Lynn A. Maguire | Scholars@Duke

Lynn A. Maguire
Professor of the Practice Emeritus

Dr. Maguire's current research uses a combination of methods from decision analysis, environmental conflict resolution and social psychology to study environmental decision making. She focuses on collaborative decision processes where values important to the general public and stakeholders must be combined with technical analysis to determine management strategies. Her recent applications of decision analysis include the management of rare species, invasive species, and wildfire risk. Dr. Maguire is also using the principles of decision analysis to improve multicriteria rating systems, such as those used to set conservation priorities, and to develop frameworks used to value ecosystem services. She is involved in both empirical and conceptual research on perceptions of the time value of environmental resources, such as endangered species, and on the mismatches in timescales of ecological, social and political systems. Recent and current collaborations on timescales, ecosystem services and prioritization of endangered species recovery efforts have been facilitated by the National Center for Socioenvironmental Synthesis (SESYNC).

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Professor of the Practice Emeritus, Environmental Sciences and Policy, Nicholas School of the Environment 2017
Affiliate of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society, Duke Science & Society, Initiatives 2014

Contact Information

9 Circuit Dr, 4105 Environment Hall, Durham, NC 27708-0328
Box 90328, Durham, NC 27708-0328
lmaguire@duke.edu (919) 613-8034

