Publications:
Anderson,
R. P.
and E. E. Gutiérrez. 2009. Taxonomy, distribution, and natural history of
the genus Heteromys (Rodentia:
Heteromyidae)
in central and eastern Venezuela, with the description of a new species from the
Cordillera de la Costa. In: R. S. Voss and M. D. Carleton (editors), Systematic mammalogy: contributions in honor of Guy
G. Musser. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 331:33-93. pdf
Anderson,
R. P. and S.A. Jansa. 2007. Genetic
comparisons between Heteromys
desmarestianus and the newly described H.
nubicolens (Rodentia: Heteromyidae) in northwestern Costa Rica. Mammalian
Biology, 72:54-61. pdf
Anderson,
R. P.,
A. T. Peterson, and S. L. Egbert.
2006. Vegetation-index
models predict areas vulnerable to purple loosestrife (Lythrum
salicaria) invasion in Kansas.
Southwestern Naturalist, 51:471-480. pdf
Anderson,
R. P. and R. M. Timm. 2006. A new montane species of spiny pocket mouse (Rodentia: Heteromyidae: Heteromys)
from northwestern Costa Rica. American Museum Novitates, 3509:1-38. pdf
Anderson,
R. P.,
M. Weksler, and D. S. Rogers. 2006. Phylogenetic analyses of spiny
pocket mice (Heteromyidae: Heteromyinae) based on allozymic and morphological data. Journal of Mammalogy,
87:1218-1233. pdf
Elith,
J., C. H. Graham, R.
P. Anderson,
M. Dudík, S. Ferrier, A. Guisan, R. J. Hijmans, F. Huettmann, J. R. Leathwick, A.
Lehmann, J. Li, L. G. Lohmann, B. A. Loiselle, G. Manion, C. Moritz, M.
Nakamura, Y. Nakazawa, J. M. Overton, A. T. Peterson, S. J. Phillips, K.
Richardson, R. Scachetti-Pereira, R. E. Schapire, J. Soberón, S. Williams, M. S.
Wisz, and N. E. Zimmerman. 2006. Novel methods improve prediction of
species’ distributions from occurrence data. Ecography, 29:129-151. pdf
[This work was featured in the "Research
Highlights" section of Nature, 18 May 2006: 259 pdf].
Phillips,
S. J., R. P. Anderson, and R. E. Schapire. 2006. Maximum entropy
modeling of species geographic distributions. Ecological Modelling,
190:231-259. pdf
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comma-delimited file of training localities from this paper
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comma-delimited file of test localities from this paper
Anderson, R. P. and Martínez-Meyer. 2004. Modeling species’ geographic distributions for conservation
assessments: an implementation with the spiny pocket mice (Heteromys) of Ecuador. Biological Conservation,
116:167-179.
pdf
Gómez-Laverde, M., R. P. Anderson, and L. F. García.
2004. Integrated systematic
reevaluation of the Amazonian genus Scolomys (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae). Mammalian
Biology, 69:119-139.
pdf
Anderson, R. P. 2003. Real vs. artefactual absences in species distributions: tests for Oryzomys albigularis (Rodentia: Muridae) in Venezuela. Journal of Biogeography,
30:591-605. pdf
Anderson, R. P. 2003. Taxonomy, distribution, and natural history of the genus Heteromys (Rodentia:
Heteromyidae) in western Venezuela, with the description of a dwarf species from the Península de Paraguaná. American
Museum Novitates, 3396:1-43. pdf
Anderson, R. P., D. Lew, and A. T. Peterson. 2003. Evaluating predictive models of species' distributions:
criteria for selecting optimal models. Ecological Modelling, 162:211-232.
pdf
Anderson, R. P., M. Gómez-Laverde, and A. T. Peterson. 2002.
Geographical distributions of spiny pocket mice in South America: insights from predictive models.
