Professor, School Of Biological Sciences
Founder and Director, Turkish environmental non-profit organization

u0698676@utah.edu

Professional Membership

• NATURE & CULTURE | WATER | CLIMATE CHANGE | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Fellow, American Ornithologists Union, 05/01/2018
• JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY | BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | NATURE & CULTURE | ENERGY | WATER | CLIMATE CHANGE | AIR QUALITY | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE | FOOD SYSTEMS: Board of Governors, Society for Conservation Biology, 07/01/2012 GLOBAL
• NATURE & CULTURE | CLIMATE CHANGE | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Elective Member, American Ornithologists Union, 09/01/2011
• CLIMATE CHANGE | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Fellow International, Explorers Club, 10/01/2008 GLOBAL
• NATURE & CULTURE | WATER | CLIMATE CHANGE | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Senior Ecologist Certification, Ecological Society of America, 08/01/2008 GLOBAL
• CLIMATE CHANGE | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Member, Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society, 05/15/1996 GLOBAL

Publications

• ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Tucker, M.A. et al. (2023). Behavioral responses of terrestrial mammals to COVID-19 lockdowns. Science. Vol. 380, 1059-1064., 06/01/2023
• ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Cooper D.S., Shultz A.J., Şekercioğlu Ç.H., Osborn F.M. & Blumstein D.T. (2022). Community science data suggest the most common raptors (Accipitridae) in urban centres are smaller, habitat-generalist species. Ibis., 01/01/2022
• ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Buechley E.R., Murgatroyd M., Ruffo A.D., Bishop R.C., Christensen T., Marra P.P., Sillett T.S. & Şekercioğlu Ç.H. (2022). Declines in scavenging by endangered vultures in the Horn of Africa. Journal of Wildlife Management., 01/01/2022
• NATURE & CULTURE | CLIMATE CHANGE | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Amano T., Berdejo-Espinola V., Christie A.P., Willott K., Akasaka M., Baldi A., Berthinussen A., Bertolino S., Bladon A.J., Chen M., Choi C.Y., Kharrat M.B.D., De Oliveira L.G., Farhat P., Golivets M., Aranzamendi N.H., Jantke K., Kajzer-Bonk J., Cisel Kemahli Aytekin M., Khorozyan I., Kito K., Konno K., Lin D.L., Littlewood N., Liu Y., Liu Y., Loretto M.C., Marconi V., Martin P.A., Morgan W.H., Narvaez-Gomez J.P., Negret P.J., Nourani E., Ochoa Quintero J.M., Ockendon N., Oh R.R.Y., Petrovan S.O., Piovezan-Borges A.C., Pollet I.L., Ramos D.L., Reboredo Segovia A.L., Nayelli Rivera-Villanueva A., Rocha R., Rouyer M.M., Sainsbury K.A., Schuster R., Schwab D., Sekercioglu C.H., Seo H.M., Shackelford G., Shinoda Y., Smith R.K., Tao S.D., Tsai M.S., Tyler E.H.M., Vajna F., Valdebenito J.O., Vozykova S., Waryszak P., Zamora-Gutierrez V., Zenni R.D., Zhou W. & Sutherland W.J. (2021). Tapping into non-English-language science for the conservation of global biodiversity. Vol. 19. PLoS Biology., 10/01/2021
• ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Neate-Clegg M.H.C., Blount J.D. & Şekercioğlu Ç.H. (2021). Ecological and biogeographical predictors of taxonomic discord across the world’s birds. (pp. 1258-1270). Vol. 30. Global Ecology and Biogeography., 06/01/2021
• ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Blount J.D., Horns J.J., Kittelberger K.D., Neate-Clegg M.H.C. & Şekercioğlu Ç.H. (2021). Avian Use of Agricultural Areas as Migration Stopover Sites: A Review of Crop Management Practices and Ecological Correlates. Vol. 9. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution., 05/14/2021
• ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Buechley E.R. et al. (2021). Differential survival throughout the full annual cycle of a migratory bird presents a life-history trade-off. (pp. 1228-1238). Vol. 90. Journal of Animal Ecology., 05/01/2021
• ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Evans T., Jeschke J.M., Liu C., Redding D.W., Şekercioğlu Ç.H. & Blackburn T.M. (2021). What factors increase the vulnerability of native birds to the impacts of alien birds?. (pp. 727-739). Vol. 44. Ecography., 05/01/2021
• CLIMATE CHANGE | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Neate-Clegg M.H.C., Stanley T.R., Şekercioğlu Ç.H. & Newmark W.D. (2021). Temperature-associated decreases in demographic rates of Afrotropical bird species over 30 years. (pp. 2254-2268). Vol. 27. Global Change Biology., 05/01/2021
• CLIMATE CHANGE | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Neate-Clegg, M., Jones, S.E.I., Tobias, J.A., Newmark, W.D., Şekercioğlu, Ç.H. 2021. Ecological drivers of elevational shifts in tropical birds. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9: 215., 04/12/2021
• CLIMATE CHANGE | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Neate-Clegg M.H.C., Stuart S.N., Mtui D., Sekercioglu C.H. & Newmark W.D. (2021). Afrotropical montane birds experience upslope shifts and range contractions along a fragmented elevational gradient in response to global warming. Vol. 16. PLoS ONE., 03/01/2021
• CLIMATE CHANGE | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Kittelberger K.D., Neate-Clegg M.H.C., Buechley E.R. & Sekercioglu Ç.H. (2021). Community characteristics of forest understory birds along an elevational gradient in the Horn of Africa: A multi-year baseline. Vol. 123. Condor., 02/01/2021
• ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Buechley E.R., Girardello M.A.R.C.O., Santangeli A., Ruffo A.D., Ayalew G., Abebe Y.D., Barber D.R., Buij R., Bildstein K., Mahamued B.A., Neate-Clegg M.H.C., Ogada D., Marra P.P., Sillett T.S., Thiollay J.M., Wikelski M., Yaworsky P. & Şekercioǧlu Ç.H. (2021). Priority areas for vulture conservation in the Horn of Africa largely fall outside the protected area network. Bird Conservation International., 01/01/2021
• WATER | CLIMATE CHANGE | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Neate-Clegg M.H.C., Horns J.J., Buchert M., Pope T.L., Norvell R., Parrish J.R., Howe F. & Şekercioğlu H. (2021). The effects of climate change and fluctuations on the riparian bird communities of the arid Intermountain West. Animal Conservation., 01/01/2021
• ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Kittelberger K.D., Buechley E.R., Ford M., Ağırkaya K. & Hakkı Şekercioğlu Ç. (2021). First satellite-tracked migration of an Eurasian Thick-knee (Burhinus oedicnemus) in the Middle East ends in human-caused mortality. (pp. 119-125). Vol. 67. Zoology in the Middle East., 01/01/2021

