CURRICULUM VITAE
Bruce D. Patterson revised 6 May 2013
Center for Integrative Research Tel: (312) 665–7750
1400 S. Lake Shore Drive Fax (312) 665–7754
Field Museum of Natural History [email protected]
Chicago IL 60605–2496 USA http://sites.google.com/a/fieldmuseum.org/bruce–pattersons–lab/Home
PRESENT POSITIONS
MacArthur Curator of Mammals, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago (since 1996)
Member, Committee on Evolutionary Biology and Lecturer, Biological Sciences Collegiate Division,
University of Chicago (since 1985)
Adjunct Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois, Chicago (since 1988)
Profesor Invitado, Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú
(since 1993)
Student Supervisor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of East Africa, Baraton, Eldoret,
Kenya (since 2012)
PREVIOUS POSITIONS
External Examiner, Universität Potsdam, Evolutionary Genetics (2012)
External Examiner, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Zoology (2010)
External Reader, University of Cape Town, Zoology (2006, 2012)
External Faculty, Texas Tech University, Biological Sciences (2002–2005)
External Examiner, University of Copenhagen Zoology (2002–2003)
Curator of Mammals, Field Museum of Natural History (1992–1996)
Adjunct Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb (1991–2001)
Head, Division of Mammals, Field Museum of Natural History (1986–1992)
Associate Curator of Mammals, Field Museum of Natural History (1985–1992)
Lecturer, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Northwestern University, Evanston (1984–
1985)
Chairman, Scientific Support Services, Field Museum of Natural History (1983–1986)
Assistant Curator of Mammals, Field Museum of Natural History (1981–1984)
ACADEMIC DEGREES
B.S. (Biology) 1974 from St. Lawrence University, Canton NY. Junior thesis: Development of
opposability of the thumb and its significance (K.L. Crowell, Advisor).
M.S. (Biology) 1978 from New Mexico State University, Las Cruces NM. Thesis: Montane mammalian
biogeography in New Mexico (C.S. Thaeler, Jr.†, Advisor).
Ph.D. (Biology, minor in Experimental Statistics) 1981 from New Mexico State University.
Thesis: The mandibular morphology of grasshoppers and the niche variation hypothesis (W. Atmar†
and R.J. Raitt, Jr.†, Co–advisors).
HONORS & AWARDS
1980–American Society of Mammalogists Award
1982–James H. Davis Dissertation Prize, New Mexico State University
1988–Outstanding Centennial Alumnus, New Mexico State University
1989–Director, American Society of Mammalogists (1989–1992, 1992–1995, 1997–2000)
1990–Fellow, Linnean Society of London
1991–Editorial Board, Journal of Mammalogy (1991–1994)
1992–Editorial Board, Biodiversity Letters (1992–1997)
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1993–Editorial Board, Mastozoología Neotropical (1993–2002)
1996–President, Society for the Study of Mammalian Evolution (1996–1998)
1996–MacArthur Curator, Field Museum of Natural History (1996–present)
1997–Editorial Board, Publicaciones Especiales, Mastozoología Neotropical (1997–2003)
1997–Editorial Board and Associate Editor, Diversity and
Distributions (1997–2011)
1998–Brucepattersonius Hershkovitz, 1998 (Bonner Zool.
Beitrage 47:227 ff.) a genus of cricetid mice with 4–6
species restricted to Atlantic Forest habitats in Brazil,
Paraguay and Argentina.
1999–Vice President, American Society of Mammalogists
(1999–2000)
2000–President–Elect, American Society of Mammalogists
(2000–2002)
2002–President, American Society of Mammalogists (2002–2004)
2003–Associate Editor, Mastozoología Neotropical (2003–present)
2009–Vice President, American Association of University Professors, Field Museum Chapter (2009-
2010)
2012–Associate Editor, Coevolution.
CURRENT STUDENT COMMITTEES
University of East Africa, Baraton (Kenya)
David Wechuli, M.Sc., Biological Sciences–Bat distribution and diversity near Lake Bogoria, Kenya
Kenyatta University (Kenya)
Alex Gombe Mwazo, M.Sc. program, Zoological Sciences–habitat associations of Grévy’s zebras
(awarded Dec 2012)
Loyola University, Chicago
Alexandra Weber, B.Sc., Biological Sciences–Systematics of Kenyan bats (Chiroptera: Miniopterus)
Science without Borders (Brazil)
João Luis da Fonseca, B.Sc., Universidade Federal do Espirito Santo, Vitôria–fluctuating asymmetry
and museum curation
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Raul Fonseca, Ph.D., Zoology–Genetic and morphological variation of Oecomys (Rodentia)
(traveling fellowship sponsor)
Universität Potsdam (Germany)
Julia Schad, Ph.D., Evolutionary Genetics–MHC variation in bats and its relationship to parasite
susceptibility and sexual selection (external examiner)
University of Cape Town (South Africa)
Hassan Babiker, Ph.D., Zoology–Environmental factors influencing the distributions of South African
bats (external examiner)
University of Chicago Victoria Flores, Ph.D. program, Committee on Evolutionary Biology–Ecology and behavior of bats
Christopher Schell, Ph.D. program, Committee on Evolutionary Biology–Maternal effects on
phenotypic traits in coyotes
Nathan Upham, Ph.D. candidate, Committee on Evolutionary Biology–phylogeography and historical
biogeography of arid lands rodents (major adviser)
University of Illinois at Chicago
Carrie Seltzer, Ph.D. candidate, Biological Sciences–Seed dispersal by African fruit bats and rats
Brucepattersonius sp.
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(defended 23 Apr 2013)
Erika Arnold, Ph.D. candidate, Biological Sciences–tick site selection on deer mice and Lyme disease
Eric Hancock, Ph.D. program, Biological Sciences–foraging ecology of South African genets
FORMER STUDENTS AND ASSOCIATES (as major/research advisor only)
Lisa Dorn (1984) M.Sc., Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago (now PhD; Associate
Professor, Univ. Wisconsin Oshkosh)–Burrowing ecology of chipmunks in Colorado
Víctor Pacheco T. (1989) M.Sc., Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago (now PhD;
Profesor Principal, Universidad de San Marcos, Lima)– Phylogeny and biogeography of Neotropical
bats, genus Sturnira
Gregory M. Mikkelson (1993) M.Sc., Ecology & Evolution, University of Chicago (now PhD; formerly
Assistant Professor, Rice University, Houston; now Associate Professor, McGill University,
Montreal) –How do food webs fall apart?
Virginia L. Turner (1994) M.Sc., Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago (now PhD;
Associate Professor, Harper College, Palatine)–Morphology of caenolestid marsupials
Scott J. Steppan (1995) Ph.D., Evolutionary Biology, University of Chicago (now Associate Professor,
Florida State University)–Phylogeny and macroevolution of phyllotine rodents
Link Olson (1999) Ph.D. Evolutionary Biology, University of Chicago (now Associate Professor and
Curator of Mammals, University of Alaska, Fairbanks)–Evolutionary radiations of tenrecs
Roland W. Kays (1999) Post-doctoral Fellow, Field Museum (now Director of Biodiversity and Curator
of Mammals, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences)–Ecology of maneless African lions
Lucia Luna (2002) M.S. University of Illinois at Chicago (now PhD program at University of Michigan)–
Description and phylogeny of a remarkable new mouse from Peru
Alex Dehgan (2003) Ph.D. University of Chicago (now Science & Technology Adviser at U.S. AID)–
Behavioral correlates of extinction proneness in lemurs
Carl W. Dick (2005–2009) Post-doctoral fellow, Field Museum (now Assistant Professor, Western
Kentucky University)–coevolution of bats and bat flies
Paúl Velazco (2009) Ph.D. University of Illinois at Chicago (now post-doctoral fellow, American
Museum of Natural History)–Phylogeny and biogeography of Neotropical bats, genus Platyrrhinus
Mohammad Abu Baker (2011; co-advisor) Ph.D. University of Illinois at Chicago (now Visiting Assistant
Professor, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter MN)–Community and foraging ecology of African
rodents
Carrie Seltzer (2013) Ph.D. University of Illinois at Chicago (now applying for postdocs)–Seed dispersal
by African fruit bats and rats
(a more complete list of students can be found here)
FORMAL COURSES TAUGHT (as primary instructor only)
Conservation Biology (EEB 492), Northwestern Univ. (1984, 1985).
Biogeography (BIOS 23406; also co-listed as ENST 25500, EVOL 45500, GEOG 25500/35500), Univ.
