J. V. REMSEN, JR.
Curator
of Birds
Ph.D.,1978, University of California, Berkeley
Address:
Museum of Natural
Science, 119 Foster Hall,
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA
70803-3216
Email: najames[at]LSU.edu
Phone: 225-578-2855
Fax: 225-578-3075
Specific Research Interests
My
research involves the biogeography, evolution, and ecology of Neotropical
birds, particularly those of the Andes and the Amazon basin. I have concentrated on investigating
how and why tropical birds differ from their temperate latitude counterparts,
especially with respect to foraging behavior, habitat selection, and patterns
of geographic variation. More
recently, my interests have turned to analyses of these patterns in a
comparative phylogenetic framework, with a focus on the Furnariidae and
Trochilidae. I am also working on
a book on the status, distribution, and natural history of the birds of Louisiana.
Selected Publications
McGuire, J. A., C. C. Witt, J. V. Remsen, Jr., R. Dudley, & D. L. Altshuler. 2008. A
higher-level taxonomy for hummingbirds.
J. Ornithology 150: 155-165. pdf
McGuire,
J. A., C. C. Witt, D. L. Altshuler, & J. V. Remsen, Jr. 2007. Phylogenetic systematics and biogeography of hummingbirds:
Bayesian and maximum likelihood analyses of partitioned data and selection of
an appropriate partitioning strategy.
Systematic Biology 56: 837-856. pdf
Remsen,
J. V., Jr. 2005. Pattern, process, and rigor meet
classification. Auk 122: 403-413. pdf
Remsen,
J. V., Jr. 2003. Family Furnariidae (ovenbirds). Pp. 162-357 in "Handbook of the
Birds of the World," Vol. 8. Broadbills to Tapaculos (del Hoyo, J. et al.,
eds.). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
Remsen,
J. V., Jr. 2001. The true winter range of the Veery (Catharus
fuscescens): lessons for determining winter ranges of species that winter
in the tropics. Auk 118: 838-848. pdf
Johnson,
N. K., J. V. Remsen, Jr., and C. Cicero.
1999. Resolution of the
debate over species concepts in ornithology: a new comprehensive
biologic species concept. Pp.
1470-1482 in Proceedings 22nd International Ornithological
Congress, Durban. Birdlife South Africa, Johannesburg. pdf