Mark Stephen Boyce (born May 24, 1950) is a
professor of
population ecology in the
University of Alberta Department of Biological Sciences, and the
Alberta Conservation Association Chair in Fisheries and Wildlife. Among other topics, he has written extensively on
population viability analysis
Population viability analysis (PVA) is a species-specific method of risk assessment frequently used in conservation biology.
It is traditionally defined as the process that determines the probability that a population will go extinct within a give ...
and
resource selection functions. Early work was on demography and life history evolution. In 1993 he began research on habitat selection and the integration of habitats with population biology. He initiated research on elk in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem in 1977 and in 1988 was recruited by the National Park Service to build a simulation model to anticipate the consequences of wolf reintroduction in Yellowstone National Park. These simulation models were published by Yellowstone National Park to justify the ultimate release of wolves in 1995. Several graduate students and postdoctoral fellows continued the Yellowstone work.
After moving to the University of Alberta in 1999 most research has been on mammals and birds in Alberta.
In 2014, he was elected as a fellow of the
Royal Society of Canada
The Royal Society of Canada (RSC; french: Société royale du Canada, SRC), also known as the Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada (French: ''Académies des arts, des lettres et des sciences du Canada''), is the senior national, bil ...
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Select awards and recognition
* C. Hart Merriam Award The C. Hart Merriam Award is given annually by the American Society of Mammalogists for "outstanding research in mammalogy".
The Merriam Award was established in 1974. Before 1996 the award was given for "outstanding contributions to mammalogy thro ...
, 2017, American Society of Mammalogists
The American Society of Mammalogists (ASM) was founded in 1919. Its primary purpose is to encourage the study of mammals, and professions studying them. There are over 4,500 members of this society, and they are primarily professional scientists ...
* Miroslaw Romanowski Medal, 2016, Royal Society of Canada
* Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
* TWS Fellow, The Wildlife Society
* Killam Annual Professorship, 2011–12, University of Alberta
* International Conservationist of the Year, 2007, Safari Club International Foundation
* Phi Kappa Phi
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, 1998, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
* Faculty Scholar Award, 1994, Sigma Xi-University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Chapter.
* Distinguished Professorship, 1993, 1999 University of Wisconsin System, Madison.
* Vallier Chair of Ecology, 1993, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.
* Fulbright Scholar
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to India, 1992, U.S. Educational Foundation in India, Bangalore.
* N.A.T.O. Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1982–83, National Science Foundation, Univ. Oxford, UK.
References
External links
University home page
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Living people
Canadian ecologists
Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada
Place of birth missing (living people)
Academic staff of the University of Alberta
1950 births
20th-century Canadian scientists
21st-century Canadian scientists