DONALD
P. ALTHOFF, Ph.D.
Certified Wildlife Biologist
Research
Assistant Professor
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EDUCATION
Ph.D.
1983. PENNSYLVANIA STATE
UNIVERSITY, Major in Wildlife Ecology
M.S. 1978. UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, Major in
Wildlife Sciences
B.S. 1976. OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, Major in Wildlife
Management
PROFESSIONAL
Certified
Wildlife Biologist – The Wildlife Society (2000-present)
CURRENT DUTIES
Co-Principal
Investigator for Land
Condition Trend Analysis on Fort Riley
funded by the ITAM
Program
at Fort Riley, KS.
(2001-2006)
Developing
and applying scientifically sound methods to provide information on population
trends of birds, small mammals, vegetation and soil properties (biological,
chemical, and physical components) to assess land
condition.
Evaluating
applicability of low-level digital photography system to assess vegetation and
bare ground conditions
Evaluating
utility of reproductive index for grasshopper sparrows and eastern meadowlarks
to assess productivity
Co-Principal
Investigator for A
Comprehensive Sampling Design for LCTA Environmental Monitoring at Fort
Riley
funded by the ITAM Program.
(2004-2006)
Field
Coordinator for Changes
in Vegetation, Small Mammal Communities, and Soil Compaction
Associated
with Military Training at the Smoky Hills Air National Guard
Range
funded by
U.S. Army Construction
Engineering Research Laboratories, Champaign, IL.(2004-2007)
PUBLICATIONS
Althoff,
D.P., J.W. Rivers, J.S. Pontius, P.S. Gipson, and P.B. Woodford. 2004. A comprehensive
approach
to identifying monitoring priorities of small landbirds on military
installations. Environmental
Management 34(6):887-902.
Rivers,
J.W., D.P.Althoff, P.S. Gipson, and J.S. Pontius. 2003. Evaluation of a reproductive index
to
estimate
dickcissel reproductive success. Journal of Wildlife Management
67:137-144.
Murphy,
R. K., B. R. Casler, K. A. Smith, and D.P. Althoff. 2001. Reproduction and spacing of piping
plovers
breeding at high density at Appam Lake, North Dakota.
Wilson Bulletin 113:331-335.
Althoff,
D.P. and P.S. Althoff. 2001. Monitoring southern flying
squirrel populations with nest boxes.
Ohio
Journal of Science 101(2):2-11.
PRESENTATIONS
Althoff,
D.P., R.D. Japuntich, P.S. Gipson, and J.S. Pontius. 2005. Reproductive success of
grasshopper
sparrows
on a military installation. Presented at the 12th Annual
Conference of The Wildlife Society,
Madison,
Wisconsin.
Althoff,
D.P., P.S. Althoff, J.S. Pontinus, P.S. Gipson, and P.B. Woodford. 2005. Identificdation of soil
Characteristics
that facilitate assessment of ecosystem health on training lands. Presented at the 14th Annual
ITAM Workshop, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Baumgardt,
J.A., J.M. Conard, P.S. Gipson, D.P. Althoff, J.S. Pontius, and P.B. Woodford.
Relationships
between sampling effort and estimates of small mammal population parameters on
Fort
Riley, KS.
Presented at the 13th Annual ITAM Workshop, San Francisco, California.
Japuntich,
R.D., D.P. Althoff, P.S. Gipson, and J.S. Pontius. 2004. Strip-transect and fixed radius
point-
count
surveys for birds at Fort Riley Military Installation, KS. Presented at
the 13th Annual ITAM
Workshop,
San Francisco, California.
Althoff,
D.P. P.S. Gipson, J.S. Pontius, and P.B. Woodford. 2004. Use
of a low-level aerial photography
system
to document disturbance and vegetation coverage on LCTA plots. Presented at the 13th
Annual
ITAM Workshop, San Francisco, California
Althoff,
D.P. 2004. Fragmentation: At-risk landscapes due to invasive
plants species. Presented at
the
Annual Kansas-Missouri Meeting of the Society of Range Management, Auburn,
Kansas.
Althoff,
D.P., P.S. Gipson, J.S. Pontius, and P.B. Woodford. 2003. Using LCTA
vegetation data to
monitor
trends on Fort Riley: Caveats from
a conservative analysis approach. Presented at the
12th
Annual ITAM (Integrated Training Area Management) Workshop, El Paso, Texas.
Althoff,
D.P., J.S. Pontius, P.S. Gipson, and P.B. Woodford.. 2003. An index of change
and loess graphs:
tools
for analysis and interpretation of LCTA data. Presented at the 12thAnnual ITAM
Workshop,
El
Paso, Texas.