David Tallmon

David Tallmon

Collaborating Faculty

Fish and Fisheries Genetics
Fisheries Ecology
Fisheries Oceanography


Natural Sciences Department
Â鶹¹ÙÍø Southeast
205D Anderson, 11275 Glacier Hwy
Juneau, AK 99801
907-796-6330
datallmon@alaska.edu

 
Education

University of Montana
Ph.D. Ecology
2001

University of Montana
M.S. Ecology
1995

University of California, Santa Cruz
B.A. Biology
1992

 

Curriculum Vitae

 

Advising

 

Selected Publications

Bell, D.A., Z.L. Robinson, W.C. Funk, S.W. Fitzpatrick, F.W. Allendorf, D.A. Tallmon, and A.R. Whiteley. 2019. The exciting potential and remaining uncertainties of genetic rescue. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 34 (12): 1071–1079. 

Levi, T., J.M. Allen, D. Bell, J. Joyce, J.R. Russell, D.A. Tallmon, S.C. Vulstek, Y. Yahan, and D.W. Yu. 2019. Environmental DNA for the enumeration and management of Pacific salmon. Molecular Ecology Resources 19 (3): 597–608. 

Bell, D.A., R.P. Kovach, S.C. Vulstek, J.E. Joyce, and D.A. Tallmon. 2017. Climate-induced trends in predator-prey synchrony differ across life-history stages of an anadromous salmonid. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 74 (9): 1431–1438. 

Tallmon, D.A., and R.P. Kovach. 2017. Genetic responses to rapid change in the environment during the Anthropocene. In: D.A. DellaSala and M.I. Goldstein (eds.), The Encyclopedia of the Anthropocene, Vol 3, pp. 281–286. Oxford: Elsevier.

Kovach, R.P., S.C. Ellison, S. Pyare, and D.A. Tallmon. 2015. Temporal patterns in adult salmon migration timing across southeast Alaska. Global Change Biology 21 (5): 1821–1833. 

Whiteley, A.R., S.W. Fitzpatrick, W.C. Funk, and D.A. Tallmon. 2015. Genetic rescue to the rescue. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 30 (1): 42–49. 

Kovach, K.P., J.E. Joyce, S.C. Vulstek, E.M. Barrientos, and D.A. Tallmon. 2014. Variable effects of climate and density on the juvenile ecology of two salmonids in an Alaskan lake. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 71 (14): 799–807. 

Specialties

  • fish and fisheries genetics
  • population genetics
  • evolutionary ecology

 

Â鶹¹ÙÍø Overview

My general interests are in evolution, ecology and conservation biology. My focus is on understanding the evolutionary and ecological dynamics of natural populations using demographic and genetic models, molecular genetic data and field data. I have a long-standing interest in combining population genomics and demographic information to infer important evolutionary and demographic parameters for wild populations. More recently, my postdocs and I have focused upon the role of phenotypic plasticity in adaptation.

 

Current Â鶹¹ÙÍø Projects

  • The plasticity and genetic basis of color variation in coastrange sculpin
  • The use of effective population size to monitor changes in wild populations
  • Climate change as a selective force on run timing of salmon

 

Affiliations

  • Â鶹¹ÙÍø Scientist, Institute of Arctic Biology, UAF
  • Associate Professor & Department Chair, Biology & Marine Biology Program, University of Alaska Southeast

 

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