Adam Duarte

Olympia, WA 98512-1101
United States
Dr. Duarte’s research focuses on the application of population and landscape ecology principles to better understand and predict how species respond to environmental heterogeneity across ecological and spatial scales. His research involves three major themes: (1) the development, evaluation, and application of hierarchical models to estimate the distribution, abundance, and demography of species; (2) the development of decision-support models to forecast how species will respond to future conditions; and (3) the use of remote sensing technologies to quantify change in the distribution of species and their habitats at large spatial scales. Dr. Duarte has worked with a variety of taxa on diverse issues. His current major projects include integrating monitoring, modeling, and management for marbled murrelets across the Northwest Forest Plan Area; quantifying the effects of forest management on avian communities in the Blue Mountains; examining factors related to amphibian population dynamics throughout the Pacific Northwest; co-leading a multi-agency stakeholder group through the structured decision making process to develop restoration strategies for anadromous fishes in the California Central Valley; and developing and evaluating spatially explicit hierarchical models to quantify spatiotemporal variation in the distribution and abundance of rare species.
- Adaptive management
- Decision analysis
- Demographic and population estimation
- Integrated population models
- Landscape ecology
- Population dynamics and monitoring
- Resource selection and space use
- Wildlife ecology, conservation, and management
Natural resource managers and policy makers must be able to evaluate tradeoffs in potential actions aimed at achieving multiple objectives in the face of uncertainty. Dr. Duarte’s research uses quantitative methods to integrate ecological principles with monitoring, research, and management to inform decisions and facilitate a more structured, adaptive, and transparent decision-making process to better meet conservation and management objectives.
- Texas State University, Ph.D., Wildlife Ecology, 2015
- Texas State University, M.S., Wildlife Ecology, 2011
- Texas A&M University, B.S., Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, 2009
- Adjunct Graduate Faculty, Department of Biology and Department of Geography, Texas State University, 2021 - Current
- Courtesy Faculty, Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences, Oregon State University, 2020 - Current
- Research Wildlife Biologist, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, 2020 - Current
- Temporary Graduate Faculty, Department of Biology, Eastern New Mexico University, 2020 - 2022
- Assistant Professor (Senior Research), Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences, Oregon State University, 2020 - 2020
- Affiliate Graduate Faculty, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University, 2017 - 2020
- Research Associate (Postdoc), Oregon Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University, 2017 - 2020
- Adjunct Graduate Faculty, Department of Biology, Texas State University, 2017 - 2019
- Postdoctoral Scholar, Oregon Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University, 2015 - 2017
- Millward, Lindsay S.; Wilson, Todd M.; Weldy, Matt J.; Rowland, Mary M.; Duarte, Adam ; Lesmeister, Damon B.; Ripple, William J.. 2022. Small mammal relative abundance within riparian ecosystems of the Blue Mountains
- Charbonneau, Bianca R.; Duarte, Adam ; Swannack, Todd M.; Johnson, Bradley D.; Piercy, Candice D.. 2022. DOONIES: A process-based ecogeomorphological functional community model for coastal dune vegetation and landscape dynamics
- Rowe, Jennifer C.; Duarte, Adam ; Pearl, Christopher A.; McCreary, Brome ; Haggerty, Patricia K.; Jones, John W.; Adams, Michael J.. 2021. Demography of the Oregon spotted frog along a hydrologically modified river
- Duarte, Adam ; Pearl, Christopher A.; McCreary, Brome ; Rowe, Jennifer C.; Adams, Michael J.. 2021. An updated assessment of status and trend in the distribution of the Cascades Frog (<em>Rana cascadae</em>) in Oregon, USA
- Duarte, Adam ; Peterson, James T.. 2021. Space‐for‐time is not necessarily a substitution when monitoring the distribution of pelagic fishes in the San Francisco Bay‐Delta
- Spaan, Robert S.; Epps, Clinton W.; Crowhurst, Rachel ; Whittaker, Donald ; Cox, Mike ; Duarte, Adam. 2021. Impact of <em>Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae</em> on juvenile bighorn sheep (<em>Ovis canadensis</em>) survival in the northern Basin and Range ecosystem
- Koetke, Lisa J.; Duarte, Adam ; Weckerly, Floyd W.. 2020. Elk population dynamics when carrying capacities vary within and among herds
- Koetke, Lisa J.; Duarte, Adam ; Weckerly, Floyd W.. 2020. Comparing the Ricker and <em>θ</em>‐logistic models for estimating elk population growth
- Peterson, James T.; Duarte, Adam. 2020. Decision analysis for greater insights into the development and evaluation of Chinook salmon restoration strategies in California's Central Valley
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Duarte, Adam; Peterson, James T.; Pearl, Christopher A.; Rowe, Jennifer C.; McCreary, Brome; Galvan, Stephanie K.; Adams, Michael J. 2020. Estimation of metademographic rates and landscape connectivity for a conservation-reliant anuran.
