Research Interests
Mathematical and statistical modeling, particularly in ecology and forest fires.
Selected Publications
For a complete list see my cv.Kreye, J. K., J. M. Varner, and C. J. Dugaw. 2014 Spatial and temporal variability of forest floor duff characteristics in long-unburned Pinus palustris forests. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 44(12), 1477-1486. doi:dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2014-0223
*Kreye J. K., J. M. Varner, C. J. Dugaw, J. Cao, J. Szecsei, and E. Engber. 2013 Pine cones facilitate ignition of forest floor duff. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 43(5), 512-516. doi:dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2013-0019
*Perryman, H. A., C. J. Dugaw, J. M. Varner, and D. L. Johnson. 2012 A cellular automata model to link surface fires to firebrand lift-off and dispersal. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 22(4), 428-439. doi: 10.1071/WF11045
*Watts, C. M., J. Cao, C. Panza, C. J. Dugaw, et al. 2012 Modeling the effects of predator exclosures on a Western Snowy Plover population. Natural Resource Modeling, 25(3), 529-547. doi: 10.1111/j.1939-7445.2012.00131.x
Dugaw, C. J. 2012 Birth-death Models in Encyclopedia of Theoretical Ecology (A. Hastings and L. Gross, eds.) University of California Press: Berkeley.
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
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
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
Note: A * indicates work done jointly with a student.
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Completed Masters Student Theses
2015
Adam Falk The effects of food storage and burrow limitation on the giant kangaroo rat
Benjamin Miltz Analysis and extension of the coalescing colony model of invasive species spread
2014
Kathleen Harar A mathematical model of the spread of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in the Cascades frog (Rana cascadae)
Sydney Chandler Assessing African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) survival and impact on private lands: a non-spatial individual based simulation model
Drew O'Kane Measuring the effects of road mediated long-range transport on infection risk for Port Orford cedar
Holland Heese Modeling fire-induced tree mortality in longleaf pine using spatial data
2012
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