Becker, C. D., E. Richardson, & S. J. Brown. (in prep) Genetic Divergence of mtDNA and Wing Morphology in Two Tropical Bird Populations: Implications for Dispersal and Conservation. Conservation Genetics.

Becker, C. D. 2002. Traditional Institutions and Ecological Knowledge as Foundations for Biodiversity Preservation in Rural Ecuador. Conservation Ecology. (submitted)

Becker, C. D. 2001. Value Orientations, Culture, and Forest Conservation: A Case in Southwestern Ecuador. Human Organizations (submitted).

Becker, C. D. and A. Agreda. 2001. Avian Communities in mature and secondary garua forest of Machalilla National Park. The Condor (submitted, MS 6891).

Becker, C. D. 2001. Renewing the great plains: social cogitation and concoctions. Great Plains Natural Resources Journal 5: 12-15.

Becker, D., A. Agreda, A. Richter, and O. Rodriguez. 2000. Interesting bird records from the Colonche Hills, western Ecuador. Cotinga 13:55-58.

Becker, C. Dustin. 1999. Protecting a garúa forest in Ecuador: The role of institutions and ecosystem valuation. Ambio  28: 156 – 161.

Becker, C. D., K. W. Larsen, and S. Boutin. 1998. Constraints on first reproduction in North American red squirrels. Oikos Vol 81:81-92.

Becker, C. D. and Lopez Lanus, B. 1997. Conservation value of a garúa forest in the dry season: A bird survey in the Reserva Ecológica de Loma Alta, Ecuador. Cotinga Vol 8: 66-74.

Larsen, K. W., Becker, C. D., Boutin, S. and Blower, M. 1997. Effects of hoard manipulations on life history and reproductive success of female red squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus). J. Mammalogy 78: 192-203.

Becker, C. Dustin and Elinor Ostrom. 1995. Human ecology and resource sustainability: the importance of institutional diversity. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics26:113-33.

Becker, C.D., A. Banana, and W. Gombya-Ssembajjwe. 1995. Early detection of forest degradation: An IFRI pilot project in Uganda. Environmental Conservation 22:1-10.

Becker, C. D. (1993). Environmental cues of estrus in the North American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus- Bangs). Canadian Journal of Zoology 71: 1326-1333.

Becker, D. and T. J. Stowe. 1992. Status and conservation of corn crakes Crex crex outside the breeding grounds. Turaco 2: 1-23.

Becker, C. D. and J. R.  Ginsberg. 1990. Mother-infant behavior of wild Grevy's zebra: adaptations for survival in semi-desert Africa. Animal Behavior  40: 1111-1118

Becker, C. D. 1988.  Patterns in the structure of bird communities of the Omo River Valley in Ethiopia. Afr. J. Ecol. 26:1-10.

Evans, C.E. and D. Becker. 1988.  Rhododendron control on RSPB Reserves. RSPB Conservation Review  2:54-56.

Becker, C. D. 1986. Autumn palearctic migrant birds in the Omo River Valley of Southwestern Ethiopia. Scopus  10:27-28

Robinson, M. and C. D. Becker. 1985.   Snowy Owls on Fetlar. British Birds  79 (5): 228-242

Gibson, C. and C. D. Becker.  2000. Lack of institutional demand: Why a strong local community in western Ecuador fails to protect its forest. In: Gibson, Clark, Margaret McKean, and Elinor Ostrom, eds. People and Forests: Communities, Institutions, and the Governance of Forests.Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Becker, C. Dustin and Rosario Leon. 2000. Indigenous institutions and forest condition: Lessons from the Yuracare. In: Gibson, Clark, Margaret McKean, and Elinor Ostrom, eds. People and Forests: Communities, Institutions, and the Governance of Forests. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Becker, C. Dustin and Clark Gibson. 1995. Chapter 9. Lack of institutional supply: Why a strong local community in western Ecuador fails to protect its forest.  Forest, Trees and People Programme Phase II. Working Papers Series. FAO, Rome. 26pp.

Becker, C. D., Elao, C. B. and Nathan, C. 1995. The people of Loma Alta and their “Protective Forest” in the Chongon-Colonche Mountains of Ecuador. 50 pp. New York: People Allied for Nature.

Becker, C. D. 1987.  RSPB Management Techniques: Rhododendron Control on RSPB Reserves. RSPB Reserves Department: Ecology Division. 43 pp. Sandy, UK.

1986.   RSPB Conservation Action Guide: Tree Preservation. 6pp. Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Sandy, Beds. UK.

1986.  RSPB Conservation Action Guide: Hedgerow Preservation  6pp. Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Sandy, Beds. UK.

1985.   Lead Poisoning in Swans: RSPB Information Bulletin. 2pp.  Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Sandy, Beds. UK.

Burgess, N. D. and D. Becker. 1989. The creation and management of islands and rafts on RSPB reserves. Management Case Study. Reserves Ecology Dept. RSPB. 40pp. Sandy, Beds. UK.

Becker, C. D. and N. Sills. 1988.  RSPB Management Case Study: The conversion of salt marsh to fresh and brackish water habitats at Titchwell Marsh, Norfolk. RSPB Reserves Ecology Department. 43pp. RSPB. Sandy, UK.

