YURIY V. SHIBAEV

TITLE:

Senior Researcher, Institute of Biology and Soil Sciences, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok 690022, Russia.

EDUCATION:

M.S., zoology, Department of Zoology, Kharkov State University, Kharkov, Ukraine, 1959.

Ph.D., zoology, Far East Center, Academy of Sciences, USSR, Vladivostok, Russia, 1975

POSITIONS:

Junior Researcher, Sudzukhe Reserve (Laso Reserve), South Far East, 1959-1963.

Junior Researcher, Reserve "Kedrovaya Pad," South Far East, 1963-1968.

Junior Researcher, Institute of Biology and Soil Sciences, Far East Center, Academy of Sciences, USSR, 1968-1979.

Senior Researcher, Institute of Biology and Soil Sciences, Far East Branch, Academy of Sciences, USSR, Vladivostok, 1979-present.

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

Amur-Ussuri Branch of the Russian Ornithology Society, International Ornithological Committee, Seabirds Specialists Group, IUON.

FIELD EXPERIENCE:

Numerous collecting expeditions throughout the Russian Far East, including extensive work on the southern Kuril Islands

PUBLICATIONS:

Since 1974, a total of 72 scientific publications on the taxonomy and distribution of birds; modern status, distribution, biology and conservation of birds, especially rare and endangered birds of the southern part of the Russian Far East.

Five publications most relevant to the present proposal:

• SHIBAEV, Yu. V., and N. M. Litvinenko. 1982. Distribution and numbers of Grus japonensis and Grus vipio in the USSR. Jour. Yamashina Inst. Ornithology, 14(2/3): 246-253.

• SHIBAEV, Yu. V. 1988. Some results of studies on cranes in the south of the Soviet Far East in 1980-1986, and basic tendencies of their future development. pp. 18-26, In: The Palearctic cranes. Vladivostok: Far East Science Center, Academ y of Sciences, USSR.

• SHIBAEV, Yu. V. 1990. Alcids of the USSR: spectacled guillemot, marbled murrelet, Kittliz's murrelet, ancient murrelet. pp. 74-107, 139-148, In: Birds of the USSR. Moscow: Nauka Press.

• SHIBAEV, Yu. V., et al. 1993. The status, distribution, and ecology of in-shore fish-feeding alcids (Cepphus guillemots and Brachyramphus murrelets) in the North Pacific. pp. 164-175, In: The Status, Ecology, and Conservation of M arine Birds of the North Pacific. Canadian Wildlife Service, Spec. Publ., Ottawa.

• SHIBAEV, Yu. V., et al. 1993. The status and ecology of offshore fish-feeding alcids in the North Pacific. pp. 176-186, In: The Status, Ecology, and Conservation of Marine Birds of the North Pacific. Canadian Wildlife Service, Spec. Publ., Ottawa.