A. Townsend Peterson

Natural History Museum & Biodiversity Research Center and Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

The University of Kansas , Lawrence , Kansas 66045

telephone (785) 864-3926, fax (785) 864-5335, email town@ku.edu

My research focuses on aspects of the geography of biodiversity. My formal training was in tropical ornithology, with a particular focus on systematics. As such, one component of my research focuses on the alpha taxonomy of birds, as well as on the phylogeny of recently radiated clades of birds. Tied to this focus is work with the basic geography of bird distributions, and with the composition of local avifaunas, based on detailed site inventories and scientific collections around the world. My work with the geographic and ecology of species' distributions, however, has taken me into other fields, including conservation biology and planning, invasive species biology, and disease transmission systems. In the latter field, my work has focused on numerous disease systems, including Chagas Disease, malaria, dengue, leischmaniasis, and ebola/Marburg. In general, my work is collaborative in nature, and usually involves geographers, computer scientists, and biologists.

AVIAN INFLUENZA research from the Peterson research group begins to appear in publication! See PLoSONE paper on intercontinental movements of birds ... View PDF.

Research Clips - Examples of Ongoing Work

My laboratory works actively with a diversity of questions regarding the geography and ecology of species' distributions. Collaborations with valued colleagues around the world lead to quite-varied research products. In this section, I provide 'clips' ... series of slides ... designed to illustrate these diverse research products.

1. Conservatism of Ecological Niches in Plants, Pleistocene to Present

A central question to many important applications of ecological niche modeling is that of how conservative (or labile) are ecological niches in an evolutionary sense. Several past studies have addressed this question via assessments of interpredictivity among closely related species, predictivity of species' invasions, etc. This study represents an alternative--tracking single species over significant stretches of time. With Enrique Martinez-Meyer and other colleagues, I have completed and published a prototype of this approach (with Pleistocene mammals), but with considerable problems of data availability. This 'clip' summarizes a second attempt, using pollen records of plant species between the Last Glacial Maximum and the present. SEE THE CLIP.

Education

B.S., Department of Zoology, Miami University, 1985

M.S., Committee on Evolutionary Biology, University of Chicago, 1987

Ph.D., Committee on Evolutionary Biology, University of Chicago, 1990

Academic Appointments

2005-present Professor, 1999-present Associate Professor, 1993-1999 Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, The University of Kansas

2005-present Curator, 2000-present Curator-in-Charge, 1999-present Associate Curator, 1997-1998 Acting Curator-in-Charge, 1993-1999 Assistant Curator, Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, The University of Kansas

2000-present Adjunct Faculty, Department of Geography, The University of Kansas

1993-present Adjunct Faculty, Latin American Studies Program, The University of Kansas

1989-present  Adjunct Professor, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Publications (291 published or in press)

(NOTE that many of the publications, particularly in recent years, are available as pdf files obtainable by clicking the link at the end of the reference)

Ancient History

Peterson, A. T. 1982a. A history, summary, and analysis of the Oxford, Ohio, Christmas Bird Count (1938-1981). Oxford Audubon Society, Oxford, Ohio.

—. 1982b. An unusually late Horned Lark nest. Ohio Cardinal:49.

Osborne, D. R., and A. T. Peterson. 1984. The decline of the Upland Sandpiper in Ohio. Ohio Journal of Science, 84:8-10.

Peterson, A. T. 1986. Rock Doves nesting in trees. Wilson Bulletin, 98:168-169. View the PDF file.

Welsh, A., A. T. Peterson, and S. A. Altmann. 1988. The fallacy of averages. American Naturalist, 132:277-288. View the PDF file.

Peterson, A. T. 1989. Tree trunk arthropods as food resources for birds. Ohio Journal of Science, 89:23-25.

1990

—. 1990. Birds of Eagle Mountain, Joshua Tree National Monument, California. Western Birds, 21:127-135.

1991

—. 1991a. Gene flow in Scrub Jays: Frequency and direction of movement. Condor, 93:926-934. View the PDF file.

—. 1991b. Geographic variation in the ontogeny of beak coloration in Gray-breasted Jays (Aphelocoma ultramarina). Condor, 93:448-452. View the PDF file.

—. 1991c. New distributional information on the Aphelocoma jays. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 111:28-33.

—. 1991d. Sociality and ontogeny of coloration in the blue-and-black jays (Cyanocorax). Wilson Bulletin, 103:59-67. View the PDF file.

1992

Escalante-Pliego, P., and A. T. Peterson. 1992. Geographic variation and species limits in Middle American woodnymphs (Thalurania). Wilson Bulletin, 104:205-219. View the PDF file.

Navarro-Siguenza, A. G., A. T. Peterson, and P. Escalante-Pliego. 1992a. New distributional information on Mexican birds. I. The Sierra de Atoyac, Guerrero. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 112:6-11.

Navarro-Siguenza, A. G., A. T. Peterson, P. Escalante-Pliego, and H. Benitez-Diaz. 1992b. Cypseloides storeri: A new species of swift from Mexico. Wilson Bulletin, 104:55-64. View the PDF file.

Peterson, A. T. 1992a. Last animals at the zoo [Review]. Journal of Mammalogy, 73:937.

—. 1992b. Philopatry and genetic differentiation in the Aphelocoma jays. Biological Journal of the Linnaean Society, 47:249-260.

—. 1992c. Phylogeny and classification of birds: A study in molecular evolution [Review]. Ibis, 134:204-206.

—. 1992d. Phylogeny and rates of molecular evolution in the jays of the genus Aphelocoma (Corvidae). Auk, 109:134-148.

Peterson, A. T., and D. B. Burt. 1992. Phylogenetic history of social evolution and habitat use in the Aphelocoma jays. Animal Behaviour, 44:859-866.

