Martha F Hoopes
Assistant Professor
mhoopes@mtholyoke.edu
413-538-2210
Office: Clapp 214
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EDUCATION
BA in Physics and English, Phi Beta Kappa. Williams College, Williamstown, MA, 1987.
Ph.D., Graduate Group in Ecology, University of California, Davis 1999
POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING
University of California, Berkeley, CA 1999-2004
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Conservation biology; invasion dynamics; spatial modeling; the roles of spatial and temporal variability in population and community dynamics; responses to habitat fragmentation; host-parasitoid, plant-herbivore, and tri-trophic interactions; intersection of theoretical and empirical ecology.
COURSES

Biology 223

Ecology

Fall

Biology 331 Theory and Application of Conservation Biology Spring
Env. Stud. 100 Introduction to Environmental Studies Spring
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Boukili, V.S., M.F. Hoopes, and C.J. Briggs. 2007. Effect of microenvironment on development of a gall midge. Journal of Environmental Entomology 36:451-457.

Lockwood, J., M.F. Hoopes, and M.P. Marchetti. 2007. Invasion Ecology. Blackwell Science, Oxford, UK.

Darrouzet-Nardi*, A., M.F. Hoopes, J.D. Walker*, C.J. Briggs. 2006. Dispersal and foraging behavior of Platygaster californica: Hosts can’t run, but they can hide. Ecological Entomology 31: 298-306.

Hoopes, M.F., R.D. Holt, and M. Holyoak. 2005. The effects of spatial processes on two-species interactions. Pp. 35-67 in M. Holyoak, R.D. Holt, and M.A. Leibold, eds. Metacommunities: spatial dynamics and ecological communities. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, USA.

Amarasekare, P., M.F. Hoopes, N. Mouquet, M. Holyoak. 2004. Coexistence in competitive metacommunities. American Naturalist 164: 310-326.

Briggs, C.J. and M.F. Hoopes. 2004. The effect of dispersal in host-parasitoid and predator-prey models: a review and synthesis. Theoretical Population Biology 65:299-315.

Leibold, M.A., M. Holyoak, N. Mouquet, P. Amarasekare, J. Chase, M.F. Hoopes, R. Holt, J. Shurin, R. Law, D. Tilman, M. Loreau, and A. Gonzalez. 2004. The metacommunity concept: a framework for multi-scale community ecology. Ecology Letters 7:601-613.

Shurin, J.B., P. Amarasekare, J.M. Chase, R.D. Holt, M.F. Hoopes, M.A. Leibold. 2004. Alternative stable states and regional community structure. Journal of Theoretical Biology 227:359-368.

Hoopes, M.F. and L.M. Hall*. 2002. Edaphic factors and competition affect pattern formation and invasion in a California grassland. Ecological Applications 12:24-39.

Last Modified: September 15, 2006

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