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Fisher, Tate D., Douglas C. Backlund, Kenneth F. Higgins, and David E. Naugle. 1999. Field <br />Guide to South Dakota Amphibians. SDAES Bulletin 733. Brookings, South Dakota State <br />University. 52 pp. <br />EILEEN KIRSCH, Ph.D. <br />Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center <br />2630 Fanta Reed Road <br />La Crosse, Wisconsin 54603 <br />eileen kirsch@usgs.gov <br />Phone: (608) 783 -6451 <br />B.S. University Nebraska -Omaha 1984, Biology <br />M.A. University of Nebraska -Omaha 1986, Biology <br />Ph.D. University of Montana 1992, Zoology <br />Research Interests: <br />Eileen Kirsch's work includes community ecology of prairie small mammals, habitat selection <br />and productivity of interior least terns, & distribution and ecology of Double- crested Cormorants. <br />Her current work concerns community ecology and habitat relationships of breeding birds on the <br />Upper Mississippi River and wet meadows of the Upper Midwest. Dr. Kirsch has conducted <br />multiple research projects, and authored many papers on least terns along the lower Platte River. <br />Selected Publications: <br />Boyce, M. S., E. M. Kirsch, and C. Servheen. 2002. Bet - hedging applications for conservation. <br />Journal ofBiosciences 27:385 -392. <br />Kirsch, E. M. 1995. Book review: Birds of the Platte. Prairie Naturalist 27 75pgs. <br />Thompson, B. C.Jackson, J. J.Burger, J.Hill, L. A.Kirsch, E. M.Atwood, J. L. 1997. Least tern <br />(Sterna antillarum) 32pp. <br />Kirsch, E. M. 1988. On the edge — on the Platte. Nebraskaland 66(2):36 -42. <br />Kirsch, E. M. 1993. Observations of aggression in piping plover adults in Nebraska. Prairie <br />Naturalist. 25(1):77 -79. <br />Kirsch, E. M. 1995. Double- crested cormorants along the Upper Mississippi River. Colonial <br />Waterbirds. 18 Special Publ. 1 pp 131 -136. <br />Kirsch, E. M.,Sidle, J. G. 1999. Status of the interior population of least tern. Journal of Wildlife <br />Management. 63(2):470-483. <br />Kirsch, E. M. 1997. Numbers and Distribution of Double- crested Cormorants on the Upper <br />Mississippi River. Colonial Waterbirds. 20(2):177 -184. <br />Kirsch, E. M. 1996. Habitat selection and productivity of least terns on the lower Platte River, <br />Nebraska. Wildlife Monographs. 132:5 -48. <br />Kirsch, E. M. 1997. Small mammal community composition in cornfields, roadside ditches, and <br />prairies in eastern Nebraska. Natural Areas Journal. 17(3):204 -211. <br />