Dr. Jeremy J. Kirchman

Curator of Birds and Mammals
jeremy.kirchman@nysed.gov
518-474-1441

I am broadly interested in the evolution and biogeography of birds, but most of my research focuses on populations found on islands. Islands have long been considered “natural laboratories of evolution”, and studying birds on islands teaches us much about speciation, extinction, and adaptation.  I have a special interest in one group of birds, the rails (Rallidae), which are great island colonists, found even on the most remote oceanic islands.  Many rail species have evolved to become totally flightless on islands that lack mammalian predators. Closer to home, I am studying several species of birds that breed in “islands” of coniferous (boreal) forest isolated above 3000 feet of elevation in New York’s mountain ranges. I want to know if these populations of Bicknell’s Thrush, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Spruce Grouse and other boreal forest specialists are genetically isolated and evolving independently of one another. These high-elevation populations may be imperiled as the climate continues to warm.

Publications

2007

A. Gore, M.S. LoRusso 2007, Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 7143.31.121, Route 11/East Main Street, Village of Gouverneur, St. Lawrence County, New York.. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
A. Gore, S. Moragne, R. Morgan 2007, Cultural Resources Site Examination Report for PIN 7143.31.121, Route 11/E. Main Street, Village of Gouverneur, St. Lawrence County, New York.. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
A. Gore 2007, Phase I and II Archaeological Survey on NYSM \# 11760, Fort La Presentation, City of Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence County, New York.. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York

2006

A. Gore, V. Schmitt 2006, Addendum Cultural Resource Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 7130.19.121, Route 22, Towns of Beekmantown and Plattsburgh, Clinton County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
A. Gore 2006, Cultural Resources Site Examination Report of the Veder and Elliot Site, Town of Lysander, Onondaga County, New York.. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
A. Gore 2006, Phase II Cultural Resource Survey Report for PIN 7130.19.121, Lombard, Culver Hill, Pinsonnault, East Beekman Community, and Howe Site, Towns of Plattsburgh and Beekmantown, Clinton County, New York.. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York

2005

A. Gore, V. Schmitt 2005, Addendum Cultural Resource Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 7130.19.121, Route 22, Town of Beekmantown, Clinton County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
A. Gore, V. Schmitt 2005, Cultural Resource Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 7049.16.122, Route 812 over the Oswegatchie River, St. Lawrence County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
A. Gore 2005, Cultural Resource Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 7780.04.102, Wetland Mitigation Along Route 72, Town of Parishville, St. Lawrence County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York

2004

A. Gore, V. Schmitt 2004, Cultural Resource Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 7130.19.121, Route 22, Route 374-Haynes Road, Towns of Plattsburgh and Beekmantown, Clinton County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York