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5949
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Overview

Brett R. Riddle is affiliated with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in the United States. The research work covers several interconnected fields with a focus on evolutionary biology, paleontology, ecology, and the study of species and their environments over time.

Their recent publications include:

  • From the editor: welcome to the 103rd year of the Journal of Mammalogy (2021, Journal of Mammalogy)
  • Integrating Earth-life systems: a geogenomic approach (2022, Trends in Ecology & Evolution)
  • From the Editor: introducing two contributions on mammalogy and the Nagoya Protocol (2023, Journal of Mammalogy)
  • From the Editor: the geographic and taxonomic purview of the Journal of Mammalogy in 2022 (2023, Journal of Mammalogy)
  • Phylogeography, systematics, and conservation status of pocket mice (Chaetodipus) of the Sonoran-Sinaloan thorn forest (2024, Journal of Mammalogy)

Frequent coauthors in their work include:

  • Greer Dolby
  • Scott Bennett
  • Rebecca J. Dorsey
  • Maya F. Stokes
  • Andrés Lira-Noriega

Their primary venues of publication are:

  • Journal of Mammalogy (5 publications)
  • Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich) (2 publications)
  • Trends in Ecology & Evolution (1 publication)

Riddle's research encompasses diverse subfields, including:

  • Paleontology
  • Ecology
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Anthropology
  • Ecological Modeling

The main research topics covered in their work are:

  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Zoonotic diseases and public health

Best Publications

  • Cryptic vicariance in the historical assembly of a Baja California Peninsular Desert biota

    Brett R. Riddle;David J. Hafner;Lois F. Alexander;Jef R. Jaeger

  • MITOCHONDRIAL INTROGRESSION AND INCOMPLETE LINEAGE SORTING THROUGH SPACE AND TIME: PHYLOGENETICS OF CROTAPHYTID LIZARDS

    Jimmy A. McGuire;Charles W. Linkem;Michelle S. Koo;Delbert W. Hutchison

  • Biodiversity and Topographic Complexity: Modern and Geohistorical Perspectives

    Catherine Badgley;Tara M. Smiley;Tara M. Smiley;Rebecca Terry;Edward B. Davis

  • A step-wise approach to integrating phylogeographic and phylogenetic biogeographic perspectives on the history of a core North American warm deserts biota

    B.R. Riddle;D.J. Hafner

  • Holocene shifts in the assembly of plant and animal communities implicate human impacts

    S. Kathleen Lyons;Kathryn L. Amatangelo;Anna K. Behrensmeyer;Antoine Bercovici

  • Phylogeography and systematics of the Peromyscus eremicus species group and the historical biogeography of North American warm regional deserts.

    Brett R. Riddle;David J. Hafner;Lois F. Alexander

  • Molecular Biogeography in the Pocket Mice (Perognathus and Chaetodipus) and Grasshopper Mice (Onychomys): the Late Cenozoic Development of a North American Aridlands Rodent Guild

    Brett R. Riddle

  • The role of molecular genetics in sculpting the future of integrative biogeography

    Brett R. Riddle;Michael N. Dawson;Elizabeth A. Hadly;David J. Hafner

  • The molecular phylogeographic bridge between deep and shallow history in continental biotas

    Brett R. Riddle

  • The island rule and a research agenda for studying ecogeographical patterns

    Mark V. Lomolino;Dov F. Sax;Brett R. Riddle;James H. Brown

  • Cryptic Neogene vicariance and Quaternary dispersal of the red-spotted toad (Bufo punctatus): insights on the evolution of North American warm desert biotas.

    Jef R. Jaeger;Brett R. Riddle;David F. Bradford

  • Ploidy race distributions since the Last Glacial Maximum in the North American desert shrub, Larrea tridentata

    Kimberly L. Hunter;Julio L. Betancourt;Brett R. Riddle;Thomas R. Van Devender

  • BASAL CLADES AND MOLECULAR SYSTEMATICS OF HETEROMYID RODENTS

    John C. Hafner;Jessica E. Light;David J. Hafner;Mark S. Hafner

  • Phylogeography of Middle American gophersnakes: mixed responses to biogeographical barriers across the Mexican Transition Zone

    Robert W. Bryson;Uri Omar García-Vázquez;Brett R. Riddle

  • Comparative phylogeography of Baileys' pocket mouse (Chaetodipus baileyi) and the Peromyscus eremicus species group: historical vicariance of the Baja California Peninsular Desert.

    Brett R. Riddle;David J. Hafner;Lois F. Alexander

  • PHYLOGENETICS OF THE NEW WORLD RODENT FAMILY HETEROMYIDAE

    Lois F. Alexander;Brett R. Riddle

  • HISTORICAL BIOGEOGRAPHY IN NORTH AMERICAN ARID REGIONS: AN APPROACH USING MITOCHONDRIAL‐DNA PHYLOGENY IN GRASSHOPPER MICE (GENUS ONYCHOMYS)

    Brett R. Riddle;Rodney L. Honeycutt

  • Revisiting the past to foretell the future: summer temperature and habitat area predict pika extirpations in California

    Joseph A. E. Stewart;Joseph A. E. Stewart;John D. Perrine;Lyle B. Nichols;James H. Thorne

  • Species as units of analysis in ecology and biogeography: time to take the blinders off

    Brett R. Riddle;David J. Hafner

  • A framework for evaluating the influence of climate, dispersal limitation, and biotic interactions using fossil pollen associations across the late Quaternary

    Jessica L. Blois;Nicholas J. Gotelli;Anna K. Behrensmeyer;J. Tyler Faith

  • Biogeography: Biological Diversity Across Space and Time

    Mark Lomolino;Brett R Riddle;Robert J Whittaker

Frequent Co-Authors

Conrad C. Labandeira
Conrad C. Labandeira Smithsonian Institution
Gary R. Graves
Gary R. Graves National Museum of Natural History
Robert J. Whittaker
Robert J. Whittaker University of Oxford
S. Kathleen Lyons
S. Kathleen Lyons University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Anna K. Behrensmeyer
Anna K. Behrensmeyer National Museum of Natural History
Cindy V. Looy
Cindy V. Looy University of California, Berkeley
J. Tyler Faith
J. Tyler Faith University of Utah
Richard Potts
Richard Potts National Museum of Natural History
Scott L. Wing
Scott L. Wing National Museum of Natural History
Jussi T. Eronen
Jussi T. Eronen University of Helsinki

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