Biodiversity Research Centre,
Phone: (604) 827-3871 • jankowsk@biodiversity.ubc.ca
Website:
http://www.zoology.ubc.ca/~jankowsk/
Assistant
Professor, Biodiversity Research Centre and Department of Zoology March 2012 -present
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
Biodiversity
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Biodiversity Research Centre,
EDUCATION
Ph.D.,
Biology, Advisors: Douglas Levey,
Scott Robinson
2010
M.Sc.,
Ecology, Evolution and Population Biology, Advisor: Kerry Rabenold
2004
B.Sc.,
Ecology, Evolution and Population
Biology w/ Honors (Spanish minor)
2002
Londoño,
G.A., Jankowski, J.E., Levey, D.J., Robinson,
S.K. (in review) Nest predation and
predator frequency influence Andean bird community turnover. Ecology Letters.
MacDonald,
E.C.,
Camfield, A.F., Jankowski, J.E., Martin, K. (in review)
Effect of
thermal regime on incubation rhythms of an alpine breeding songbird. Behavioral
Ecology.
Vellend,
M., Srivastava, D., Anderson, K., Brown, C., Jankowski,
J.,
Kleynhans, E.,
Kraft, N., Letaw, A., Macdonald, A., Maclean, J., Myers-Smith, I.,
Norris, A.,
Xue, X. (in review) Assessing the relative importance of
stochasticity
in ecological communities. American Naturalist.
MacDonald,
E.C.,
Camfield, A.F., Jankowski, J.E., Martin, K. (accepted)
Extended
incubation recesses for alpine breeding Horned Larks (Eremophila
alpestris):
a strategy for dealing with inclement weather? Journal of Field
Ornithology.
Jankowski,
J.E.,
Touchton, J.M.,
Graham, C.H., Robinson, S.K., Parra, J.L., Seddon, N., Tobias, J.A. (in
press) The role of competition in structuring tropical bird
communities. Ornitología
Neotropical.
Jankowski,
J.E.,
Merkord, C.L., Rios, W.F., Cabrera, K.C., Salinas R., N., Silman, M.R.
(2012) The relationship of tropical bird communities
to tree species composition and vegetation structure along an Andean
elevational gradient.
Journal of Biogeography. doi: 10.1111/jbi.12041
Jankowski,
J.E.,
Londoño, G.A., Robinson, S.K., Chappell, M.A. (2012)
Exploring
the role of
physiology and biotic interactions in determining elevational ranges of
tropical animals.
Ecography 35:
001–012. doi:
10.1111/j.1600-0587.2012.07785.x.
Caughlin,
T.,
Wheeler, J., Jankowski, J.E., Lichstein, J.W. (2012) Urbanized
landscapes favored by fig-eating birds increase invasive but not native
juvenile strangler fig abundance. Ecology 93: 1571-1580. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/11-1694.1
Laurance,
W.F.,
Useche, D.C., Shoo, L.P., Herzog, S.K., Kessler, M. Escobar, F., Brehm,
G.,
Axmacher, J.C., Chen, I. Arellano G., L., Hietz, P., Fieldler, K.,
Pyrcz, T.,
Wolf, J., Merkord, C.L., Cardelus, C., Marshall, A.R., Ah-Peng, C.,
Aplet,
G.H., del Coro A., M., Baker, W.J., Barone, J., Bruhl, C.A., Bussmann,
R.W.,
Cicuzza, D., Eilu, G., Favila, M.E., Hemp, A., Hemp, C., Homeier, J.,
Hurtado,
J., Jankowski, J.E., Kattán, G.,
Kluge, J., Krömer, T., Lees, D.C., Lehnert, M., Longino, J.T.,
Lovett, J.,
Martin, P.H., Patterson, B.D., Pearson, R.G., Peh, K.S.-H., Richardson,
B.,
Richardson, M., Samways, M.J., Senbeta, F., Smith, T.B., Utteridge,
T.M.A.,
Watkins, J.E., Wilson, R., Williams, S.E., Thomas, C.T. (2011) Global
warming and the vulnerability of tropical biota: Where do thermal
specialists
live? Biological Conservation
144: 548-557.
