Papers (abstracts
and posters are indented and in a smaller font to avoid confusion)
Welford, M.R. 2008. Altitudinal species richness
among hummingbirds in NW Ecuador. Invited paper in a special issue of Geographical
Review. In review.
Welford, M.R., Vásquez, A., Sambrano, P., Nunnery,
T. and Ulman, B. 2007. Evidence for Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus
brood-parasitism of Turquoise Jays Cyanolyca turcosa in northwest Ecuador
and how this alters our understanding of Cowbird brood parasitism. Cotinga
27 (spring issue): 58-60.
Dykes, A.P. and Welford, M.R. 2007. Landslides
in the Tandayapa Valley, northern Andes, Ecuador: implications for landform
development in humid and tectonically active mountain ranges. Landslides
4 (2): 177-187. http://www.springerlink.com/content/v221222xkv160438/
Welford, M.R. 2007. Do elevational
patterns in species richness of hummingbirds in NW Ecuador fit predictions
of stochastic and physical landscape-derived models? Paper presented at
the annual general meeting of SEDAAG, November 18-20, Charleston,
SC.
Zjhra, M., Bynum, N., Kaplin, B.,
Leege, L., Sterling, E. and Welford, M.R. 2007. Teaching Conservation
Beyond Traditional Pedagogical and Discipline Boundaries. A day-long Short
Course taught at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Conservation
Biology, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, July 1-5.
Welford, M.R. 2007. Local
effects of ecotourism: a case study of the Nono-Mindo Road in Ecuador, paper
presented at the Annual Meeting of the AAG, April 17-21, San Francisco.
Welford, M.R. and DeFalco, S. 2003. Early successional
habitats and bird-related ecotourism in the Ecuadorian Andes. Lyonia
4 (1): 97-102. http://www.lyonia.org/
Welford,
M.R.
2003 Birds, Landslides and Pastures: A biogeographic condundrum,
poster presented at the International Biogeography Society Inaugural
Meeting, January 4-8, Mesquite, Nevada.
Nunnery, A. and
Welford, M.R.
2003 Barred Forest-Falcon (Micrastur ruficollis) predation on a hummingbird. Journal of Raptor
Research, 36 (3), in press.
Nunnery, T. and Welford, M.R.
2001 Birding the Tandayapa Valley, Ecuador. Winging It, The monthly
Newletter of the American Birding Association, 13 (12), 1-4. [This publication
is sent out to the ABA's 22,000 members who reside in 63 countries]
Nunnery, T. and Welford, M. R. 2001. Behavior
and use of human trail by Giant Antpitta (Grallaria gigantea).
Cotinga, 15, Autumn 2001, p. 67-68.
Welford, M.R. and Trupe, C. H. 2001. Possible
connections among frequent shallow landslides, sub-surface geology and intense
weathering, and tropical montane trees, poster presented at Binghamton
Geomorphology Symposium on Mountain Geomorphology: Integrating Earth
Systems, October 20-21, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill.
Welford, M.R. 2001. Landslides, earthquakes,
and tropical montane trees: a possible connection, 97th Annual
General Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, February 27-March
3, New York, NY. 2001 AAG Abstract volume, p. 994 on CD-ROM.
Welford, M.R. 2000. The importance of
early successional habitats to rare, restricted-range, and endangered birds
in the Ecuadorian Andes. Bird Conservation International,
10 (4), 351-360.
Welford, M. R. and Hogan Fouberg, E. 2000.
Theory and Research in Geography Education: Introduction, in the guest
edited issue Theory and Research in Geography Education edited by Welford,
M. R. and Hogan Fouberg, E. Journal of Geography, 99 (5),
p. 183-184.
Bell, M.K., Scott, A. and Welford, M.R. 1998.
Iceland Gull Sighting at Jekyll Island (Glynn County) Georgia. The
Oriole, The Journal of Georgia Ornithology, 63 (3-4), p. 71,
(published Aug. 2000).
Battles, D.A. and Welford, M.R. 2000. The
Combined Academic Geology and Geography Department: An Assessment Based on
a Survey of Department Chairs. Journal of Geoscience Education,
48, 47-56.
Welford, M.R.1999 Conservation potential
of former pastures within Wet Temperate Forest, Ecuador, 1999
Association of American Geographers Abstracts, p 632 on CD-ROM.
Welford, M.R. 1998. A review of Coherent
Flow Structures in Open Channels edited by Ashworth, P.J., Bennett,
S.J., Best, J.L. and McLelland, S.J. Geomorphology,
24(2-3), p.257-258.
Welford, M.R. 1998. New
record of Swallow-tailed Nightjars for Pichincha province and the west slope
of the Andes in Ecuador. Cotina, 10(2) , p.
41-42.
Welford, M.R. 1997. Preliminary
Biogeographic Survey of Bellavista Reserve, Ecuador. Foreign
Field Notes, American Birding Association.
