 Francesca J. Cuthbert
Professor & Department Head, Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology
Phone:
612-624-1756
Email: cuthb001@umn.edu
Ph. D. University of Minnesota
Field of Interest
Biology and conservation of waterbirds.
Courses
- FW 4701 Fisheries and Wildlife Problem Solving
- FW 5571 Avian Conservation
and Management (with Andersen)
Research
My current research focuses in three areas: (1) recovery of the endangered Great Lakes Piping Plover population. Approaches include studies on demography, captive rearing and reintroduction, predator management, winter and breeding ecology, all within the context of management of coastal shore ecosystems; (2) biology and management of Double-crested Cormorants in North America especially in relation to the cormorant-fishery conflict; and (3) colonial waterbird population dynamics and conservation in the Great Lakes and Asia.
Selected Publications
- Roche, E.A., F.J. Cuthbert and T.W. Arnold. 2008. Relative fitness of wild and captive-reared piping plovers: Does egg salvage contribute to recovery of the endangered Great Lakes population? Biological Conservation 141: 3079-3088.
- LeDee, O.E. , F.J. Cuthbert and P.V. Bolstad. 2008. A remote sensing analysis of coastal habitat composition for a threatened shorebird, the Piping Plover. Journal of Coastal Research 24(3):719-726.
- Cuthbert, F.J. and E.A. Roche. 2008. The piping plover in Michigan: A 100 year perspective. Michigan Birds and Natural History. 15:29-39.
- Etterson, M., J. Etterson, and F.J. Cuthbert. 2007. A robust new method for analyzing community change and an example using 86 years of avian response to forest succession. Biological Conservation. 138: 381-389.
- Wires, L.R., K.V. Haw, F. J. Cuthbert, N. Drilling and A. C. Smith. 2006. The Double-crested Cormorant and American White Pelican in Minnesota: First statewide breeding census. The Loon. 78:63-79.
Links
Great Lakes Waterbird Research Program |
