Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Scholarly Works: Recent submissions
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Climate change effects on Neotropical manakin diversity based on ecological niche modeling
(University of California Press, 2006-11-01)Assessing the nature and magnitude of potentialeffects of climate change on populations isimportant to anticipating effects on speciesdiversity for conservation planning. We usedecological niche modeling to predict present ... -
Influence of bill shape on ectoparasite load in Western Scrub-Jays
(University of California Press, 2002-08-01)Populations of the Western Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma californica) have bills specialized for feeding in their respective habitats. Populations in oak habitat have hooked bills, whereas those in pinyon habitat have pointed bills ... -
Predicting species’ geographic distributions based on ecological niche modeling
(University of California Press, 2001-08-01)Recent developments in geographic information systems and their application to conservation biology open doors to exciting new synthetic analyses. Exploration of these possibilities, however, is limited by the quality of ... -
Philippine bird taxonomy and conservation, a response to Collar
(Cambridge University Press, 2007-06-01)Collar (2007) attacked a recent paper of mine (Peterson 2006) on a number of grounds; he raised some valid points, and detected some errors in detail. Here, I respond to his criticisms, clarify misunderstandings, and urge ... -
Consistency of Taxonomic Treatments: A Response to Remsen (2005)
(University of California Press, 2006-07-01)No abstract is available for this item. -
Free and open access to distributed data from bird specimens: Why?
(University of California Press, 2005-07-01)No abstract is available for this item. -
Phylogenetic position and generic placement of the Socorro Wren (Thryomanes sissonii)
(University of California Press, 2005-01-01)Since early in its taxonomic history, placement of the Socorro Wren (Thryomanes sissonii) has been an object of contention. Of particular interest is its current placement in the genus Thryomanes, which makes that genus ... -
Seasonal niches of Nearctic-Neotropical migratory birds: Implications for the evolution of migration
(University of California Press, 2004-04-01)No abstract is available for this item. -
A critical evaluation of Kenyon’s Shag (Phalacrocorax [Stictocarbo] kenyoni)
(University of California Press, 2000-04-01)We examine the validity of Phalacrocorax [Stictocarbo] kenyoni, which was described by Siegel-Causey (1991) from the Aleutian Islands using midden remains and existing skeletal specimens. We emphasize a morphometric ... -
New Species and New Species Limits in Birds
(University of California Press, 1998-07-01)No abstract is available for this item. -
The Fallacy of Averages
(University of Chicago Press, 1988-08-01)No abstract is available for this item. -
Range-wide Determinants of Plague Distribution in North America
(American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2010-09-01)Plague, caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, is established across western North America, and yet little is known of what determines the broad-scale dimensions of its overall range. We tested whether its North American ... -
Ecological Niche Modeling of Francisella tularensis Subspecies and Clades in the United States
(American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2010-05-01)Two subspecies of Francisella tularensis are recognized: F. tularensis subsp. tularensis (type A) and F. tularensis subsp. holartica (type B). Type A has been subdivided further into A1a, A1b, and A2, which differ ... -
Predicting Potential Risk Areas of Human Plague for the Western Usambara Mountains, Lushoto District, Tanzania
(American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2010-03-01)A natural focus of plague exists in the Western Usambara Mountains of Tanzania. Despite intense research, questions remain as to why and how plague emerges repeatedly in the same suite of villages. We used human plague ... -
Geographic and ecologic distributions of the Anopheles gambiae complex predicted using a genetic algorithm
(American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, 2004-02-01)The distribution of the Anopheles gambiae complex of malaria vectors in Africa is uncertain due to under-sampling of vast regions. We use ecologic niche modeling to predict the potential distribution of three members of ... -
LONG-TERM REPRODUCTIVE OUTPUT IN WESTERN GULLS: CONSEQUENCES OF ALTERNATE TACTICS IN DIET CHOICE
(The Ecological Society of America, 1999)Abstract. Numerous studies reveal strong, positive skews in long-term breeding performance among free-living animals, yet few studies explore the mechanisms underlying such variation. We examine the results of a 12-yr study ... -
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Ecological niche and phylogeography elucidate complex biogeographic patterns in Loxosceles rufescens (Araneae, Sicariidae) in the Mediterranean Basin.
(BioMed Central, 2014-10-09)Background: Understanding the evolutionary history of morphologically cryptic species complexes is difficult, and made even more challenging when geographic distributions have been modified by human-mediated dispersal. ... -
Type specimens in modern ornithology are necessary and irreplaceable.
(Bio One, 2014-04-23)Recent years have seen a series of new species descriptions in which no type specimen or fragmentary type specimen material was provided as documentation. These descriptions have been controversial, but the Code of Zoological ... -
Defining viral species: making taxonomy useful
(BioMed Central, 2014-07-23)Virus taxonomy at present is best characterized as a categorization of convenience, without a firm basis in the principles of evolutionary biology. Specifically, virus species definitions appear to depend more on tradition ...