2001
International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies travel grant, to participate in the First International Workshop of the North American Colonial Waterbird Conservation Plan, Plymouth, Massachusetts, October 2000.
Designated "Friend of the Salvadoran Environment" by Minister of Environment and Natural Resources, El Salvador, May 1999.
Tinker Foundation Travel Grant, K.U. Latin American Studies Program and K.U. Natural History Museum, and K.U. Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, December-January 1999.
El Salvador National Environmental Prize, Second Honorary Mention in Investigator category.
Tinker Foundation Travel Grant, K.U. Latin American Studies Program and K.U. Natural History Museum, May-August 1999.
The Duldner Fellowship, in support of independent research in biological or chemical sciences, Ohio Wesleyan University 1997
The Founders Award for Expository Writing, Ohio Wesleyan University 1997
The Edwin G. Conklin Award, in recognition of outstanding independent studies in zoology, Ohio Wesleyan University 1997
The Grothe Award in Spanish, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1997
Phi Beta Kappa, Ohio Wesleyan University, elected member 1997
Service Leader Award, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1997
Student Travel Award, Wilson Ornithological Society 1997
The William D. Stull Award, in support of independent study in field or organismal zoology, Ohio Wesleyan University 1996
Founders Prize for Expository Writing in the Natural Sciences, Ohio Wesleyan University 1996
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society, elected Associate Member 1996
Phi Sigma Iota Foreign Language Honor Society, elected Member 1996
National Collegiate Natural Sciences Award, United States Achievement Academy 1996
All-American Scholar Collegiate Award, United States Achievement Academy 1996
Student Research Award, Sigma Xi, Ohio Wesleyan Chapter, 1995
Founders Prize for Expository Writing in the Natural Sciences, Ohio Wesleyan University 1995
Aleda Tarbill Hughes Merit Scholarship, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1994-1997
Recognized for excellence in expository writing, Writer's Choice textbook, Glencoe Division, Macmillan/McGraw-Hill 1992
Faculty Award, Newton South High School, 1983
Publications in Peer-reviewed Journals
20. Komar, O., M. B.Robbins, K. Klenk, B. J. Blitvich, N. L. Marlenee, K. L. Burkhalter, D. J. Gubler, G. Gonzálvez, C. J. Peña, A. T. Peterson, & N. Komar. In press. Evidence of West Nile virus transmission in resident birds in the Dominican Republic. Emerging Infectious Diseases. Publication expected in 2003.
19. Komar, O. & W. A. Thurber. In press. Predation on birds by a cuckoo (Cuculidae), mockingbird (Mimidae), and a saltator (Cardinalidae). Wilson Bulletin. Publication expected 2003.
18. Komar, O. In press. Predation on birds by the White Hawk (Leucopternis albicollis). Ornitología Neotropical. Publication expected 2003.
17. Komar, O. In press. En las listas faunísticas, no todas las especies son iguales: las aves de El Salvador como un ejemplo. Pp. 57-61 in H. Gómez de Silva & A. Oliveras de Ita (eds.). Conservación de aves: experiencias en México. Cipamex. México, D.F. Publication expected in 2003.
16. Komar, O. 2003. Notes on autumn bird migration in coastal El Salvador. Ornitología Neotropical 14: 39-46.
15. Komar, O. & N. Herrera. 2003. Estado de los crácidos (Galliformes: Cracidae) en El Salvador: una actualización. Boletín de El IUCN/Birdlife/WPA Grupo de Especialistas en Crácidos 16:28-47.
14. Komar, O. & C. K. Hanks. 2002. Fan-tailed Warbler foraging with nine-banded armadillos. Wilson Bulletin 114:526-528.
13. Thurber, W. A. & O. Komar. 2002. Turquoise-browed Motmot feeds by artificial light. Wilson Bulletin 114:525-526.
12. Komar, O. 2002. Priority conservation areas for birds in El Salvador. Animal Conservation 5: 173-183.
11. Komar, O. 2002. Birds of Montecristo National Park, El Salvador. Ornitologia Neotropical 13:167-193.
10. Komar, O. 2001. Contribuciones a la avifauna de El Salvador. Cotinga 16:40-45.
9. Taylor, O. R., T. A. Aschenbach, S. M. Ashworth, O. Komar, W. W. Spotts, & S. Williamson. 2000. Magnetic compass orientation of Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus L.): Did observer effects lead to false positive results? J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 73(2):71-76.
