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
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