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BIOL 7083 Community Ecologist Presentation Dr. Michael L. Rosenzweig The Man The Scientist The Legend Michael Rosenzweigs Biographical Information Born in 1941 Jewish Parents wanted him to be a physician Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, 1966 Advisor: Robert H. MacArthur, Ph.D. Married for over 40 years to Carole Ruth Citron Together they have three children, and several grandchildren Biographical Information Known to be an innovator Founded the Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at the University of Arizona in 1975, and was its first head In 1987 he founded the scientific journal Evolutionary Ecology In 1998, when prices for journals began to rise, he founded a competitor, Evolutionary Ecology Research Honor and Awards Ecological Society of America Eminent Ecologist Award for 2008 Faculty of Sci, Univ Arizona, Career Teaching Award, 2001 Ninth Lukacs Symp: Twentieth Century Distinguished Service Award, 1999 International Ecological Soc: Distinguished Statistical Ecologist, 1998 Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy, Univ Arizona: Fellow, 1997±8 Mountain Research Center, Montana State Univ: Distinguished Lecturer, 1997 Univ Umeå, Sweden: Distinguished Visiting Scholar, 1997 Univ Miami: Distinguished Visiting Professor, 1996±7 Univ British Columbia: Dennis Chitty Lecturer, 1995±6 Iowa State Univ: 30th Paul L. Errington Memorial Lecturer, 1994 Michigan State Univ, Kellogg Biological Station: Eminent Ecologist, 1992 Honor and Awards Ben-Gurion Univ of the Negev, Israel: Jacob Blaustein Scholar, 1992 Univ Wisconsin, Madison: Brittingham Fellow, 1990 ± 91 Monash University, Melbourne, Australia: The Jock Marshall Fellow, 1989 Australian Academy of Science: The Rudi Lemberg Travelling Fellow, 1988±9 Soc for the Study of Evolution: Vice-President, 1988 ± 1989 Amer Soc Zoologists: Outstanding Service Award, 1986 Amer Soc Zoologists: Chair, Division of Ecology, 1985 ± 1986 College of Science, Univ Arizona: Outstanding Teaching Award, 1985 Univ Miami: Distinguished Visiting Professor, 1983 Soc for the Study of Evolution: Counselor: 1981 ± 1983 UC San Diego: Distinguished Visiting Scholar, 1977 Research Themes Desert Mammal Ecology Environmental Issues and Public Policy Species Diversity Optimal Density±Dependent Habitat Selection Predation Dynamics Model Organisms Evidence for predator-mediated mutualism in small populations of prey Desert Mammal Ecology In the late 1960s, Rosenzweig initiated investigations of the ecological relationships of small desert mammals He discovered that the interactions and diversity of small desert mammals hinge on sophisticated differences in habitats These papers based on work both in the southwestern USA and Israel 1986 Z. Abramsky, M.A. Bowers & MLR. Detecting interspecific competition in the field: testing the regression method. Oikos 47:199- 204. 1985 MLR, Z. Abramsky, B. Kotler & W. Mitchell. Can interaction coefficients be determined from census data? Oecologia 66:194-198. 1985 Z. Abramsky, S. Brand & MLR. Geographical ecology of gerbelline rodents in the sand dune habitats of Israel. J. Biogeog. 12:363-372. 1985 Z. Abramsky, MLR & S. Brand. Habitat selection in Israel desert rodents: comparison of a traditional and a new method of analysis, Oikos 45:79-88. 1984 MLR, Z. Abramsky & S. Brand. Estimating species interactions in heterogeneous environments. Oikos 43:329-340. 1980 R.J.Frye & MLR. Clump size selection: a field test with two species of Dipodomys. Oecologia 47:323-327. 1978 M. Mares & MLR. Granivory in North and South American deserts. Ecology 59:235-241. 1978 C. Lemen & MLR. Microhabitat selection in two species of heteromyid rodents. Oecologia 33:127-135. 1977 Coexistence and diversity in heteromyid rodents. Pp.89-99 in B. Stonehouse & C. Perrins (eds.), Evolutionary Ecology. Macmillan, London. 1977 M. Mares & MLR. Seeds-seedeater systems. Pp. 196-204 in G. Orians & O. Solbrig (eds.), Convergent Evolution in Warm Deserts. Dowden, Hutchinson and Ross, Stroudsburg, PA. 1975 G. Schroder & MLR. Perturbation analysis of competition and overlap in habitat utilization between Dipodomys ordii and Dipodomys merriami. Oecologia 19:9-28. 1975 MLR, B. Smigel & A. Kraft. Patterns of food, space and diversity, pp.241-268 in Rodents in Desert Environments, I. Prakash & P. Ghosh (eds.), Monographiae Biologicae 28, Dr. W. Junk, the Hague, Netherlands. 1974 B. Smigel, W. Jester, J. Blomgren, K.N. Prasad & MLR. Dietary analysis in granivores through the use of neutron activation. Ecology 55:340-349. 1974 B. Smigel & MLR. Seed selection in Dipodomys merriami and Perognathus penicillatus. Ecology 55:329-339. 1974 On the optimal aboveground activity of bannertail kangaroo rats. J. Mamm. 55:193-199. 