8. Komar, O, W. Rodriguez, & R. Ibarra. 2000. Black-vented Oriole nests inside a cabin in El Salvador. Wilson Bull. 112(4):551-553.
7. Garrido, O. H., A. T. Peterson & O. Komar. 1999. Geographic variation and taxonomy of the Cave Swallow (Petrochelidon fulva) complex, with the description of a new subspecies from Puerto Rico. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists's Club 119(2):80-91.
6. Komar, O. 1998. Avian diversity in El Salvador. Wilson Bulletin 110(4):511-533.
5. Komar, O. 1997. Communal roosting behavior of the Cave Swallow in El Salvador. Wilson Bulletin 109(2):332-337.
4. Komar, O., & W. Rodríguez. 1997. Nesting of Lesser Nighthawks on beaches in El Salvador. Wilson Bulletin 109(1): 167-168.
3. Komar, O., W. Rodríguez, & C. Dueñas. 1997. Notas sobre las aves de los bosques de manglar en la Bahía de La Unión, y una nueva especie de carpintero Picoides scalaris para El Salvador. Cotinga (Neotropical Bird Club) 7:16-17.
2. Komar, O., & W. Rodríguez. 1996. A major Bridled Tern (Sterna anaethetus) colony in the Gulf of Fonseca, Nicaragua. Colonial Waterbirds 19(2): 264-267.
1. Komar, O., & N. Herrera. 1995. Avian diversity at El Imposible National Park and San Marcelino Wildlife Refuge, El Salvador. Working Paper No. 4, 76 p., Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, New York. [This work is a compilation of five chapters.]
Publications in Non-peer-reviewed Media and Minor Notes
33. O. Komar. 2003. Las Aves/Birds. pp. 177-205 in Alvarez, J. M., & O. Komar, eds. El Imposible National Park and its Wildlife. SalvaNATURA Biodiversity Series No. 2 (San Salvador, El Salvador).
32. O. Komar. 2003. Bird list for El Imposible National Park. pp. 215-227 in Alvarez, J. M., & O. Komar, eds. El Imposible National Park and its Wildlife. SalvaNATURA Biodiversity Series No. 2 (San Salvador, El Salvador).
31. Alvarez, J. M., & O. Komar, editors. 2003. El Parque Nacional El Imposible y su vida silvestre/El Imposible National Park and its Wildlife. SalvaNATURA Biodiversity Series No. 2 (San Salvador, El Salvador). 230 pp.
30. Greenbaum, E., O. Komar, & R. Bolaños. 2002. Geographic distribution. Ninia espinali. Herpetological Review 33:325.
29. Greenbaum, E., N. Herrera, R. Ibarra Portillo, O. Komar, & R. Rivera. 2002. Geographic distribution. Mesoscincus managuae. Herpetological Review 33:322.
28. Komar, O. 2002. Unfair portrayal? (A Response to David Klauber´s Letter Entitled “El Salvador: Too Dangerous?”). Winging It. 14:6.
27. Komar, O. 2001. Campaign for the National Parks and Biodiversity of El Salvador: Establishment of an Endowment by SalvaNATURA. website: http://nhm.ku.edu/komar/fund/.
26. Komar, O., & J. P. Domínguez. 2001. Lista de las aves de El Salvador. SalvaNATURA: San Salvador, El Salvador. 68 pp. + 4 plates.
25. Komar, O.
2000. Checklist of the birds of Montecristo National Park, El Salvador. Fundación Ecológica de El Salvador-SalvaNATURA, San Salvador, El Salvador.24. Komar, O. & L. Buechner. 2000. The Stephen W. Hawking Science Museum in San Salvador: Central America honors the fortitude of a great living scientist. Journal of College Science Teachers 30(2):144-145.