Welford, M.R. 1997. Bird
trip on the Western Slope of the Ecuadorian Andes. Foreign
Field Notes, American Birding Association.
Welford, M.R. 1997. A review of Advances
in Fluvial Dynamics and Stratigraphy edited by Carling, P.A. and Dawson,
M.R. Palynos, Newsletter of the International Federation of Palynological
Societies, 20(1), p.7-8.
Welford, M.R. and Battles, D.A.
1997. Faculty satisfaction with the Combined Geology and Geography Department,
1997 Association of American Geographers Abstracts,
p. 282.
Welford, M.R. 1996. Experiences,
Reflections and Recommendations of a Teaching Assistant in the U.S. An
invited paper part of an Arena Symposium on Teaching Assistants. Journal
of Geography of Higher Education, 20(1), p. 99-106.
Battles, D.A. and Welford, M.R.
1996. The Combined Geology and Geography Department, Geological
Society of America Abstracts, v.28, no. 7.
Welford, M.R. 1996. Wilson's
Storm-Petrel observed from ferry between St. Mary's and Cumberland Island,
Georgia. The Oriole, The Journal of Georgia Ornithology,
60(4), p. 45.
Isard, S.A., Welford, M.R. and Hollinger,
S.E. 1995. A Simple Soil Moisture Index to Forecast Crop Yields.
Physical Geography, 16(6), p. 524-538.
Thorn, C.E. and Welford, M.R.
1994. The Equilibrium Concept in Geomorphology. Annals
of the Association of American Geographers, 84(4), p. 666-696.
Thorn, C.E. and Welford, M.R.
1994. No Dirge, No Philosophy, Just Practicality. A Reply to Commentaries
by Phillips, J.D. and Gomez, B., and Kennedy, B. to The Equilibrium Concept
in Geomorphology. Annals of the Association of American Geographers,
84(4), p. 706-709.
Welford, M.R. 1994. A
Field Test of Tubino's (1991) Model of Alternate Bar Formation. Earth
Surface Processes & Landforms, 19(4), p. 287-297.
Welford, M.R. 1994. Possible
Design Criteria for Straight Alluvial Channels, 1994 Association
of American Geographers Abstracts, p. 249.
Welford, M.R. 1993. Field
Evaluation of Empirical Equations in Straight Alluvial Channels. Physical
Geography, 14(6), p. 581-598.
Hollinger, S.E., Isard, S.A. and
Welford, M.R. 1993. A New Soil Moisture Drought Index for Predicting
Crop Yields, Abstracts from the Eighth Conference on Applied
Climatology held in San Francisco, California, sponsored by
the American Meteorology Society, p. 187-190.
Welford, M.R. 1993. Alternate
Bars and Meandering: a Paradox, 1993 Association of American
Geographers Annual Meeting Abstracts, p. 249.
Welford, M.R. 1992. Growth
of Alternate Bars under Unsteady Flow Conditions, 1992 Association
of American Geographers Annual Meeting Abstracts, p. 250.
Welford, M.R. 1991. Rock
Glacier Distribution: the result of either topoclimatic or geologic factors.
Occasional Publications of the Department of Geography,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, Paper 16.
Rhoads, B.L. and Welford, M.R.
1991. Initiation of River Meandering. Progress in Physical
Geography 15(2), p. 127-156.
Welford, M.R. 1991. Bed
Morpholgic Change in an Artificially-Straightened Channel, 1991 Association
of American Geographers Annual Meeting Abstracts, p. 210.
Welford, M.R. 1990. Tributary
Inputs as a Means of Terrace Formation, 1990 Association
of American Geographers Annual Meeting Abstracts, p. 253.
Alexandra, F., Yates, E. and Welford,
M.R. 1986. Appendix 2: List of Birds seen on Desert Trek. In The
1986 Kenya Expedition. The British Schools Exploring Society 1986-1987
Report, p.64.
Welford, M.R. 1985. Birds
and Geography. Report compiled for the Berber Gold 1985 Duke of Edinburgh's
Awards Expedition to Morocco and the High Atlas. Young Explorers
Trust, p.48-54.
Edited Special Issue of Journals
Co-Guest Editor and Organizer with E. Hogan Flouberg.
Theory and Research in Geography Education. Journal of Geography, 99
(5), p. 183-227.
Grants & Contracts
Georgia Southern, Faculty Research Grant Award (fully-funded
at $8,677.55) – PI for the project – Critical Threshold
Conditions for the Initiation of Shallow Landslides in the Northern Andes.2005.
USG Board of Regents, Global Partnerships Grant Award ($10,000)
– co-PI, PI Dr. Jason Dittmer, with co-PI’s Drs. Soren Larsen
and Thomas Klein from Georgia Southern, Dr. M. Ray Crook at SUWGA, and Dr.
