Study Plan Titles for Current Projects
May 2004
CURRENT PROJECTS
Avian Species (Pam Pietz)
Task 1 – Robert Cox
1.1 - Response by breeding ducks to restored wetlands in the Prairie Pothole Region: a landscape approach
1.2 - Accuracy in estimates of waterfowl production: using banded birds to assess aging techniques
Task 2 – Pamela Pietz
2.1 - Influence of habitat and landscape on breeding behavior of brown-headed cowbirds in the Great Plains
2.2 - Assessment of nest fates of woodland songbirds in J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge
2.3 - Effects of grazing regimes on distribution and abundance of grassland birds at Valentine National Wildlife Refuge
Task 3 – Marsha Sovada
3.0 - Population dynamics of the American white pelican colony at Chase Lake, North Dakota
Task 4 – Gary Krapu
4.0 - Analysis and write-up of a career of research on migratory birds
Task 5 – Jane Austin
5.0 - Wetlands and use by breeding waterfowl in the Grand River National Grasslands, South Dakota and McKenzie County District of the Little Missouri National Grasslands in North Dakota
Task 6 – Robert Cox
6.1 - Habitat use, movements, and survival of adult female northern pintails during spring migration in Nebraska
6.2 - Effects of changes in agriculture on nutrition of migratory birds during spring migration in the Central Platte River valley and Rainwater Basins of Nebraska
Fire Ecology (Jane Austin)
Task 1 – Esther Stroh
1.1 - Integrating fuel and forest management: developing prescriptions for the Central Hardwoods Region (Grabner Project)
Task 3 – Jane Austin
3.0 - Using fire to manage northern mixed-grass prairie: synthesis of knowledge and plant response and baseline conditions in North Dakota
Task 4 – Jane Austin
4.1 - Using fire to manage northern mixed-grass prairie: Literature database of fire ecology
Global Change (Ned Euliss)
Invasive Species (Diane Larson)
Task 1 – Diane Larson
1.1 - Experimental treatment of Cirsium arvense infestations at LaCreek and Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuges
1.2 - Non-indigenous plants in the northern Great Plains: ecological effects of infestation and control
1.3 - The role of yellow sweetclover Melilotus officinalis in plant successional processes at Badlands National Park, South Dakota
1.4 - Inventory of the distribution and abundance of invasive non-indigenous plants and rare plants at two riverine national parks in the Great Lakes network
1.5 - Plant-soil feedback as a driver of plant invasions of mixed-grass prairie
Task 3 – Qinfeng Guo
3.1 - Habitat characteristics and invasibility study
3.2 - Integrated geographic and ecological research for identifying potential habitats and predicting future spreading of selected invasives in the United States and China
Inventory and Monitoring (Douglas Johnson)
Task 2 – Terry Shaffer
2.0 - Technical assistance to management for implementation of research technologies
Task 3 – Glen Sargeant
3.0 - Development of an elk survey protocol for Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota
Task 5 – Doug Johnson
5.0 - Data analysis and manuscript preparation
Land Management (Murray Laubhan)
Task 1 – Douglas Johnson
1.1 - Breeding birds of Conservation Reserve Program fields in the Northern Prairie Region
1.2 - Effects of wind generators on grassland breeding birds
1.3 - Technical assistance to the U.S. Forest Service regarding its Land and Resource Management Plan for the Dakota Prairie Grasslands
Task 2 – Mark Sherfy
2.1 - Density and success of upland duck nests in Conservation Reserve Program fields seeded with native and introduced grasses
2.2 - Influence of landscape features on wetland use and distribution of marsh birds in North Dakota
2.3 - Landscape correlates of demography for prairie-nesting waterfowl
Task 3 – Murray Laubhan
3.0 - Comprehensive Conservation Plans (CCPs) for National Wildlife Refuges
Task 4 – Leigh Fredrickson
4.1 - Refuge Support in the Western Region
4.1A - Wetland invertebrate response to three different wetland management treatments (drawdown, prescribed burn, and drawdown and prescribed burn) at Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge
4.2 - Plant community and wildlife response to hydrologic changes within and adjacent to Mingo National Wildlife Refuge
Plant Ecology (Diane Larson)
Task 1 – Esther Stroh
1.1 - Microclimate habitat characterization and population demographics of three boreal relict plant species in southern Missouri
1.2 - Evaluating the impacts of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginicus) on vegetation within Pea Ridge National Military Park
Task 2 – Amy Symstad
2.1 - Predicting invasibility in national parks in the mixed-grass prairie
2.2 - Improving native seed mix for revegetating disturbed lands
Platte River (Gary Krapu)
Task 1 – Gary Krapu
1.0 - Staging of sandhill cranes in the Central Platte River Valley, Nebraska, and relationship to other parts of the annual cycle
Restoration of Ecosystems (Diane Larson)
Task 1 – Terry Shaffer/Qinfeng Guo
1.0 - Native prairie grassland restoration: an experimental study
Spatial Analysis (Wes Newton)
Task 1 – Larry Strong
1.1 - North Dakota GAP Analysis
1.2 - Hierarchical multi-scale analysis of high resolution imagery to differentiate woody vegetation types and delineate habitat edges in dynamic grassland and woodland habitats in the northern Great Plains
Task 2 – Wes Newton
2.1 - Spatio-temporal statistical analysis and assessment of National Park Service monitoring data
2.3 - Statistical and ecological monitoring for Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
Task 3 – Esther Stroh
3.0 - Mapping vegetation communities in Ozark National Scenic Riverways: a proposed Federal/State/University Partnership
Task 4 – Wes Newton
4.0 - Prediction of species occurrences using point intercept data from remotely sensed images (Northwoods)
Task 5 – Dennis Jorde
