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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. Increasingly, I am interested in the development and application of models and statistical tools for the analysis, conservation, and management of populations, communities, and ecosystems, as well as the role of scientists in ensuring evidence-based environmental policy decisions.
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Selected Publications
* lab members at the time work was done underlined
Murray, D. & Thornton, D. 2025. Lynx canadensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2025: e.T12518A275326314.
Murray, D.L., and Krebs, C.J. 2024. Editorial: Long-term monitoring in ecology and evolution - Establishing a sound baseline to help inform our future. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 12: doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2024.1469489
Murray, D.L., Gobin, J., Scully, A.S., Thornton, D.H. 2023. Conventional niche overlap measurements are not effective for assessing interspecific competition. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 11: 1281108.
Murray, D.L., and Bastille-Rousseau, G. 2020. 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. 2020. 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., 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.
* lab members at the time work was done underlined
Murray, D. & Thornton, D. 2025. Lynx canadensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2025: e.T12518A275326314.
Murray, D.L., and Krebs, C.J. 2024. Editorial: Long-term monitoring in ecology and evolution - Establishing a sound baseline to help inform our future. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 12: doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2024.1469489
Murray, D.L., Gobin, J., Scully, A.S., Thornton, D.H. 2023. Conventional niche overlap measurements are not effective for assessing interspecific competition. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 11: 1281108.
Murray, D.L., and Bastille-Rousseau, G. 2020. 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. 2020. 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., 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.
Teaching
BEMA 5011 Population Viability Analysis (online)
BEMA 5008 Sampling Design in Environmental Research (online)
BEMA 5013. Placement
BEMA 5014. Capstone
BEMA 5008 Sampling Design in Environmental Research (online)
BEMA 5013. Placement
BEMA 5014. Capstone