Jennifer H. StuckerResearch Wildlife Biologist |
USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center 8711 37th Street Southeast Jamestown, North Dakota 58401 |
Research,
Jamestown Headquarters |
Expertise:
- Endangered Birds & Management, Waterbirds, Population Ecology, Large River and Lake systems
Current Projects:
- Least tern productivity and foraging ecology on the Gavins Point reach of the Missouri River
- Evaluation of procedures for monitoring numbers and productivity of piping plovers and least terns on the Missouri River
- Monitoring and evaluation of emergent sandbar habitat construction and management projects on the upper Missouri River System
- Habitat Selection, Productivity, and Estimation of Available Nesting Habitat for Piping Plovers on Lake Sakakawea
Education:
- M.S., Wildlife Conservation, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
- B.A., Biology, Wittenberg University, Springfield, OH
Professional Experience:
- 2005-present: Research Wildlife Biologist, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, USGS, Jamestown, ND
- 1998-2005: Research Fellow, Great Lakes Piping Plover Research Coordinator, West Nile Host Availability, Balsam Fir Bough Harvest
- Program Coordinator, Conservation Biology Graduate Program, University of Minnesota
- Contractor, Canadian Wildlife Service, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
- 1996-1998: Reseracher, Biodiversity of Southeastern Minnesota's Forested Streams: Louisiana Waterthrush, Trout Habitat Improvement and Riparian Communities
- 1994-1996: Research Assistant, Manomet Center For Conservation Sciences
Professional Affiliations:
- Waterbird Society
- American Ornithologists Union