Peter J. Hodum P.O. Box 31818 Seattle, WA 98103 email: peter at oikonos dot org

CURRENT POSITIONS

Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Puget Sound
Assistant Professor, Departments of Biological Sciences and Science Education, California
State University, Long Beach
Research Fellow, Wildlife Conservation Society
Director, Juan Fernández Islands Conservancy
Visiting Scholar, University of Washington

EDUCATION
Ph.D., Ecology, University of California, Davis. Jan. 1999. Dissertation: Foraging ecology
and reproductive energetics of Antarctic fulmarine petrels. Advisor: Dr. Wesley Weathers.

Bachelor of Arts, Biology/Environmental Studies, Bowdoin College. May 1988. Senior honors
thesis: The effects of habitat selection on the reproductive success of Savannah sparrows
Passerculus sandwichensis. Graduated Magna cum Laude, Summa cum Laude in Biology.

Sea Semester, Sea Education Association, Boston University. Summer 1986.

HONORS/AWARDS/DISTINCTIONS
Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award, UC Davis, 1998
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 1991-1994
Graduate Group in Ecology Fellowship, UC Davis, 1992
Thomas J. Watson Fellowship, 1988
Phi Beta Kappa, Bowdoin College, 1988
UC Davis Graduate Student Travel Award, 1997
Ornithological Societies of North America Student Travel Award, 1998
Ecology Graduate Student Association Student of the Year, UC Davis, 1998

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Current Research, California State University, Long Beach, 3/01-present.
Conservation biology, foraging ecology and population biology of the threatened seabird
community of the Juan Fernández Islands, Chile.
Post-doctoral Research, UC Davis, 1/99-11/99.
Ecology of the threatened seabird community of the Juan Fernández Islands, Chile.
Doctoral Research, UC Davis, 9/91-12/98.
· Field and laboratory study of diet and energy requirements of adult and nestling Antarctic fulmarine petrels. Field research in Antarctica from 1993-1996. Techniques included doubly labeled water for field metabolic rates, water offloading for diet composition, morphometric measurements of nestlings, nest monitoring for foraging trip length, respirometry for resting metabolic rates and thermal profiles, and stable isotope analyses to ascertain trophic level and diet composition. Addressed questions regarding trophic segregation, differential provisioning strategies, nestling growth, parental reproductive effort, and population-level energy flows.
· Ecological energetics of California spotted owls to address factors limiting their distribution, including thermal sensitivity, parental effort and energy/prey requirements, 1992-1995.
· Field metabolic rate of breeding Cassin's auklets using the doubly labeled water technique, 1993.
Australian Antarctic Division, 10/89-3/90.
Population biology, foraging ecology, and energetics of Adélie penguins.
Thomas J. Watson Fellow, New Zealand, 9/88-7/89.
Conducted independent research on breeding biology of fluttering shearwaters and worked on
various avian conservation research projects including the taiko (magenta petrel), black petrel,
saddleback, little spotted kiwi, and kaka.
Bowdoin Scientific Station, Kent Island, New Brunswick, 5/87-8/87.
Population biology and reproductive ecology of Savannah sparrows.
Isla Española, Galápagos Islands, 1/86-4/86.
Population biology and evolutionary ecology of blue-footed and masked boobies; conducted
independent research on Galápagos hawk predation of booby chicks.
Bowdoin Scientific Station, Kent Island, New Brunswick, 5/85-8/85.
Population biology of Leach's storm petrels.