Global Ecology & Biogeography, 11:131-141. pdf
Anderson, R. P. and C. O. Handley, Jr. 2002.
Dwarfism in insular sloths: biogeography, selection, and evolutionary rate. Evolution, 56:1045-1058.
pdf
Anderson, R. P. and P. Jarrín-V. 2002. A new species
of spiny pocket mouse (Heteromyidae: Heteromys) endemic to western Ecuador. American Museum Novitates, 3382:1-26.
pdf
Anderson, R. P., A. T. Peterson, and M. Gómez-Laverde. 2002.
Using niche-based GIS modeling to test geographic predictions of competitive exclusion and
competitive release in South American pocket mice. Oikos, 98:3-16. pdf
Anderson, R. P. and C. O. Handley, Jr. 2001. A new species of three-toed sloth
(Mammalia: Xenarthra) from Panamá, with a review of the genus Bradypus. Proceedings of the Biological
Society of Washington, 114:1-33. pdf
[This work was featured in the "Discoveries" section of BBC Wildlife magazine,
October 2001:17; and in the “Wildlife” section of National Geographic magazine,
March 2006:2, 20].
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Excel file of Bradypus localities from this paper
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comma-delimited file of Bradypus localities from this paper
Anderson, R. P.
1999 [2000]. Preliminary review of the systematics and
biogeography of the spiny pocket mice (Heteromys) of Colombia. Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias
Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, 23 (Suplemento especial):613-630. pdf
Anderson, R. P.
and P. J. Soriano. 1999. The occurrence and biogeographic
significance of the southern spiny pocket mouse Heteromys australis in Venezuela. Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde,
64:121-125. pdf
Lim, B. K., M. D. Engstrom, R. M. Timm, R. P. Anderson, and L. C. Watson. 1999.
First records of 10 bat species in Guyana and comments on diversity of bats in Iwokrama Forest.
Acta Chiropterologica, 1:179-190. pdf
Cadena, A., R. P. Anderson, and P. Rivas-Pava. 1998. Colombian mammals from
the Chocoan slopes of Nariño. Occasional Papers of the Museum, Texas Tech University, 180:1-15.
pdf
Anderson, R. P. 1994. Faunal Analysis of Feature 4, 14JW1.
In: B. Logan and W. E. Banks (editors), White Rock revised: archaeological investigation of the White Rock and Warne sites, Lovewell Reservoir, Jewell
County, Kansas. University of Kansas Museum of Anthropology Project
Report Series, 85: 55-64.
western Nariño, Colombia in 1995; see Cadena et al. 1998
Ph.D. dissertation:
Anderson, R. P. 2001.
Systematics and biogeographic modeling of spiny pocket mice (Rodentia:
Heteromyidae: Heteromys) in South America. Ph.D. Dissertation, University
of Kansas, Lawrence. ix + 169 pp.
Presentations at scientific meetings:
Comparación de los pequeños
mamíferos no voladores entre la Serranía de San Luis y el Cerro Santa Ana
(Venezuela). VIII Congreso Venezolano de Ecología, 2–6 November 2009, Santa
Ana de Coro, Falcón, Venezuela. R. P. Anderson, J. Ochoa-G., E. Gutiérrez,
F. García, and M. Aguilera.
Modelado de nicho con Sistemas
de Información Geográfica en dos especies del género Marmosa: ¿La
competencia interespecífica puede causar vicarianza? VIII Congreso Venezolano
de Ecología, 2–6 November 2009, Santa Ana de Coro, Falcón, Venezuela. E. E.
Gutiérrez and R. P. Anderson. Presented by E. E. Gutiérrez.
Modelos de la distribución
potencial del ratón mochilero caribeño Heteromys anomalus: pruebas de
sus desempeños predictivos. VIII Congreso Venezolano de Ecología, 2–6
November 2009, Santa Ana de Coro, Falcón, Venezuela. R. P. Anderson, A.
Radosavljevic, and D. M. Thomas.
