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57
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11886
World Ranking
2716
National Ranking
966

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2002 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

John T. Rotenberry is affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with a significant emphasis on Ecology, Ecological Modeling, and Nature and Landscape Conservation. Additional subfields include Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, as well as Genetics.

Rotenberry's work covers a variety of main topics such as Species Distribution and Climate Change, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Avian Ecology and Behavior, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions, and Lichen and Fungal Ecology.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Rotenberry include:

  • Connecting species' geographical distributions to environmental variables: range maps versus observed points of occurrence, 2020, Ecography
  • Estimating egg mass-body mass relationships in birds, 2020, The Auk
  • Brewer's Sparrow (Spizella breweri), 2020, Birds of the World

Other relevant publications involving Rotenberry's collaboration include works in Fungal Ecology and Global Ecology and Conservation, reflecting interdisciplinary engagements.

Frequent co-authors include Luís Reino, Pedro Beja, Juan S. Sánchez-Oliver, Francisco Moreira, and Inês Catry, each having collaborated on multiple publications.

Rotenberry's research has been published in various venues, notably The Auk, SSRN Electronic Journal, Ecography, Fungal Ecology, and Global Ecology and Conservation.

In addition to journal articles, Rotenberry has contributed to book publications. One such work is titled "La conectividad del paisaje como enfoque integrador en el manejo y conservación del territorio," published in 2024 by Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Centro de Investigaciones en Geografía Ambiental eBooks.

In 2002, Rotenberry was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), highlighting a formal acknowledgement within the science community.

Best Publications

  • Habitat Associations and Community Structure of Birds in Shrubsteppe Environments

    John A. Wiens;John T. Rotenberry

  • Habitat Structure, Patchiness, and Avian Communities in North American Steppe Vegetation: A Multivariate Analysis

    John T. Rotenberry;John A. Wiens

  • A global test of the pollination syndrome hypothesis.

    Jeff Ollerton;Ruben Alarcón;Ruben Alarcón;Ruben Alarcón;Nickolas M. Waser;Nickolas M. Waser;Nickolas M. Waser;Mary V. Price;Mary V. Price;Mary V. Price

  • TEETERING ON THE EDGE OR TOO LATE? CONSERVATION AND RESEARCH ISSUES FOR AVIFAUNA OF SAGEBRUSH HABITATS

    Steven T. Knick;David S. Dobkin;John T. Rotenberry;Michael A. Schroeder

  • Habitat occupancy patterns of North American shrubsteppe birds: the effects of spatial scale

    John A. Wiens;John T. Rotenberry;Beatrice Van Horne

  • Silent night: adaptive disappearance of a sexual signal in a parasitized population of field crickets

    Marlene Zuk;John T Rotenberry;Robin M Tinghitella

  • The role of habitat in avian community composition: physiognomy or floristics?

    John T. Rotenberry

  • Breeding Bird Abundance in an Urbanizing Landscape in Coastal Southern California

    Douglas T. Bolger;Douglas T. Bolger;Thomas A. Scott;Thomas A. Scott;John T. Rotenberry

  • Landscape Characteristics of Fragmented Shrubsteppe Habitats and Breeding Passerine Birds

    Steven T. Knick;John T. Rotenberry

  • CHOICES AND CONSEQUENCES OF HABITAT OCCUPANCY AND NEST SITE SELECTION IN SAGE SPARROWS

    Michael D. Misenhelter;John T. Rotenberry

  • Habitat shifts of endangered species under altered climate conditions: importance of biotic interactions

    Kristine L. Preston;John T. Rotenberry;Richard A. Redak;Michael F. Allen

  • Diet niche relationships among North American grassland and shrubsteppe birds.

    John A. Wiens;John T. Rotenberry

  • DIETARY RELATIONSHIPS AMONG SHRUBSTEPPE PASSERINE BIRDS: COMPETITION OR OPPORTUNISM IN A VARIABLE ENVIRONMENT?

    John Thomas Rotenberry

  • Relationships between bird species and tree species assemblages in forested habitats of eastern North America

    Pey-Yi Lee;John T. Rotenberry

  • HABITAT SELECTION, ACOUSTIC ADAPTATION, AND THE EVOLUTION OF REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION

    Michael A. Patten;Michael A. Patten;John T. Rotenberry;Marlene Zuk

  • Adaptive phenotypic plasticity in an island songbird exposed to a novel predation risk

    Susana I. Peluc;T. Scott Sillett;John T. Rotenberry;Cameron K. Ghalambor

  • A LESSON IN THE LIMITATIONS OF FIELD EXPERIMENTS: SHRUBSTEPPE BIRDS AND HABITAT ALTERATION'

    John A. Wiens;John T. Rotenberry;Beatrice Van Horne

  • GIS-BASED NICHE MODELING FOR MAPPING SPECIES' HABITAT

    John T. Rotenberry;Kristine L. Preston;Steven T. Knick

  • PATTERNS OF MORPHOLOGY AND ECOLOGY IN GRASSLAND AND SHRUBSTEPPE BIRD POPULATIONS

    John A. Wiens;John T. Rotenberry

  • Landscape characteristics of disturbed shrubsteppe habitats in southwestern Idaho (U.S.A.)

    Steven T. Knick;John T. Rotenberry

Frequent Co-Authors

John A. Wiens
John A. Wiens Colorado State University
Marlene Zuk
Marlene Zuk University of Minnesota
Michael F. Allen
Michael F. Allen University of California, Riverside
Pedro Beja
Pedro Beja University of Porto
Leigh W. Simmons
Leigh W. Simmons University of Western Australia
Francisco Moreira
Francisco Moreira University of Porto
William B. Kristan
William B. Kristan University of California, San Diego
Mary V. Price
Mary V. Price University of Arizona
Michael A. Patten
Michael A. Patten Nord University
Douglas T. Bolger
Douglas T. Bolger Dartmouth College

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