23. Komar, O. 1998. Biodiversidad y caficultura: raíces del Proyecto Piloto "Café y Biodiversidad". Revista ABECAFE (San Salvador) Abril-Mayo-Junio 1998:18-20.
22. Komar, O. 1998. El problema de los incendios forestales en Mesoamérica. Mesoamericana 3(2): 31-32.
21. Thorn, S. P., & O. Komar. 1998. A brief inventory of the birds of the El Jicarito lagoon, Choluteca Department, Honduras. Mesoamericana 2(2) (1997):29-32.
20. Gatz, A. J., & O. Komar. 1997. Cinco años de investigaciones biológicas en Honduras, 1986-1990. Mesoamericana 2(1).
19. Komar, O. 1997. Recomendaciones para estudios de biodiversidad en apoyo del desarrollo de un plan de manejo para el Complejo Laguna El Jocotal. Informe de Consultoría, 12 Septiembre 1997. 23 pp. Asociación Iniciativa para el Desarrollo Alternativo (IDEA), San Salvador.
18. Komar, O. & ASACMA. 1997. Calendario Ecológico 1998. Asociación Salvadoreña de Conservación del Medio Ambiente (ASACMA), San Salvador.
17. W. Rodríguez & O. Komar. 1997. Conservación de las aves costero marinas en El Salvador. Colección Consultoría No. 2, Asociación Salvadoreña de Conservación del Medio Ambiente (ASACMA), San Salvador.
16. Komar, O. 1996. Calendario Ecológico 1997. Asociación Salvadoreña de Conservación del Medio Ambiente, San Salvador.
15. Komar, O., & A. J. Gatz. 1996. Cinco años de investigaciones biológicas en Honduras, 1991-1995. Mesoamericana 1(2-3): 26-35.
14. Ramírez S., C. & O. Komar. 1996. Plan para la conservación de la biodiversidad del Parque Nacional El Imposible. 30 June 1996. 137 pp. Colección Consultoría, Green Project/USAID, San Salvador, El Salvador.
13. Komar, O. 1996. Sobre el uso correcto de nombres de aves de Mesoamérica, con una revisión de cambios recientes en la taxonomía hecho por la Unión Americana de Ornitólogos. Mesoamericana 1:12-18.
12. Komar, O. 1995. Communal roosting behavior of the Cave Swallow (Hirundo fulva) in El Salvador. Student Scholar (Ohio Wesleyan University) 26:71-85.
11. Komar, O. 1995. Long-distance breeding dispersal of Snowy Plovers in western North America (Review of recent literature). Journal of Field Ornithology 66(3):444.
10. Komar, O. 1995. Building partnerships in El Salvador. La Tangara Newsletter of the Partners In Flight International Working Group 1(3):4-7.
9. Komar, O. 1994. Highland birds on isolated volcanoes in El Salvador, Central America. Ohio Wesleyan Student Scholar 25:119-151.
8. Komar, O. 1993. "Training Manual for Bird Identification in Belize," prepared for the Manomet Bird Observatory and the Programme for Belize. 31 pp.
7. Komar, O., C. Dueñas, & W. Rodríguez. 1993. "Inventario de Aves Marinas de El Salvador en la Estacion No Reproductora." Asociación Salvadoreña de Conservación del Medio Ambiente, San Salvador, 1993. Report presented to the Secretaría Ejecutiva del Medio Ambiente, Min. de Agricultura y Ganadería, El Salvador. 71 pp. plus 20 maps.
6. Komar, O., A. Wilson, P. Alden, & B. Oddie. 1988. Gone Birding! A video adventure in bird identification. Rupicola Productions, Inc., Walpole, Mass. (Video and game marketed commercially). 126-min. video, plus 95 game cards and 41-page booklet.
