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Jensen Montambault

Applied Conservation Scientist

Contact Information

E-mail: jmontambault@tnc.org

Brief Biography

Jensen Montambault joined The Nature Conservancy in May 2008 focused on assessing the impact of conservation interventions through efficient monitoring and evaluation approaches and reporting evidence to key audiences including leadership, partners/funders, and the public. Jensen has nearly 20 years of experience working on conservation projects throughout the world. Prior to joining The Nature Conservancy, she served as a community environmental promoter in Peace Corps-Nicaragua, managed grants for the USAID Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Program at the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, and coordinated Conservation International's Rapid Assessment Program.

Jensen received her M.S. in interdisciplinary ecology from the University of Florida assessing socioeconomic influences on household attitudes toward conservation in rural Nicaragua and her Ph.D. in the same program studying the effects of rapid suburbanization on endemic land birds in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Jensen Montambault

Applied Conservation Scientist

2012

Montambault J, Groves C. 2012. Making monitoring work for conservation: Lessons from The Nature Conservancy. In Lindenmayer D, Gibbons P (eds.), Monitoring for improved biodiversity conservation in Australia, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, Australia. In press.

2011

Hamilton R, Potuku T, Montambault J. 2011. Community-based conservation results in the recovery of reef fish spawning aggregations in the Coral Triangle. Biological Conservation 144:1850-1858.

Lindenmayer D, Gibbons P, Bourke M, Burgman M, Dickman C, Ferrier A, Fitzsimons J, Freudenberger D, Garnett S, Groves C, Hobbs R, Kingsford R, Krebs C, Legge S, Lowe C, McLean R, Montambault J, et al. 2011. Improving biodiversity monitoring. Austral Ecology, online early.

McDonald-Madden E, Baxter PWJ, Fuller RA, Martin TG, Game ET, Montambault J, Possingham HP. 2011. Should we implement monitoring or research for conservation? Trends in Ecology and Evolution 26:108-109.

2010

McDonald-Madden E, Baxter PWJ, Fuller RA, Martin TG, Game ET, Montambault J, Possingham HP. 2010. Monitoring doesn’t always count. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 25:547-550.

2009

Steadman DW, Montambault JR, Robinson SK, Oswalt SN, Brandeis TJ, et al. 2009. Relative abundance, habitat use, and long-term population changes of wintering and resident landbirds on St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 121:41-53.

Montambault JR, Groves CR. 2009. Improving conservation practice by investing in monitoring strategy effectiveness. Conservation Measures Working Paper 2. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA.

2007

Montambault JR. 2007. Conservation Status and Potential of West Indian Endemic Bird Species in a Rapidly Suburbanizing Landscape, Middle Caicos, Turks & Caicos Islands. Doctoral dissertation. University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.

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