Peterson, A. T., P. Escalante-Pliego, and A. G. Navarro-Sigüenza. 1992. Genetic variation and differentiation in Mexican populations of Chestnut-capped Brush-finches (Atlapetes brunneinucha) and Common Bush-tanagers (Chlorospingus ophthalmicus). Condor, 94:242-251. View the PDF file.

Peterson, A. T., and S. M. Lanyon. 1992. New bird species, DNA studies, and type specimens: A commentary. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 7:167-168.

Peterson, A. T., and D. F. Stotz. 1992. Distribution and taxonomy of birds of the world [Review]. Ibis, 134:306-308.

1993

Burt, D. B., and A. T. Peterson. 1993. Biology of the cooperatively breeding Scrub Jays (Aphelocoma coerulescens) of Oaxaca, Mexico. Auk, 110:207-214.

Escalante-Pliego, P., A. G. Navarro-Siguenza, and A. T. Peterson. 1993. A geographic, historical, and ecological analysis of avian diversity in Mexico. In T. P. Ramamoorthy, R. Bye, A. Lot and J. Fa (eds.), Biological diversity of Mexico: Origins and Distribution, pp. 281-307. Oxford University Press, New York.

Peterson, A. T. 1993a. Adaptive geographic variation of beak shape in Scrub Jays (Aphelocoma coerulescens). American Naturalist, 142:508-527. View the PDF file.

—. 1993b. Species status of Geotrygon carrikeri. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 113:166-168.

Peterson, A. T., O. A. Flores V., L. S. León P., J. E. Llorente B., M. A. Luis M., A. G. Navarro-Sigüenza, M. G. Torres Ch., and I. Vargas F. 1993. Conservation priorities in Mexico: Moving up in the world. Biodiversity Letters, 1:33-38. View the PDF file.

Peterson, A. T., and L. R. Heaney. 1993. Genetic differentiation in Philippine bats of the genera Cynopterus and Haplonycteris. Biological Journal of the Linnaean Society, 49:203-218.

Peterson, A. T., and N. Vargas-Barajas. 1993. Ecological diversity in Scrub Jays, Aphelocoma coerulescens. In T. P. Ramamoorthy, R. Bye, A. Lot and J. Fa (eds.), Biological diversity of Mexico: Origins and distribution, pp. 309-317. Oxford University Press, New York.

1994

Escalante-Pliego, P., and A. T. Peterson. 1994. Status of the Harpy Eagle (Harpia harpyja) in Oaxaca. Euphonia, 2:95-97.

Peterson, A. T. 1994. Taxonomy and identification of steamer-ducks (Anatidae: Tachyeres) [Review]. Auk, 110:668-669.

Peterson, A. T., and V. Sanchez-Cordero. 1994. Un debate sobre la taxonomia en Mexico: Nuevas ideas, nuevas metas, y un Estudio Biologico Nacional. Boletin Academia Investigacion Cientifica, 20:23-26.

Peterson, A. T., and K. Zyskowski. 1994. A supplement to distribution and taxonomy of birds of the world, and a world checklist of birds [Review]. Ibis, 136:509-510.

1995

Hernández-Baños, B. E., A. T. Peterson, A. G. Navarro-Sigüenza, and P. Escalante-Pliego. 1995. Bird faunas of the humid montane forests of Mesoamerica: Biogeographic patterns and conservation priorities. Bird Conservation International, 5:251-277.

Peterson, A. T. 1995. A century of avifaunal change in western North America [Review]. Auk, 112:811.

Peterson, A. T., N. Ingle, and R. Fernandez. 1995. Notes on the nesting behavior of the White-bellied Woodpecker. Wilson Bulletin, 107:182-184. View the PDF file.

1996

Peterson, A. T. 1996a. Evolutionary differentiation in morphology, vocalizations, and allozymes among nomadica sibling species in the North American Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) complex [Review]. Auk, 113:519.

—. 1996b. Geographic variation in sexual dichromatism in birds. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 116:156-172.

Peterson, A. T., and A. G. Navarro-Siguenza. 1996. A guide to the birds of Mexico and northern Central America [Review]. Auk, 113:975-977. View the PDF file.

Peterson, A. T., and A. Nieto-Montes de Oca. 1996. Sympatry in Abronia (Squamata: Anguidae) and the problem of Mario del Toro Aviles' specimens. Journal of Herpetology, 30:260-262.

1997

Escalona-Segura, G., and A. T. Peterson. 1997. Variable plumage ontogeny in the Black (Turdus infuscatus) and Glossy-black (T. serranus) robins. Wilson Bulletin, 109:182-184. View the PDF file.

Timm, R. M., R. M. Salazar, and A. T. Peterson. 1997. The historical distribution of the extinct tropical seal, Monachus tropicalis (Gray, 1850) (Carnivora: Phocidae). Conservation Biology, 11:549-551. View the PDF file.

1998

Egbert, S. L., A. T. Peterson, V. Sanchez-Cordero, and K. P. Price. 1998. Modeling conservation priorities in Veracruz, Mexico. In S. Morain (ed.), GIS in natural resource management: Balancing the technical-political equation, pp. 141-150. High Mountain Press, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Escalante-Pliego, P., A. G. Navarro-Siguenza, and A. T. Peterson. 1998. Un analisis geografico, ecologico e historico de la diversidad de las aves terrestres de Mexico. In T. P. Ramamoorthy, R. Bye, A. Lot and J. Fa (eds.), Diversidad biologica de Mexico: Origenes y distribucion, pp. 305-313. Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City.

Peterson, A. T. 1998a. The distribution and type locality of the extinct Slender-billed Grackle, Quiscalus palustris. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 118:119-121.

—. 1998b. New species and new species limits in birds. Auk, 115:555-558.

Peterson, A. T., and I. L. Brisbin. 1998. Genetic endangerment of wild Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus? Bird Conservation International, 8:387-394. View the PDF file.

