Chris Ray
Dr. Chris RayResearch Associate
INSTAAR
University of Colorado
450 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309-0450
United States of America
Phone: 303-489-8863
E-mail: cray(at)colorado.edu
Personal URL: link
Additional functions:
IUCN Lagomorph Specialist Group
Key Publications of Chris Ray (up to ten) :
Schwalm, D., C. W. Epps, T. J. Rodhouse, W. B. Monahan, J. A. Castillo, C. Ray and M. R. Jeffress. In press. Habitat availability and gene flow influence diverging local population trajectories under scenarios of climate change: a place-based approach. Global Change Biology.
Bhattacharyya, S., and C. Ray. In press. Of plants and pikas: evidence for a climate-mediated decline in forage and cache quality. Plant Ecology and Diversity. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17550874.2015.1121520.
Wilkening, J., C. Ray and J. Varner. 2015. Relating sub-surface ice features to physiological stress in a climate sensitive mammal, the American pika (Ochotona princeps). PLoS ONE 10(3):e0119327. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0119327.
Ray, C. and S. K. Collinge. 2014. Quantifying the dominance of local control and the sources of regional control in the assembly of a metacommunity. Ecology 95:2096–2108. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/13-0628.1
Erb, L. P., C. Ray and R. Guralnick. 2014. Determinants of pika population density versus occupancy in the Southern Rocky Mountains. Ecological Applications 24:429–435. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/13-1072.1.
Jeffress, M. R., T. J. Rodhouse, C. Ray, S. Wolff and C. W. Epps. 2013. The idiosyncrasies of place: geographic variation in the climate-distribution relationships of the American pika. Ecological Applications 23:864–878. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/12-0979.1.
Ray, C., E. Beever and S. Loarie. 2012. Retreat of the American pika: up the mountain or into the void? Pages 245-270 in Brodie, J. F., E. Post and D. F. Doak (eds.) Wildlife conservation in a changing climate. University of Chicago Press. 416 pp.
Erb, L. P., C. Ray and R. Guralnick. 2011. On the generality of a climate-mediated shift in the range of the American pika (Ochotona princeps). Ecology 92: 1730–1735.
Beever, E. A., C. Ray, J. L. Wilkening, P. W. Mote, and P. F. Brussard. 2011. Contemporary climate change alters the pace and drivers of extinction. Global Change Biology 17(6):1–17. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02389.x
Wilkening, J. L., C. Ray, E. A. Beever, and P. F. Brussard. 2011. Modeling contemporary range retraction in Great Basin pikas (Ochotona princeps) using data on microclimate and microhabitat. Quaternary International 235:77–88
Expertise of Chris Ray:
| Expertise Category | Specific Expertise |
|---|---|
| Expert Type | Scientific / Fundamental Research |
| Topic Cryosphere | Snow Cover |
| Permafrost / Solifluction | |
| Topic Biosphere | Plants |
| Animals | |
| Topic Ecosystems | Terrestrial Ecosystems |
| Topic Health | Infectious / Vector Borne Disease |
| Topic Sustainability | Ecological Sustainability |
| Statistical Focus | Extreme Events |
| Mean Change / Trends | |
| Variability | |
| Time Scale | Seasonal / Annual |
| Decadal / Centennial | |
| Methods | Data Collection - Measurement |
| Data Analysis | |
| Modeling | |
| Mountain Research Initiative | Long-term monitoring and analysis of indicators of environmental change in mount |
| North America | |
| South East Asia |
Specialties of Chris Ray:
Population biology
Last update: 4/14/16
Source of data: ProClim- Research InfoSystem (1993-2024)
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