Wildlife research publications

Each research summary, abstract or report listed may contain interim results of wildlife research projects. Some of the data and interpretations may change as a result of additional findings or more comprehensive analysis.

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Year	Subject	Topic	Report	Authors
2016	Habitats	Grassland	Evaluating insecticide exposure risk for grassland wildlife on public lands	Nicole M. Davros, Katelin Goebel
2016	Ungulates	Deer	Conjoined white-tailed deer twins	Gino J. D'Angelo, Louis Cornicelli, Christina E. Clarkson, Arno Wuenschmann
2016	Ungulates	Deer	Evaluation of localized deer management for reducing agricultural damage caused by white-tailed deer in Minnesota	Gino J. D'Angelo
2016	Upland game	Pheasant	Nesting and brood-rearing habitat selection and survival rates of ring-necked pheasants in prairie reconstructions in southwest Minnesota	Nicole M. Davros, Lindsey N. Messinger
2016	Upland game	Squirrel	Assessing the contribution of harvest mortality to overall mortality rates of gray and fox squirrels on public lands in Minnesota	Ryan G. Tebo, John H. Giudice
2016	Habitats	Farmland	Neonicotinoids on the landscape: Evaluating avian exposure to treated seeds in agricultural landscapes	Charlotte Roy, Da Chen, Julia Ponder, Mark Jankowski
2016	Furbearers	Bear	Ecology and population dynamics of black bears in Minnesota	David L. Garshelis, Andrew Tri, Spencer J. Rettler, Brian J. Dirks
2016	Furbearers	Bear	Effects of hair-snare subsampling on spatially explicit capture-recapture population estimates of black bears	Nick Gondek, David L. Garshelis, Karen V. Noyce, John R. Fieberg
2016	Furbearers	Bear	Have changes in forest composition altered food abundance, habitat use and reproduction in bears?	Spencer J. Rettler, David L. Garshelis, Andrew Tri, James Forester
2016	Furbearers	Carnivore	Evaluation of design and analysis of a camera-based multi-species occupancy survey of carnivores in Minnesota	Fabiola Iannarilli, John Erb, Todd Arnold, John Fieberg
2016	Furbearers	Fisher/Marten	Using LIDAR data to quantify forest structural habitat variables important to fishers and martens	Michael Joyce, John Erb, Barry Sampson, Ron Moen
2016	Upland game	Grouse	Identifying barriers to movement and effectiveness of corridors for connecting core areas: Landscape genetics of prairie grouse in fragmented landscapes	Charlotte Roy, Andrew Gregory, Eric Nelson
2016	Upland game	Grouse	Monitoring spruce grouse in Minnesota: Survey development (2014-2017)	Charlotte Roy, John Giudice, Chris Scharenbroich
2016	Upland game	Grouse	Sharp-tailed grouse response to fall prescribed fire and mowing	Charlotte Roy, Lindsey Shartell
2016	Ungulates	Moose	Climate change, winter nutritional restriction and the decline of moose in northeastern Minnesota, Winters 2013-2017	Glenn D. DelGiudice, William J. Severud, Tyler R. Obermoller
2016	Ungulates	Moose	Moose calf survival, cause-specific mortality and habitat use	William J. Severud, Glenn D. DelGiudice, Tyler R. Obermoller
2016	Ungulates	Moose	Using adult female moose behavior to estimate calving and mortality of calves	William J. Severud, Glenn D. DelGiudice, Tyler R. Obermoller
2016	Upland game	Prairie chicken	Multiscale associations between greater prairie-chickens, grassland Conservation Reserve Program enrollments and landscape composition in northwestern Minnesota	Kalysta Adkins, Charlotte Roy, Robert Wright
2016	Upland game	Prairie chicken	Predicting the effects of grassland Conservation Reserve Program enrollments and expirations on greater prairie chickens in northwestern Minnesota	Kalysta Adkins, Charlotte Roy, Robert Wright