COLLEGE TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor, Depts. of Biological Sciences and Science Education, CSU Long Beach,
Fall 2001-present.
Courses taught:
· Conservation Biology. Upper-level undergraduate and graduate course.
· Current Topics in Conservation Biology. Graduate seminar course
· Marine Ornithology. Upper-level undergraduate and graduate course.
· General Biology and General Biology Laboratory. General Education course and
laboratory for non-majors.
· Life Science Applications. Graduate course in Science Education.
· A Process Approach to Science. Upper-level undergraduate course in Science Education.
· Teaching Assistant Professional Development Course. Graduate course for the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
· Invited Guest Lecturer in the Following Courses:
Ideas in the Biological Sciences
Undergraduate Research Seminar
Marine Ornithology
Lecturer, Biology of Marine Birds course, Bamfield Marine Station, Canada, Summer 2003.
Lecturer, Nature and Culture Field Methods Course: Natural and Cultural History of the Isla
Tiburón Region, Mexico, UC Davis, Spring 2000 and 2001.
Developed course concept and interdisciplinary curriculum on the terrestrial and marine
ecology, natural history, cultural history, and current conservation and cultural issues of the
Isla Tiburón region. Prepared course curriculum and reader, taught course (both field and
classroom components, and evaluated student performance. Dept. of Nature and Culture.
Adjunct Faculty, Wildlands Studies Field Course, Critical Canadian Environments: The
Vancouver Island Project, San Francisco State University, Summer 2000 and 2001.
Co-developed and taught interdisciplinary course focusing on the terrestrial and marine
ecology, natural history, cultural history, and conservation issues of Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island. Particular attention was given to temperate rainforest ecology, mammalian
and avian ecology, marine ecology, and regional socio-economic and cultural issues, including
forestry, fishing, and First Nations treaty rights and land claims.
Co-Lecturer, Introduction to Avian Biology, UC Davis, Fall 1997.
Prepared and presented lectures, assisted in curriculum development, prepared and graded
exams and homework, and led review sessions. Dr. Wesley Weathers, Dept. of Avian Sciences.
Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Avian Biology, UC Davis, Fall 1996.
Prepared and presented lectures, prepared and graded exams and homework, and led review
sessions. Dr. Wesley Weathers, Dept. of Avian Sciences.
Invited Guest Lecturer in the Following Courses, UC Davis, 1993-2001.
Physiological Ecology of Wildlife; Dept. of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology
Birds, Humans and the Environment; Dept. of Animal Science
Animal Behavior; Dept. of Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior
Raptor Biology; Depts. of Animal Science and Avian Sciences
Avian Sciences Seminar series; Dept. of Avian Sciences
Conservation Biology Seminar series; Dept. of Environmental Science and Policy
Avian Biology; Dept. of Avian Sciences
Avian Physiology; Dept. of Animal Science
Teaching Assistant, Introductory Biology I and II, Bowdoin College, 9/85-5/88.
Teaching Assistant, Ecology, Bowdoin College, Fall 1986 and 1987.
Tutor, Biology and Ecology, Bowdoin College, 9/85-5/88.

ADDITIONAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Return of the Salmon: Educational Outreach Program for Primary and Secondary Schools.
Public Research Service Program, UC Davis. 9/00-7/01.
Responsible for developing interdisciplinary learning modules for primary and secondary
school classes using field trips to local natural reserves as the focal point of the unit. These
modules integrated science, natural history, mathematics, language arts, presentation skills
and social sciences.
Ecology Graduate Student Outreach Program, UC Davis. 9/96-6/01.
Developed and coordinated graduate student outreach program for schools and community
groups. Gave presentations and taught experiential science classes in elementary schools.
Senior Wilderness Guide, Outdoor Adventures, UC Davis, 10/91-8/2001.
Taught instructional sea kayaking and rock climbing courses and guided extended sea
kayaking trips. Developed curricula for sea kayak instructor course and other courses.
Senior Mountaineering Guide, Mountain Adventure Seminars, Bear Valley, CA, 12/96-present.
Guided rock climbing, backcountry skiing, mountaineering, and avalanche courses.
Developed company's natural history series of courses and curricula for other courses.
Interpretive Naturalist, The Nature Conservancy, Damariscove Island, ME, 6/91-9/91.
Served as on-site naturalist and caretaker at nature reserve. Co-wrote natural history guide for
reserve, guided natural history tours, provided natural history information for visitors, and
enforced reserve regulations.
Environmental Educator, Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry, PA,
12/90-6/91. Developed and instructed experiential classes in forest ecology, aquatic ecology,
environmental issues, regional natural history, winter ecology, astronomy, and bird studies.