Chicago (1990 [co-taught], 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2013)
Research at the Field Museum (CEB 388), Univ. Chicago (1990 organizer)
Mammalian Radiations (BioS 490/491) Univ. Illinois, Chicago (1992, 1994, 2000)
Carnivore Biology (BioS 490/491) Univ. Illinois, Chicago and (Evol 49600) Univ. Chicago (2008)
Evolution (EVOL 49800, sec. 37) Univ. Chicago (Spr & Sum 2010)
Evolution (EVOL 49600, sec. 37) Univ. Chicago (Fall 2010)
Evolution (EVOL 49600, sec. 37) Univ. Chicago (Spr 2013)
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PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES AND SERVICE
American Association of University Professors, (2009–2011)
Vice President, Field Museum Chapter (2009–2011)
American Society of Mammalogists (Member, Life Member, Patron Member, 1982–present)
Board of Directors (1989–1992; 1993–1995; 1997–1999; 2000–life)
Vice President (1999–2000)
President–Elect (2000–2002)
President (2002–2004)
Past President & Board Member (2004–present)
Ad hoc Committee to Create an Award for Educational Excellence (1995–1996)
Ad hoc Latin American Field Research Award Committee (1996–1997)
Ad hoc New Awards Committee (Chair 1998–1999)
Ad hoc Strategic Planning Steering Committee (1996–1998)
C. Hart Merriam Award Committee (1990–1996; Chair, 1994–1996)
Checklist Committee (1993–2002)
Editorial Committee, Editor for Reviews, Journal of Mammalogy (1991–1994)
Honorary Membership Committee (2004–present; Chair 2010–2012)
Information Retrieval Committee (1983–1984)
Joseph Grinnell Award for Teaching Excellence Committee (1996–2000)
Latin American Student Fellowship Committee (1997–2002; Chair, 1999–2002)
Planning and Finance Committee (1998–2000; Chair, 2001–2002; 2008–2010)
Public Relations Committee (2000–2002, 2007; Chair, 2004–2006)
Systematic Collections Committee (1981–1990; Chair, 1987–1990)
Asociación Mexicana de Mastozoología (Life Member)
Bat Conservation International (1988–present)
Biodiversity Letters, Editorial Board (1992–1996)
Diversity and Distributions, Editorial Board (1997–present)
International Biogeography Society (2007–2009)
International Federation of Mammalogists (2005–present)
Systematic Collections Committee (Chair, 2007–2010; 2011)
IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature)
New World Marsupial group (1994–2000)
African Lion Genetics Working Group (2004–present)
African Lion Working Group (2004–present)
Small Non–Volant Mammal Task Force (2009–2011)
Red List Authority, Neotropical Small Mammals Co–coordinator (2009–present)
SSC Small Mammal Specialist Group (2011–present)
Linnean Society of London (Fellow)
Midwest Museum of Natural History, Science Advisory Board
National Geographic Society (1982–present)
Sociedad Argentina de Mastozoología
Editorial Board, Mastozoología Neotropical (1993–2003)
Associate Editor, Mastozoología Neotropical (2003–present)
Associate Editor, Publicaciones Especiales, Mastozoología Neotropical (1997–2000)
Society for Conservation Biology (Charter Life Member, 1986-present)
Society for the Study of Coevolution (Founding member, 2012-present)
Society for the Study of Evolution (Life Member, 1982-present)
Society for the Study of Mammalian Evolution (Charter member, 1993–present)
President (1996–1998)
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CURRENT INSTITUTIONAL COMMITTEE SERVICE
Animal Care and Use Committee, since 1998
Council on Africa, Curatorial Steering Committee, since 2004
Field Museum/IDP Foundation, Inc. African Training Fund, Steering Committee, since 2009
Parker-Gentry Award Selection Committee, since 2006
Scholarship Committee, since 2006
UIC-FMNH Biological Sciences Liaison, since 2001
Content specialist/co-curator for the recent exhibits Horse, Whales Tohorā, The Lod Mosaic, Extreme
Mammals, and Living with Wolves (2010-2013)
EXTRAMURAL GRANTS AND CONTRACTS
1979–New Mexico Department of Game & Fish, “The status of the Organ Mountains population of
Eutamias,” $1540
1979–Sigma Xi, “Habitat selection by heteromyids—home–range studies on use of space,” $600
1981–New Mexico Department of Game & Fish, “The status of the Hopi chipmunk,” $900
1981–National Science Foundation, Biological Research Resources, “Care and use of the systematic
collection of mammals.” (Co-PI, with R.M. Timm as PI/PD) $151,000 (1980–1983) DEB–7920660.
1983–American Philosophical Society, Johnson Fund, “Distribution, ecology, and evolution of
mammals on Chilean coastal islands,” $1940 (1983–1984).
1983–National Geographic Society, “Distribution and taxonomy of mammals on Chilean coastal
islands”, $6780 (1983–1984).
1983–Dirección de Investigácion, Universidad Austral de Chile, “Distribución, ecología y evolución
de los mamíferos del archipielago del sur de Chile.” (Co-PI, with M.H. Gallardo as PI/PD), $150,000
(Ch) and $500 (US) (1983–1985).
1984–CONICYT (Chile), “Análisis genético y morfológico de un área de contacto entre dos especies del
género Akodon (Rodentia: Cricetidae) en la pluviselva valdiviana.” (Co-PI, with M.H. Gallardo as
PI/PD), $200,000 (Ch) (1984–1986).
1985–National Science Foundation, Biological Research Resources, “Support for the care and use of the
systematic collections of mammals” (PI/PD, with R.M. Timm as co-PI), $190,069 (1985–1988)
DEB–8501595.
1987–National Science Foundation, Biological Research Resources, “An improved computer system for
collection management and research” (PI/PD, with J.W. Koeppl as co-PI), $225,000 (1987–1988)
DEB–8605104.
1989–National Science Foundation, Biological Research Resources, “Facilities support for the mammal
collection, Field Museum of Natural History,” (PI/PD, with L.R. Heaney and J.C. Kerbis as co-PIs),
$203,714 (1989–1992) DEB–8821834.
1991–National Science Foundation, Ecology Program, “SGER: Nested patterns of species composition
in ecological communities,” $26,000 (1991–1992) DEB–9106981.
1992–National Science Foundation, Anthropology, “Support for the primate facility at Field Museum of
Natural History” (PI/PD, with J. Fooden and J. Haas as co-PIs), $25,537 (1992–1994) BCS–9204356.
1992–National Science Foundation, Systematic Collection Resources, “Support for the involvement of
minority undergraduates in collection management at Field Museum: Supplement to BSR–8821834”
(PI/PD, with numerous others as co-PIs), $80,352 (1992).
1995–John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, World Environment and Resource Program,
“A proposal for a collaborative training program for Malagasy students at the Field Museum” (Co-PI,
with S.M. Goodman as PI/PD, and O. Rieppel as junior co-PI), $34,500 (1995).
1996–National Science Foundation, Physiological Ecology & Population Biology, “Dissertation
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Research: The effect of metabolic rate on mitochondrial DNA evolution in the Tenrecidae
(Insectivora: Mammalia).” (PI/PD, with L. Olson as Co-PI), $7500 (1996–1998) IOB–9623454.
1998–National Science Foundation, Research Collections in Systematics and Ecology, “Improvement of
long–term storage of the Field Museum’s bird and mammal genetic resources” (Co-PI, with S.J.
Hackett, PI/PD, and J.M. Bates and L.R. Heaney as junior co-PIs), $73,927 (1998–1999) DBI–
9728985.
1998–Eli Lilly Foundation, “Excavations of the Man–eaters’ Cave, Tsavo, Kenya” (Co-PI, with C.
Kusimba, J.C.K. Peterhans, and T.P. Gnoske as senior PIs), $100,000 (1998–1999).
1998–National Science Foundation, Biotic Survey and Inventory Program, “Mammals, birds, and their
parasites along an elevational gradient in southeastern Peru,” (PI/PD, with D.F. Stotz and J.W.O.
Ballard as co-PIs, and S. Solari as Collaborator), $238,993 (1998–2003) DEB–9870191.
2000–Primate Society of Great Britain, “The Ranomafana Fragments Project,” (co-PI, with A. Dehgan
as PI/PD), $800 (1999–2000).
2000–Primate Conservation International, “The Ranomafana Fragments Project,” (co-PI, with A.
Dehgan as PI/PD), $1,000 (1999–2000).
2000–Margot Marsh Biodiversity Foundation, "The Behavior of Extinction: Predicting Biogeographic
Patterns of Lemur Responses to Habitat Fragmentation in S. E. Madagascar", (co-PI, with A. Dehgan
as PI/PD), $10,000 (2000–2001).
2000–National Science Foundation, International Programs, “US–Madagascar Dissertation
Ennhancement: The Ranomafana Fragments Project,” (PI/PD, with A. Dehgan as co-PI), $17,668
(2000–2001) INT–9912116.
2000–Chicago Zoological Society, Conservation and Research Committee, “The Ranomafana Fragments
Project,” (PI/PD, with A. Dehgan as co-PI), $5,000 (2000–2001).
2001–National Science Foundation, Division of Biological Infrastructure, “Development of an
integrated network for distributed databases of mammal specimen data” (co PI, with L.R. Heaney as
PI/PD, P. Lowther and W.T. Stanley as co-PIs), $87,702 (2001–2003) DBI–0108161.
