Item talk:Q45583

usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-09-30T17:04:48.352086'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/laura-e-dacunto
 profile:
   abstracts: []
   affiliations: []
   education:
   - PhD., Wildlife Science, Purdue University, 2018
   - MSc., Biology, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 2012
   - BSc., Wildlife Conservation Biology, University of Rhode Island, 2010
   email: ldacunto@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms:
   - restoration ecology
   - wildlife ecology
   - Everglades
   honors: []
   intro_statements:
   - Laura is a quantitative ecologist interested in the behavioral landscape ecology
     of wildlife communities and how climate change and ecosystem restoration impact
     those wildlife communities.
   name: Laura E D'Acunto, PhD
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: 0000-0001-6227-0143
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/wetland-and-aquatic-research-center
   organization_name: Wetland and Aquatic Research Center
   personal_statement: Additionally, Laura develops decision support tools (including
     models and visualization) that assist natural resource managers in understanding
     the potential ecological impacts of an uncertain future. Before joining USGS,
     Laura's research focused on modeling anthropogenic disturbance to wildlife such
     as recreation or road traffic to identify management strategies that mitigate
     adverse effects to wildlife populations. They also researched the landscape
     and social ecology of threatened and endangered Midwestern bats.
   professional_experience: []
   title: Ecologist