Michael Anteau, PhD
Michael J. Anteau serves as a research scientist and the Chief of the Wildlife and Ecosystems Branch at the USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center in Jamestown, North Dakota.
Dr. Anteau conducts large-scale research studies to provide applied information for the conservation and management of wildlife and wildlife habitat. His research focuses on evaluating implications of climate and land use changes on migratory birds, wetland and riparian dependent wildlife, and wetland ecology. Through this research focus, Anteau has developed expertise in subjects such as: wetland hydrology, habitat use and selection, nutrition and energetics, breeding ecology, migration stopover ecology, and landscape ecology. In addition to research that Dr. Anteau leads at Northern Prairie, he also serves as adjunct faculty at several Universities and advises or mentors M.S. and Ph.D. students, and Post-Doctoral Researchers.
Professional Experience
2015-Present: Wildlife and Ecosystems Branch Chief and Research Wildlife Biologist, US Geological Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, Jamestown, ND
2006-Present: Research Wildlife Biologist, US Geological Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, Jamestown, ND
1999-2005: Graduate Research Assistant, US Geological Survey, Louisiana Cooperative Research Unit, School of Renewable Natural Resources, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
Education and Certifications
Ph.D., Wildlife and Fisheries Science, Louisiana State University, Jan. 2006
M.S., Wildlife Biology, Louisiana State University, May 2002
B.S., Wildlife Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Dec. 1997
B.S., Biological Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Dec. 1997
Affiliations and Memberships*
Adjunct Professor of Biology, North Dakota State University (since 2010)
Adjunct Assistant Professor, South Dakota State University (since 2011)
Adjunct Professor, Western Illinois University (since 2017)
Society of Wetland Scientists (SWS) life member
Associate Editor for Wetlands (2010-2014)
Editorial Board for Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Prairie Pothole Joint Venture Technical Team Member
Science and Products
Demographic analysis of waterfowl populations
Implications of habitat-driven survival and dispersal on recruitment in a spatially structured piping plover population
Assessing conservation and management actions with ecosystem services better communicates conservation value to the public
Protocols for collecting and processing macroinvertebrates from the benthos and water column in depressional wetlands
Reassessing perennial cover as a driver of duck nest survival in the Prairie Pothole Region
High abundance of a single taxon (amphipods) predicts aquatic macrophyte biodiversity in prairie wetlands
Experimental evaluation of predator exclosures on nest, chick, and adult survival of piping plovers
Foraging movements and colony attendance of Least Terns (Sternula antillarum) on the central Platte River, Nebraska, USA
Dispersal distance is driven by habitat availability and reproductive success in Northern Great Plains piping plovers
Impacts of extreme environmental disturbances on piping plover survival are partially moderated by migratory connectivity
Plasma metabolite indices are robust to extrinsic variation and useful indicators of foraging habitat quality in Lesser Scaup
Spatial variation in population dynamics of northern Great Plains piping plovers
Asymmetric benefits of a heterospecific breeding association vary with habitat, conspecific abundance and breeding stage
Science and Products
Demographic analysis of waterfowl populations
Implications of habitat-driven survival and dispersal on recruitment in a spatially structured piping plover population
Assessing conservation and management actions with ecosystem services better communicates conservation value to the public
Protocols for collecting and processing macroinvertebrates from the benthos and water column in depressional wetlands
Reassessing perennial cover as a driver of duck nest survival in the Prairie Pothole Region
High abundance of a single taxon (amphipods) predicts aquatic macrophyte biodiversity in prairie wetlands
Experimental evaluation of predator exclosures on nest, chick, and adult survival of piping plovers
Foraging movements and colony attendance of Least Terns (Sternula antillarum) on the central Platte River, Nebraska, USA
Dispersal distance is driven by habitat availability and reproductive success in Northern Great Plains piping plovers
Impacts of extreme environmental disturbances on piping plover survival are partially moderated by migratory connectivity
Plasma metabolite indices are robust to extrinsic variation and useful indicators of foraging habitat quality in Lesser Scaup
Spatial variation in population dynamics of northern Great Plains piping plovers
Asymmetric benefits of a heterospecific breeding association vary with habitat, conspecific abundance and breeding stage
*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