Peterson, A. T., G. Escalona-Segura, and J. A. Griffith. 1998a. The birds of northern Central America: A preliminary distributional analysis. Wilson Bulletin, 110:534-543. View the PDF file.

Peterson, A. T., A. G. Navarro-Sigüenza, and H. Benitez-Diaz. 1998b. The need for continued scientific collecting: A geographic analysis of Mexican bird specimens. Ibis, 140:288-294. View the PDF file.

Peterson, A. T., and N. A. Slade. 1998. Extrapolating inventory results into biodiversity estimates and the importance of stopping rules. Diversity and Distributions, 4:95-105. View the PDF file.

Peterson, A. T., and N. Vargas-Barajas. 1998. Diversidad ecologica de las charas pecho rayado (Aphelocoma coerulescens). In T. P. Ramamoorthy, R. Bye, A. Lot and J. Fa (eds.), Diversidad biologica de Mexico: Origenes y distribucion, pp. 305-313. Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City.

Peterson, A. T., and D. M. Watson. 1998. Problems with areal definitions of endemism: The effects of spatial scaling. Diversity and Distributions, 4:189-194. View the PDF file.

Stotz, D. F., S. M. Lanyon, T. S. Schulenberg, D. E. Willard, A. T. Peterson, and J. W. Fitzpatrick. 1998. An avifaunal survey of the middle Rio Jiparana, Rondonia, Brazil. Ornithological Monographs, 48:763-781.

Zyskowski, K., A. T. Peterson, and D. A. Kluza. 1998. Geographic variation, courtship displays, and species limits in Atthis hummingbirds. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 118:82-90.

1999

Garrido, O. H., A. T. Peterson, and O. Komar. 1999. Geographic variation and taxonomy of the Cave Swallow (Hirundo fulva) complex, with the description of a new subspecies from Puerto Rico. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 119:80-91.

Navarro-Siguenza, A. G., and A. T. Peterson. 1999a. Comments on the taxonomy of the genus Cynanthus (Swainson), with a restricted type locality for C. doubledayi. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 119:109-112.

—. 1999b. Extension del area de distribucion de aves en el oeste de Guerrero, Mexico. Anales del Instituto de Biologia, U.N.A.M., 70:41-50.

Peterson, A. T. 1999a. Genus Doricha Reichenback, 1854, in Handbook of the birds of the world. Lynx Editions.

—. 1999b. Tuxtlas Quail-Dove: A response to Howell. Cotinga, 12:3-4.

Peterson, A. T., and K. C. Cohoon. 1999. Sensitivity of distributional prediction algorithms to geographic data completeness. Ecological Modelling, 117:159-164. View the PDF file.

Peterson, A. T., and A. G. Navarro-Siguenza. 1999a. Alternate species concepts as bases for determining priority conservation areas. Conservation Biology, 13:427-431. View the PDF file.

—. 1999b. Species concepts and setting conservation priorities: A Mexican case study, XXII International Ornithological Congress. View the PDF file.

Peterson, A. T., and M. B. Robbins. 1999. A preliminary assessment of distributions and conservation needs of grassland birds in Mexico. Studies in Avian Biology, 19:258-262.

Peterson, A. T., J. Soberon, and V. Sanchez-Cordero. 1999. Conservatism of ecological niches in evolutionary time. Science, 285:1265-1267. View the PDF file.

Rice, N. H., A. T. Peterson, and G. Escalona-Segura. 1999. Phylogenetic patterns in montane Troglodytes wrens. Condor, 101:446-451. View the PDF file.

Watson, D. M., and A. T. Peterson. 1999. Determinants of diversity in a naturally fragmented landscape: Humid montane forest avifaunas of Mesoamerica. Ecography, 22:582-589. View the PDF file.

2000

Chen, G., and A. T. Peterson. 2000. A new technique for predicting distributions of terrestrial vertebrates using inferential modeling. Zoological Research, 21:231-237.

Egbert, S. L., M. A. Ortega-Huerta, E. Martínez-Meyer, K. P. Price, and A. T. Peterson. 2000. Time-series analysis of high-temporal resolution AVHRR NDVI imagery of Mexico. Proceedings IEEE 2000 International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 5:1978-1980. View the PDF file.

Godown, M. E., and A. T. Peterson. 2000. Preliminary distributional analysis of U.S. endangered bird species. Biodiversity and Conservation, 9:1313-1322. View the PDF file.

Ortega-Huerta, M. A., E. Martinez-Meyer, S. L. Egbert, K. P. Price, and A. T. Peterson. 2000. Mapping the land cover of Mexico using AVHRR time-series data sets. GeoCarto International, 15:5-17.

Peterson, A. T. 2000a. A bird-finding guide to Mexico [Review]. Quarterly Review of Biology, 75:193-194. View the PDF file.

—. 2000b. Endangered species and peripheral populations: Cause for reflection. Endangered Species UPDATE, 18:30-31.

Peterson, A. T., L. G. Ball, and K. M. Brady. 2000a. Distribution of birds of the Philippines: Biogeography and conservation priorities. Bird Conservation International, 10:149-167. View the PDF file.

Peterson, A. T., S. L. Egbert, V. Sánchez-Cordero, and K. P. Price. 2000b. Geographic analysis of conservation priority: Endemic birds and mammals in Veracruz, Mexico. Biological Conservation, 93:85-94.

Peterson, A. T., and A. G. Navarro-Siguenza. 2000. A new taxon in the "Amazilia viridifrons" complex of southern Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 113:864-870.

Peterson, A. T., and A. G. Navarro-Sigüenza. 2000. Western Mexico: A significant centre of avian endemism and challenge for conservation action. Cotinga, 14:42-46.