2016	Upland game	Woodcock	Use of managed forest openings by American Woodcock	Lindsey Shartell
2016	Human dimensions	Elk	Landowner attitudes toward elk in northwest Minnesota	Eric Walberg, Gino D’Angelo, Lou Cornicelli, Leslie McInenly
2016	Human dimensions	Deer	Minnesota hunter opinions about deer populations and management	Leslie E. McInenly, Louis Cornicelli, Eric Walberg
2016	Human dimensions	Wildlife management area	Understanding user preferences and visitor numbers at Minnesota Wildlife Management Areas	Kelsie LaSharr, Louis Cornicelli, John Giudice
2016	Waterfowl	Mallard	Fall movements of mallards marked in Minnesota	Bruce E. Davis
2016	Habitats	Shallow lakes	Using repeated measures to estimate critical thresholds and classify states in shallow lakes (PDF)	Kelsey Vitense, John Fieberg, Mark A. Hanson, Brian R. Herwig, Kyle D. Zimmer
2016	Waterfowl	Wood duck	Developing methodologies for predicting the locations of wood duck breeding habitat components in Minnesota (PDF)	James B. Berdeen, Edmund Zlonis, Scott Hillard, Mark D. Nelson
2016	Ungulates	Deer	Application of a bayesian weighted surveillance approach for Chronic Wasting Disease in white-tailed deer	Christopher S. Jennelle, Daniel P. Walsh, Erik E. Osnas, Michael D. Samuel, Robert Rolley, Julia Langenberg, Jenny Powers, Ryan J. Monello, E. David Demarest, Rolf Gubler, Dennis M. Heisey
2016	Ungulates	Deer	Chronic Wasting Disease in a Minnesota wild deer herd: First detection in Fillmore County	Erik Hildebrand, Michelle Carstensen, Margaret Dexter, Chris Jennelle, Lou Cornicelli, Patrick Hagen
2016	Waterfowl	HPAI	Surveillance for highly pathogenic avian influenza in Minnesota's wild birds in 2016-17	Chris Jennelle, Michelle Carstensen, Erik C. Hildebrand, Tim White, Tom Cooper
2016	Waterfowl	HPAI	Surveillance for highly pathogenic avian influenza virus in wild turkeys of Minnesota during 2015 outbreaks in domestic poultry	Christopher S. Jennelle, Michelle Carstensen, Erik C. Hildebrand, Paul Wolf, Daniel A. Grear, Hon S. Ip, Louis Cornicelli
2016	Ungulates	Moose	A technique for deployment of rumen bolus transmitters in free-ranging moose	Larissa Minicucci, Michelle Carstensen, John Crouse, Jon M. Arnemo, Aliva Evans
2016	Ungulates	Moose	Are moose getting warm and how do they respond behaviorally? Validation of an approach for remotely monitoring moose behaviors	Andrew Herberg, Véronique St-Louis, Michelle Carstensen, James Forester
2016	Ungulates	Moose	Determining cause-specific mortality of adult moose in northeast Minnesota, February 2013-July 2017	Michelle Carstensen, Erik C. Hildebrand, Dawn Plattner, Margaret Dexter, Véronique St-Louis, Christopher Jennelle, Robert G. Wright (Minnesota IT Services)
2017	Furbearers	Bears	Ecology and Population Dynamics of Black Bears in Minnesota	David L. Garshelis, Andrew Tri, Spencer J. Rettler, and Brian J. Dirks
2017	Furbearers	Bears	Evaluation of Design and Analysis of a Camera-Based Multi-Species Occupancy Survey of Carnivores in Minnesota	Fabiola Iannarilli, John Erb, Todd Arnold, and John Fieberg
2017	Furbearers	Bears	Reduced Natural Foods Alter Bottom-Up Pressures on American Black Bears	Spencer J. Rettler, David L. Garshelis, Andrew Tri, Véronique St-Louis, and James Forester
2017	Furbearers	Fisher/Marten	Using LIDAR Data to Quantify Forest Structural Habitat Variables Important to Fishers and Martens	Michael Joyce, John Erb, Barry Sampson, and Ron Moen