Presentations

• NATURE & CULTURE | WATER | CLIMATE CHANGE | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Symposium talk on bird conservation, International Congress of Conservation Biology , 07/26/2023 GLOBAL
• NATURE & CULTURE | CLIMATE CHANGE | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Plenary talk (jointly with Prof. Josip Kusak), Wolves Across Borders Congress, Sweden, 05/10/2023 TURKEY
• NATURE & CULTURE | WATER | CLIMATE CHANGE | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Robert College Annual Science Lecture (website.robcol.k12.tr/en/about-rc/history), 05/08/2023 TURKEY
• CLIMATE CHANGE | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Symposium talk on insectivorous birds, International Ornithological Congress, 08/18/2022 SOUTH AFRICA
• WATER | CLIMATE CHANGE | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Evolutionary Biology Society of Turkiye , 05/19/2021 TURKEY
• NATURE & CULTURE | CLIMATE CHANGE | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Science Colloquium, Koç University , 09/19/2019 GLOBAL
• NATURE & CULTURE | CLIMATE CHANGE | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Symposium talk on global avian datasets, American Ornithological Society meeting, Anchorage , 06/28/2019 GLOBAL

Professional Service

• NATURE & CULTURE | WATER | CLIMATE CHANGE | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Editorial Board, Ecography, 01/01/2014 GLOBAL
• JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY | BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | NATURE & CULTURE | ENERGY | WATER | CLIMATE CHANGE | AIR QUALITY | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE | FOOD SYSTEMS: Editorial Board, Conservation Biology, 01/08/2012 GLOBAL
• CLIMATE CHANGE | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Subject editor, Wildlife Biology, 05/15/2023 GLOBAL
• NATURE & CULTURE | WATER | CLIMATE CHANGE | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Editorial board member, Frontiers in Conservation and Restoration Ecology, 03/01/2021
• NATURE & CULTURE | WATER | CLIMATE CHANGE | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Editorial board member, Frontiers in Ecology and Environment, 08/01/2019
• NATURE & CULTURE | WATER | CLIMATE CHANGE | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Editorial board member, Turkish Journal of Zoology, 01/01/2016 TURKEY
• NATURE & CULTURE | WATER | CLIMATE CHANGE | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Editorial board member, Zoology in the Middle East, 01/01/2013

