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meta: status_code: 200 timestamp: '2023-09-30T15:21:16.096314' url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/michael-j-adams profile: abstracts: [] affiliations: [] education: - Ph.D., Wildlife Science, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (1997) - B.S., Wildlife Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO (1992) email: mjadams@usgs.gov expertise_terms: - Freshwater Community Ecology - Survey Design - Monitoring Design - Invasive Species Ecology - Complex Life Cycles - Amphibian Biology - Northwest Forests - Wildlife Ecology honors: [] intro_statements: - I lead the USGS Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative (ARMI) and the Herpetological Research Team at the Forest and Rangeland Science Center in Corvallis, Oregon name: Michael J Adams name_qualifier: null orcid: 0000-0001-8844-042X organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/forest-and-rangeland-ecosystem-science-center organization_name: Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center personal_statement: Research in my lab focuses on amphibian conservation issues. We are currently addressing issues such as invasive species, disease, land use change, and long-term monitoring design for amphibians in North America. We use a combination of comparative surveys and manipulative experiments to understand the factors affecting amphibian distribution and abundance. professional_experience: - '1997 - Present: USGS, Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, Supervisory Research Ecologist, Corvallis, OR' title: Supervisory Research Ecologist