David AndersenDavid E. Andersen

Professor, Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology
Leader, Minnesota Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Phone: 612-626-1222
Fax: 612-625-5299
Email: dea@umn.edu
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison

Fields of Interest

Population ecology of wild birds as it relates to their management and conservation, the impacts of human activity on wildlife, applied population ecology and habitat/wildlife relationships, population and landscape ecology of raptors, habitat relationships of forest-nesting birds, population ecology and habitat relationships of upland game birds, and surveying and monitoring bird and other vertebrate populations.

Courses

  • FW 5571 Avian Conservation and Management

Research

As part of the mission of the Minnesota Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, my research program emphasizes the study of terrestrial vertebrates, primarily birds, and their habitats. Recent research projects include (1) northern goshawk ecology in the western Great Lakes region, (2) ecology of geese and other breeding birds in the Hudson Bay Lowlands, (3) landscape ecology of red-shouldered hawks in Minnesota, and (4) fall ecology of American woodcock in the western Great Lakes region. Current research projects include those on forest songbird productivity in relation to forest management in north-central Minnesota, interactions of Canada and snow geese in the Hudson Bay Lowlands, distribution and abundance of anurans at Cape Churchill, Manitoba, and American woodcock population ecology.

Selected Publications

  • Boal, C.W., D.E. Andersen, P.L. Kennedy, and A.M. Roberson.  2006.  Northern goshawk ecology in the western Great Lakes region.  Studies in Avian Biology 31:126-134.
  • Nack, R.R. and D.E. Andersen.  2006.  Brood movements of Eastern Prairie Population Canada geese: potential influence of light goose abundance.  Journal of Wildlife Management 70:435-442.
  • Roberson, A.M., D.E. Andersen, and P.L. Kennedy. 2005. Do breeding phase and detection distance influence the effective area surveyed for northern goshawks? Journal of Wildlife Management 69:1240-1250.
  • Andersen, D.E., S. DeStephano, M.I. Goldstein, K. Titus, C. Crocker-Bedford, J.J Keane, R.G. Anthony, and R.N. Rosenfield. 2005. Technical review of the status of northern goshawks in the western United States. Journal of Raptor Research 39:192-209.
  • Boal, C.W. and D.E. Andersen. 2005. Microhabitat characteristics of Lapland longspur, Calcarius lapponicus, nests at Cape Churchill, Manitoba. Canadian Field-Naturalist 119:1-6.