John G. Bruggink
Professor
New Science Facility 2117
Office Phone 906-227-2342
jbruggin@nmu.edu
http://faculty.nmu.edu/jbruggin/
Education:
B. S. Northern Michigan University 1983
M. A. Northern Michigan University 1987
Ph.D. Southern Illinois University 1992
Research Interests :
My area of expertise is the ecology and management of wildlife populations. Much of my research and management experience has been with migratory game birds, especially American woodcock and Canada geese. However, my interests are fairly broad and I am, or have been, the thesis advisor for students involved with research on beaver ecology, island biogeography of small mammals, the impact of human trail use on avian communities, relationships between site-level and landscape-level habitat features and forest songbird communities, surveys for secretive marsh birds, and myrmecophagy by black bears.
Teaching:
I currently teach the following courses on a regular basis:
Principles of Ecology (BI 210)
Wildlife Management (BI 442)
Mammalogy (BI 462)
Biosystems Analysis (BI 516)
Population Ecology (BI 517)
Selected publications:
Meunier, J., R. S. Lutz, K. E. Doherty, D. E. Anderson, E. Oppelt, and J. G. Bruggink. In press. Fall diurnal habitat use by adult female American woodcock in the Western Great Lakes Region. Proceedings of the Tenth American Woodcock Symposium.
Meunier, J., R. Song, R. S. Lutz, D. E. Andersen, K. E. Doherty, J. G. Bruggink, and E. J. Oppelt. 2008. Proximate cues for a short-distance migratory species: a new application of survival analysis. Journal of Wildlife Management 72:440-448.
Krementz, D. G., and J. G. Bruggink. 2000. Sources of variation in survival and recovery rates of American woodcock. Pages 55-64 in D. G. McAuley, J. G. Bruggink, and G. F. Sepik, editors. Proceedings of the Ninth American Woodcock Symposium. U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division Information and Technology Report USGS/BRD/ITR-2000-0009. Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, Maryland. 112 pp.
Steketee, A. K., P. B. Wood, J. G. Bruggink, D. E. Samuel, and J. I. Cromer. 2000. Land-use changes along Singing-ground Survey routes in West Virginia. Ninth American Woodcock Symposium. Pages 103-112 in D. G. McAuley, J. G. Bruggink, and G. F. Sepik, editors. Proceedings of the Ninth American Woodcock Symposium. U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division Information and Technology Report USGS/BRD/ITR-2000-0009. Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, Maryland. 112 pp.
Bruggink, J. G., T. C. Tacha, J. C. Davies, and K. F. Abraham. 1994. Nesting and brood-rearing ecology of Mississippi Valley Population Canada geese. Wildlife Monographs No. 126. 39pp.