El uso de modelado de nicho con
SIG para determinar si especies de roedores en la Península de Paraguaná
habitan condiciones climáticas novedosas. VIII Congreso Venezolano de Ecología,
2–6 November 2009, Santa Ana de Coro, Falcón, Venezuela. M. Soley-G., R.
P. Anderson, Darla M. Thomas, E. E. Gutiérrez, J. Ochoa-G., and M. Aguilera.
Presented by M. Soley-G.
Taxonomía del género Heteromys
en Venezuela, con énfasis en la distinción y biogeografía de una nueva
especie endémica de la Cordillera de la Costa. VIII Congreso Venezolano de
Ecología, 2–6 November 2009, Santa Ana de Coro, Falcón, Venezuela. E. E.
Gutiérrez and R. P. Anderson. Presented by E. E. Gutiérrez.
A jackknife approach to assess
performance of niche-based distributional models for species with few occurrence
records: tuning maximum-entropy (Maxent) models for spiny pocket mice (Heteromys)
in Ecuador and southwestern Colombia. 94th Annual Meeting, Ecological Society of
America, 2–7 August 2009, Albuquerque, New Mexico. R. P. Anderson and
M. Shcheglovitova.
Using
geographically structured k-fold cross-validation to assess
transferability of niche-based distributional models for species with many
occurrence records. 94th Annual Meeting, Ecological Society of America,
2–7 August 2009, Albuquerque, New Mexico. A. Radosavljevic, R. P. Anderson,
and D. M. Thomas. Presented by A. Radosavljevic.
Using
niche-based modeling to determine if small mammals inhabit novel climatic
conditions in northwestern Venezuela. 89th Annual Meeting, American
Society of Mammalogists, 24–28 June 2009, Fairbanks, Alaska. M. Soley-G., R.
P. Anderson, D. M. Thomas, E. E. Gutiérrez, J. Ochoa-G., and M. Aguilera.
Presented by M. Soley-G.
Can interspecific competition
promote geographic isolation? Insights from GIS-based niche modeling, with an
example using mouse opossums (genus Marmosa). Evolution 2008 Meeting,
20–24 June 2008, Minneapolis, Minnesota. E. E. Gutiérrez and R. P.
Anderson. Presented by E. E. Gutiérrez.
Effect of study region on GIS
models of species distributions and estimates of niche evolution: tests with
montane rodents (genus Nephelomys) in Venezuela. Evolution 2008 Meeting,
20–24 June 2008, Minneapolis, Minnesota. R. P. Anderson and A. Raza.
A
new species of Heteromys (Rodentia:
Heteromyidae) from the Cordillera de la Costa in Venezuela. 87th Annual
Meeting, American Society of Mammalogists, 6–10 June 2007, Albuquerque, New
Mexico. E. E. Gutiérrez and R. P.
Anderson. Presented by E. E. Gutiérrez.
Comparisons
of the non-volant mammalian faunas of two tropical sky islands in northwestern
Venezuela. 87th Annual Meeting, American Society of Mammalogists, 6–10
June 2007, Albuquerque, New Mexico. R. P.
Anderson, J. Ochoa-G., E. E. Gutiérrez, F. García, and M. Aguilera.
Effect
of study region for GIS models of distributions and niche overlap in Rhipidomys.
87th Annual Meeting, American Society of Mammalogists, 6–10 June 2007,
Albuquerque, New Mexico. A. Raza and R.
P. Anderson. Presented by A. Raza.
Growth,
sexual dimorphism, and geographic variation: using bootstrapping to study
multivariate growth trajectories in the rodent Heteromys
anomalus. Evolution 2006 Meeting, 23–27 June 2006, Stony Brook, New York. R.
