Wildlife Ecology

The Wildlife Ecology program provides scientific information to UMESC's partners to support the conservation and management of terrestrial (primarily amphibian and reptile) and aerial (birds and bat) species.

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Conservation Ecology and Planning

Decision Support Tools and Modeling

Ecosystem Resiliency

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Fatty Acids

Fish and Wildlife Diseases

Food Web Processes

Invasive Species

Landscape Ecology

Midwest Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative

Migratory Birds

Monarch Butterflies

Nutrients

Threatened and Endangered Species

White-nose Syndrome

Wildlife Genetics

Wildlife Toxicology

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December 10, 2016

Birds as Indicators of Contaminant Exposure in the Great Lakes

Objectives: 1. Use tree swallows and colonial waterbirds in the Great Lakes to evaluate contaminant Exposure (geographic and spatial) 2. Trends through time (temporal) 3. Effects (reproductive, physiological, genetic) 4. Monitor cleanup actions

Ecosystems Mission Area, Species Management Research Program, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative

December 10, 2016

Birds as Indicators of Contaminant Exposure in the Great Lakes

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