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Evan G. Cooch

Associate Professor

Primary Research Areas

  • biocomplexity
  • biological control
  • disease control
  • ecology
  • ecosystem biology
  • evolution
  • mathematics
  • natural resources
  • ornithology
  • pest management
  • risk analysis and assessment
  • wildlife management

Graduate Fields

Research Focus

My current research includes (i) analysis of disease dynamics in a model bird species, (ii) analysis of non-linear methods for assessment of coupling and information exchange, (iii) patch-selection among obligate herbivores, and (iv) optimal harvesting of structured populations.

Selected Publications

PubMed Listings
  • Jennelle, C.S., E.G. Cooch, M.J. Conroy, & J.C. Senar. (2007) State-specific detection probabilities and disease prevalence. Ecological Applications, In press
  • Hauser, C.E., E.G. Cooch, & J.-D. Lebreton (2007) Control of structured populations by harvest. Ecological Modelling, In press.
  • Cam, E., E.G. Cooch, & J-Y. Monnat. (2005) Earlier recruitment or earlier death? On the assumption of homogenous survival rates in recruitment studies. Ecological Monographs, 75, 419-434.
  • Nichols, J.M., L. Moniz, J.D. Nichols, L.M. Pecora, E.G. Cooch (2005) Assessing spatial coupling in complex population dynamics using mutual predication and continuity statistics. Theoretical Population Biology, 67, 9-21
  • Faustino, C.R., C.S. Jennelle, V. Connolly, A.K. Davis, E.C. Swarthout, A.A. Dhondt, E.G. Cooch (2004) Mycoplasma gallispeticum infection dynamics in a house finch population: seasonal variation in survival, encounter and transmission rate. Journal of Animal Ecology, 73, 651-669.