2001–Norwottock Charitable Trust, “The impact of the civil war on the culture and environment in
Sierra Leone, West Africa” (co-PI, with C. M. Kusimba as PI/PD, and S. Ayodele, C. Oluyomi, J.
Rooney as senior co-PIs), $50,000 (2001–2002).
2001–Earthwatch Institute, “Behavior and ecology of maneless lions in arid rangelands of Kenya” (PI,
with R.W. Kays and S.M. Kasiki as co-PIs), $131,400 (2002).
2002–National Geographic Society, “Manelessness in Tsavo lions as male pattern baldness,” (co-PI,
with R. W. Kays as PI; M. J. Thornton as 3rd
co-PI), $25,205 (2002–2006) #7208–02
2002–NatureServe, “Mapping Neotropical mammal distributions,” $6,997 (2002)
2002–National Science Foundation, Division of Environmental Biology, “Ectoparasites of Manu,”
$23,450 (2002–2003) DEB–0219556; supplement to DEB–9870191.
2002–Earthwatch Institute, “Behavior and ecology of maneless lions in arid rangelands of Kenya” (PI,
with S.M. Kasiki as co-PI; R.W. Kays as collaborator), $176,200 (2003).
2003–Earthwatch Institute, “Behavior and ecology of maneless lions in arid rangelands of Kenya” (PI,
with S.M. Kasiki and R.W. Kays as co-PIs), $111,420 (2004).
2004–Rufford Maurice Laing Foundation (through Earthwatch–Europe) “Training in molecular
genetics, natural history collections, and GIS methodologies bearing on the ‘Lions of Tsavo’ project.”
$5,970 (2004).
2004–Earthwatch Institute, “Behavior and ecology of maneless lions in arid rangelands of Kenya” (PI,
with S.M. Kasiki and R.W. Kays as co-PIs), $161,191 (2005).
2004–Vodafone Group Foundation (through Earthwatch–Europe, Communications Technology and
Conservation), “GPS/GSM collars for improved science and volunteer participation in Tsavo Lion
Research. $11,353 (2005)
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2005–National Science Foundation, Division of Environmental Biology, “Digitization, conversion, and
accessibility of The Field Museum’s bat fly collection” (co-PI; C.W. Dick as PI/PD, and A.L. Newton
and J. McCaffrey as co-PIs), $406,912 (2006–2009) DBI–0545051.
2005–Earthwatch Institute, “Behavior and ecology of lions and biodiversity in Tsavo’s arid woodlands”
(PI, with S.M. Kasiki and A. Mwazo as co-PIs), $176,580 (2006).
2006–National Science Foundation, International Programs, “US–Peru Dissertation Enhancement:
Historical Diversification in the Neotropics: Evolution and Variation of the Bat Genus Platyrrhinus”
(PI/PD, with P. M. Velazco as Co-PI; submitted through UIC), $15,000 (2006–2007) OISE–0630149.
2006–Earthwatch Institute, “Behavior and ecology of lions and biodiversity in Tsavo’s arid woodlands”
(PI, with S.M. Kasiki and A, Mwazo as co-PIs), $158,060 (2007).
2007–National Science Foundation, Division of Environmental Biology, “Collaborative Proposal:
Phylogeny of the bat flies of the world–Insights into trends in host associations and ectoparasitism”
(co-PI; with Katharina Dittmar as PI/PD and C. Dick as PI), $420,000 (2007–2012) DEB–0640330
and DEB–0640331.
2007–Earthwatch Institute, “Behavior and ecology of lions and biodiversity in Tsavo’s arid woodlands”
(PI, with S.M. Kasiki and A, Mwazo as co-PIs), $161,410 (2008).
2008–Earthwatch Institute, “Behavior and ecology of lions and biodiversity in Tsavo’s arid woodlands”
(PI/PD, with S.M. Kasiki and A. Mwazo as co-PIs and Natasha Godard as team leader), $156,620
(2009).
2010–Grainger Foundation, “An international symposium to initiate interdisciplinary collaborations
with the Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)” (PI/PD, with Mohammad Tajuddin Abdullah as
co-PI), $10,000 (2010-2011).
2011–National Science Foundation, “DISSERTATION RESEARCH Fossils and phylogeny:
investigating the timing of diversification in a diverse lineage of Neotropical rodents (Caviomorpha:
Octodontoidea)” (PI/PD, with Nate S. Upham as co-PI; submitted through Univ. Chicago), $15,000
(2013) DEB–1110805.
2012–JRS Biodiversity Foundation, “Bats of Kenya: distribution, status, ecology and public health (co-
PI/PD, with Paul W. Webala as PI, David Waldien as co-PI), $90,095 (2012-2015).
FOREIGN FIELDWORK
Bolivia: Oruro, Potosí, Chuquisaca & Tarija (1997–1.5 month)
Brazil (6.5 months; 5 trips)
Rondônia (1986–2 months); São Paulo, Ilha do Cardoso & Boracéia (1989–2 months; 1990–0.5
month; 1992–1 month; 1993–1 month)
Chile (5 months; 2 trips)
Magallanes (1983–2 months); Chiloé and Osorno (1984–3 months)
Ecuador (1.5 months; 2 trips)
WildSumaco and Yasuní (2011: 0.75 months); Yasuní (2013: 0.75 months)
Kenya (22.75 months; 39 trips)
Lions: Tsavo National Parks (1998–1 month; 1999–1 month; 1999–1 month; 2001–1 month; 2002–
0.5 month); Taita-Rukinga Sanctuary (2002–2.5 months; 2003–2.5 months; 2004–2.5 months; 2005–
2 months; 2006–1.2 months; 2007–2 months; 2008–1 month; 2009–1 month; 2010–0.5 months);
Bats: caves, deserts, savannas and forests (2006–0.75 month; 2011–1 month; 2012–1.5 months;
2013–0.25 months)
Madagascar: Ranomafana National Park (1996–1 month)
Malaysia: Sarawak and Sabah (2010–0.25 month)
Peru (8.5 months; 7 trips)
Arequipa (2010–0.25 month); Cuzco & Madre de Dios (1996–0.25 month; 1999–2 months; 2000–1
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month; 2001–2.5 months); Lima, Ancash, Cajamarca & Amazonas (1987–2.5 months); San Martín
(2007–0.25 month)
Puerto Rico (1 month; 2 trips)
Vieques I. & Arecibo—bats and bat flies (2008–0.5 month; 2009–0.5 month)
South Africa: Limpopo, Lajuma Reserve—elephant shrews, mice and shrews (2007–0.5 month)
RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS (since Jan 2012)
Department of Biological Sciences, University at
Buffalo "Sporadic isolation: the evolution of
Neotropical mammals" (departmental
seminar, 7 Mar 2012)
TerQua: The Society for Cenozoic Research,
Rockford IL "Manes, marauding and man-
eating: the Lions of Tsavo" (invited plenary
address, 12 May 2012)
American Society of Mammalogists, Reno, NV
“A genetic perspective on “Lion Conserv-
ation Units” in eastern and southern Africa”
(contributed paper, 25 Jun 2012).
Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting,
Portland OR “Variation in multiple
dimensions of biodiversity along a tropical
elevation gradient: inter-taxon comparisons”
(presented by B. Kingbeil, 5 Aug 2012).
Ayer Society, Field Museum of Natural History
“Extreme mammals: rats, bats, and cats”
(lecture, 31 Jul 2012)
FM Board Assistants Luncheon, Field Museum
of Natural History “Extreme mammals I have
known” (lecture, 12 Sep 2012)
III Congreso de la Sociedad Peruana de
Mastozoologia, Piura, Peru “Diversificación
del género de murciélago Sturnira
(Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) en el
neotrópico (co-author on contributed paper
by P. Velazco, 16 Oct 2012). North American Society for Bat Research, San
Juan, Puerto Rico “Diversification of the
Neotropical Yellow-shouldered bats
(Phyllostomidae: Sturnirini)” (contributed
paper, 26 Oct 2012).
North American Society for Bat Research, San
Juan, Puerto Rico “Some like it Hot -
Evolution and ecology of novel endosym-
bionts in bat flies of cave-roosting bats
(Hippoboscoidea, Nycterophiliinae)” (co-
author on contributed paper presented by S.
Morse, 27 Oct 2012).
II Congreso Latinoamericano de Mastozoología,
Buenos Aires, Argentina “Diversificación
molecular y morfológica de un linaje mayor
de roedores neotropicales (Caviomorpha:
Octodontoidea)” (co-author on symposium
presentation by N. Upham, 9 Nov 2012).
Animal Behavior Brownbag, University of
Chicago “Anomalous host specificity of
macroparasites on micromammals: bat flies
on bats” (seminar, 29 Jan 2013).
