Current Research

My research interest is in quantitative population ecology, with a particular emphasis on understanding the dynamics of fish and wildlife populations. My studies focus on individual and population level processes because I believe a deeper knowledge of these processes will lead to a deeper understanding of how the environment affects ecological processes.

My research is often motivated by available data or existing biological and management-related questions, and I try to match them with existing ecological theories, appropriate mathematical models, and rigorous statistical methods. This research style is motivated by my belief that the major problem in quantitative ecology today is not a lack of data, available theories, mathematical tools, or statistical methods, but rather from mismatches among these four components.

Recent Publications

• Fujiwara, M. Mohr M.S.(in press) Identifying multiple environmental signals from population time-series: Application to salmon spawner counts. Oikos
• Wiedenmann, J., Fujiwara, M., Mangel, M. (in press) Transient population dynamics and viable stage or age distributions for effective conservation and recovery. Biological Conservation
• Fujiwara, M. (2009) Environmental Stochasticity. In: Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: Chichester. (DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0021220)
• Fujiwara, M. (2008) Identifying interactions among salmon populations from observed dynamics.Ecology 89: 4-11
• Fujiwara, M. (2008) Effects of an autocorrelated stochastic environment and fisheries on the age at maturity of Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha). Theoretical Ecology. (DOI 10.1007/s12080-007-0008-7)