Kathy Martin (scientist)

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. She then completed an MSc at the University of Alberta, Edmonton in 1973, 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. In 1977, Martin wrote the guide to Island Woodland Plants. In 1981, Martin authored the monograph Watershed Red, about the natural history of the Dunk River Watershed in Prince Edward Island. 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. == Service to Academia and Conservation Biology==

• Prince Edward Island Forestry Commission, member, 2023-25 • American Ornithological Society, president, 2018-20 • American Ornithological Society, president elect, 2016-18 • Bird Studies Canada Scientific Advisory Board, since 2010 • 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 Society of Canadian Ornithologists • 2021 Brewster Medal, American Ornithological Society • 2021 Distinguished Alumni Award, University of Prince Edward Island • 2020 Nancy Cutler Citation of Excellence Women in Science and Technology Award, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Ottawa, Canada • 2018 Godman-Salvin Medal from the British Ornithologists' Union • 2016 Canadian Section of The Wildlife Society's Ian McTaggart-Cowan Lifetime Achievement Award • 2008 Doris Huestis Speirs Award for Outstanding Lifetime Contributions to Canadian Ornithology, Canadian Society of Ornithologists • 2003 5NR Science Award to Leaders in Sustainable Development, Natural Resources, Canada == References ==

• Chamberlain, D., Lehikoinen, A. and Martin, K. eds., 2023. Ecology and Conservation of Mountain Birds. Cambridge University Press. • 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. • Boyle WA, Martin K. 2015. The conservation value of high elevation habitats to North American migrant birds. Biol Conserv. 192: 461–476. • 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. • Cockle, KL, Martin K, Wesolowski, T. 2011. Woodpeckers, decay and the future of cavity-nesting vertebrate communities worldwide. Front Ecol Environ. 9: 377–382. • 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. • 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. • 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].