5. Komar, O. 1987. "Going Birding." Newspaper column published in the Newton Tab, Newton, Mass.
4. Komar, O. 1984. "The Screech-Owl Survey Project: Past and Future." Bird Observer of Eastern Massachusetts, 12(3):151-154.
3. Simonetti, J.A., O. Komar, & K.J. Raedeke. 1983. "Vertebrates: Birds." Pages 37-40 in K. J. Raedeke & J. A. Simonetti, eds., "Sierra las Tapias, Coastal Northern Chile as a Guanaco Reserve: A Preliminary Biological Survey," College of Forest Resources, University of Washington (Report to Government of Chile).
2. Andrews, J., N. Komar, & O. Komar. 1982. "A Roadside Survey of Screech-Owls Using Playback Techniques." Bird Observer of Eastern Massachusetts, 10(5):263-270.
1. Komar, O., & N. Komar. 1982. "Eastern Massachusetts Sparrow Survey." Bird Observer of Eastern Massachusetts, 10:4,189-192.
Abstracts
A list of published abstracts and talks at scientific meetings is available upon request.
Invited Presentations
14. Things undergraduate students should know: how to impress graduate schools, and how to choose a graduate program in ornithology. Symposium "The use of ornithology in education," organized by the Wilson Ornithological Society, Third North American Ornithological Conference, 24 September 2002, New Orleans, LA.
13. Bird conservation in El Salvador: the roles of protected areas and coffee plantations. TropiLunch at the University of Florida, Gainesville. 13 November 2001
12. The Songbird Coffee Connection and the National Parks of El Salvador. Nuttall Ornithological Club, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 5 November 2001.
11. Efectos del estrato de sombra sobre poblaciones de anfibios, reptiles y aves en plantaciones de café de El Salvador: implicaciones para programas de certificación. Simposio "Café y Biodiversidad", V Congreso de la Sociedad Mesoamericana para la Biología y la Conservación, San Salvador, El Salvador, 15-19 de octubre de 2001.
10. Shade coffee science in El Salvador: Supporting the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor with the coffee forests of El Salvador. Annual Meeting of the Specialty Coffee Association of America, in San Francisco, California, 17 April 2000. The talk was delivered by co-author Miguel Araujo.
9. NABIN y Centroamérica: integrando bases de datos de la biodiversidad en una base distribuida por internet. Working Meeting of the Mesoamerican Biodiversity Information System (SICA/CCAD), Hotel Suites Central Park, Panama City, Panama, 13 Mar. 2000. The talk was co-authored by A. Townsend Peterson.
8. Conserving biodiversity in coffee plantations of El Salvador. Latin American Studies Merienda lecture series, University of Kansas, Lawrence, 24 Feb. 2000.
7. Potencial para conservación de biodiversidad en cafetales de El Salvador. Primer Congreso Nacional de Café, Consejo Salvadoreño del Café, San Salvador, El Salvador, 14-15 July 1999.
6. Conservation priorities for migratory birds at five wetlands in El Salvador. Symposium on conservation of migratory birds, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Second Congress of the Mesoamerican Society for Biology and Conservation, Managua, Nicaragua, 7-8 July 1998.
5. Caficultura y cambio climático. Reunión extraordinaria de los Ministros de Medio Ambiente/Comisión Centroamericana de Ambiente y Desarrollo, San Salvador, El Salvador, 30 June 1998.
4. Biodiversidad y caficultura. Seminario Centroamericano "Reconversión Industrial en los Beneficios de Café", BioMass Users Network (Central America) and Embassy of Holland for Central America, San Salvador, El Salvador, 24-25 June 1998.
3. La conservación de la biodiversidad en El Salvador: El caso de las aves. Lecture Series, Museo de las Ciencias Stephen Hawking, San Benito, San Salvador, El Salvador, May 1998.
2. Avian biodiversity in El Salvador. Symposium on ornithology in northern Central America, Wilson Ornithological Society, Williamsburg, Virginia, May 1995.
1. Problems in conservation and field biology training in El Salvador. Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, New York, 1993.