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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2005 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 2000 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1999 - US President's National Medal of Science "For his exceptionally creative scholarship, including seminal research in physiology, ecology, conservation biology, and history; for his outstanding role in communicating science by explaining technical advances in widely understandable terms, and for his overwhelming dedication to science's role in building a better future.", Presented by President William Clinton in a White House (East Room) ceremony on Tuesday, March 14, 2000.
  • 1998 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1985 - Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation
  • 1979 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1973 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Jared M. Diamond is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Environmental Science, with additional focus areas including Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Geography, Planning and Development, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies

Jared M. Diamond has coauthored research frequently with the following individuals:

  • K. David Bishop
  • David S. Goodsell
  • G. M. Halpern
  • Ananda M. Chakrabarty
  • David P. Clark

The scientist has published predominantly in the "Bulletin of the British Ornithologists Club," with six papers appearing there, alongside contributions to the "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences," "SAY," and "Sciences Humaines."

Selected recent publications include:

  • "Origins of the upland avifauna of Yapen Island, New Guinea region," 2020, Bulletin of the British Ornithologists Club
  • "Avifauna of the Adelbert Mountains, New Guinea: why is Fire-maned Bowerbird Sericulus bakeri the mountains' only endemic bird species?", 2021, Bulletin of the British Ornithologists Club
  • "Avifauna of the Van Rees Mountains, New Guinea," 2021, Bulletin of the British Ornithologists Club
  • "What's so special about New Guinea birds?1," 2023, Bulletin of the British Ornithologists Club
  • "Species coexistence by wide constant size spacing," 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

In addition to articles, Jared M. Diamond has published a book titled Bouleversement (2020) through Éditions Gallimard.

Awards received by Jared M. Diamond include:

  • Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), 2005
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2000
  • US President's National Medal of Science, 1999, awarded for comprehensive contributions across physiology, ecology, conservation biology, history, and science communication
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1998
  • Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation, 1985
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 1979
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1973

Best Publications

  • Assembly of species communities

    J. M. Diamond

  • THE ISLAND DILEMMA: LESSONS OF MODERN BIOGEOGRAPHIC STUDIES FOR THE DESIGN OF NATURAL RESERVES

    Jared M. Diamond

  • Evolution, consequences and future of plant and animal domestication

    Jared Diamond

  • Ecology and Evolution of Communities

    Martin L. Cody;Jared M. Diamond

  • Farmers and their languages: the first expansions.

    Jared Diamond;Peter Bellwood

  • Standing-Gradient Osmotic Flow A mechanism for coupling of water and solute transport in epithelia

    Jared M. Diamond;William H. Bossert

  • Route of passive ion permeation in epithelia.

    Eberhard Frömter;Jared Diamond

  • Biological membranes: the physical basis of ion and nonelectrolyte selectivity.

    Jared M. Diamond;Ernest M. Wright

  • Density Compensation in Island Faunas

    Robert H. MacArthur;Jared M. Diamond;James R. Karr

  • Biogeographic kinetics: estimation of relaxation times for avifaunas of southwest pacific islands.

    Jared M. Diamond

  • Distributional Ecology of New Guinea Birds: Recent ecological and biogeographical theories can be tested on the bird communities of New Guinea

    Jared M. Diamond

  • Effects of unstirred layers on membrane phenomena.

    P H Barry;J M Diamond

  • Maximal sustained energy budgets in humans and animals

    Kimberly A. Hammond;Jared Diamond;Jared Diamond

  • Interpretation of nonelectrolyte partition coefficients between dimyristoyl lecithin and water.

    Jared M. Diamond;Yehuda Katz

  • The third chimpanzee : the evolution and future of the human animal

    Jared M. Diamond

  • Island biogeography and conservation: strategy and limitations.

    Jared M. Diamond

  • The Ultrastructural Route of Fluid Transport in Rabbit Gall Bladder

    John McD. Tormey;Jared M. Diamond

  • Regulation of intestinal sugar transport

    Ronaldo P. Ferraris;Jared Diamond

  • Avifaunal equilibria and species turnover rates on the channel islands of california.

    Jared M. Diamond

  • Ecology and Evolution of Communities

    Illar Muul;Martin L. Cody;Jared M. Diamond

Frequent Co-Authors

William H. Karasov
William H. Karasov University of Wisconsin–Madison
Michael E. Gilpin
Michael E. Gilpin University of California, San Diego
Barbara E. Ehrlich
Barbara E. Ehrlich Yale University
Stuart L. Pimm
Stuart L. Pimm Duke University
Ernest M. Wright
Ernest M. Wright University of California, Los Angeles
Jianguo Liu
Jianguo Liu Michigan State University
Peter H. Barry
Peter H. Barry University of New South Wales
James A. Robinson
James A. Robinson University of Chicago
Randal K. Buddington
Randal K. Buddington University of Memphis
Kevin C K Lloyd
Kevin C K Lloyd University of California, Davis

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