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usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-09-30T17:35:21.425722'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/susan-walls
 profile:
   abstracts: []
   affiliations: []
   education: []
   email: swalls@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms:
   - biodiversity
   - aquatic ecosystems
   - ecological competition
   - ecological processes
   - ecosystem diversity
   - ecosystems
   - freshwater ecosystems
   - habitat alteration
   - habitats
   - wetland ecosystems
   - ecosystem functions
   - forest ecosystems
   - natural resource management
   honors: []
   intro_statements:
   - Susan Walls is a research wildlife biologist who serves as the coordinator and
     lead scientist for the southeastern region of the Amphibian Research and Monitoring
     Initiative (ARMI).
   name: Susan Walls, Ph.D.
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: 0000-0001-7391-9155
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/wetland-and-aquatic-research-center
   organization_name: Wetland and Aquatic Research Center
   personal_statement: ARMI is a national program for which funding was appropriated
     by Congress in 2000 in response to mounting evidence and concern for declines
     of amphibians in the U.S. and worldwide. Susan's research group establishes
     and implements long-term monitoring of amphibians at key sites within the southeastern
     U.S. (AL, GA, FL, SC, NC and TN) and conducts research on potential causes of
     declines. The team focuses on model-based monitoring to assess the impacts of
     climate change, emerging diseases, habitat restoration, and invasive species
     on amphibian communities.
   professional_experience: []
   title: Research Wildlife Biologist