Dosch's field is terrestrial ecology with interests in post-agricultural
succession, invasive species, avian ecology, and restoration. 

His research is in historical analysis of heavy metals in Common Loons, and avian and
tropical ecology. He teaches courses at Macalester in Ecology, Ornithology, Restoration
Ecology, Environmental Science, and Winter Ecology. 

EDUCATION: B.A. (biology), Minnesota State University Moorhead; Ph.D. (ecology and
evolution), Rutgers University

Articles

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On dead birds' tales: Museum specimen feathers as historical archives of environmental pollutants, Environmental History (2007)
 

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Seed rain during initial colonization of abandoned pastures in the premontane wet forest zone of southern Costa Rica (with CJ Peterson and BL Haines), Journal of Tropical Ecology (2007)
 

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Movement patterns of adult Laughing Gulls during the nesting season, Acta Ornithologica (2003)
The foraging behavior of birds is often influenced by the development and dietary needs of...
 

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Use of historical and current bird banding data to monitor avian population trends in suburban Illinois (with K A. Savaiano), Meadowlark (2001)
 

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Diet of nestling Laughing Gulls in southern New Jersey, Colonial Waterbirds (1997)
 

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