1st Pan-African Bat Summit, Naivasha, Kenya,
organized by Bat Conservation International
(various statements and commentaries, 11-15
Feb 2013).
Burpee Museum of Natural History, Rockford IL
“Maneless, marauding and man-eating: The
Lions of Tsavo” (24 Feb 2013).
Conservation Biology (BIOS 369/469), Roosevelt
University, Chicago “Conservation of lions”
(guest lecture, 26 Apr 2013)
Science & Education Interchange Series, Field
Museum of Natural History “Conserving
lions: genetic and landscape perspectives”
(seminar, 2 May 2013)
American Society of Mammalogists Meeting,
Philadelphia PA “Diversification of the
Yellow-shouldered bats, genus Sturnira
(Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae), in the New
World tropics (contributed paper, 17 Jun
2013).
American Society of Mammalogists Meeting,
Philadelphia PA “Comparative biodiversity
of bats and rodents along an extensive
tropical elevational gradient: Taxonomic,
functional, and phylogenetic dimensions”
(co-author on contributed paper presented by
M. Willig, Jun 2013).
American Society of Mammalogists Meeting,
Philadelphia PA “Phylogeny and evolution of
body size in Caviidae (Rodentia,
Hystricognathi, Cavioidea): Approach of a
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combined analysis with morphology and
molecular data” (co-author on contributed
paper presented by M. Pérez, Jun 2013).
American Society of Mammalogists Meeting,
Philadelphia PA “A preliminary test of the
traditional taxonomy of New World deer
(Cervidae: Rangiferini) and its implications
for conservation” (co-author on contributed
paper presented by E. Gutierrez, Jun 2013).
Association for Tropical and Biology and
Conservation, San Jose, Costa “Meta-
community structure and multiple dimensions
of biodiversity: Reaching for the clouds” (co-
author on invited symposium presentation by
M. Willig, Jun 2013).
International Bat Research Conference/NASBR,
San Jose, Costa Rica “Delimiting cryptic
species for ‘The Bats of Kenya’ – the genus
Miniopterus (Miniopteridae) (oral/poster
presentation, Aug 2013).
1o Simpósio de Evolução de Mamíferos,
Sociedade Brasileira de Mastozoologia, Rio
de Janeiro “From Tierra del Fuego to
Teresópolis: the evolution of rats, bats, and
cats” (Invited plenary address, 24 Oct 2013).
SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS (many pdfs available here)
Patterson, B.D. 1973. Development of opposabil-
ity of the thumb and its significance. St.
Lawrence Journal 1:64–73.
Patterson, B.D. 1980a. Montane mammalian
biogeography in New Mexico. Southwestern
Naturalist 25:33–40.
Patterson, B.D. 1980b. A new subspecies of
Eutamias quadrivittatus (Rodentia: Sciuridae)
from the Organ Mountains, New Mexico.
Journal of Mammalogy 61:455–464.
Patterson, B.D. 1980c. Evolutionary niche shifts of
Eutamias (Rodentia). International Congress
of Systematics and Evolutionary Biology II:
305.
Patterson, B.D. 1981a. Morphological shifts of
some isolated populations of Eutamias
(Rodentia: Sciuridae) in different congeneric
assemblages. Evolution 35:53–66.
Patterson, B.D. 1981b. The mandibular
morphology of grasshoppers and the niche
variation hypothesis. Unpubl. PhD dissert-
ation, New Mexico State University, Las
Cruces, xii + 82 pp.
Patterson, B.D. & C.S. Thaeler, Jr. 1982. The
mammalian baculum: Hypotheses on the
nature of bacular variability. Journal of
Mammalogy 63:1–15.
Patterson, B.D. 1982b. Pleistocene vicariance,
montane islands, and the evolutionary diverg-
ence of some chipmunks (Genus Eutamias).
Journal of Mammalogy 63:387–398.
Patterson, B.D. 1983a. Grasshopper mandibles
and the niche variation hypothesis. Evolution
37:375–388.
Patterson, B.D. 1983b. On the phyletic weight of
mensural cranial characters in chipmunks and
their allies (Rodentia: Sciuridae). Fieldiana:
Zoology, new series 20:1–24.
Patterson, B.D. 1983c. Baculum-body size
relationships as evidence for a selective
continuum on bacular morphology. Journal of
Mammalogy 64:496–499.
Patterson, B.D. 1983e. [Review] Mammalian
biology in South America. Systematic Zoology
32:460–463.
Patterson, B.D. 1984a. Mammalian extinction and
biogeography in the Southern Rocky
Mountains. Pp. 247–293 in Extinctions (M. H.
Nitecki, ed). University of Chicago Press,
Chicago.
Patterson, B.D. 1984b. Correlation between man-
dibular morphology and specific diet of some
desert grassland Acrididae (Orthoptera).
American Midland Naturalist 111:296–303.
Patterson, B.D., M.H. Gallardo & K.E. Freas.
1984. Systematics of mice of the subgenus
Akodon (Rodentia: Cricetidae) in southern
South America, with the description of a new
species. Fieldiana: Zoology, new series 23:1–
16.
Patterson, B.D. 1984c. Geographic variation and
taxonomy of Colorado and Hopi chipmunks
(Genus Eutamias). Journal of Mammalogy
65:442–456.
Gallardo, M.H. & B.D. Patterson. 1984 [1985].
Chromosomal differences between nominal
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subspecies of Oryzomys longicaudatus
Bennett. Mammalian Chromosomes News-
letter 25:49–53.
Patterson, B.D. 1985a. Distribution, ecology, and
evolution of mammals on Chilean coastal
islands. American Philosophical Society,
Grantees Report 1984:39–40.
Patterson, B.D. 1985b. Chilean serendipity:
Records of a fortuitous field season in
temperate rain forests. Field Museum of
Natural History Bulletin 56(4):4–22.
Heaney, L.R. & B.D. Patterson (eds.). 1986b.
Island Biogeography of Mammals. Linnean
Soc. London and Academic Press, London.
271 pp.
Heaney, L.R. & B.D. Patterson. 1986a. Intro-
duction. Pp. i-iii in Island Biogeography of
Mammals (L.R. Heaney & B.D. Patterson,
eds.). Biological Journal of the Linnean
Society 28. Academic Press, London.
Patterson, B.D. & W. Atmar. 1986. Nested subsets
and the structure of insular mammalian faunas
and archipelagos. Pp. 65-82 in Island Biogeo-
graphy of Mammals (L.R. Heaney & B.D.
Patterson, eds.). Biological Journal of the
Linnean Society 28. Academic Press, London.
Patterson, B.D. 1986. Species loss. Science 234:
1311.
Patterson, B.D. & M.H. Gallardo. 1987. Rhyncho-
lestes raphanurus. Mammalian Species 286:1–
5.
Patterson, B.D. & L.R. Heaney. 1987. Preliminary
analysis of geographic variation in red-tailed
chipmunks (Eutamias ruficaudus). Journal of
Mammalogy 68:782–791.
Patterson, B.D. & R.M. Timm (eds.). 1987.
Studies in Neotropical Mammalogy: Essays in
honor of Philip Hershkovitz. Fieldiana:
Zoology, new series 39. 506 pp.
Patterson, B.D. & R.M. Timm. 1987. Preface. P.
iii in Studies in Neotropical Mammalogy:
Essays in honor of Philip Hershkovitz (B.D.
Patterson & R.M. Timm, eds). Fieldiana:
Zoology, new series 39.
Patterson, B.D. 1987. A biographical sketch of
Philip Hershkovitz, with a complete scientific
bibliography. Pp. 1–10 in Studies in Neotrop-
ical Mammalogy: Essays in honor of Philip
Hershkovitz (B.D. Patterson & R.M. Timm,
eds). Fieldiana: Zoology, new series 39.
Gallardo, M.H. & B.D. Patterson. 1987. An
additional 14-chromosome karyotype and sex-
chromosome mosaicism in South American
marsupials. Pp. 111–116 in Studies in
Neotropical Mammalogy: essays in honor of
Philip Hershkovitz (B.D. Patterson & R.M.
Timm, eds). Fieldiana: Zoology, new series,
no. 39.
Patterson, B.D. & C.E. Feigl. 1987. Faunal
representation in museum collections of
mammals: Osgood's mammals of Chile. Pp.
485–496 in Studies in Neotropical Mammal-
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ogy: essays in honor of Philip Hershkovitz
(B.D. Patterson & R. M. Timm, eds).
Fieldiana: Zoology, new series 39.
Patterson, B.D. 1987. The principle of nested
subsets and its implications for biological con-
servation. Conservation Biology 1:323–334.
Patterson, B.D. 1988. [Review] Evolutionary
innovations: patterns and processes.
Evolutionary Trends in Plants 2:86–87.
Meserve, P.L., B.K. Lang & B.D. Patterson. 1988.
Trophic relations of small mammals in a
Chilean temperate rain forest. Journal of
Mammalogy 69:721–730
Patterson, B.D. 1989a. Dominance of South
American marsupials. Nature 337:215.
