Cooch, Evan G.
Associate Professor
I would describe myself as an applied evolutionary/theoretical ecologist. My goals are to use the methods and ideas from evolutionary ecologist, in an applied context. My primary applied research is focused on a series of themes; all focused on the general question of making optimal resource management decisions under uncertainty. Each of the themes addresses one particular area of uncertainty: (i) structural (research on modeling population dynamics), (ii) observation (research on estimation of model parameters), (iii) controllability (estimation on harvest management of structured populations, from both technical and human dimensions perspective), and (iv) optimal decision theory for state-dependent management strategies. My conceptual research is directed at 2 primary questions: (i) assessment of methods for direct and indirect assessment of spatial structuring and coupling in populations, and (ii) analysis of evidence for phenotypic life-history trade-offs, using advanced statistical methodologies.
research
research and scholarship 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.
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research areas
- biocomplexity | collaborative research area (CALS)
- biological control | collaborative research area (CALS)
- disease control | collaborative research area (CALS)
- ecology | collaborative research area (CALS)
- ecosystem biology | collaborative research area (CALS)
- evolution | collaborative research area (CALS)
- mathematics | collaborative research area (CALS)
- natural resources | collaborative research area (CALS)
- ornithology | collaborative research area (CALS)
- pest management | collaborative research area (CALS)
- risk analysis and assessment | collaborative research area (CALS)
- wildlife management | collaborative research area (CALS)
submitted impact statement
- Analysis of life table response experiments: the stochastic growth rate | 2006 Impact statement
- State-specific detection probabilities and disease prevalence: an index by any other name | 2006 Impact statement
- Analysis of coupling in complex ecological communities | 2006 Impact statement
- Assessing spatial coupling in complex population dynamics | 2005 Impact statement
- Estimating disease prevalence in human and other organisms | 2004 Impact statement
affiliations
faculty appointment in
- Natural Resources (NTRES/DNR) | Cornell department
member of graduate field
- Computational Biology | graduate field
- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | graduate field
- Natural Resources | graduate field
- Risk Analysis, Communication and Policy | minor graduate field
other Cornell affiliations
- Center for the Environment (CFE) | former research center
teaching
teaching focus
Quantitative methods.
teaches
- NTRES 3100 - Applied Population Ecology (TR 01:25:PM-02:40:PM) | fall 2009 class
- NTRES 4100 - Conservation Biology: Concepts and Techniques (TR 10:10:AM-11:00:AM) | fall 2009 class
- NTRES 4971 - Individual Study in Applied Ecology and Conservation Ecology (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- NTRES 7900 - Graduate-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- NTRES 8900 - Master's Thesis Research (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- NTRES 9900 - Doctoral-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- TOX 8900 - Master's Thesis and Research (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- TOX 9900 - Doctoral Thesis and Research (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- NTRES 4120 - Wildlife Population Analysis: Techniques and Models (TR 12:20:PM-01:10:PM) | spring 2009 class
- NTRES 4971 - Individual Study in Applied Ecology and Conservation Ecology (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- NTRES 6120 - Wildlife Population Analysis: Techniques and Models (TR 12:20:PM-01:10:PM) | spring 2009 class
- NTRES 7900 - Graduate-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- NTRES 8900 - Master's Thesis Research (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- NTRES 9900 - Doctoral-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- TOX 8900 - Master's Thesis and Research (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- TOX 9900 - Doctoral Thesis and Research (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- NTRES 3100 - Applied Population Ecology (TR 01:25:PM-02:40:PM) | fall 2008 class
service
event organizer
publications
selected publications (listing in progress)
- 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.
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Keywords: biometrics, decision theory, evolutionary ecology, natural resources, ornithology, population dynamics, population modeling, quantitative ecology, risk assessment, statistical ecology, theoretical ecology, wildlife ecology, wildlife management