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USGS Staff Profile:

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   abstract: Research Wildlife Biologist with the Cooperative Research Units
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   abstract: Jonathon is a research ecologist and statistician who uses advanced
     quantitative tools to answer questions at the intersection of fundamental ecology
     and applied conservation. Jonathon's research aims to understand the factors
     impacting the distributions and population information to identify populations
     of conservation concern and develop effective conservation and management actions.
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   abstract: I am a research ecologist and statistician who uses advanced quantitative
     tools to answer questions at the intersection of fundamental ecology and applied
     conservation. My research aims to understand the factors impacting the distributions
     and population dynamics for individual species and whole communities, then use
     that information to identify populations of conservation concern and ultimately
     develop effective conservation and management actions.

I received my
     Bachelor's degree from Miami University in Zoology and Environmental Science.
     While there, I studied trophic interactions in freshwater systems. I attended
     Louisiana State University to pursue a MS in wildlife studying habitat use in
     secretive marsh birds. I then worked as a wildlife biologist at the U.S. Army
     Engineer Research and Development Center addressing conservation issues on DoD
     properties. Eventually I returned to graduate school at Oregon State University
     to pursue a MS in statistics and a PhD in Forest Ecosystems and Society studying
     the effects of forest fragmentation on breeding birds. I then did a postdoc
     with at the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center comparing land-sparing and land-sharing
     conservation approaches around coffee farms. In my second postdoc (Oregon State),
     I worked  to better understand factors limiting the distribution of endangered
     Marbled Murrelets.
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 email: jvalente@usgs.gov
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     name: Cooperative Research Units
     url: https://www.usgs.gov/programs/cooperative-research-units
   roleName: Research Wildlife Biologist
   startDate: '2024-05-10T20:57:47.897308'
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   name: Assistant Unit Leader, Alabama Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit,
     2022-
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   additionalType: self-claimed professional experience
   name: U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (conservation on DoD
     lands
 - '@type': Occupation
   additionalType: self-claimed professional experience
   name: Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center (land conservation and land-sharing around
     coffee farms)
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 jobTitle: Research Wildlife Biologist
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   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: AI/Machine Learning
 - '@type': Thing
   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: GIS/Spatial Analysis
 - '@type': Thing
   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: Habitat Management
 - '@type': Thing
   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: Human Impacts
 - '@type': Thing
   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: Landscape Ecology
 - '@type': Thing
   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: Remote Sensing
 - '@type': Thing
   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: Species Modeling
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   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: Threatened and Endangered Species
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   member:
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     name: U.S. Geological Survey
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   startDate: '2024-05-10T20:57:47.893872'
 name: Jonathon J. Valente, PhD
 url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/jonathon-j-valente