RESUME
ANDREW JAMES HANSEN
Ecology Department, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717
Table of Contents:
| Year | Degree | Major | Institution |
| 1981-84 | Ph.D. | Ecology | University of Tennessee/ Oak Ridge National Lab |
| 1975-78 | B.S. | Ecology | Western Washington University |
| 1973-74 | Biology | University of Colorado |
| Date | Position | Institution |
| 1999-Present | Associate Professor | Montana State University |
| 1993-1999 | Assistant Professor | Montana State University |
| 1988-1993 | Assistant Professor | Oregon State University |
| 1987 | A. W. Mellon Foundation Research Fellow | Scientific Committee on Problems in the Environment, Montpellier, France |
| 1986-1987 | Assistant Professor | Humboldt State University |
| 1986 | Visiting Professor | University of Virginia |
| 1984-1986 | Post Doctoral Research | University of Witwatersrand |
| COURSE | TITLE | CREDITS | DATE | ENROLLMENT |
| Montana State University | ||||
| Biol 303 | Principles of Ecology | 3 | Spring 1993 | 180 |
| Biol 580 | Landscape Ecology | 2 | Spring 1994 | 20 |
| Biol 303 | Principles of Ecology | 3 | Spring 1994 | 120 (sec 1) |
| Biol 303 | Principles of Ecology | 3 | Spring 1994 | 120 (sec 2) |
| Biol 580 | Landscape Ecology | 3 | Fall 1994 | 25 |
| Biol 303 | Principles of Ecology | 3 | Spring 1995 | 125 (sec 1) |
| Biol 303 | Principles of Ecology | 3 | Spring 1995 | 125 (sec 2) |
| Biol 515 | Landscape Ecology | 3 | Fall 1995 | 11 |
| Biol 303 | Principles of Ecology | 3 | Spring 1996 | 130 (sec 1) |
| Biol 303 | Principles of Ecology | 3 | Spring 1996 | 130 (sec 2) |
| Biol 515 | Landscape Ecology | 4 | Fall 1996 | 14 |
| Biol 303 | Principles of Ecology | 3 | Spring 1997 | 130 (sec 1) |
| Biol 515 | Landscape Ecology | 4 | Fall 1997 | 11 |
| Biol 303 | Principles of Ecology | 3 | Spring 1998 | 130 (sec 1) |
| Biol 515 | Landscape Ecology | 4 | Fall 1998 | 13 |
| Biol 303 | Principles of Ecology | 3 | Spring 1999 | 130 (sec 1) |
| Biol 303 | Principles of Ecology | 3 | Spring 1999 | 120 (sec 2) |
| Biol 515 | Landscape Ecology | 4 | Fall 1999 | 19 |
| Biol 303 | Principles of Ecology | 3 | Spring 2000 | 130 (sec 1) |
| Biol 303 | Principles of Ecology | 3 | Spring 2000 | 120 (sec 2) |
| Biol 580 | Frontiers in Landscape Ecol | 3 | Fall 2000 | 6 |
| Humboldt State University | ||||
| Wldm 366 | Ornithology | 3 | Fall 1986 | 36 |
| Wldm 585 | Landscape Ecology | 1 | Fall 1986 | 15 |
| Wldm 366 | Ornithology | 3 | Spring 1987 | 40 |
| Wldm 475 | Ethology | 3 | Spring 1987 | 21 |
| University of Virginia | ||||
| Envsc 500 | Landscape Ecology | 2 | Spring 1986 | 11 |
Effects of natural and human disturbance on vegetation and vertebrates; landscape ecology; forest/vertebrate habitat relationships; metapopulation dynamics; human habitat selection; computer modeling of habitat dynamics; adaptive management.
