Linda Zeigenfuss - USGS

Ecosystem Dynamics

Wildlife Biologist

Duty Station:
Fort Collins Science Center
2150 Centre Ave
Bldg C
Fort Collins, CO 80526

Phone: 435-789-0555
Fax: 970.226.9230
Email: linda_zeigenfuss@usgs.gov

Current Research

• Wild Horse and Burro Research
• Elk and Bison Grazing Ecology in Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
• Implementation of a Monitoring Plan for Vegetation Responses to New Elk Management in Rocky Mountain National Park
• Bison Grazing Ecology at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, Colorado
• Natural Resource Preservation Program: Population Survey Methods and Spatial and Temporal Use of Park Winter Range by Elk for Adaptive Management to Enhance Wildlife Viewing

Products

Publications

Total Records:20

• Climate change: The science of impacts
• Aspen ecology in Rocky Mountain National Park: Age distribution, genetics, and the effects of elk herbivory
• Alpine plant community trends on the elk summer range of Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado: an analysis of existing data
• 2005 annual progress report: elk and bison grazing ecology in the Great Sand Dunes complex of lands
• Annual report for 2004 wild horse research and field activities
• Effects of elk herbivory on vegetation and nitrogen processes
• Annual Report for 2003 Wild Horse Research and Field Activities
• Ungulate grazing systems compared between the greater Yellowstone Area and East Africa
• Ecology of native ungulates in the Jackson Valley: habitat selection, interactions with domestic livestock, and effects of herbivory on grassland and willow communities
• Sustainability of vegetation communities grazed by elk in Rocky Mountain National Park
• Ecological Evaluation of the Abundance and Effects of Elk Herbivory in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, 1994-1999
• Influences of herbivory and water on willow in elk winter range
• Influence of trophy hunting and horn size on mating behavior and survivorship of mountain sheep
• Role of patch size, disease, and movement in rapid extinction of bighorn sheep
• Test of a modified habitat suitability model for bighorn sheep
• Population growth, fecundity, and survivorship in recovering populations of bighorn sheep
• Elk, beaver, and the persistence of willows in national parks: response to Keigley (2000)
• Vegetation responses to natural regulation of elk in Rocky Mountain National Park
• Elk, multiple factors, and persistance of willows in national parks
• Large mammalian herbivores, plant interactions, and ecosystem processes in five national parks