Rohwer, S. A., C. Filardi, K. S. Bostwick, and A. T. Peterson. 2000. A critical evaluation of Kenyon's Shag (Phalacrocorax [Stictocarbo] kenyoni). Auk, 117:308-320. View the PDF file.

Sánchez-Cordero, V., A. T. Peterson, and P. Escalante-Pliego. 2000. El modelado de la distribución de especies y la conservación de la diversidad biológica, Enfoques Contemporáneos para el Estudio de la Biodiversidad, pp. 359-379. Instituto de Biologia, U.N.A.M., Mexico, D.F.

Vieglais, D. A., E. O. Wiley, C. R. Robins, and A. T. Peterson. 2000. Harnessing museum resources for the census of marine life: The FISHNET project. Oceanography, 13:10-13. View the PDF file.

2001

Navarro-Siguenza, A. G., A. T. Peterson, E. López-Medrano, and H. Benítez-Díaz. 2001. Species limits in Mesoamerican Aulacorhynchus toucanets. Wilson Bulletin, 113:363-372. View the PDF file.

Peterson, A. T. 2001a. Birder's Mexico [review]. Quarterly Review of Biology, 76:364.

Peterson, A. T. 2001a. Predicting species' geographic distributions based on ecological niche modeling. Condor, 103:599-605. View the PDF file.

—. 2001b. The Species Analyst: Making biodiversity information available to all [English and Spanish]. Mesoamericana, 2000:22-24.

Peterson, A. T., V. Sanchez-Cordero, J. Soberon, J. Bartley, R. H. Buddemeier, and A. G. Navarro-Siguenza. 2001. Effects of global climate change on geographic distributions of Mexican Cracidae. Ecological Modelling, 144:21-30. View the PDF file.

Peterson, A. T., and D. A. Vieglais. 2001. Predicting species invasions using ecological niche modeling. BioScience, 51:363-371. View the PDF file.

Scachetti-Pereira, R., and A. T. Peterson. 2001. O uso de modelagem na definição de estratégias para a conservação da biodiversidade. ComCiencia, http://www.comciencia.br/reportagens/biodiversidade/bio18.htm.

2002

Anderson, R. P., M. Gómez-Laverde, and A. T. Peterson. 2002a. Geographical distributions of spiny pocket mice in South America: Insights from predictive models. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 11:131-141. View the PDF file.

Anderson, R. P., A. T. Peterson, and M. Gómez-Laverde. 2002b. Using niche-based GIS modeling to test geographic predictions of competitive exclusion and competitive release in South American pocket mice. Oikos, 93:3-16. View the PDF file.

Beard, C. B., G. Pye, F. J. Steurer, Y. Salinas, R. Campman, A. T. Peterson, J. M. Ramsey, R. A. Wirtz, and L. E. Robinson. 2002. Chagas disease in a domestic transmission cycle in southern Texas, USA. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 9:103-105. View the PDF file.

Brisbin, I. L., A. T. Peterson, R. Okimoto, and G. Amato. 2002. Characterization of the genetic status of populations of Red Junglefowl. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 99:217-223.

Chen, G., and A. T. Peterson. 2002. Prioritization of areas in China for the conservation of endangered birds using modelled geographical distributions. Bird Conservation International, 12:197-209. View the PDF file.

Costa, J., A. T. Peterson, and C. B. Beard. 2002. Ecological niche modeling and differentiation of populations of Triatoma brasiliensis Neiva, 1911, the most important Chagas disease vector in northeastern Brazil (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae). American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, 67:516-520. View the PDF file.

Curry, R. L., A. T. Peterson, and T. A. Langen. 2002. Western Scrub-Jay. Birds of North America, 712:1-35.

Egbert, S. L., E. Martinez-Meyer, M. A. Ortega-Herta, and A. T. Peterson. 2002. Use of datasets derived from time-series AVHRR imagery as surrogates for land cover maps in predicting species' distributions. Proceedings IEEE 2002 International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 4:2337-2339. View the PDF file.

Feria, T. P., and A. T. Peterson. 2002. Using point occurrence data and inferential algorithms to predict local communities of birds. Diversity and Distributions, 8:49-56. View the PDF file.

Krishtalka, L., A. T. Peterson, D. A. Vieglais, J. H. Beach, and E. O. Wiley. 2002. The Green Internet: A tool for conservation science. In J. N. Levitt (ed.), Conservation in the Internet Age: Strategic Threats and Opportunities, pp. 143-164. Island Press, Washington, D.C.

Lim, B. K., A. T. Peterson, and M. D. Engstrom. 2002. Robustness of ecological niche modeling algorithms in Guyana. Diversity and Distributions, 11. View the PDF file.

Moyer, B. R., A. T. Peterson, and D. H. Clayton. 2002. Influence of bill shape on ectoparasite load in Western Scrub-Jays. Condor, 104:675-678. View the PDF file.

Navarro-Sigüenza, A. G., A. T. Peterson, and A. Gordillo-Martinez. 2002. A Mexican case study on a centralised database from world natural history museums. CODATA Journal, 1:45-53. View the PDF file.

Ortíz-Pulido, R., A. T. Peterson, M. B. Robbins, R. Díaz, A. G. Navarro-Sigüenza, and G. Escalona-Segura. 2002. The Mexican Sheartail (Doricha eliza): Morphology, behavior, distribution, and status. Wilson Bulletin, 114:1-8. View the PDF file.

Peterson, A. T., L. G. Ball, and K. C. Cohoon. 2002a. Predicting distributions of Mexican birds using ecological niche modelling methods. Ibis, 144:e27-e32. View the PDF file.

Peterson, A. T., M. A. Ortega-Huerta, J. Bartley, V. Sanchez-Cordero, J. Soberon, R. H. Buddemeier, and D. R. B. Stockwell. 2002b. Future projections for Mexican faunas under global climate change scenarios. Nature, 416:626-629. View the PDF file.

