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Projects

Current student projects:

Alsup, Steve - Productivity and Habitat Features of Swainson's Hawks Nesting in Suburban and Agricultural Environments of Southwestern Idaho

Donohue, Kara - Red-tailed Hawk Migration and Stable Isotope Technology

Gardner, Charles - Biological Eviction; the Role of Corticosterone in Nest Departure in American Kestrels (falco sparverius)

Graham, Scott -Dietary Composition and Prey Selection of Northern Barred Owls (Strix varia) in the Pacific Northwest

McVey, Katie - How Does Introduction of Agriculture Alter Ecosystem Dynamics?:  Stable Isotope Analysis of Trophic Relationships and Food Webs

Nadeau, Andrew - A Genetic Analysis of a Bald Eagle Population Bottleneck: Comparing Pacific Northwest Populations to Alaskan Populations

Narish, Adam - The Effects of Forest Fragmentation on Cloud Forest Diurnal Raptor Communities of Honduras

Nolte, Eric - Detectability of Migrating Raptors at Lucky Peak

O'Keeffe, John - Oxidative Stress and Migratory Flight Strategies in Raptors

Owen, Dana - The Effects of Investigator Disturbance on American Kestrels: A Study of Incubation Behavior And Nest Survival

Riding, Corey S. - Effects of Nest Cleanliness on Burrow Reuse by Burrowing Owls (Athene Cunicularia)

Scholer, Micah - Occupancy and Habitat Associations of Forest Owls in the Boise National Forest: Can Woodpeckers Predict Owl Occurrence?

Strasser, Erin - Reproductive Success in American Kestrels: The Roles of Habitat Quality, Individual Quality, and Human Disturbance

Stuber, Matthew - Ecotoxicological Risk and Exposure: A Comparative Assessment Burrowing Owls in Natural and Agricultural Habitats in Southern Idaho

Welty, Justin - Cost and Benefits of Group Living in Burrowing Owls

Zucchini, Martina - Flight Strategies of Neotropical Migrant Raptors in Panama

 

Current RRC staff members projects:

Annual Movements of American White Pelicans

American White Pelican Foraging Area Distances

Common Loons: Threats and Migration                 

Desert Bighorn Sheep: Monitoring Survival  

Ferruginous Hawk Study with Nevada Division of Wildlife 

North American Raptor Monitoring Strategy

Snowy Owl Study with Massachusetts Audubon Society

White-faced Ibis: Sources of Contamination

Peregrine Falcon Migration in the Western Hemisphere

Past student projects:

Barnes, Keith - Ecology and Habitat Use of Flammulated Owls (Otus Flammeolus) on the Boise National Forest, Idaho

Batbayar, Nyambayar - The Breeding Ecology of Cinereeous Vultures (Aegypius Monachus) in Central Mongolia

Berg, Melanie - The Effects of Maternal Androgens on Survival, Sexual Characteristics, and Immunity in American Kestrel Nestlings

Dr. Belthoff and his students are conducting a variety of studies of burrowing owls

Booms, Travis - Gyrfalcon Food Habits in Central West Greenland

Boves, Than - Roadway Mortality of Raptors in Southern Idaho

Butler, Michael - Neonatal Stress and Avian Development:  Effects on Growth, Immune Function, and Plumage

Fairhurst, Graham D. - Relationships Between Winter and Spring Weather and Northern Goshawk (Accipiter Gentilis) Reproduction in Northern Nevada

Hallingstad, Eric - Seasonal variation in immunocompetence of the American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)

Hasselblad, Kristin - Northern Goshawk Home Ranges and Habitat Selection in Southern Idaho

Keeley, William H. - Ecology of Ferruginous Hawks

Kimball, Scott - Behavioral Ecology of Nesting Bald Eagles at Lake Cascade

Lewis, Stephen B. - Northern Goshawk Food Habits in Southeast Alaska

Lewis, Stephen B. - Northern Goshawk Diet During the Nesting Season in Southeast Alaska

Smith, Adam - Variation in the Stable-hydrogen Isotope Composition of Northern Goshawk Feathers: Relevance to the Study of Migratory Origins

Smith, Rhonda - Migratory Tendencies of Flammulated and Northern Saw-whet Owls in Southwestern Idaho

Taylor, Niki - Sex RatioVariation: A Test of the Trivers and Willard Hypothesis

Wightman, Catherine S. - Spacing and Physical Habitat Selection Patterns of Peregrine Falcons in Central West Greenland

Wightman, Catherine S. - Influence of Habitat Heterogeneity on Distribution, Occupancy Patterns, and Productivity of Breeding Falcons in Central West Greenland

 

Past RRC staff members projects:

American White Pelican Flight

Peregrine Falcon and Swainson's Hawk Migration

Prairie Falcon Movements and Survival with US Geological Survey

Raptors: Do Migratory Flight Paths Follow Constant Geographical or Geomagnetic Courses?

Sage Grouse

Snowy Owl Annual Movements

Steller's Sea Eagle Movements

Trends in Midwinter Counts of Bald Eagles in the Contiguous United States, 1986 - 2000

 

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  This page was last reviewed on 25 September 2009.