Ryan Chisholm

Hi, I am a graduate student in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Princeton University. I have an undergraduate degree in mathematics from the University of Melbourne, Australia. My research interests, broadly defined, are the application of quantitative techniques to the solution of problems in ecology and conservation biology.

My dissertation research focuses on ecosystem service valuation in the South African Fynbos and the impact of invasive species. I am particularly interested in ecosystem service trade offs that arise when carbon sequestration is considered.

I am very much looking forward to meeting and collaborating with everyone at SFI in June.

Refereed papers

• Chisholm, R. A. in press. Sampling species abundance distributions: resolving the veil-line debate. Journal of Theoretical Biology.

• Chisholm, R. A. and Wintle, B. A. 2007. Incorporating landscape stochasticity into population viability analysis. Ecological Applications 17: 317-322.

• Wintle, B. A., S. A. Bekessy, L. A. Venier, J. L. Pearce, and R. A. Chisholm. 2005. Utility of dynamic landscape metapopulation models for sustainable forest management. Conservation Biology 19(6): 1930-1943.

• Taylor, R. J. and R. A. Chisholm. 2005. The occurrence of hollows in eucalypts and Ironwood (Erythrophleum chlorostachys) in the Gulf region of the Northern Territory and its implications for timber harvesting. Pacific Conservation Biology 11(1): 57-63.

• Chisholm, R. A. and M. A. Burgman. 2004. The unified neutral theory of biodiversity and biogeography: comment. Ecology 85 (11): 3172–3174.