William Beatty, PhD
William leads research on wildlife population modeling, movement ecology, and space use with an emphasis on migratory waterbirds
Professional Experience
2021 – Present, Research Wildlife Biologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, La Crosse, Wisconsin
2016 – 2021, Wildlife Biologist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Marine Mammals Management, Anchorage, Alaska
2014 – 2016, Research Wildlife Biologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, Alaska
2012 – 2014, Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Missouri, Missouri Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Education and Certifications
Ph.D., Purdue University, Wildlife Science, 2012
M.S., Eastern Illinois University, Biological Sciences, 2008
B.S., University of Missouri, Fisheries and Wildlife Science, 2005
Affiliations and Memberships*
The Wildlife Society
Society for Marine Mammalogy
Science and Products
An evaluation of behavior inferences from Bayesian state-space models: A case study with the Pacific walrus
An empirical evaluation of landscape energetic models: Mallard and American black duck space use during the non-breeding period
Landscape effects on mallard habitat selection at multiple spatial scales during the non-breeding period
Effects of satellite transmitters on captive and wild mallards
The role of protected area wetlands in waterfowl habitat conservation: implications for protected area network design
Quantitative and qualitative approaches to identifying migration chronology in a continental migrant
Science and Products
An evaluation of behavior inferences from Bayesian state-space models: A case study with the Pacific walrus
An empirical evaluation of landscape energetic models: Mallard and American black duck space use during the non-breeding period
Landscape effects on mallard habitat selection at multiple spatial scales during the non-breeding period
Effects of satellite transmitters on captive and wild mallards
The role of protected area wetlands in waterfowl habitat conservation: implications for protected area network design
Quantitative and qualitative approaches to identifying migration chronology in a continental migrant
*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