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usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-10-02T16:15:50.092420'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/mark-a-ricca
 profile:
   abstracts: []
   affiliations: []
   education:
   - Ph.D., Ecology, University of California, Davis, CA (2013)
   - M.S., Wildlife Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis OR (2000)
   - B.S. Wildlife, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA (1995)
   email: mark_ricca@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms:
   - ecological processes
   - ecosystems
   - island ecosystems
   - shrubland ecosystems
   - tundra ecosystems
   - wetland ecosystems
   - geospatial analysis
   - spatial analysis
   - isotopic analysis
   - statistical analysis
   honors: []
   intro_statements:
   - I have spent my USGS career focused on addressing science needs of resource
     managers and agencies across a wide range of ecosystems by integrating concepts
     from population, community, and ecosystem ecology.
   name: Mark A Ricca
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: 0000-0003-1576-513X
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/forest-and-rangeland-ecosystem-science-center
   organization_name: Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center
   personal_statement: My experience spans ecological systems ranging from desert
     wetlands in California to sub-arctic islands in Alaska to rangelands of the
     American West. I now help facilitate science production for principal investigators
     at FRESC.
   professional_experience:
   - '2019-present: Supervisory Biologist-Research Manager, USGS Forest and Rangeland
     Ecosystem Science Center, Corvallis, OR'
   - '2002-2020: Wildlife Biologist, USGS Western Ecological Research Center, Dixon,
     CA'
   - '2000-2002: Biological Science Technician, USGS Western Ecological Research
     Center, Dixon, CA'
   - '1999: Faculty Research Assistant, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR'
   - '1996-1999: Graduate Research Assistant, Oregon State University, Corvallis,
     OR'
   - '1994-1996: Field Biologist, California Department of Fish and Game, Sacramento,
     CA'
   title: Research Manager