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Research

I am a population ecologist with an interest in how a diverse set of factors affect dynamics of vertebrates. Most of my research has focusedon avianpopulations with waterfowl as the primary study species. Waterfowl breeding in the boreal forest and upland birds in Alaska are study species and systems that I want to continue to investigate. However, I am interested in population dynamics of a variety of taxa. I have a long-term and continued interest in explaining spatial and temporal mechanisms for observed dynamics and my recent research and that of my students has targeted how disease (notably, avian influenza), harvest, and climate affect population ecology. Development and use of innnovative and and quantitiatve sampling and anaytical approaches to studies of population dynamics also remains a specific component of my research.

I am not currently recruiting new students. I will post opportunities for graduate studies on this site as they become available.

Current Students

• Dan Rizzolo
  co-advise with Perry Barboza
  Comparative Ecology of Sympatrically Nesting Loons from the Arctic Coastal Plain of Alaska
  Ph.D. Wildlife Biology
  
• Ryan Kovach
  co-advise wtih David Tallmon (UAS)
  Project Title: Salmonid phenology, biocomplexity, and rapid adaptation in Alaskan streams.
  Ph.D. Wildlife Biology
• Trevor Haynes
  co-advise with Amanda Rosenberger (SFOS)
  Project Title: Habitat modeling and diet of Yellow-billed Loons in northern Alaska
  Ph.D. Fisheries
  
• Tyler Lewis
  co-advise with Joel Schmutz (USGS)
  Project Title: Climatic change in boreal forest wetlands and its relation to wetland associated bird communities
  Ph.D. Wildlfe Biology
  
• Katie Christie
  co-advise with Roger Ruess
  Project Title: Ptarmigan as engineers of change in arctic shrub ecosystems
  Ph.D. Wildlife Biology
• Adam DuBour.
  co-advise with Kirsty Gurney
  Project Title: Feeding ecology of lesser scaup ducklings in the boreal forest: An examination of a trophic mismatch.
  M.S. Wildlife Biology and Conservation
• Post Docs
  • Mark Miller.   Detection of climate-linked distributional shifts of breeding waterfowl across North America.
  • Randy Mullen.  Statistical assistance with data analysis, survey design, and monitoring protocol development for NWRs and NPs.
    

Former Students

• Scott Stephens (co-advised with Jay Rotella at MSU)
  Project Title: Relationships Between Landscape Characteristics and Duck Production: Improving the Biological Basis for Management Decisions
  Ph.D. Wildlife Biology, Fall 2003
• Johann Walker
  Project Title: Breeding Ecology of Lesser and Greater Scaup at Minto Flats, Alaska
  M.S. Wildlife Management, Spring 2004
• Brendan Moynahan (co-advised with Jack Ward Thomas)
  Project Title: Spatial Variation in Population Dynamics of Sage Grouse
  Ph.D. Wildlife Biology, December 2004
• John Citta (co-advised with Scott Mills)
  Project Title: Population Dynamics of Mountain Bluebirds: The role of spatial variation and movements
  Ph.D. Wildlife Biology, May 2005
• Bryce Lake
  Project Title: Spatial Variation in Growth of Emperor Geese on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska
  M.S. Wildlife Biology, August 2005
• David Safine
  Project Title: Breeding Ecology of White-winged Scoters at Yukon Flats, Alaska
  M.S. Wildlife Biology, August 2005
• Kate Martin
  Project Title: Breeding ecology and fasting tolerance of scaup and other ducks in the boreal forest of Alaska
  M.S. Wildlife Biology, Summer 2007
  
• Brandt Meixell
  Project Title: Population dynamics of tundra Swans on the Lower Alaska Peninsula
  M.S. Wildlife Biology, Summer 2007
  
• Josh Schmidt
  Project Title: The effects of climate change on the population dynamics of Trumpeter Swans
  Ph.D. Wildlife Biology, Summer 2008
  
• John Pearce (co-chaied with Kevin McCracken)
  Project Title:  Site Fidelity: Definition, Measurement, and Implications for Population Stucture using Mark-Recapture, Genetic, and Comparative Data in the Hooded, Red-Breasted, and Common Merganser.  
  Ph.D. Biology, December 2008
  
• Aleya Nelson
  co-advised with Dale Rabe (ADF&G)
  Project Title: Ecology of Prince of Wales Island Spruce Grouse
  M.S. Wildlife Biology and Conservation, Fall 2010
  