| Robyn Spencer | Effects of energy flow and predation on Avian Communities | M.S. | 1991-1993 |
| Elizabeth Madden | Vegetation and avian communities in natural managed grasslands | M.S. | 1993-1996 |
| Steve Henderson | Effects of fire and geomorphology on plant diversity in dry Douglas-fir forests | M.S. | 1994-1997 |
| Marc Kramer | Evaluating alternative landscape management designs in the Tongass National Forest, Alaska, using computer simulation models. | M.S. | 1995-1997 |
| Bo Wilmer | Relative effects of wildfire and logging on landscape patterns in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. | M.S. | 1997-1999 |
| Scott Powell | Monitoring forest response to past and future global change in Greater Yellowstone. | Ph.D. | 2000-2003 |
| Katie Brown | Aspen response to wild and prescribed fire. | M.S. | 2000-2003 |
| Patti Hernandez | Demographic Change in the New West: Exurban Development Around Nature Reserves. | M.S. | 2001-2002 |
| King Jones | Mapping Bird Abundance and Community Diversity from Satellite Imagery: Validation of AVHRR and MODIS Models. | M.S. | 2001-2002 |
Hansen, A.J., R. Rasker, B. Maxwell, J.J. Rotella, J. Johnson, A. Wright Parmenter, U. Langner, W. Cohen, R. Lawrence, and M.V. Kraska. 2002. Ecological causes and consequences of demographic change in the New West. BioScience 52(2) 151-168.
Hansen,
A.J., and J.J. Rotella. 2002.
Biophysical factors, land use, and species viability in and around nature
reserves. Conservation Biology 16(4):1-12.
Joyce, L., and A.J. Hansen. 2002. Climate change: Ecosystem restructuring, natural disturbances and land use. Trans. 66th North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference. In press.
Kramer, M.G., A.J. Hansen, M. Taper, and E. Kissinger. 2001. Abiotic controls on windthrow and pattern and process of forest development on Kuiu Island, Alaska. Ecology 82(10):2749-2768.Hansen, A.J., R.P. Neilson, V. Dale, C. Flather, L. Iverson, D. J. Currie, S. Shafer, R. Cook, P. Bartlein. 2001. Global Change in Forests: Interactions among Biodiversity, Climate, and Land Use. BioScience 51(9):765-779.
Hansen, A.J., and V. Dale. 2001. Biodiversity in U.S. Forests Under Global Climate Change. Ecosystems (4):161-163.
Burrough, P.A., J.P. Wilson, P.F.M. van Gaans, A.J. Hansen. 2001. Fuzzy k-means classification of topo-climatic data as an aid to forest mapping in the Greater Yellowstone Area, USA. Landscape Ecology 16(6):523-546.
Hansen, A.J., J.J. Rotella, M.L. Kraska and D. Brown. 2000. Spatial patterns of primary productivity in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Landscape Ecology. 15:505-522.
Madden, E.M., R.K. Murphy, A.J. Hansen and L. Murray. 2000. Models for guiding management of prairie bird habitat in northwestern North Dakota. American Midland Naturalist 144:377-392.
Rotella, J.J., M.L. Taper, and A.J. Hansen. 2000. Correcting nesting-success estimates for observer effects: maximum-likelihood estimates of daily survival rates with reduced bias. Auk 117:92-109.
Rasker, R. and A.J. Hansen. 2000. Natural amenities and population growth in the Greater Yellowstone region. Human Ecology Review 7(2):30-40.
Hansen, A.J., J.J. Rotella, M.L. Kraska, and D. Brown. 1999. Dynamic habitat and population analysis: A filtering approach to resolve the biodiversity manager's dilemma. Ecological Applications 9(4):1459-1476.
Madden, E.M., A.J. Hansen, and R.K. Murphy. 1999. Influence of prescribed fire history on habitat and abundance of passerine birds in northern mixed-grass prairie. Canadian Field Naturalist 113:627-640.
Rotella, J.J., E.M. Madden, and A.J. Hansen. 1999. Sampling considerations for estimating abundance of passerines in grasslands. Studies in Avian Biology 19:237-243.
Hansen, A.J., R. Patten, and G. DeGayner, and B. Marks. 1996. Simulating forest and habitat change in Southeast Alaska with the landscape model PAYSAGE. Transactions in GIS 1(2):119-136.
Hansen, A.J., W.C. McComb, R. Vega, M.G. Raphael, M. Hunter. 1995. Bird habitat relationships across a gradient of stand structure and ages in natural and managed forests in western Oregon. Ecological Applications 5(3):555-569.
Hansen, A.J., S.L. Garman, J.F. Weigand, D.L. Urban, W.C. McComb, and M.G. Raphael. 1995. Ecological and economic effects of alternative silvicultural regimes in the PNW. Ecological Applications 5(3):535-554.
