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
Low renesting propensity and reproductive success make renesting unproductive for the threatened Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)
Wetland water-management may influence mercury bioaccumulation in songbirds and ducks at a mercury hotspot
Invertebrate communities of Prairie-Pothole wetlands in the age of the aquatic Homogenocene
Synergistic interaction of climate and land-use drivers alter the function of North American, Prairie-pothole Wetlands
Typha (cattail) invasion in North American wetlands: Biology, regional problems, impacts, ecosystem services, and management
Extreme climatic variability during migration invokes physiological and dietary plasticity among spring migrating ducks
Demographic responses of least terns and piping plovers to the 2011 Missouri River flood—A large-scale case study
Density and success of upland duck nests in native‐ and tame‐seeded conservation fields
Temporal variation in survival and recovery rates of lesser scaup: A response
Long-term spatial heterogeneity in mallard distribution in the Prairie pothole region
Is consolidation drainage an indirect mechanism for increased abundance of cattail in northern prairie wetlands?
Prerequisites for understanding climate-change impacts on northern prairie wetlands
Science and Products
Low renesting propensity and reproductive success make renesting unproductive for the threatened Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)
Wetland water-management may influence mercury bioaccumulation in songbirds and ducks at a mercury hotspot
Invertebrate communities of Prairie-Pothole wetlands in the age of the aquatic Homogenocene
Synergistic interaction of climate and land-use drivers alter the function of North American, Prairie-pothole Wetlands
Typha (cattail) invasion in North American wetlands: Biology, regional problems, impacts, ecosystem services, and management
Extreme climatic variability during migration invokes physiological and dietary plasticity among spring migrating ducks
Demographic responses of least terns and piping plovers to the 2011 Missouri River flood—A large-scale case study
Density and success of upland duck nests in native‐ and tame‐seeded conservation fields
Temporal variation in survival and recovery rates of lesser scaup: A response
Long-term spatial heterogeneity in mallard distribution in the Prairie pothole region
Is consolidation drainage an indirect mechanism for increased abundance of cattail in northern prairie wetlands?
Prerequisites for understanding climate-change impacts on northern prairie wetlands
*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