Daniel Salisbury
I am a member of the K. Lisa Yang Center for Conservation Bioacoustics team of research analysts. I received my B.S. degree in biology with a concentration in ecology and evolutionary biology from Cornell University in 2010. I graduated with an honors distinction for my thesis work on the calling behaviors of Common Loons (Gavia immer). With the Yang Center, I primarily work to identify patterns in baleen whale occurrence along the U.S. East Coast and explore how environmental and anthropogenic factors influence whale populations.
Year Hired: 2010
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K. Lisa Yang Center for Conservation Bioacoustics
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, room #157
159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA
Phone: +1.607.254.1134
Email: daniel.salisbury@cornell.edu
Degree(s): B.S., Biology, Cornell University, 2010
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