Peterson, A. T., V. Sánchez-Cordero, C. B. Beard, and J. M. Ramsey. 2002c. Ecologic niche modeling and potential reservoirs for Chagas disease, Mexico. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 8:662-667. View the PDF file.

Peterson, A. T., D. R. B. Stockwell, and D. A. Kluza. 2002d. Distributional prediction based on ecological niche modeling of primary occurrence data. In J. M. Scott, P. J. Heglund and M. L. Morrison (eds.), Predicting Species Occurrences: Issues of Scale and Accuracy, pp. 617-623. Island Press, Washington, D.C.

Robbins, M. B., A. T. Peterson, and M. A. Ortega-Huerta. 2002. Major negative impacts of early intensive cattle stocking on tallgrass prairies: The case of the Greater Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus cupido). North American Birds, 56:239-244. View the PDF file.

Stockwell, D. R. B., and A. T. Peterson. 2002a. Controlling bias in biodiversity data. In J. M. Scott, P. J. Heglund and M. L. Morrison (eds.), Predicting Species Occurrences: Issues of Scale and Accuracy, pp. 537-546. Island Press, Washington, D.C.

—. 2002b. Effects of sample size on accuracy of species distribution models. Ecological Modelling, 148:1-13. View the PDF file.

2003

Anderson, R. P., D. Lew, and A. T. Peterson. 2003. Evaluating predictive models of species' distributions: Criteria for selecting optimal models. Ecological Modelling, 162:211-232. View the PDF file.

Ibañez-Hernández, G., H. Benítez-Díaz, A. T. Peterson, and A. G. Navarro-Sigüenza. 2003. A further specimen of the White-fronted Swift Cypseloides storeri. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 123:62-64.

Komar, O., M. B. Robbins, K. Klenk, B. J. Blitvich, N. L. Marlenee, K. L. Burkhalter, D. J. Gubler, G. Gonzálvez, C. J. Peña, A. T. Peterson, and N. Komar. 2003. West Nile virus transmission in resident birds, Dominican Republic. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 9:1299-1302. View the PDF file.

Navarro-Sigüenza, A. G., A. T. Peterson, and A. Gordillo-Martínez. 2003a. Museums working together: The atlas of the birds of Mexico. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 123A:207-225. View the PDF file.

Navarro-Sigüenza, A. G., A. T. Peterson, Y. Nakazawa, and I. Liebig-Fossas. 2003b. Colecciones biológicas, modelaje de nichos ecológicos y los estudios de la biodiversidad. In J. J. Morrone and J. Llorente Bousquets (eds.), Una Perspectiva Latinoamericana de la Biogeografía, pp. 115-122. Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico, D.F.

Ortega-Huerta, M. A., and A. T. Peterson. 2003. Effects of geographic scale on analyzing associations between regional habitats and distribution patterns of Mexican birds. Anales del Instituto de Biologia, U.N.A.M., 74:203-210. View the PDF file.

Papes, M., and A. T. Peterson. 2003. Predicting the potential invasive distribution for Eupatorium adenophorum Spreng. in China. Journal of Wuhan Botanical Research, 21:137-142. View the PDF file.

Peterson, A. T. 2003a. Predicting the geography of species' invasions via ecological niche modeling. Quarterly Review of Biology, 78:419-433. View the PDF file.

—. 2003b. Projected climate change effects on Rocky Mountain and Great Plains birds: Generalities of biodiversity consequences. Global Change Biology, 9:647-655. View the PDF file.

—. 2003c. Subtle recent distributional shifts in Great Plains endemic bird species. Southwestern Naturalist, 48:289-292. View the PDF file.

Peterson, A. T., G. Escalona-Segura, K. Zyskowski, D. A. Kluza, and B. E. Hernández-Baños. 2003a. Avifaunas of two dry forest sites in northern Oaxaca, Mexico. Huitzil, 4:3-9. View the PDF file.

Peterson, A. T., and R. D. Holt. 2003. Niche differentiation in Mexican birds: Using point occurrences to detect ecological innovation. Ecology Letters, 6:774-782. View the PDF file.

Peterson, A. T., and D. A. Kluza. 2003. New distributional modeling approaches for Gap Analysis. Animal Conservation, 6:47-54. View the PDF file.

Peterson, A. T., and A. G. Navarro-Sigüenza. 2003. Computerizing bird collections and sharing collection data openly: Why bother? Bonner Zoologische Beiträge, 51:205-212. View the PDF file.

Peterson, A. T., A. G. Navarro-Sigüenza, and G. Chen. 2003b. Delayed plumage maturation in Asian thrushes, genus Turdus. Forktail, 19:152-153. View the PDF file.

Peterson, A. T., A. G. Navarro-Sigüenza, B. E. Hernández-Baños, G. Escalona-Segura, F. Rebón-Gallardo, E. Rodríguez-Ayala, E. M. Figueroa-Esquivel, and L. Cabrera-Garcia. 2003c. The Chimalapas region, Oaxaca, Mexico: A high-priority region for bird conservation in Mesoamerica. Bird Conservation International, 13:227-254. View the PDF file.

Peterson, A. T., M. Papes, and D. A. Kluza. 2003d. Predicting the potential invasive distributions of four alien plant species in North America. Weed Science, 51:863-868. View the PDF file.

Peterson, A. T., and C. R. Robins. 2003. Using ecological-niche modeling to predict Barred Owl invasions with implications for Spotted Owl conservation. Conservation Biology, 17:1161-1165. View the PDF file.

Peterson, A. T., R. Scachetti-Pereira, and D. A. Kluza. 2003d. Assessment of invasive potential of Homalodisca coagulata in western North America and South America. Biota Neotropica, 3:Online journal: http://www.biotaneotropica.org.br/v3n1/pt/abstract?article+BN00703012003. View the PDF file.

