SUSSY DE LA ZERDA

Biomap Colombian Coordinator

E-mail: coordinator@biomap.net


MINI CURRICULUM VITAE
Born: 1962
Nationality: Colombian

1985: BSc Biology, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá-Colombia.

1992: MSc Wildlife Management, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Virginia, USA.

1999-present: President of the Bogotá Ornithological Society

2002: Colombian coordinator of Project BioMap.

RESEARCH INTERESTS
  • Main interest in ornithological research and bird conservation.
  • Habitat use by Neotropical Migrants.
  • Effects of transmission lines on birds.
CURRENT PROJECTS
  • Project BioMap Manager: Coordinating the Colombian group of the project, funded by the Darwin Initiative and Conservation International, For further information see www.biomap.net
  • Teaching Ornithology to biology students in the Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá .
  • Effect of the revegetalization of a corridor on the avifauna of the Humedal La Conejera and Bosque Maleza de Suba, Cundinamarca, Colombia.
  • Current President of the Bogotá Ornithological Society.
  • Part of the committee for the generation of the Colombian Ornithological Journal
PROFESSIONAL HONOURS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
  • 1999-present: President of the Bogotá Ornithological Society
  • 1999-2001: Committee of the National Strategy for Bird Conservation
  • 1995: Xi Sigma Pi. National Forestry Honor Society. USA.
  • Founding member of the Colombian Ornithological Society
  • Founding member of the Bogotá Ornithological Society
  • Member of the Board of Bogotá Ornithological Society for about 10 years
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
DE LA ZERDA, S. & L. Rosselli. Mitigating collision of birds against transmission lines in wetland areas in Colombia, by marking the ground wire with bird flight diverters (BFD) in: John Goodrich-Mahoney (Ed.), 7th International Symposium on Environmental Concerns in Right-of-Way Management. In print.

Rosselli, L. & S. DE LA ZERDA. Fragmentation effects caused by a power line right-of-way on a mid-elevation forest bird community in Central Colombia in: John Goodrich-Mahoney (Ed.), 7th International Symposium on Environmental Concerns in Right-of-Way Management. In print.

Asociación Bogotana de Ornitología. 2000. Aves de la Sabana de Bogotá, Guía de Campo. Autores: C.I. Bohórquez, C.D. Cadena, S. DE LA ZERDA, M. Hernández, M. Kelsey, D. Knapp, L. Rosselli, F.G. Stiles, I.D. Valencia. ABO-CAR, Bogotá, Colombia.

Renjifo, L.M., A.M. Franco, H. Alvarez-López, M. Alvarez, R. Borja, J.E. Botero, S. Córdoba, S. DE LA ZERDA, G. Didier, F. Estela, G. Kattan, E. Londoño, C. Márquez, M.I.Montenegro, C. Murcia, J.V. Rodríguez, C. Samper y W.H. Weber. 2000. Estrategia Nacional para la conservación de las aves de Colombia. Instituto Alexander von Humboldt, Bogotá, Colombia. ISBN 958-96826-8-5

DE LA ZERDA, S. & D. F. Stauffer. 1998. Habitat Selection by Blackburnian Warblers Wintering in Colombia. Journal of Field Ornithology 69 (3): 457-465

Garcés, D.M. & S. DE LA ZERDA. 1994. Gran Libro de los Parques Nacionales de Colombia. Intermedio Editores, Círculo de Lectores. Editorial Lerner, Bogotá. 230 pp.

PUBLICATIONS SUMMARY
Books – 3
Chapters - 0
Papers in refereed journals – 1
Reports - 5
Workshops/Conference Proceedings, etc. – 5
Total - 14