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Patricia Dumandan

Pat Dumandan is interested in exploring research ideas at the nexus of community and temporal ecology. She is keen on using long-term datasets on various ecological communities in different ecosystems to understand and predict the ever-changing nature of nature.

Presentation

I am currently working with Tomas Roslin on a VR-funded project looking into the temperature-dependence of ecological interaction networks. I will focus on exploring how the temporal structure of ecological communities (eg, phenology) and how species interactions can vary under different thermal contexts using data collected from ecophysiological experiments on insects, and from the long-term monitoring program in the Zackenberg research station .

My previous research, as part of my PhD training, is focused on exploring the temporal dynamics of ecological communities. Using long-term datasets on desert rodents and migratory birds of prey , I assessed the role of species interactions and community structures in driving phenological patterns and variation in model transferability.

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PhD Interdisciplinary Ecology, University of Florida, USA (2020-2024)

Dissertation topic: Temporal dynamics of rodent and raptor communities

MS Raptor Biology, Boise State University, USA (2018-2020)

Thesis project: Patterns and drivers in counts of migratory raptors at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, USA

BS Biology major in Ecology, University of the Philippines Mindanao, PH (2010-2014)

Thesis project: Morphological characterization of a pathogenic fungus in pummelo ( Citrus maxima (Burm. Ex. Murph) Merr) and preliminary evaluation of the fungitoxic effects of chitosan

Publikationer i urval

Dumandan, PKT , Simonis, JL, GM Yenni, Ernest, SKM, and EP White. 2024. Transferability of ecological forecasting models to novel biotic conditions in a long-term experimental study. Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4406
Zaiats, A, ME Cattau, DS Pilliod, R. Liu, PKT Dumandan , A. Hojatimalekshah, DM Delparte, et. TT Caughlin. 2024. Structural heterogeneity predicts ecological resistance and resilience to wildfire in arid shrublands.Landscape Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-024-01901-4 .
Dumandan, PKT , GM Yenni, and SKM Ernest. 2023. Shifts in competitive structures can drive variation in species' phenology. Ecology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4160 .
Dumandan, PKT , TMB, Prado, W. Limparungpatthanakij, C. Hansasuta, CB Concepcion, and PD Round. 2022. Among-species differences in seasonal timing and weather correlates of autumn raptor migration at Khao Dinsor, Thailand, 2015–2016. Journal of Raptor Research. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3356/JRR-21-15 .
Acebes, JMV, JN Silberg, TJ Gardner, ER Sabater, AJC Tiongson, P. Dumandan , DMM Verdote, CL Emata, J. Utzurrum, and AA Yaptinchay. 2021. First confirmed sightings of blue whales Balaenoptera musculus Linnaeus, 1758 (Mammalia: Cetartiodactyla: Balaenopteridae) in the Philippines since the 19th century. Journal of Threatened Taxa.13(3):17875-17888. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.6483.13.3.17875-17888 .
Dumandan, PK , KL Bildstein, LJGoodrich, A. Zaiiats, TT Caughlin, and TE Katzner. 2020. Shared functional traits explain synchronous changes in long-term count trends of migratory raptors. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 30(3): 640-650. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13242 .
Dumandan, PKT , LJ Goodrich, Therrien, JF and KL Bildstein. 2017. Abundance and timing of raptors during spring migration at Hawk Mountain, Pennsylvania, 1969-2016. Pennsylvania Birds.30(4):188-198.
Concepcion, CB, PT Dumandan , MR Silvosa, KL Bildstein and TE Katzner. 2017. Species composition, timing, and weather correlates of autumn open-water crossings by raptors migrating along the East-Asian oceanic flyway. Journal of Raptor Research.51(1):25-37. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3356/JRR-16-00001.1 .