Ecology Section
Cailin Xu
Contact Information:
Draper Hall
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003
USAEmail: cailin@nrc.umass.edu
Title: Applied Research Scientist
Education:
1997 - B.S., Mathematics
2000 - M.S., Mathematical Ecology
2003 - Ph.D., Ecology
Research Interests:
- Habitat fragmentation/climate change and its effects on distribution, dynamics, and viability of fish and wildlife populations
- Mechanistic versus descriptive/phenomenological models of ecological systems primarily at the population level for conservation and management
- Theoretical and Applied Population Ecology
- Fisheries & Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Biology