Katie Dugger Ph.D

Education

• Ph D University of Missouri, Columbia 1997
• MS University of Missouri, Columbia 1991
• BS University of California, Davis 1986

Research Interests

Population ecology, particularly the estimation and modeling of vital rates in relation to environmental variation (habitat characteristics, climate) as key elements in the conservation and management of species and their ecosystems.

Professional Society Service

• Cooper Ornithological Society - Member, Board of Directors, Treasurer (March 2006 - October 2012)
• Cooper Ornithological Society - Member, Mewaldt-King Award Committee (January 2000 - December 2002)

Research Publications

• Van Doorslaer, K, V. Ruoppolo, A. Schmidt, A. Lescroel, D. Jongsomjit, M. Elrod, S. Kraberger, D. Stainton, K.M. Dugger, G. Ballard, D.G. Ainley, and A. Varsani. 2017.
  Unique genome organization of non-mammalian
  papillomaviruses provides insights into the evolution
  of viral early proteins. Viral Evolution 3(2):1-12. doi: 10.1093/ve/vex027
• Youngflesh, C., S. Jenouvrier, Y.Li, R. Ji, D.G. Ainley, G. Ballard, C. Barbraud, K. Delord, K.M. Dugger, W.R. Fraser, J.T. Hinke, P.O’B. Lyver, S. Olmastroni, S.G. Trivelpiece, W.Z. Trivelpiece, and H.J. Lynch. Importance of environmental variability in phenological match-mismatch: lessons from a circumpolar analysis of the Adélie penguin. Ecology 98(4):940-951.
• Krementz, DG, KL Willard, JM Carroll, and KM Dugger. 2016. King Rail (Rallus elegans) Nesting and Brood-Rearing Ecology in a Managed Wetland in Oklahoma, USA. Waterbirds 39:241-249.
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Current Projects

• The demography of Northern Spotted Owls in Oregon and Washington
• Adélie penguin response to climate change at the individual, colony and metapopulation levels.

Completed Projects

• Response of desert bighorn sheep in the Mojave National Preserve to respiratory disease.
• Intra-guild predator dynamics: the effects of recolonizing gray wolf populations on cougars in northeast Oregon.
• Demographics and habitat use of Greater Sage-Grouse in wildfire-affected habitats in Oregon.
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Courses

• Analysis of Animal Populations (2017)
• Analysis of Animal Populations (2015)
• Analysis of Animal Populations (2013)
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Oregon Other Professional Positions and Memberships

• Katie DuggerTeam Member, Marbled Murrelet Habitat Monitoring Team for Northwest Forest Plan 15-year review (May 2008 - May 2011)
• Katie DuggerTeam member, Northern Spotted owl Recovery Plan Advisory Team (January 2008 - January 2011)
• Katie DuggerCommittee Member, Northern Spotted Owl Draft Recovery Plan Habitat Working Group (January 2008 - March 2008)
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Oregon University Committees and Workgroups

• Katie DuggerChair/Graduate Committee/Department of Fisheries & Wildlife/Oregon State University (October 2011 - September 2015)
• Katie DuggerChair/Good-of-the-Department Committee/Department of Fisheries & Wildlife/Oregon State University (October 2009 - September 2011)
• Katie DuggerMember/Good-of-the-Department Committee/Department of Fisheries & Wildlife/Oregon State University (October 2007 - September 2009)
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Technical Publications

• Wiens, JD, KM Dugger, KE Lewicki, and DC Simon. 2015. Effects of experimental removal of barred owls on population demography of northern spotted owls in Washington and Oregon - 2015 Progress Report. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2016-1041, 16 p., http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20161041. [IP-072911, approved 3/11/2016]
• Dugger, K.D., S. Ackers, R. Claremont, K. Crawford, R. Leach, K. Skybak, and C. Steele. 2015. The Demography of Northern Spotted Owls (Strix occidentalis caurina) on the Willamette National Forest, Oregon. Oregon Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit (OCFWRU), Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon. Annual Progress Report, 52pp.
• Dugger, KM, S Andrews, JD Brooks, L Friar, T Phillips, and T Tippin. 2015. Demographic Characteristics and Ecology of Spotted Owls (Strix occidentalis caurina) in the Southern Oregon Cascades. Oregon Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit (OCFWRU), Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon. Annual Progress Report. 33p.
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