Staff Member
Ke Zhang
PhD
Email: kezhang1122@ufl.edu
Biography
My doctoral study will focus on movement and habitat use by colonial waterbirds in coastal Alabama. My research interest is to apply genetic method and spatial analysis in answering ecological questions.
| Project | Completion Date |
|---|---|
| Colonial nesting wading bird tracking and habitat use assessment | December 2024 |
| Presentations | Presentation Date |
|---|---|
| Zhang, Ke, C. K. Gulick, and A. N. Powell. 2023. Infection rates of avian malaria in white ibis and tricolored herons in the southeastern US. Annual Conference of the Waterbirds Society, Fort Lauderdale, FL | October 2023 |
| Zhang, Ke, C. K. Gulick, and A. N. Powell. 2022. Non-breeding utilization ranges of white ibis and tricolored herons in the Gulf of Mexico region. Waterbirds Conference, Corpus ChristI, TX. | November 2022 |
| Zhang, K., C. K. Gulick, and A. N. Powell. 2023. Haemosporidian parasites in wading birds captured from breeding colonies in coastal Alabama. Florida TWS Meeting, Jacksonville, FL. | March 2023 |
| Zhang, K., C. K. Gulick, and A. N. Powell. 2021. Habitat use of wading birds during the non-breeding season in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Waterbird Society Annual Meeting (Virtual). | November 2021 |
| Zhang, K., C. K. Gulick, Z. S. White, K. Wilson, S. M. Wisely, and A. N. Powell. Haemosporidian parasites wading birds captured from breeding colonies in coastal Alabama. Annual Meeting, American Ornithological Society, London, Ontario. | August 2023 |
| Zhang, K., C. K. Gulick, Z. S. White, K. Wilson, S. M. Wisely, and A. N. Powell. 2023. Haemosporidian parasites on wading birds captured from breeding colonies in coastal Alabama. Wildlife Disease Association Annual Meeting, Athens, GA. | August 2023 |
| Gulick, C.K., K. Zhang, and A. N. Powell. 2022. Movements of two differently adapted wading bird species during the nonbreeding season. Poster; American Ornithological Society Annual Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico. | July 2022 |
| Gulick, C. K., K. Zhang, and A. N. Powell. First annual survival estimates for white ibises and tricolored herons breeding in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Waterbirds Annual Conference, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. | October 2023 |
| Gulick, C. K., K. Zhang, and A. N. Powell. Breeding season selection of anthropogenic resources varies across pre-breeding movement modes in the white ibis. American Ornithological Society Annual Meeting, London, Ontario. | August 2023 |
| Gulick, C. K., K. Zhang, and A. N. Powell. Breeding season selection of anthropogenic resources varies across age and pre-breeding movement modes in the American white ibis. Florida TWS, Jacksonville, FL. | March 2023 |
| Gulick, C. K., K. Zhang, and A. N. Powell. 2023. What can spatial networks tell us about wading birds in the coastal Gulf of Mexico? Poster presentation, Annual Meeting of The Waterbird Society, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. | October 2023 |
| Gulick, C. K., K. Zhang, and A. N. Powell. 2022. Breeding season selection of anthropogenic resources varies across age and pre-breeding movement modes in the American white ibis. Waterbirds Conference, Corpus Christi, TX. | November 2022 |
| Gulick, C. K., K. Zhang, and A. N. Powell. 2021. Post-breeding season movements of wading birds are linked to use of anthropogenic resources. Waterbird Society Annual Meeting (Virtual) | November 2021 |