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Jerry W. Hupp Title: Research Wildlife Biologist Address: 4210 University Dr., Anchorage, AK 99508-4626 Phone: (907) 786-7096 Fax: (907) 786-7021 Email: jhupp@usgs.gov

Education and/or Training

Ph.D.	1987	Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO	Wildlife Biology
M.S.	1980	South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD	Wildlife and Fisheries Science
B.S.	1977	University of Missouri, Columbia, MO	Wildlife and Fisheries Management

Areas of Specialization and/or Research Interests

Migration ecology of arctic geese, goose foraging ecology and habitat use, impacts of goose herbivory on wetland productivity, ecology of coastal wetlands.

Professional Experience

1988 - Present	Research Wildlife Biologist, USGS, Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, Alaska
1988	Instructor, School of Natural Resources University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont
1982 - 1987	Graduate Research Assistant, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
1981	Associate in Wildlife Biology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
1978 - 1980	Graduate Research Assistant, South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota

Professional Activities and/or Memberships

The Wildlife Society
American Ornithologists' Union
Cooper Ornithological Society
Wilson Ornithological Society
Association of Field Ornithologists

Honors and/or Awards

Department of Interior, Superior Service Award, 2005
Edward’s Prize from the Wilson Ornithological Society for best major paper in the Wilson Bulletin during the previous year, 2001.

Significant Recent Publications

Hupp, J. W., J. A. Schmutz, and C. R. Ely. 2008. The annual migration cycle of emperor geese in western Alaska. Arctic: in press.

Hupp, J. W., J. A. Schmutz, C. R. Ely, E. E. Syroechkovskiy, Jr., A. V. Kondratyev, W. E. Eldridge, and E. Lappo. 2007. The moult migration of emperor geese Chen canagica between Alaska and Russia. Journal of Avian Biology 38:462-470. [PDF - 249 kb]

Hupp, J. W., J. A. Schmutz, and C. R. Ely. 2006. The prelaying interval of emperor geese on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska. Condor 108:912-924. [PDF - 304 kb]

Ely, C.R., K.S. Bollinger, J. Hupp, D.V. Derksen, J. Terenzi, J.Y. Takekawa, D.L. Orthmeyer, T.C. Rothe, M.J. Petrula and D.R. Yparraguirre. 2006. Traversing a boreal forest landscape: summer movements of tule greater white-fronted geese. Waterbirds 29:43-55.

Hupp, J.W., J.M. Pearce, D.M. Mulcahy, and D.A. Miller. 2006. Effects of abdominally implanted radiotransmitters with percutaneous antennas on migration, reproduction, and survival of Canada geese. Journal of Wildlife Management 70, 812-822. [Abstract][PDF]

Hupp, J. W., G. A. Ruhl, J. M. Pearce, D. M. Mulcahy, and M. A. Tomeo. 2003. Effects of abdominally-implanted radio transmitters with percutaneous antennas on behaviors of Canada Geese. Journal of Field Ornithology, 74(3):250-256.

Hupp, J. W., D. G. Robertson, and A. W. Brackney.. 2002. Snow Geese. Pages 71-74 in D. C. Douglas, P. E. Reynolds, and E. B. Rhode, editors. Arctic coastal plain terrestrial wildlife research summaries. U. S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Biological Series Report USGS/BRD/BSR-2002-0001.

Zacheis, A., J. W. Hupp, and R. W. Ruess. 2002. Response of a subarctic salt marsh plant community to grubbing and grazing by captive lesser snow geese. Ecoscience 9:320-331.

Zacheis, A. B., R. W. Ruess, and J. W. Hupp. 2002. Nitrogen dynamics of an Alaska salt marsh following spring use by geese. Oecologia 130:600-608.

A. Zacheis, J. W. Hupp, and R. W. Ruess. 2001. Effects of migratory geese on plant communities of an Alaskan salt marsh. J. Ecol. 89:57-71.

Hupp, J. W., A. B. Zacheis, R. M. Anthony, D. G. Robertson, W. P. Erickson, and K. C. Palacios. 2001. Snow cover and snow goose (Anser caerulescens caerulescens) distribution during spring migration. Wildl. Biol. 7(2):65-76.

Hupp, J. W., D. G. Robertson, and J. A. Schmutz. 2000. Recovery of tall cotton-grass following real and simulated feeding by snow geese. Ecography 23:367-373.

Young, J. R., C. E. Braun, S. J. Oyler-McCance, J. W. Hupp, and T. W. Quinn. 2000. A new species of sage-grouse (Phasianidae: Centrocercus) from southwestern Colorado. Wilson Bulletin 112(4)445-453.

Hupp, J. W. and D. G. Robertson. 1998. Forage site selection by lesser snow geese during autumn staging on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Wildlife Monographs 138:1-40.

Robertson, D. G., A. W. Brackney, M. A. Spindler, and J. W. Hupp. 1997. Distribution of autumn-staging lesser snow geese on the northeast coastal plain of Alaska. J. Field Ornith. 68:124-134.

Hupp, J. W., R. G. White, J. S. Sedinger, and D. G. Robertson. 1996. Forage digestibility and intake by lesser snow geese: effects of dominance and resource heterogeneity. Oecologia: 108:232-240.

Sedinger, J. G., R. G. White, and J. W. Hupp. 1995. Metabolizability and partitioning of energy and protein in green plants by lesser snow geese. Condor 97:116-121.

Hupp, J. W., R. A. Stehn, C. R. Ely, and D. V. Derksen. 1994. Arctic nesting geese: Alaskan populations. Pages 16-20 in G. S. Farris, Ed., Our living resources 1994. Natl. Biol. Serv., Washington, D.C.

Young, J. R., J. W. Hupp, J. W. Bradbury, and C. E. Braun. 1994. Phenotypic divergence of secondary sexual traits among sage grouse populations. Animal Behavior 47:1353-1362.

Brackney, A.W., and J. W. Hupp. 1993. Autumn diet of lesser snow geese staging in northeastern Alaska. J. Wildl. Manage. 57:55-61.

Hupp, J. W., and C. E. Braun. 1991. Geographic variation among sage grouse in Colorado. Wilson Bull. 103:255-261.

Hupp, J. W., and C. E. Braun. 1989. Endogenous reserves of adult male sage grouse during courtship. Condor 91:266-271.

Hupp, J. W., and C. E. Braun. 1989. Topographic distribution of sage grouse foraging in winter. J. Wildl. Manage. 53:823-829.

Websites of Interest

Effects of Abdominally-implanted Radio Transmitters on Canada Geese. Colleagues at the ASC and I are testing effects of abdominally-implanted radio transmitters with external antennas in an urban population of Canada geese in Anchorage, Alaska. Testing of transmitters in urban geese has allowed us to work with free-ranging individuals that migrate and have energetic demands that are similar to geese in wild populations, yet are acclimated to people and easily observed. We are contrasting behavior, migration chronology, survival, reproductive effort, and physiological condition of adult females in radiomarked and control groups.