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

 

  • Sammler, J.E.., D.E. Andersen, and S. Skagen. 2008. Population trends of tundra-nesting birds at Cape Churchill, Manitoba, in relation to increasing goose populations. Condor 110:325-334.
  • Au, L., D.E. Andersen, and M. Davis. 2008. Patterns in bird community structure related to restoration of Minnesota dry oak savannas. Natural Areas Journal 28:330-341.
  • Perry, E.F., D.E. Andersen, and J.C. Manolis.  2008.  Reduced predation at interior nests in clustered all-purpose territories of least flycatcher (Empidonax minimus).  Auk 125:643-650.
  • Henneman, C., M.A. McLeod, and D.E. Andersen.   2007.  Red-shouldered hawk occupancy surveys in central Minnesota, USA.  Journal of Wildlife Management 71:526-533.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.
  • Andersen, D. E.  2007.  Raptor survey techniques. Pages 89-100 in D.M. Bird and K. Bildstein, eds. Raptor research and management techniques (revised edition). Hancock House Publishers, Blaine, Washington, USA.