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Collaborators: Jonathan Slaght

photo (с) J. Goodrich
Role: Co-founder of Blakiston's Fish Owl Project; co-investigator of resource selection study
Education: M.S. Conservation Biology, University of Minnesota, 2005
Title: Ph.D. candidate
Advisor: R.J. Gutierrez
Affiliations: University of Minnesota; Wildlife Conservation Society

Jonathan has been interested in Blakiston’s fish owls since 2000, when he photographed the first known individual in Lazo County in southern Primorye, while hiking with a friend. The Blakiston’s fish owl resource selection study is the basis for his Ph.D. dissertation in Wildlife Conservation at the University of Minnesota.  Fluent in Russian, he has been involved in Russian conservation for more than a decade. Jon splits his time between Minnesota and Primorye.

Recent Awards:

  • University of Minnesota Doctoral Dissertation Fellow (2009-10)
  • Wildlife Conservation Society Research Fellow (2008-9)
  • Bell Fellowship in Avian Conservation (2008)

Recent Publications and Presentations:
1. SLAGHT, JC, S. AVDEYUK, and S. SURMACH. 2009. Using Prey Enclosures to Lure Fish-Eating Raptors to Traps. Journal of Raptor Research 43: 237-240.

2. SLAGHT, J.C. 2008. Understanding Blakiston’s Fish Owl Habitat Use in Russia: Preliminary Results from a Telemetry Project. Raptor Research Foundation Annual Meeting 25-28 September 2008. Missoula, MT, USA. Contributed oral presentation.

3.  SLAGHT, J.C. AND S.G. SURMACH. 2008. Biology and conservation of Blakiston’s fish owls in Russia: a review of the primary literature and assessment of the secondary literature. Journal of Raptor Research 42: 29-37.

4.  SLAGHT, J.C. 2007. Blakiston's Fish Owl Project. Association of Zoos and Aquariums Annual Conference (Raptor Taxon Advisory Group). 17 September 2007, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Invited oral presentation.

5.  SLAGHT, J.C., D. G. MIQUELLE, J.M. GOODRICH, I.G. NIKOLAEV, E. N. SMIRNOV, B. O. SCHLEYER, K. TRAYLOR-HOLZER, S. CHRISTIE, T. ARJANOVA, J.L.D. SMITH, AND K. U. KARANTH.  2005.  Chapter 6. Who‘s king of the beasts?  Historical and recent body weights of wild and captive Amur tigers, with comparisons to other subspecies.  Pages 25-35 in Miquelle, D.G., E.N. Smirnov, and J.M. Goodrich (eds.).  Tigers in Sikhote-Alin Zapovednik: Ecology and Conservation.  PSP, Vladivostok, Russia (in Russian).