Craig Ely, Ph.D.
Evolutionary and behavioral ecology, waterfowl and wetlands, reproduction and energetics.
Professional Experience
1988 - Present Research Wildlife Biologist, USGS, Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, Alaska
1985 - 1988 Research Associate, Alaska Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska (stationed in Anchorage, AK)
Education and Certifications
Ph.D. 1992 University of California Davis, Davis, CA Ecology
M.S. 1979 University of California Davis, Davis, CA Ecology
B.S. 1976 University of California Davis, Davis, CA Wildlife and Fisheries Biology
Affiliations and Memberships*
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Ornithologists Union
American Society of Naturalists
Animal Behavior Society
Cooper Ornithological Society
The Wildlife Society
The Wildfowl Trust
American Society of Field Ornithologists
International Society of Behavioral Ecology
Science and Products
Classification of vegetation communities in which geese rear broods on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska
Decline in a population of spectacled eiders nesting on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska
Genetic diversity in Arctic-nesting geese: Implications for management and conservation
Distribution, abundance, and age ratios of Wrangel Island lesser snow geese Anser caerulescens during autumn migration on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska
Family stability in greater white-fronted geese
Time allocation by Greater White-fronted Geese: Influence of diet, energy reserves and predation
Energy dynamics, foraging ecology, and behavior of prenesting greater white-fronted geese
Distribution of Pacific Flyway greater white-fronted geese in Mexico
Effects of neck bands on the behavior of wintering greater white-fronted geese
Body composition and weight dynamics of wintering greater white-fronted geese
Extra-pair copulation in the greater white-fronted goose
Science and Products
Classification of vegetation communities in which geese rear broods on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska
Decline in a population of spectacled eiders nesting on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska
Genetic diversity in Arctic-nesting geese: Implications for management and conservation
Distribution, abundance, and age ratios of Wrangel Island lesser snow geese Anser caerulescens during autumn migration on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska
Family stability in greater white-fronted geese
Time allocation by Greater White-fronted Geese: Influence of diet, energy reserves and predation
Energy dynamics, foraging ecology, and behavior of prenesting greater white-fronted geese
Distribution of Pacific Flyway greater white-fronted geese in Mexico
Effects of neck bands on the behavior of wintering greater white-fronted geese
Body composition and weight dynamics of wintering greater white-fronted geese
Extra-pair copulation in the greater white-fronted goose
*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