Kathy Martin (scientist)
{{short description|Canadian scientist (1949- )}}
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| birth_place = Prince Edward Island, Canada
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| occupation = University Professor and Federal Government Research Scientist
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| known_for = Cavity Using Wildlife and Alpine and Arctic Avifauna
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| awards = Honorary Degree, Doctor of Letters, University of Prince Edward Island (2023)
Brewster Medal, American Ornithological Society (2021)
| education = B.Sc. Biology (1970) University of Prince Edward Island
M.Sc. Zoology (1973) University of Alberta
Ph.D. Biology (1985) Queen's University
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| thesis_title = The utility of bi-parental care in Willow Ptarmigan: ecological and evolutionary considerations
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| thesis_year = 1985
| doctoral_advisor = Fred Cooke
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| discipline = Conservation Biologist
| sub_discipline = Ornithologist
| workplaces = University of British Columbia
Environment and Climate Change Canada
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| website = https://profiles.forestry.ubc.ca/person/kathy-martin/
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Kathy Martin is a Canadian ornithologist and an expert on arctic and alpine grouse and ptarmigan, and on tree cavity-nesting vertebrates.{{cite web|title=KATHY MARTIN ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY|url=https://forestry.ubc.ca/2018/06/kathy-martin-elected-president-of-the-american-ornithological-society/|website=forestry.ubc.ca|date=8 June 2018}}{{Cite web |last=Desk |first=Atlantic Briefs |title=Dr. Heather Morrison among four receiving honorary degrees at UPEI convocation ceremonies {{!}} SaltWire |url=https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/lifestyles/dr-heather-morrison-among-four-receiving-honorary-degrees-at-upei-convocation-ceremonies-100850481/ |access-date=2023-05-26 |website=www.saltwire.com |language=en}}Findlay, A. Looking Up and Ahead: Kathy Martin's pursuit of the cryptic white-tailed ptarmigan (among other species) led her to many peaks over the years including to the very top of her profession. March–April 2022. Canadian Wildlife Magazine pp. 24-28. Canadian Wildlife Federation, Kanata, Ontario, Canada.{{Cite news |last=Yarr |first=Kevin |date=26 October 2021 |title=Studies on resilience of birds earn P.E.I. ornithologist prestigious awards |work=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-kathy-martin-ornithologist-awards-1.6225232 |access-date=May 26, 2023}} She is a professor in the Faculty of Forestry{{cite web|title=Kathy Martin {{!}} UBC Forestry Profiles|url=http://profiles.forestry.ubc.ca/person/kathy-martin/|website=profiles.forestry.ubc.ca|date=14 April 2023 }} at the University of British Columbia, and was a senior research scientist with Environment and Climate Change Canada.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ec.gc.ca/scitech/default.asp?lang=En&n=F97AE834-1&xsl=scitechprofile&formid=0300EBE4-51B6-41AA-AC65-2F9901AB8B6F|title=Environment and Climate Change Canada - Science and Technology - Environment Canada S & T Expert Profile|last=Branch|first=Government of Canada, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Science and Technology|website=www.ec.gc.ca|language=en|access-date=2017-09-18 |archive-date=2017-05-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517155336/http://www.ec.gc.ca/scitech/default.asp?lang=En&n=F97AE834-1&xsl=scitechprofile&formid=0300EBE4-51B6-41AA-AC65-2F9901AB8B6F}}{{Cite web |last=Forestry |first=U. B. C. |date=2023-04-14 |title=Kathy Martin {{!}} Faculty Profile {{!}} UBC Forestry |url=https://forestry-2022.sites.olt.ubc.ca/faculty-profile/kathy-martin/ |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=UBC Faculty of Forestry |language=en-US}} From 2018 to 2020 she was president of the American Ornithological Society.{{Cite news |date=2017-07-17 |title=Faces of AOS: Kathy Martin Bio |url=https://amornithnews.org/2017/07/17/kathy-martin/ |access-date=2017-10-17 |work=AOS News |language=en-US }}{{Dead link|date=April 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Martin retired from the Canadian Federal Government in December 2020, and remains an emeritus scientist.{{Cite web |title=Board of Directors, Island Nature Trust |url=https://islandnaturetrust.ca/board-of-directors/ |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=INT: Island Nature Trust |language=en-CA}}
Martin has been active in Canada's Conservation Biology research and higher education community since the 1980s.{{Cite web|url=https://profils-profiles.science.gc.ca/en/profile/kathy-m-martin|title=Government of Canada: Kathy M. Martin|date=18 September 2017|access-date=2018-12-08|language=en-US}} In the 1990s she represented Canada on the International Union for Conservation of Nature IUCN Species Survival Commission for grouse (galliformes). During the 2000s, Martin served on the council of the American Ornithologists Union (2003–07), and chaired the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Ecology and Evolution Grant Committee.
