Jill Shaffer
Jill Shaffer is an Ecologist with the USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center in Jamestown, North Dakota.
Jill Shaffer is an avian ecologist whose research advances the understanding of the effects of wind-energy facilities on birds. She has evaluated the behavioral impacts of wind facilities on grassland birds and waterfowl and devised a method, the Avian-Impact Offset Method, that quantifies those impacts so that State and Federal agencies can seek offsetting measures for the impacts.
When not working on renewable-energy projects, Jill continues work on the writing of a 43-chapter synthesis on the effects of rangeland practices on grassland birds, an endeavor undertaken for 27 years and counting.
Professional Experience
1999-present; Ecologist, USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, Jamestown, North Dakota
1996-1999; Biological Science Technician, USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, Jamestown, North Dakota
Education and Certifications
M.S. (1996) Zoology, University of Arkansas
B.S. (1993) Biology, University of Wisconsin
Science and Products
The effects of management practices on grassland birds—Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa)
The effects of management practices on grassland birds—Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda)
The effects of management practices on grassland birds—Mountain Plover (Charadrius montanus)
Estimating offsets for avian displacement effects of anthropogenic impacts
The effects of management practices on grassland birds
The effects of management practices on grassland birds — An introduction to North American grasslands and the practices used to manage grasslands and grassland birds
The effects of management practices on grassland birds—Rates of Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) parasitism in nests of North American grassland birds
Estimating indirect impacts of wind-energy development for breeding grassland birds and waterfowl in the northern Great Plains
Modeling effects of crop production, energy development and conservation-grassland loss on avian habitat
The effects of management practices on grassland birds—Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris)
Model parameters for representative wetland plant functional groups
The influence of local- and landscape-level factors on wetland breeding birds in the Prairie Pothole Region of North and South Dakota
Non-USGS Publications**
https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/1001692
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1159&context=usgsnpwrc.
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/usgsnpwrc/159/.
**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
The effects of management practices on grassland birds—Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa)
The effects of management practices on grassland birds—Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda)
The effects of management practices on grassland birds—Mountain Plover (Charadrius montanus)
Estimating offsets for avian displacement effects of anthropogenic impacts
The effects of management practices on grassland birds
The effects of management practices on grassland birds — An introduction to North American grasslands and the practices used to manage grasslands and grassland birds
The effects of management practices on grassland birds—Rates of Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) parasitism in nests of North American grassland birds
Estimating indirect impacts of wind-energy development for breeding grassland birds and waterfowl in the northern Great Plains
Modeling effects of crop production, energy development and conservation-grassland loss on avian habitat
The effects of management practices on grassland birds—Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris)
Model parameters for representative wetland plant functional groups
The influence of local- and landscape-level factors on wetland breeding birds in the Prairie Pothole Region of North and South Dakota
Non-USGS Publications**
https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/1001692
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1159&context=usgsnpwrc.
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/usgsnpwrc/159/.
**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.