Item talk:Q54097

usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-09-30T17:15:25.750243'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/david-mech
 profile:
   abstracts: []
   affiliations: []
   education:
   - Ph.D. Degree, Wildlife Ecology, Purdue University, 1962, Lafayette, IN
   - B.S. Degree, Conservation, Cornell University, 1958, Ithaca, NY
   email: david_mech@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms:
   - Population Regulation
   - Predator-Prey Relations
   - Social Ecology
   - Wolf Ecology and Behavior
   - Wolf Prey
   honors:
   - Aldo Leopold Memorial Award - The Wildlife Society
   intro_statements:
   - "L. David Mech (\u201CDave\u201D) is a Senior Research Scientist with the USGS\
     \ Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center and works at the St. Paul, Minnesota\
     \ duty station."
   name: David Mech, PhD
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: 0000-0003-3944-7769
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/northern-prairie-wildlife-research-center
   organization_name: Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
   personal_statement: "Dr. Mech has studied wolves since 1958 in Isle Royale National\
     \ Park (1958-1961), Minnesota (1964 to present), Yellowstone National Park (1995\
     \ to Present) , Denali National Park (1986-1995). Each summer from 1986 through\
     \ 2010, he lived with, and studied, a pack of wolves tolerant to humans on Ellesmere\
     \ Island, in Canada\u2019s High Arctic.  He chaired the IUCN Wolf Specialist\
     \ Group of the World Conservation Union from 1978 to 2013 when the group was\
     \ absorbed into the Canid Specialist Group (CSG).  Dr. Mech is now an advisor\
     \ on wolves to the chair of the CSG. He is continuing his research on wolf ecology\
     \ and behavior, predator-prey relations, population regulation, and social ecology."
   professional_experience:
   - Senior Research Scientist, 1999 to present; U.S. Geological Survey
   - Research Wildlife Biologist, 1969 to 1999; Biological Resources Division of
     the USGS (formerly Division of Endangered Species Research, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
     Service)
   title: Senior Research Scientist