Academic Degrees

M.S., South Dakota State University, Department of Biology and Microbiology
Ph.D., South Dakota State University, Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences Department

Recent Publications

 2005  Bakker, K.K., S.L. Eggebo, and K.F. Higgins. Passerine abundance in conservation   reserve program grasslands of differing age-classes and cover types in eastern South Dakota. The 19^th North American Prairie Conference: in press. 

2005  Dejong, J.R.*, K.K. Bakker, K.F. Higgins, and D.E. Naugle. Landscape fragmentation and grassland patch size effects on non-game grassland birds in xeric mixed-grass prairies of western South Dakota. The 19^th North American Prairie Conference: in press. 

2005  Salo, E.D., K.F. Higgins*, K.K. Bakker, and W.T. Barker. Effects of temporal grazing  treatments on nongame birds in North Dakota mixed-grass prairie. The 19^th North American Prairie Conference: in press. 

2005  Higgins, K.F., E.D. Salo*, B.D. Patton, K.K. Bakker, W.T. Barker, B. Kreft, and P.E. Nyren. Effects of grazing intensity treatments on vegetation, livestock and nongame birds in North Dakota mixed-grass prairie. The 19^th North American Prairie Conference: in  press.

2004  Higgins, K.F., R.G. Osborn, D.E. Naugle, and K.K. Bakker. Contrasting the potential effects of biomass fuel, soy-based fuel, ethanol and wind energy   developments on northern Great Plains wildlife. Transactions of the 69 th North American Wildlife Conference:199-214.

2003 Bakker, K.K. and K.F. Higgins. Avian use of natural versus planted woodlands in eastern South Dakota. Nat. Areas J. 23: 121-128.

2003  Bakker, K.K. A compilation and synthesis of avian research conducted in South Dakota.  Report to S.D. Dept. of Game, Fish and  Parks.  S.D. Dept. of Game, Fish and Parks, Wildlife Division Report No. 2003-09, 72 pp.

2003 Bakker, K.K. A synthesis of the effect of woody vegetation on grassland nesting birds: an annotated bibliography. Proc. SD Acad. of Sci. 82:119-141.

2002 Bakker, K.K., D.E. Naugle, and K.F. Higgins. Incorporating landscape attributes into models for migratory grassland bird
         conservation. Conservation Biology 16:1638-1646.

2000 Naugle, D.E., K.F. Higgins, and K.K. Bakker. Effects of upland management practices on birds in the northern Great Plains
          region of the U.S. and southern Canada: a synthesis and review. Wildlife Technical Report No. 1, U. of Wisconsin-Stevens
          Point. 28 pp.

2000 Bakker, K.K. Avian occurrence in woodlands and grasslands on public areas throughout eastern South Dakota. Ph.D.
          dissertation, SDSU, Brookings, SD.