James L. Patton
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James L. Patton | |
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UC Berkeley | |
| Thesis | Chromosome evolution in the pocket mouse, Perognathus goldmani Osgood (1968) |
| Doctoral advisor | William B. Heed |
| Author abbrev. (zoology) | Patton |
James Lloyd Patton (June 21, 1941), is an American
UC Berkeley and has made extensive contributions to the systematics and biogeography of several vertebrate taxa, especially small mammals (rodents, marsupials, and bats).[6]
Career
Patton is best known for his pioneering works on the evolutionary cytogenetics and systematics of rodents, especially pocket mice (Thomomys),[8] the diversification of rainforest faunas,[9] and the impact of climate change on North American mammals.[10] He has authored nearly 200 scientific publications, many of them in collaboration with 36 graduate students and 13 post-doctoral scholars he mentored over four decades. He is one of the most experienced field mammalogists today, having collected extensively in the western United States and in 14 other countries around the world, including Mexico, Ecuador (Galapagos Islands), Peru, Venezuela, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Taiwan, Vietnam, Iran, and Cameroon.[11] As of 2005, he had deposited nearly 20,000 specimens in the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, making him the most prolific collector of mammal specimens in that institution’s nearly 100-year history.[6]
Honors
Patton has several
Phyllomys pattoni,[15] and the fossil Ullumys pattoni),[16] one species of fossil porcupine (Neosteiromys pattoni),[17] one species of neotropical bat (Lonchophylla pattoni),[18] one species of pocket gopher louse (Geomydoecus pattoni),[19] and one species of Madagascar snake (Liophidium pattoni).[20][21]
The American Society of Mammalogists established the "James L. Patton Award" in 2015 to promote and support museum-based research by graduate students.[22]
Selected publications
- Patton, J. L.; Da Silva, M. N. F.; Malcolm, J. Y. R. (2000). "Mammals of the Rio Juruá and the Evolutionary and Ecological Diversification of Amazonia". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 244: 1. S2CID 85577629.
- Lacey, E. A.; Patton, J. L.; Cameron, G. N. (1 September 2000). Life Underground: The Biology of Subterranean Rodents. University of Chicago Press. OCLC 43207081.
- Moritz, C., J.L. Patton, C.J. Schneider, and T.B. Smith. 2000. Diversification of rainforest faunas: An integrated molecular approach. Annu. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 31: 533-563.
- Gascon, C.; Malcolm, J. R.; Patton, J. L.; Da Silva, M. N. F.; Bogart, J. P.; Lougheed, S. C.; Peres, C. A.; Neckel, S.; Boag, P. T. (2000). "Riverine barriers and the geographic distribution of Amazonian species". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 97 (25): 13672–13677. PMID 11095705.
- Patton, J. L. (2001). "Pocket Gophers". In Macdonald, D. W. (ed.). The New Encyclopedia of Mammals. Oxford University Press, Incorporated. OCLC 59488767.
- Lessa, E. P.; Cook, J. A.; Patton, J. L. (2003). "Genetic footprints of demographic expansion in North America, but not Amazonia, during the Late Quaternary". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100 (18): 10331–10334. PMID 12913123.
- Patton, J. L. (2005). "Family Geomyidae". In OCLC 62265494.
- Patton, J.L. (2005). "Family Heteromyidae". In OCLC 62265494.
- Kelt, D. A.; Lessa, E. P.; Salazar-Bravo, J.; Patton, J. L., eds. (2007). The Quintessential Naturalist: Honoring the Life and Legacy of Oliver P. Pearson. University of California Publications in Zoology. Vol. 134. University of California Press. OCLC 122715394.
- Patton, J. L.; Huckaby, D. B.; Alvarez-Castañeda, S. T. (2007). The evolutionary history and a systematic revision of the woodrats of the Neotoma lepida group. University of California Publications in Zoology. Vol. 135. University of California Press. pp. i–xx, 1–451. OCLC 183926621.
- Davis, E. B.; Koo, M. S.; Conroy, C.; Patton, J. L.; Moritz, C. (2008). "The California Hotspots Project: Identifying regions of rapid diversification of mammals". Molecular Ecology. 17 (1): 120–138. S2CID 36059418.
- Moritz, C.; Patton, J. L.; Conroy, C. J.; Parra, J. L.; White, G. C.; Beissinger, S. R. (2008). "Impact of a Century of Climate Change on Small-Mammal Communities in Yosemite National Park, USA" (PDF). Science. 322 (5899): 261–264. S2CID 206515224.
- James L. Patton; Douglas A. Kelt (authors) (2019-01-10). Manual of the Mammalia: An Homage To Lawlor's "Handbook to the Orders and Families of Living Mammals". University of Chicago Press, 2018. ISBN 9780226533001.
References
- ^ http://www.mammalsociety.org/committees/merriam-award/merriam-award-winners
- ^ "James L. Patton | Center for Teaching and Learning". Archived from the original on 2013-01-07. Retrieved 2013-01-07.
- ^ "Grinnell Award Recipients | American Society of Mammalogists". www.mammalsociety.org.
- ^ "Elected Honorary Members | American Society of Mammalogists". www.mammalsociety.org.
- ^ "Berkeley Citation – Past Recipients | Berkeley Awards". awards.berkeley.edu.
- ^ OCLC 60835295.
- ^ Patton, J.L. 1967. Chromosome studies of certain pocket mice, genus Perognathus (Rodentia: Heteromyidae). J. Mammal. 48:27–37
- .
- S2CID 85577629.
- S2CID 206515224.
- OCLC 60835295.
- OCLC 60835295.
- PMID 33240614.
- ^ Da Silva, M.N.F. (1998). "Four new species of spiny rats of the genus Proechimys (Rodentia: Echimyidae) from the western Amazon of Brazil". Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington. 111: 436–471.
- S2CID 88845742.
- S2CID 85947606.
- S2CID 84689756.
- PMID 541803.
- ^ Vieites, D.R.; Ratsoavina, F.M.; Randrianiaina, R.D.; Nagy, Z.T.; Glaw, F.; Vences, M. [in French] (2010). "A rhapsody of colours from Madagascar: discovery of a remarkable new snake of the genus Liophidium and its phylogenetic relationships". Salamandra. 46: 1–10.
- ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Patton", p. 201).
- ^ "James L. Patton Award | American Society of Mammalogists". www.mammalogy.org.
External links
- James L. Patton Award, American Society of Mammalogists: James L. Patton Award | American Society of Mammalogists
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Mammal Collection: MVZ | Mammal Collection
- The Grinnell Resurvey Project: Grinnell Resurvey Project
- The Patton Lab: The Patton Lab at UC Berkeley
- Faces of Berkeley: Jim Patton, adventuring professor: Faces of Berkeley: Jim Patton, adventuring professor
- Nature News: The ambitious effort to document California’s changing deserts: The ambitious effort to document California’s changing deserts
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