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., Utah State University 1980
- M.S., University of Michigan at Ann Arbor 1974
- B.A., Harvard University 1972
Duke Appointment History
- Professor of the Practice of Environmental Decision Analysis, Environmental Sciences and Policy, Nicholas School of the Environment 2005 - 2017
- Director of Professional Studies, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University 1998 - 2006
- Associate Professor of the Practice, Environmental Sciences and Policy, Nicholas School of the Environment 2003 - 2005
- Associate Professor of the Practice of Environmental Management, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University 1994 - 2003
- Assistant Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University 1985 - 1994
Expertise
Global Scholarship
- Expertise
  - United States of America (Country)
Research
Selected Grants
- Doctoral Dissertation Research in DRMS: Local-Level Policy Learning in Response to Extreme awarded by National Science Foundation 2006 - 2007
- Environmental Justice: Process, Experience and Acceptance of Policy from an Environmental Dispute Resolution Process awarded by National Science Foundation 1999 - 2002
- (93-0906) Desired Future Forest Conditions for the Chattooga River Basin: Views from Different Interest Groups 1993 - 1995
- (92-0618) Measuring Values of Forested Wetlands: Multiple Resources and Multiple Interests 1992 - 1994
- (91-0646) Decision Modeling for Multisource Management in Southern Appalachian Hardwoods 1991 - 1993
- (92-0492) Bird, Beetle, Paca and Palm Interactions on the Small Islands of Lake Gatyn, Panama awarded by Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation 1991 - 1992
- (90-0420) Edge Effects in Fragmented Piedmont Forests awarded by National Science Foundation 1990 - 1991
- (89-0038) Modeling Red-Cockaded Woodpecker Population Dynamics 1988 - 1990
- (87-0374) Forest Modeling for Spruce-Fir Decline 1987 - 1989
- (88-0602) Forest Modeling for Spruce-Fir Decline 1988 - 1989
- (87-0469) Clan Population for the Red-Coated Woodpecker 1985 - 1988
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Gerber, Leah R., Michael C. Runge, Richard F. Maloney, Gwenllian D. Iacona, C Ashton Drew, Stephanie Avery-Gomm, James Brazill-Boast, et al. “Endangered species recovery: A resource allocation problem..” Science (New York, N.Y.) 362, no. 6412 (October 2018): 284–86. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aat8434.
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  - Thompson, Grant G., Lynn A. Maguire, and Tracey J. Regan. “Evaluation of Two Approaches to Defining Extinction Risk under the U.S. Endangered Species Act..” Risk Analysis : An Official Publication of the Society for Risk Analysis 38, no. 5 (May 2018): 1009–35. https://doi.org/10.1111/risa.12927.
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  - Olander, L. P., R. J. Johnston, H. Tallis, J. Kagan, L. A. Maguire, S. Polasky, D. Urban, J. Boyd, L. Wainger, and M. Palmer. “Benefit relevant indicators: Ecosystem services measures that link ecological and social outcomes.” Ecological Indicators 85 (February 1, 2018): 1262–72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.12.001.
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  - Olander, L., S. Polasky, J. S. Kagan, R. J. Johnston, L. Wainger, D. Saah, L. Maguire, J. Boyd, and D. Yoskowitz. “So you want your research to be relevant? Building the bridge between ecosystem services research and practice.” Ecosystem Services 26 (August 1, 2017): 170–82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.06.003.
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  - Martin, T. G., A. E. Camaclang, H. P. Possingham, L. A. Maguire, and I. Chadès. “Timing of Protection of Critical Habitat Matters.” Conservation Letters 10, no. 3 (May 1, 2017): 308–16. https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12266.
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  - Wilson, Robyn S., David J. Hardisty, Rebecca S. Epanchin-Niell, Michael C. Runge, Kathryn L. Cottingham, Dean L. Urban, Lynn A. Maguire, Alan Hastings, Peter J. Mumby, and Debra P. C. Peters. “A typology of time-scale mismatches and behavioral interventions to diagnose and solve conservation problems..” Conservation Biology : The Journal of the Society for Conservation Biology 30, no. 1 (February 2016): 42–49. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12632.
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  - Burgman, M. A., H. M. Regan, L. A. Maguire, M. Colyvan, J. Justus, T. G. Martin, and K. Rothley. “Voting systems for environmental decisions.” Conservation Biology 28, no. 2 (January 1, 2014): 322–32. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12209.
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  - Meretsky, V. J., L. A. Maguire, F. W. Davis, D. M. Stoms, J. M. Scott, D. Figg, D. D. Goble, et al. “A state-based national network for effective wildlife conservation.” Bioscience 62, no. 11 (November 1, 2012): 970–76. https://doi.org/10.1525/bio.2012.62.11.6.
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  - Wilhere, George F., Lynn A. Maguire, J. Michael Scott, Janet L. Rachlow, Dale D. Goble, and Leona K. Svancara. “Conflation of values and science: response to Noss et al..” Conservation Biology : The Journal of the Society for Conservation Biology 26, no. 5 (October 2012): 943–44. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2012.01900.x.
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  - Burgman, M., A. Carr, L. Godden, R. Gregory, M. McBride, L. Flander, and L. Maguire. “Redefining expertise and improving ecological judgment.” Conservation Letters 4, no. 2 (2011): 81–87. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-263X.2011.00165.x.
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  - Wilson, R. S., P. L. Winter, L. A. Maguire, and T. Ascher. “Managing wildfire events: Risk-based decision making among a group of federal fire managers.” Risk Analysis 31, no. 5 (2011): 805–18. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1539-6924.2010.01534.x.
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  - Justus, J., M. Colyvan, H. Regan, and L. Maguire. “Response to Sagoff.” Trends in Ecology and Evolution 24, no. 12 (December 1, 2009). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2009.07.006.
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  - Maguire, L. A. “Re: Uses and misuses of multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA) in environmental decision making..” Risk Analysis : An Official Publication of the Society for Risk Analysis 29, no. 11 (November 1, 2009).
  - Maguire, Lynn A. “Re: Uses and misuses of multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA) in environmental decision making..” Risk Analysis : An Official Publication of the Society for Risk Analysis 29, no. 11 (November 2009). https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1539-6924.2009.01294.x.