• Kristin DeGroot
  co-advise with Perry Barboza
  Project Title: Physiological Ecology of Lesser Scaup on the Yukon Flats
  M.S. Wildlife Biology and Conservation, Spring 2011
• Johann Walker
  co-advised with Jay Rotella (MSU)
  Project Title: Temporal and spatial patterns of waterfowl production in North Dakota
  Ph.D. Wildlife Biology, Spring 2011

Publications

• Lindberg, M.S. 2012.  A review of designs for capture-mark-recapture studies in discrete time.  Journal of Ornithology 152:355-370.
• Schmidt, J.S., M.S. Lindberg, D.S. Johnson, and D.L. Verbyla. 2011. Season length influences breeding range dynamics of trumpeter swans.  Wildlife Biology 17:364-372.
• Hoekman, S.T., BJ. Moynahan, M.S. Lindberg, L.C. Sharman, and W.F. Johnson. In Press. Line transect sampling for murrelets: accounting for incomplete detection and identification.
• Booms, T. P. Schempf, B. McCaffery, M.S. Lindberg, and M. Fuller.  2010. Detectability of cliff-nesting raptors during helicopter and fixed-wing surveys in Western Alaska.  Journal of Raptor Research. 44:175-187.
• Schmidt, J.S.,  J. Walker, D. Johnson, and M.S. Lindberg. 2010. A general bayesian hierarchical model for estimating survival of nests and young. Auk 127:379-386.
• Caroffino, D.C., T.M. Sutton, and M.S. Lindberg. 2009. Abundance and movement patterns of age-0 juvenile lake sturgeon in the Pesthtigo River, Wisconsin. Environmental Biology of Fishes 86:411-422.
• Martin, K.H., M.S. Lindberg, J.S. Schmutz, and M.R. Bertram.  2009.  Lesser scaup breeding probability and female survival on the Yukon Flats, Alaska. Journal of Wildlife Management 73:914-923.
• Schmidt, J.H., M.S. Lindberg, D.S. Johnson, B. Conant, and J. King.  2009.  Evidence of Alaskan Trumpeter Swan population growth using bayesian hierarchical models. Journal of Wildlife Management 73:720-727.
• Schmidt, J.S., M.S. Lindberg, D.S. Johnson, and J.A. Schmutz.  2009. Environmental and human influences on Trumpeter Swan habitat occupancy in Alaska. Condor 111:266-275.
• Lake, B.C., J.A. Schmutz, M.S. Lindberg, C.R. Ely, W.D. Eldridge, and F.J. Broerman. 2008. Body mass of prefledging Emperor Geese Chen canagica: Large- scale effects of interspecific densities and food availability.  Ibis 150:527-540.
• Safine, D.E., and Mark S. Lindberg.  2008. Nest habitat selection of white-winged scoters on Yukon Flats, Alaska. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 120:582-593.
• Sedinger, J.S, N.D. Chelgren, D.H. Ward, and M.S. Lindberg. 2008.  Fidelity and breeding probability related to population density and individual quality in black brent geese (Branta bernicla nigricans).  Journal of Animal Ecology 77:702-712.
• Pearce, J.M., P. Blums., and M.S. Lindberg. 2008.  Site fidelity and population structure in hooded mergansers as revealed by genetic and mark-recapture data.  Auk 125:711-722.
• Thomson, D.L., Conroy, M.J., Anderson, D.R., Burnham, K.P, Cooch, E.G., Francis, C.M., Lebreton, J.D., Lindberg, M.S., Morgan, B.J.T, Otis, D.L., White, G.C.  2009. Standardising terminology and notation for the analysis of demographic processes in marked populations. Thompson, D.L., E.G. Cooch, and M.J. Conroy, eds, Modeling Demographic Processes in Marked Populations, Environmental and Ecological Statistics 3:1099-1106.
• Citta, J.J., and M.S. Lindberg. 2007.  Nest-site selection of passerines: effects of geographic scale and public and personal information. Ecology 88:2034-2046.
• Rotella, J., M. Taper, S. Stephens, and M. Lindberg.  2007. Extending methods for modeling heterogeneity in nest-survival data using generalized mixed models. Studies in Avian Biology No. 34:34-44.
• Lindberg, M.S., D.H. Ward, T.L. Tibbitts, and J. Roser. 2007. Winter movement dynamics of black brant.  Journal of Wildlife Management 71:534-540.
• Lindberg, M.S. and J. Walker. 2007.  Satellite telemetry in avian research: sample size considerations.  Journal of Wildlife Management 71:1002-1009.
