Lee Tibbitts
Shorebird ecology, population monitoring, waterbird conservation.
Professional Experience
1998 - Present Wildlife Biologist, USGS, Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, Alaska
1988 - 1998 Biological Technician/General Biologist, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service/ National Biological Service, Anchorage, Alaska
1981 - 1988 Various biotechnical positions, federal/ state wildlife agencies and universities, Oregon and Hawaii
Education and Certifications
M.S. 2000 Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA Wildlife Biology
B.S. 1982 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR Biology
Affiliations and Memberships*
Wilson Ornithological Society
American Ornithologist's Union
Cooper Ornithological Society
Association of Field Ornithologists
Waterbird Society
Wader Study Group
Science and Products
When Siberia came to the Netherlands: The response of continental black-tailed godwits to a rare spring weather event
Spatial genetic structure of bristle-thighed curlews (Numenius tahitiensis): Breeding area differentiation not reflected on the non-breeding grounds
Annual migratory patterns of long-billed curlews in the American west
Hemispheric-scale wind selection facilitates bar-tailed godwit circum-migration of the Pacific
Post-breeding migration of Dutch-breeding black-tailed godwits: timing, routes, use of stopovers, and nonbreeding destinations
Abdominally implanted satellite transmitters affect reproduction and survival rather than migration of large shorebirds
Coping with the cold: An ecological context for the abundance and distribution of rock sandpipers during winter in upper Cook Inlet, Alaska
Polymorphic microsatellite loci identified through development and cross-species amplification within shorebirds
Small population size of Pribilof Rock Sandpipers confirmed through distance-sampling surveys in Alaska
Contrasting extreme long-distance migration patterns in bar-tailed godwits Limosa lapponica
Coelomic implantation of satellite transmitters in the bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica) and the bristle-thighed curlew (Numenius tahitiensis) using propofol, bupivacaine, and lidocaine
Science and Products
When Siberia came to the Netherlands: The response of continental black-tailed godwits to a rare spring weather event
Spatial genetic structure of bristle-thighed curlews (Numenius tahitiensis): Breeding area differentiation not reflected on the non-breeding grounds
Annual migratory patterns of long-billed curlews in the American west
Hemispheric-scale wind selection facilitates bar-tailed godwit circum-migration of the Pacific
Post-breeding migration of Dutch-breeding black-tailed godwits: timing, routes, use of stopovers, and nonbreeding destinations
Abdominally implanted satellite transmitters affect reproduction and survival rather than migration of large shorebirds
Coping with the cold: An ecological context for the abundance and distribution of rock sandpipers during winter in upper Cook Inlet, Alaska
Polymorphic microsatellite loci identified through development and cross-species amplification within shorebirds
Small population size of Pribilof Rock Sandpipers confirmed through distance-sampling surveys in Alaska
Contrasting extreme long-distance migration patterns in bar-tailed godwits Limosa lapponica
Coelomic implantation of satellite transmitters in the bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica) and the bristle-thighed curlew (Numenius tahitiensis) using propofol, bupivacaine, and lidocaine
*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