Peterson, A. T., and J. J. Shaw. 2003. Lutzomyia vectors for cutaneous leishmaniasis in southern Brazil: Ecological niche models, predicted geographic distributions, and climate change effects. International Journal of Parasitology, 33:919-931. View the PDF file.

Peterson, A. T., D. A. Vieglais, and J. Andreasen. 2003e. Migratory birds as critical transport vectors for West Nile Virus in North America. Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 3:39-50. View the PDF file.

Peterson, A. T., D. A. Vieglais, A. G. Navarro-Sigüenza, and M. Silva. 2003f. A global distributed biodiversity information network: Building the world museum. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 123A:186-196. View the PDF file.

Ramsey, J. M., R. Ordoñez, A. Tello-López, J. L. Pohls, V. Sánchez-Cordero, and A. T. Peterson. 2003. Actualidades sobre la epidemiología de la enfermedad de Chagas en México. In J. M. Ramsey, A. Tello-López and J. L. Pohls (eds.), Iniciativa para la Vigilancia y el Control de la Enfermedad de Chagas en la República Mexicana, pp. 85-103. Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Mexico. View the PDF file.

Raxworthy, C. J., E. Martínez-Meyer, N. Horning, R. A. Nussbaum, G. E. Schneider, M. A. Ortega-Huerta, and A. T. Peterson. 2003. Predicting distributions of known and unknown reptile species in Madagascar. Nature, 426:837-841. View the PDF file.

Rice, N. H., E. Martínez-Meyer, and A. T. Peterson. 2003. Ecological niche differentiation in the Aphelocoma jays: A phylogenetic perspective. Biological Journal of the Linnaean Society, 80:369-383. View the PDF file.

Siqueira, M. F. d., and A. T. Peterson. 2003. Global climate change consequences for cerrado tree species. Biota Neotropica, 3(2):electronic journal. View the PDF file.

Stockwell, D. R. B., and A. T. Peterson. 2003. Comparison of resolution of methods used in mapping biodiversity patterns from point occurrence data. Ecological Indicators, 3:213-221. View the PDF file.

Wiley, E. O., K. M. McNyset, A. T. Peterson, C. R. Robins, and A. M. Stewart. 2003. Niche modeling and geographic range predictions in the marine environment using a machine-learning algorithm. Oceanography, 16:120-127. View the PDF file.

Zyskowski, K., M. B. Robbins, A. T. Peterson, K. S. Bostwick, R. P. Clay, and L. A. Amarilla. 2003. Avifauna of the northern Paraguayan Chaco. Ornitologia Neotropical, 14:247-262.

2004

Barber, B., J. E. Martinez-Gomez, and A. T. Peterson. 2004. Systematic position of the Socorro Mockingbird (Mimodes graysoni). Journal of Avian Biology, 35:195-198. View the PDF file.

Causey, D., D. H. Janzen, A. T. Peterson, D. A. Vieglais, L. Krishtalka, J. H. Beach, and E. O. Wiley. 2004. Museum collections and taxonomy. Science, 305:1106-1107.   View the PDF file.

García-Moreno, J., A. G. Navarro-Sigüenza, A. T. Peterson, and L. A. Sánchez-González. 2004. Genetic variation coincides with geographic structure in the Common Bush-tanager (Chlorospingus ophthalmicus) complex from Mexico. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 33:186-196. View the PDF file.

Iguchi, K., K. Matsuura, K. McNyset, A. T. Peterson, R. Scachetti-Pereira, K. A. Powers, D. A. Vieglais, E. O. Wiley, and T. Yodo. 2004. Predicting invasions of North American basses in Japan using native range data and a genetic algorithm. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 133:845-854. View the PDF file.

Illoldi, P., V. Sánchez-Cordero, and A. T. Peterson. 2004. Predicting distributions of Mexican mammals using ecological niche modeling. Journal of Mammalogy, 85:658-662. View the PDF file.

Levine, R. S., M. Q. Benedict, and A. T. Peterson. 2004a. Distribution of Anopheles quadrimaculatus Say s.l. and implications for its role in malaria transmission in the US. Journal of Medical Entomology, 41:607-613. View the PDF file.

Levine, R. S., A. T. Peterson, and M. Q. Benedict. 2004. Geographic and ecologic distributions of the Anopheles gambiae complex predicted using a genetic algorithm. American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, 70:105-109. View the PDF file.

Martínez-Gómez, J. E., B. Barber, and A. T. Peterson. 2004. Phylogenetic position and generic placement of the Socorro Wren (Thryomanes sissonii). Auk, 122:50-56. View the PDF file.

Martínez-Meyer, E., A. T. Peterson, and W. W. Hargrove. 2004a. Ecological niches as stable distributional constraints on mammal species, with implications for Pleistocene extinctions and climate change projections for biodiversity. Global Ecology and Biogeography 13:305-314. View the PDF file.

Martínez-Meyer, E., A. T. Peterson, and A. G. Navarro-Sigüenza. 2004b. Evolution of seasonal ecological niches in the Passerina buntings (Aves: Cardinalidae). Proceedings of the Royal Society B 271:1151-1157. View the PDF file.

Nakazawa, Y., A. T. Peterson, E. Martínez-Meyer, and A. G. Navarro-Sigüenza. 2004. Seasonal niches of Nearctic-Neotropical migratory birds: Implications for the evolution of migration. Auk, 121:610-618. View the PDF file.

Navarro-Sigüenza, A. G., and A. T. Peterson. 2004. An alternative species taxonomy of Mexican birds. Biota Neotropica, 4(2). Online journal. View the PDF file.

Oberhauser, K. S., and A. T. Peterson. 2004. Modeling current and future potential wintering distributions of eastern North American monarch butterflies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 100:14063-14068. View the PDF file.