• Moynahan, Lindberg, Rotella, and Thomas. 2007.  Factors affecting nest survival of greater sage grouse in north-central Montana.  Journal of Wildlife Management 71:1773-1783.
• Moynahan, Lindberg, and Thomas.  2006.  Factors contributing to process variance in annual survival of female greater sage grouse in north-central Montana.  Ecological Applications 16:1529-1538.
• Lake, B.C., M.S. Lindberg, J.A. Schmutz, R.M. Anthony, and F.J. Broerman.  2006.  Using Videography to Quantify Landscape-level Availability of Habitat for Grazers: An Example with Emperor Geese in Western Alaska. Arctic 59:252-260.
• McIntyre, C., M. Collopy, and M. Lindberg. 2006. Survival probability and mortality of migratory juvenile golden eagles.  Journal of Wildlife Management 70:717-722.
• Lake, B.C., J. Walker, and M.S. Lindberg.  2006.  Survival of ducks banded in the boreal forest of Alaska. Journal of Wildlife Management 70:443-449.
• Hoekman, S. T., T. S. Gabor, R. Maher, H. R. Murkin, and M. S. Lindberg. 2006. Demographics of breeding female mallards in southern Ontario, Canada. Journal of Wildlife Management  70:111-120.
• Hoekman, S. T., T. S. Gabor, M. J. Petrie, and M. S. Lindberg. 2006.  Population dynamics of mallards breeding in eastern Canada. Journal of Wildlife Management 70:121-128.
• Stephens, S., J. Rotella, M. Lindberg, M. Taper, and J. Ringelman.  2005.  Duck nest survival in the Missouri Coteau region of North Dakota: the effects of landscape characteristics at multiple spatial scales. Ecological Applications 15:2137-2149.
• Walker, J., M.S. Lindberg, M.C. MacCluskie, M.J. Petrula, and J.S. Sedinger. 2005.  Nest survival of scaup and other ducks in the boreal forest of Alaska. Journal of Wildlife Management 69:592-600.
• Walker, J., and M.S. Lindberg.  2005. Survival of Scaup Ducklings in the Boreal Forest of Alaska. Journal of Wildlife Management 69:574-581.
• Blums, P., J.D. Nichols, J.E. Hines, M.S. Lindberg, and A. Mednis. 2005.   Individual quality, survival variation and patterns of phenotypic selection on body condition and timing of nesting in birds. Oecologia 143:365-376.
• Walker, J., S.S. Stephens, M.S. Lindberg, and J.J. Rotella. 2004. Duck nesting success in North Dakota road rights-of-way: are all small grassland patches ecological traps?  The Prairie Naturalist 36:1-10.
• Blums, P., J.D. Nichols, M.S. Lindberg, J.E. Hines, and A. Mednis. 2003. Estimating natal dispersal movement rates of female European ducks with multistate modeling. Journal of Animal Ecology 72:1027-1042.
• DeVries, J.H., J.J. Citta, M.S. Lindberg, D.W. Howerter, and M.G. Anderson.  2003. Breeding-season survival of mallard females in the prairie pothole region of Canada. Journal of Wildlife Management 67:551-563.
• Blums, P., J.D. Nichols, M.S. Lindberg, J.E. Hines, and A. Mednis. 2003.Factors affecting breeding dispersal of European ducks on Engure Marsh, Latvia. Journal of Animal Ecology 72:292-307.
• Anderson, D.R., E.g. Cooch, R.J. Gutierrez, C.J. Krebs, M.S. Lindberg, K.H. Pollock, C.A. Rubic, and T.M. Shenk.  2003 Rigorous science: suggestions on how to raise the bar.  Wildlife Society Bulletin 296-305.
• Cilimburg, A.B., M.S. Lindberg, J.J. Tewksbury, and S.J. Hejl. 2002. Effects of dispersal on survival probability of adult yellow warblers. Auk 119:778-789.    
• Sedinger, J.S., N.D. Chelgren, M.S. Lindberg, T. Obritchkewitch, M.T. Kirk, P. Martin, B.A. Anderson, and D.H. Ward.  2002. Life-history implications of large-scale spatial variation in adult survival of black brant (Branta bernicla nigricans). Auk 119:510-514.
• Lindberg, M.S., and E.A. Rexstad. 2002.  Capture-recapture sampling designs.  Pages 251-262  in Encyclopedia of Environmetrics, Vol 1, Edited by Abdel H. El-Shaarawi and Walter W. Piegorsch. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester.
