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We study the dynamics of food webs and ecosystems.
Through analysis of predator-prey or plant-herbivore interactions, we resolve the functional role of species within communities and how those roles determine attendant ecosystem functioning. We combine empirical research with mathematical modeling and deal with a variety of ecosystems and study species on 4 continents, ranging from livestock and tigers in Indian jungles to monkeys in Panamanian tropical forests to insects and their spider predators in Connecticut grasslands.
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Schmitz Lab
Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies 370 Prospect Street Greeley Laboratory, Room 112 New Haven, CT 06511 USA Phone: (203) 432-5110 Fax: (203) 432-3929 oswald.schmitz [at] yale.edu |
Recent Publications
Glick, H.B. 2014. Modeling cougar habitat in the Northeastern United States. Ecological Modeling. In press.
Ripple, W.J., J.A. Estes, R.L. Beschta, C.C. Wilmers, E.G. Ritchie, M. Hebblewhite, J. Berger, B. Elmhagen, M. Letnic, M. P. Nelson, O.J. Schmitz, D.W. Smith, A.D. Wallach and A. J. Wirsing. 2014. Status and ecological effects of the world's largest carnivores. Science: 243(6167): 1241484.
Ko, C-Y., O.J. Schmitz, M. Barbett-Massin and W. Jetz. 2013. Dietary guild composition and disaggregation of avian assemblages under climate change. Global Change Biology. In press.
Miller, J.R.B., J.M. Ament, and O.J. Schmitz. 2013. Fear on the move: predator hunting mode predicts variation in prey mortality and plasticity in prey spatial response. Journal of Animal Ecology. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.12111. 83(1):214-222.
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Ripple, W.J., J.A. Estes, R.L. Beschta, C.C. Wilmers, E.G. Ritchie, M. Hebblewhite, J. Berger, B. Elmhagen, M. Letnic, M. P. Nelson, O.J. Schmitz, D.W. Smith, A.D. Wallach and A. J. Wirsing. 2014. Status and ecological effects of the world's largest carnivores. Science: 243(6167): 1241484.
Ko, C-Y., O.J. Schmitz, M. Barbett-Massin and W. Jetz. 2013. Dietary guild composition and disaggregation of avian assemblages under climate change. Global Change Biology. In press.
Miller, J.R.B., J.M. Ament, and O.J. Schmitz. 2013. Fear on the move: predator hunting mode predicts variation in prey mortality and plasticity in prey spatial response. Journal of Animal Ecology. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.12111. 83(1):214-222.
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2013-2104 Schmitzers at our Fall BBQ (left to right): Rachel, Colin, Alex, Jeff, Anne, Adam, Karin, Jennie, Os, Rob, Kevin and Bryan.
