Allan F. O'Connell, Jr.

USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center

Beltsville Lab,

BARC 308E, Room 213

10300 Baltimore Ave.
Beltsville, MD 20705

Telephone: 301-497-5525

Fax: 301-497-5624

Email: aoconnell@usgs.gov 

Research Wildlife Biologist

Primary Responsibilities:
Conduct scientific research on wildlife populations on federal lands.
Address issues of management concern relating to natural resource conservation, biodiversity, and wildlife management. 
Provide technical assistance to natural resource managers.  

Education/Professional Experience: 
Ph.D. University of Massachusetts, Wildlife Ecology, 1989. 

M.S. New York University, Zoology1980.

B.S. Wagner College. Biology, 1976.

2001-Present - Research Wildlife Biologist, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD

1992-2000 - Research Wildlife Biologist & Leader, Cooperative Park Studies Unit, National Park Service & U.S. Geological Survey - University of Maine, Orono

1989-92 - Chief, Division of Science and Natural Resources, NPS, Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, ME

1984-89 - Supervisory Natural Resource Specialist, NPS-Fire Island National Seashore, Patchogue, NY

1982-84 - Park Biologist, NPS, Fire Island National Seashore, Patchogue, NY

1981-82 - Plant Quarantine Inspector, USDA, Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service, Queens, NY

Accomplishments/Awards/Achievements: 
Scientific Achievement Award - Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, 2004

Special Achievement Award, National Park Service, 1990. 

Active Projects:  
Camera trapping:method and analyses
Effects of habitat fragmentation on carnivores in northeastern national parks; development of monitoring protocol for carnivores on Cape Cod
Use of hierarchical models to assess seabird distribution in the western Atlantic
Barrier island ecology of raccoons -  Outer Banks, NC; structure decision making to assess efficacy of predator removal on nesting of T&E species
Inferential monitoring programs for T&E species in the Cherokee National Forest (TN & NC)

Publications:

Gilbert, A. T., A. F. O'Connell, Jr., E. M. Annand, N. W. Talancy, J. R. Sauer, and J. D. Nichols.   2008.   An Inventory of Terrestrial Mammals at National Parks in the Northeast Temperate Network and Sagamore Hill National Historic Site.  U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.  Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5245.  158 pp.  web link

Nichols, J. D., L. L. Bailey, A. F. O'Connell, Jr., N. W. Talancy, E. H. C. Grant, A. T. Gilbert, E. M. Annand, T. P. Husband, and J. E. Hines. 2008. Multi-scale occupancy estimation and modelling using multiple detection methods. Journal of Applied Ecology 45(5):1321-1329. web link

Beyer, W. N., G. Gaston, R. Brazzle, A.F. O’Connell, Jr., and D. J. Audet.  2007.  Deer exposed to exceptionally high concentrations of lead near the Continental Mine in Idaho.  Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 26(5):1040-1046. web link

O’Connell, A.F., Jr., N. Talancy, L.L. Bailey, J. Sauer, R. Cook, and A. T. Gilbert.  2006.  Estimating site occupancy and detection probability parameters for mammals in a coastal ecosystem. Journal of Wildlife Management 70(6):1625-1633. BioOne, JWM

O’Connell, A. F., Jr., A. T. Gilbert, and J. S. Hatfield.  2004.  Contribution of natural history collection data in the biodiversity assessment of national parks.  Conservation Biology 18(5):1254-1261. web link

Long., R. A., A. F. O’Connell, Jr., and D. J. Harrison.  1998.  Mortality and survival of white-tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus fawns on a north Atlantic island.  Wildlife Biology 4(4):237-247. web link

Whitcomb, S. D., F.A. Servello, and A. F. O’Connell, Jr.  1996.  Patch occupancy and dispersal of spruce grouse on the edge of its range in Maine.  Canadian Journal of Zoology 74(11):1951-1955. web link