INRS State Scientific Surveys
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Tara Beveroth
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1816 S. Oak Street Champaign, IL 61820 Champaign, IL 61820 Phone: 217-265-7303 Fax: 217-244-0802 Email: beveroth@illinois.edu Office Location: Forbes 2095 | ||
| Activities | Working as an avian ecologist and coordinator my position involves helping coordinate and take part in bird monitoring throughout the state for a few different projects that involve both landowner and volunteer relationships. In addition to field work I spend time managing databases, writing reports, making maps using GIS, and educating the public. |
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| Research |
Avian research involving, but not limited to, Coordinating the monitoring plan for owls and nightjars (MOON) in Illinois, Critical Trends Assessment Program (CTAP), song and movement in nocturnal birds, American Plovers and stopover habitat, and transmigration work. |
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| Professional affiliations |
Wilson Ornithological Society Illinois Ornithological Society National Wildlife Society |
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| Selected publications |
Beveroth, TA, Ward, MP, Lampman, RL, Ringia, AM, Novak,RJ. Changes in seroprevalence of West Nile virus across Illinois in free-ranging birds from 2001 through 2004. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2006; 74:174–179. Ward, M.P., T.A. Beveroth, R. Lampman, A. Raim, David Enstrom, and R.J. Novak. 2010“Field-based estimates of mortality associated with West Nile virus infection; a case study of Northern Cardinals”. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. |
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| Professional society involvement and activities |
Illinois Ornithological Society Board Member | ||
| Education | M.S. Biology with an empahsis in Zoology, Western Illinois University, 2003 B.S. Biology, Western Illinois University, 2001 A.S. Sauk Valley Community College, 1999 | ||