Publications (2000-2009)
2009
Yeakel, J.D., B.D. Patterson, K. Fox-Dobbs, M.M. Okumura, T.E. Cerling, J.W. Moore, P.L. Koch & N.J. Dominy. 2009. Cooperation and individuality among man-eating lions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106:19040-19043 + cover. pdf
Williams, P.R., B.D. Patterson, M. Thayer & K. Angielczyk. 2009. Museum curators and the AAUP. Illinois Academe Fall 2009:2. pdf
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. pdf
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 Parasitology 95:308-314. pdf
2008
Velazco, P.M. & B.D. Patterson. 2008. Phylogenetics and biogeography of the broad-nosed bats, Genus Platyrrhinus (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 49:749-759. pdf
Dick, C.W. & B.D. Patterson. 2008. An excess of males: skewed sex ratios in bat flies (Diptera: Streblidae). Evolutionary Ecology 22:757-769. pdf
Schipper, J. et al. (numerous co-authors including BDP). 2008. The status of the world's land and marine mammals: diversity, threat and knowledge. Science 322:225-230 + online suppl. pdf supplement
Patterson, B.D., C.W. Dick & K. Dittmar. 2008b. Parasitism by bat flies (Diptera: Streblidae) on Neotropical bats: effects of host body size, distribution and abundance. Parasitology Research 103:1091-1100. pdf
Patterson, B.D., C.W. Dick & K. Dittmar. 2008a. Sex biases in parasitism of Neotropical bats by bat flies (Diptera: Streblidae). Journal of Tropical Ecology 124:387-396. pdf
2008 (cont'd)
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. pdf
Patterson, B.D. & M.A. Rogers 2008. Microbiotheria, 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. pdf
Patterson, B.D. 2008b. Paucituberculata, Pp. 119-120 in Mammals of South America, Volume 1: Marsupials, Xenarthrans, Shrews, and Bats (A.L. Gardner, ed.). University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 912 pp. pdf
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. pdf
Patterson, B.D. 2008a. 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. pdf
Veron, G., B.D. Patterson & R. Reeves. 2008. Global diversity of mammals (Mammalia) in freshwater. In Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment (E.V. Balian, C. Leveque, H. Segers, K. Martens, eds.). Hydrobiologia 595:607-617. pdf
2007
Patterson, B.D. 2007. A new 'Age of Discovery' for mammals [Review of Mammal Species of the World, 3rd ed]. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 14:67-69. pdf
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. pdf
Patterson, B.D. 2007. The meaning of manes. Hunting Insight Africa 9:41-45. pdf
Dick, C.W. & B.D. Patterson. 2007. Against all odds: explaining host specificity in dispersal-prone ectoparasites. International Journal of Parasitology 37:871-876. pdf
Patterson, B. D., G. Ceballos, W. Sechrest, M. Tognelli, T. Brooks, L. Luna, P. Ortega, I. Salazar & B. E. Young. 2007. Digital Distribution Maps of the Mammals of the Western Hemisphere, version 3.0. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia, USA. shp files.
Patterson, B.D. 2007. On the nature and significance of variability in lions (Panthera leo). Evolutionary Biology 34:55-60. pdf
Vargas Espinoza, A. & B.D. Patterson. 2007. Comunidades de murcielagos montanos en Bolivia. Pp 82-86, In L.F. Aguirre (Ed.). Historia Natural, Distribucion y Conservacion de los Murcielagos de Bolivia. Editorial, Centro de Ecologia y Difusion Simon I. Patinyo, Santa Cruz, Bolivia. pdf
Patterson, B.D. 2007. The quintessential naturalist: honoring the life and legacy of Oliver P. Pearson [Review of Kelt et al. eds, University of California Publications in Zoology]. Mastozoología Neotropical 14:299. pdf
2006
Patterson, B.D. & P.M. Velazco. 2006. A distinctive new cloud-forest rodent (Hystricognathi: Echimyidae) from the Manu Biosphere Reserve, Peru. Mastozoología Neotropical13:175-191 + cover. pdf
Patterson, B.D., D.F. Stotz & S. Solari (eds.). 2006. Mammals and Birds of the Manu Biosphere Reserve, Peru. Fieldiana: Zoology, new series 110:1-49. pdf
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, and S. Solari, eds.). Fieldiana: Zoology, new series 110. pdf
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, and S. Solari, eds.). Fieldiana: Zoology, new series 110. pdf
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, and R. Poulin, eds.). Springer-Verlag, Tokyo. pdf
2006 (cont'd)
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. pdf
D'Elía, 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. pdf
