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Frederick C. Dean

Professor of Wildlife Management (retired) and Principal Research Associate

Department of Biology and Wildlife and Institute of Arctice Biology
University of Alaska Fairbanks

Current Research Interests

Primarily the ecology of brown/grizzly bears in Alaska, especially in Denali National Park and Preserve: habitat use, behavior with respect to habitat and in relation to human activity, and to a lesser extent some aspects of population ecology. I am also interested in landscape-level boreal forest ecology as well as broad questions of park and wildland management policies.

Current Status with Respect to New Graduate Students

I am unlikely to become involved with new graduate students except as a supplementary member of an advisory committee.

Education

B.S. University of Maine, (Wildlife Conservation) 1950
M.S. University of Maine, (Wildlife Conservation) 1952
Ph.D. State University of New York, College of Forestry, (Forest Zoology) 1957

Employment

• University of Alaska, retired from full-time.
• Professor of Wildlife Management, 1983-1990;
• Professor of Wildlife Management and Program Leader, Cooperative Park Studies Unit, 1972-1983;
• Associate Dean, College of Biology Sciences and Renewable Resources, 1972-1973;
• Professor of Wildlife Management and Head of Department of Wildlife Management, 1966-1973;
• Associate Professor of Wildlife Management and Head of Department of Wildlife Management, 1957-1966;
• Assistant Professor of Wildlife Management and Head of Department of Wildlife Management, 1954-1957.
• University of Alaska, Alaska Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit, Assistant Leader, 1954-1973 (Acting Leader, June 1958-Sept. 1958 and Oct. 1961-June 1962).

Honors

• Phi Kappa Phi (1949)
• The Society of the Sigma Xi (1952)
• Alaska Sportsmen's Council/National Wildlife Federation Water Conservation Award
• Alaska Sportsmen's Council/National Wildlife Federation Conservation Education Award
• Distinguished Alumnus, Wildlife (1994), College of Natural Resources, Forestry, and Agriculture, University of Maine Orono.

Current Professional Organizations

• The Wildlife Society Int.
• Assoc., Bear Research and Management

Thesis and Dissertation

• 1952. Ecology of aquatic plants of importance in waterfowl management (with special reference to five monocotyledonous species important as food plants to ducks in Maine). M.S. Thesis, Univ. of Maine, Orono. 138 pp.
• 1957. Age criteria and kit growth of central New York muskrats. Ph.D. Thesis, State Univ. of New York, College of Forestry, Syracuse. 80 pp.

Publications

1960

• Outdoor recreation in Alaska. Symposium held at College, Alaska, July 26 under sponsorship of the Conservation Foundation and the University of Alaska. (Invited panel member. Results of discussion incorporated in The Conservation Foundation report to the Outdoor Recreational Review Commission, but not as distinct papers)

1962

• Book Review: A Naturalist in Alaska by Adolph Murie. J. Wildl. Mgmt. 27(2):308-310.

1963

• Winter and spring habits and density of Maine skunks (Mephitis). J. Mammal. 46(4):673-675.

1965

• A FORTRAN program for population study with minimal computer training. J. Wildl. Mgmt. 29(4):892-894. (Senior author, with Guy Gallaway)

1966

• Spruce seed as a food of red squirrels and flying squirrels in interior Alaska. J. Wildl. Mgmt. 30(3):503-512. (2nd author, with C. Holden Brink)

1971

• Statistics and computer applications. In R. Teague, Manual of Wildlife Conservation, Colorado State Univ. (under sponsorship of The Wildlife Society). Computer Applications, pp. 161-163. Statistical Applications, pp. 164-167. (Invited)
• On the trail of the grizzly: in reply. The American West, 8(2):48, 60. (Invited).

1972

• POPSID, a FORTRAN IV program for deterministic population studies. Ecological Sciences Division Publication No. 424. ORNL-IBP 71-11. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tenn. iv+42 p.

1973

• Discussion (Bella and Overton Proc. ASCE Paper 8994 "Environmental planning and ecological possibilities.") Proc. ASCE Journal of the Environmental Engineering Division, June, 1973:385-387. (Senior author, with S.J. Harbo, Jr.)

1974

• Studies of birds and mammals in the Baird and Schwatka Mountains, Alaska. Biol. Papers of the University of Alaska, No. 15. 80 pp. (Senior author, with David L. Chesemore)

1976

• Aspects of grizzly bear ecology in Mount McKinley National Park. Int. Conf. Bear Res. and Manage. 3:111-119.
• Inland migration of jaegers in northeastern Alaska. The Condor 78(2):271-273. (Senior author, with Patrick Valkenburg and Audrey J. Magoun)

1979

• McKinley's shuttle bus system and the management of traffic impact on wildlife. Pp. 263-270 in R. Ittner, D. Potter, J. Agee and S. Anschell (eds), Recreational Impact on Wildlands Meeting, Seattle, Washington, 1978. 341 pp. (Senior author, with Diane M. Tracy)
• The Bear Bibliography Project -- Perspective and Status. Pp. 129-136 in A. LeCount, Proc. First Western Black Bear Workshop, Tempe, Arizona. 339 pp. (Senior author, with Diane M. Tracy)
• Glacier Bay humpback whale update. Alaska Conservation Review 20(2,3):6-8. 1980. Bear Bibliography nears 6000 references in searchable form. Pacific Park Science 1(1):16.

1980

• The bear bibliography project. Int. Conf. on Bear Res. and Mgmt. 4:13-14. (Senior author, with Diane M. Tracy)
• 1982
• Black Bear Bibliography. Biology and Resource Management Program, Alaska Cooperative Park Studies Unit, University of Alaska, Fairbanks. (3,569 references plus user manual and indexes) (2nd author, with Diane M. Tracy, Candy M. Anderson, and Teresa M. Jordan)
• Brown Bear Bibliography. Biology and Resource Management Program, Alaska Cooperative Park Studies Unit, University of Alaska, Fairbanks. (4,154 references plus user manual and indexes) (2nd author, with Diane M. Tracy, Candy M. Anderson, and Teresa M. Jordan)

1983

• Historical and current perspectives on wolf-management in Alaska. Pp. 51-64. In Carblyn, L.N. (ed.) Wolves in Canada and Alaska. Canadian Wildlife Service, Report Series No, 45. Ottawa. 135 pp. (2nd author, with Samuel J. Harbo, Jr.)

1986

• Brown Bear activity and habitat use, Denali National Park - 1980. Int. Conf. Bear Res. and Manage. 6:155-167. (2nd author, with Jim J. Stelmock)
• Observations of intraspecific killing by brown bears, Ursus arctos. Canad. Field-Nat. 100:208-211. (Senior author, with L.M. Darling and A.G. Lierhaus)

1987

• Brown bear density, Denali National Park, Alaska, and sighting efficiency adjustment. Int. Conf. Bear Res. and Manage. 7:37-43.

1992

• Additional mixed-age brown bear, Ursus arctos, associations in Alaska. Canad. Field-Nat. 106(2), 257-259. (Senior author, with Rick McIntyre and Richard A. Sellers)

1993

• Field Notes. Alaska: Status of the bear bibliographies. Intl. Bear News 2(2), 8-9.