Lawrence D. IglEcologist |
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. (in progress), Zoology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND
- 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:
- The Wildlife Society
- Wisconsin Society for Ornithology
- American Ornithologists' Union
- Wilson Ornithological Society
- Cooper Ornithological Society
- Association of Field Ornithologists
- North Dakota Natural Science Society
- North Dakota Chapter of The Wildlife Society
- North Dakota Bird Records Committee
NPWRC Publications:
Selected Publications:
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. 2004. A probable extralimital post-breeding assembly of Bufflehead Bucephala albeola in south-central North Dakota, USA, 1994-2002. Wildlfowl 54:81-93.
Shaffer, J. A., C. M. Goldade, M. F. Dinkins, D. H. Johnson, Igl, L. D., and B. E. Euliss. 2003. Brown-headed Cowbirds in grasslands: their habitats, hosts, and response to management. Prairie Naturalist 35:145-186.
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.
Selected Presentations:
Igl, L. D. and D. H. Johnson. July 2006. Changes in breeding bird populations in the Platte River Valley of Central Nebraska: 1979-1980 to 2001. Twentieth North American Prairie Conference, Kearney, Nebraska.
Igl, L. D. August 2006. Plastic Ducks: Are waterfowl arriving earlier in North Dakota in spring? Fourth North American Duck Symposium, Bismarck, North Dakota. (Poster)
Igl, L. D. and D. H. Johnson. July 2006. Habitats of grassland breeding birds in North Dakota: 1967 and 1992-1993. 20th North American Prairie Conference, Kearney, Nebraska.
Igl, L. D. and D. H. Johnson. September 2005. The foresting of America's heartland: how competing conservation strategies affect grassland bird populations. The annual meeting of The Wildlife Society, Madison, Wisconsin. (Invited presentation)
Johnson, D. H., L. D. Igl, and J. A. Shaffer. March 2005. Recreated grasslands, restored wetlands, and renewable energy: the response of breeding birds to anthropogenic activities in South Dakota. Annual meeting of the South Dakota Academy of Science, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. (Invited presentation)
Igl, L. D. February 2005. Phenological adaptability: are migratory birds arriving earlier in the spring in North Dakota and should managers and biologists be concerned? Annual meeting of the North Dakota Chapter of the Wildlife Society, Mandan, North Dakota.
Winter, M., D. H. Johnson, L. D. Igl., and M. T. Murphy. December 2004. Conservation Reserve Program: a useful tool to preserve North American grassland birds? International Symposium on the Ecology and Conservation of Steppe-land Birds, Universitat de Lleida, Lleida, Spain. (Invited presentation)
Johnson, D. H., and L. D. Igl*. July 2004. CRP values for nongame birds. Annual meeting of the Midwest Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Washburn, North Dakota.
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