John A. Wiens is an American ecologist. His research has focused on birds and insects in semiarid environments on several continents, emphasizing community ecology and spatial relationships. He is a pioneer in the field of landscape ecology (encompassing geographic and land-use patterns in the study of ecosystems). John Wiens was the 2005 recipient of the

Cooper Ornithological Society The Cooper Ornithological Society (COS), formerly the Cooper Ornithological Club, was an American ornithological society. It was founded in 1893 in California and operated until 2016. Its name commemorated James Graham Cooper, an early California b ...

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Loye and Alden Miller Research Award The Loye and Alden Miller Research Award, now known as the AOS Miller Award, was established in 1993 by the Cooper Ornithological Society (COS) to recognize lifetime achievement in ornithological research. The namesakes were Loye H. Miller and his s ...

, which is given in recognition of lifetime achievement in ornithological research. He was Chief Conservation Science Officer at

PRBO Conservation Science Point Blue Conservation Science, founded as and formerly named the Point Reyes Bird Observatory (PRBO), is a California-based wildlife conservation and research non-profit organization. Overview Point Blue was founded in 1965 to study bird migra ...

from 2008 - 2012.

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