Ortega-Huerta, M. A., and A. T. Peterson. 2004. Modelling spatial patterns of biodiversity in northeastern Mexico. Diversity and Distributions, 10:39-54. View the PDF file.

Parmesan, C., S. Gaines, L. Gonzalez, D. M. Kaufman, J. Kingsolver, A. T. Peterson, and R. Sagarin. 2004. Empirical perspectives on species borders: From traditional biogeography to global change. Oikos, 108:58-75. View the PDF file.

Peterson, A. T. 2004. El Virus del Oeste del Nilo (VON) en las Américas: Un resumen ecológico y geográfico. Boletin Epidemiología. View pdf of part 1, part 2.

Peterson, A. T. 2004b. A new synthesis or just The New Synthesis? Science, 304:1249. View the PDF file.

Peterson, A. T. 2004. Climate change effects on species and biodiversity. In R. Ragaini (ed.), International Seminar on Nuclear War and Planetary Emergencies, 30th Session, pp. 59-68. World Scientific, New Jersey.

Peterson, A. T., J. T. Bauer, and J. N. Mills. 2004a. Ecological and geographic distribution of filovirus disease. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 10:40-47. View the PDF file.

Peterson, A. T., D. Carroll, and J. N. Mills. 2004. Potential mammalian filovirus reservoirs. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 10:2073-2081. View the PDF file.

Peterson, A. T., E. Martínez-Meyer, and C. González-Salazar. 2004b. Reconstructing the Pleistocene geography of the Aphelocoma jays (Corvidae). Diversity and Distributions, 10:237-246. View the PDF file.

Peterson, A. T., E. Martínez-Meyer, C. González-Salazar, and P. Hall. 2004. Modeled climate change effects on distributions of Canadian butterfly species. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 82:851-858. View the PDF file.

Peterson, A. T., N. Komar, O. Komar, A. G. Navarro-Sigüenza, M. B. Robbins, and E. Martínez-Meyer. 2004. West Nile Virus in the New World: Potential impacts on bird species. Bird Conservation International, 14:215-232. View the PDF file.

Peterson, A. T., A. G. Navarro-Sigüenza, and R. S. Pereira. 2004c. Detecting errors in biodiversity data based on collectors' itineraries. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 124:143-151. View the PDF file.

Peterson, A. T., R. S. Pereira, and V. L. Fonseca de Camargo-Neves. 2004b. Using epidemiological survey data to infer geographic distributions of leishmania vector species. Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 37:10-14. View the PDF file.

Peterson, A. T., N. H. Rice, and A. G. Navarro-Sigüenza. 2004g. Geographic variation in the Rosy Thrush-tanager (Rhodinocichla rosea) complex of Mesoamerica (Aves: Passeriformes). Biota Neotropica, 4:electronic publication (http://www.biotaneotropica.org.br). View the PDF file.

Peterson, A. T., R. Scachetti-Pereira, and W. W. Hargrove. 2004c. Potential geographic distribution of Anoplophora glabripennis (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in North America. American Midland Naturalist, 151:170-178. View the PDF file.

Soberón, J., and A. T. Peterson. 2004. Biodiversity informatics: Managing and applying primary biodiversity data. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B, 359:689-698. View the PDF file.

Thomas, C. D., A. Cameron, R. E. Green, M. Bakkenes, L. J. Beaumont, Y. C. Collingham, B. F. N. Erasmus, M. Ferreira de Siqueira, A. Grainger, L. Hannah, L. Hughes, B. Huntley, A. S. Van Jaarsveld, G. E. Midgely, L. Miles, M. A. Ortega-Huerta, A. T. Peterson, O. L. Phillips, and S. E. Williams. 2004. Extinction risk from climate change. Nature, 427:145-148. View the PDF file.

Thomas, C. D., S. E. Williams, A. Cameron, R. E. Green, M. Bakkenes, L. J. Beaumont, Y. C. Collingham, B. F. N. Erasmus, M. Ferreira de Siqueira, A. Grainger, L. Hannah, L. Hughes, B. Huntley, A. S. Van Jaarsveld, G. F. Midgely, L. Miles, M. A. Ortega-Huerta, A. T. Peterson, and O. L. Phillips. 2004b. Thomas et al. reply. Nature, 430:1-2.  View the PDF file.

Wiley, E. O., and A. T. Peterson. 2004. Biodiversity and the Internet: Building and using the virtual world museum. In A. Scharl (ed.), Environmental Online Communication, pp. 91-99. Springer-Verlag, London.

2005

Bauer, J. T., and A. T. Peterson. 2005. Visualizing environmental correlates of species' geographic range limits. Diversity and Distributions, 11:275-278. View the PDF file.

Heaney, L. R., J. S. Walsh Jr., and A. T. Peterson. 2005. The roles of geological history and colonization abilities in genetic differentiation between mammalian populations in the Philippine archipelago. Journal of Biogeography, 32:229-247. View the PDF file.

Hinojosa-Díaz, I. A., O. Yáñez-Ordóñez, G. Chen, and A. T. Peterson. 2005. The North American invasion of the Giant Resin Bee (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 14:69-77.

Komar, O., B. J. O'Shea, A. T. Peterson, and A. G. Navarro-Sigüenza. 2005a. Evidence for latitudinal sexual selection among migratory birds wintering in Mexico. Auk 122:938-948. View the PDF file.

Komar, O., M. B. Robbins, G. Guzmán-Contreras, B. W. Benz, K. Klenk, B. J. Blitvich, N. L. Marlenee, K. L. Burkhalter, S. Beckett, G. Gonzálvez, C. J. Peña, A. T. Peterson, and N. Komar. 2005. West Nile virus survey of birds and mosquitoes in the Dominican Republic. Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 5:120-126. View the PDF file. View the PDF file.

