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Current Appointment:
Associate Professor of Biology

Education:
Ph.D. - Cornell University (Mathematical Ecology), 1996
M.Math - University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada (Statistics), 1990
M.S. - Bowling Green State University (Ecology), 1990
B.A. - University of Pennsylvania (Biology and Environmental Studies), 1984

Research Interests:
Ecology:
Population and community dynamics
Population modeling
Application of statistics and computer models to ecosystem management
Landscape Ecology
Biostatistics:
Design and analysis of clinical trials
Applied biostatistics
Visualization of complex data.

Teaching:
Lower Division Courses:
Biostatistics (LD)
Upper Division and Graduate Courses:
Statistical Methods in Biology (Univariate & Multívariate) (UD/G)
Landscape Ecology (UD/G),
Seminar on Ecological Complexity (G)
Seminar in Advanced Biostatistics (G)

Graduate Students:

Current:

Dan Marchalak (MS-Ecology). Population dynamics of endangered butterflies in Southern California.

Mark Mendelsohn (MS-Ecology). The population dynamics of the greater Roadrunner

Liz Reynolds (MS-Ecology). Population dynamics of 3-toed Woodpeckers in post-burn forests

Spring Strahm (MS-Ecology). Spatial competition in disturbed CSS habitat.

Recent Graduates:

Kevin Cummins (MS Ecology - 2003). Factors in the control of parasite populations that have abundant hosts: Cuscuta salina in the salt marsh. [abstract]

Jennifer Lansing (PhD Ecology - 2003). Comparing arbuscular and ectomycorrhizal fungal communities in seven North American forests and their response to nitrogen fertilization.

Zach Principe (MS Ecology –2002). Factors affecting Engelmann Oak (Quercus Engelmannii) regeneration [abstract]

John Chalekian (MS Ecology –2002). Pattern and process in a California Sage Scrub (CSS) community: the effects of local interactions. [abstract]

Bonnie Peterson (MS Ecology – 2002). A multi-scale approach to nest predation of the Least Bell’s Vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus). [abstract]

Selected Publications:

Peterson, B. B. Kus, and D. Deutschman. 2004. Determining nest predators of the least Bell's Vireo through point counts, tracking stations and video photography. J. Field Ornithology 75(1)89-95.

Deutschman, D.H., J. Carstens, R. Klepper, W. Smith, M.T. 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, J. S., D. H. Deutschman, and J. B. Zedler. 2002. Spatial and temporal variation in estuarine fish and invertebrate assemblages. analysis of an 11-year dataset. Estuaries. 25:552-569.

Deutschman, D. H. 2001. The Design and analysis of biodiversity field experiments. Ecological Research. 16(5)833-843.

Franklin, J., Syphard, A., Mladenoff, D., He, H., Simons, D., Martin, R, Deutschman, D., O'Leary, J. 2001. Simulating the effects of different fire regimes on plant functional groups in Southern California. Ecological Modelling. 142(3).261-283.

Archibald, J. D. and D. H. 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, D. H. 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, D. H., S. A. Levin, and S. W. Pacala. 1999. Error propagation in forest succession models: the role of fine-scale heterogeneity in light. Ecology 80(6):1927-1943

Deutschman, D. H., S. A. Levin, C. Devine and L. A. Buttel. 1997. Scaling from trees to forests: analysis of a complex simulation model. Science 277:1688.

Deutschman, D. H., S. A. Levin, C. Devine and L. A. Buttel. 1997. Scaling from trees to forests: analysis of a complex simulation model. Science Online (Science Online is a new, peer-reviewed electronic journal published by the AAAS.
URL: http://www.sciencemag.org/feature/data/deutschman/index.htm.

Pacala, S. W. and D. H. Deutschman. 1995. Details that matter: The spatial distribution of individual trees maintains forest ecosystem function. Oikos 74(3):357-365.

Douglas H. Deutschman
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Last Updated - 2/26/2004