Francesca Cuthbert

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Professor
[email protected]
612-624-1756
324 Hodson Hall
Education

Ph. D. University of Minnesota

Areas of Interest

Biology and conservation of waterbirds

Teaching

  • FW 1001 Orientation to Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology
  • CFAN 3504 Tiger Conservation and Vertebrate Field Methods (winter break study abroad, Thailand)
  • ESPM 3011W Ethics in Natural Resources
  • ESPM 4096 Professional Experience Program: Internship

Research

My current research focuses in three areas: (1) recovery of the endangered Great Lakes Piping Plover population, 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.

Select Publications

  • *Bracey, A., S. Lisovski, D. Moore, A. McKellar, E. Craig, S. Matteson, F. Strand, J. Costa, C. Pekarik, P. Curtis, G. Niemi, and F. Cuthbert. In revision. Migratory routes and wintering locations of declining inland North American Common Terns. Auk. (Featured in Science Daily).
  • *Claassen, A.H., J.D. Forester, T.W. Arnold and F.J. Cuthbert. 2018. Consequences of multi-scale habitat selection on reproductive success of riverine sandbar-nesting birds in Cambodia. Avian Biology Research.
  • *Saunders, S., F. Cuthbert and E. Zipkin. 2018. Evaluating population viability and efficacy of conservation management using integrated population models. J Applied Ecology.
  • *Wyman, K.E., L.R. Wires and F.J. Cuthbert. 2017. Great Lakes Double-crested Cormorant management affects co-nester colony growth. J of Wildlife Management. DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.21343
  • *Claassen, A.H., Arnold, T.W., Sok, K. and F.J. Cuthbert. 2017. Effectiveness of Direct Payments to Increase Reproductive Success of Sandbar-nesting River Birds in Cambodia. Bird Conservation International. doi:10.2017/S0959270916000368.