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Dr. Peter BrussardProfessor
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Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
1960, A.B. History
University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV
1966, M.S. Zoology
Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
1969, Ph.D. Biology
My research interests are in (1) the ecology and biogeography
of the Great Basin, (2) ecosystem management, and (3) the effects of global
change. My research on the ecology and biogeography of the Great Basin includes
assembling data on the distribution of plant communities, vertebrates, and selected
invertebrates and plants and mapping them in a geographic information system.
These data are currently being analyzed to test Holling's proposition that a
small set of species and biotic and abiotic processes structure ecosystems across
scales of time and space. This research also involves developing bioassays of
ecosystem structure at different temporal and spatial scales. My research group
is working with various management agencies including the US Forest Service
and Bureau of Land Management to develop realistic protocols for ecosystem management
and to implement several demonstration projects. Our goal is to manage areas
in ways that will conserve biotic diversity and ecosystem services while at
the same time preserve options for human use and livelihood. The first focus
of global change research is on stable isotope analysis of fossil and modern
bone collagen to determine how grazing mammals responded to climate change during
the Holocene. The second is on the effects of current land and water use change
on species extinctions. Examples include population viability analysis of Lahontan
cutthroat trout and the effects of mine closures on bat populations.
Britten, H.B., B.R. Riddle, P.F. Brussard, R. Marlow, and T.E. Lee, Jr. 1997. Genetic delineation of management units for the desert tortoise, Gopherus agassizii, in the Northeastern Mojave Desert. Copeia 1997: 523-530.
Brussard, P.F., J.M. Reed, and C.R. Tracy. 1998. Ecosystem management: what is it really? Landscape and Urban Planning 40: 9-20.
Reed, J.M., D.D. Murphy, and P.F. Brussard. 1998. Efficacy of population viability analysis. Wildlife Society Bulletin 26: 244-251.
Fleishman, E., G.T. Austin, P.F. Brussard and D.D. Murphy. 1999. A comparison of butterfly communities in native and agricultural riparian habitats in the Great Basin. Biological Conservation 89:209-218.
Fleishman, E., D.D. Murphy, and P.F. Brussard. 2000. A new method for selecting umbrella species for conservation planning. Ecological Applications 10: 569-579.
Boone, J.D., K.C. McGwire, E.W. Otteson, R.S. DeBaca, E.A. Kuhn, P. Villard, P.F. Brussard, and S.C. St.Jeor. 2000. Remote sensing and geographic information systems: Charting sin nombre virus infections in deer mice. Emerging Infectious Diseases 6: 248-258.
Beever, E.A., and P.F. Brussard. 2000. Examining ecological consequences of feral horse grazing using exclosures. Western North American Naturalist 60: 236-254.
Simpkin, J., H.B. Britten, and P.F. Brussard. 2000. Effects of habitat fragmentation and mobility on the population structures of a Great Basin dragonfly (Sympetrum corruptum) and damselfly (Enallagma carunculatum). Western North American Naturalist 60: 320-332.
Street address
University of Nevada, Reno Biology Department m/s 314 Reno, NV
89557
Electronic mail address
brussard@biodiversity.unr.edu
Web address
http:/www.scsr.nevada.edu/~bioweb/brussard.html
Office phone
775-784-6188
FAX number
775-784-1302
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