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CURRICULUM VITAE Tom Webber Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA Phone (352) 392-1721 Fax (352) 846-0287 Email twebber@flmnh.ufl.edu Formal Education 1975 B.A. in biology, University of California at Los Angeles 1984 Ph.D. in zoology, University of Florida
Jobs and notable volunteer work 1970-1973 Volunteer curatorial assistant, Moore Laboratory of Zoology, Occidental College, Los Angeles. 1972 Field assistant to Peter P. Vaughn, UCLA; Pennsylvanian vertebrate fossils in Colorado. 1973 Field assistant to J.W. Hardy and R.J. Raitt, Yucatan Jays, Campeche, Mexico. 1973-1974 Field biologist, Los Angeles Harbor Project, Allan Hancock Foundation, University of Southern California. 1974-1975 Field assistant to J.W. Hardy and R.J. Raitt, Beechey Jays, Sinaloa, Mexico. 1976 Graduate assistant, Bioacoustics Laboratory and Archives, Florida State Museum. 1976-1977 Field assistant to J.W. Hardy and R.J. Raitt, San Blas Jays, Guerrero, Mexico. 1977-1978 Teaching assistant, Dept. of Zoology, University of Florida. 1978 Field assistant to J.W. Hardy and R.J. Raitt, San Blas Jays, Guerrero, Mexico. 1981 Teaching assistant, Dept. of Zoology, University of Florida. 1981-1983 Contract biologist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. "Determination of starling/blackbird vocalizations having potential for use as frightening agents." 1983 Field assistant to J.W. Hardy, San Blas Jays, Guerrero, Mexico. 1984- present Senior Biologist (collection manager, ornithology and bioacoustics), Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida. 1987 Field biologist, Dept. of Biological Sciences, State University of New York, Albany; Unicolored Jays in Chiapas, Mexico. 1997-1998 Contract field biologist, Florida Park Service. Population, movements, and habitat use of Florida Scrub-Jays at Cedar Key Scrub State Reserve. Refereed publications J.W. Hardy, R.J. Raitt, J. Orejuela, T.A. Webber, and B. Edinger. 1975. First observation of the Orange-breasted Falcon in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. Condor 77:512. J.W. Hardy and T.A. Webber. 1975. A critical list of type specimens of birds in the Moore Laboratory of Zoology at Occidental College. Nat. Hist. Mus. of Los Angeles Co. Contributions in Science No. 273, pp. 1-25. T.A. Webber. 1980. Eastern coachwhip predation on juvenile Scrub Jays. Fla. Field Nat. 8:29-30. J.W. Hardy, T.A. Webber, and R.J. Raitt. 1981. Communal social biology of the Southern San Blas Jay. Bull. Fla. State Mus. (Biol. Sci.) 26:203-264. T.A. Webber and W. Post. 1983. Breeding Seaside Sparrows in captivity. Pp. 153-162 In T.L. Quay, J.B. Funderburg, D.S. Lee, E.F. Potter, and C.F. Robbins (eds.), The Seaside Sparrow, its biology and management. Occ. Papers N. Carolina Biol. Survey. T.A. Webber. 1983. Allopreening by Brown-headed Cowbirds. Condor 85:249-250. T. Webber. 1985. Songs, displays, and other behavior at a courtship gathering of Blue-black Grassquits. Condor 87:543-546. T. Webber and R.A. Stefani. 1990. Evidence for vocal learning by a Scrub Jay. Auk 107:202-204. T. Webber and J.L. Brown. 1994. Natural history of the Unicolored Jay in Chiapas, Mexico. Proceedings of the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology 5:135-160. T. Webber and C.T. Collins. 1995. Recordings verify that Vaux's Swifts visit Florida in winter. Fla. Field Nat. 23:25-29. T. Webber. 1996. West Indian Cave Swallow. Pp. 341-347 In Rare and endangered biota of Florida, volume V. Birds. J.A. Rodgers, Jr., H.W. Kale II, and H.T. Smith, eds. Univ. Press of Florida, Gainesville. T. Webber. 1996. Florida Prairie Warbler. Pp. 633-643 In Rare and endangered biota of Florida, volume V. Birds. J.A. Rodgers, Jr., H.W. Kale II, and H.T. Smith, eds. Univ. Press of Florida, Gainesville. A.M. Kent, T. Webber, and D.W. Steadman. 1999. Distribution, relative abundance, and prehistory of birds on the Taraco Peninsula, Bolivian altiplano. Ornitología Neotropical 10:151-178. A.W. Kratter, T. Webber, T. Taylor, and D.W. Steadman. 2002. New specimen-based records of Florida birds. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 43:111-161. Other E. Copper and T. Webber. 1976. Marine-associated avifauna of Los Angeles-Long Beach Harbors. Pp. 291-354 In Environmental investigations and analyses for Los Angeles-Long Beach Harbors, Los Angeles, California, 1973-1976. Allan Hancock Foundation, University of Southern California, Los Angeles. T.A. Webber. 1982. The Peterson field guide to the bird songs of Britain and Europe (No. 15). Auk 99:394-395. (record review) T.A. Webber. 1982. Birds of Venezuela. Auk 99:395-396. (record review) T. Webber. 1983. Responses of icterids and starlings to playback of Red-winged Blackbird alarm calls. Bird Damage Research Report No. 287, Denver Wildlife Research Center, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. T. Webber. 1984. Form and function of the long-range calls of Scrub Jays, Aphelocoma coerulescens obscura. Ph.D. dissertation, Univ. of Florida, Gainesville. T. Webber and J.W. Hardy. 1985. Breeding and behaviour of Tamaulipas Crows Corvus imparatus in captivity. Avicultural Magazine 91:191-198. T. Webber and J. Cox. 1987. Breeding and behaviour of Scrub Jays Aphelocoma coerulescens in captivity. Avicultural Magazine 93:6-14. G.R. Kiltie, T. Webber, and R. Franz. 1989. Class Aves. Pp. 18-33 In Annotated list of the vertebrates of the Katharine Ordway Preserve-Swisher Memorial Sanctuary, Putnam County, Florida (1983-1989). R. Franz, ed. Ordway Preserve Research Series Report No. 2. Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville. T. Webber. 1998. Final report on Florida Scrub-Jay survey and banding project at Cedar Key Scrub State Reserve and vicinity, Levy Co., Florida. Pp. 3.1-4.2 In Listed and candidate species monitoring program at Cedar Key Scrub State Reserve. Final report to the U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service. Florida Department of Environmental Regulation, Division of Recreation and Parks District 2. Work in Progress Vocalizations of Unicolored Jays in Chiapas, Mexico. Biography of Charles E. Doe, first curator of birds at Florida Museum of Natural History. Dorsal pterylosis and relationships of the vireos; with M.H. Clench. Public service 1990-1998 Member of board of directors, Alachua Audubon Society (AAS). 1990-1993 Conservation Chair, AAS. 1998-1999 Vice-president, AAS 1990-1998 Member of executive committee, Suwannee-St. Johns Group of the Sierra Club (SSJSC). 1995-1996 President, SSJSC. 1997-1998 Secretary, SSJSC.