Stanley A. "Stan" Temple is an American avian ecologist and
wildlife biologist. He is the Beers-Bascom Professor in Conservation, Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Professor of Environmental Studies at the
University of Wisconsin–Madison
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. At
Cornell University
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he graduated in 1968 with a B.S. in biological sciences, in 1970 with an M.S. in ecology, and in 1972 with a Ph.D. in ecology and evolutionary biology.
Professor Temple has made important contributions to the study of
peregrine falcon
The peregrine falcon (''Falco peregrinus''), also known as the peregrine, and historically as the duck hawk in North America, is a cosmopolitan bird of prey ( raptor) in the family Falconidae. A large, crow-sized falcon, it has a blue-grey ...
s,
whooping crane
The whooping crane (''Grus americana'') is the tallest North American bird, named for its whooping sound. It is an endangered crane species. Along with the sandhill crane (''Antigone canadensis''), it is one of only two crane species native to ...
s,
trumpeter swan
The trumpeter swan (''Cygnus buccinator'') is a species of swan found in North America. The heaviest living bird native to North America, it is also the largest extant species of waterfowl, with a wingspan of 185 to 250 cm (6 ft 2 in to 8 ft 2 ...
s,
Andean condor
The Andean condor (''Vultur gryphus'') is a giant South American Cathartid vulture and is the only member of the genus ''Vultur''. Found in the Andes mountains and adjacent Pacific coasts of western South America, the Andean condor is the larg ...
s,
hook-billed kites,
Mauritius kestrel
The Mauritius kestrel (''Falco punctatus'') is a bird of prey from the family Falconidae endemic to the forests of Mauritius, where it is restricted to the southwestern plateau's forests, cliffs, and ravines.
It is the most distinct of the Ind ...
s,
Seychelles kestrels,
Puerto Rican amazons,
Mauritius parakeets,
tooth-billed pigeons,
Hawaiian crows,
loggerhead shrikes, and
dickcissels. He has also worked on the responses of
wildlife
Wildlife refers to undomesticated animal species, but has come to include all organisms that grow or live wild in an area without being introduced by humans. Wildlife was also synonymous to game: those birds and mammals that were hunted f ...
to
habitat fragmentation
Habitat fragmentation describes the emergence of discontinuities (fragmentation) in an organism's preferred environment (habitat), causing population fragmentation and ecosystem decay. Causes of habitat fragmentation include geological proces ...
, human impacts on wildlife populations and the
ecology
Ecology () is the study of the relationships between living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment. Ecology considers organisms at the individual, population, community, ecosystem, and biosphere level. Ecology overl ...
of
avian predator
Predation is a biological interaction where one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey. It is one of a family of common feeding behaviours that includes parasitism and micropredation (which usually do not kill ...
s. He is the author of many books and scholarly articles including ''Wisconsin Birds: A Seasonal and Geographical Guide'' (), ''Endangered Birds'' (), ''Bird Conservation'' () and ''Endangered birds: Management techniques for preserving threatened species'' ().
In 1995 he was elected a fellow of the
American Association for the Advancement of Science
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. In 2020 he was inducted into the Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame.
References
External links
Department of Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin–Madison
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American ornithologists
1946 births
Living people
Cornell University alumni
University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty
Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science