2017	Habitats	Grassland	Evaluating Insecticide Exposure Risk for Grassland Wildlife on Public Lands	Katelin Goebel and Nicole M. Davros
2017	Habitats	Farmland	Neonicotinoids on the Landscape: Evaluating Avian Exposure to Treated Seeds in Agricultural Landscapes	Charlotte Roy, Da Chen, Julia Ponder, Mark Jankowski, and Pam Coy
2017	Human dimensions	Grouse	The 2016 Ruffed Grouse Hunting Season in Minnesota	Susan A. Schroeder
2017	Human dimensions	Waterfowl	The 2017 Waterfowl Hunting Season in Minnesota: A Study of Hunters’ Opinions and Activities	Susan A. Schroeder and Steven D. Cordts
2017	Ungulates	Elk	Behavioral Responses of Female Elk to Hunting in Northwestern Minnesota	Ryan G. Tebo, Gino J. D’Angelo, and Louis Cornicelli
2017	Ungulates	Deer	Chronic Wasting Disease Surveillance in Minnesota’s Wild Deer Herd	Erik Hildebrand, Michelle Carstensen, Chris Jennelle, Margaret Dexter, Lou Cornicelli, Patrick Hagen, and Kelsie LaSharr
2017	Ungulates	Deer	Establishing the Feasibility of Making Fine-Scale Measurements of Habitat Use by White-Tailed Deer in Northern Minnesota, Winter 2017–2018	Bradley D. Smith, Glenn D. DelGiudice, and William J. Severud
2017	Ungulates	Deer	Winter Survival and Cause-specific Mortality of White-tailed Deer in Northern Minnesota: Updating with GPS Collars	Glenn D. DelGiudice, Bradley D. Smith, and William J. Severud
2017	Ungulates	Deer	Investigation of Movement Dynamics of Wild Deer in Southeastern Minnesota to Understand Potential Spread of Chronic Wasting Disease	Chris Jennelle, Andrew Norton, Ryan Tebo, Michelle Carstensen, Erik Hildebrand, Lou Cornicelli, Kelsie LaSharr, Tyler Obermoller, Patrick Hagen, and Margaret Dexter
2017	Ungulates	Deer	Winter Nutritional Restriction and Decline of Moose in Northeastern Minnesota, Winters 2013–2018	Glenn D. DelGiudice, William J. Severud, Tyler R. Obermoller, and Bradley D. Smith
2017	Ungulates	Moose	Causes of Non-Hunting Mortality of Adult Moose in Minnesota, 2013–2017	Michelle Carstensen, Erik C. Hildebrand, Dawn Plattner, Margaret Dexter, Arno Wünschmann, and Anibal Armien
2017	Ungulates	Moose	Abstract: Emergence of the Arterial Worm Elaeophora Schneideri in Moose (Alces Alces) and Tabanid Fly Vectors in Northeastern Minnesota, USA	Caroline M. Grunenwald, Erika Butler, Arno Wünschmann, Anibal G. Armien, Michelle Carstensen, Erik Hildebrand, Roger D. Moon, Mabre D. Brand, Richard W. Gerhold
2017	Ungulates	Deer	Abstract: Applying a Bayesian Weighted Surveillance Approach to Detect Chronic Wasting Disease in White-Tailed Deer	Christopher S. Jennelle, Daniel P. Walsh, Erik E. Osnas, Michael D. Samuel, Robert Rolley, Julia Langenberg, Jenny Powers, Ryan J. Monello, E. David Demarest, Rolf Gubler, Dennis M. Heisey
2017	Ungulates	Moose	Abstract: Calibration of a Rumen Bolus to Measure Continuous Internal Body Temperature in Moose	Andrew Herberg, Veronique St.-Louis, Michelle Carstensen, James Forester, John Fieberg, Dan Thompson, and John Crouse
2017	Ungulates	Deer	Abstract: Chronic Wasting Disease Detection and Mortality Sources in a Semi-Protected Deer Population	Krysten Schuler, Jonathan Jenks, Robert Klaver, Christopher S. Jennelle, Terry Bowyer
2017	Ungulates	Moose	Abstract: A Technique for Deployment of Rumen Bolus Transmitters in Free-Ranging Moose (Alces Alces)	Larissa Minicucci, Michelle Carstensen, John Crouse, Jon M. Arnemo, Aliva Evans
2017	Ungulates	Moose	Abstract: Expanding GIS Analyses to Monitor and Assess North American Moose Distribution and Density	William F. Jensen, Jason R. Smith, Michelle Carstensen, Colin E. Penner, Brian M. Hosek, and James J. Maskey, Jr.
