USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center Staff Profile

Kevin M. Hartke USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center 2524 South Frontage Road, Suite C Vicksburg, Mississippi 39180-5269
Telephone: 601-629-6627 Fax: 601-636-9541 Email: khartke@usgs.gov Wildlife Biologist
Primary Responsibilities: As a Research Assistant and Co-investigator, is responsible for conducting applied studies of waterfowl population and habitat dynamics in the Lower Mississippi River Valley.
Education/Training: B.S., Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, 1995, Zoology M.S., Auburn University, 2001, Wildlife Sciences
Areas of Expertise/Interest: Areas of interest and expertise include: (1) ecology of waterfowl and wetland birds; (2) habitat use of wood ducks and other waterfowl during the breeding season; (3) management of wetlands as waterfowl habitat; and (4) use of radio telemetry to monitor breeding ecology and estimate mortality of waterfowl.
Accomplishments/Awards/Achievements: George Moore Fellowship in Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University (1999)
Active Projects: Evaluating rice fields as foraging habitat for waterfowl to improve delivery of the Lower Mississippi Valley Joint Venture Food production and avian use of moist-soil impoundments in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley Maintaining and serving a bibliographic database to North American waterfowl and their wetland habitats
Publications/Products: Hartke, K. M. 2001. Selection and use of habitats by breeding female wood ducks. M.S. Thesis, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama. Hartke, K. M., and G. R. Hepp. Selection and use of habitats by breeding female wood ducks. Journal of Wildlife Management (Submitted).

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