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50
Citations
11922
World Ranking
3783
National Ranking
1323

Overview

Brian Dennis is affiliated with the University of Idaho in the United States and specializes in fields related to mathematics, particularly statistics and probability. Their research spans interdisciplinary areas including artificial intelligence, plant science, ecology, and global and planetary change.

Their work covers a range of advanced topics such as:

  • Advanced Statistical Methods and Models
  • Data Analysis with R
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Ecosystem dynamics and resilience
  • Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models
  • Statistical Methods and Inference
  • Gaussian Processes and Bayesian Inference

Brian Dennis has contributed to research published in multiple scientific venues. These frequently include:

  • Entropy
  • The Journal of Difference Equations and Applications
  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Frontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Some recent publications include the following papers:

  • "Evidential Analysis: An Alternative to Hypothesis Testing in Normal Linear Models," 2024, Entropy
  • "Determination of sample size for a multinomial model coupled with the phenology model," 2024, Frontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics
  • "Capturing chaos: a multidisciplinary approach to nonlinear population dynamics," 2023, The Journal of Difference Equations and Applications
  • "Entropy, Statistical Evidence, and Scientific Inference: Evidence Functions in Theory and Applications," 2022, Entropy
  • "Assessing the Global and Local Uncertainty of Scientific Evidence in the Presence of Model Misspecification," 2021, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Frequent collaborators in Brian Dennis's work include:

  • Mark L. Taper
  • José Miguel Ponciano
  • Robert A. Desharnais
  • Shandelle M. Henson
  • R. F. Costantino

Brian Dennis's research integrates theoretical and applied statistical approaches aimed at improving inference methods and analyzing ecological and biological systems. Their contributions reflect an intersection of mathematics with ecological and computational sciences, employing advanced statistical models and data analysis techniques.

Best Publications

  • ALLEE EFFECTS: POPULATION GROWTH, CRITICAL DENSITY, AND THE CHANCE OF EXTINCTION

    Brian Dennis

  • Estimation of Growth and Extinction Parameters for Endangered Species

    Brian Dennis;Patricia L. Munholland;J. Michael Scott

  • DENSITY DEPENDENCE IN TIME SERIES OBSERVATIONS OF NATURAL POPULATIONS: ESTIMATION AND TESTING'

    Brian Dennis;Mark L. Taper

  • The evidence for Allee effects

    Andrew M. Kramer;Brian Dennis;Andrew M. Liebhold;John M. Drake

  • ESTIMATING COMMUNITY STABILITY AND ECOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS FROM TIME‐SERIES DATA

    A. R. Ives;A. R. Ives;B. Dennis;B. Dennis;K. L. Cottingham;K. L. Cottingham;S. R. Carpenter;S. R. Carpenter

  • Chaotic Dynamics in an Insect Population

    R. F. Costantino;R. A. Desharnais;J. M. Cushing;Brian Dennis

  • ESTIMATING DENSITY DEPENDENCE, PROCESS NOISE, AND OBSERVATION ERROR

    Brian Dennis;José Miguel Ponciano;Subhash R. Lele;Mark L. Taper

  • Sixty years of environmental change in the world's largest freshwater lake – Lake Baikal, Siberia

    Stephanie E. Hampton;Lyubov R. Izmest'eva;Marianne V. Moore;Stephen L. Katz

  • Allee effects in stochastic populations

    Brian Dennis

  • Chaos in Ecology: Experimental Nonlinear Dynamics

    J. M. Cushing;R.F. Costantino;Brian Dennis;Robert A. Desharnais

  • Data cloning: easy maximum likelihood estimation for complex ecological models using Bayesian Markov chain Monte Carlo methods.

    Subhash R. Lele;Brian Dennis;Frithjof Lutscher

  • NONLINEAR DEMOGRAPHIC DYNAMICS: MATHEMATICAL MODELS, STATISTICAL METHODS, AND BIOLOGICAL EXPERIMENTS'

    Brian Dennis;Robert A. Desharnais;J. M. Cushing;R. F. Costantino

  • Discussion: Should Ecologists Become Bayesians?

    Brian Dennis

  • Experimentally induced transitions in the dynamic behaviour of insect populations

    R. F. Costantino;J. M. Cushing;Brian Dennis;Robert A. Desharnais

  • ESTIMATING CHAOS AND COMPLEX DYNAMICS IN AN INSECT POPULATION

    Brian Dennis;Robert A. Desharnais;J. M. Cushing;Shandelle M. Henson

  • The gamma distribution and weighted multimodal gamma distributions as models of population abundance

    B. Dennis;G.P. Patil

  • Joint effects of density dependence and rainfall on abundance of San Joaquin kit fox

    Brian Dennis;Mark R. M. Otten

  • A better way to estimate population trends

    Jean-Yves Humbert;L. Scott Mills;Jon S. Horne;Brian Dennis

  • ESTIMATING POPULATION TREND AND PROCESS VARIATION FOR PVA IN THE PRESENCE OF SAMPLING ERROR

    David F. Staples;Mark L. Taper;Brian Dennis

  • Evolution of Optimal Group Attack, with Particular Reference to Bark Beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae)

    Alan A. Berryman;Brian Dennis;Kenneth F. Raffa;Nils Christian Stenseth

  • COMMUNITY INTERACTION WEBS AND ZOOPLANKTON RESPONSES TO PLANKTIVORY MANIPULATIONS

    Anthony R. Ives;Anthony R. Ives;Stephen R. Carpenter;Stephen R. Carpenter;Brian Dennis;Brian Dennis

  • COMPENSATORY DYNAMICS IN PLANKTONIC COMMUNITY RESPONSES TO pH PERTURBATIONS

    Jennifer L. Klug;Janet M. Fischer;Anthony R. Ives;Brian Dennis

Frequent Co-Authors

Jim M Cushing
Jim M Cushing University of Arizona
Mark L. Taper
Mark L. Taper Montana State University
Ken W. West
Ken W. West Princeton University
Loren Pfeiffer
Loren Pfeiffer Princeton University
Vittorio Pellegrini
Vittorio Pellegrini Italian Institute of Technology
Saber Elaydi
Saber Elaydi Trinity University
Anthony R. Ives
Anthony R. Ives University of Wisconsin–Madison
Vladimir A. Aksyuk
Vladimir A. Aksyuk National Institute of Standards and Technology
Donald R. Strong
Donald R. Strong University of California, Davis
Stephen R. Carpenter
Stephen R. Carpenter University of Wisconsin–Madison

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