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  - Gore, M. L., R. S. Wilson, W. F. Siemer, H. W. Hudenko, C. E. Clarke, P. Sol Hart, L. A. Maguire, and B. A. Muter. “Application of risk concepts to wildlife management: Special issue introduction.” Human Dimensions of Wildlife 14, no. 5 (September 1, 2009): 301–13. https://doi.org/10.1080/10871200903160944.
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  - Justus, J., and L. A. Maguire. “Response from justus and maguire.” Bioscience 59, no. 2 (February 1, 2009). https://doi.org/10.1525/bio.2009.59.2.19.
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  - Justus, J., M. Colyvan, H. Regan, and L. Maguire. “Buying into conservation: intrinsic versus instrumental value.” Trends in Ecology and Evolution 24, no. 4 (2009): 187–91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2008.11.011.
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  - Maguire, L. A., and J. Justus. “Why intrinsic value is a poor basis for conservation decisions.” Bioscience 58, no. 10 (2008): 910–11. https://doi.org/10.1641/B581002.
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  - Maguire, L. A., and E. A. Albright. “Can behavioral decision theory explain risk-averse fire management decisions?.” Forest Ecology and Management 211, no. 1–2 (2005): 47–58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2005.01.027.
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  - Maguire, Lynn A. “What can decision analysis do for invasive species management?.” Risk Anal 24, no. 4 (August 2004): 859–68. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0272-4332.2004.00484.x.
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  - Maguire, L. A. “Interplay of science and stakeholder values in neuse river total maximum daily load process.” Water Resources Research Institute News of the University of North Carolina, no. 346 (March 1, 2004): 12–13.
  - Maguire, L. A., and E. Allan Lind. “Public participation in environmental decisions: Stakeholders, authorities and procedural justice.” International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 3, no. 2 (December 1, 2003): 133–48. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJGENVI.2003.003861.
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  - Maguire, L. A. “Interplay of science and stakeholder values in Neuse River total maximum daily load process.” Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management 129, no. 4 (July 1, 2003): 261–70. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9496(2003)129:4(261).
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  - Borsuk, M, Clemen, R, Maguire, L, and Reckhow, K. "Stakeholder Values and Scientific Modeling in the Neuse River Watershed." Group Decision and Negotiation 10, no. 4 (December 1, 2001): 355-373. Full Text
  - Steelman, T. A., and L. A. Maguire. “Understanding participant perspectives: Q-methodology in national forest management.” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 18, no. 3 (January 1, 1999): 361–88. https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1520-6688(199922)18:3<361::AID-PAM3>3.0.CO;2-K.
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  - Maguire, L. A. “Making the role of values in conservation explicit: Values and conservation biology.” Conservation Biology 10, no. 3 (June 1996): 914–16. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1523-1739.1996.10030904-4.x.
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  - Maguire, L. A., G. F. Wilhere, and G. F. Quan Dong. “Population viability analysis for red-cockaded woodpeckers in the Georgia Piedmont.” Journal of Wildlife Management 59, no. 3 (January 1, 1995): 533–42. https://doi.org/10.2307/3802460.
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  - Maguire, L. A., and L. G. Boiney. “Resolving Environmental Disputes: a Framework Incorporating Decision Analysis and Dispute Resolution Techniques.” Journal of Environmental Management 42, no. 1 (September 1, 1994): 31–48. https://doi.org/10.1006/jema.1994.1058.
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  - Maguire, L. A., and C. Servheen. “Integrating Biological and Sociological Concerns in Endangered Species Management: Augmentation of Grizzly Bear Populations.” Conservation Biology 6, no. 3 (January 1, 1992): 426–34. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1523-1739.1992.06030426.x.
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  - Maguire, L. A. “Risk Analysis for Conservation Biologists.” Conservation Biology 5, no. 1 (January 1, 1991): 123–25. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.1991.tb00396.x.
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  - MAGUIRE, L. A., and R. C. LACY. “Allocating Scarce Resources for Conservation of Endangered Subspecies: Partitioning Zoo Space for Tigers.” Conservation Biology 4, no. 2 (January 1, 1990): 157–66. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.1990.tb00104.x.
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  - Maguire, L. A. “Black footed ferret recovery in Montana: a decision analysis.” Wildlife Society Bulletin 16, no. 2 (January 1, 1988): 111–20.
  - HARRIS, R. B., L. A. MAGUIRE, and M. L. SHAFFER. “Sample Sizes for Minimum Viable Population Estimation.” Conservation Biology 1, no. 1 (January 1, 1987): 72–76. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.1987.tb00011.x.
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  - Maguire, L. A. “Using decision analysis to manage endangered species populations..” Journal of Environmental Management 22, no. 4 (January 1, 1986): 345–60.
  - Maguire, L. A., and J. W. Porter. “A spatial model of growth and competition strategies in coral communities.” Ecological Modelling 3, no. 4 (January 1, 1977): 249–71. https://doi.org/10.1016/0304-3800(77)90007-2.
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- Book Sections
  - Maguire, L. A. “Decision analysis: An integrated approach to ecosystem exploitation and rehabilitation decisions.” In Rehabilitating Damaged Ecosystems, Second Edition, 13–34, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1201/9780203741016.
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  - Maguire, L. A. “Using concepts of biodiversity value in structured decision-making.” In The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Biodiversity, 241–50, 2016. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315530215.
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- Conference Papers
  - Maguire, L. A., P. Jenkins, and G. Nugent. “Research as a route to consensus? Feral ungulate control in Hawaii.” In Transactions of the Sixty Second North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference, edited by K. G. Wadsworth, 135–45. WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE, 1997.
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Education, Training, & Certifications

Duke Appointment History

Global Scholarship

Expertise

Selected Grants

Selected Publications

Academic Articles

Book Sections

Conference Papers