Becker , C. D. 1992.  Proximate factors influencing the timing and occurrence of reproduction in Red Squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) Ph. D. Thesis. 162 pp. University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.

Becker, C. D. 1983.  Grevy's Zebra of Samburu Kenya: Mother-infant behavior. Masters Thesis. 88 pp. Yale University, New Haven, CT.

Becker, C.D.  1999.   The problem with singular science.  Earthwatch Institute 18:1.

Becker, C. D. 1996. The people’s choice. Earthwatch Magazine. Watertown, MA. November/December: 20-28.

Becker, C. D.  1985.   An Ethiopian expedition and the evolution of natural history. Appalachia 2: 105-125.

Becker, C. D.  1982.   Educator's Guide to Environmental Media.  Birmingham Audubon Soc. and Alabama Conservancy. Birmingham, AL.

Becker, C. D.  1979. Feather forum. Komba. Wildlife Clubs of Kenya. Spring : 34-38.

July, 2001.   C. D. Becker. Values, power, and forest conservation in western Ecuador. Ecological Society of America. Madison Wisconsin.

June, 2000.   C.D. Becker.  IFRI: A Springboard to Tropical Forest Conservation and Co- magement in Western Ecuador. Eight Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Common Property (IASCP) “Constituting the Commons: Crafting Sustainable Commons in the New Millenium. Indiana University.

October, 1999.   C. D. Becker. Bird Assemblages in Old-growth and Degraded Moist Forest: Machalilla National Park, Ecuador. NOC VI Monterry, Mexico.

October, 1998.   C. D. Becker. Monitoring Avian Diversity for Conservation Planning in Ecuador. Earthwatch Convention. Harvard.

June, 1998.   C. Dustin Becker and Rosario Leon. Indigenous forest management in the Bolivian Amazon: lessons from the Yuracare. Meeting of the International Association for the Study of Common Property. Vancouver, BC, Canada.

April, 1998.   C. Dustin Becker. Moist forest hilltops sustain avian diversity in southwestern Ecuador. 1998 North American Ornithological Conference. St. Louis.

April, 1998.   C. Dustin Becker. A hummingbird oasis: Seasonal use of Reserva Loma Alta by nectar-feeding birds. Session on Neotropical Ornithology North American Ornithology Meeting - St. Louis

Nov., 1997.   C. Dustin Becker and Rosario Leon. Lessons from the Yuracare: Indigenous institutions and forest Condition. Local Institutions for Forest Management: How Can Research Make a Difference? Bogor, Indonesia, November 20-22.

March, 1996.   Creating a cloud forest reserve in Ecuador. Oxford University, U.K.

October, 1996.   Creating a cloud forest reserve in Ecuador: Strategies for co-management between NGOs and local communities. Earthwatch Convention. Harvard.

August, 1996.   Institutional analysis for forest conservation in western Ecuador. Joint conference of the Ecological Society of America, Conservation Biology Society Association of Tropical Biologist. Providence, RI.

March, 1995.   The International Forestry Resources and Institutions (IFRI) research program.Sustainable Development conference. San Jose, Costa Rica.

October, 1994,   Habitat use by neotropical monkeys in human-altered landscapes in the lowland tropics of Costa Rica. Annual Earthwatch Conference. American Academy of Sciences. Boston. (Invited)

February, 1993.   Primate conservation in Costa Rica. Earthwatch Annual Meeting. Harvard.

June, 1989.   Water requirements during lactation shape the social organization of Grevy's zebra. Animal Behavior Society Meeting. Northern Kentucky University, Kentucky, USA.(Invited)

February, 1984.   Mother-foal interactions of Grevy's Zebra in Samburu, Kenya. Northeast Wildlife Graduate Conference. University of Maine.

January, 1982.   Teaching science in Kenya's Harambee secondary schools. Alabama

Science Teacher's Conference. Birmingham, Alabama.

May, 1979  The need for environmental education in developing nations. Pan-African Educator's Conference. Nairobi, Kenya.

June 2000.  D. Becker, A. Agreda, O. Rodriguez. Explaining avian diversity in a degraded forest site in Western Ecuador.  Annual meeting of the Society of Conservation Biologists.  Missoula, Montana. June 9-13.

Oct. 1996  Fog capture and cloud forest preservation in Ecuador. Earthwatch Annual Conference “Quest for Sustainability”, Harvard.

Oct. 1994.  Biological effects of high deer densities. Smithsonian conference on over-abundance of white-tailed deer. Front Royal, Virginia.

June 1994.   Intraspecific foraging in White-faced Capuchin monkeys. Animal Behavior Society Meeting. Seattle, Washington.

June 1989.  Bioenergetics and reproduction in Red Squirrels II. Animal Behavior Society Meetings. Northern Kentucky University, Kentucky, USA.

Sept. 1988.  Bioenergetics and reproduction in Red Squirrels I. Boreal Institute of Northern Studies. Alberta Provincial Museum. Edmonton, AB. Canada.