2017	Upland game	Grouse	Sharp-Tailed Grouse Response to Fall Prescribed Fire and Mowing	Charlotte Roy and Lindsey Shartell
2017	Upland game	Grouse	Survival, Nest Success and Habitat Selection of Sharp-tailed Grouse in East-Central Minnesota – Final Project Report	Lindsey M. Shartell
2017	Upland game	Grouse	The 2016 Ruffed Grouse Hunting Season in Minnesota	Susan A. Schroeder
2017	Upland game	Woodcock	Use of Managed Forest Wildlife Openings by American Woodcock	Lindsey Shartell
2017	Upland game	Squirrel	Assessing the Contribution of Harvest Mortality to Overall Mortality Rates of Gray and Fox Squirrels on Public Lands in Minnesota	Ryan G. Tebo and Andrew S. Norton
2017	Upland game	Pheasant	Nesting and Brood-Rearing Habitat Selection and Survival Rates of Ring-Necked Pheasants in Prairie Reconstructions in Southwest Minnesota	Nicole M. Davros and Lindsey N. Messinger
2017	Upland game	Prairie chicken	Abstract: The Relationship Between Grasslands, Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Enrollments and Greater Prairie Chicken (Tympanuchus Cupido Pinnatus) Populations in Minnesota	Kalysta Adkin, Charlotte Roy, and Robert Wright
2017	Waterfowl	Wood duck	Developing Methodologies for Predicting the Locations of Wood Duck Breeding Habitat Components in Minnesota	James B. Berdeen, Edmund Zlonis, Jennifer Corcoran, Ram Deo, and Mark D. Nelson
2017	Waterfowl	Mallard	Fall Movements of Mallards Marked in Minnesota	Bruce E. Davis
2017	Waterfowl	HPAI	Surveillance for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Minnesota’s Wild Birds in 2017-18	Chris Jennelle, Tim White, Kelsie LaSharr, Patrick Hagen, Erik Hildebrand, Tom Cooper, and Michelle Carstensen
2017	Waterfowl	HPAI	Abstract: Avian Iinfluenza Prevalence and Viral Shedding Routes in Minnesota Ring-Billed Gulls (Larus Delawarensis)	Todd Froberg, Francesca Cuthbert, Chris Jennelle, Carol Cardona, Marie Culhane
2018	Furbearers	Bear	Behavioral Responses Of American Black Bears To Reduced Natural Foods: Migration Patterns And Diet	Spencer J. Rettler, David L. Garshelis, Andrew Tri, and James Forester
2018	Furbearers	Bear	Ecology And Population Dynamics Of Black Bears In Minnesota	David L. Garshelis, Andrew Tri, Spencer J. Rettler, and Brian J. Dirks
2018	Furbearers	Fisher/Marten	Evaluating American Marten Habitat Quality Using Airborne Light Detection And Ranging (LiDAR) Data	Michael Joyce, Dissertation Abstracts
2018	Habitats	Grassland	Evaluating Grassland Wildlife Exposure To Soybean Aphid Insecticides On Public Lands In Minnesota	Katelin Goebel and Nicole M. Davros
2018	Human dimensions	Deer	Survey Of Southeast Minnesota Deer Hunters	Susan A. Schroeder; Adam C. Landon; Louis Cornicelli; Leslie McInenly; Todd Froberg
2018	Human dimensions	Grouse	The 2016 Ruffed Grouse Hunting Season In Minnesota	Susan A. Schroeder
2018	Human dimensions	Waterfowl	The 2017 Waterfowl Hunting Season In Minnesota: A Study Of Hunters’ Opinions And Activities	Susan A. Schroeder and Steven D. Cordts
2018	Ungulates	Deer	2018 Roadside Distance-Sampling Surveys Of White-Tailed Deer In Southern Minnesota	John H. Giudice, Brian S. Haroldson, Tyler R. Obermoller, and Andrew S. Norton
2021	Human dimensions	Waterfowl	The 2020 Waterfowl Hunting Season In Minnesota: A Study Of Hunters’ Opinions And Activities	Landon, A.C., Schroeder, S.A., Cordts, S., McInenly, L., Davis, B.
2024	Human dimensions	Waterfowl	Survey of waterfowl hunters – 2023 season	Landon, A.C., Cordts, S.

Status of wildlife populations

• Status of Wildlife Populations - 2020
• Status of Wildlife Populations - 2019
• Status of Wildlife Populations - 2018
• Status of Wildlife Populations - 2017
• Status of Wildlife Populations - 2016
• Status of Wildlife Populations - 2015
• Status of Wildlife Populations - 2014
• Status of Wildlife Populations - 2013
• Status of Wildlife Populations - 2012
• Status of Wildlife Populations - 2011
• Status of Wildlife Populations - 2010
• Status of Wildlife Populations - 2009
• Status of Wildlife Populations - 2008
• Status of Wildlife Populations - 2007
• Status of Wildlife Populations - Fall 2006 | cover | report
• Status of Wildlife Populations - Fall 2005

Small game hunter harvest survey

• 2023 Small Game Hunter Harvest Survey
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• 2021 Small Game Hunter Harvest Survey
• 2020 Small Game Hunter Harvest Survey
• 2019 Small Game Hunter Harvest Survey
• 2018 Small Game Hunter Harvest Survey
• 2017 Small Game Hunter Harvest Survey
• 2016 Small Game Hunter Harvest Survey
• 2015 Small Game Hunter Harvest Survey
• 2014 Small Game Hunter Harvest Survey
• 2013 Small Game Hunter Harvest Survey
• 2012 Small Game Hunter Harvest Survey
• 2011 Small Game Hunter Harvest Survey
• 2009 Small Game Hunter Harvest Survey