Professional Preparation

            Undergraduate Institution:
                        University of Northern Colorado, Biology, B.A., 1979
            Graduate Institutions:
                        Fort Hays State University, Zoology, M.S., 1984
                        University of New Mexico, Biology, Ph.D., 1990

Appointments

            2002-present     Professor, University of Nevada Las Vegas
            1999-2002         Associate Professor, University of Nevada Las Vegas
            1990-1996         Assistant Professor, University of Nevada Las Vegas

Selected publications

Riddle, B.R., M.N. Dawson, E.A. Hadly, D.J. Hafner, M.J. Hickerson, S.J. Mantooth, and A.D. Yoder. 2008. The role of molecular genetics in sculpting the future of integrative biogeography. Progress in Physical Geography 32: 173-202. [pdf]

Riddle, B. R., and D. J. Hafner. 2006. A step-wise approach to integrating phylogeographic and phylogenetic biogeographic perspectives on the history of a core North American warm deserts biota. Journal of Arid Environments, 66:435-461.

Jaeger, J. R., B. R. Riddle, and D. F. Bradford. 2005. Cryptic Neogene vicariance and Quaternary dispersal of the red-spotted toad (Bufo punctatus) : insights on the evolution of North American warm deserts. Molecular Ecology, 14:3033-3048.

Alexander, L. F., and B. R. Riddle. 2005. Phylogenetics within the family Heteromyidae. Journal of Mammalogy, 86:366-379.

Riddle, B. R., and D. J. Hafner. 2004. The past and future roles of phylogeography in historical biogeography. Pp. 93-110, in Frontiers of biogeography: new directions in the geography of nature (M. V. Lomolino and L. R. Heaney, eds.). Sinauer Associates, Inc.

Riddle, B. R., D. J. Hafner, L. F. Alexander, and J. R. Jaeger. 2000. Cryptic vicariance in the historical assembly of a Baja California Peninsular Desert biota. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 97:14438-14443.

Riddle, B. R., D. J. Hafner, and L. F. Alexander. 2000. Phylogeography and systematics of the Peromyscus eremicus species-group and the historical biogeography of North American warm regional deserts. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 17:145-160.

Riddle, B. R., D. J. Hafner, and L. F. Alexander. 2000. Comparative phylogeography of Baileys’ pocket mouse (Chaetodipus baileyi) and the Peromyscus eremicus species-group: historical vicariance of the Baja California peninsular desert. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 17:161-172.

Riddle, B. R., and D. J. Hafner. 1999.  Species as units of analysis in ecology and biogeography: time to take the blinders off.  Global Ecology and Biogeography 8:433-441.

Riddle, B. R. 1996. The molecular phylogeographic bridge between deep and shallow history in continental biotas. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 11:207-211.

Riddle, B. R. 1995. Molecular biogeography in the pocket mice (Perognathus and Chaetodipus) and grasshopper mice (Onychomys): the Late Cenozoic development of a North American aridlands rodent guild. Journal of Mammalogy, 76:283-301.

Synergistic Activities

Past President, International Biogeography Society
Editor, Journal of Mammalogy, Journal of Biogeography, Systematic Biology
Founding Member, International Biogeography Society
Frequent expert on evolutionary and conservation questions for public venues
Frequent speaker to K-12 classes on various mammalogical and conservation topics

Collaborators past 48 months

Lois F. Alexander, University of Nevada Las Vegas
David F. Bradford, EPA
James H. Brown, University of New Mexico
Vicki Funk, Smithsonian Institution
David J. Hafner, New Mexico Museum of Natural History
Jef R. Jaeger, University of Nevada Las Vegas
Mark V. Lomolino, State University of New York
           

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