Patterson, B.D. 2006. [Review] Foundations of Biogeography: classic papers with commentaries, edited by Lomolino et al. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine 49:152-154. pdf
2005
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 + cover. pdf
Dubach, J, B.D. Patterson, M.B. Briggs, K. Venzke, J. Flammand, P. Stander, L. Scheepers & R. Kays. 2005. Molecular genetic variation across the southern and eastern geographic ranges of the African lion, Panthera leo. Conservation Genetics 7:15-24. pdf
Patterson, B.D. 2005. [Review] Evolving Eden: an illustrated guide to the evolution of the African large-mammal fauna, by A. Turner and M. Anton. Journal of Mammalogy 86:1052-1053. pdf
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. pdf
2004
Patterson, B.D. 2004. The lions of Tsavo: exploring the legacy of Africa's notorious man-eaters. McGraw-Hill, New York, 231 pp. examine book here
Patterson, B.D. 2004. Maneless and misunderstood: the lions of Tsavo. Earthwatch Institute 23(2):12-15. pdf
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 Park, Kenya. Biological Conservation 119:507-516. pdf
Patterson, B.D. 2004. Fatal attraction: a predilection for livestock threatens Tsavo's lions. Earthwatch Institute - Australia April/May 2004:6-7. pdf
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. pdf
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]. pdf
Distributions of 1700 species of mammals native to the Western Hemisphere
2003
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. pdf
Patterson, B.D. & S.M. Kasiki. 2003. Expedition briefing: Lions of Tsavo. Earthwatch Institute, Maynard, Massachusetts, 30 pp + appendices. pdf
Luna W., L. & B.D. Patterson. 2003. A remarkable new mouse (Muridae: Sigmodontinae) from southeastern Peru, with comments on the affinities of Rhagomys rufescens (Thomas, 1886). Fieldiana: Zoology, new ser. 101:1-24. pdf
Patterson, B.D., M.R. Willig & R.D. Stevens. 2003. Trophic strategies, niche partitioning, and patterns of ecological organization. Pp. 536-579 in Ecology of bats (T. H. Kunz and M. B. Fenton, ed.). University of Chicago Press, Chicago. pdf
Willig, M.R., B.D. Patterson & R.D. Stevens. 2003. Patterns of range size, richness, and body size. Pp. 580-621 in Ecology of bats (T. H. Kunz and M. B. Fenton, ed.). University of Chicago Press, Chicago. pdf
Patterson, B. D., G. Ceballos, W. Sechrest, M. Tognelli, T. Brooks, L. Luna, 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. shp files.
Patterson, B.D. & S.M. Kasiki. 2003. Expedition briefing: Lions of Tsavo. Earthwatch Institute, Maynard, Massachusetts, 30 pp + appendices. pdf
2002
Neiburger, E.J. & B.D. Patterson. 2002. A forensic dental determination of serial killings by three African lions. General Dentistry 50:40-43. pdf
Kays, R.W. & B.D. Patterson. 2002. Mane variation in African lions and its social correlates. Canadian Journal of Zoology 80:471-478. pdf
Patterson, B.D. 2002. On the continuing need for scientific collecting of mammals. Mastozoología Neotropical 9:253-262. pdf
Components of lion manes (Fig. 1 of 2002 Canadian Journal of Zoology paper) →
Escalating estimates over the last half-century of the number of living mammal species (from Diversity and Distributions, 2001)
2001
Patterson, B.D. 2001. [Review] Prides: the lions of Moremi, by C. Harvey and P. Kat. Journal of Mammalogy 82:248-250. pdf
Patterson, B.D. & E.J. Neiburger. 2001. Lion with a sore tooth. Nature Australia 26(12):12. pdf
Patterson, B.D. 2001. Fathoming tropical biodiversity: the continuing discovery of Neotropical mammals. Diversity & Distributions 7:191-196. pdf
2000
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. pdf
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. pdf
Dehgan, A., B.D. Patterson & P.C. Wright. 2000. The behavior of extinction: Predicting the incidence of lemur populations in fragmented habitats of SE Madagascar. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 111(Suppl. 30):135-136.
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. pdf
Patterson, B.D. 2000a. [Review] Walkers Mammals of the World, sixth ed. International Journal of Primatology 21:561-563. pdf
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. pdf
Patterson, B.D. 2000b. Patterns and trends in the discovery of new Neotropical mammals. Diversity & Distributions 6:145-151. pdf
Neiburger, E.J. & B.D. Patterson. 2000. The man-eaters with bad teeth. New York State Dental Journal 66(10):26-29 + cover. cover and pdf.
New York State Dental Journal, with article on Tsavo and Mfuwe man-eating lions