Sacha Heath
Senior Ecological Scientist, San Francisco Estuary Institute
Now
Senior Ecological Scientist
San Francisco Estuary Institute
Research Interests: Evidence-based implementation and evaluation of environmental management, restoration, and biodiversity conservation
At LEC
Postdoctoral Fellow
Years: 2019-2022
Mentor(s): Gerardo Camilo (St. Louis University), Solny Adalsteinsson (Tyson Research Center), Anne Tieber (St. Louis Zoo)
Research Focus: Sacha focused on the ecology of urban bird communities. Sacha studied the effectiveness of a citizen-based backyard conservation program along a rural-to-urban gradient of the St. Louis metropolitan area.
Publications related to postdoctoral work
Hauber ME, Heath SK, Tonra CM. (2020). Direct estimates of breeding site fidelity and natal philopatry in brood parasitic brown-headed cowbirds Molothrus ater. Ardea. 108(2):129–37. doi: 10.5253/arde.v108i2.a6
Heath, S. K., Fogel, N. S., Mullikin, J. C., & Hull, T. (2020). An expanded scope of biodiversity in urban agriculture, with implications for conservation. In M. Egerer & H. Cohen (Eds.), Urban agroecology—Interdisciplinary research and future directions (pp. 17–50). CRC Press. doi: 10.1201/9780429290992-1