PUBLICATIONS

Hodum, P. J. and W. W. Weathers. 2003. Energetics of nestling growth and parental effort in
Antarctic fulmarine petrels. Journal of Experimental Biology 206: 2125-2133.
Hodum, P. J. 2002. Breeding biology of high-latitude Antarctic fulmarine petrels. Journal of
Zoology 256: 139-149.
Townsend, H. M., K. P. Huyvaert, P. J. Hodum, and D. J. Anderson. 2002. Nesting distributions
of Galápagos boobies (Aves: Sulidae): an apparent case of amensalism. Oecologia 132:
419-427.
Weathers, W. W., P. J. Hodum, and J. A. Blakesley. 2001. Thermal ecology and ecological
energetics of California spotted owls. Condor 103: 678-690.
Hodum, P. J. and K. A. Hobson. 2000. Trophic relationships among Antarctic fulmarine petrels:
insights into dietary overlap and chick provisioning strategies inferred from stable isotope (d15N and d13C) analyses. Marine Ecology Progress Series 198: 273-281.
Weathers, W. W., K. L. Gerhart, and P. J. Hodum. 2000. Thermoregulation in Antarctic
fulmarine petrels. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 170: 561-572.
Hodum, P. J., W. J. Sydeman, G. H. Visser, and W. W. Weathers. 1998. Field metabolic rates of
Cassin's Auklets provisioning young. Condor 100: 546-550.
Foin, T. C., S. P. Riley, A. L. Pawley, D. R. Ayres, T. M. Carlsen, P. J. Hodum, and P. V.
Switzer. 1998. Improving recovery planning for the conservation of threatened and
endangered taxa. Bioscience 48: 177-184.
Weathers, W. W., P. J. Hodum, and D. J. Anderson. 1997. Is the energy cost of begging by
nestling passerines surprisingly low? Auk 114: 133.
Hodum, P. J., K. L. Gerhart, and W. W. Weathers. 1996. Growth and development in Antarctic
fulmarine petrels. Antarctic Journal of the United States 31: 112-113.
Hodum, P. J. and W. W. Weathers. 1995. Ecological energetics of Antarctic fulmarine petrels.
Antarctic Journal of the United States 30: 182-183.
Hodum, P. J. 1994. Foraging ecology and reproductive energetics of Antarctic petrels. Antarctic
Journal of the United States 29: 167-168.
Anderson, D. J. and P. J. Hodum. 1993. Predator behavior favors clumped nesting in an oceanic
seabird. Ecology 74: 2462-2464.
Wheelwright, N. T., C. B. Schultz, and P. J. Hodum. 1992. Polygyny and male parental care in
Savannah sparrows: effects on female fitness. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 31: 279-
289.

Other publications:

Hodum, P. J. 1991. Of penguins and petrels. Underwater Naturalist 20: 3-8.
Hodum, P. J. 1990. New Zealand field study. Underwater Naturalist 18: 3-9.
Hodum, P. J. 1990. Conservation New Zealand style. Underwater Naturalist 18: 33-34.
Hodum, P. J. 1987. The Galapagos: a season in the field. Underwater Naturalist 17: 3-7.

In press:
Hodum, P. J., J. P. Croxall, S. Poncet, and E. J. Woehler. In press. Breeding distribution of the
Cape Petrel Daption capense. Marine Ornithology.

TECHNICAL REPORTS
Hodum, P. J. and M. D. Wainstein. 2003. Biology and conservation of the Juan Fernández
Archipelago seabird community. Annual Report prepared for CONAF (Chilean Forest Service).
Hodum, P. J. and M. D. Wainstein. 2002. Biology and conservation of the Juan Fernández
Archipelago seabird community. Annual Report prepared for CONAF (Chilean Forest Service).
Hodum, P., A. Miller, D. Page, G. Barlee, and A. O'Carroll. 2002. Logging to extinction: The last
stand of the spotted owl in Canada. Technical report prepared for Western Canada Wilderness
Committee, Sierra Legal Defence Fund and Forest Watch of British Columbia.
Hodum, P. J. 1999. Assessment of the Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery
Act Draft Environmental Impact Statement. Technical Report prepared for Sierra Nevada
Forest Protection Campaign.
Hodum, P. J. and S. P. Harrison. 1997. Ecological assessment of the British Columbia Spotted
Owl management plan. Technical Report prepared for BC Wild.

In prep:
Hodum, P. J. Interannual variation in reproductive effort and success in an Antarctic seabird
community.
Hodum, P. J. and W. W. Weathers. Diet and foraging ecology of Antarctic fulmarine petrels.
Hodum, P. J. and W. W. Weathers. Nestling growth in Antarctic fulmarine petrels.
Hodum, P. J., J. P. Croxall, S. Poncet and, E. J. Woehler. Breeding distribution of the Antarctic
Fulmar Fulmarus glacialoides. Marine Ornithology.

GRANTS
Wallis Foundation, 2003-04. Conservation of the threatened seabird community of the Juan
Fernández Islands, Chile. $50,000. (Co-P.I. Dr. Michelle Wainstein)
National Geographic Society, 2002-03. Satellite tracking of pink-footed shearwaters (Puffinus
creatopus). $16,935. (Co-P.I. Dr. Michelle Wainstein)
Wallis Foundation, 2002-03. Conservation of the threatened seabird community of the Juan
Fernández Islands, Chile. $50,000. (Co-P.I. Dr. Michelle Wainstein)
Wallis Foundation, 2001-02. Conservation of the threatened seabird community of the Juan
Fernández Islands, Chile. $40,000. (Co-P.I. Dr. Michelle Wainstein)
US Forest Service Research Grant, Redwood Sciences Lab, 1992-94. Thermal ecology and
energetics of California spotted owls. $20,000.
Jastro-Shields Research Scholarship, UC Davis, 1992 and 1993. Ecological energetics of
California spotted owls. $2,000 each year.
Frank M. Chapman Research Grant, 1993. Thermal ecology of California spotted owls. $500.