1973 Habitat selection experiments with a pair of coexisting heteromyid rodent species. Ecology 54: 111-117. 1973 Exploitation in three trophic levels. Amer.Natur. 107: 275-294. 1970 MLR & P. Sterner. Population ecology of desert rodent communities: body size and seed-husking as bases for heteromyid coexistence. Ecology 51:217-224. 1969 MLR & J. Winakur. Population ecology of desert rodent communities: habitats and environmental complexity. Ecology 50:558-572. Environmental Issues and Public Policy Principles of density-dependent habitat selection to achieve cheap, quick censuses of economically important, annually harvested animal populations Use the rules of species-area relationships to develop early warning indicators of environmental health The non-confrontational relationship or even fundamental agreement of western religions and environmentalism 2000 National Research Council Environmental Indicators for the Nation. National Academy Press, Washington, DC 1999: with S. Archer, W. Mackay, J. Mott, S.E. Nicholson, M. Pando Moreno, MLR, N.G. Seligman, N.E. West and J. Williams, Arid and semi-arid land community dynamics in a management context, pp.48-74 in Hoekstra, T.W. and M. Shahak, Arid Lands Management: toward ecological sustainability. Univ. of Ill. Press. 279 p. 1996 The Green Commandments, Eco-Health: News & Views 2:4-5 1995 Review: Trees... the green testament, by Y. Kirschen. Restoration and Mgmt. Notes 13:136-7. 1990 Commentary (on ecological uniqueness and loss of species), p. 188-198 in Orians, G., G.M. Brown, Jr., W. E. Kunin & J.E. Swierzbinski (eds.), The preservation and valuation of biological resources. Univ. of Wash. Press, Seattle. 1988 The silly war: religion vs. science. The World and I, Feb:194-197. 1987 Density-dependent habitat selection: a tool for more effective population management, pp. 98-111 in Vincent, T. Y. Cohen, W.J.Grantham, G.P. Kirkwood & J.M. Skowronski (eds.), Modeling & Management of Resources under uncertainty. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. 1974 And Replenish the Earth: the evolution, consequences and prevention of overpopulation. Harper & Row, N.Y. 304 p. 1974 On carrying capacity and U.S. policy, pp.29-30,85,94,98-99,141 in Proc. Science Advisory Panel of the Committee on Public Works, U.S. House of Representatives, print #93-36, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 1974 J. Sundquist, B.J.L. Berry, M. Brewer, A. Davis, L. Dworsky, D. McGrath, MLR, J. Sterner & W. Thompson. National population distribution policy, pp. 5-26 in A national public works investment policy. Committee print #93-53 of the Committee on Public Works, U.S. House of Representatives. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 1974 L. Duhl, A. Davis, J.R. Newbrough, MLR & R. Aldrich. Values and the public works investment policy, pp.87-105 in Committee print #93-53 (ibid.). 1972 Natural selection and artificial control of human populations, pp.82-84 in Ecology and Pollution (White, W.W.,Jr. & F.J. Little, eds.). North American Publishing Co., Philadelphia, PA. Species Diversity Present a basic, continent-scale, mathematical theory of diversity as a process, a process resulting from the differential equations of speciation and extinction Predict several patterns of diversity with area, patterns that have proved accurate in the decades since the theory first emerged New pattern of diversity: on a regional scale, animal diversity peaks in locales with intermediate energy flow Previously, ecology had assumed that diversity and productivity were inexorably and positively correlated Suggested a mode of speciation (competitive speciation) that joins ecology and evolution, and appears to be implicated in biotic revolutions, the sort that sees major taxa such as dinosaurs supplanted by other major taxa such as mammals 2001 The four questions: What does the introduction of exotic species do to diversity? Evolutionary Ecology Research 3. 2000 Wisheu, I.C., M.L.Rosenzweig, L. Olsvig-Whittaker, and A. Shmida: What makes nutrient-poor mediterranean heathlands so rich in plant diversity? Evolutionary Ecology Research 2: 935-955. 1999 MLR & Y. Ziv: The echo pattern of species diversity: pattern & process. Ecography 22: 614-628. 1999 W. Turner, W. Leitner & MLR: Ws2m; software for estimating diversity. URL: http://eebweb.arizona.edu/diversity 1999 Heeding the warning in biodiversity©s basic law. Science 284:276-277 1999 Species diversity, Chapter 9, p. 249-281 in McGlade, J. (ed.), Advanced Theoretical Ecology: principles and applications, Blackwell Science, Oxford, England. 1998 Articles on Species Diversity in Encyclopedia of Ecology and Environmental Management (P. Calow et al., Eds.) Blackwell Scientific Publications Ltd., Oxford, England. 1) Diversity, alpha, beta and gamma: three measures
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