P. Anderson and N. A. Slade.
Phylogenetic relationships of
spiny pocket mice (genera Heteromys and Liomys) based on
morphological and allozymic data. 86th Annual Meeting, American Society of
Mammalogists, 17–21 June 2006, Amherst, Massachusetts. R. P. Anderson,
M. Weksler, and D. S. Rogers.
Discovery of a new Heteromys
(Rodentia: Heteromyidae) endemic to northwestern Costa Rica. 85th Annual
Meeting, American Society of Mammalogists, 15–19 June 2005, Springfield,
Missouri. R. P. Anderson and
R. M. Timm.
Modeling the geographic
distributions of South American mammals using the Maximum Entropy method.
Invited contribution to the symposium What do species distribution models add
to conservation biology? 18th Annual Meeting, Society for Conservation
Biology, 30 July–2 August 2004, New York, New York. R.
P. Anderson, S. J. Phillips, and R. E. Schapire.
Bootstrapping analyses in Heteromys anomalus (Rodentia: Heteromyidae): a modern approach to
assessing nongeographic variation. 84th Annual Meeting, American Society of
Mammalogists, 12–16 June 2004, Arcata, California. R. P. Anderson and N. A. Slade.
Evaluating
sampling effort in areas lacking records of a species: tests for Oryzomys albigularis in Venezuela. 83rd Annual Meeting, American
Society of Mammalogists, 21–25 June 2003, Lubbock, Texas. R.
P. Anderson.
Discovery
and conservation assessment of a new species of spiny pocket mouse (Heteromys) endemic to western Ecuador. 82nd Annual Meeting, American
Society of Mammalogists, 15–19 June 2002, Lake Charles, Louisiana. R. P.
Anderson, E. Martínez-Meyer, and P. Jarrín-V.
Evolutionary
allometry and ontogenetic truncation in an isolated species of Heteromys
from northwestern Venezuela.
81st Annual Meeting, American Society of Mammalogists, 16–20 June 2001,
Missoula, Montana. R.
P. Anderson.
Modelos
predictivos de distribución potencial de las especies del género Phyllostomus (Mammalia, Chiroptera) en Venezuela. IV Congreso
Venezolano de Ecología, 29 October–2 November 2001, Mérida, Venezuela. D.
Lew, R. Anderson, V. Romero, H. Rojas, and E. Martínez-Meyer. Presented
by D. Lew.
Testing
ecological hypotheses with museum records: evidence for competition in spiny
pocket mice? Central Plains Society of Mammalogists’ Meeting, 14 October 2000,
Emporia, Kansas. R. P. Anderson.
Biogeography
of three-toed sloths on the islands of Bocas del Toro, Panama: parallel
evolution of dwarfism during the Holocene. Evolution 2000 Meeting, 23–27 June
2000, Bloomington, Indiana. R. P. Anderson and C. O. Handley, Jr.
Predictive
models of spiny pocket mouse (Heteromys)
distributions in South America: historical and biotic restrictions to potential
ranges. 80th Annual Meeting, American Society of Mammalogists, 17–21 June
2000, Durham, New Hampshire. R. P. Anderson, M. Gómez-Laverde, and A. T.
Peterson.
Evolutionary
rates and selection intensities in insular populations of three-toed sloths.
Kansas Mammal Meeting, 25 September 1999, Emporia, Kansas. R. P. Anderson
and C. O. Handley, Jr.
Allometry
and the ontogeny of sexual dimorphism in heteromyid rodents: reducing
non-geographic variation in morphometric studies. 79th Annual Meeting, American
Society of Mammalogists, 20–24 June 1999, Seattle, Washington. R. P.
Anderson.
Removing
the effects of age and sex from a mensural data set: examples from spiny pocket
mice (Heteromys). Kansas Mammal
Meeting, 12 September 1998, Emporia, Kansas. R. P. Anderson.
Dwarfism
and speciation in three-toed sloths (Bradypus)
on the islands of Bocas del Toro, Panama. 78th Annual Meeting, American Society
of Mammalogists, 6–10 June 1998, Blacksburg, Virginia. R. P. Anderson
and C. O. Handley, Jr.
