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Falk Huettmann

Credit:
Marie Thoms
Research Interests:
Wildlife Ecology, Seabirds, Predictive GIS Modeling, Web-based Wildlife Databases and Metadata, Spatial Aspects of Population Viability Analysis (PVA), Future Landscape Scenarios of Wildlife Habitat, Landscape Ecology, Russian Far East, Tropical Ecology, Conservation Steady State Economy.

Credit:
Falk Huettmann
Falk
Huettmann
Associate Professor of Wildlife Ecology
(Research Ambassador for the German Exchange Service DAAD)
Office:
419 Irving 1
907-474-7882
907 474 7959
Postal Address:
Institute of Arctic BiologyPO Box 757000University of Alaska Fairbanks Fairbanks, AK 99775-7000
- 1996-2000 Doctor of Philosophy, ACWERN (Atlantic Cooperative Wildlife Ecology Research Network), Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton NB, Canada
- 1992-1993 Diplom-Forstwirt univ. (M.Sc. in Forest Science), University of Munich, Germany
- 1991-1992 Diplomarbeit (Thesis), University of Freiburg, Germany
- 2003 September Assistant Professor for Wildlife Ecology University of Alaska, Fairbanks
- 2002-2003 Sessional Instructor, Department of Geography, University of Calgary, Canada
- 2000-2001 Scientific Project Coordinator for NSERC-funded Marbled Murrelet Research in coastal Old-Growth forest of British Columbia, Centre for Wildlife Ecology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby-Vancouver, Canada
2010
Wickert, C., Wallschlager, D. & Huettmann, F., 2010. Spatially Predictive Habitat Modeling of a White Stork (Ciconia Ciconia) Population in Former East Prussia in 1939. Open Ornithological Journal, 3, pp.1–12.
2009
Betts, M.G. et al., 2009. Comment on ‘‘Methods to account for spatial autocorrelation in the analysis of species distributional data: A review’’. Ecography, Early View.
Booms, T.L., Huettmann, F. & Schempf, P.F., 2009. Gyrfalcon nest distribution in Alaska based on a predictive GIS model. Polar Biology, online.
Craig, E.H. et al., 2009. Use of machine learning algorithms to predict the incidence of lead exposure in golden eagles. Peregrine Fund Conference Proceedings 2008 Lead Conference.
Ohse, B. et al., 2009. Modeling the distribution of white spruce (Picea glauca) for Alaska with high accuracy: an open access role-model for predicting tree species in last remaining wilderness areas. Polar Biology, 32, pp.1717–1729.
2008
Cairns, D.K., Gaston, A.J. & Huettmann, F., 2008. Endothermy, ectothermy and the global structure of marine vertebrate communities. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 356, pp.239–250.
Nielsen, S.E. et al., 2008. Can natural disturbance-based forestry rescue a declining population of grizzly bears?. Biological Conservation, 141, pp.2193–2207.
Wisz, M.S. et al., 2008. Effects of sample size on the performance of species distribution models. Diversity and Distributions, 14, pp.763–773.
2007
Huettmann, F., 2007. Proceedings of ’Ocean Biodiversity Informatics’: An International Conference on Marine Biodiversity Data Management. In V. E. Berghe pp. 49–61.
Pages
- Royal Society of British Geographers
- International Association of Landscape Ecology (IALE)
- The Wildlife Society (TWS; + working groups)
- Organization of Fish and Wildlife Information Managers (OFWIM)
- American Ornithological Union (AOU)
- Society of Canadian Ornithologists (SCO)
- Deutsche Ornithologen Gesellschaft (DO-G)
- Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Tropenforschung
- Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Informatik (GI; + working groups)
- International Bear Association (IBA)
- BIOL493/693 ‘Wildlife Habitat and Landscape Ecology’
- GEOG417 'Biogeography' (including WEB-CT support); spring 2003
- GEOG535 ‘Environmental Modelling and Image Analysis’, Geography Department, University of Calgary, Canada
- FOR4005 Teaching Assistant ‘Forest Policy’, Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Sciences, University of New Brunswick, Canada
- BIOL3383 Teaching Assistant ‘Botany’, Biology Department, University of New Brunswick, Canada
Current Graduate Students (More info)
- Amelia Beausoleil
- Maile Branson
In the News
- Mining in Tibet poses threat to black-necked cranes
(2 August 2017) Morung Express - Habitat changes expected to shift distribution of tiny mammals in Alaska
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(23 August 2015) Alaska Dispatch News - Study: Shippers and seabirds clash over Arctic territory
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(10 April 2014) Alaska Dispatch - Three Poles: The Arctic, Antarctic and Himalayas connection
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(2 June 2013) Juneau Empire - Three poles: The Arctic, Antarctic and Himalayas all connect
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(2 June 2013) Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - UAF student using recorders to study man-made, natural sounds around Kenai wildlife refuge
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(8 September 2011) The Republic (Columbus, Indiana) - Big changes predicted in Alaska climate by 2100
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(18 October 2010) Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - Big changes predicted in Alaska climate by 2100
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(18 October 2010) KTVA - Channel 11 - Pondering the future of Alaska landscapes
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(9 October 2010) Anchorage Daily News - Pondering the future of Alaska landscapes
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(8 October 2010) Frontiersman - Pondering the future of Alaska landscapes
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(3 October 2010) Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - Pondering the future of Alaska landscapes
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(3 October 2010) SitNews - Pondering the future of Alaska landscapes
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(30 September 2010) UAF Geophysical Institute - Alaska Science Forum - Top 50 most cited papers published in Landscape Ecology (pdf)
(8 April 2009) U.S. Regional Association of the International Association for Landscape Ecology - Polar oceans: Meet the scientists
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(8 April 2009) International Polar Year - Alaska museum programs teaching students to track wild animals
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(23 November 2008) Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
Reviewer/Referee
- Journal and Paper Reviews
- American Journal for Primatology
- IBIS
- Canadian Wildlife Service Publications
- British Columbia Ministry for Environment Land and Parks
- Canadian Journal of Forest Research
- Proceedings 1. International Resource Selection Functions Conference
- Northwest Field Naturalist
- Wilson Bulletin
- Book Reviews
- Landscape Ecology
- Canadian Field-Naturalist
- Colonial Waterbirds
- PICOIDES (Canada)
- BIRDING Magazine (Canada)
- STILT (Australia)
- Journal of Ornithology (Germany)
- Others
- Founder of Email listservers for Corel Draw (University of New Brunswick), and Pacific Marbled Murrelets (Simon Fraser University)
- Departmental Student Assessments