Hansen, A.J. 1995. Understanding and managing ecotones: Summary of the first SCOPE workshop on landscape boundaries. Ecology International (22) 3-15.
Hansen, A.J., S. Garman, B. Marks and P. Lee. 1993. An approach for managing vertebrate diversity across multiple-use landscapes. Ecological Applications. 3(3):481-496.
Hansen, A.J, S.L. Garman, P. Lee and E. Horvath. 1993. Do edge effects influence tree growth rates in Douglas-fir plantations? Northwest Science 67(2):112-116.
Hansen, A.J. and D.L. Urban. 1992. Avian response to landscape pattern: The role of species life histories. Landscape Ecology 7:163-180.
Hansen, A.J., T. Spies, F. Swanson and J. Ohmann. 1991. Lessons from natural forests: Implications for conserving biodiversity in managed forests. BioScience 41(3):382-392.
Hansen, A.J., et al. 1990. Responses of wildlife habitats to forest management and climate change: A modeling approach. Northwest Env. J. 6:419-420.
Hansen, A.J., et al. 1990. Responses of vertebrates to stand edge and type in managed forests of the Oregon Coast Range. Northwest Env. J. 6:418-419.
Hansen, A.J. 1987. Regulation of bald eagle reproductive rates in southeast Alaska. Ecology 68:1387-1392.
Hodges, J.E., E.L. Boeker and A.J. Hansen. 1987. Movements of radio- tagged bald eagles in and from southeast Alaska. Canadian Field Naturalist. 101:136-140.
Hansen, A.J. 1986. Foraging behavior of bald eagles: A test of evolutionary game theory. Ecology 67:787-797.
Hansen, A.J. and S. Rohwer. 1986. Coverable badges and resource defense in birds. Animal Behavior 34:69-76.
Hansen, A.J., and F. di Castri, editors. 1992. Landscape Boundaries: Consequences for Biotic Diversity and Ecological Flows. Springer-Verlag Ecological Studies Series, New York. 432 pages.
di Castri, F., A.J. Hansen, M. Debussche, editors. 1990. Biological Invasions in Europe and the Mediterranean Basin. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
Hansen, A.J., and J.J. Rotella. In Press. Rural Development and Biodiversity: A Case Study from Greater Yellowstone. For: Levitt, J., ed. Conservaton in the Internet Age. Island Press. New York, NY.Hansen, A.J. and J.J. Rotella. 2001. Nature Reserves and Land Use: Implications of the "Place" Principle. Pages 57-75 in Dale, V. and R. Haeuber, eds. Applying Ecological Principles to Land Management. Springer Verlag, New York, NY.
Joyce, L., J. Aber, S. McNulty, V. Dale, A. Hansen, L. Irland, R. Neilson, and K. Skog. 2001. Potential consequences of climate variability and change for the forests of the United States. Pgs 489-522 in National Assessment Synthesis Team. Climate Change Impacts on the United States: The Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K.
Hansen, A.J. and J.J. Rotella. 2000. Bird responses to forest fragmentation. Pgs 202-221 in R.L. Knight, F.W. Smith, S.W. Buskirk, W.H. Romme, and W.L. Baker, (eds.) Forest Fragmentation in the Southern Rocky Mountains. University of Colorado Press, Boulder, CO.
Hansen, A.J. and J.J. Rotella. 1999. Abiotic factors. Pages 161-209. In: M.L Hunter, Jr. (ed.). Maintaining biodiversity in forest ecosystems. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K.
Hansen, A.J., A. Gallant, J.J. Rotella, D. Brown. 1999. Natural and human drivers of biodiversity in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Pgs. 61-70 in Land use history of North America: Providing a context for understanding environmental change. T. Sisk, (ed.) Biological Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey, Washington, D.C.
Hansen, A. J. 1997. Sustainable forestry in concept and reality. Pgs. 217-245 in C. Freese, ed., The consumptive use of wild species: A global study of conservation benefits. Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore, MD.