ABSTRACTS AND PRESENTATIONS
Wainstein, M., P. J. Hodum and E. Hagen. Competition vs. predation: relative impacts of
introduced mammals on shearwaters of the Juan Fernández Islands, Chile. Presented at the 2003 Annual Meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology.
Hodum, P. J., M. D. Wainstein and E. Hagen. Conservation of the threatened seabird
community of the Juan Fernández Islands, Chile. Presented at the 2002 North American
Ornithological Conference.
Hodum, P. J. Invited speaker at the Wildlife Conservation Society. Mechanistic approaches to
conservation biology: perspectives from an Antarctic seabird community. July 2000.
Hodum, P. J. and W. W. Weathers. Ecological energetics of California spotted owls. Presented at
the 2000 Annual Meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology.
Hodum, P. J. and W. W. Weathers. Reproductive energetics of Antarctic fulmarine petrels.
Presented at the 2000 Second International Petrel Conference.
Hodum, P. J. and W. W. Weathers. Nestling growth in Antarctic fulmarine petrels. Presented at
the 2000 Annual Meeting of the Pacific Seabird Group.
Hodum, P. J. Invited speaker in symposium on "Conservation and ecology of Southern Ocean
seabirds." Presented at the 1998 Annual Meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology.
Hodum, P. J. Are seabirds indicators of the marine environment? Perspectives from an Antarctic
seabird community. Presented at the 1998 North American Ornithological Conference.
Hodum, P. J. and K. A. Hobson. Trophic relationships of Antarctic fulmarine petrels: a stable
isotope perspective. Presented at the 1998 Annual Meeting of the Pacific Seabird Group.
Hodum, P. J. and W. J. Sydeman. Energy expenditure and food requirement of Cassin's Auklets
provisioning nestlings. Presented at the 1997 Biennial Workshop on Research in the Gulf of the Farallones.
Hodum, P. J. and S. P. Harrison. Ecological assessment of the British Columbia Spotted Owl
Management Plan. Presented at 1997 BC Spotted Owl Management Team Workshop.
Hodum, P. J. Interannual variation in foraging of Antarctic fulmarine petrels. Presented at the
1997 Annual Meeting of the Cooper Ornithological Society.
Hodum, P. J. Foraging ecology of Antarctic fulmarine petrels. Presented at the 1997 Annual
Meeting of the Pacific Seabird Group.
Hodum, P. J. Breeding distribution and numbers of Cape Petrels. 1996 Scientific Committee on
Antarctic Research- Bird Biology Subcommittee Workshop.
Hodum, P. J. Comparative nestling growth in Antarctic fulmarine petrels. Presented at the 1996
Annual Meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union.
Hodum, P. J. Foraging ecology and reproductive energetics of Antarctic fulmarine petrels.
Presented at the 1996 Annual Meeting of Physiological Ecologists.

ACADEMIC SERVICE
Member, Curriculum Committee, CSU Long Beach, 2003-present
Member, graduate student thesis committees, CSU Long Beach, 2001-present
Chairperson, Ecology Graduate Student Association, UC Davis, 1996-1998
Member, Graduate Group in Ecology Executive Committee, UC Davis, 1996-1998
Member, Ecology Graduate Student Association Executive Committee, UC Davis, 1992-93,
1996-1998

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Society for Conservation Biology
American Ornithologists' Union
Cooper Ornithological Society
Pacific Seabird Group
Wildlife Conservation Society

REVIEWER
· grant proposal reviewer for the following organizations
National Science Foundation: Office of Polar Programs
National Science Foundation: Division of Ocean Sciences
National Geographic Society
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
· manuscript reviewer for the following journals
The Condor (journal of Cooper Ornithological Society)
The Auk (journal of American Ornithologists' Union)

Biological Conservation
Polar Biology
Journal of Field Ornithology
Canadian Journal of Zoology
Oecologia
Ibis (journal of the British Ornithological Union)
Notornis (journal of the New Zealand Ornithological Society)

REFERENCES
Wesley Weathers, Ph.D. (530) 752-7411
Department of Animal Science, University of California, One Shields Ave., Davis, CA 95616

Daniel Anderson, Ph.D. (530) 752-2108
Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology, University of California, One Shields
Ave., Davis, CA 95616

Kirk Klasing, Ph.D. (530) 752-1901
Department of Animal Science, University of California, One Shields Ave., Davis, CA 95616-

Keith Hobson, Ph.D. (306) 975-4102
Canadian Wildlife Service, 115 Perimeter Road, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N OX4, Canada