Photo of David  Smith David Smith
Dept of Fisheries & Wildlife, University of Minnesota, 1980 Folwell Ave
MN 55108 St Paul, U.S.A.
jlds(at)umn.edu

member since 1980
For 25 years, I have studied the behavior, ecology and conservation of tigers in south and southeast Asia, specifically tiger social organization and dispersal patterns. Interest in dispersal led to long-term monitoring of individual animals and an interest in meta-population structure of large mammals. I have expanded my research on Asian mammals to include projects on small carnivore communities, tropical bear ecology, and the ecological separation of gaur and banteng. Recent research has focused on the use of remote sensing, conservation data bases and modelling as conservation tools exploring approaches to conservation that are based on influencing human land use patterns outside traditional park systems in Asia.