Susan P. Mains from UWI - The Consortium for the Study of Trans-Atlantic
Communities of African Descent, w/$11,775 in-matching funds from
Georgia Southern, State University of West Georgia, and University of the
West Indies.2004-2005.
USG Board of Regents, Global Partnerships Grant Award ($10,000)
- PI, Environmental Support Group: Andes/Appalachian Connection w/$28,000
in-matching funds from Georgia Southern, UGA, and the Universidad San Francisco
de Quito, Ecuador, 2000-2001.
Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador (accommodation,
food, transportation to TBS) - PI, Develop an integrated GIS system
using ArcView and ArcInfo with satellite images, ground-truthing and GPS of
Tiputini Biodiversity Station, June 2000.
Georgia Legislator State Contract ($9,000) - Program Cooperator,
GSU managed by J. Sellers and W. Merka, UGA. Environmental Technical-Assistance
Program for Georgia Food Processors, 1999-2000.
GSU, Faculty Development and Welfare Grant for Professional
Travel ($600) - PI. 1999.
Georgia Legislator State Contract ($10,250) - Program Cooperator,
GSU managed by J. Sellers, W. Merka, A.E. Reynolds, E. Whittle (all at
UGA ), and J. Walsh (at Georgia Tech) Environmental Technical-Assistance
Program for Georgia Food Processors, 1998-99.
GSU, Faculty Research Stipend ($2500) - PI The role
incipient forest fragmentation has on the occupancy and utilization of habitat
structures by the bird community in cloud forest in Ecuador, June 1998.
Georgia Legislator State Contract ($10,250) - Program Cooperator,
GSU managed by T. Foutz, W. Merka, A.E. Reynolds, E. Whittle (all at UGA
), and J. Walsh (at Georgia Tech) Environmental Technical-Assistance Program
for Georgia Food Processors, 1997-98.
GSU, Faculty Development and Welfare Grant for Professional
Travel ($644) - PI. 1997.
Georgia Legislator State Contract ($10,250) - Program Cooperator,
GSU managed by T. Foutz, W. Merka, A.E. Reynolds, E. Whittle (all at UGA
), and J. Walsh (at Georgia Tech) Environmental Technical-Assistance Program
for Georgia Food Processors, 1996-97.
Georgia Legislator State Contract ($14,042) - Program Cooperator,
GSU managed by T. Foutz, W. Merka, A.E. Reynolds, E. Whittle (all at UGA
), and J. Walsh (at Georgia Tech) Environmental Technical-Assistance Program
for Georgia Food Processors, 1995-96.
Georgia Legislator State Contract ($22,000) - Program Cooperator,
GSU managed by T. Foutz, W. Merka, A.E. Reynolds, E. Whittle (all at UGA
), and J. Walsh (at Georgia Tech) Environmental Technical-Assistance Program
for Georgia Food Processors, 1994-95.
GSU, Faculty Research Grant ($2500) Tidal Meander Dynamics
along the Georgia Coast - PI. 1994.
GSU, Faculty Development and Welfare Grant ($1000) - PI.1994.
GSU, Development of Instruction Grant ($1000) - PI.1993.
"Field Evaluation of Alternate Bar Formation",
Graduate College Thesis/Project Grant ($100), University of Illinois, 1992.
"Bed Morphologic Change in an Artificially-Straightened
Channel", Graduate College Dissertation Research Grant ($350), University
of Illinois, 1991.
"Bed Morphologic Change in an Artificially-Straightened
Channel", Grants-in-Aid of Research ($421.50), Department of Geography,
University of Illinois, 1991.
"Flow Structure and Bed Topography in
an Artificially-Straightened Stream", Grants-in-Aid of Research ($339),
Department of Geography, University of Illinois, 1990.
"Investigation into Initiation of Meanders
in Artificially-Straightened Streams", Grants-in-Aid of Research ($685.25),
Department of Geography, University of Illinois, 1989.
"Investigation into Initiation of Meanders
in Artificially-Straightened Streams", Sigma Xi ($500), The Scientific
Research Society, 1989.
Honors and Awards:
Nominated and accepted for membership of Project Kaleidoscope
(PKAL). Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL) is an informal national alliance of individuals,
institutions, and organizations committed to strengthening undergraduate science,
mathematics, engineering, and technology education supported by the National
Science Foundation. 1998.
Nominated for the Board of Regents Distinguished Professor
of Teaching and Learning at Georgia Southern University. 1997-98.
Nominated for the Award for Excellence in
Research and/or Creative Scholarly Activity at Georgia Southern University,
1996-97.
Made the University of Illinois Lists of Teachers
ranked as Excellent by their Students, $100/year, 1992,91,90.
Fred Foster Fellowship, Dept. of Geography,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, $500, 1989.
Membership of Professional Organizations:
Member of the Association of American Geographers.