Jane Austin, PhD (Former Employee)
Science and Products
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The scaup conservation action plan: working toward coherence The scaup conservation action plan: working toward coherence
The last in a series of three workshops to develop a decision framework for the scaup conservation action plan was conducted in September 2009. Fifteen waterfowl biologists and managers met in Memphis, Tennessee at the Ducks Unlimited Headquarters to review and refine the decision statement, objectives, and prototype model for the continental scaup population, with a special focus on...
Authors
Jane E. Austin
Sandhill crane abundance and nesting ecology at Grays Lake, Idaho Sandhill crane abundance and nesting ecology at Grays Lake, Idaho
We examined population size and factors influencing nest survival of greater sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis tabida) at Grays Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Idaho, USA, during 1997-2000. Average local population of cranes from late April to early May, 1998-2000, was 735 cranes, 34% higher than that reported for May 1970-1971. We estimated 228 (SE = 30) nests in the basin core (excluding...
Authors
J. E. Austin, A.R. Henry, I.J. Ball
Effects of habitat management treatments on plant community composition and biomass in a Montane wetland Effects of habitat management treatments on plant community composition and biomass in a Montane wetland
Grazing and burning are commonly applied practices that can impact the diversity and biomass of wetland plant communities. We evaluated the vegetative response of wetlands and adjacent upland grasslands to four treatment regimes (continuous idle, fall prescribed burning followed by idle, annual fall cattle grazing, and rotation of summer grazing and idle) commonly used by the U.S. Fish...
Authors
Jane E. Austin, Janet R. Keough, W.H. Pyle
Factors influencing soil invertebrate communities in riparian grasslands of the central platte river floodplain Factors influencing soil invertebrate communities in riparian grasslands of the central platte river floodplain
In the Platte River Valley of central Nebraska, USA, riparian grasslands (also known as wet meadows) have been severely impacted by a reduction in river flows, causing lower ground-water levels and altered seasonal hydroperiods. The potential impacts of these hydrologic changes, as well as the environmental factors that influence wet meadow soil invertebrate communities, are not well...
Authors
C.A. Davis, J. E. Austin, D. A. Buhl
A fresh look at the taxonomy of midcontinental sandhill cranes A fresh look at the taxonomy of midcontinental sandhill cranes
The midcontinental population of sandhill crane (Grus canadensis) includes about 500,000 birds and provides valuable recreational crane-watching and hunting opportunities in Canada and the United States. It comprises three subspecies, one of which (G. c. rowani) was of uncertain taxonomic status and another of which (G. c. tabida) merited protection from excessive harvest due to its...
Authors
Douglas H. Johnson, Jane E. Austin, Jill A. Shaffer
Lesser scaup Aythya affinis Lesser scaup Aythya affinis
No abstract available.
Authors
Jane E. Austin, Christine M. Custer, Alan D. Afton
Non-USGS Publications**
Austin, J. E. 1990. Comparison of activities within pairs and families of wintering Canada geese. Wilson Bulletin 102:536–542.
Austin, J. E. 1987. Wintering ecology of Canada geese in Missouri. Dissertation, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri. 283pp.
Austin, J. E., and L. H. Fredrickson. 1987. Body and organ weight and body composition of postbreeding female lesser scaup. Auk 104:694–699.
Austin, J. E., 1987. Activities of postbreeding lesser scaup in southwestern Manitoba. Wilson Bulletin 99:448–456.
Austin, J. E., and L. H. Fredrickson. 1986. Molt of female lesser scaup immediately following breeding. Auk 103:293–298.
Austin, J. E. 1983. Postbreeding ecology of female lesser scaup. M.S. thesis, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri. 124pp.
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
Science and Products
Filter Total Items: 55
The scaup conservation action plan: working toward coherence The scaup conservation action plan: working toward coherence
The last in a series of three workshops to develop a decision framework for the scaup conservation action plan was conducted in September 2009. Fifteen waterfowl biologists and managers met in Memphis, Tennessee at the Ducks Unlimited Headquarters to review and refine the decision statement, objectives, and prototype model for the continental scaup population, with a special focus on...
Authors
Jane E. Austin
Sandhill crane abundance and nesting ecology at Grays Lake, Idaho Sandhill crane abundance and nesting ecology at Grays Lake, Idaho
We examined population size and factors influencing nest survival of greater sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis tabida) at Grays Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Idaho, USA, during 1997-2000. Average local population of cranes from late April to early May, 1998-2000, was 735 cranes, 34% higher than that reported for May 1970-1971. We estimated 228 (SE = 30) nests in the basin core (excluding...
Authors
J. E. Austin, A.R. Henry, I.J. Ball
Effects of habitat management treatments on plant community composition and biomass in a Montane wetland Effects of habitat management treatments on plant community composition and biomass in a Montane wetland
Grazing and burning are commonly applied practices that can impact the diversity and biomass of wetland plant communities. We evaluated the vegetative response of wetlands and adjacent upland grasslands to four treatment regimes (continuous idle, fall prescribed burning followed by idle, annual fall cattle grazing, and rotation of summer grazing and idle) commonly used by the U.S. Fish...
Authors
Jane E. Austin, Janet R. Keough, W.H. Pyle
Factors influencing soil invertebrate communities in riparian grasslands of the central platte river floodplain Factors influencing soil invertebrate communities in riparian grasslands of the central platte river floodplain
In the Platte River Valley of central Nebraska, USA, riparian grasslands (also known as wet meadows) have been severely impacted by a reduction in river flows, causing lower ground-water levels and altered seasonal hydroperiods. The potential impacts of these hydrologic changes, as well as the environmental factors that influence wet meadow soil invertebrate communities, are not well...
Authors
C.A. Davis, J. E. Austin, D. A. Buhl
A fresh look at the taxonomy of midcontinental sandhill cranes A fresh look at the taxonomy of midcontinental sandhill cranes
The midcontinental population of sandhill crane (Grus canadensis) includes about 500,000 birds and provides valuable recreational crane-watching and hunting opportunities in Canada and the United States. It comprises three subspecies, one of which (G. c. rowani) was of uncertain taxonomic status and another of which (G. c. tabida) merited protection from excessive harvest due to its...
Authors
Douglas H. Johnson, Jane E. Austin, Jill A. Shaffer
Lesser scaup Aythya affinis Lesser scaup Aythya affinis
No abstract available.
Authors
Jane E. Austin, Christine M. Custer, Alan D. Afton
Non-USGS Publications**
Austin, J. E. 1990. Comparison of activities within pairs and families of wintering Canada geese. Wilson Bulletin 102:536–542.
Austin, J. E. 1987. Wintering ecology of Canada geese in Missouri. Dissertation, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri. 283pp.
Austin, J. E., and L. H. Fredrickson. 1987. Body and organ weight and body composition of postbreeding female lesser scaup. Auk 104:694–699.
Austin, J. E., 1987. Activities of postbreeding lesser scaup in southwestern Manitoba. Wilson Bulletin 99:448–456.
Austin, J. E., and L. H. Fredrickson. 1986. Molt of female lesser scaup immediately following breeding. Auk 103:293–298.
Austin, J. E. 1983. Postbreeding ecology of female lesser scaup. M.S. thesis, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri. 124pp.
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
*Disclaimer: Listing outside positions with professional scientific organizations on this Staff Profile are for informational purposes only and do not constitute an endorsement of those professional scientific organizations or their activities by the USGS, Department of the Interior, or U.S. Government