Sonora skipper (Polites sonora) COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 14

Biographical Summary of Report Writers

Norbert Kondla is a graduate of the University of Calgary.  He has been actively researching butterflies in western Canada for 33 years.  He has authored and co-authored numerous reports and scientific papers on the butterflies of this area, including status assessments for all butterflies in British Columbia, Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut as well as several reports on butterflies of conservation interest in Alberta.  He has also co-authored one book on butterflies and contributed to several others. Norbert has field experience with P. sonora in British Columbia and Nevada.

Crispin Guppy is a graduate (B.Sc., M.Sc.) of the University of British Columbia. He has been actively researching butterflies in British Columbia for 30 years. He has authored and co-authored numerous scientific papers and reports on the butterflies of this area, including status assessments for all butterflies in British Columbia, Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut. He has conducted many inventory projects in British Columbia for butterflies of conservation concern and their habitats. He has co-authored the book Butterflies of British Columbia (2001), and edited two books on Russian butterflies. He has field experience with P. sonora in British Columbia.

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