Lawrence D. Igl, PH.D.Ecologist |
USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center 8711 37th Street Southeast Jamestown, North Dakota 58401 |
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Research,
Jamestown Headquarters |
Expertise:
- Avian Ecology
- Birds of the Great Plains
- Bird use of grassland, wetland, and agricultural ecosystems
- Avian responses to habitat alterations and agricultural programs
Current Projects:
- Breeding bird use of Conservation Reserve Program grassland fields
- Breeding birds of the Platte River Valley in Nebraska
- The Effects of Management on Grassland Birds
- Bird Checklists of the United States
Education:
- Ph.D., Zoology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND (2009)
- M.S., Animal Ecology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA (1992)
- B.S., (Triple major: Biology, Wildlife Management, Natural Resource Management), University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, WI (1986)
Professional Experience:
- 1992-present: Ecologist, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, USGS, Jamestown, ND
- 1991-1992: Laboratory Research Assistant, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
- 1991: Field Biologist, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
- 1987-1990: Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
- 1987: Research Field Assistant, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
- 1986-1987: Field Biologist, Environmental Laboratory Inc. and Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
- 1985: Wildlife Student Intern, Wildlife Division, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, La Crosse, WI
Professional Affiliations:
- American Ornithologists' Union
- Association of Field Ornithologists
- Central Mountains and Plains Section of The Wildlife Society
- Cooper Ornithological Society
- Great Plains Natural Science Society
- North Dakota Bird Records Committee
- North Dakota Chapter of The Wildlife Society
- The Wildlife Society
- Wilson Ornithological Society
- Wisconsin Society for Ornithology
NPWRC Publications:
Selected Publications:
Igl, L. D., D. H. Johnson, and H. A. Kantrud. 2008. A historical perspective: changes in grassland breeding bird densities within major habitats in North Dakota between 1967 and 1992-1993. Pages 275–295 in J. T. Springer and E. C. Springer (editors), Prairie invaders: proceedings of the 20th North American Prairie Conference. University of Nebraska at Kearney, Kearney, Nebraska.
Igl, L. D., and D. H. Johnson. 2007. Brown-headed Cowbird, Molothrus ater, parasitism and abundance in the northern Great Plains. Canadian Field-Naturalist 121:239–255.
Hahn, D. C., J. S. Hatfield, M. Abdelnabi, J. Wu, L. D. Igl, and M. A. Ottinger. 2005. Hormonal basis for cowbird exploitation of hosts. Journal of Avian Biology 36:40-46.
Igl, L. D., and D. H. Johnson. 2005. A retrospective perspective: evaluating population changes by revisiting historic bird surveys. Pages 817-830 in Bird Conservation Implementation and Integration in the Americas: Proceedings of the Third International Partners in Flight Conference 2002 (C.J. Ralph and T.D. Rich, editors). U.S.D.A. Forest Service, GTR-PSW-191, Albany, California.
Igl, L. D., and R. E. Martin. 2002. Records of Northern Mockingbird, Mimus polyglottos, occurrences in North Dakota during the twentieth century. Canadian Field-Naturalist 116:87-97.
Johnson, D. H., and L. D. Igl. 2001. Area requirements of grassland birds: a regional perspective. Auk 118:24-34.
Igl, L. D., and B. M. Ballard. 1999. Habitat associations of migrating and overwintering grassland birds in southern Texas. Condor 101:771-782.
Igl, L. D., and D. H. Johnson. 1999. Le Conte's Sparrows breeding in Conservation Reserve Program fields: precipitation and patterns of population change. Studies in Avian Biology 19:178-186.
Igl, L. D., and D. H. Johnson. 1997. Changes in breeding bird populations in North Dakota: 1967 to 1992-93. Auk 114:74-92.
Recent Presentations:
Igl, L. D., and D. H. Johnson. September 2009. Management of CRP grasslands: long- and short-term responses of breeding birds to haying in the northern Great Plains. Annual meeting of The Wildlife Society, Monterey, California.
Igl, L. D. April 2009. Plastic Ducks and Rigid Shorebirds: Are waterfowl and other migratory birds arriving earlier in North Dakota in spring? Bismarck-Mandan Bird Club, Bismarck, North Dakota. (Invited presentation)
Igl, L. D. April 2009. Breeding bird use of grasslands enrolled in the Conservation Program in the northern Great Plains. North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota.
Sovada, M. A., P. J. Pietz, and L. D. Igl. March 2009. Disease, climate change, and predators threaten breeding populations of the American White Pelican. Weber State University, Ogden, Utah. (Invited presentation)
Igl, L. D., and D. H. Johnson. February 2009. Field of Dreams: An unusually large population of yellow lady’s slippers in a CRP field in central North Dakota, 2001-2008. Annual meeting of the North Dakota Chapter of The Wildlife Society, Mandan, North Dakota. (Poster)
Igl, L. D., and D. H. Johnson. February 2009. Long- and short-term responses of breeding birds to haying of Conservation Reserve Program grasslands in the northern Great Plains. Annual meeting of the North Dakota Chapter of The Wildlife Society, Mandan, North Dakota.
Sovada, M. A., P. J. Pietz, L. D. Igl, A. J. Bartos, and D. T. King. November 2008. Weather and West Nile Virus impact on American White Pelican productivity. Annual meeting of The Waterbird Society, South Padre Island, Texas. (Invited presentation)
Igl, L. D., and D. H. Johnson. September 2008. The foresting of America's heartland: how competing conservation strategies affect grassland bird populations. Sponsored by U.S. Forest Service, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, South Dakota Resource Conservation and Forestry, and Kansas Forest Service. Great Plains Riparian Forest Management Summit, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. (Invited presentation)
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