Media

• NATURE & CULTURE | WATER | CLIMATE CHANGE | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: CNN International story on my ornithology, wildlife biology and conservation ecology work in Turkey, 11/15/2023 TURKEY
• NATURE & CULTURE | WATER | CLIMATE CHANGE | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: I am the host, presenter and wildlife cameraman of Turkey’s only wildlife documentary series, “Yok Olmadan Keşfet”, with 48 episodes aired on the national documentary channel TRT Belgesel and freely available online below. The 2023-2024 season consisted of 10 episodes filmed across the country., 10/01/2023 TURKEY
• NATURE & CULTURE | CLIMATE CHANGE | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: BBC documentary Extreme Conservation: Turkey featured my brown bear research in Turkey which led to Turkey's first wildlife corridor, 12/02/2022 TURKEY
• NATURE & CULTURE | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: TRT Haber (Turkey's national news channel) interview on my Eritrea ornithological research, 10/31/2019 ERITREA
• NATURE & CULTURE | WATER | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: CNN Turk interview on otters, 10/31/2019 TURKEY
• NATURE & CULTURE | WATER | CLIMATE CHANGE | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: National Wildlife (major wildlife research and conservation magazine) interview and detailed coverage of our Turkey bird tracking research in "Going the Distance" article https://barryyeoman.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/bird-migration.pdf, 10/07/2019 TURKEY
• NATURE & CULTURE | CLIMATE CHANGE | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Washington Post interview for the article "North America has lost 3 billion birds in 50 years", 09/19/2019 CANADA
• NATURE & CULTURE | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: CNN Turk interview on snow leopards in Tibet, 06/15/2019 CHINA TIBET
• NATURE & CULTURE | CLIMATE CHANGE | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: CNN Turk interview on PNAS paper on long-term declines in Costa Rican sun coffee plantations, 06/15/2019 COSTA RICA
• NATURE & CULTURE | CLIMATE CHANGE | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: National Geographic interview on our bird banding research in Turkey, 06/09/2019 TURKEY
• NATURE & CULTURE | CLIMATE CHANGE | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: National Geographic article on our PNAS paper on long-term declines in Costa Rican forest remnants and sun coffee plantations., 04/29/2019 COSTA RICA
• NATURE & CULTURE | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Salt Lake Tribune front page story on our lab's camera trap mammal research at Red Butte. "Critter cams have produced thousands of images of wildlife roaming northern Utah’s mountain trails" https://sekercioglu.biology.utah.edu/PDFs/122018%20Salt%20Lake%20Tribune%20Austin.pdf, 01/01/2019

Awards

• NATURE & CULTURE | WATER | CLIMATE CHANGE | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Invited to the St. James Palace dinner with Princess Anne of the United Kingdom as one of top 10 conservationists supported by the Whitley Fund in the past 30 years., The Whitley Fund, 11/09/2023 TURKEY
• NATURE & CULTURE | WATER | CLIMATE CHANGE | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Most cited scientist in Turkey in biology, ecology and ornithology https://elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com/datasets/btchxktzyw/6, Scopus, 10/04/2023 GLOBAL
• NATURE & CULTURE | WATER | CLIMATE CHANGE | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Most cited scientist in Turkey in biology, ecology and ornithology https://elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com/datasets/btchxktzyw/3, Scopus, 10/19/2021
• NATURE & CULTURE | WATER | CLIMATE CHANGE | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: College of Science Award for Fostering Undergraduate Research Excellence, University of Utah, 05/19/2021
• WATER | CLIMATE CHANGE | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Creative 50 Award (one of three scientists to receive it), Media magazine of Turkey , 04/01/2021 TURKEY
• CLIMATE CHANGE | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: TFSF Award for Conservation Photography, Turkey Photography Artists Association, 03/05/2021 TURKEY
• ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Award for Best Environmental Documentary, Turkey Ministry of Forestry, 01/15/2021 TURKEY
• NATURE & CULTURE | WATER | CLIMATE CHANGE | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Most cited scientist in Turkey in biology, ecology and ornithology https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3000918, Scopus Elsevier, 10/16/2020 GLOBAL