Arpat Ozgul
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Research interests
Population ecology, biodemography, life-history evolution, evolutionary demography, metapopulation dynamics, wildlife disease dynamics, quantitative methods for the analysis and management of animal populations.
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Education and professional positions
| 2024 - present | Professor of Population Ecology, Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Switzerland |
| 2017 - 2024 | Associate Professor of Population Ecology, Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Switzerland |
| 2012 - 2017 | Assistant Professor of Population Ecology, Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Switzerland |
| 2011 - 2012 | NERC Advanced Research Fellow, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, UK |
| 2010 - 2011 | Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge / Darwin College, UK |
| 2008 - 2010 | Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, UK |
| 2006 - 2008 | Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Wildlife Ecology & Conservation, University of Florida, USA |
| 2006 | Ph.D. in Wildlife Ecology & Conservation, University of Florida, USA |
Selected publications
See full publication list on Google Scholar.
- García-Navas V., Sattler T., Schmid H., Ozgul A. (2021). High elevation bird communities in the Swiss Alps exhibit reduced fecundity and lifespan independently of phylogenetic effects. Biodivers Conserv 30, 991–1010. DOI: 10.1007/s10531-021-02127-5
- Paniw M., Childs DZ., Armitage KB., Blumstein DT., Martin JGA., Oli MK., Ozgul A. (2020). Assessing seasonal demographic covariation to understand environmental-change impacts on a hibernating mammal. Ecology Letters, 23(4):588-597. DOI: 10.1111/ele.13459
- Paniw M., Maag N., Cozzi G., Clutton-Brock T., Ozgul A. (2019). Life history responses of meerkats to seasonal changes in extreme environments. Science, 363(6427):631-635. DOI: 10.1126/science.aau5905
- Maag N., Cozzi G., Bateman A., Heistermann M., Ganswindt A., Manser M., Clutton-Brock T., Ozgul A. (2019). Cost of dispersal in a social mammal: body mass loss and increased stress. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences, 286(1896):20190033. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2019.0033
- Clements CF., Ozgul A. (2018). Indicators of transitions in biological systems. Ecology Letters, 21(6):905-919. DOI: 10.1111/ele.12948
