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Dennis Murray

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About Me

My interests are broad and widely reflected in these pages. I am particularly interested in linking individual attributes such as behaviour, physiology, or nutrition to population processes like survival, dispersal and productivity.  I have a longstanding fascination with victim-exploiter relationships (predator-prey, host-parasite, or plant-herbivore interactions) and how they affect individuals and populations, either through direct changes in fitness or indirectly through more subtle interactions with other biotic or abiotic factors.  It is notable that predation and parasitism may be aggravated in populations undergoing decline, at the edge of their geographic range, or in marginal habitat. So while such research is grounded in basic ecology, it often adopts a strong conservation spin. I am also interested in the development and application of models and other tools for the analysis, conservation, and management of populations and species. 

Position

  • Canada Research Chair in Integrative Wildlife Conservation, Bioinformatics, and Ecological Modeling
  • Director, Bioenvironmental Monitoring and Assessment graduate program
  • Professor of Biology, Trent University

Current Service

Editorial work
  • Specialty Chief Editor, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution -Population Dynamics
  • Associate Editor, Wildlife Research
  • Associate Editor, MDPI Biology

Selected Publications

* lab members at the time work was done

Murray, D.L., and Bastille-Rousseau, G.* 2019. Estimating cause-specific mortality and hazard using time-to-event information. Population Ecology in Practice (Murray, D.L. & Sandercock, B., eds). Wiley-Blackwell, London. 

Murray, D.L., Bastille-Rousseau, G.*, Beaty, L.E.*, Hornseth, M.*, Row, J.* , and Thornton, D.H.* 2019. From research hypothesis to model selection: A strategy toward robust inference in population ecology. Population Ecology in Practice (Murray, D.L. & Sandercock, B., eds). Wiley-Blackwell, London. 

Murray, D.L., Peers, M.J.L.*, Majchrzak, Y.N.*, Wehtje, M.*, Ferreira, C.*, Pickles, R.S.A.*, Row, J.R.*, and Thornton, D.H.* 2017. Continental divide: Predicting climate-mediated fragmentation and biodiversity loss in the boreal forest. PLoS (One) 12(5): e0176706.

Murray, D.L., Morris, D., Lavoie, C., Leavitt, P., MacIsaac, H., Masson, M., and Villard, M.-A. Bias in research grant evaluation has dire consequences for small universities. PLoS ONE 11: e0155876.​

Murray, D.L., Bastille-Rousseau, G.*, Adams, J.R, and Waits, L.P. 2015. The challenges of red wolf conservation and the fate of an endangered species recovery program. Conservation Letters DOI: 10.1111/conl.12157.

Murray, D.L., Hussey, K.F., Finnegan, L., Lowe, S., Price, G., Benson, J., Loveless, K., Middel, K., Mills, K., Potter, D., Silver, A., Fortin, M.-J., Patterson, B., and Wilson, P.J. 2012. Assessment of the status and viability of a moose population at its range limit in southern Ontario. Canadian Journal of Zoology 90: 422-434.

Murray, D.L., Smith, D.W., Bangs, E.E., Mack, C., Oakleaf, J., Fontaine, J., Boyd, D., Jiminez, M., Niemeyer, C., Meier, T.J., and Stahler, D., Holyan, J., Asher, V.J. 2010. Death from anthropogenic causes is partially compensatory in recovering wolf populations. Biological Conservation 143:2514-2524.

Murray, D.L., Anderson, M.G., and Steury, T.D.* 2010. Temporal shifts in density dependence among North American breeding duck populations.  Ecology 91: 571-581.
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Teaching

Graduate

BEMA 5001           Current Topics in Environmental Monitoring (online)
BEMA 5009          Sampling Design in Environmental Research (online)
BEMA 5013.          Placement
BEMA 5014.          Capstone

EnLS 5001-5003  Core Course 
EnLS 5080            Predator-Prey Interactions
EnLS 5530            Population Viability Analysis 
EnLS 5440            Analysis and Interpretation of Ecological Timeseries
EnLS 5330            Population and Statistical Analysis

Undergraduate

Biology 3360H     Behavioural Ecology ​

Short Course

Applied Survival Analysis​

Contact:

​Office: D243 LHS Building
Tel: (705) 748-1011 x 7078
Fax: 705-748-1003
Email: dennismurray[AT]trentu[DOT]ca
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  • Home
  • People
    • Dennis Murray
    • Postdoctoral Fellows
    • Graduate Students
    • Undergrads
    • Former Lab Members
  • Research
    • Predator-Prey Interactions
    • Population Ecology
    • Conservation Biology
  • Publications
  • Openings
  • Lab News
  • Links