Bill Kendall, PhD
Assistant Unit Leader - Colorado Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Bill's research is both methodological and applied, focused largely on developing models of population dynamics or species distribution that can be used to inform conservation decisions. He has worked extensively in developing and improving capture-recapture and occupancy study designs and models, and in developing structured decision-making approaches to wildlife management. Much of his work is in population ecology, but also includes migration ecology and the spread of invasive species or disease. His research is taxonomically varied, with extensive work on migratory birds such as sandhill cranes, waterfowl, and raptors, as well as large mammals, bats, riverine fish, and marine species such as albatross, sea turtles, and manatees. Bill regularly teaches courses and short courses in Sampling and Analysis of Vertebrate Populations, and Adaptive Fish and Wildlife Management.
Bill received graduate degrees from North Carolina State University, followed by five years in population assessment with USFWS Migratory Bird Management, and then 13 years as a researcher with Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, before joining the Colorado Unit in 2010.
Professional Experience
Assistant Unit Leader, Colorado Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, 2010-
Education and Certifications
Ph D North Carolina State University 1992
MS North Carolina State University 1990
MS North Carolina State University 1985
BBA University of Cincinnati 1982
Science and Products
The R3/R5 impoundment study: A large-scale management experiment
Development of a banding database for North Pacific albatross: Implications for future data collection
Multistate survival models and their extensions in Program MARK
Combining multistate capture-recapture data with tag recoveries to estimate demographic parameters
Impact of special early harvest seasons on subarctic-nesting and temperate-nesting Canada geese
Estimating the number of animals in wildlife populations
A general model for the analysis of mark-resight, mark-recapture, and band-recovery data under tag loss
Estimating survival and movement
On the use of capture-recapture models in mist-net studies
Modeling survival and movement of resident giant Canada goose populations in the Atlantic flyway
Costs of detection bias in index-based population monitoring
Non-USGS Publications**
**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 R3/R5 impoundment study: A large-scale management experiment
Development of a banding database for North Pacific albatross: Implications for future data collection
Multistate survival models and their extensions in Program MARK
Combining multistate capture-recapture data with tag recoveries to estimate demographic parameters
Impact of special early harvest seasons on subarctic-nesting and temperate-nesting Canada geese
Estimating the number of animals in wildlife populations
A general model for the analysis of mark-resight, mark-recapture, and band-recovery data under tag loss
Estimating survival and movement
On the use of capture-recapture models in mist-net studies
Modeling survival and movement of resident giant Canada goose populations in the Atlantic flyway
Costs of detection bias in index-based population monitoring
Non-USGS Publications**
**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.