López-Cárdenas, J., F. E. Gonzalez-Bravo, P. M. Salazar-Schettino, J. C. Gallaga-Solorzano, E. Ramírez-Barba, J. Martínez-Méndez, V. Sänchez-Cordero, A. T. Peterson, and J. M. Ramsey. 2005. Fine-scale predictions of distributions of Chagas disease vectors in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico. Journal of Medical Entomology, 42:1068-1081. View the PDF file.

Peterson, A. T. 2005. Predicting potential geographic distributions of invading species. Current Science, 89:9. View the PDF file.

—. 2005b. Kansas Gap Analysis: The importance of validating distributional models before using them. Southwestern Naturalist, 50:230-236. View the PDF file.

Peterson, A. T., and I. L. Brisbin, Jr. 2005. Phenotypic status of Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus populations introduced on Pacific islands. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 125:59-61. View the PDF file.

Peterson, A. T., L. Canseco-Márquez, J. L. Contreras-Jiménez, G. Escalona-Segura, O. Flores-Villela, J. García-López, B. E. Hernández-Baños, C. A. Jiménez-Ruiz, L. León-Paniagua, S. Mendoza-Amaro, A. G. Navarro-Sigüenza, V. Sánchez-Cordero, and D. E. Willard. 2005a. A preliminary biological survey of Cerro Piedra Larga, Oaxaca, Mexico: Birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians, and plants. Anales del Instituto de Biologia, U.N.A.M. 75:439-466. View the PDF file.

Peterson, A. T., C. Cicero, and J. Wieczorek. 2005c. Free and open access to distributed data from bird specimens: Why? Auk, 122:987-990. View the PDF file.

Peterson, A. T., and D. A. Kluza. 2005. Ecological niche modeling as a new paradigm for large-scale investigations of diversity and distribution of birds. Pages 1201-1204 in C. J. Ralph and L. Long, editors. Third International Partners in Flight Conference, March 20-24, 2002. U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Asilomar, California. View the PDF file.

Peterson, A. T., C. Martínez-Campos, Y. Nakazawa, and E. Martínez-Meyer. 2005d. Time-specific ecological niche modeling predicts spatial dynamics of vector insects and human dengue cases. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 99:647-655. View the PDF file.

Peterson, A. T., and A. G. Navarro-Sigüenza. 2005. Hundred-year changes in the avifauna of the Valley of Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico. Huitzil, 7:4-14. View the PDF file.

Peterson, A. T., H. Tian, E. Martínez-Meyer, J. Soberón, V. Sánchez-Cordero, and B. Huntley. 2005d. Modeling distributional shifts of individual species and biomes. Pages 211-228 in T. E. Lovejoy and L. Hannah, editors. Climate Change and Biodiversity. Yale University Press, New Haven, Conn.

Roura-Pascual, N., A. Suarez, C. Gómez, P. Pons, Y. Touyama, A. L. Wild, and A. T. Peterson. 2005. Geographic potential of Argentine ants (Linepithema humile Mayr) in the face of global climate change. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, 271:2527-2535. View the PDF file.

Sánchez-Cordero, V., P. Illoldi-Rangel, M. Linaje, S. Sarkar, and A. T. Peterson. 2005a. Deforestation and extant distributions of Mexican endemic mammals. Biological Conservation, 126:465-473. View the PDF file.

Sánchez-Cordero, V., A. T. Peterson, E. Martínez-Meyer, and R. Flores. 2005b. Distribución de roedores reservorios del virus causante del sindrome pulmonar por hantavirus y regiones de posible riesgo en México. Acta Zoologica Mexicana, 21:79-91. View the PDF file.

Soberón, J., and A. T. Peterson. 2005. Interpretation of models of fundamental ecological niches and species' distributional areas. Biodiversity Informatics, 2:1-10. View the PDF file.

2006

Anciães, M., and A. T. Peterson. 2006. Climate change effects on Neotropical manakin diversity based on ecological niche modeling. Condor 108:778-791. View the PDF file.

Anderson, R. P., A. T. Peterson, and S. L. Egbert. 2006. Vegetation-index models predict areas vulnerable to purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) in Kansas. Southwestern Naturalist 51:471-480. View the PDF file.

Banks, W. E., F. D'Errico, H. L. Dibble, L. Krishtalka, D. West, D. I. Olszewski, A. T. Peterson, D. G. Anderson, J. C. Gillam, A. Montet-White, M. Crucifix, C. W. Marean, M.-F. Sánchez-Goñi, B. Wohlfarth, and M. Vanhaeran. 2006. Eco-cultural niche modeling: New tools for reconstructing the geography and ecology of past human populations. PaleoAnthropology 2006:68-83. View the PDF file.

Benz, B. W., M. B. Robbins, and A. T. Peterson. 2006. Evolutionary history of woodpeckers and allies (Aves: Picidae): Placing key taxa on the phylogenetic tree. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 40:389-399. View the PDF file.

Bonaccorso, E., I. Koch, and A. T. Peterson. 2006. Pleistocene fragmentation of Amazon species' ranges. Diversity and Distributions, 12:157-164. View the PDF file.

Elith, J., C. H. Graham, R. P. Anderson, M. Dudik, S. Ferrier, A. Guisan, R. J. Hijmans, F. Huettman, J. R. Leathwick, A. Lehmann, J. Li, L. G. Lohmann, B. A. Loiselle, G. Manion, C. Moritz, M. Nakamura, Y. Nakazawa, J. M. Overton, A. T. Peterson, S. J. Phillips, K. Richardson, R. Scachetti-Pereira, R. E. Schapire, J. Soberón, S. E. Williams, M. S. Wisz, and N. E. Zimmermann. 2006. Novel methods improve prediction of species' distributions from occurrence data. Ecography, 29:129-151. View the PDF file.