# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/l-david-mech
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:32:34.181Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/l-david-mech"
name: "L. David Mech"
slug: "l-david-mech"
description: "Lucyan David Mech, also known as Dave Mech, is an American biologist specializing in the study of wolves. He is a senior research scientist for the U.S. Geological Survey and an adjunct professor at the University of Minnesota. He has researched wolves since 1958 in locations including northern Minnesota, Isle Royale, Alaska, Yellowstone National Park, Ellesmere Island, and Italy."
tagline: "American Biologist and Ecologist specializing in wolves"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David_Mech_2017.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1937-01-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             17.51474926253687
  historical:           7.061092
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://davemech.org/"
sources:
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    title: "ال. ديڤيد ميتش"
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    title: "L. David Mech"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._David_Mech"
    title: "L. David Mech"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._David_Mech"
    title: "L. David Mech"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucyan_David_Mech"
    title: "Lucyan David Mech"
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  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._David_Mech"
    title: "L. David Mech"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mech"
    title: "David Mech"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump