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Peter L. Meserve is affiliated with the University of Idaho in the United States and works primarily in the field of Environmental Science. Their research covers various topics related to ecology, vegetation dynamics, and animal ecology.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science

Within this broad field, their work delves into several subfields:

  • Ecology
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecological Modeling
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Meserve's research topics encompass diverse environmental and ecological issues:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Rangeland and Wildlife Management
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Pasture and Agricultural Systems

Recent publications by Peter L. Meserve include:

  • Species interactions across trophic levels mediate rainfall effects on dryland vegetation dynamics, 2020, Ecological Monographs
  • Loss of native herbivores triggers diversity decline of ephemeral plant communities, 2023, Journal of Vegetation Science
  • Species all in One: Ephemerals, Rodents, and Their Predators Shape the Effects of El Niño on Arid Perennial Vegetation, 2021, Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America
  • Within and Across Species Variation in Plant Traits in Response to Long-Term Experimental Herbivore Exclusion in a Semi-Arid Shrubland, 2024, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The components of predation in Culpeo Foxes (Lycalopex culpaeus), and the value of long-term observations, 2025, Therya

They have collaborated extensively with several researchers, including:

  • Julio R. Gutiérrez
  • Douglas Kelt
  • Alejandra J. Troncoso
  • Cristina Armas
  • María del Pilar Fernández Murillo

Meserve's publications have appeared in diverse journals and venues, including:

  • Ecological Monographs
  • Journal of Vegetation Science
  • Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Therya

Best Publications

  • Extreme climatic events shape arid and semiarid ecosystems

    Milena Holmgren;Paul Stapp;Chris R. Dickman;Carlos Gracia

  • BioTIME: A database of biodiversity time series for the Anthropocene

    Maria Dornelas;Laura H. Antão;Laura H. Antão;Faye Moyes;Amanda E. Bates;Amanda E. Bates

  • Thirteen Years of Shifting Top-Down and Bottom-Up Control

    Peter L. Meserve;Douglas A. Kelt;W. Bryan Milstead;Julio R. Gutiérrez

  • A Long-Term Study of Vertebrate Predator Responses to An el Niño (Enso Disturbance in Western South America

    Fabian M. Jaksic;Sergio I. Silva;Peter L. Meserve;Julio R. Gutiérrez

  • Trophic Relationships among Small Mammals in a Chilean Semiarid Thorn Scrub Community

    Peter L. Meserve

  • Population dynamics of two sympatric rodents in a variable environment: rainfall, resource availability, and predation

    M. Andrea Previtali;Mauricio Lima;Peter L. Meserve;Douglas A. Kelt

  • Spatial distribution of soil nutrients and ephemeral plants underneath and outside the canopy of Porlieria chilensis shrubs (Zygophyllaceae) in arid coastal Chile

    Julio R. Gutiérrez;Peter L. Meserve;Luis C. Contreas;Hernán Vásquez

  • Effects of Predation Risk on Space Use by Small Mammals: A Field Experiment with a Neotropical Rodent

    V. O. Lagos;L. C. Contreras;P. L. Meserve;J. R. Gutiérrez

  • Heterogeneous Responses of Small Mammals to an El Niño Southern Oscillation Event in Northcentral Semiarid Chile and the Importance of Ecological Scale

    Peter L. Meserve;John A. Yunger;Julio R. Gutiérrez;Luis C. Contreras

  • Distribution and Abundance of Small Mammals along an Elevational Transect in Temperate Rainforests of Chile

    Bruce D. Patterson;Peter L. Meserve;Brian K. Lang

  • Assessing the Impact of Competition on Community Assembly: A Case Study using Small Mammals

    Douglas A. Kelt;Mark L. Taper;Peter L. Meserve

  • Geographical Ecology of Small Mammals in the Northern Chilean Arid Zone

    Peter L. Meserve;William E. Glanz

  • Extreme climatic events change the dynamics and invasibility of semi-arid annual plant communities.

    Milagros A. Jiménez;Fabian M. Jaksic;Juan J. Armesto;Juan J. Armesto;Aurora Gaxiola;Aurora Gaxiola

  • Trophic Relationships of Small Mammals in a Chilean Temperate Rainforest

    Peter L. Meserve;Brian K. Lang;Bruce D. Patterson

  • RESOURCE PATITIONING IN A CHILEAN SEMI-ARID SMALL MAMMAL COMMUNITY

    Peter L. Meserve

  • Population Ecology of Oryzomys longicaudatus philippii (Rodentia: Cricetidae) in Southern Chile

    R. Murua;L. A. Gonzalez;P. L. Meserve

  • Variation in soil micro-organisms and nutrients underneath and outside the canopy of Adesmia bedwellii (Papilionaceae) shrubs in arid coastal Chile following drought and above average rainfall

    Lorgio E Aguilera;Julio R Gutiérrez;Peter L Meserve

  • Food Relationships of a Rodent Fauna in a California Coastal Sage Scrub Community

    Peter L. Meserve

  • Effects of Small Mammals and Vertebrate Predators on Vegetation in the Chilean Semiarid Zone

    J. R. Gutiérrez;P. L. Meserve;S. Herrera;L. C. Contreras

  • Role of Biotic Interactions in a Small Mammal Assemblage in Semiarid Chile

    Peter L. Meserve;Julio R. Gutierrez;John A. Yunger;Luis C. Contreras

Frequent Co-Authors

Julio R. Gutiérrez
Julio R. Gutiérrez University of La Serena
Douglas A. Kelt
Douglas A. Kelt University of California, Davis
Fabian M. Jaksic
Fabian M. Jaksic Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Juan J. Armesto
Juan J. Armesto Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Mauricio Lima
Mauricio Lima Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Cristina Armas
Cristina Armas Spanish National Research Council
Milena Holmgren
Milena Holmgren Wageningen University & Research
Bruce D. Patterson
Bruce D. Patterson Field Museum of Natural History
Chris R. Dickman
Chris R. Dickman University of Sydney
Christoph F. J. Meyer
Christoph F. J. Meyer University of Salford

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