Butler County Community College (Kansas), Associate of Arts in Wildlife Management, 1971

Name: Alan D. Afton

Education:

Butler County Community College (Kansas), Associate of Arts in Wildlife Management, 1971

Kansas State University, B.S., Wildlife Biology, 1973

University of Minnesota, M.S. Wildlife Ecology, James A Cooper, Major Professor, 1977

University of North Dakota, Ph.D., Biology (Behavioral Ecology), Richard D. Crawford, Major Professor, 1983

Recent Professional Experience:

July, 1988-Present. Adjunct Professor and Assistant Leader Wildlife of U.S. Geological Survey Louisiana Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit at LSU. Research and Graduate Student Teaching

July, 1983-July, 1988. Research Scientist, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Research.

Publications:

Link, P. T., A. D. Afton, R. R. Cox, Jr., and B. E. Davis. 2011. Use of habitats by female mallards wintering in southwestern Louisiana. Waterbirds 34:429-438.

Link, P. T., A. D. Afton, R. R. Cox, Jr., and B. E. Davis. 2011. Daily movements of female mallards wintering in southwestern Louisiana. Waterbirds 34:422-428.

Gurney, K. E. B., R. G. Clark, S. M. Slattery, N. V. Smith-Downey, J. Walker, L. M. Armstrong, S. E. Stephens, M. Petrula, R. M. Corcoran, K. H. Martin, K. A. DeGroot, R. W. Brook, A. D. Afton, K. Cutting, J. M. Warren, M. Fournier, and D. N. Koons. 2011. Time constraints in temperate-breeding species: influence of growing season length on reproductive strategies. Ecography 34:628-636.

Davis, B. E., A. D. Afton, R. R. Cox, Jr. 2011. Factors affecting winter survival of female mallards in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley. Waterbirds 34:186-194.

Anteau, M. J., A. C. E. Anteau, and A. D. Afton. 2011. Testing competing hypotheses for chronology and intensity of lesser scaup molt during winter and spring migration. Condor 113:298-305.

Anteau, M. J., A. D. Afton, A. C. E. Anteau, and E. B. Moser. 2011. Fish and land use influence Gammarus lacustris and Hyalella azteca (Amphipoda) densities in large wetlands across the upper Midwest. Hydrobiologia 664:69-80.

Olsen, R. E., R. R. Cox, Jr., A. D. Afton, and C. D. Ankney. 2011. Diet and gut morphology of male mallards during winter in North Dakota. Waterbirds 34:59-69.

Anteau, M. J., and A. D. Afton. 2011. Lipid catabolism of invertebrate predator indicates widespread wetland ecosystem degradation. PLoS ONE 6(1):e16029.

Pillatzki, A. E., R. D. Neiger, S. R. Chipps, K. F. Higgins, N. Thiex, and A. D. Afton. 2011. Hepatic element concentrations of lesser scaup (Aythya affinis) during spring migration in the upper Midwest. Archives Environmental Contamination andToxicology 61:144-150.

Guay, P.-J., R. T. Chesser, R. A. Mulder, A. D. Afton, D. C. Paton, and K. G. McCracken. 2010. East-west genetic differentiation in musk ducks (Bizura lobata) of Australia suggests late Pleistocene divergence at the Nullarbor Plain. Conservation Genetics 11:2105-2120.

Davis, B. E., and A. D. Afton. 2010. Movement distances and habitat switching by female mallards wintering in the lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley. Waterbirds 33:349-356.

Humphries, E. M., J. L. Peters, J. E. Jónsson, R. Stone, A. D. Afton, and K. E. Omland. 2009. Genetic differentiation between sympatric and allopatric wintering populations of snow geese. Journal of Wilson Ornithology 121:730-738.

Anteau, M. J., and A. D. Afton. 2009. Lipid reserves of lesser scaup migrating across a large landscape are consistent with the "spring condition" hypothesis. Auk 126:873-883.

Davis, B. E., A. D. Afton, and R. R. Cox, Jr. 2009. Habitat use of female mallards in the lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley. Journal of Wildlife Management 73:701-709.

Anteau, M. J., and A. D. Afton. 2009. Wetland use and feeding by lesser scaup during spring migration across the upper Midwest, USA. Wetlands 29:704-712.

Jónsson, J. E., and A. D. Afton. 2009. Time budgets of snow geese Chen caerulescens and Ross’s geese C. rossii in mixed flocks: implications of body size, ambient temperature and family associations. Ibis 151:134-144.

Jónsson, J. E., and A. D. Afton. 2008. Lesser snow geese and Ross’s geese form mixed flocks during winter but differ in family maintenance and social status. Journal of Wilson Ornithology 120:725-731.

Bolduc, F., and A. D. Afton. 2008. Monitoring waterbird abundance in wetlands: the importance of controlling results for variation in water depth. Ecological Modelling 216:402-408.

Szymanski, M. L., and A. D. Afton. 2008. New duck hunting technologies: hunter perceptions contradict data on effectiveness. Human Dimensions of Wildlife 13:299-300.

Anteau, M. J., and A. D. Afton. 2008. Using plasma-lipid metabolites to index changes in lipid reserves of free-living lesser scaup (Aythya affinis). Auk 125:354-357.

Anteau, M. J., and A. D. Afton. 2008. Diets of lesser scaup during spring migration throughout the Upper-Midwest are consistent with the spring condition hypothesis. Waterbirds 31:97-106.

Anteau, M. J., and A. D. Afton. 2008. Amphipod densities and indices of wetland quality across the Upper-Midwest, USA. Wetlands 28:184-196.

Jónsson, J. E., A. D. Afton, and R. T. Alisauskas. 2007. Does body size influence nest attendance? A comparison of Ross’s geese (Chen rossii) and the larger, sympatric lesser snow geese (C. caerulescens caerulescens). Journal of Ornithology 148:549-555.

Szymanski, M. L., A. D. Afton, and K. A. Hobson. 2007. Erratum. Journal of Wildlife Management 71:2118.

Szymanski, M. L., A. D. Afton, and K. A. Hobson. 2007. Use of stable isotope methodology to determine natal origins of mallards at a fine scale within the Upper Midwest. Journal of Wildlife Management 71:1317-1324.

Anteau, M. J., A. D. Afton, C. M. Custer, and T. W. Custer. 2007. Relationships of cadmium, mercury, and selenium with nutrient reserves of female lesser scaup (Aythya affinis) during winter and spring migration. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 26:515-520.

Jónsson, J. E., and A. D. Afton. 2006. Different time and energy budgets of lesser snow geese in rice-prairies and coastal marshes in southwest Louisiana. Waterbirds 29:451-458.