University of Massachusetts
Department of Natural Resources Conservation

Wildlife And Fisheries Conservation Graduate Faculty

Jay B. Hestbeck

Dr. Hestbeck has been a post-doctoral fellow at the University of British Columbia and Cornell University. His work has focused on population regulation, systems analysis, parameter estimation, and experimental design. He has worked on population regulation of small mammals and migratory waterfowl. He is currently working on systems models of population dynamics of Canada geese, on parameter estimation models using mark-recapture data, on developing a statistical basis for GIS data and models, and on ecosystem managment.

Current Projects:

• Population dynamics of Canada geese
• Dynamics of continental populations of northern pintail
• Evaluation of transported Canada goose gosling program in Pennsylvania
• Size-based survival of greater snow geese
• Evaluation of species-habitat models using remotely reused data

Selected Recent Publications:

Hestbeck, J. B. 1995. Population study and management of Atlantic Flyway Canada Geese. Journal of Applied Statistics. 22:877-890.

Hestbeck, J. B., J. D. Nichols, and J. E. Hines. 1992. The relationship between annual survival rate and migration distance in mallards: an examination of the time allocation hypothesis for the evolution of migration. Canadian Journal of Zoology 70:2021-2027.

Hestbeck, J. B., J. D. Nichols, and R. A. Malecki. 1991. Estimates of movement and site fidelity using mark-resight data of wintering Canada geese. Ecology 72:523-533.

 

 

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