 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
Fields of Interest
My current research focuses in four 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 espcecially in relation to the cormorant-fishery conflict; and (3) colonial waterbird population dynamics and conservation in the Great Lakes and Asia.
Courses
- FW 4701 Fisheries and Wildlife Problem Solving
- FW 5571 Avian Conservation
and Management (with Andersen)
Research
My current research focuses in four 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; (3) colonial waterbird population dynamics
and conservation in the Great Lakes and Asia and (4) forest bird conservation
issues, especially landscape-scale forest management and impacts of timber harvest
activities on avian biodiversity.
Selected Publications
- LeDee, O., F.J. Cuthbert, and P. Bolstad. In Press. A remote sensing analysis of coastal habitat composition for a threatened shorebird, the piping plover. Journal of Coastal Ecology.
- 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.
- Wires, L.R. and F.J. Cuthbert. 2006. Historic populations of the Double-crested Cormorant: Implications for conservation and management in the 21st century. Waterbirds 29 (1): 9-37.
- National Research Council. 2005. Endangered Species and the Platte River. national Academy of Sciences Press, Washington, D.C. (Cuthbert one of 15 authors). (Book awarded 2006 Meredith F. Burrill Award from Assocation of American Geographers for exceptional merit and quality at intersection of geography and policy).
Links
Great Lakes Waterbird Research Program |
