Runquist CV

							                                               Erik B. Runquist

Section of Evolution and Ecology                                                                        812 11th Street
6349 Storer Hall                                                                               Davis, California 95616
University of California, Davis                                                                        (530) 756-5158
                                                                                               ebrunquist@ucdavis.edu

EDUCATION

      Ph.D.: Ecology, University of California, Davis. Degree Expected Spring 2009. Thesis: Sexual selection
        and speciation in the sooty hairstreak complex (Satyrium fuliginosa). Advisor: Dr. Arthur Shapiro.

      Bachelor of Science (with Honors): Wildlife Ecology and Conservation. Minor: Zoology. University of
        Florida, Gainesville. May 1999.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

      Analyses of a 34-year database of long-term trends in butterfly populations along a permanent trans-
       California transect. Fall 2004 – present.

      Pan-American phylogeography of three anthropophilic “weedy” skipper butterflies. Spring 2004 to present.

      Effects of cattle-grazing intensity on Lepidoptera, ecological predictors of diversity, predictability in time-
        series data. Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, Oregon. Sept 2002 – present.

      Lepidopteran diversity, taxonomy, and ecology of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, including
        population dynamics and life history of the rare Mardon Skipper. 1991 – present.

      Distribution and population dynamics of the federally endangered Branchinecta lynchi fairy shrimp. Rogue
        Valley, Oregon. The Nature Conservancy. Winter 2001.

      Captive breeding and population dynamics of the federally endangered Schaus’ Swallowtail butterfly. The
        University of Florida. Fall 1995 – Spring 1999.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

      Teaching Assistant. Section of Evolution and Ecology. Biology 1B Lab: Six quarters 2004-2006.

      Dozens of Lepidoptera biology and general ecology workshops through the Siskiyou Field Institute (Cave
       Junction, Oregon), The Nature Conservancy, and other organizations. 2000 – present.

PUBLICATIONS

      Runquist, E.B. 2006 (Submitted) Butterfly Diversity, Cattle Grazing, and Environmental Heterogeneity in the
       Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument.

      Runquist, E.B. 2002. Butterflies and Moths. Pages 57-65 In: Protecting Objects of Scientific Interest in the
       Cascade Siskiyou National Monument: Status, Threats, and Management Recommendations. D.C. Odion
       and E.J. Frost, eds. World Wildlife Fund.

      “Life history characteristics track butterfly fauna population dynamics.” In prep. Analyses of the
        relationships between butterfly life history characteristics and faunal-level population trends following a
        region-wide 1999 “crash” in California’s Central Valley.
PRESENTATIONS

    “Butterflies in the Blender: Patterns of richness and diversity in the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument.”
      Proceedings of the 2005 Meeting of the Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement
      of Science. Ashland, Oregon.

    “Workshop on the Ecology and Status of the Mardon Skipper (Polites mardon): An unusual Pacific
     Northwest butterfly”. Presented in partnership with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and The Xerces
     Society. June 24, 2003. Ashland, Oregon.

    “The Clash of Ecoregions: Butterflies of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument.” The 2000 Pacific Slope
      Section meeting of The Lepidopterists’ Society. Grants Pass, Oregon.

ACADEMIC SERVICE

    Executive Council Member At Large, The Lepidopterists’ Society. July 2003 – July 2006.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

    Association for Tropical Lepidoptera. 1991 – 2002.
    The Lepidopterists’ Society. 1993 – present.
    Ecological Society of America. 2005 – 2006.

RESEARCH GRANTS

    Center for Population Biology, U.C. Davis. 2006: $1200.

    World Wildlife Fund via the Wyss Foundation, funded $5,000 in 2003, renewed 2004 at $10,000.

REFERENCES

    Arthur M. Shapiro, Ph.D.                                                           amshapiro@ucdavis.edu
      Section of Evolution and Ecology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616.             (530) 752-2176

    Pat Randolph, BIS 1B Lab Coordinator.                                             rprandolph@ucdavis.edu
      Section of Evolution and Ecology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616.

    Thomas C. Emmel, Ph.D.                                                                   tcemmel@ufl.edu
      Zoology Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611.                         (352) 392-1137

    Dominick DellaSalla, PhD.                                                              dellasal@wwfks.org
    World Wildlife Fund. 116 Lithia Way, Suite 7. Ashland OR 97520.                             (541) 482-4878

    Darren Borgias, SW Oregon Stewardship Coordinator, TNC.                                  dborgias@tnc.org
     33 N. Central Ave #405. Medford, OR 97502.                                                (541) 770-7933