Computational Ecology Lab - University of MontanaWe focus on developing, optimizing, and applying individual-based simulation programs for understanding relationships between biological processes, environment, and climate with population patterns across landscapes. Our goals are to produce tools that will be valuable to natural resource managers, planners, decision makers, and scientists with a stake in maintaining biodiversity, from genes to ecosystems.
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Current Research
Riverscape Demogenetics
Multispecies modeling for addressing the combined biodiversity and climate crises for species and ecosystems imperiled by landscape change. 1) Westslope Cutthroat Trout in lower Pend Oreille 2) Bull Trout in lower Pend Oreille 3) Ascaphus in Oregon and Montana |
Landscape Connectivity
Landscape genetics, habitat connectivity modeling for multiple taxa; Wildlife corridor and passage designs. 1) Myotis velifer in Texas 2) Gulo gulo in North America 3) Multispecies across Crown of the Continent 4) Pronghorn in Montana |
Center for Population Health Research
Modeling the factors the influence respiratory health; Improving air pollution and wildfire smoke exposure models. |
The University of Montana resides on the traditional lands of many Indigenous peoples including the Selis (Salish), Ksanka (Kootenai), and Qlispe (Kalispel). Many other Indigenous peoples including the Amskapi Pikuni (Blackfeet), Nimiipuu (Nez Perce), Shoshone, Bannock, and Schitsu'umsh (Coeur D’Alene) also relied upon their traditional knowledge and relationships with this land and this space for survival in the past and today.
We acknowledge that educational, health, and legal systems have led to the direct removal, oppression, and marginalization of Indigenous people throughout Montana and the nation. The University of Montana strives to improve education, service, and scholarship for all Indigenous peoples through actions aimed at respecting tribal sovereignty, empowering Indigenous scholars, and creating safe learning environments for all students to live, work, and learn together in equitable and positive ways.
We acknowledge that educational, health, and legal systems have led to the direct removal, oppression, and marginalization of Indigenous people throughout Montana and the nation. The University of Montana strives to improve education, service, and scholarship for all Indigenous peoples through actions aimed at respecting tribal sovereignty, empowering Indigenous scholars, and creating safe learning environments for all students to live, work, and learn together in equitable and positive ways.