ARPAT OZGUL

Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Coulson Lab

I am an ecologist, and my research interests range in population ecology, biodemography, evolutionary demography, metapopulation dynamics, life-history evolution, wildlife disease dynamics, conservation biology and various quantitative methods for the analysis and management of animal populations.

Latest:

Ozgul A, Childs DZ, Oli MK, Armitage KB, Blumstein DT, Olson LE, Tuljapurkar S, Coulson S (2010) Coupled dynamics of body mass and population growth in response to environmental change. Nature 466: 482:485

Ozgul A, Tuljapurkar S, Benton TG, Pemberton JM, Clutton-Brock TH, Coulson T (2009) The dynamics of phenotypic change and the shrinking sheep of St. Kilda. Science 325: 464-467

Ozgul A, Oli MK, Bolker BM, Perez-Heydrich C (2009) Upper respiratory tract disease, force of infection, and effects on survival of gopher tortoises. Ecological Applications 19: 786-798

Ozgul A, Armitage KB, Blumstein DT, Van Vuren DH, Oli MK (2009) Influence of local demographic processes on the metapopulation dynamics of the yellow-bellied marmot. American Naturalist 173: 517-530