Patterson, B.D., P.L. Meserve & B.K. Lang. 1989.
Distribution and abundance of small mammals
along an elevational transect in temperate
rainforests of Chile. Journal of Mammalogy
70:67–78.
Patterson, B.D. 1989b. [Review] History and
evolution. Evolutionary Trends in Plants 3:
111–112.
Patterson, B.D. & J.L. Patton. 1990. Fluctuating
asymmetry and allozymic heterozygosity
among natural populations of pocket gophers
(Thomomys bottae). Biological Journal of the
Linnean Society 40:21–36.
Patterson, B.D., P.L. Meserve & B.K. Lang. 1990.
Quantitative habitat associations of small
mammals along an elevational transect in
temperate rainforests of Chile. Journal of
Mammalogy 71:620–633.
Patterson, B.D. 1990. On the temporal
development of nested subset patterns of
species composition. Oikos 59:330–342
Patterson, B.D. & J.H. Brown. 1991. Regionally
nested patterns of species composition in
granivorous rodent assemblages. Journal of
Biogeography 18:395–402.
Pacheco, V. & B.D. Patterson. 1991. Phylogenetic
relationships of the New World bat genus
Sturnira (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae).
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural
History 206:101–121.
Patterson, B.D. 1991. The integral role of
biogeographic theory in the conservation of
tropical forest diversity. Pp. 124–149 in Latin
American mammals: History, Biodiversity,
Conservation (M.A. Mares & D.J. Schmidly,
eds.). University of Oklahoma Press, Norman,
Oklahoma, 468 pp.
Patterson, B.D. 1992a. Mammals in the Royal
Natural History Museum, Stockholm,
collected in Brazil and Bolivia by A. M. Olalla
during 1934–1938. Fieldiana: Zoology, new
series 66:1–48.
Patterson, B.D. 1992b. [Review] Ornithological
gazetteer of Brazil. Journal of Mammalogy 73:
462–463.
Patterson, B.D. 1992c. A new genus and species of
long–clawed mouse (Rodentia: Muridae) from
temperate rainforests of Chile. Zoological
Journal of the Linnean Society 106:127–145.
Patterson, B.D., J.L. Patton & L.H. Emmons.
1992. Lista completa de especies de
mamíferos que se habitan la Reserva de la
Biosfera del Manu. Pp. 125–128 in Peru's
Amazonian Eden: Manu National Park and
Biosphere Reserve (K. MacQuarrie, writer and
editor), Francis O. Patthey e hijos, Barcelona.
Pacheco, V. & B.D. Patterson. 1992. Systematics
and biogeographic analyses of four species of
Sturnira (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae), with
emphasis on Peruvian forms. Pp. 57–81 in
Biogeografía, ecología, y conservación del
bosque montaño en el Perú (K.R. Young & N.
Valencia, eds.). Memorias del Museo de
Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional
Mayor de San Marcos 21.
Patterson, B.D., V. Pacheco & M.V. Ashley. 1992.
On the origins of the Western Slope region of
endemism: Systematics of fig-eating bats,
genus Artibeus. Pp. 189–205 in Biogeografía,
ecología, y conservación del bosque montaño
en el Perú (K.R. Young & N. Valencia, eds.).
Memorias del Museo de Historia Natural,
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
21.
Pacheco, V., B.D. Patterson, J.L. Patton, L.H.
Emmons, S. Solari & C. Ascorra. 1993. List of
mammal species known to occur in Manu
Biosphere Reserve, Peru. Publicaciones del
Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad
Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Serie A,
Zoología 44:1–12.
Atmar, W. & B.D. Patterson. 1993. The measure
of order and disorder in the distribution of
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species in fragmented habitat. Oecologia
96:373–382.
Patterson, B.D. 1994. [Review] Mammal species
of the world, 2nd
ed. Journal of Mammalogy
75:236–239.
Patterson, B.D. & R. Hutterer. 1994. The roles of
museums. Trends in Evolution and Ecology
9:64.
Patterson, B.D. 1994. [Review] Platypus and
echidnas. Journal of Mammalogy 75:559–560.
Anderson, S. & B.D. Patterson. 1994. Biogeo-
graphy. Pp. 215–233 in 75 years of mammal-
ogy 1919–1994 (E.C. Birney & J.R. Choate,
eds.). American Society of Mammalogists,
Special Publications 11. Lawrence, Kansas.
Patterson, B.D. 1994c. Accumulating knowledge
on the dimensions of biodiversity: systematic
perspectives on Neotropical mammals.
Biodiversity Letters 2:79–86.
Kerbis Peterhans, J.C. & B.D. Patterson. 1995.
The Ethiopian water mouse Nilopegamys
Osgood, with comments on the evolution of
semi-aquatic adaptations in African Muridae.
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
113:329–349.
Rosenblum, E.E. & B.D. Patterson. 1995.
Mammals. Collier's Encyclopedia 15:294–
313.
Patterson, B.D. 1995a. The principle of nested
subsets and its implications for biological
conservation. Pp. 83–94 in Readings from
Conservation Biology: The landscape
perspective (D. Ehrenfeld, ed.). Society for
Conservation Biology and Blackwell Science,
Cambridge, 253 pp. [reprinting of 1987 title].
Patterson, B.D., S.M. Goodman & J.L. Sedlock
(eds.). 1995. Environmental change in Mada-
gascar. Field Museum Press, Chicago, 143 pp.
Atmar, J.W. & B.D. Patterson. 1995. The
nestedness temperature calculator: a visual
basic program, including 294 presence-
absence matrices. AICS Research, Inc.,
University Park, NM and The Field Museum,
Chicago. (http://aics–research.com/nestedness/
tempcalc. html).
Patterson, B.D. 1995b. Local extinctions and the
biogeographic dynamics of boreal mammals in
the Southwest. Pp. 151–176 in Storm over a
Mountain Island: Conservation biology and
the Mount Graham Affair (C.A. Istock & R.S.
Hoffmann, eds.). University of Arizona Press,
Tucson, 291 pp.
Albuja–V., L. & B.D. Patterson. 1996. A new
species of northern shrew-opossum (Paucitub-
erculata: Caenolestidae) from the Cordillera
del Cóndor, Ecuador. Journal of Mammalogy
77:41–53.
Patterson, B.D. 1996. The “species alias” problem.
Nature 380:589.
Patterson, B.D. 1996. Message from the President
[Society for the Study of Mammalian
Evolution]. Journal of Mammalian Evolution
3:198–199.
Patterson, B.D., V. Pacheco & S. Solari. 1996.
Distributions of bats along an elevational
gradient in the Andes of south-eastern Peru.
Journal of Zoology 240:637–658.
Patterson, B.D. 1997a. In memoriam: Philip
Hershkovitz, 1909–1997. Journal of
Mammalogy 78:978–981.
Patterson, B.D. 1997b. Obituario–Obituary: Philip
Hershkovitz, 1909–1997. Mastozoología
Neotropical 4:77–78.
Goodman, S.M. & B.D. Patterson (eds.). 1997.
Natural change and human impact in
Madagascar. Smithsonian Institution Press,
Washington, xiii + 432 pp.
Goodman, S.M. & B.D. Patterson. 1997. Preface.
Pp. ix–xiii in Natural change and human
impact in Madagascar (S.M. Goodman &
B.D. Patterson, eds.). Smithsonian Institution
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Press, Washington, xiii+432 pp.
Patterson, B. D. & C. Kusimba, eds. 1997.
Programs in the Natural and Cultural History
of Africa. The Field Museum, Chicago, IL.
Kerbis Peterhans, J.C., C.M. Kusimba, T.P.
Gnoske, S. Andanje & B.D. Patterson. 1998.
Man-eaters of Tsavo. Natural History
107(9):12–14.
Wright, D.H., B.D. Patterson, G. Mikkelson, A.H.
Cutler & W. Atmar. 1998. A comparative
analysis of nested subset patterns of species
composition. Oecologia 113(1):1–20.
Patterson, B.D., D. Stotz, S. Solari, J. Fitzpatrick
& V. Pacheco. 1998. Contrasting patterns of
elevational zonation for birds and mammals in
the Andes of southeastern Peru. Journal of
Biogeography 25:593–607.
Patterson, B. D. 1997 [1998]. [Editorial]
Systematics and Neotropical diversity.
Mastozoología Neotropical 4(2):87.
Patterson, B. D. 1997 [1998]. More on systematics
and Neotropical diversity. Mastozoología
Neotropical 4(2):151–153.
Kelt, D.A., P. L. Meserve, B.D. Patterson & B.K.
Lang. 1999. Scale dependence and scale
independence in habitat associations of small
mammals in southern temperate rainforest.
Oikos 85:320–334.
Patterson, B.D. 1999. Contingency and
determinism in mammalian biogeography:
The role of history. Journal of Mammalogy
80:345–360.