Hansen, A.J., and P. Hounihan. 1995. A test of ecological forestry: Canopy retention and avian diversity in the Oregon Cascades. Pgs. 401-421 in R. Szaro, editor. Biodiversity in Managed Landscapes: Theory and Practice. Oxford University Press, London, U.K.
Hansen, A.J., R. Spencer, A. Moldenke and A. McKee. 1994. Ecological processes linking forest structure and avian diversity in western Oregon: A test of hypotheses. Pgs. 217-246 in T. Boyle and C. Boyle, eds., Biodiversity, Temperate Ecosystems, and Global Change. Springer Verlag, New York, NY.
Hansen, A.J., D. Urban, and B. Marks. 1992. Avian community dynamics: The interplay of landscape trajectories and species life histories. Pages 170-195 in A.J. Hansen and F. di Castri, editors. Landscape Boundaries: Consequences for Biotic Diversity and Ecological Flows. Springer-Verlag Ecological Studies Series, New York, NY.
Hansen, A.J., P. Risser, and F. di Castri. 1992. Epilogue: Biodiversity and ecological flows across ecotones. Pages 423-433 in A.J. Hansen and F. di Castri, editors. Landscape Boundaries: Consequences for Biotic Diversity and Ecological Flows. Springer-Verlag Ecological Studies Series, New York, NY.
di Castri, F. and A.J. Hansen. 1992. The environment and development crises as determinants of landscape dynamics. Pages 3-18 in A.J. Hansen and F. Di Castri, editors. Landscape Boundaries: Consequences for Biotic Diversity and Ecological Flows. Springer-Verlag Ecological Studies Series, New York, NY.
McComb, W.C., and A.J. Hansen. 1992. General principles of wildlife ecology and management. Pages 93-122 in H.C. Black, editor. A silvicultural approach to animal damage management in Pacific Northwest Forests. USDA Forest Service, Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-287. Portland, OR.
Urban, D.L., A.J. Hansen, D.O. Wallin and P.J. Halpin. 1992. Life-history attributes and biodiversity: Scaling implications for global change. Pgs. 173-195 in O. Sobrig, editor. Biological Diversity and Global Change. Kluiwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
MANUSCRIPTS IN REVIEW OR PREPARATION
Gallant, A.L. A.J. Hansen, J.S. Councilman, D.K. Monte, and D.W. Betz. In Review. Vegetation Dynamics under fire exclusion and logging in a Rocky Mountain watershed: 1856-1996. Ecological Applications.
Powell, S.L., J.M. Warren, J.S. Littell, J.D. Fennell, J.E. Farrell, A.J. Hansen, A.G. Bunn, and K. Brown. In Review. Rural residences and biodiversity: How where we live influences native species. Conservation Biology.
Wright, A., A.J. Hansen, W. Cohen, R. Kennedy, A. Gallant, R. Lawrence, R. Aspinall. In Review. Land Cover Classification and Change Analysis in Greater Yellowstone: 1975-95. Ecological Applications.
Henderson, S., and A.J. Hansen. In Prep. Effects of wild and prescribed fire on vegetation structure and avian abundance in southwest Montana. Ecological Applications.
Wallin, D.O., A. Boyce, M. Huff, A.J. Hansen, L. Ganioi, W. McComb, J. Lehmkuhl, M. Hunter, W. Cohen, M. Fiorella, D. Zheng. In Prep. Land-use effects on Pacific Northwest forests birds (1972-1991): Mapping potential habitat using satellite data. Ecological Applications.
Hansen, A.J. A decision support system to understand interactions between
wildfire and rural residential development.
USGS. $92,000. 2002
Hansen. A.J. and R.
Defries. Land Use Change Around
Protected Areas in LCLUC Sites: Synthesis of Rates, Consequences for
Biodiversity, and Monitoring Strategies. NASA
Land Cover Land Use Program. $550,000.
2001-2003.
Hansen, A. and J. Rotella. Riparian Habitat Dynamics and Wildlife along the Upper Yellowstone River. US Army Corps of Engineers. $115,567.
Brown, K. and A. Hansen. A Landscape Approach to Aspen Restoration: Understanding the Role of Biophysical Setting in Aspen Community Dynamics. USFS Northern Rockies Fire Lab. $25,000.
