Research

Population & Community Ecology

Population and community ecologists study the ecology of individual populations and the interactions of species within natural communities. Investigations in EEMB include such topics as competition, predator-prey relationships, parasitism, invasive species, biological control of pests, biodiversity, theoretical ecology, ecological modeling, biostatistics, behavioral ecology, plant-animal interactions, and applied ecology.

Faculty Research

Cherie Briggs, Ph.D. UC Santa Barbara. Theoretical ecology; disease ecology; population dynamics; systems biology.

Bradley J. Cardinale, Ph.D. University of Maryland. Community and ecosystems ecology, freshwater biology, biodiversity and ecosystem functioning.

Scott D. Cooper, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin. Freshwater biology; stream ecology.

Carla D'Antonio, Ph.D. UC Santa Barbara. Plant and ecosystem ecology, invasive species, species affects on ecosystem processes, restoration ecology.

Thomas Even, Ph.D. UC Santa Barbara. Population and community ecology, river ecology, predator-prey interactions, science education.

Steven D. Gaines, Ph.D. Oregon State University. Population and community ecology; dispersal; marine biogeography; biostatistics.

Sally J. Holbrook, Ph.D. UC Berkeley. Community ecology; marine vertebrate predation and competition.

Armand M. Kuris, Ph.D. UC Berkeley. Parasite population and community ecology; marine ecology; crustacean biology.

Jonathan Levine, Ph.D. UC Berkeley. Controls over the success and impacts of exotic plant invasions; species diversity and ecosystem function; mechanisms underlying rare plant persistence; determinants of commonness, rarity, and coexistence.

Bruce E. Mahall, Ph.D. UC Berkeley. Physiological plant ecology; phenology, water relations, productivity, root dynamics, controls of community structures and plant distributions.

William W. Murdoch, Ph.D. Oxford University. Population ecology; regulation of populations; predator-prey relationships.

Roger M. Nisbet, Ph.D. University of St. Andrews. Theoretical ecology; population dynamics; dynamic energy budget theory.

Stephen Proulx, Ph.D. University of Utah.
Gene network evolution; evolution of gene regulation; evolution in varying environments; canalization and robustness; sexual selection; sex allocation; niche evolution.

Russell J. Schmitt, Ph.D. UC Los Angeles. Population and community ecology; applied ecology; consumer-resource interactions; marine invertebrates and reef fishes.

Robert Warner, Ph.D. Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Evolutionary ecology and population biology; ecology and behavior of coral reef fishes.