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Dirk V. Derksen Title: Supv. Wildlife Biologist Address: 4210 University Dr., Anchorage, AK 99508-4626 Phone: (907) 786-7061 Fax: (907) 786-7021 Email: dderksen@usgs.gov

Ph.D.	1974	Iowa State University	Animal Ecology
M.A.	1969	Minnesota State University	Biology
B.A.	1967	Minnesota State University	Biology

Post-nesting ecology of waterfowl, disturbance to waterfowl, arctic wetlands, and migration strategies of arctic waterfowl.

1985 - Present	Supervisory Wildlife Biologist, USGS, Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, Alaska
1981 - 1985	Supervisory Wildlife Biologist, USFWS, Anchorage, Alaska
1978 - 1981	Supervisory Fish and Wildlife Biologist, USFWS, Anchorage, Alaska
1976- 1978	Wildlife Biologist, USFWS, Anchorage, Alaska
1974 - 1976	Instructor, Iowa State University, Ames, IA

Wilson Ornithological Society
American Ornithologists' Union
Cooper Ornithological Society
Association of Field Ornithologists
Arctic Institute of North America
The Wildfowl Trust
The Wildlife Society
Society of Wetland Scientists
Ottawa Field Naturalists' Club
Society of Sigma Xi

Flint, P.L., E. Mallek, R.J. King, J.A. Schmutz, K.S. Bollinger, and D.V. Derksen. 2008. Changes in abundance and spatial distribution of geese molting near Teshekpuk Lake: interspecific competition or ecological change? Polar Biology 31:549-556.

Ip, H.S., P.L. Flint, J.C. Franson, R.J. Dusek, D.V. Derksen, R.E. Gill, Jr., C.R. Ely, J.M. Pearce, R.B. Lanctot, S.M. Matsuoka, D.B. Irons, J.B. Fischer, R.M. Oates, M.R. Petersen, T.F. Fondell, D.A. Rocque, J.C. Pedersen, and T.C. Rothe. 2008. Prevalence of influenza A viruses in wild migratory birds in Alaska: patterns of variation in detection at the crossroads of intercontinental flyways. VirologyJournal 5:71.

Ely, C.R., K.S. Bollinger, J. Hupp, D.V. Derksen, J. Terenzi, J.Y. Takekawa, D.L. Orthmeyer, T.C. Rothe, M.J. Petrula and D.R. Yparraguirre. 2006. Traversing a boreal forest landscape: summer movements of tule greater white-fronted geese. Waterbirds 29:43-55.

Ward, D.H., A. Reed, J.S. Sedinger, J.M. Black, D.V. Derksen, and P. Castelli. 2005. North American brant: effects of changes in habitat and climate on population dynamics. Global Change Biology 11:869-880.

Talbot, S. L., J. M. Pearce, B. J. Pierson, D. V. Derksen, and K. T. Scribner. 2003. Molecular status of the Dusky Canada Goose (Branta canadensis occidentalis): A genetic assessment of a translocation effort. Conservation Genetics 4:367-381.

Scribner, K. T., S. L. Talbot, J. M. Pearce, B. J. Pierson, K. S. Bollinger, and D. V. Derksen. 2003. Phylogeography of Canada Geese (Branta canadensis) in western North America. Auk 120:889-907.

Pearce, J. M., B. J. Pierson, S. L. Talbot, D. V. Derksen, D. Kraege, and K. T. Scribner. 2000. A genetic evaluation of morphology used to identify harvested Canada geese. Journal of Wildlife Management 64(3):863-874.

Ward, D. H., R. A. Stehn, W. P. Erickson, and D. V. Derksen. 1999. Response of fall-staging brant and Canada geese to aircraft overflights in southwestern Alaska. J. Wildl. Manage. 63:373-381.

Lindberg, M., J. S. Sedinger, D. V. Derksen, and R. F. Rockwell. 1998. Natal and breeding philopatry in a black brant, Branta bernicla Nigricans, metapopulation. Ecology 79:1893-1904.

Reed, A., D. H. Ward, D. V. Derksen, and J. S. Sedinger. 1998. Brant (Branta bernicla). The Birds of North America, No. 337 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA.

Ely, C. R., D. C. Douglas, A. C. Fowler, C. A. Babcock, D. V. Derksen and J. Y. Takekawa. 1997. Migration behavior of tundra swans from the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska. Wilson Bull. 109:679-692.

Bollinger, K. S. and D. V. Derksen. 1996. Demographic characteristics of molting black brant near Teshekpuk Lake, Alaska. J. Field Ornith. 67:141-158.

Derksen, D. V., K. S. Bollinger, D. H. Ward, J. S. Sedinger and Y. Miyabayashi. 1996. Black brant from Alaska staging and wintering in Japan. Condor 98:653-657.

Cronin, M. A., J. B. Grand, D. Esler, D. V. Derksen, and K. T. Scribner. 1996. Breeding populations of northern pintails have similar mitochondrial DNA. Can. J. Zool. 74:992-999.

Franson, J. C., P. S. Koehl, D. V. Derksen, T. C. Rothe, C. M. Bunck, and J. F. Moore. 1995. Heavy metals in seaducks and mussels from Misty Fjords National Monument in southeast Alaska. Environ. Monitor. Assess. 36:149-167.

Weller, M. W., K. C. Jensen, E. J. Taylor, M. W. Miller, K. S. Bollinger, D. V. Derksen, D. Esler, C. J. Markon. 1994. Assessment of shoreline vegetation in relation to use by molting black brant Branta bernicla nigricans on the Alaska Coastal Plain. Biological Conservation 70:219-225.

Hupp, J. W., R. A. Stehn, C. R. Ely, and D. V. Derksen. 1994. Arctic nesting geese: Alaskan populations. Pages 16-20 in G. S. Farris, Ed., Our living resources 1994. Natl. Biol. Serv., Washington, D.C.

Markon, C. J., and D. V. Derksen. 1994. Identification of tundra land cover near Teshekpuk Lake, Alaska using SPOT satellite data. Arctic 47:222-231.

Sedinger, J. S., D. H. Ward, R. M. Anthony, D. V. Derksen, C. J. Lensink, K. S. Bollinger, and N. K. Dawe. 1994. Management of Pacific brant: population structure and conservation issues. Trans. No. Am. Wildl. & Natur. Resour. Conf. 59:50-62.

Ward, D. H., R. A. Stehn, and D. V. Derksen. 1994. Response of staging brant to disturbance at Izembek Lagoon, Alaska. Wildl. Soc. Bull. 22:220-228.

Derksen, D. V., and D. H. Ward. 1993. Life history strategies and habitat needs of the black brant. Fish and Wildl. Leaflet 13.1.15.

Ward, D. H., D. V. Derksen, S. P. Kharitonov, M. Stishov, and V. V. Baranyuk. 1993. Status of Pacific black brant Branta bernicla nigricans on Wrangel Island, Russian Federation. Wildfowl 44:39-48.

Lensink, C. J., and D. V. Derksen. 1990. Evaluation of Alaskan wetlands for waterfowl. Pages 45-84 in Proceedings of Alaska: regional wetland functions workshop. National Wetlands Technical Council. Anchorage, AK No. 90-1.

King, J. G., and D. V. Derksen. 1986. Alaska goose populations: past, present and future. Trans. No. Am. Wildl. & Natur. Resour. Conf. 51:464-479.

Breeding and migration ecology of the tule white-fronted goose
Population and reproductive ecology of ducks in western Alaska
Demography and landscape interactions of goose populations on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska

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