Martin participated in early discussions about the formation of the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution in 2006, and was a founding member of the organization, later serving on its Governing Council (2008-11{{Cite web|url=http://csee-scee.ca/past-governing-councils/|title=Past Councils | CSEE – Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution}}{{Dead link|date=April 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}). In 1996, Martin and her colleagues received The Wildlife Society's Wildlife Publication award, for their paper "Impact of food and predation on the snowshoe hare cycle."{{Cite journal|last1=Krebs|first1=Charles J.|last2=Boutin|first2=Stan|last3=Boonstra|first3=Rudy|last4=Sinclair|first4=A. R. E.|last5=Smith|first5=J. N. M.|last6=Dale|first6=Mark R. T.|last7=Martin|first7=K.|last8=Turkington|first8=R.|date=1995|title=Impact of Food and Predation on the Snowshoe Hare Cycle|jstor=2888056|journal=Science|volume=269|issue=5227|pages=1112–1115|doi=10.1126/science.269.5227.1112|pmid=17755536|bibcode=1995Sci...269.1112K|hdl=1807/488|s2cid=17661939|hdl-access=free}}{{Cite web|url=http://wildlife.org/wildlife-publication-awards/|title=Wildlife Publication Awards {{!}} THE WILDLIFE SOCIETY|website=wildlife.org|language=en-US|access-date=2017-10-17}} In 1992, when she was an assistant professor at the University of Toronto, Scarborough College, Martin developed and taught one of the earliest courses in Conservation Biology in Canada: C65S.
Martin founded and directed two primary, long-term research programs in the Americas. The first, on the life history variation and ecology of alpine birds, began in 1980 and has expanded to sites in Australia, while the second, examining the structure and function of cavity-nesting vertebrate communities,{{Cite news|url=https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/ubc-researcher-roughing-it-in-the-bush-to-save-endangered-woodpeckers/article30242123/?ref=https://www.theglobeandmail.com&|title=UBC researcher roughing it in the bush to save endangered woodpeckers|date=2016-06-01|work=The Globe and Mail|access-date=2017-10-17|language=en-GB}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/ubc-researchers-work-to-save-endangered-woodpeckers-1.3623432|title=UBC researchers work to save endangered woodpeckers|work=CBC News|access-date=2017-10-17|language=en}} commenced in 1995 and expanded to other sites across North and South America.{{Cite news|url=http://canadianmountainnetwork.ca/directory/educational-institutions/kathy-martin/|title=Kathy Martin - Canadian Mountain Network|work=Canadian Mountain Network|access-date=2017-09-18|language=en-US}} Her co-edited volume, Ecology and Conservation of Mountain Birds was published by Cambridge University Press in 2023.{{Cite book |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/ecology-and-conservation-of-mountain-birds/242EB93E9E59EB38ABDA43D649C6D81C |title=Ecology and Conservation of Mountain Birds |date=2023 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-108-83719-4 |editor-last=Chamberlain |editor-first=Dan |series=Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation |location=Cambridge |doi=10.1017/9781108938570 |editor-last2=Lehikoinen |editor-first2=Aleksi |editor-last3=Martin |editor-first3=Kathy}}
Early life and education
Kathy Martin is a native of Prince Edward Island, Canada. She received her undergraduate degree in Biology from the University of Prince Edward Island in 1970.{{Cite web |title=UPEI to confer four honorary degrees during Convocation 2023 |url=https://www.upei.ca/communications/news/2023/05/upei-confer-four-honorary-degrees-during-convocation-2023 |access-date=2023-05-26 |website=UPEI |language=en}} She then completed an MSc at the University of Alberta, Edmonton in 1973, and a PhD at Queen's University, Kingston 1985, with geneticist Fred Cooke.{{Cite book |last=Martin |first=Kathy |url=https://ocul-qu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01OCUL_QU/r9dor2/alma996816553405158 |title=The utility of bi-parental care in willow ptarmigan : ecological and evolutional considerations |publisher=PhD Thesis, Department of Biology, Queen's University |year=1985 |location=Kingston, ON Canada}}
Following the completion of her doctorate on Willow Ptarmigan ecology, Martin received a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Alberta (1985–1988).
Early career
Martin was involved with natural history and citizen science activities and groups. She founded and edited the first forty issues of the Prince Edward Island Natural History society's newsletter.{{Cite news|url=https://naturepei.ca/history/|title=History|date=2011-01-26|work=Nature PEI|access-date=2017-10-17|language=en-US}} In 1977, Martin wrote the guide to Island Woodland Plants.{{cite book |last1=Martin |first1=Kathy |title=Island Woodland Plants |date=2008 |publisher=Prince Edward Island |location=Canada |url=https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/sites/default/files/publications/pei_woodland_plants.pdf}}
In 1981, Martin authored the monograph Watershed Red,{{Cite book|url=http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM1540727&R=1540727|title=Watershed red : the life of the Dunk River, Prince Edward Island|author=Martin, Kathy|language=en}} about the natural history of the Dunk River Watershed in Prince Edward Island.
File:Kathy Martin with a painting of the Dunk River at Lucy Maud Montgomery's Birthplace.jpg
After completing undergraduate and post-graduate degrees, Martin held posts as an assistant professor at the Université de Sherbrooke from 1988–89, then an NSERC University Research Fellow, and then assistant professor in life sciences at the University of Toronto Scarborough campus from 1989–1992. In 1993, Martin assumed a joint appointment with the Faculty of Forestry at the University of British Columbia and Environment and Climate Change Canada.
Martin has published over 200 journal articles and book chapters.{{Cite web |title=Kathy Martin - Google Scholar Citations |url=https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=PIFLcekAAAAJ&hl=en |access-date=2018-10-19 |website=scholar.google.ca}}
Service to Academia and Conservation Biology
- Prince Edward Island Forestry Commission, member, 2023-25{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-01-20 |title=PEI Forestry Commission |url=https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/information/environment-energy-and-climate-action/pei-forestry-commission |access-date=2023-05-26 |website=www.princeedwardisland.ca}}
- American Ornithological Society, president, 2018-20{{Cite web|url=https://amornithnews.org/2018/05/03/post-aos18az-recap-first-official-letter-from-newly-inaugurated-aos-president-kathy-martin/|title=Post-AOS18AZ Recap & First Official Letter from Newly Inaugurated AOS President, Kathy Martin|website=www.americanornithology.org|access-date=2018-12-08}}{{Dead link|date=April 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- American Ornithological Society, president elect, 2016-18{{Cite web|url=http://www.americanornithology.org/content/aos-governance|title=AOS Governance {{!}} American Ornithology|website=www.americanornithology.org|access-date=2017-09-18}}{{Dead link|date=April 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- Bird Studies Canada Scientific Advisory Board, since 2010{{Cite web|url=http://www.birdscanada.org/about/people/people.jsp|title=Bird Studies Canada|website=www.birdscanada.org|language=en|access-date=2017-10-17}}
- International Ornithologists' Union, Canadian delegate, since 2010
- IUCN/ICBP (The World Conservation Union) Specialist Group for Galliformes; Canadian representative, since 1996
- International Ornithological Union, member of Scientific Program Committee, January 2015
- North American Ornithological Conference, Vancouver, chair, 2012
- Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution, founding board member, 2008–2011
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Grant Selection Committee – Evolution and Ecology chair 2003–04
- Society of Canadian Ornithologists, president, 2000–02
Awards
- 2023 Honorary Degree, Doctor of Letters, University of Prince Edward Island
- 2021 Jamie Smith Memorial Mentoring Award,{{Cite web |title=Smith Award |url=https://www.sco-soc.ca/smith-award |access-date=2023-05-26 |website=sco-soc |language=en}} Society of Canadian Ornithologists{{Cite news |last1=Elliott |first1=Kyle |last2=Cockle |first2=Kristina |date=December 2021 |title=2021 Jamie Smith Memorial Award Recipient – Kathy Martin |url=https://www.sco-soc.ca/_files/ugd/c932da_eab3a679b61f42b897a163f462737dce.pdf |access-date=May 26, 2023 |work=Picoides Newsletter |publisher=Society of Canadian Ornithologists |pages=vol 34, iss 3 p 9}}