Hansen, A.J., B. Maxwell, R. Rasker. Demographic Change in the New West: Exurban Development Around Nature Reserves. EPA. $400,000 for 2001-2002.
Hansen, A.J, and R. Waring. Biodiversity hotspots in the Pacific and Inland Northwest. National Council on Air and Stream Improvement. $125,000 for 2001-2002.
Hansen, A.J., L. Graumlich, W. Cohen, M. Lefsky. Monitoring forest response to past and future global change in Greater Yellowstone. NASA. $350,000 for 2000-2002.
Hansen, A.J., W. Inskeep, B. Maxwell, J.J. Rotella. Ecological and Environmental Sciences and Management for the New Century: A Proposal to Unify Ecological and Environmental Studies at MSU. NSF-EPSCoR. $493,500 1998-2000.
Hansen, A.J., W. Cohen, A. Gallant, J. Johnson, B. Maxwell, R. Rasker, J. Rotella. Causes and consequences of land cover change in a greater ecosystem: trend assessment, monitoring, and communication. NASA. $555,000 1997-99.
Hansen, A., W. Cohen, J. Wilson, R. Redmond, D. Wallin, J. Rotella. Land use and wildfire effects on landscape patterns and avian diversity: A comparison of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and the Pacific Northwest. NASA EPSCoR. $525,000 1994-98.
Hansen, A.J., and J.R. Rotella. Mechanisms linking landscape heterogeneity and avian populations. USDA Competitive Grants. $291,000 1996-1999.
Hansen, A.J. Forest sector: National Global Change Assessment. NASA. $10,000 1998.
Hansen, A.J., and J. R. Rotella. Understanding and managing avian diversity in Greater Yellowstone. USDA Forest Service. $82,000 in 1993-1996.
Hansen, A.J., and J.J. Rotella. Lessons for Landscape Management: The Effects of Natural Disturbance and Human Activities on Landscape Pattern in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. NBS Land Use History of North America. $15,000 in 1996.
Hansen A., J. Rotella. Understanding and managing patterns of avian diversity in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. National Fish and Wildlife Foundation $32,000 in 1995-96.
Rotella, J. and A. Hansen. Mechanisms linking landscape heterogeneity and avian populations. Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks. $88,000 in 1996-7.
Rotella, J. and A. Hansen. Diversity of neotropical landbirds breeding in aspen stands: an analysis of environmental drivers. USDI Fish and Wildlife Service. $16,500 1995-98.
Hansen, A.J. Understanding and managing avian diversity in Greater Yellowstone. Research Corporation. $14,000 for 1996-97.
Stanford, J.A., A.D. Barnosky, E.H. Barnosky, J.A. Belsky, A.J. Hansen, R.L. Redmond, L.D. Swanson, and J.P. Wilson. Determinants of Biodiversity, Social and Economic Patterns in Montane Ecosystems. National Science Foundation - EPSCoR. $2,001,043 in 1995-96.
Hansen, A.J. Demonstration of GIS and simulation modeling for ecosystem management in the Tongass National Forest, Alaska. USDA Forest Service: Tongass National Forest. $59,000 for 1994-96.
Hansen, A.J., and J. R. Rotella. Effects of fire and geomorphology on plant and bird diversity in dry Douglas-fir habitats in southwestern Montana. USDA Forest Service: Deerlodge National Forest. $72,000 for 1994-1996.
Wallin, D., G.A. Brandhaw, W. Cohen, A. Hansen, M.H. Huff, J.F. Lemkuhl, M.G. Rapheal, W.J. Ripple, and T.A. Spies. Analysis of Land Use Effects on Landscape Patterns and Biological Diversity in Pacific Northwest Forests. NASA: Terrestrial Ecology Program $485,000, 1993-1997
Hansen, A.J., and E. Madden. Habitat use of birds in the mixed-grass prairie of North Dakota. USDI Fish and Wildlife Service: Lostwood Wildlife Refuge. $20,000 for 1993-1994.
Maxwell, B., A. Hansen, R. Aspinall, R.Lawrence, J. Johnson and J. Rotella. Development and Application of a Decision-Support System for Counties to Assess Land Use Change and Resultant Ecological Risk In The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. NASA Applications Program. $749,751.
Last updated August 19, 2002