Glenn D. DelGiudice
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology
Deer Project Leader, Forest Wildlife Research Group, Minnesota
Department of Natural Resources
Mailing address: MN DNR, 1201 E. Highway 2, Grand Rapids, MN 55744
Phone: 218-327-4432 or 651-296-0702
Fax: 218-327-4263
Email: Glenn.DelGiudice@dnr.state.mn.us
Ph.
D. University of Minnesota
Fields of Interest
Nutritional and physiological ecology of large mammals with an emphasis
on animal-habitat interactions
Research
My research efforts have concentrated on examining the effects of nutritional
restriction and recovery on body condition, physiological indices, and survival
of northern ungulates, including white-tailed and mule deer, elk, bison, and
moose, as well as wolves. One ongoing objective of my work has been to explore
and develop improved means of directly and sensitively assessing the nutritional
status of free-ranging animals so that we might better understand the relationships
between habitat and other environmental factors (e.g., winter weather) and population
dynamics. Currently, I am conducting a comprehensive, long-term study of the
relationship between winter thermal cover and the movements, distribution, and
population performance of free-ranging white-tailed deer with particular focus
on nutrition as a mechanistic thread from the environment to the population.
Selected Publications
- Carstensen, M., G. D. DelGiudice, and B. A. Sampson. 2003. Using doe behavior and vaginal implant transmitters to capture
neonate white-tailed deer in north central Minnesota. Wildlife Society Bulletin 31: 634-641.
- DelGiudice, G. D., M. R. Riggs, P. Joly, and W. Pan. 2002.
Winter severity, survival and cause-specific mortality of female
white-tailed deer in north central Minnesota. J. Wildl. Manage. 66:698-717.
- DelGiudice, G. D., R. Moen, F. J. Singer, and M. R. Riggs.
2001. Physiological responses of Yellowstone elk and bison to winter
nutritional restriction and simulated body condition before and after
the fires of 1988. Wildlife Monographs No. 147. 60pp.
- DelGiudice, G. D., B. A. Mangipane, B. A. Sampson, and C. O.
Kochanny. 2001. Chemical immobilization, body temperature, and
post-release
mortality of white-tailed deer. Wildlife Society Bulletin 29:1147-1157.
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