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Holgerson, Meredith A.; Duarte, Adam; Hayes, Marc P.; Adams, Michael J.; Tyson, Julie A.; Douville, Keith A.; Strecker, Angela L. 2019. Floodplains provide important amphibian habitat despite multiple ecological threats.
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Halstead, Brian J.; Kleeman, Patrick M.; Duarte, Adam; Rose, Jonathan P.; Urquhart, Kris; Mellison, Chad; Guadalupe, Kevin; Cota, Melanie; Van Horne, Rachel; Killion, Alexa; Ruehling, Kelsey. 2019. Monitoring protocol development and assessment for narrowly endemic toads in Nevada, 2018.
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Rowe, Jennifer C.; Duarte, Adam; Pearl, Christopher A., McCreary, Brome; Galvan, Stephanie K.; Peterson, James T.; Adams, Michael J. 2019. Disentangling effects of invasive species and habitat while accounting for observer error in a long-term amphibian study.
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Wolcott, Daniel M.; Duarte, Adam; Weckerly, Floyd W. 2019. Statistical inference.
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Duarte, Adam; Whitlock, Steven L.; Peterson, James T. 2019. Species distribution modeling.
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Duarte, Adam; Mali, Ivana. 2019. Modeling dispersal processes for ecological systems.
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Weckerly, Floyd W.; Bhaskar, Gayatri; Duarte, Adam; Luna, Ryan S.; Starns, Heath D. 2018. Heavier rumen-reticulum organs in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) is consistent with dietary bulk not quality.
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Mali, Ivana; Duarte, Adam; Forstner, Michael R.J. 2018. Comparison of hoop-net trapping and visual surveys to monitor abundance of the Rio Grande cooter.
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Masseloux, Juliana; Epps, Clinton W.; Duarte, Adam; Schwalm, Donelle; Wykstra, Mary. 2018. Using detection/non-detection surveys and interviews to assess carnivore site use in Kenya.
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Duarte, Adam; Adams, Michael J.; Peterson, James T. 2018. Fitting N-mixture models to count data with unmodeled heterogeneity: Bias, diagnostics, and alternative approaches.
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Duarte, Adam; Brown, Donald J.; Forstner, Michael R.J. 2017. Response of lizards to high-severity wildfires in a southern United States mixed pine/hardwood forest.
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Duarte, Adam; Pearl, Christopher A.; Adams, Michael J.; Peterson, James T. 2017. A new parameterization for integrated population models to document amphibian reintroductions.
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Betts, Matthew G.; Wolf, Christopher; Ripple, William J.; Phalan, Ben; Millers, Kimberley A.; Duarte, Adam; Butchart, Stuart H.M.; Levi, Taal. 2017. Global forest loss disproportionately erodes biodiversity in intact landscapes.
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Duarte, Adam. 2017. Book Review: CCTV for Wildlife Monitoring.
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Duarte, Adam. 2017. Book Review: Camera Trapping for Wildlife Research.