The
biogeographic significance of the southern spiny pocket mouse (Heteromys
australis: Heteromyidae) in Venezuela. Kansas Mammal Meeting, 27 September
1997, Emporia, Kansas. R. P. Anderson and P. J. Soriano.
the northern Neotropics
Poster presentations at
scientific meetings:
Filogenia del género Heteromys
(Rodentia, Heteromyidae) en Suramérica. VIII Congreso Venezolano de Ecología,
2–6 November 2009, Santa Ana de Coro, Falcón, Venezuela. T. Caldera, D. S.
Rogers, R. P. Anderson, E. E. Gutiérrez, J. Ochoa-G., and M. Aguilera.
Presented by T. Caldera.
Estimating uncertainty and the
effects of spatial autocorrelation in ecological niche models built with few
occurrence records. Fourth Biennial Conference of the International Biogeography
Society, Mérida, Mexico, 8–12 January 2009. Poster presentation. M.
Shcheglovitova and R. P. Anderson. Presented by M. Shcheglovitova.
Spatial transferability of
niche-based distributional models in the Caribbean spiny pocket mouse Heteromys
anomalus. Fourth Biennial Conference of the International Biogeography
Society, Mérida, Mexico, 8–12 January 2009. Poster presentation. A.
Radosavljevic, D. M. Thomas, and R. P. Anderson. Presented by A.
Radosavljevic.
Using niche-based GIS modeling
to determine whether small mammals inhabit novel climatic conditions on the Península
de Paraguaná in northwestern Venezuela. Fourth Biennial Conference of the
International Biogeography Society, Mérida, Mexico, 8–12 January 2009. Poster
presentation. D. M. Thomas, E. E. Gutiérrez, R. P. Anderson, M. Soley,
José Ochoa-G., and Marisol Aguilera. Presented by D. M. Thomas.
A jackknife approach to
tuning GIS models of species geographic distributions and estimating niche
evolution: tests with pocket mice (Heteromys) in South America.
Evolution 2008 Meeting, 20–24 June 2008, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Poster
presentation. M. Shcheglovitova and R. P. Anderson.
Do small mammals inhabit novel
climatic conditions on the Península de Paraguaná in northwestern Venezuela?
Insights from GIS modeling. Evolution 2008 Meeting, 20–24 June 2008,
Minneapolis, Minnesota. Poster presentation. D. M. Thomas, E. E. Gutiérrez, R.
P. Anderson, J. Ochoa-G., and M. Aguilera.
Modeling
the geographic distribution of the shrew Cryptotis meridensis in
Venezuela: robustness to small sample sizes and sampling bias. 86th Annual
Meeting, American Society of Mammalogists, 17–21 June 2006, Amherst,
Massachusetts. Poster presentation. Israel Gonzalez and R. P. Anderson.
Physical,
historical, and biotic determinants of pocket mouse distributions in South
America: insights from predictive models. 51st Annual Meeting, American
Institute of Biological Sciences, 22–24 March 2000, Washington, DC. Poster
presentation. R. P. Anderson, M. Gómez-Laverde, and A. T. Peterson.
Presentations at undergraduate
research symposia:
Does
eliminating ecologically marginal localities of Rhipidomys venezuelae
provide a better prediction of the species’ distribution? 2009 City College Academy for Professional Preparation Annual Poster
Presentation, 19 November
2009. J. Rivas (CCNY
undergraduate student), M. Soley-G.,
and R. P. Anderson. Presented by J. Rivas.
Comparing
estimates of species richness of non-volant mammals in two isolated montane
systems in northwestern Venezuela. 2009 City
College Academy for Professional Preparation Annual Poster Presentation, 19
November 2009. J. Chang (CCNY undergraduate
student), E. E. Gutiérrez, and R.
