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Daniel Niven
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1816 S. Oak Street Champaign, IL 61820 Phone: 217-244-2147 Fax: 217-333-4949 Email: dniven@audubon.org Office Location: I-BLDG | ||
| Activities | Senior Scientist - Bird Conservation National Audubon Society |
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| Research |
My research is focused on applied issues relating to the conservation of birds and their habitats. I am collaborating with biologists from the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center to develop and implement analytic techniques to use survey data from Audubon's Christmas Bird Count to assess distribution and population change in North American Birds. As chair the National Technical Committee for the U.S. Important Bird Areas Program I am responsible for compiling and assessing quantatative information on bird populations to develop and implement criteria and thresholds for identifying those sites most critical to sustaining populations of vulnerable bird species. For Audubon's Waterbirds on Working Lands project I am working to assess the impact of agricultural activities on waterbirds, particularly in regions where agriculture constitutes a high percentage of the land use. I am also developing a set of indicators on the condition of bird communities throughout North America that can serve as the basis for an annual report on the State of the Birds. |
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| Professional affiliations |
American Ornithologists' Union Cooper Ornithological Society Wilson Ornithological Society |
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| Selected publications |
Niven, D.K., J.R. Sauer, and W.A. Link. 2004. Christmas Bird Count provides insights into population change in land birds that breed in the boreal forest. American Birds 58:10-20 Sauer, J.R., D.K. Niven, and W.A. Link. 2004. Statistical analyses make the Christmas Bird Count relevant for conservation. American Birds 58:21-33 |
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| Education | Ph.D., Ecology, Ethology & Evolution - University of Illinois, 1996 B.S., Biology - State University of New York, 1985 | ||