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DEUTSCHMAN,
H.
DOUGLAS
Associate
Professor of Biology
Chair, Ecology Program Area
Ph.D.,
Biology,
Cornell University (1996)
M.S. Statistics
University of Waterloo
M.S. Ecology
Bowling Green State University
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RESEARCH
INTERESTS
Mathematical Ecology and Conservation:
population and community dynamics;
population modeling; application of
statistics and computer models to the
monitoring and management of endangered
species and threatened ecosystems.
Applied Biostatistics: Visualization
and analysis of complex data; design of
sampling and monitoring programs for
conservation; design and analysis of
ecological field experiments.
TEACHING
INTERESTS
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Lower Division |
Biol 215, Biostatistics |
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Upper Division |
Biol 597, Univariate Statistical Methods
in Biology |
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Graduate: |
Biol 606, Analysis of Biological
Data (Advanced Biostatistics)
Biol 645, Theory and Principles of
Ecology |
GRADUATE
STUDENTS
Current Graduate Students:
Jessica Braswell (PhD-Ecology): The
impacts of natural and anthropogenic
disturbance on small mammal communities.
Laurie Harvey (MS-Ecology):
Relationships of California brown pelican
nesting parameters, prey distribution, and
oceanographic conditions 1983-2003.
Wendy Kozlowski (MS-Ecology): The
Influence of Phytoplankton Composition on
Ocean Colors Data along the Western
Antarctic Peninsula of the Southern Ocean.
Marie Moreau (PhD-Ecology): Arsenic
and Selenium contamination in Salton Sea
fishes.
Paul Schuette (MS-Ecology):
Population response of large carnivores to
the Cedar fire, California's largest
recorded wildfire.
Recent Graduates:
Dan Marschalek
(MS-Ecology, 2004). Factors
influencing population viability of Hermes
copper (Lycaena hermes).
Mark Mendelsohn (MS-Ecology, 2005).
Occurrence of the greater roadrunner (Geococcyx
californianus) in fragmented southern
California habitat patches.
Liz Reynolds (MS-Ecology, 2004)
American three-toed woodpecker response to
spatial patterns of burn severity and prey
availability.
Spring Strahm (MS-Ecology, 2005).
Spatial pattern and invasion before and
after fire in California coastal sage scrub.
SELECTED
PUBLICATIONS
Marschalek DA and DH Deutschman.
2007. Hermes copper (Lycaena [Hermelycaena]
hermes: Lycaenidae): life history and
population estimation of a rare butterfly.
Journal of Insect Conservation. in press.
DOI 10.1007/s10841-006-9064-3
Franklin JA, LA Spears-Lebrun, DH
Deutschman and K Marsden. 2006. Impact
of a high-intensity fire on mixed evergreen
and mixed conifer forests in the Peninsular
Ranges of southern California, USA. Forest
Ecology and Management.
Allen EB, RD Cox, T Tennant, SN Kee, DH Deutschman.
2005. Landscape restoration in southern California forblands: Response of
abandoned farmland to invasive annual grass control. Israel Journal of Plant
Sciences(3-4): 237-245 2005
Peterson BL, BE Kus and DH Deutschman. 2004.
Determining nest predators of the Least Bell’s Vireo through point counts,
tracking stations, and videophotography. Journal of Field Ornithology.75
(1): 89-95
Deutschman DH, J Carstens, R Klepper, W Smith, MT
Page, T Young, L Gleason, N Nakajima, and R Sabbadini. 2003. Predicting
Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease Using Serum Sphingosine-1-Phosphate.
American Heart Journal. 146 (1): 62-68.
Desmond JS, DH Deutschman, and JB Zedler. 2002.
Spatial and temporal variation in estuarine fish and invertebrate assemblages.
analysis of an 11-year dataset. Estuaries. 25:552-569.
Deutschman DH. 2001. The Design and analysis of
biodiversity field experiments. Ecological Research. 16(5)833-843.
Franklin J, Syphard, AD,
DJ Mladenoff, HS He, DK
Simons, RP Martin, DH Deutschman and JF O’Leary. 2001. Simulating the
effects of different fire regimes on plant functional groups in southern
California: Ecological Modelling 142:261-283.
Archibald JD and DH Deutschman. 2001. Quantitative Analysis of the
timing of the origin and diversification of extant placental orders. Journal of
Mammalian Evolution 8(2)107-124.
Deutschman DH, C. Devine, and L. A. Buttel. 2000. The role of visualization in
understanding a complex forest simulation model. Computer Graphics 34(1)51-55.
Deutschman DH, SA Levin, and SW Pacala. 1999. Error
propagation in forest succession models: the role of fine-scale heterogeneity in light.
Ecology 80(6):1927-1943
Deutschman, DH, SA Levin, C Devine and LA Buttel. 1997. Scaling
from trees to forests: analysis of a complex simulation model. Science 277:1688.
Pacala, SW and DH Deutschman. 1995. Details that matter: The spatial
distribution of individual trees maintains forest ecosystem function. Oikos 74(3):357-365.
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