Don DeAngelis, Ph.D.
Don DeAngelis is a Senior Scientist and Research Ecologist at the USGS Wetland and Aquatic Research Center.
RESEARCH
Donald DeAngelis is an ecologist, specializing in mathematical and simulation modeling. He was one of the early developers of individual-based modeling (IBM) in population ecology, and has applied IBM to fish and other populations. Among his other interests are modeling of vegetation succession, nutrient cycling, mutualistic interactions, and food webs. He is coordinator of the Across Trophic Level System Simulation (ATLSS) Program, a multi-project, multi-investigator program with the objective of providing simulation models to assist Everglades restoration.
BACKGROUND
1994-present, Ecologist, U. S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Florida Caribbean Science Center, Department of Biology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33124 Research Faculty Associate Professor, Department of Biology, University of Miami
Editor, The American Naturalist, 2004 -present
Editorial Boards
Currently: Ecological Complexity
Previously: Ecosystems, Mathematical Biosciences, Ecology, Ecological Monographs, Nonlier World, Journal of Aquatic Stress and Recovery Awards Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1983 Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc. Technical Publications Award, 1986 Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc. Technical Publications Award, 1987 First Place, 1990 International Technical Publication Competition, sponsored by the Society for Technical Communication Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc., Technical Publications Award, 1991
Grants 'Spatial Gradients in Nutrient Recycling and Their Effect on Stream Ecosystem Stability'. National Science Foundation, April 1, 1991 - March 31, 1994, $1,419,019. Co-Principal Investigators, D. L. DeAngelis and P. J. Mulholland
'Compensatory Mechanisms in Fish Populations', Electric Power Research Institute. 1988 - 1996. Approximately $1 million per year. Principal Investigator, W. Van Winkle. D. L.
DeAngelis developed the approach used and wrote the initial funded proposal 'Synthesis of Species-Population Dynamics and Ecosystem Processes: Theoretical Study of the Stability and Development of Food Web Structure'. National Science Foundation, United States - Japan Cooperative Science Program. January 1, 1991 - December 31, 1992.Co-Principal Investigators, E. Teramoto and D. L. DeAngelis. Environmental Sciences Division Scientific Achievement Award for 1982 Areas of Focus Conservation and Restoration Biology Mathematical and Theoretical Biology
Education and Certifications
Ph.D., Engineering and Applied Science (Plasma Physics), Yale University, 1972
B.S., Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1966
Science and Products
Optimal exploitation of spatially distributed trophic resources and population stability
The use of models for a multiscaled ecological monitoring system: Chapter 6
The use of resighting data to estimate the rate of population growth of the snail kite in Florida
Community food webs
ATLSS High Resolution Topography and Hydrology Model
ATLSS PanTrack Tool Enables Visualization of Florida Panther Movements
An individual-based model of rabbit viral haemorrhagic disease on European wild rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
Applying linear programming to estimate fluxes in ecosystems or food webs: An example from the herpetological assemblage of the freshwater Everglades
Importance of the predator's ecological neighborhood in modeling predation on migrating prey
. Ecological conceptual models: a framework and case study on ecosystem management for South Florida sustainability
Book review: Simulating ecological and evolutionary systems in C
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Optimal exploitation of spatially distributed trophic resources and population stability
The relationships between optimal foraging of individuals and population stability are addressed by testing, with a spatially explicit model, the effect of patch departure behaviour on individual energetics and population stability. A factorial experimental design was used to analyse the relevance of the behavioural factor in relation to three factors that are known to affect individual energeticsAuthorsA. Basset, M. Fedele, D.L. DeAngelisThe use of models for a multiscaled ecological monitoring system: Chapter 6
No abstract availableAuthorsDonald L. DeAngelis, L.J. Gross, E.J. Comiskey, Wolf M. Mooij, M.P. NottThe use of resighting data to estimate the rate of population growth of the snail kite in Florida
The rate of population growth (lambda) is an important demographic parameter used to assess the viability of a population and to develop management and conservation agendas. We examined the use of resighting data to estimate lambda for the snail kite population in Florida from 1997-2000. The analyses consisted of (1) a robust design approach that derives an estimate of lambda from estimates of popAuthorsV.J. Dreitz, J. D. Nichols, J. E. Hines, R.E. Bennetts, W.M. Kitchens, D.L. DeAngelisCommunity food webs
Community food webs describe the feeding relationships, or trophic interactions, between the species of an ecological community. Both the structure and dynamics of such webs are the focus of food web research. The topological structures of empirical food webs from many ecosystems have been published on the basis of field studies and they form the foundation for theory concerning the mean number ofAuthorsDonald L. DeAngelisATLSS High Resolution Topography and Hydrology Model
No abstract available.AuthorsDonald L. DeAngelis, Scott M. Duke-SylvesterATLSS PanTrack Tool Enables Visualization of Florida Panther Movements
No abstract available.AuthorsDonald L. DeAngelisAn individual-based model of rabbit viral haemorrhagic disease on European wild rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
We developed an individual-based model of Rabbit Viral Hemorrhagic Disease (RVHD) for European wild rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus L.), representing up to 1000 rabbits in four hectares. Model output for productivity and recruitment matched published values. The disease was density-dependent and virulence affected outcome. Strains that caused death after several days produced greater overall mortalAuthorsJohn E. Fa, Colin M. Sharples, Diana J. Bell, Donald L. DeAngelisApplying linear programming to estimate fluxes in ecosystems or food webs: An example from the herpetological assemblage of the freshwater Everglades
We present the application of Linear Programming for estimating biomass fluxes in ecosystem and food web models. We use the herpetological assemblage of the Everglades as an example. We developed food web structures for three common Everglades freshwater habitat types: marsh, prairie, and upland. We obtained a first estimate of the fluxes using field data, literature estimates, and professional juAuthorsJames E. Diffendorfer, Paul M. Richards, George H. Dalrymple, Donald L. DeAngelisImportance of the predator's ecological neighborhood in modeling predation on migrating prey
Most mathematical descriptions of predator-prey interactions fail to take into account the spatio-temporal structures of the populations, which can lead to errors or misinterpretations. For example, a compact pulse of prey migrating through a field of quasi-stationary predators may not be well described by standard predator-prey models, because the predators and prey are unlikely to be well mixed;AuthorsDonald L. DeAngelis, James H. Petersen. Ecological conceptual models: a framework and case study on ecosystem management for South Florida sustainability
The Everglades and South Florida ecosystems are the focus of national and international attention because of their current degraded and threatened state. Ecological risk assessment, sustainability and ecosystem and adaptive management principles and processes are being used nationally as a decision and policy framework for a variety of types of ecological assessments. The intent of this study is tAuthorsJ.H. Gentile, M.A. Harwell, W. Cropper, C. C. Harwell, Donald L. DeAngelis, S. Davis, J.C. Ogden, D. LirmanBook review: Simulating ecological and evolutionary systems in C
Review info: Simulating ecological and evolutionary systems in c. By Will Wilson, 2000. ISBN: 978-0521776585, 320 pp.AuthorsDonald L. DeAngelis - News