Patterson, B.D., J.W.O. Ballard & R.L. Wenzel.
1999. Distributional evidence for cospeciation
between New World bats and their batfly
ectoparasites. Studies on Neotropical Fauna
and Environment 33: 76–84.
Patterson, B.D. 1999. Hopi chipmunk, Tamias
rufus. Pp. 380–381 in The Smithsonian Book
of North American Mammals (D.E. Wilson &
S. Ruff, eds.). Smithsonian Institution Press,
Washington, 816 pp.
González, E.M. & B.D. Patterson. 2000. Un nuevo
nombre genérico para Thomasomys pictipes
Osgood, 1933 (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae).
XIV Journadas Argentinas de Mastozoología,
Salta, Argentina 1999:34–35.
Patterson, B.D. & W. Atmar. 2000. Analyzing
species composition in fragments. Pp. 9–24 in
Isolated vertebrate communities in the tropics
(G. Rheinwald, ed.). Bonner Zoologische
Monographen 46, Bonn, Germany, 400 pp.
Sutton, D.A. & B.D. Patterson. 2000. Geographic
variation of the western chipmunks Tamias
senex and Tamias siskiyou, with two new
subspecies from California. Journal of
Mammalogy 81:299–316.
Patterson, B.D. 2000. [Review] Walker’s
Mammals of the World, 6th ed. International
Journal of Primatology 21:561–563.
Neiburger, E.J. & B.D. Patterson. 2000. Man-
eating lions…a dental link. Journal of the
American Association of Forensic Dentists
24(7–9):1–3.
Patterson, B.D. 2000. Patterns and trends in the
discovery of new Neotropical mammals.
Diversity & Distributions 6:145–151.
Neiburger, E.J. & B.D. Patterson. 2000. The man-
eaters with bad teeth. New York State Dental
Journal 66(10):26–29 + cover.
Patterson, B.D. 2001. [Review] Prides: The lions
of Moremi, by C. Harvey & P. Kat. Journal of
Mammalogy 82:248–250.
Patterson, B.D. & E.J. Neiburger. 2001. Lion with
a sore tooth. Nature Australia 26(12):12.
Patterson, B. D. 2001. Fathoming tropical
biodiversity: the continuing discovery of
Neotropical mammals. Diversity and
Distributions 7:191–196.
Neiburger, E.J. & B.D. Patterson. 2002. A forensic
dental determination of serial killings by three
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African lions. General Dentistry 50(1):40–42.
Kays, R.W. & B.D. Patterson. 2002. Mane varia-
tion in African lions and its social correlates.
Canadian Journal of Zoology 80:471–478.
Patterson, B.D. 2002. On the continuing need for
scientific collecting of mammals. Masto-
zoología Neotropical 9:253–262.
Patterson, B.D., E. J. Neiburger & S. M. Kasiki.
2003. Tooth breakage and dental disease as
causes of carnivore-human conflicts. Journal
of Mammalogy 84:190–196.
Luna, L. & B. D. Patterson. 2003. A remarkable
new rodent from Peru (Muridae: Sigmodont–
inae), with comments on the affinities of
Rhagomys rufescens (Thomas, 1886).
Fieldiana: Zoology, new series 101:1–24.
Patterson, B.D., M.R. Willig & R.D. Stevens.
2003. Trophic strategies, niche partitioning,
and patterns of ecological organization. Pp.
536–579 in Bat Ecology (T.H. Kunz & M.B.
Fenton, eds.). University of Chicago Press,
Chicago.
Willig, M.R., B.D. Patterson & R.D. Stevens.
2003. Patterns of range size, richness, and
body size in the Chiroptera. Pp. 580–621 in
Bat Ecology (T.H. Kunz & M.B. Fenton, eds.).
University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
Patterson, B.D., G. Ceballos, W. Sechrest, M.
Tognelli, T. Brooks, P. Ortega, I. Salazar &
B.E. Young. 2003. Digital Distribution Maps
of the Mammals of the Western Hemisphere,
version 1.0. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia,
USA (CD and http://www.natureserve.org/
getData/mammalMaps.jsp
Patterson, B.D., S. M. Kasiki, E. Selempo & R. W.
Kays. 2004. Livestock predation by lions
(Panthera leo) and other carnivores on
ranches neighboring Tsavo National Parks,
Kenya. Biological Conservation 119:507–516.
Solari, S., R. A. Van Den Bussche, S. R. Hoofer &
B. D. Patterson. 2004. Geographic
distribution, ecology, and phylogenetic
affinities of Thyroptera lavali Pine 1993. Acta
Chiropterologica 6:293–302.
Patterson, B. D. 2004. The lions of Tsavo: Ex-
ploring the legacy of Africa’s notorious man-
eaters. McGraw–Hill, New York, 231 pp.
Dubach, J, B. D. Patterson, M. B. Briggs, K.
Venzke, J. Flammand, P. Stander, L.
Scheepers & R. Kays. 2005. Molecular genetic
variation across the eastern and southern
geographic range of the African lion, Panthera
leo. Conservation Genetics 7:15–24.
Patterson, B.D. 2005. [Review] Evolving Eden: an
illustrated guide to the evolution of the
African large-mammal fauna, by A. Turner &
M. Antón. Journal of Mammalogy 86:1052–
1053.
Patterson, B.D., N. Yamaguchi, J.M. Dubach & D.
York. 2005. Molecular genetics and
morphological variation of lions (Panthera
leo). African Lion Newsletter 6(2):17–23.
D’Elia, G., L. Luna, E.M. González & B.D.
Patterson. 2006. On the Sigmodontinae
radiation (Rodentia, Cricetidae): An appraisal
of the phylogenetic position of Rhagomys.
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
38:558–564.
Patterson, B.D. 2006. [Review] Foundations of
Biogeography: Classic papers with comment-
aries, edited by Lomolino et al. Perspectives in
Biology and Medicine 49:152–154.
Patterson, B.D., R.W. Kays, S.M. Kasiki & V.M.
Sebestyen. 2006. Developmental effects of
climate on the mane of the lion (Panthera leo).
Journal of Mammalogy 87:193–200 + cover.
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Dick, C. W. & B. D. Patterson. 2006. Bat flies –
obligate ectoparasites of bats. Pp. 179–194 in
Micromammals and macroparasites: From
evolutionary ecology to management (S.
Morand, B. Krasnov & R. Poulin, eds.).
Springer-Verlag, Tokyo.
Patterson, B.D., D.F. Stotz & S. Solari (eds.).
2006. Mammals and Birds of the Manu
Biosphere Reserve, Peru. Fieldiana: Zoology,
new series 110, 49 pp.
Patterson, B.D., D.F. Stotz & S. Solari. 2006.
Biological surveys and inventories in Manu.
Pp. 3–12 in Mammals and Birds of the Manu
Biosphere Reserve, Peru (B.D. Patterson, D.F.
Stotz & S. Solari, eds.). Fieldiana: Zoology,
new series 110.
Patterson, B.D. & P. Velazco. 2006. A distinctive
new cloud-forest rodent (Hystricognathi:
Echimyidae) from the Manu Biosphere
Reserve, Peru. Mastozoología Neotropical
13:175–191 + cover.
Solari, S., V. Pacheco, L. Luna, P.M. Velazco &
B.D. Patterson. 2006. Mammals of the Manu
Biosphere Reserve. Pp. 13–22 in Mammals
and Birds of the Manu Biosphere Reserve,
Peru (B.D. Patterson, D.F. Stotz & S. Solari,
eds.). Fieldiana: Zoology, new series 110.
Patterson, B.D. 2007. A new ‘Age of Discovery’
for mammals [Review: Mammal Species of
the World, 3rd
ed]. Journal of Mammalian
Evolution 14:67–69.
Patterson, B.D., C.W. Dick & K. Dittmar. 2007.
Roosting habits of bats affect their parasitism
by bat flies (Diptera: Streblidae). Journal of
Tropical Ecology 23:177–189.
Dick, C.W. & B.D. Patterson. 2007. Against all
odds: explaining host specificity in dispersal–
prone ectoparasites. International Journal of
Parasitology 37:871–876.
Patterson, B.D. 2007. On the nature and signif-
icance of variability in lions (Panthera leo).
Evolutionary Biology 34:55–60.
Vargas, A. & B.D. Patterson. 2007. Comunidades
de murciélagos montanos en Bolivia. Pp 82–
86 in Historia natural, distribución y conserv-
ación de los murciélagos de Bolivia. (L.F.
Aguirre, ed.). Editorial Simón I. Patiño,
Centro de Ecología y Difusión. Santa Cruz,
Bolivia.
Patterson, B.D. 2007. [Review] The quintessential
naturalist: honoring the life and legacy of
Oliver P. Pearson (Kelt et al. eds), University
of California Publications in Zoology.
Mastozoologia Neotropical 14:299.
Véron, G., B.D. Patterson & R. Reeves. 2008.
