Ecology and Management of Terrestrial Vertebrate Invasive Species in the United States (ePub)

William C. Pitt is the deputy director at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and the associate director of Conservation and Science at the Smithsonian's National Zoological Park. He manages the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute's science centers and research programs. He is responsible for the financial and facility programs, the operations of the Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation, and SCBI's 3200-acre conservation and research facility and the Smithsonian Mason School of Conservation, in Front Royal, Virginia. He oversees more than 220 scientists, postdoctoral fellows, and students from universities around the world. Pitt works passionately to improve the conservation of endangered species through collaboration, education, and research. As a researcher, he spent more than a decade researching methods to reduce the effects of invasive vertebrates on native species, mediating human-wildlife interactions, and evaluating the effects of species management in Pacific islands ecosystems. He has worked extensively as a researcher for the USDA's National Wildlife Research Center in Hawaii. He has published more than 80 articles in peer-reviewed journals and science-related publications. He earned both a PhD in Ecology and a MS in Wildlife Ecology from Utah State University. He holds a BS in Fish and Wildlife Biology from the University of Minnesota. He spent 24 years in the military, working as an environmental science officer for the United States Army Reserve, where he identified and assessed potential environmental and entomological hazards to humans.

James C. Beasley is an assistant professor at the Savannah River Ecology Lab and the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources at the University of Georgia. Beasley earned a BS in Wildlife Science from SUNY-Environmental Science and a MS and PhD in Wildlife Ecology from Purdue University. His research is focused on understanding the effects of anthropogenic