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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., R. Honeyfield, C. M. Taylor, and D. W. Verzi. 2009 Modeling activity rhythms in fiddler crabs. Chronobiology International, 26(7), 1355-1368. PDF

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

Preisser E. L., C. J. Dugaw, B. Dennis, and D. R. Strong. 2005 Long-term survival of the entomopathogenic nematode Heterorhabditis marelatus. Environmental Entomology, 34(6), 1501-1506. doi:10.1603/0046-225X(2005)034[1501:LSOTEN]2.0.CO;2

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

2009

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)