Patricia Doak

Institute of Arctic Biology

Department of Biology and Wildlife
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks , AK 99775

Office Phone (907) 474-6449

ffpd@uaf.edu

 

 

Research Interests

My research is motivated by three main areas of interest: 1) population and evolutionary ecology of plant-insect interactions, 2) the impact of patchy or fragmented habitat structure on population and community level processes, and 3) how detailed examination of individual behavior can be used to scale up to explanations of population level processes. My own research centers on insect population ecology, however my interests extend beyond the world of insects.

 

Graduate Student Opportunities

I am currently recruiting PhD and MS students for a NSF-funded project examining herbivory and extrafloral nectaries in aspen.

 

Teaching

Biology 471 Population Ecology

Biology 481/681 Principles of Evolution

 

Education

  • A.B. 1986. Dartmouth College, Hanover , NH. Biology.          
  • Ph.D. 1997. Cornell University , Ithaca, NY . Field of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.

 

Publications

Doak, P., Kareiva, P. & Kingsolver, J. 2006. Fitness consequences of choosy oviposition for a time-limited butterfly. Ecology 87(2):395-408. [pdf]

Sformo, T. & Doak, P. 2006. Thermal ecology of Alaskan dragonflies (Odonata: Anisoptera). Functional Ecology 20:114-123. [pdf]

Doak, P. 2004. The impact of tree and stand characteristics on spruce beetle (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) induced mortality of white spruce in the Copper River Basin , Alaska . Can. J. For. Res. 34:810-816. [pdf]

Fastie, C.L., Lloyd, A.H., & Doak, P.. 2003. Fire history and postfire forest development in an upland watershed of Interior Alaska. JGR 108:6.

Doak, P. 2000. Habitat patchiness and the distribution, abundance and population dynamics of an insect herbivore. Ecology 81(8):1842-1857. [pdf]

Doak, P. 2000. Population consequences of restricted dispersal for an insect herbivore in a subdivided habitat. Ecology 81(8):1828-1841. [pdf]

Doak, P. 2000. The effects of plant dispersion and host density on parasitism rates in a naturally patchy habitat. Oecologia 122:556-567. [pdf]

 

 

Current research projects: 

  • Within-stand spread of spruce bark beetle, Dendroctonus rufipennis, infestations.

 

  • The role of extrafloral nectaries in influencing interactions among aspen, its herbivores and their natural enemies.