Amy Dunham - Rice University, EEB

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Amy E. Dunham

Research Interests :

· Impacts of extinctions and invasions on ecosystem stability and functioning

· Habitat fragmentation effects on multi-trophic species interactions

· Quantitative tools for decision making in conservation, endangered species recovery, and reserve design

· Impacts of climate change on species interactions and wildlife demography

· Evolutionary and behavioral ecology of mammals and birds

Education :

Ph.D. Stony Brook University, Department of Ecology & Evolution (December 2003)

B.A. Connecticut College, Distinction & honors in Zoology (1995)

Postdoctoral positions :

2006-2007 Postdoctoral Fellow, Smithsonian Institution, Department of Conservation Biology/ Monitoring and Assessment of Biodiversity Program.

2005-2006 Hrdy Fellow in Conservation Biology, Harvard University, Department of Organismic & Evolutionary Biology

Academic Positions :

2007-pres Research Faculty Fellow, Rice University, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

2004-2005 Visiting Assistant Professor, College of William & Mary, Department of Biology

Some Representative Publications :

Published Books

Shultz, S., A. E. Dunham, K. Root, S. Soucy, S. Carroll, & L. Ginzburg. 1999/02/06/08. Conservation Biology with RAMAS Ecolab. Sinaur Associates, Mass. 251pp. (Undergraduate text/lab book teaches students quantitative conservation biology and wildlife management) Latest release in digital form available from Web of Science. Click here for reviews.

Journal Publications (Undergraduate students underlined)

Dunham, A. E. in press. Battle of the sexes: Cost asymmetry explains female dominance in lemurs. Animal Behaviour.

**[preprint]**

Dunham, A. E. 2008. Above and below ground impacts of terrestrial mammals and birds in a tropical forest. Oikos. 117 (4), 571-579

**[PDF]**

http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.0030-1299.2008.16534.x

Dunham, A. E., Erhart, E., Overdorff, D. Wright, P. C. 2008. Evaluating effects of habitat loss, hunting, and El Niño on a threatened lemur. Biological Conservation. 141:287-297.

**[PDF]**

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2007.10.006

Bagdassarian, C., Dunham, A., Raucher, D. and Brown, C. 2007. Biodiversity maintenance in food webs with regulatory environmental feedbacks. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 4:705-14 **[PDF]**

Dunham, A. E., & Akçakaya, R. H. 2006. Using scalar models for precautionary assessments of threatened species. Conservation Biology. 20 (5), 1499–1506 **[PDF]**

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Amy Dunham

Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Rice University

MS-170, 6100 Main St.

Houston, TX 77005

Contact Information:

Phone: (713) 348-2792

E-mail: aed4(at)rice.edu