• Alisauskas, R.T., and M.S. Lindberg. 2002. Effects of neckbands on survival and fidelity of white‑fronted and Canada geese captured as non‑breeding adults. Journal of Applied Statistics 29:521-538.
• Mills, L.S., and M.S. Lindberg. 2002. Sensitivity analysis to evaluate the consequences of conservation actions. Pages 338-366 In Beissinger, S. R. and D. R. McCullough (Editors).  Population Viability Analysis.  University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL.
• Sedinger, J.S., M.S. Lindberg, and N.D. Chelgren. 2001. Age-specific breeding probability in black brant: effects of population density. Journal of Animal Ecology 70:798-807.
• Anderson, M.G., M.S. Lindberg, and R.B. Emery.  2001. Probability of survival and breeding for juvenile female canvasbacks. Journal of Wildlife Management 65:403‑415.
• Lindberg, M.S., W.L. Kendall, J.E. Hines, and M.G. Anderson. 2001. Combining band recovery data and Pollock’s robust design to model temporary and permanent emigration. Biometrics 57:273-281.
• Lindberg, M.S., and J.S. Sedinger.  1998.  Ecological significance of brood-site fidelity of black brant: annual, spatial, and age-related variation. Auk115:436-446.
• Lindberg, M.S., J.S. Sedinger, R.F. Rockwell, and D.V. Derksen.  1998. Natal and breeding philopatry in a black brant, Branta bernicla nigricans, metapopulation. Ecology 79:1893-1904.
• Sedinger, J.S., M.S. Lindberg, B.T. Person, M.W. Eichholz, M.P. Herzog, and P.L. Flint. 1998. Denisty dependent effects on growth, body size, and clutch size in black brant. Auk 115:613-620.
• Lindberg, M.S., J.S. Sedinger, and P.L. Flint. 1997. Effects of spring environment on nesting phenology and clutch size of black brant. Condor 99:381-388.
• Lindberg, M.S., and J.S. Sedinger. 1997.  Ecological consequences of nest site fidelity in black brant. Condor 99:25-38.
• Ward, D.H., E.A. Rexstad, J.S. Sedinger, M.S. Lindberg, and N.K. Dawe. 1997. Seasonal and annual survival of adult Pacific brant. Journal of Wildlife Management 61:773-781.
• Sedinger, J.S., M.S. Lindberg, E.A. Rexstad, N.D. Chelgren, and D.H. Ward. 1997. Testing for handling bias in survival estimation for black brant. Journal of Wildlife Management 61:782-791.
• Sedinger, J.S., M.S. Lindberg, M.W. Eichholz, and N.D. Chelgren.  1997. Influence of hatch date versus maternal and genetic effects on growth of black brant goslings. Auk 114:129-132.
• Lindberg, M.S., and R.A. Malecki. 1996. Hunting vulnerability of local and migrant Canada geese: a reply. Journal of Wildlife Management 60:458-461.
• Lindberg, M.S., J.S. Sedinger, and E.A. Rexstad. 1995. Estimating nest site fidelity of adult female black brant with multi-state modeling and geographic information systems. Journal of Applied Statistics 22:725-735.
• Sedinger, J.S., P.L. Flint, and M.S. Lindberg.  1995. Environmental influence on life-history traits: growth, survival, and fecundity in black brant (Branta bernicla).  Ecology 76:2404-2414.
• Lindberg, M.S., and R.A. Malecki.  1994. Hunting vulnerability of local and migrant Canada geese in Pennsylvania.  Journal of Wildlife Management 58:740-747.
• Flint, P.L., M.S. Lindberg, M.C. MacCluskie, and J.S. Sedinger.  1994. The adaptive significance of hatching synchrony of waterfowl eggs. Wildfowl 45:248-254.

Teaching

Courses Taught at University of Alaska Fairbanks:

• WLF 419 - Waterfowl and Wetlands Ecology and Management
• WLF201 - Principle of Wildlife Management
• WLF 301 - Design of Wildlife Studies
• WLF410 - Wildlife Populations and Thier Management
• WLF 625 - Vertebrate Population Dynamics

Courses Taught at University of Montana (1998-2001):

• WBIO 240 - Ecological Design and Analysis
• WBIO 470 - Conservation of Wildlife Populations
• WBIO 540 - Experimental Design
• WBIO 542 - Current Issues in Biometrics
• WBIO 572 - Analysis of Vertebrate Populations
• WBIO 580 - Readings in Population Dynamics