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Chris Dugaw, Ph.D., Dept of Mathematics Chris Dugaw Math Dept.

 

Research Interests

Mathematical and statistical modeling, particularly in ecology and forest fires. I accept graduate students through the Mathematical Modeling Graduate Program.


Selected Publications

Dugaw, C. J. 2011 Birth-death Models in Encyclopedia of Theoretical Ecology (A. Hastings and L. Gross, eds.) University of California Press: Berkeley, 2012

Dugaw, C. J. and K. Ram. 2011 Individual heterogeneity in mortality mediates long-term persistence of a seasonal microparasite. Oecologia, 166(2), 317-325. doi: 10.1007/s00442-010-1844-5

Dugaw, C. J., R. Honeyfield, C. M. Taylor, and D. W. Verzi. 2009 Modeling activity rhythms in fiddler crabs. Chronobiology International, 26(7), 1355-1368. doi: 10.3109/07420520903421872

Melbourne, B. A., H. Cornell, K. F. Davies, C. J. Dugaw, et. al. 2007 Invasion in a heterogeneous world: resistance, coexistence or hostile takeover? Ecology Letters 10(1), 77-94. doi:10.1111/j.1461-0248.2006.00987.x

Preisser, E. L., C. J. Dugaw, B. Dennis, and D. R. Strong. 2006 Plant facilitation of a belowground predator. Ecology, 87(5), 1116-1123. doi:10.1890/0012-9658(2006)87[1116:PFOABP]2.0.CO;2

Dugaw, C. J., A. Hastings, E. L. Priesser, and D. R. Strong. 2005 Windows of persistence in seasonal microparasite-host systems. Theoretical Population Biology, 68, 267-276. doi:10.1016/j.tpb.2005.05.003

Hastings A., K. Cuddington, K. Davies, C. J. Dugaw, et. al. 2005 The spatial spread of invasions: new developments in theory and evidence. Ecology Letters, 8, 91-101. doi:10.1111/j.1461-0248.2004.00687.x

Dugaw, C. J., A. Hastings, E. L. Priesser, and D. R. Strong. 2004 Seasonally limited host supply generates microparasite population cycles. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 66, 583-594. doi:10.1016/j.bulm.2003.09.005

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Completed Masters Student Theses

2011

Anna Morgante Incorporating spotting into a simple fire perimeter model

Kyle Falbo An individual based larval dispersion model for the Hawaiian hawskbill sea turtle in the Hawaiian archipelago

2010

Amber Buntin A tritrophic model of the bush lupine, the ghost moth caterpillar and its nematode parasite

2009

Holly Perryman A mathematical model of spot fires and their management implications

Steven Walker Using transfer functions to explain turbidity in Humboldt Bay, California

2008

Thé Thé Kyaw Modeling the effect of marine snow fragmentation by Euphausia pacifica on carbon flux

Daniele Rosa Implementing a dynamic allocation scheme for the Lund-Potsdam-Jena dynamic global vegetation model

2007

Emily Hobelmann Plant invasion models - road effects

Chris Panza A model to assess the use of nest exclosures for local population recovery of the western snowy plover (Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus)