Caz Taylor

Professor - Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

School of Science & Engineering
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Caz Taylor

Courses

Data Science for Ecologists, Mathematical Modeling in Ecology and Evolution, Population Ecology, Urban Ecology

Additional Info

Number of Dissertations or These Supervised in the Past 5 Years: 5 

Research

Neotropical Ornithology, Migration, Winter Ecology and Population dynamics of migratory species, Tropical Agroforestry

Degrees

  • Ph.D., University of California Davis, Ecology, 2004
  • M.S., New York University, Biology, 1999
  • B.S., Southampton University, United Kingdom, Mathematics, 1988

Academic Experience

Academic Experience
  • Professor, Tulane University, 2021-
  • Associate Professor, Tulane University, 2015-2021
  • Assistant Professor, Tulane University, 2009-2015
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, National Science Foundation, Simon Fraser University & University of California Santa Barbara, 2005-2008

Distinctions

  • Grant, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, 2016-2018
  • Scholar award, James S. McDonnell Foundation, 2013-2019
  • Grant, National Science Foundation, 2013-2017

Overseas Experience

  • Central America

Related Experience

  • Institute Faculty, Louisiana Optical Network Initiative, 2009-2014

Selected Publications

  • 2024 - Rodríguez Vásquez & C. M. Taylor. An overview of the drivers of performance in non-breeding nearctic-neotropical migratory songbirds. Ornithology (in press)
  • 2023 - Murillo,D., D. Alvarado, F. Rodríguez Vásquez, C. M. Taylor, D. King. Dosel Abierto Integrado en cultivos de café (Coffea arabica) como herramienta de conservación de aves migratorias neártico-neotropicales y aves residentes en Yoro, Honduras.
  • 2023 - Patel S., C.M. Taylor. Habitat distribution affects connectivity and population size in migratory networks. Available online Theoretical Ecology doi:10.1007/s12080-023-00554-4
  • 2022 - Greenstein L., Steele C., Taylor C.M. Host plant specificity of the monarch butterfly Danaus plexippus: A systematic review and meta- analysis. PLoS ONE 17(6): e0269701. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0269701
  • 2022 - Herbert, J., D. Mizrahi, C.M. Taylor. Migration tactics and connectivity of a Nearctic -Neotropical migratory shorebird. Journal of Animal Ecology 91: 819–830. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.13670
  • 2022- MacPherson, M. P, C. M. Taylor, et al. A trophic niche shift in a South American … Wilson Journal of Ornithology 133(4):527-537. doi: 10.1676/20-00134
  • 2020 - Ruegg, K., Harrigan, R., Saracco, J., Smith, T., C.M. Taylor. A genoscape-network model for conservation prioritization in a migratory bird. Conservation Biology 34(6):1482-1491. doi: 10.1111/cobi.13536
  • 2020 - Giltz, S. M., E. K. Grey, J. Gyory, D. S. Ko, R. W. Nero, C. M. Taylor. Estimating blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) larval release sites in the Gulf... Bulletin of Marine Science 96(4):563-575. doi: /10.5343/bms.2018.0075
  • 2020 - Lisovski, S., S. Bauer, C.M. Taylor, et al. Light-Level Geolocator Analyses: A user's guide. Journal of Animal Ecology 89:221–236. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.13036