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Blaire Van Valkenburgh is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles, in the United States. Their research is primarily situated within the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on Ecology and Paleontology, complemented by studies in Genetics, Anthropology, and Sensory Systems. The research topics covered in their work include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Human-Animal Interaction Studies, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies, Marine Animal Studies, and Bat Biology and Ecology Studies.

Their recent publications reflect a focus on carnivore ecology, evolutionary biology, and morphological studies. Notable papers include:

  • "Dire wolves were the last of an ancient New World canid lineage" (2021, Nature)
  • "Iterative evolution of large-bodied hypercarnivory in canids benefits species but not clades" (2020, Communications Biology)
  • "Domesticating olfaction: Dog breeds, including scent hounds, have reduced cribriform plate morphology relative to wolves" (2020, The Anatomical Record)
  • ""Mucosal maps" of the canine nasal cavity: Micro-computed tomography and histology" (2020, The Anatomical Record)
  • "Naturally-occurring tooth wear, tooth fracture, and cranial injuries in large carnivores from Zambia" (2021, PeerJ)

Van Valkenburgh frequently collaborates with several researchers who have contributed to multiple publications alongside them. These co-authors include:

  • Christiane Jacquemetton
  • Mairin Balisi
  • Deborah Bird
  • Mark Juhn
  • Evan M. Doughty

Their work is often published in venues covering anatomical and paleontological research, with The Anatomical Record and Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America being the most common. Other venues include Nature, Communications Biology, and PeerJ.

Best Publications

  • Collapse of the world's largest herbivores.

    William J Ripple;Thomas M Newsome;Thomas M Newsome;Christopher Wolf;Rodolfo Dirzo

  • The Ecological Role of the Mammalian Mesocarnivore

    Gary W. Roemer;Matthew E. Gompper;Blaire Van Valkenburgh

  • Carnivore Dental Adaptations and Diet: A Study of Trophic Diversity within Guilds

    Blaire Van Valkenburgh

  • Skeletal indicators of locomotor behavior in living and extinct carnivores

    Blaire Van Valkenburgh

  • Déjà vu: the evolution of feeding morphologies in the Carnivora

    Blaire Van Valkenburgh

  • Trophic diversity in past and present guilds of large predatory mammals

    Blaire Van Valkenburgh

  • Iterative evolution of hypercarnivory in canids (Mammalia: Carnivora): evolutionary interactions among sympatric predators

    Blaire Van Valkenburgh

  • Cope's Rule, Hypercarnivory, and Extinction in North American Canids

    Blaire Van Valkenburgh;Xiaoming Wang;John Damuth

  • Skeletal indicators of locomotor adaptations in living and extinct rodents

    Joshua X. Samuels;Blaire Van Valkenburgh

  • Sexual dimorphism in the canines and skulls of carnivores: effects of size, phylogency, and behavioural ecology

    J. L. Gittleman;B. Van Valkenburgh

  • Locomotor diversity within past and present guilds of large predatory mammals

    Blaire Van Valkenburgh

  • MAJOR PATTERNS IN THE HISTORY OF CARNIVOROUS MAMMALS

    Blaire Van Valkenburgh

  • Saving the World's Terrestrial Megafauna

    William J Ripple;Guillaume Chapron;José Vicente López-Bao;Sarah M. Durant

  • Genome-wide Evidence Reveals that African and Eurasian Golden Jackals Are Distinct Species

    Klaus Peter Koepfli;Klaus Peter Koepfli;John Pollinger;Raquel Godinho;Raquel Godinho;Jacqueline Robinson

  • Megafaunal extinctions and the disappearance of a specialized wolf ecomorph.

    Jennifer A. Leonard;Jennifer A. Leonard;Jennifer A. Leonard;Carles Vilà;Kena Fox-Dobbs;Paul L. Koch

  • Ecomorphological indicators of feeding behaviour in the bears (Carnivora: Ursidae)

    Tyson Sacco;Blaire Van Valkenburgh

  • Feeding Behavior in Free-Ranging, Large African Carnivores

    Blaire Van Valkenburgh

  • INCIDENCE OF TOOTH BREAKAGE AMONG LARGE, PREDATORY MAMMALS

    Blaire Van Valkenburgh

  • Are we eating the world's megafauna to extinction?

    William J. Ripple;Christopher Wolf;Thomas M. Newsome;Thomas M. Newsome;Matthew G. Betts

  • Development of bite strength and feeding behaviour in juvenile spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta)

    Wendy J. Binder;Blaire Van Valkenburgh

Frequent Co-Authors

Matt W. Hayward
Matt W. Hayward University of Newcastle Australia
Robert K. Wayne
Robert K. Wayne University of California, Los Angeles
William J. Ripple
William J. Ripple Oregon State University
Jennifer A. Leonard
Jennifer A. Leonard Spanish National Research Council
Michael G. L. Mills
Michael G. L. Mills University of Oxford
Gregory F. Grether
Gregory F. Grether University of California, Los Angeles
Paul J. Funston
Paul J. Funston Panthera Corporation
Chris Carbone
Chris Carbone Zoological Society of London
Timothy D. Smith
Timothy D. Smith Slippery Rock University
Thomas M. Newsome
Thomas M. Newsome University of Sydney

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