The Journal of Field ornithology has got a new co-Editor-in-Chief! But before introducing him, we’d like to honor Dr. Mark E. Hauber, who is stepping down from the role after 5 years of hard work and collaboration with JFO.
A few warm words from Matt Shumar, AFO President:
We are incredibly grateful to Dr. Mark Hauber for his years of service as Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Field Ornithology. Mark stepped up to help in 2021 as we were transitioning from our previous publisher to our current partnership with the non-profit Resilience Alliance to make JFO open access. During that process, Mark not only helped make JFO a vibrant home for published field research during trying times, but he was an important voice on AFO’s Council. Societies persist when their membership is full of excellent researchers, but they truly thrive when their members are passionate not only about their research, but their community around them. Let us all thank Dr. Hauber for helping AFO thrive.
Thank you for all your work, Mark! The Journal of Field Ornithology and the AFO Council and community greatly appreciate your work.
We give Dr. Philip C Stouffer a warm welcome to the Journal of Field Ornithology team and the AFO family.
Phil joins Rafael Rueda-Hernández as Mark Hauber concludes his term. Phil has a special fondness for JFO and the important niche it fills for helping us to understand the ecology of wild birds and how safe and efficient fieldwork can help us to conserve them. He looks forward to working with Rafa and the great group of Associate Editors, AFO leadership, and the publishing team at Resilience Alliance.
Phil is soon to be retiring from Louisiana State University/LSU AgCenter, where he serves as the Lee F. Mason Professor in the School of Renewable Natural Resources. He’s done ornithological fieldwork in a wide variety of systems, from starling populations in parking lots to contaminated sparrows in salt marshes to Amazonian rainforest communities facing landscape and climate change. He also served as the Editor-in-Chief of The Condor/Ornithological Applications for six years. See more about his work at www.pstoufferbirds.wordpress.com.
Welcome, Phil! We look forward to your contributions to the Journal!