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Martha Hurley Dr. Martha M. Hurley is a biodiversity scientist with the Museum's Center for Biodiversity and Conservation. Currently she is working on analyses of data collected during the CBC's three year biotic inventory survey of unprotected forested areas of Vietnam. Primary questions being addressed include biogeographical faunal distributions and related patterns of species diversity and endemism. She co-authored a book on the natural history of Vietnam with Dr. Eleanor J. Sterling and Minh Duc Le, and co-curated a temporary exhibit on Vietnam's biodiversity at the American Museum of Natural History March - October 2003. Martha received her Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Princeton University where her dissertation focused on the behavioral mechanisms underlying natal dispersal and survival in Scottish red grouse populations. She has field experience in Scotland, Tanzania, Costa Rica, and Belize.

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Sterling, E.J., and M.M. Hurley. Submitted. Strengthening science in conservation: A focus on Vietnam's biodiversity. In: Biodiversity: Past, Present, and Future, Jablonski, N., and A. Leviton (eds.), Memoir of the California Academy of Sciences.

Hurley, M.M., and P.J. Hudson. Submitted. Natal dispersal behavior of red grouse, Lagopus lagopus scoticus. Animal Behavior.

Hurley, M.M., and P.J. Hudson. Submitted. Survival and natal dispersal of immature red grouse, Lagopus lagopus scoticus. Ecography.

Vogel, C.J., P.R. Sweet, Le Manh Hung, and M.M. Hurley. Accepted 2003. Ornithological records from Ha Giang province, north-east Vietnam, during March-June 2000. Forktail 19: 21-30.

Sterling, E.J., M.M. Hurley, and R.H. Bain. 2003. Vietnam's secret life. Natural History 112: 50-59.

Park, K.J., M.M. Hurley, and P.J. Hudson. 2002. Territorial status and survival in red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scoticus): hope for the 'doomed surplus'? Journal of Avian Biology 33: 56-62.

Hurley, M.M. (compiler). 2002. Multi-taxa biotic inventories of three unprotected forested ecosystems in Vietnam. Center for Biodiversity and Conservation at the American Museum of Natural History, New York. Available online.

Thirgood, S.J., S.M. Redpath, P.J. Hudson, M.M. Hurley, and N.J. Aebischer. 1995. Effect of necklace radio tags on survival and breeding success of red grouse. Wildlife Biology 1: 121-126.

Hudson, P.J., F. Booth, M.M. Hurley, and D.H. Howarth. 1994. Problems with red grouse chick survival. The Game Conservancy Annual Review 25: 120-122.

 
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