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Eli Fenichel

Eli Fenichel

Assistant Professor, School of Forestry and Environmental Science, Yale University

eli.fenichel@yale.edu

203-432-5114

School of Forestry and Environmental Science
Yale University
195 Prospect Street
New Haven, CT 06511

Titles

  • Affiliate Global Futures Scholar, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory
  • Assistant Professor, School of Forestry and Environmental Science, Yale University

Biography

Eli Fenichel uses theoretical and empirical modeling approaches to understand coupled human-ecological systems. His research focuses on understanding feedbacks between human economic behavior and ecological systems. Humans can have a great influence on ecological processes, but humans also adapt their behavior to changes in ecological structures and processes. Accounting for the way humans are influenced by ecosystems is as important as understanding how humans influence ecosystems for crafting successful ecosystem policy and management. His current research includes bioeconomic models of multi-species systems (e.g., humans-predator-prey, humans-nonhuman host-parasite), efficient population management when spillover effects are unavoidable, the value of information, timing of decisions under uncertainty, and decision theoretic approaches to natural resources management, recreational fishery management and seasonal models of angler behavior, wildlife, fish, and emerging infectious disease dynamics and surveillance, invasive species.

Education

  • PhD, Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, 2007
  • MS, Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University, 2005
  • BS, Wildlife Ecology, University of Maine, 1999

Expertise

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Journal Articles

2019

Arlinghaus, R., J. K. Abbott, E. P. Fenichel, S. R. Carpenter, L. M. Hunt, J. Alos, T. Klefoth, S. J. Cooke, R. Hilborn, O. P. Jensen, M. J. Wilberg, J. R. Post and M. J. Manfredo. 2019. Opinion: Governing the recreational dimension of global fisheries. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 116(12):5209-5213. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1902796116. (link )

2018

Fujitani, M. L., E. P. Fenichel, J. Torre and L. R. Gerber. 2018. Synthesizing ecological and human use information to understand and manage coastal change. Ocean & Coastal Management 162(Aug):100-109. DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2017.10.001. (link )

Shanafelt, D. W., J. Clobert, E. P. Fenichel, M. E. Hochberg, A. Kinzig, M. Loreau, P. A. Marquet and C. Perrings. 2018. Species dispersal and biodiversity in human-dominated metacommunities. Journal of Theoretical Biology 457(Nov):199-210. DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2018.08.041. (link )

2017

Huang, B., J. K. Abbott, E. P. Fenichel, R. Muneepeerakul, C. Perrings and L. Gerber. 2017. Testing the feasibility of a hypothetical whaling-conservation permit market in Norway. Conservation Biology 31(4):809-817. DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12916. (link )

Yun, S. D., B. Hutniczak, J. K. Abbott and E. P. Fenichel. 2017. Ecosystem-based management and the wealth of ecosystems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 114(25):6539-6544. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1617666114. (link )

2016

Fenichel, E. P., J. K. Abbott, J. Bayham, W. Boone, E. M. Haacker and L. Pfeiffer. 2016. Measuring the value of groundwater and other forms of natural capital. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 113(9):2382-2387. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1513779113. (link )

Fenichel, E. P., S. A. Levin, B. McCay, K. St. Martin, J. K. Abbott and M. L. Pinsky. 2016. Wealth reallocation and sustainability under climate change. Nature Climate Change 6:237-244. DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2871. (link )

2015

Bayham, J., N. V. Kuminoff, Q. Gunn and E. P. Fenichel. 2015. Measured voluntary avoidance behaviour during the 2009 A/H1N1 epidemic. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 282(1818): 20150814. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.0814. (link )

Cease, A. J., J. J. Elser, E. P. Fenichel, J. C. Hadrich, J. F. Harrison and B. E. Robinson. 2015. Living with locusts: Connecting soil nitrogen, locust outbreaks, livelihoods, and livestock markets. BioScience 65(6):551-558. DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biv048. (link )

2014

Fenichel, E. P. and J. K. Abbott. 2014. Heterogeneity and the fragility of the first best: Putting the "micro" in bioeconomic models of recreational resources. Resource and Energy Economics 36(2):351-369. DOI: 10.1016/j.reseneeco.2014.01.002. (link )

Fenichel, E. P. and J. K. Abbott. 2014. Natural capital: From metaphor to measurement. Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists 1(1):1-27. DOI: 10.1086/676034. (link )

Perrings, C., C. Castillo-Chavez, G. Chowell, P. Daszak, E. P. Fenichel, D. Finnoff, R. D. Horan, A. M. Kilpatrick, A. P. Kinzig, N. V. Kuminoff, S. Levin, B. Morin, K. F. Smith and M. Springborn. 2014. Merging economics and epidemiology to improve the prediction and management of infectious disease. EcoHealth 11(4):464-475. DOI: 10.1007/s10393-014-0963-6. (link )

Richards, T. J., D. W. Shanafelt and E. P. Fenichel. 2014. Foreclosures and invasive insect spread: The case of Asian citrus psyllid. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 96(3):615-630. DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aat099. (link )

2013

Abbott, J. K. and E. P. Fenichel. 2013. Anticipating adaptation: A mechanistic approach for linking policy and stock status to recreational angler behavior. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 70(3):1190-1208. DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-2012-0517. (link )

Fenichel, E. P., J. K. Abbott and B. Huang. 2013. Modelling angler behaviour as a part of the management system: Synthesizing a multi-disciplinary literature. Fish and Fisheries 14:137-257. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-2979.2012.00456.x.

Fenichel, E. P., N. V. Kuminoff and G. Chowell-Puente. 2013. Skip the trip: Air travelers' behavioral responses to pandemic influenza. PLOS One 8(3):e58249. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058249. (link )

Fenichel, E. P., T. J. Richards and D. W. Shanafelt. 2013. The control of invasive species on private property with neighbor-to-neighbor spillovers. Environmental and Resource Economics DOI: 10.1007/s10640-013-9726-z. (link )

2012

Fujitani, M. L., E. P. Fenichel, J. Torre and L. R. Gerber. 2012. Implementation of a marine reserve has a rapid but short-lived effect on recreational angler use. Ecological Applications 22(2):597-605. DOI: 10.1890/11-0603.1. (link )

2011

Hughes, Z. D., E. P. Fenichel and L. R. Gerber. 2011. The potential impact of labor choices on the efficacy of marine conservation strategies. PLOS One 6(8):e23722. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023722. (link )

Book Chapters

2018

Fenichel, E. P., J. K. Abbott and S. D. Yun. 2018. Chapter 3 - The nature of natural capital and ecosystem incomes. Pp. 85-142 In: Dasgupta, P., S. K. Pattanayak and V. K. Smith eds., Handbook of Environmental Economics. Vol 4. Elsevier. DOI: 0.1016/bs.hesenv.2018.02.002. (link )

2010

Perrings, C., E. Fenichel and A. Kinzig. 2010. Globalization and invasive alien species: Trade, pests, and pathogens. Pp. 42-55 In: Perrings, C., H. A. Mooney and M. Williamson eds., Bioinvasions and Globalization: Ecology, Economics, Management, and Policy. Oxford University Press. Oxford, UK. ISBN: 978-0199560165.