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Education and/or Training

M.S.	2002	Humboldt State University Arcata, California	Wildlife Management
B.A.	1991	University of Colorado, Boulder	Environmental, Population, and Organismic Biology

Areas of Specialization and/or Research Interests

Reproductive and migration ecology of shorebirds; shorebird population demography

Professional Experience

2002 - Present	Wildlife Biologist, U.S. Geological Survey / Alaska Science Center
1999 - 2001	Biological Technician, Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge, Bethel, Alaska
1996 - 1999	Biological Technician, U.S. Geological Survey / Alaska Science Center
1995 - 1996	Volunteer Field Assistant, various projects
1995	Groundfish Observer, National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska
1991 - 1992	Freshwater Fisheries Extension Agent, United States Peace Corps, Togo, West Africa

Professional Activities and/or Memberships

Cooper Ornithological Society
Wader Study Group

Significant Recent Publications

McCaffery, B.J. C. M. Handel, R. E. Gill, Jr, and D. Ruthrauff. 2007. The blind men and the elephant: concerns about the use of juvenile proportion data. Stilt 50:194-204.

Ruthrauff, D. R., T. L. Tibbitts, R. E. Gill, Jr., and C. M. Handel. 2007. Inventory of montane-nesting birds in Katmai and Lake Clark National Parks and Preserves. Final report for the National Park Service, U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, AK. 101 pp.

Ruthrauff, D. R., and B. J. McCaffery. 2005. Survival of Western Sandpiper broods on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska. Condor 107:597–604.

Tibbitts, T. L., D. R. Ruthrauff, R. E. Gill, Jr., and C. M. Handel. 2005. Inventory of montane-nesting birds in the Arctic Network of National Parks, Alaska. Arctic Network Inventory and Monitoring Program, USDI National Park Service. NPS/AKARCN/NRTR-2006/02. Fairbanks, AK. 156 pp.

McCaffery, B. J., and D. R. Ruthrauff. 2004. How intensive is intensive enough? Limitations of intensive nest searching for estimating shorebird nest numbers. Wader Study Group Bulletin 103:63–66.

McCaffery, B. J., and D. R. Ruthrauff. 2004. Spatial variation in shorebird nest success: Implications for inference. Wader Study Group Bulletin 103:67–70.

Johnson, J. A., S. M. Matsuoka, D. R. Ruthrauff, M. A. Litzow, and M. N. Dementyev. 2004. Additions to the avifauna of St. Matthew Island, Bering Sea. Western Birds 35:50–52.

Niehaus, A. C., Ruthrauff, D. R., McCaffery, B. J. 2004: Response of predators to Western Sandpiper Nest Exclosures. Waterbirds: 27:79–82.

Johnson, M. D., D. R. Ruthrauff, J. G., J. R. Tietz, and J. K. Robinson. 2002. Short-term effects of tartar emetic on re-sight rates of migratory songbirds in the non-breeding season. Journal of Field Ornithology 73:191–196.

Matsuoka, S. M., C. M. Handel, and D. R. Ruthrauff. 2001. Densities of breeding birds and changes in vegetation in an Alaskan boreal forest following a massive disturbance by spruce beetles. Canadian Journal of Zoology 79:1678–1690.