Aaron Pearse, PhD
Dr. Aaron Pearse is a Research Wildlife Biologist at the USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center in Jamestown, North Dakota.
I have worked primarily with migratory birds and have addressed needs of natural resource managers by providing answers that lead to science-based management of wildlife species and ecosystems in which they depend. I am responsible for identifying and conducting research relevant to agencies within the Department of the Interior and other partners including the federal government, state governments, and non-governmental organizations. I function as a team leader and primary investigator on projects primarily in three general areas: ecology and management of North American waterfowl and cranes, natural resource survey design and application, and landscape scale studies of upland and wetland habitats in the Prairie Pothole Region.
Professional Experience
Research Wildlife Biologist, USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, Jamestown, ND , 2007-present
Education and Certifications
Ph.D. Mississippi State University, 2007
M.S. University of Idaho, 2002
B.S. Kansas State University, 1998
Affiliations and Memberships*
Adjunct Research Professor, South Dakota State University, 2017-present
Science and Products
Delineating and identifying long-term changes in the whooping crane (Grus americana) migration corridor
Book review: A chorus of cranes: The cranes of North America and the world
Sandhill crane roost selection, human disturbance, and forage resources
Evaluation of nocturnal roost and diurnal sites used by whooping cranes in the Great Plains, United States
Prerequisites for understanding climate-change impacts on northern prairie wetlands
Wintering Sandhill Crane exposure to wind energy development in the central and southern Great Plains, USA
Whooping crane stopover site use intensity within the Great Plains
Habitat selection and movements of Piping Plover broods suggest a tradeoff between breeding stages
Timing of spring surveys for midcontinent sandhill cranes
Error propagation in energetic carrying capacity models
Spring migration of waterfowl in the Northern Hemisphere: a management and conservation perspective
Spring migration ecology of the mid-continent sandhill crane population with an emphasis on use of the Central Platte River Valley, Nebraska
Science and Products
Delineating and identifying long-term changes in the whooping crane (Grus americana) migration corridor
Book review: A chorus of cranes: The cranes of North America and the world
Sandhill crane roost selection, human disturbance, and forage resources
Evaluation of nocturnal roost and diurnal sites used by whooping cranes in the Great Plains, United States
Prerequisites for understanding climate-change impacts on northern prairie wetlands
Wintering Sandhill Crane exposure to wind energy development in the central and southern Great Plains, USA
Whooping crane stopover site use intensity within the Great Plains
Habitat selection and movements of Piping Plover broods suggest a tradeoff between breeding stages
Timing of spring surveys for midcontinent sandhill cranes
Error propagation in energetic carrying capacity models
Spring migration of waterfowl in the Northern Hemisphere: a management and conservation perspective
Spring migration ecology of the mid-continent sandhill crane population with an emphasis on use of the Central Platte River Valley, Nebraska
*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