Kevin Aagaard
Senior Data Scientist
AE Strategies
1751 Pinnacle Dr., Suite 600 McLean, VA 22102
A brief CV is provided below. The full .pdf version can be downloaded here.
Employment
2021–Present: AE Strategies—Senior Data Scientist
2017–2021: Colorado Parks and Wildlife—Data Scientist
2016–2017: University of Wisconsin - La Crosse—Adjunct Assistant Professor
2014–2017: USGS—Research Biologist
Education
2010–2014: Rutgers University (PhD, Ecology and Evolution)
2006–2009: SUNY Geneseo (BS, Biology)
Publications (*Student)
Aagaard, K, EV Lonsdorf, and WE Thogmartin. In review. A continental generalizable avian movement and energetics model. Ecology and Evolution.
Neubaum, D, and K Aagaard. In review. Use of predictive distribution models to describe habitat use by Colorado bats. Ecology and Evolution.
Apa, T, MB Rice, K Aagaard, E Phillips, D Neubaum, N Seward, and JR Stiver. In review. Species distribution models and conservation planning for a threatened species: A case study with Gunnison sage-grouse. Wildlife Research.
Aagaard, K, RY Conrey, and J Gammonley. Accepted. Spatial analysis of the nesting distribution of four priority raptor species in Colorado. Journal of Raptor Research.
Bergman, E, FP Hayes, and K Aagaard. 2020. Incorporating detection probability to refine Colorado moose parturition dates. Alces 56:127-135.
*Kocina, M, and K Aagaard. 2021. A review of home range sizes of four raptor species of regional conservation concern. Western North American Naturalist 81:1-8.
Gunn, C, SE Hirshman, and K Aagaard. 2020. Trends in black swift (Cypseloides niger) breeding phenology and success in southwest Colorado, 1996 – 2017. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology. DOI: 10.1676/19-61
Brown, JA, JL Lockwood, JD Avery, JC Burkhalter, K Aagaard, and KH Fenn. 2019. Evaluating the long-term effectiveness of terrestrial protected areas: a 40-year look at forest bird diversity. Biodiversity and Conservation 28:811-826.
Aagaard, K, JE Lyons, and WE Thogmartin. 2018. Accounting for surveyor effort in large-scale monitoring programs. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 9:e1944-687x. DOI: 10.3996/022018-JFWM-012
Gunn, C, KM Potter, JP Beason, and K Aagaard. 2018. Sexually dimorphic plumage characteristics in the northern black swift. Western Birds 49:214-225. DOI: 10.21199/WB49.3.4
Aagaard, K, WE Thogmartin, and EV Lonsdorf. 2018. Temperature-influenced energetics model for migrating waterfowl. Ecological Modelling 348:46-58. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2018.04.001
Aagaard, K, J Eash, W Ford, PJ Heglund, M McDowell, and WE Thogmartin. 2018. Modeling the relationship between water level, wild rice abundance, and waterfowl abundance at a central North American wetland. Wetlands 39:149-160. DOI: 10.1007/s13157-018-1025-6
Custer, TW, CM Custer, PM Dummer, CW Matson, E Bigorgne, E Oziolor, N Karouna-Renier, S Schultz, RA Erickson, and K Aagaard. 2017. EROD activity, chromosomal damage, and oxidative stress in response to contaminant exposure to tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) nesting in the Great Lake Areas of Concern. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 26:1392-1407.
Avery, JD, K Aagaard, JC Burkhalter, and OJ Robinson. 2017. Seabird longline bycatch reduction devices increase target catch while reducing bycatch: A meta-analysis. Journal for Nature Conservation 38:37-45. DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2017.05.004
Aagaard, K, JE Lyons, and WE Thogmartin. 2017. Quantifying the relative contribution of an ecological reserve to conservation objectives. Global Ecology and Conservation 9:142-147.
Aagaard, K, JL Lockwood, and EJ Green. 2016. A Bayesian approach for characterizing uncertainty in declaring a population collapse. Ecological Modelling 328:78-84. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2016.02.014.
Aagaard, K, and JL Lockwood. 2016. The occurrence of population collapses in exotic birds. Biological Invasions 18:1667-1678. DOI: 10.1007/s10530-016-1109-2.
Lonsdorf, EV, WE Thogmartin, S Jacobi, K Aagaard, J Coppen, A Davis, T Fox, P Heglund, R Johnson, T Jones, K Kenow, JE Lyons, K Luke, S Still, and B Tavernia. 2016. A generalizable energetics-based model of avian migration to facilitate continental-scale waterbird conservation. Ecological Applications 26:1136-1153.
Aagaard, K, SM Crimmins, WE Thogmartin, B Tavernia, and JE Lyons. 2015. Evaluating predictors of local dabbling duck abundance during migration: managing the spectrum of conditions faced by migrants. Wildfowl 65:100-120.
Aagaard, K, and JL Lockwood. 2014. Exotic birds show lags in population growth. Diversity and Distributions 20:547-554.
Aagaard, K, and G Hartvigsen. 2014. Fractal dimension metrics across a vegetational chronosequence. Applied Mathematics 5:1842-1851.
Technical Reports:
Conrey, RY, J Gammonley, K Aagaard, J DeCoste, W Kendall. 2019. Raptor data integration, species distribution, and suggestions for monitoring. Interim Report, 2018. Colorado Parks and Wildlife.
Seglund, A, PA Street, K Aagaard, J Runge, and M Flenner. 2018. Southern white-tailed ptarmigan (Lagopus leucura altipetens) population assessment and conservation considerations in Colorado. Final Report, 2018. Colorado Parks and Wildlife.
Aagaard, K, JE Lyons, B Loges, and WE Thogmartin. 2016. Summary of abundance data collected during the pilot phase of the Integrated Waterbird Management and Monitoring program (IWMM), 2010-2014. Prepared for the IWMM withing the Fish and Wildlife Serivce.