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

2003

A. Gore 2003, Cultural Resources Site Examination Report for NYSM 10977, Erie Canal Kirkville Site for PIN 3804.12.121, CR 15, Kirkville Road/Old Erie Canal, Town of Manlius, Onondaga County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
A. Gore 2003, A Reconnaissance Cultural Resource Survey of Office of General Services Project No. S8870, Preservation of Lands at SUNY Old Westbury, Towns of Oyster Bay and North Hempstead, Nassau County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
A. Gore, M. Pickands 2003, Site Examination Report for The Rogers Site, NYSM\# 11422; the Powerline Site, NYSM \# 11423; and the Parishville Center Wagon Shop Site, NYSM \#11425, PIN 7780.04.101, NY Route 72, Town of Parishville,St. Lawrence County, New York 98PR 182. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
M. Pickands, A. Gore 2003, Site Examination Report for The Rogers Site, NYSM\# 11422; the Powerline Site, NYSM \# 11423; and the Parishville Center Wagon Shop Site, NYSM \#11425, PIN 7780.04.101, NY Route 72, Town of Parishville,St. Lawrence County, New York 98PR 182. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
A. Gore 2003, Tales from the Field: The Battle of New York. Members Update 14, 6-7

2002

C. Fisher, A. Gore, N. Davis 2002, An Artifact of Safe Drinking Water [WWW Document]. Archaeology On Line News, URL: http://www.archaeology.org/online/news/waterjug.html
A. Gore, S. Sastry 2002, Digital Survey Forms for 160 Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Battlefields and Associated Properties for the American Battlefield Protection Program, , .
A. Gore, S. Sastry 2002, Digital Survey Forms for 160 Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Battlefields and Associated Properties for the American Battlefield Protection Program. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York

2001

A. Gore 2001, Archaeological Survey Report for PIN 2125.13.121, Town of Glen, Montgomery County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
A. Gore 2001, Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for OGS-1, Cultural Resource Monitoring for the Empire State Plaza East Parking Garage in the City of Albany, Albany County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York