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1 Curriculum Vitae: DARRYL I. MACKENZIE Proteus Wildlife Research Consultants PO Box 5193 Dunedin, New Zealand Phone/Fax: Mobile: Darryl@proteus.co.nz FORMAL EDUCATION: B.Sc. (Statistics), University of Otago, New Zealand, 1995 D.Ap.Stat., University of Otago, New Zealand, 1998 Ph.D. (Statistics), University of Otago, New Zealand, 2002 PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND Since 1997 I have been applying statistical techniques to address questions of interest for a wide range of animal species including seabirds, grizzly bears, sea lions, frogs, salamanders, owls, ducks and giant weta. I have acted as a statistical consultant to a number of national and international institutions including the Department of Conservation, Ministry of Fisheries and the U.S. Geological Survey. RECENT EMPLOYMENT HISTORY: Sep to date Biometrician, Proteus Wildlife Research Consultants, Dunedin, New Zealand Oct to 2008 Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Zoology, University of Otago, New Zealand Feb.-July 2003 Guest Lecturer (STAT 251; Design of Research Studies), Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Otago, New Zealand Research Associate, Department of Statistics, North Carolina State University, attached to Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, Maryland Junior Research Fellow, Department of Mathematics & Statistics, University of Otago, New Zealand Junior Research Fellow, Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners Research Unit, Department of General Practice, University of Otago, New Zealand 1

2 PUBLICATIONS: Books: (1) MacKenzie, D.I., J.D. Nichols, J.A. Royle, K.H. Pollock, J.E. Hines and L.L. Bailey Occupancy estimation and modeling: inferring patterns and dynamics of species occurrence. Elsevier, San Diego, USA. Book Chapters: (2) MacKenzie, D.I. (in press). Study design and analysis options for demographic and species occurrence dynamics. In R.A. Gitzen, A.B. Cooper, J.J. Millspaugh and D.S. Licht (eds), Design and analysis for long-term ecological monitoring studies. Pages. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K. MacKenzie, D.I., J.A. Royle, J.A. Brown, and J.D. Nichols Occupancy estimation and modeling for rare and elusive populations. Pages in W.L. Thompson (ed), Sampling Rare or Elusive Species. Island Press, Washington, D.C. Peer Reviewed Journal Articles: (41) Hegg, D., G. Greaves, J.M. Maxwell, D.I. MacKenzie and I.G. Jamieson Demography of takahe (Porphyrio hochstetteri) in Fiordland: environmental factors and management affect survival and breeding success. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 36: Forsyth, D.M., C. Thomson, L.J. Hartley, D.I. MacKenzie, R. Price, E.F. Wright, J.A.J. Mortimer, G. Nugent, L. Wilson and P. Livingstone Long-term changes in the relative abundances of introduced deer in New Zealand estimated from faecal pellet frequencies. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 38: Martin, J., J.A. Royle, D.I. Mackenzie, H.H. Edwards, M. Kéry and B. Gardner Accounting for non-independent detection when estimating abundance of organisms with a Bayesian approach. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 2: Karanth, K.U., A.M. Gopalaswamy, N.S. Kumar, S. Vaidyanathan, J.D. Nichols and D.I. MacKenzie Monitoring carnivore populations at the landscape scale: occupancy modelling of tigers from sign surveys. Journal of Applied Ecology, 48: MacKenzie, D.I., L.L. Bailey, J.E. Hines and J.D. Nichols An integrated model of habitat and species occurrence dynamics. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. (in press) MacKenzie, D.I., M.E. Seamans, R.J. Gutiérrez and J.D. Nichols Investigating the population dynamics of California spotted owls without marked individuals. Journal of Ornithology. (in press) 2

3 Seddon, P.J., C.M. Roughton, J. Reardon and D.I. MacKenzie Dynamics of an endangered New Zealand skink: accounting for incomplete detectability in estimating patch occupancy. New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 35: Chilvers, B.L., I.S. Wilkinson and D.I. MacKenzie Predicting life-history traits for female New Zealand sea lions, Phocarctos hookeri: integrating short-term mark-recapture data and population modelling. Journal of Agricutural, Biological and Environmental Statistics, 15: Chilvers, B.L., and D.I. MacKenzie Age- and sex-specific survival estimates incorporating tag loss for New Zealand sea lions, Phocarctos hookeri. Journal of Mammalogy, 91: Collier, B.A., M.L. Morrison, S.L. Farrell, A.J. Campomizzi, J.A. Butcher, K.B. Hays, D.I. Mackenzie, and R. N. Wilkins Monitoring Golden-Cheeked Warblers on Private Lands in Texas. Journal of Wildlife Management 74: Forsyth, D.M., R.B. Allen, A.E. Marburg, D.I. MacKenzie and M.J.W. Douglas Population dynamics and resource use of red deer after release from harvesting in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 34: Hines, J.E., J.D. Nichols, J.A. Royle, D.I. MacKenzie, A.M. Gopalaswamy, N. Samba Kumar, and K.U. Karanth Tigers on trails: occupancy modeling for cluster sampling. Ecological Applications 20: Martin, J., S. Chamaillé-Jammes, J.D. Nichols, H. Fritz, J.E. Hines, C.J. Fonnesbeck, D.I. MacKenzie, and L.L. Bailey Simultaneous modeling of habitat suitability, occupancy, and relative abundance: African elephants in Zimbabwe. Ecological Applications 20: McClintock, B.T., J.D. Nichols, L.L. Bailey, D.I. MacKenzie, W.L. Kendall, A.B. Franklin Seeking a second opinion: uncertainty in disease ecology. Ecology Letters 13: MacKenzie, D.I Getting the biggest bang for our conservation buck. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 24: MacKenzie, D.I., J.D. Nichols, M.E. Seamans and R.J. Gutierrez Modeling species occurrence dynamics with multiple states and imperfect detection. Ecology 90: Waugh, S., D.I. MacKenzie and D. Fletcher Seabird bycatch in New Zealand trawl and longline fisheries, Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 142:

4 Nichols, J.D., J.E. Hines, D.I. MacKenzie, M.E. Seamans and R.J. Gutierrez Occupancy estimation and modeling with multiple states and state uncertainty. Ecology 88: Bailey, L.L., J.E. Hines, J.D. Nichols and D.I. MacKenzie Sampling design trade-offs in occupancy studies with imperfect detection: Examples and software. Ecological Applications 17: King, C.M., R.M. McDonald, R.D. Martin, D.I. MacKenzie, G.W. Tempero and S.J. Holmes Continuous monitoring of predator control operations at landscape scale. Ecological Management and Restoration 8: Schofield, M.R., R.J. Barker and D.I. MacKenzie Flexible hierarchical markrecapture modeling for open populations using WinBUGS. Environmental and Ecological Statistics 16: MacKenzie, D.I Modeling the probability of resource use: the effect of, and dealing with, detecting a species imperfectly. Journal of Wildlife Management 70: MacKenzie, D.I., and J.A. Royle Designing occupancy studies: general advice and tips on allocation of survey effort. Journal of Applied Ecology 42: MacKenzie, D.I What are the issues with presence/absence data for wildlife managers? Journal of Wildlife Management 69: MacKenzie, D.I., J.D. Nichols, N. Sutton, K. Kawanishi and L.L. Bailey Improving inferences in population studies of rare species that are detected imperfectly. Ecology 86: Fletcher, D., D. MacKenzie and E. Villouta Modelling skewed data with many zeros: a simple approach combining ordinary and logistic regression. Environmental and Ecological Statistics 12: MacKenzie, D.I Was it there? Dealing with imperfect detection for species presence/absence data. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Statistics 47: MacKenzie, D.I., and J.D. Nichols Occupancy as a surrogate for abundance estimation. Animal Biodiversity and Conservation 27: MacKenzie, D.I., and L.L. Bailey Assessing the fit of site occupancy models. Journal of Agricultural, Biological and Ecological Statistics 9: MacKenzie, D.I., L.L. Bailey and J.D. Nichols Investigating species cooccurrence patterns when species are detected imperfectly. Journal of Animal Ecology 73:

5 MacKenzie, D.I., J.D. Nichols, J.E. Hines, M.G. Knutson and A.D. Franklin Estimating site occupancy, colonization and local extinction when a species is detected imperfectly. Ecology 84: Manly, B.F.J., and D.I. MacKenzie CUSUM environmental monitoring in time and space. Environmental and Ecological Statistics 10: Jennelle, C.S., M.C. Runge and D.I. MacKenzie The use of photographic rates to estimate densities of tigers and other cryptic animals: A comment on misleading conclusions. Animal Conservation 5: MacKenzie, D.I., and W.L. Kendall How should detection probability be incorporated into estimates of relative abundance. Ecology 83: MacKenzie, D.I., J.D. Nichols, G.B. Lachman, S. Droege, J.A. Royle and C.A. Langtimm Estimating site occupancy rates when detection probabilities are less than one. Ecology 83: Boyce, M. S., D. I. MacKenzie, B. F. J. Manly, M. A. Haroldson, D. Moody Negative binomial models for abundance estimation of multiple closed populations. Journal of Wildlife Management 65: MacKenzie, D.I. and B.F.J. Manly Randomization tests for time effects and heterogeneity in capture probabilities for closed populations, Journal of Agricultural, Biological and Ecological Statistics 6: Manly, B.F.J. and D.I. MacKenzie A cumulative sum type of method for environmental monitoring. Environmetrics 11: Scott, W.G., H.M. Scott, A. Penrose, G.D. Frost, J. Hall and D.I. MacKenzie Economic evaluation of inhalers used in the treatment of asthma. Journal of Medical Economics 1: Pethica, B.D., A. Penrose, D.I. MacKenzie, J. Hall, R. Beasley and M. Tilyard Comparison of potency of inhaled beclomethasone and budesonide in New Zealand: retrospective study of computerised general practice records. BMJ 317: Frost, G.D., A. Penrose, J. Hall and D.I. MacKenzie Asthma related prescribing patterns with four different corticosteroid inhaler devices. Respiratory Medicine 92:

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