Gasner,
M.R., Jankowski, J.E., Ciecka, A.L., Kyle,
K.O., Rabenold, K.N. (2010) Projecting impacts of climate change on
Neotropical
montane forests. Biological Conservation
143: 1250-1258.
Jankowski,
J.E.,
Robinson, S.K., Levey, D.J. (2010)
Squeezed at the top: Interspecific aggression may constrain elevational
ranges
in tropical birds. Ecology 91: 1877-1884. (Cover
Article)
Levey,
D.J.,
Londoño, G.A., *Ungvari-Martin, J., *Hiersoux, M.R., Jankowski,
J.E., Poulsen, J.R., Stracey, C.M., Robinson, S.K. (2009)
Urban mockingbirds quickly learn to identify individual humans. Proceedings of the National
Steadman,
D.W.,
Montambault, J.R., Robsinson, S.K., Oswalt, S.N., Brandeis, T.J.,
Londoño, G.A.,
Reetz, M.J., Schelsky, W.M., Wright, N.A., Hoover, J.P., Jankowski,
J., Kratter, A.W., Martinez, A., Smith. J. (2009)
Relative abundance, habitat use, and long-term population changes of
wintering
and resident landbirds on
Jankowski,
J. E.,
Ciecka, A.L, *
Jankowski,
J.E. &
Rabenold, K.N. (2007) Endemism and
local rarity in birds of Neotropical montane rainforest. Biological
Conservation 138: 453-463.
BOOK
CHAPTERS
Jankowski,
J.E., Sinclair,
A.R.E., Metzger, K.L. (in review) Birds of the Serengeti
Ecosystem:
Spatial patterns of taxonomic and functional richness and turnover.
BOOK
REVIEWS
Jankowski,
J.E. (2012)
Interspecific
competition in birds: Where does the evidence leave us? Ecology 93:
2299-2301.
Jankowski,
J.E., Sinclair,
A.R.E., Metzger, K.L. (in prep) Species turnover across the
Serengeti:
Correspondence of taxonomic and functional diversity in birds. Planned
for Diversity
and Distributions.
Gasner,
M.R., Jankowski, J.E., Ciecka, A.L., Kyle,
K.O., Rabenold, K.N. (in prep) Population variability
in tropical birds and implications
for the design of monitoring studies. Planned for Ecological
Applications.
Jankowski,
J.E.,
Levey, D.J., Robinson, S.K. (in prep) Range sizes and response
shapes of
tropical birds along an Andean elevational gradient. Planned for Ecology.
Merkord,
C.L., Jankowski,
J.E., Thompson III, F.R., Faaborg, J. (in
prep) Point counts suggest partial migration in birds on the
Eastern Slope
of the
EDUCATIONAL
RESOURCES
Jankowski,
J.E.,
Londoño, G.A., Merkord, C.L. (2009) Photographic
guide of the birds of Centro de
Investigación Wayqecha. Photo contributors: Butrón,
R., Chaves, J.,
Jankowski, J., Koch, P., Londoño, G., Merkord, C., Peterson, Z.,
Spalding,
A. Associación
para la Conservación de la Cuenca Amazonica, Cusco, Peru.
Ciecka,
A., Gasner,
M., Jankowski, J., Kyle, K.,
Rabenold, K, Spalding, A. (2008) Vocalizations
of the Top 101 Monteverde Pacific-slope Forest Birds. Department of
Biological Sciences,
GRANTS
Natural
Sciences
and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Discovery Grant
(Evolution
and Ecology). Species ranges and diversity patterns in temperate and
tropical
montane birds. 2012-2017, $125,000.
