Jane E. Austin, Ph.D.Research Wildlife Biologist |
USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center 8711 37th Street Southeast Jamestown, North Dakota 58401 |
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Research (Principal Investigator),
Jamestown Headquarters |
Expertise:
- Waterfowl and other waterbirds and their wetland habitats
Current Projects:
- Yellow Rail ecology at Seney National Wildlife Refuge (MI)
Education:
- Ph.D., Wildlife, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO (1988)
- M.S., Wildlife, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO (1983)
- B.S., Wildlife Management, University of Maine, Orono, ME (1980)
Professional Experience:
- 1988-present: Research Wildlife Biologist, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, USGS, Jamestown, ND
Professional Affiliations:
- The Wildlife Society
- Society for Wetland Scientists
- The Cooper Society
- Great Plains Natural Science Society
NPWRC Publications:
Selected Publications:
Austin, J. E., and A. L. Richert. In press. Patterns of habitat use by whooping cranes during migration: summary from 1977-1999 site evaluation data. Proceedings North American Crane Workshop 9:122-147.
Davis, C. A., J. E. Austin, and D. A. Buhl. 2006. Factors influencing soil invertebrate communities in riparian grasslands of the central Platte River floodplain. Wetlands 26(2):438-454.
Austin, J. E., and W. H. Pyle. 2004. Nesting ecology of waterbirds at Grays Lake, Idaho. Western North American Naturalist 63(3):277-292.
Austin, J. E., G. R. Guntenspergen, H. T. Sklebar, and T. K. Buhl. 2003. Differences in distribution of modified basins and ducks relative to roadside transects. Wetlands 23:140-148.
Austin, J. E., A. D. Afton, M. G. Anderson, R. G. Clark, C. M. Custer, J. S. Lawrence, J. B. Pollard, and J. K. Ringelman. 2000. Declining scaup populations: issues, hypotheses, and research directions. Wildlife Society Bulletin 28:254-263.