Global diversity of mammals (Mammalia) in
freshwater. Pp. 607–617 in Freshwater Animal
Diversity Assessment (E.V. Balian, C.
Lévêque, H. Segers & K. Martens, eds.).
Hydrobiologia 595. Springer, Dordrecht.
Patterson, B.D. & M.A. Rogers 2008. Microbio-
theria, Pp. 117–119 in Mammals of South
America, Volume 1: Marsupials, Xenarthrans,
Shrews, and Bats (A.L. Gardner, ed.).
University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 912 pp.
Patterson, B.D. 2008. Paucituberculata, Pp. 119–
16
120 in Mammals of South America, Volume 1:
Marsupials, Xenarthrans, Shrews, and Bats
(A.L. Gardner, ed.). University of Chicago
Press, Chicago, 912 pp.
Timm, R.M. & B.D. Patterson. 2008. Caenolestes,
Pp. 120–124 in Mammals of South America,
Volume 1: Marsupials, Xenarthrans, Shrews,
and Bats (A.L. Gardner, ed.). University of
Chicago Press, Chicago, 912 pp.
Patterson, B.D. 2008. Rhyncholestes, Pp. 126–127
in Mammals of South America, Volume 1:
Marsupials, Xenarthrans, Shrews, and Bats
(A.L. Gardner, ed.). University of Chicago
Press, Chicago, 912 pp.
Patterson, B.D., C.W. Dick & K. Dittmar. 2008.
Sex biases in parasitism of Neotropical bats by
bat flies (Diptera: Streblidae). Journal of
Tropical Ecology 124:387–396.
Patterson, B.D. & P.M. Velazco. 2008. Phylogeny
of the rodent genus Isothrix (Hystricognathi,
Echimyidae) and its diversification in
Amazonia and the Eastern Andes. Journal of
Mammalian Evolution 15:181–201.
Patterson, B.D., C.W. Dick & K. Dittmar. 2008.
Parasitism by bat flies (Diptera: Streblidae) on
Neotropical bats: effects of host body size,
distribution and abundance. Parasitology
Research 103:1091–1100.
Dick, C.W. & B.D. Patterson. 2008. An excess of
males: skewed sex ratios in bat flies (Diptera:
Streblidae). Evolutionary Ecology 22:757–
769.
Schipper, J., et al. (with numerous co-authors
including BDP). 2008. The status of the
world's land and marine mammals: diversity,
threat and knowledge. Science 322:225–230.
Velazco, P.M. & B.D. Patterson. 2008.
Phylogenetics and biogeography of the broad-
nosed bats Platyrrhinus (Chiroptera: Phyllo-
stomidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and
Evolution 49:749–759.
Dittmar, K., C.W. Dick, B.D. Patterson, M.F.
Whiting & M. Gruwell. 2009. Pupal
deposition and ecology of bat flies (Diptera:
Streblidae): Trichobius sp. (caecus group) in a
Mexican cave habitat. Journal of Parasit-
ology 95:308–314.
Patterson, B.D., C.W. Dick & K. Dittmar. 2009.
Nested distributions of bat flies (Diptera:
Streblidae) on Neotropical bats: artifact and
specificity in host-parasite studies. Ecography
32:481–487.
Yeakel, J.D., B.D. Patterson, K. Fox–Dobbs,
M.M. Okumura, J.M. Moore, P.L. Koch &
N.J. Dominy. 2009. Cooperation and indiv-
iduality among man-eating lions. Proceedings
of the National Academy of Science
106:19040–19043 + cover.
Velazco, P.M., A.L. Gardner & B.D. Patterson.
2010. Systematics of the Platyrrhinus helleri
species complex (Chiroptera: Phyllostom-
idae) with description of two new species.
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
159:785–812.
Patterson, B.D. 2010. Climate change and faunal
dynamics in the uttermost part of the earth.
Molecular Ecology 19:3019–3021.
Abu Baker, M. & B.D. Patterson. 2010. Patterns in
the local assembly of Egyptian rodent faunas:
areography and species combinations.
Mammalian Biology 75:510–522.
Abu Baker, M. & B.D. Patterson. 2011. Patterns in
the local assembly of Egyptian rodent faunas:
co-occurrence and nestedness. Journal of Arid
Environments 75:14–19.
Laurance, W.F., et al. (with numerous co-authors
including BDP). 2011. Global warming, elev-
ational ranges and the vulnerability of tropical
biota. Biological Conservation 144: 548–557.
Meyer, C.F.J., et al. (with numerous co-authors
including BDP). 2011. Accounting for detect-
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ability improves estimates of species richness
in tropical bat surveys. Journal of Applied
Ecology 48:777–787.
Upham, N.S. & B.D. Patterson. 2012. Diversif-
ication and biogeography of the Neotropical
caviomorph lineage Octodontoidea (Rodentia:
Hystricognathi). Molecular Phylogenetics and
Evolution 63:417–429.
Jiménez, F.A. & B.D. Patterson. 2012. A new
species of Pterygodermatites (Nematoda:
Rictulariidae) from the Incan shrew opossum,
Lestoros inca. Journal of Parasitology 98:
604–607.
Pilosof, S., C.W. Dick, C. Korine, B.D. Patterson
& B.R. Krasnov. 2012. Effects of anthropo-
genic disturbance and climate on patterns of
bat fly parasitism. PLoS One 7(7): e41487.
Presley, S.J., L.M.Cisneros, B.D. Patterson &
M.R. Willig. 2012. Vertebrate metacommun-
ity structure along an extensive elevational
gradient in the tropics: A comparison of bats,
rodents, and birds. Global Ecology and
Biogeography 21:968–976
Patterson, B.D. & L.P. Costa (eds.). 2012. Bones,
clones, and biomes: the history and geo-
graphy of Recent Neotropical mammals
University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 419 pp.
Patterson, B.D. & L.P. Costa. 2012. Introduction.
Pp. 1–5 in Bones, clones, and biomes: the
history and geography of Recent Neotropical
mammals (B.D. Patterson & L.P. Costa, eds.).
University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 419 pp.
Solari, S., P.M. Velazco & B.D. Patterson. 2012.
Hierarchical organization of Neotropical
mammal diversity and its historical basis. Pp.
145–156 in Bones, clones, and biomes: the
history and geography of Recent Neotropical
mammals (B.D. Patterson & L.P. Costa, eds.).
University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 419 pp.
Patterson, B.D., S. Solari & P.M. Velazco. 2012.
The role of the Andes in the diversification
and biogeography of Neotropical mammals.
Pp. 351–378 in Bones, clones, and biomes: the
history and geography of Recent Neotropical
mammals (B.D. Patterson & L.P. Costa, eds.).
University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 419 pp.
Morse, S.F., K.J. Olival, M. Kosoy, S. Billeter,
B.D. Patterson, C.W. Dick & K. Dittmar.
2012. Global distribution and genetic diversity
of Bartonella in bat flies (Hippoboscoidea,
Streblidae, Nycteribiidae). Infection, Genetics
and Evolution 12:1717–1723.
Morse, S.F., C.W. Dick, B.D. Patterson & K.
Dittmar. 2012. Some like it hot—Evolution
and ecology of novel endosymbionts in bat
flies of cave-roosting bats (Hippoboscoidea,
Nycterophiliinae). Applied and Environment-
al Microbiology 78: 8639–8649.
Patterson, B.D. & P.W. Webala. 2012. Keys to the
bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of East Africa.
Fieldiana: Life and Earth Sciences 6:1–63.
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Amori, G., F. Chiozza, B.D. Patterson, C.
Rondinini, J. Schipper, & L. Luiselli. 2013.
Correlates of species richness and the distrib-
ution of South American rodents, with
conservation implications. Mammalia 77:1-19.
Morse, S.F., S.E. Bush, B.D. Patterson, C.W.
Dick, M.E. Gruwell & K. Dittmar. 2013.
Evolution, multiple acquisition, and
localization of endosymbionts in bat flies
(Diptera: Hippoboscoidea: Streblidae,
Nycteribiidae). Applied and Environmental
Microbiology 79:2952-2961.
Patterson, B.D. 2013. Squirrels of the World, by
Thorington et al. [Review] Journal of Wildlife
Management 77:643–644.
Packer, C. et al. (with numerous co-authors
including BDP). 2013. Conserving large
carnivores: dollars and fence. Ecology Letters
16:635-641.
Dubach, J.M., M.B. Briggs, P.A. White, B.A.
Ament & B.D. Patterson*. 2013. Genetic
perspectives on “Lion Conservation Units” in
Eastern and Southern Africa. Conservation
Genetics DOI: 10.1007/s10592-013-0453-3.
Velazco, P.M. & B.D. Patterson*. 2013.
Diversification of the Yellow-shouldered bats,
Genus Sturnira (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae)
in the New World tropics. Molecular Phylo-
genetics and Evolution DOI: 10.1016/
j.ympev.2013.04.016.
