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Fares Khoury

Dr. Fares Khoury
Department of Biological Sciences
Hashemite University
JO- Zarqa
Jordan

Mailing Address:
Department of Biological Sciences
Hashemite University
150459
JO-13115 Zarqa
Jordan


Phone: 00962 5 3826600
Fax: 00962 5 3826613
E-mail: avijordan2000(at)yahoo.com


Additional functions:
  • Ecosystem and wildlife team leader, Project for the restoration of the rangelands in the Jordan Badia, Jordanian Society for Sustainable Development,funded by UNCC via Ministry of Environment.
  • Supervising resercher & trainer, Aqaba Bird Observatory, Jordanian Society for Sustainable Development
  • trainer and head of bird survey team & scientific advisor, Rift Valley Project, Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature, Jordan.
  • Wildlife expert in the wildlife hazard assessments at Jordanian airports
  • Associate Professor of Animal Ecology at the Hashemite University and lecturer at the Jordan University (Amman), Jordan
  • SSC committee at IUCN and several other national and international committees.



    Key Publications of Fares Khoury (up to ten) :
  • Khoury, F. (1998): Habitat associations and communities of breeding birds in the highlands of south-west Jordan. Zoology in the Middle East 16: 35-48)
  • Khoury, F. (1998): Habitat selection by Syrian Serin Serinus syriacus in SW Jordan. Sandgrouse 20(2): 87-93.
  • Khoury, F. (2004): Seasonal variation in body fat and weight of migratory Sylvia species in central Jordan. Vogelwarte 191-202.
  • Khoury, F. & Al-Shamlih, M. (2006): The impact of intensive agriculture on the bird communities of a sand dune desert. Journal of Arid Environments 64: 448-459.
  • Khoury, F., Al-Hmoud, A. & Janaydeh, M. (2009): Nest placement and nest success in two finch species colonizing recently established plantations in an arid environment. Journal of Ornithology 150:29-37.


    Expertise of Fares Khoury:
    Expertise CategorySpecific Expertise
    Expert TypeScientific / Fundamental Research
    Applied Sciences / Technologies / Engineering
    Topic BiosphereBiosphere
    Animals
    Biodiversity
    Topic Integrated SystemsNutrient Cycle / Food Chain
    Topic EcosystemsEcosystems
    Terrestrial Ecosystems
    Topic TechnologyTechnology
    Topic SustainabilitySustainability
    Ecological Sustainability
    Time FrameTime Frame
    Recent / Today
    Statistical FocusExtreme Events
    Mean Change / Trends
    Variability
    Time ScaleTime Scale
    Seasonal / Annual
    Decadal / Centennial
    MethodsMethod
    Data Collection - Measurement
    Data Analysis
    Integrated Assessment
    Mountain Research InitiativeMRI Research area
    Long-term monitoring and analysis of indicators of environmental change in mount
    Sustainable land use and natural resources management

    Specialties of Fares Khoury:
    Ecologist, working mainly with birds as models or indicators in various ecosystems, particularly arid regions and mountian ecosystems

    Last update: 7/22/09
    Source of data: ProClim- Research InfoSystem (1993-2024)

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