Gerald Niemi, Ph.D., Senior Research Associate and Professor

Position and Focus

Dr. Niemi's responsibilities include administration of an environmental and economic development program focused on basic and applied research on forests, soils, water, wetlands and associated landscapes in the Upper Midwestern U.S. region, primarily Minnesota. The Center for Water and the Environment (CWE) is one of three centers within this Institute. The Center currently employs more than 70 individuals including a core group of about 13 PhD level scientists, many technicians, graduate and undergraduate students and support staff. The Center has an annual budget of about $4 M with support by an annual state appropriation of about $600,000 and $3 to 3.5 million from more than 30 externally-funded projects. Research interests include the effects of natural and human-induced disturbances on natural resources, sustainability of natural resources, biostatistics, vertebrate ecology, conservation and landscape ecology.

Background

Ph.D. Biology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, 1983
M.S. Zoology, University of Minnesota, 1977
B.S. Biology, University of Minnesota, 1974

Current Publications

Seeland H, Niemi G, Regal R, Peterson A, Lapin C. 2012. Determination of raptor migratory patterns over a large landscape. Journal of Raptor Research

Chizinski CJ, Peterson A, Hanowski JM, Blinn CR, Vondracek B, Niemi GJ. 2011. Breeding bird response to partially harvested riparian management zones. Forest Ecology and Management 261:1892-1900.

Danz NP, Reich PB, Frelich LE, Niemi GJ. 2011. Vegetation controls vary across space and spatial scale in a historic grassland-forest biome boundary. Ecography 34:402-414.

Evans DL, Niemi GJ, Etterson MA. 2011. An overview of fall raptor banding at Hawk Ridge, Duluth, Minnesota USA - 1972-2009. Journal of Raptor Research

Niemi GJ, Reavie ED, Peterson GS, Kelly JR, Johnston CA, Johnson LB, Howe RW, Host GE, Hollenhorst TP, Danz NP, Ciborowski JJH, Brown TN, Brady VJ, Axler RP. 2011. An integrated approach to assessing multiple stressors for coastal Lake Superior. Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management 14(4):1-21.

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• Gerald Niemi CV

Project list for Gerald Niemi :

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Great Lakes Coastal Wetland Monitoring
To assess the biotic condition of all the major coastal wetlands of the Great Lakes, U.S. and Canadian shorelines.

Monitoring Birds in Great Lakes National Forests
To develop strategies to monitor the abundance of forest bird populations.

Minnesota Breeding Bird Atlas
To complete a systematic count of breeding birds in all townships in the state of Minnesota as part of the Minnesota Breeding Bird Atlas. The methodology will allow samples to be gathered in the future in a representative and repeatable fashion.