Patterson, B.D., M.F. Smith, & P. Teta. In press.
Abrothrix in: Mammals of South America, Vol.
2: Rodents (J. L. Patton, U. F. J. Pardiñas, and
G. D’Elía, eds.). University of Chicago Press,
Chicago.
Articles and Works in Progress
Ojala-Barbour, R., J. Brito, C.M. Pinto, L. Albuja
& B.D. Patterson. In revision. A new species
of shrew-opossum (Caenolestidae,
Paucituberculata) with a phylogeny of extant
caenolestids. Journal of Mammalogy
Presley, S.J., K.R. Burgio, L.M. Cisneros, L.M.
Dreiss, B. T. Kingbeil, B.D. Patterson & M.R.
Willig. In review. Partitioning multiple
dimensions of biodiversity along an extensive
tropical elevational gradient: a comparison of
three vertebrate orders. Global Ecology and
Biogeography.
Ramírez Chaves, H.E. & B.D. Patterson. In
review. Mustela felipei (Carnivora,
Mustelidae). Mammalian Species.
Musila, S., T. Adhola, G. Mwangi, S. Odour, D.
Happold, M. Happold, A. Monadjem, P.
Webala, C. Musyoki, Y.A. De Jong, T.M.
Butynski, M. Ogada & B.D. Patterson. In
review. A checklist of the mammals of Kenya.
Journal of East African Natural History.
Cisneros, L.M., K.R. Burgio, L.M. Dreiss, B.T.
Klingbeil, B.D. Patterson, S.J. Presley & M R.
Willig. In prep. Multiple dimensions of bat
biodiversity along an extensive tropical
elevational gradient. Journal of Animal
Ecology.
D’Elia, G., P. Teta, N.S. Upham, & B.D.
Patterson. In prep. A new species of Abrothrix
(Rodentia: Cricetidae) from temperate
rainforests in Chile.
Upham, N.S., R. Ojala-Barbour, J. Brito, P.M.
Velazco & B.D. Patterson*. In prep. Andean
roots for some lowland radiations of
Neotropical rodents (Caviomorpha:
Echimyidae).
Patterson, B.D., P.W. Webala & C.W. Dick. In
prep. The Bats of Kenya.
Rodriguez, M.D., S.J. Presley, M.R. Willig & B.D.
Patterson. In prep. A meta-analysis of species
composition patterns in different vegetative
formations.
Non–refereed and Popular Publications
Patterson, B.D. 1982. Charles Darwin: a tribute
from the standpoint of modern evolutionary
theory. Field Museum of Natural History
Bulletin 53(5):3–7.
Patterson, B.D. 1982. Guide for users and visitors
[of the mammal collections]. Field Museum of
Natural History, Chicago. 22 pp.
Patterson, B.D. 1983. The journal of Wilfred
Osgood: The Marshall Field Chilean
Expedition of 1922–23. Field Museum of
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Natural History Bulletin 54(2): 8–11; 28–33.
Patterson, B.D. 1988. A celebration of Philip
Hershkovitz. Field Museum of Natural History
Bulletin 59(1):24–29.
Patterson, B.D. 1989. Conservation of tropical
diversity: the Field Museum connection. Field
Museum of Natural History Bulletin 60(3):18–
28.
Patterson, B.D. 1993. [Commentary] Babbit plan.
In the Field, May/June 1993:1,10.
Patterson, B.D. 1997. A passion for discovery
[review of Jonathan Maslow’s Footsteps in the
Jungle]. In the Field 68(2):10.
Patterson, B.D. 1998. Author David Quammen
offers a sidelong view of science and nature
[Review of The flight of the Iguana]. In the
Field 69(6):11.
Patterson, B.D. & S.M. Kasiki. 2003. Expedition
briefing: Lions of Tsavo. Earthwatch Institute,
Maynard, Massachusetts, 30 pp + appendices.
Neiburger, E.J. & B.D. Patterson. 2004. The man-
eaters with bad teeth. Newsletter of the Dental
Assistants Association of Queensland
[reprinted from 2000 New York State Dental
Journal article].
Patterson, B.D. 2004. Maneless and
misunderstood: the lions of Tsavo. Earthwatch
Institute 23 (2):12–15.
Patterson, B.D. 2004. Fatal attraction: a
predilection for livestock threatens Tsavo’s
lions. Earthwatch Institute –Australia
April/May 2004:6–7.
Patterson, B.D., S.M. Kasiki & R. W. Kays. 2004.
Expedition Briefing: The Lions of Tsavo.
Earthwatch Institute, Maynard,
Massachusetts, 38 pp + appendices.
Patterson, B. D. 2005. Living with lions in Tsavo,
or notes on managing man-eaters. Travel News
& Lifestyle (East Africa) 129 (Feb 2005):28–
31 + cover.
Patterson, B.D. 2007. The meaning of manes.
Hunting Insight Africa 9:41–45.
Williams, P.R., B. Patterson, M. Thayer & K.
Angielczyk. 2009. Museum curators and the
AAUP. Illinois Academe Fall 2009:2
Patterson, B.D. 2012. In the spotlight: Su-Lin,
America’s first panda. In the Field 83(1): 12.
Patterson, B.D. 2012. The man-eating lions of
Tsavo and the science behind the killings.
Open Skies Apr 2012:84-93.
Patterson, B.D. 2013. What’s in a name?
(Re)naming the lions of Africa. In the Field
84(2):11.
Photography Jackson, P. 2004. Lions that slowed a train. BBC
Wildlife Aug 2004:68 (1 color photo).
Newbart, D. 2004. Mystery of the man–eating
lions. International Wildlife Aug–Sep 2004:
(lead color photo).
Patterson, B.D. 2004a. Maneless and misunder-
stood: the lions of Tsavo. Earthwatch
Institute 23(2):12–15 (13 color photos
including cover [above]).
Patterson, B.D. 2004b. Fatal attraction:
conserving Tsavo’s lions. Earthwatch
Institute, Australia April/May 2004:6–7 (2
color photos).
Solari, S., R. A. Van Den Bussche, S. R. Hoofer
& B. D. Patterson. 2004. Geographic
distribution, ecology, and phylogenetic
affinities of Thyroptera lavali Pine 1993.
Acta Chiropterologica 6:293–302 (one color
photo).
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Patterson, B. D. 2005. Living with lions in
Tsavo, or some notes on managing man-
eaters. Travel News & Lifestyle (East
Africa) 129 (Feb 2005):28–31 (issue cover
and 8 other color photos).
Patterson, B.D., R.W. Kays, S.M. Kasiki &
V.M. Sebestyen. 2006. Developmental
effects of climate on the mane of the lion
(Panthera leo). Journal of Mammalogy
87:193–200 (issue cover photo+
supplemental figure).
Gregorin, R., E. Gonçalves, B.K. Lim & M. D.
Engstrom. 2006. New species of disk-
winged bat Thyroptera and range extension
for T. discifera, Journal of Mammalogy
87:238–246 (Fig. 1b).
“Impressions of Tsavo,” a Temporary Exhibit at
Field Museum, 7 Jul 2006–1 Jul 2007 (18
color photos of East African wildlife).
Patterson, B.D. 2007. The meaning of manes.
Hunting Insight Africa 9:41–45 (7 color
photos).
Breining, G. 2007. The lion king. Hunting
Insight Africa 9:46–48 (2 color photos).
Patterson, B.D. 2007. On the nature and
significance of variability in lions (Panthera
leo). Evolutionary Biology 34:55–60 (2
color photos).
Vargas, A. & B.D. Patterson. 2007.
Comunidades de murciélagos montanos en
Bolivia. Pp 82–86, In Aguirre, L.F. (ed.).
Historia natural, distribución y
conservación de los murciélagos de Bolivia.
Editorial. Centro de Ecología y Difusión
Simón I. Patiño. Santa Cruz, Bolivia (4 color
photos).
Véron, G., B.D. Patterson & R. Reeves. 2008.
Global diversity of mammals (Mammalia) in
freshwater. In Balian, E.V., C. Lévêque, H.
Segers, K. Martens (eds.), Freshwater
Animal Diversity Assessment. Hydrobiologia
595:607–617 (2 color photos).
Yeakel, J.D., B.D. Patterson, K. Fox–Dobbs,
M.M. Okumura, J.M. Moore, P.L. Koch &
N.J. Dominy. 2009. Cooperation and
individuality among man-eating lions.
Proceedings of the National Academy of
Science USA 106:19040–19043 (cover).
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Groves, C. & P. Grubb. 2011. Ungulate
taxonomy. Johns Hopkins University Press,
Baltimore, 317 pp. (cover and frontispiece).
Thorington, R.W., J.L. Koprowski, M.A. Steele,
and J.F. Whatton. 2012. Squirrels of the
World. Johns Hopkins University Press,
Baltimore (color photos of Xerus rutilus and
Paraxerus cepapi).