P. Anderson. Presented by J. Chang
Assessing
the effect of ecologically aberrant localities on models of species
distributions: a trial with Heteromys anomalus (Rodentia: Heteromyidae). 2009
City College Academy for Professional Preparation Annual Poster Presentation, 19 November 2009. J. L.
Rivera (CCNY undergraduate student),
A. Radosavljevic, and R. P.
Anderson. Presented by J. L. Rivera.
Estimating
uncertainty and the effects of spatial autocorrelation in ecological niche
models built with few occurrence records. 2009
City College Academy for Professional Preparation Annual Poster Presentation, 19
November 2009. M. Shcheglovitova
(CCNY undergraduate student) and
R. P. Anderson. Presented by
M. Shcheglovitova.
A
jackknife approach to tuning ecological niche models of species geographic
distributions: tests with a spiny pocket mouse, Heteromys
teleus, in Ecuador. 2008 City College
Academy for Professional Preparation Annual Poster Presentation, 20
November 2008. M. Shcheglovitova (CCNY
undergraduate student) and R. P. Anderson. Presented by M. Shcheglovitova.
Do small mammals inhabit novel
climatic conditions on the Península de Paraguaná in northwestern Venezuela?
Insights from GIS modeling. 2008 City
College Academy for Professional Preparation Annual Poster Presentation, 20
November 2008. D. M. Thomas (CCNY
undergraduate student), E. E. Gutiérrez, R. P. Anderson, J.
Ochoa-G., and M. Aguilera. Presented by D. M. Thomas.
Assessing the conservation
status of the spiny pocket mouse Heteromys
teleus using Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
2007 City College Academy for Professional Preparation Annual Poster
Presentation, 29 November 2007. M. Shcheglovitova
(CCNY undergraduate student) and R. P. Anderson. Presented by M. Shcheglovitova.
Modeling
the geographic distributions of the spiny pocket mice (Heteromys)
of Ecuador for conservation assessments. 2006 City College Academy for
Professional Preparation Annual Poster Presentation, 30 November 2006. S. D.
Claxton (CCNY undergraduate student), N. Rana (CCNY undergraduate student), and R.
P. Anderson. Presented by S. Claxton and N. Rana.
Modeling
geographic distributions and niche overlap between related species of rodents
(genus Rhipidomys) in South America. 2006 City College Academy for
Professional Preparation Annual Poster Presentation, 30 November 2006. A. Raza (CCNY
undergraduate student) and R. P. Anderson. Presented by A. Raza.
Modeling
the geographic distribution of the shrew Cryptotis meridensis in
Venezuela. 2005 City College Academy for Professional Preparation Annual Poster
Presentation, 17 November 2005. I. Gonzalez (CCNY undergraduate student) and R.
P. Anderson. Presented by I. Gonzalez.
Selected research seminars at foreign institutions:
Estudio
de pequeños mamíferos no voladores de dos montañas aisladas en el
noroccidente venezolano. Departamento de Biología, Facultad Experimental de
Ciencias y Tecnología, Universidad de Carabobo, Valencia, Venezuela, 25 July
2007.
Modelos de distribución geográfica: su uso en estudios de evolución, ecología y conservación de
pequeños mamíferos. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de
Colombia, Bogotá,
Colombia, 29 January 2002.
El uso de sistemas de información geográfica en estudios de evolución: un ejemplo con ratones bolseros Heteromys spp.
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador, 16 January 2001
Biogeografía de ratones mochileros (Heteromys) en Suramérica: el uso de sistemas de información
geográfica (SIG) en estudios de evolución y conservación.
Universidad Simón Bolívar, Baruta, Venezuela, 23 May 2000, and
Fundación La Salle, Caracas, Venezuela, 26 May 2000
Evolución de los perezosos de tres dedos (Bradypus) de las islas de Bocas del Toro, Panamá.
Instituto de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, Villa de Leiva, Colombia, August 1998 and
Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia, 11 August 1998
Quindío, Colombia, 1995
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