Publications (1990-1999)



Figure from "Contingency and determinism..." a tribute to R.H. MacArthur on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Geographic Ecology

1999

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. DOI

← Patterson, B.D. 1999. Contingency and determinism in mammalian biogeography: The role of history. Journal of Mammalogy 80:345–360. DOI

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. DOI

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. ISBN

1998

Patterson, B. D. 1997 [1998]. More on systematics and Neotropical diversity. Mastozoología Neotropical 4(2):151–153. pdf

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. pdf

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. DOI

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. DOI

Patterson, B. D. 1997 [1998]. [Editorial] Systematics and Neotropical diversity. Mastozoología Neotropical 4(2):87. pdf

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. pdf



Richness patterns with elevation for three groups of Manu's vertebrates →

1997

Patterson, B.D. 1997a. In memoriam: Philip Hershkovitz, 1909–1997. Journal of Mammalogy 78:978–981. DOI

Patterson, B.D. 1997b. Obituario–Obituary: Philip Hershkovitz, 1909–1997. Mastozoología Neotropical 4:77–78. pdf

← Goodman, S.M. & B.D. Patterson (eds.). 1997. Natural change and human impact in Madagascar. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, xiii + 432 pp. ISBN

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 Press, Washington, xiii+432 pp. ISBN

Patterson, B.D. 1997. A passion for discovery [review of Jonathan Maslow’s Footsteps in the Jungle]. In the Field 68(2):10. pdf

Edited volume resulting from Field Museum symposium on Madagascar

1996

Patterson, B.D. 1996. Message from the President [Society for the Study of Mammalian Evolution]. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 3:198–199. pdf

Patterson, B.D., V. Pacheco & S. Solari. 1996. Distribution of bats along an elevational gradient in the Andes of south-eastern Peru. Journal of Zoology 240:637–658. DOI

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. DOI

Patterson, B.D. 1996. The “species alias” problem. Nature 380:589. DOI


Cranium and mandible of Caenolestes condorensis, sp. nov.



The Nestedness Temperature Calculator's graphical interface

1995

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. DOI

Rosenblum, E.E. & B.D. Patterson. 1995. Mammals. Collier's Encyclopedia 15:294–313. pdf

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]. ISBN

Patterson, B.D., S.M. Goodman & J.L. Sedlock (eds.). 1995. Environmental change in Madagascar. Field Museum Press, Chicago, 143 pp. ISBN

← 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. 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. pdf

1994

Patterson, B.D. 1994. [Review] Mammal species of the world, 2nd ed. Journal of Mammalogy 75:236–239. DOI

Patterson, B.D. & R. Hutterer. 1994. The roles of museums. Trends in Evolution and Ecology 9:64. DOI

Patterson, B.D. 1994. [Review] Platypus and echidnas. Journal of Mammalogy 75:559–560. DOI

Anderson, S. & B.D. Patterson. 1994. Biogeography. 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. ISBN

Patterson, B.D. 1994c. Accumulating knowledge on the dimensions of biodiversity: systematic perspectives on Neotropical mammals. Biodiversity Letters 2:79–86. DOI


1993

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. pdf

← Atmar, W. & B.D. Patterson. 1993. The measure of order and disorder in the distribution of species in fragmented habitat. Oecologia 96:373–382. DOI

Patterson, B.D. 1993. [Commentary] Babbit plan. In the Field, May/June 1993:1,10. pdf

1992

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. DOI

Patterson, B.D. 1992b. [Review] Ornithological gazetteer of Brazil. Journal of Mammalogy 73: 462–463. DOI

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. DOI

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. ISBN

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. pdf

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. pdf



1991

Patterson, B.D. & J.H. Brown. 1991. Regionally nested patterns of species composition in granivorous rodent assemblages. Journal of Biogeography 18:395–402. DOI

← 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. ISSN

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. ISBN

1990

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. DOI

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. DOI

Patterson, B.D. 1990. On the temporal development of nested subset patterns of species composition. Oikos 59:330–342. DOI