National
Science
Foundation (DEB & IOS). What
determines altitudinal distributions of Andean
birds? The relative importance of
species interactions and physiology. Co-PI’s: Mark Chappell,
Gustavo Londoño,
Scott Robinson. 2011-2014, $800,000
University
of
British Columbia, School of Science Postdoctoral Travel Grant, 2011,
$2200
National
Science
Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant, 2009, $11,287
Graduate
Research
Grant, Amazon Conservation Association, 2007, $5,630
Student
Research
Grant, Animal Behavior Society, 2007, $950
Sigma Xi
Grant-in-Aid-of-Research, 2003, 2006, $500
American
Ornithologists’ Union Research Award, 2003, 2005, $1800
Brian
Riewald-Olowo
Award, Department of Zoology, University of Florida, 2005, $300
A.E. Bergstrom Research Award, Association of Field Ornithologists, 2003, $1000
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
Biodiversity
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Biodiversity Research Centre, 2010-2012
Innovation
through
Institutional Integration (I3) Teaching Award, University of Florida,
2010
Inquiry-based Activity on the Effects of
Ambient Noise on Bird Song Transmission
Innovation
through
Institutional Integration (I3) Writing Contest Award, University of
Florida,
2010 (http://i3.institutes.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Jill_Jankowski_writing_entry.pdf)
Alumni
Graduate
Fellowship, University of Florida, 2004
Alton A.
Lindsey
Graduate Fellowship in Ecology, Purdue University, 2003
TEACHING
EXPERIENCE
Teaching
Assistant,
General Ecology, Profs. Michelle
Mack & Robert Holt
Spring
2009
Teaching
Assistant,
Integrative Principles of Biology II Lab,
Prof. Kent Vliet Fall 2008, 2009
Teaching
Assistant,
Lab in Biological Sciences, Prof.
Kent Vliet
Summer
2009
Teaching
Assistant,
Avian Biology, Prof. Douglas Levey
Spring 2007-2008, 2010
Teaching
Assistant,
Introductory Field Ecology, Profs.
Jeff Lucas, Kerry Rabenold Spring
2003
Teaching
Assistant,
Conservation Biology, Prof. Kerry
Rabenold
Fall
2002
Undergraduate
Teaching Assistant, Field Ecology, Prof. Kerry Rabenold Fall 2001
Curator
of Ross
Biological Reserve, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Purdue University
2003-2004
MENTORING
OF STUDENTS
Masters
Student
Thesis Projects:
(Graduated
2012) Elizabeth MacDonald, University of
British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Songbird Incubation
Dilemmas in the
Alpine: Managing Parent-Offspring Trade-Offs in a Variable Thermal
Environment.
Undergraduate
Student Thesis Projects:
Andrew
Cook,
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Project title: Intraspecific density-dependent effects on
the acoustic characteristics of tropical songbirds.
Torin
Heavyside,
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Project title: Variation in baseline corticosterone levels
across species' elevational ranges.
Rosalbina
Butrón
Loayza, Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco, Cusco,
Peru.
Project title: Estudio comparativo de la
estructura de las comunidades de aves en parches de bambu y sitios sin
bambu en
el Parque Nacional del Manu.
Marcela
Salazar,
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. Project
title: How does avian song vary with
elevation? The role of body size and
sexual selection in song diversification.
Maura
Jurado Zevallos,
Universidad Nacional Agraria la Molina, Lima, Peru. Project title: Variación en la composición de la avifauna
en el Centro de Investigación Wayqecha durante la época
seca.
Michelle
Feole, University of Florida, Gainesville,
Florida, USA (co-mentored with Christine Stracey). Project title: Urban bioacoustics: Consequences of
anthropogenic noise on Northern Mockingbird (Mimus Polyglottos) song.