- 2021 Brewster Medal, American Ornithological Society{{Cite web |last=AOS |date=2021-10-06 |title=2021 William Brewster Memorial Award Winner: Kathy Martin |url=https://americanornithology.org/2021-aos-brewster-award-winner-kathy-martin/ |access-date=2023-05-26 |website=American Ornithological Society |language=en-US}}
- 2021 Distinguished Alumni Award, University of Prince Edward Island{{Cite web |title=Distinguished Alumni {{!}} University of Prince Edward Island |url=https://www.upei.ca/alumni/awards-and-recognition/distinguished-alumni |access-date=2023-05-26 |website=UPEI |language=en}}
- 2020 Nancy Cutler Citation of Excellence Women in Science and Technology Award, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Ottawa, Canada{{Cite web |last=Forestry |first=U. B. C. |date=2020-08-06 |title=Kathy Martin Receives Nancy B. Cutler Citation of Excellence |url=https://forestry.ubc.ca/news/kathy-martin-nancy-b-cutler-citation-of-excellence/ |access-date=2023-05-26 |website=UBC Faculty of Forestry |language=en-US}}
- 2018 Godman-Salvin Medal from the British Ornithologists' Union{{cite journal |last1=Krebs |first1=Elsie A. |date=2018 |title=British Ornithologists' Union Godman Salvin Prize |journal=Ibis |volume=160 |issue=4 |pages=943–944 |doi=10.1111/ibi.12655 |doi-access=free}}
- 2016 Canadian Section of The Wildlife Society's Ian McTaggart-Cowan Lifetime Achievement Award{{cite web |title=Congratulations to Kathy Martin on being awarded the Ian McTaggart-Cowan Lifetime Achievement Award {{!}} UBC Faculty of Forestry |url=http://www.forestry.ubc.ca/2016/04/congratulations-to-kathy-martin-on-being-awarded-the-ian-mctaggart-cowan-lifetime-achievement-award/ |website=www.forestry.ubc.ca }}{{Dead link|date=April 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- 2008 Doris Huestis Speirs Award for Outstanding Lifetime Contributions to Canadian Ornithology, Canadian Society of Ornithologists{{cite web |title=The Doris Huestis Speirs Award for Outstanding Contributions to Canadian Ornithology |url=http://www.sco-soc.ca/awards/speirs_awardees/2008%20Martin.pdf}}
- 2003 5NR Science Award to Leaders in Sustainable Development, Natural Resources, Canada
References
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Selected Publications
- Chamberlain, D., Lehikoinen, A. and Martin, K. eds., 2023. Ecology and Conservation of Mountain Birds. Cambridge University Press. {{ISBN|9781108938570}} {{doi|10.1017/9781108938570}}
- Van der Hoek Y, Gaona, GV, Martin K. 2017. The diversity, distribution and conservation status of the tree-cavity nesting birds of the world. Divers Distrib. 23: 1120–1131. {{doi|10.1111/ddi.12601}}
- Boyle WA, Martin K. 2015. The conservation value of high elevation habitats to North American migrant birds. Biol Conserv. 192: 461–476. {{doi|10.1016/j.biocon.2015.10.008}}
- Jackson MM, Gergel SE, Martin K. 2015. Citizen science and field survey observations provide comparable results for mapping Vancouver Island White-tailed Ptarmigan (Lagopus leucura saxatilis) distributions. Biol Conserv. 181: 162–172. {{doi|10.1016/j.biocon.2014.11.010}}
- Cockle, KL, Martin K, Wesolowski, T. 2011. Woodpeckers, decay and the future of cavity-nesting vertebrate communities worldwide. Front Ecol Environ. 9: 377–382. {{doi|10.1890/110013}}
- Sandercock BK, Martin K, Segelbacher G, editors. 2011. Ecology, conservation and management of grouse. Studies in Avian Biology. Berkeley (CA): University of California Press. 378 p.
- Martin K, Aitken KEH, Wiebe KL. 2004. Nest sites and nest webs for cavity-nesting communities in interior British Columbia, Canada: nest characteristics and niche partitioning. Condor. 106: 5-19. {{doi|10.1650/7482}}
- Martin K, Wiebe KL. 2004. Coping mechanisms of alpine and arctic breeding birds: extreme weather and limitations to reproductive resilience. Integr Comp Biol. 44: 177–185. {{doi|10.1093/icb/44.2.177}}
- Martin K. 1981. Watershed Red: The life of the Dunk River, Prince Edward Island. Charlottetown (PEI): Ragweed Press. 155p.
- Martin K. 1977. Island woodland plants. Charlottetown (PEI): Dept. Environment. 74 p. [reprinted 1983 and 2008 available at: https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/sites/default/files/publications/pei_woodland_plants.pdf].
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