5.0 - Remote sensing and geographical information systems (RS/GIS) modelling for NPWRC studies
Terrestrial Vertebrates (Marsha Sovada)
Task 1 – Glen Sargeant
1.1 - Population dynamics of elk at Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota
1.2 - Water developments in Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota: implications for ungulates and herbivory
1.3 - An evaluation of the movements and distribution of elk at Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota
Task 2 – Marsha Sovada
2.1 - Practical methods to monitor prey resources of predators that impact grassland nesting birds in the Prairie Pothole Region
2.2 - Technical assistance – Work on the Swift Fox Conservation Team with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
2.3 - Determination of swift fox habitat characteristics associated with range-wide distribution data
2.4 - Reintroduction of swift foxes in Badlands National Park
Task 3 – Marsha Sovada
3.1 - Technical assistance to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service – Review of predator information
3.2 - Management plan for mammals of the Little Missouri National Grasslands
3.3 - Monitoring mammalian predator distribution and development of techniques to assess abundance of predator species
3.4 - Literature review and recommended management plans for mammals of southwestern North Dakota
3.5 - Richardson's ground squirrel colonies in North Dakota: distribution, trend, and burrowing owl use
Task 4 – L. David Mech
4.1 - Determining possible role of prey nutrition in buffering depredation on livestock in restored populations
4.2 - Determining factors affecting the forecasting of trends in restored wolf populations
4.3 - Assessing interactions between a restored wolf population and prey in Yellowstone National Park
4.4 - Non-intrusive assessment of genetic determination in the isolated wolf population in the Isle Royale National Park
4.5 - Technical assistance on moose ecology in Superior National Forest (Cooperative Agreement with Chippewa Band and Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and 1854 Authority)
4.6 - Determining rates and causes of summer elk calf mortality in Yellowstone National Park
4.7 - Ecology of the Canada lynx in Northeastern Minnesota
Wetland Ecology (Ned Euliss)
Task 1 – Ned Euliss
1.1 - Technical assistance to Fish and Wildlife Service – Secondary production in wetlands of the LaCreek National Wildlife Refuge
1.2 - The Cottonwood Lake Study Area – Long-term monitoring of the dynamics in hydrology, chemistry, and biology of a prairie wetland complex
1.3 - Delineation and mitigation recommendations for the Burkel Turkey Farm site
1.4 - Wildlife and plant inventory and training and development of QAPPs for wetland monitoring by the Spirit Lake Nation
1.5 - Development of a protocol for implementing a floristic quality assessment of plant communities in the Sheyenne National Grassland of North Dakota
Task 2 – Robert Gleason
2.1 - Flood storage capacity of restorable wetlands in the Red river of the North Basin
2.2 - The role of wetlands in greenhouse gas storage: an inventory of existing stocks in the Prairie Pothole Region and their potential to sequester carbon dioxide emissions
2.3 - Trace greenhouse gas emissions from farmed and non-farmed wetlands
CENTRAL REGION PROJECTS
Partners Project
CR-NRPP-2.9
The impact of invasive sweetclover on native prairie succession at Badlands National Park, South Dakota
Principal Investigator: Diane Larson
Cross Reference: Invasives 1.3
HEADQUARTERS PROJECTS
FWS Science Support
HQ-FWS SS-18
Potential flood storage capacity of restored wetlands in the Red River of the North Basin
Principal Investigator: Robert Gleason
Cross Reference: Wetland Ecology 2.1
HQ-FWS SS-21
Grassland easements/wind generators on grassland breeding birds
Principal Investigator: Douglas Johnson
Cross Reference: Land Management 1.2
HQ-FWS SS-03-R3-04
Ecology of the Canada lynx in northeastern Minnesota
Principal Investigator: L. David Mech
Cross Reference: Terrestrials 4.7
HQ-FWS-SSP-03-SP-01
Accuracy in estimates of waterfowl production: using banded birds to assess aging techniques
Principal Investigator: Robert Cox
Cross Reference: Avian Species 1.2
HQ-FWS-SSP 03-R6-04
Habitat use, movements, and survival of adult female northern pintails during spring migration in Nebraska
Principal Investigator: Robert Cox
Cross Reference: Platte River 2.1
HQ-FWS-SSP 03-R3-07
Wetland invertebrate response to three different management treatments (drawdown, prescribed burn, and drawdown and prescribed burn) at Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge
Principal Investigator: Leigh Fredrickson
Cross Reference: Wetland Ecology 4.1A
Global Change Research
Pending
National Park Service
HQ-NPS-6.15
Water developments in Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota: implications for ungulates and inventory
Principal Investigator: Glen Sargeant
Cross Reference: Terrestrials 1.2
HQ-NPS-6.17
Evaluating the impacts of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginicus) on vegetation within Pea Ridge National Military Park
Principal Investigator: Keith Grabner
Cross Reference: Plant Ecology 1.2
HQ-NPS-6.23
Determining rates and causes of summer elk calf mortality in Yellowstone National Park
Principal Investigator: L. David Mech
Cross Reference: Terrestrials 4.6
Refuges Science Support
HQ-Refuges-1.8
Work in support of Comprehensive Conservation Planning (CCP) efforts between the U.S. Geological Survey and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Principal Investigator: Murray Laubhan
Cross Reference: Land Management 3.0
HQ-Refuge-10.3
Wetland vertebrate response to three different wetland management treatments (drawdown, prescribed burn, and drawdown and prescribed burn) at Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge
Principal Investigator: Ned Euliss/Leigh Fredrickson
Cross Reference: Land Management 4.1A