Graduate
Student Committees:
Masters
students: Gyan Harwood, Haley Kenyon, Jenny
Muñoz, Santiago David
Doctoral
students: Jenny Hazlehurst (Tulane University,
USA), J. Tomas Ibarra, Paolo Segre, Qin Li, Megan Bontrager, Alys
Granados
Invited
Symposium
Speaker, North American Ornithological Congress, University of British
Columbia, Vancouver, BC Canada, 2012
Invited
Talk,
Department of Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA,
2012
Invited
Symposium
Speaker, Fairchild Symposium on Tropical Biology, Fairchild Botanical
Gardens,
Miami, FL, USA, 2012
Invited
Symposium
Speaker, Neotropical Ornithological Congress, Cuzco, Peru, 2011
Metro
Vancouver
Regional Parks: “Evolution of Song”, Vancouver, BC Canada,
2011
Invited
Symposium
Speaker, Mountain Ecology: Climate change and challenges in
high-altitude
ecosystems, Canadian Society of Ecology and Evolution, Banff, AB,
Canada, 2011
Invited
Talk,
Biodiversity Research Centre, University of British Columbia,
Vancouver, BC,
Canada, 2010
Invited
Talk, Les
Ecologists, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2010
Andes
Biodiversity
Research Group, Marathon, FL, USA, 2010
American
Ornithologists’ Union/Cooper Ornithological Society/Society of
Canadian
Ornithologists, San Diego, CA, USA, 2010
Graduate
Student Council
Interdisciplinary Research Conference (Poster), University of Florida,
Gainesville, FL, USA, 2010
Innovation
through
Institutional Integration (I3) NSF Research Day (Poster), University of
Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA, 2009
Ecological
Society
of America, Albuquerque, NM, USA, 2009
Invited
Talk, Evansville
Birding Club, Evansville, IN, USA, 2009
Southeastern
Ecology & Evolution Conference, Gainesville, FL, USA, 2009 (2nd
Best Presentation)
Association
for
Tropical Biology and Conservation, Paramaribo, Suriname, 2008
Research
Presentation for Middle School Students, Wayqecha Biological Station,
Asociación Conservación Amazonica, Cusco, Peru, 2007 (in Spanish)
Invited
Talk, Facultad de Biología, Universidad Nacional de San Antonio
Abad & Asociación Conservación Amazonica, Cusco,
Peru, 2006 (in Spanish)
School
of Science
Research Symposium (Poster), Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN, USA,
2003
Midwest
Ecology
& Evolution Conference (Oral & Poster), University of Akron,
OH, USA,
2003
Ecolunch,
Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN,
USA,
2002
Honor’s
Research
Symposium (Poster), Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue
University, W.
Lafayette, IN, USA, 2002
Ph.D.
Dissertation:
Patterns of avian diversity and elevational range limits
Aug 2004 – July 2010
in tropical montane landscapes, Manu National Park, Peru.
Ecologist:
Mockingbird Recognition of Individual Humans, University of
Jan 2008 – Dec 2009
Florida, Gainesville, Florida
Ecologist:
Caribbean Wintering Migrant Bird Census, U.S. Virgin Islands Dec 2005 - Jan 2006
National Park, St. John Island, Virgin Islands
Master’s
Thesis:
Distribution and abundance of montane avian species
Aug
2002 - May 2004
and patterns of diversity in the Tilarán mountain range,
Monteverde, Costa
Rica.
Ecologist:
Spruce-fir Bird Community Resilience to Invasion of
May 2002, 2009
Balsam Woolly Adelgid, Southern Appalachian Mountains, USA
Research
Assistant:
Radio telemetry, trapping and banding of Downy
Jan
2000 - May 2001
Woodpeckers (Picoides pubescens),
Ross Biological Reserve, Indiana
PROFESSIONAL
SERVICE
Guest
Lectures:
Ornithology,
University of British Columbia, Spring and Fall 2012
Graduate
Ecology,
University of British Columbia, 2012
NSF I3
Lesson
Development Program, Avian Biology Lecture, University of Florida, 2010
Non-majors
Biology,
Prof. Kenneth Hundreiser, Roosevelt University, 2010
Latin
American
Ornithology, Prof. Ursula Valdez, Cusco, Peru, 2007 (in
Spanish)
Avian
Biology, Prof.
Douglas Levey, University of Florida, 2007-2010
General
Ecology,
Prof. Robert Holt, University of Florida, 2009
Conservation
Biology, Prof. Kerry Rabenold, Purdue University, 2003
Reviewer:
Biodiversity
and Conservation (1), Biological Conservation (2), Condor
(1),
Ecography (2), Ecology (1), Ecology Letters (1),
Evolution
(3), Florida Field Naturalist (1), Journal of Avian Biology
(1), National
Science Foundation Proposals (1), Oikos (1), Science (1)
LANGUAGES
Spanish
(fluent)
PROFESSIONAL
AFFILIATIONS
American
Ornithologists’