View Curriculum Vitae for Anna M. Pidgeon (PDF)

Education:
PhD. 2000. University of Wisconsin – Madison. Dept. of Wildlife Ecology
M.S. 1995. Master of Science. Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA
B.S. 1989. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. Life Science Education
B.S. 1983. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. Wildlife Management

Research interests:
I am particularly motivated by questions about habitat needs of vertebrate species, and in conservation challenges posed by human manipulation of habitat. I have focused thus far on research questions related to avian species, because of the relative ease of detection of this class of vertebrates, but am interested in other taxa as well.

Personal interests:
When I am not working on questions related to the above, I am busy solving murder mysteries in National Parks (confused? google me without the 'd').

Selected Publications:

Pidgeon, A.M., L. Schulte, and D. Mladenoff. 2005. Pre-European distribution of the Pine Warbler, Dendroica pinus, in Wisconsin; a tool for settting regional conservation priorities. Ralph, C. J. and T. D. Rich, editors. Bird Conservation Implementation and Integration in the Americas: Proceedings of the Third International Partners in Flight Conference 2002. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-191. Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. Two volumes. PDF (contains color, 0.5 Mb)

Schulte, L.A., A.M. Pidgeon, and D. Mladenoff. 2005. One Hundred Fifty years of change in forest bird habitat: comparing historical and current data to estimate species distributions in Wisconsin. Conservation Biology 19: 1944-1956. PDF (2.8 Mb)

Pidgeon, A.M., V.C. Radeloff, and N.E. Mathews. 2003. Landscape-scale patterns of black-throated sparrow (Amphispiza bilineata) abundance and nest success. Ecological Applications 13: 530-542. PDF (contains color, 0.5 Mb)

Pidgeon, A.M., N.E. Mathews, R. Benoit, E.V. Nordheim. 2001. Response of avian communities to historic habitat change in the northern Chihuahuan Desert. Conservation Biology 15: 1772-1788. PDF (0.9 Mb)

2006. Pidgeon, A.M., V.C. Radeloff, C.A. Lepczyk, C.H. Flather, R.B. Hammer. Understanding the effects of rural sprawl on bird communities. 24th International Ornithological Congress, Hamburg, Germany. 15 August, 2006.

2005. Pidgeon, A.M., V.C. Radeloff, C.A. Lepczyk, C.H. Flather, R.B. Hammer. The role of housing density and residential landscapes in predicting richness within avian guilds. Ecological Society of America. Montreal, Quebec. 9 August 2005.

2004. Pidgeon, A.M., V.C. Radeloff, C.A. Lepczyk, C.H. Flather, R.B. Hammer. Changes in bird species richness due to housing growth and landcover change from 1970 - 2000: a Nation-wide study. Ecological Society of America. Portland OR. 4 August 2004

Other qualifications:
Master Bird Bander

Contact information:
Forest and Wildlife Ecology
1630 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706
phone: +1/608 262-5628
fax: +1/608 262-9922
apidgeon@wisc.edu