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usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-09-30T17:22:51.278819'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/frank-t-van-manen
 profile:
   abstracts: []
   affiliations: []
   education:
   - Ph.D. 1994. Ecology and Statistics. University of Tennessee
   - B.S. and M.S. 1989. Biology. Wageningen Agricultural University, Netherlands
   email: fvanmanen@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms:
   - bear ecology and management
   - large carnivores
   - conservation science
   - endangered species
   - habitat and population monitoring
   - population dynamics, demography and modeling
   - species at risk
   - statistics
   - wildlife ecology
   - wildlife biology
   - wildlife management
   honors: []
   intro_statements:
   - Frank van Manen is an ecologist who blends his research interest in large carnivores
     with landscape ecology and is the team lead of the Interagency Grizzly Bear
     Study Team.
   name: Frank T van Manen, Ph.D.
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: 0000-0001-5340-8489
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/norock
   organization_name: Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center
   personal_statement: Research InterestsFrank's research focus is on 1) grizzly
     bear and black bear ecology and management, 2) demographic models to inform
     large carnivore management, 3) resource selection and energy landscapes, 4)
     wildlife genetics, and 5) international bear conservation.Formerly, Frank spent
     12 years with the USGS Leetown Science Center specializing in responses of mammals
     to landscape changes, management of large carnivores, and habitat models to
     support protection and restoration of plants and trees.For available articles,
     click on the Publications tab.
   professional_experience:
   - In 2012 Frank became Team Leader of the Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team,
     a cooperative research team that addresses monitoring and research needs for
     the Greater Yellowstone grizzly bear population.
   - His research focus for the past 35 years has been on bear ecology and management.
     Prior to his current research on Yellowstone grizzly bears, he conducted numerous
     studies on American black bears in the southeastern U.S. He has also collaborated
     on field studies with bear researchers in Ecuador (Andean bear), Sri Lanka (sloth
     bear), Malaysia, (sun bear), and China (giant panda).
   - Frank served as Treasurer and then President of the International Association
     for Bear Research and Management from 2001 through 2013 and is an Associate
     Editor for the scientific journal Ursus. He has adjunct appointments with Montana
     State University and the University of Tennessee.
   title: Supervisory Research Wildlife Biologist