James L. Patton

James L. Patton
Patton in 2001
Born	James Lloyd Patton June 21, 1941 Saint Louis, Missouri
Citizenship	American
Fields	Mammalogy, Evolutionary Biology
Institutions	Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley
Alma mater	University of Arizona
Thesis	Chromosome evolution in the pocket mouse, Perognathus goldmani Osgood (1968)
Doctoral advisor	William B. Heed
Influences	Alfred Russel Wallace, Joseph Grinnell, Oliver Pearson, David B. Wake
Notable awards	C. Hart Merriam Award (1983),[1] Distinguished Teaching Award (1991),[2] Joseph Grinnell Award (1998),[3] American Society of Mammalogists Honorary Membership (2001),[4] Berkeley Citation (2001)[5]
Author abbrev. (zoology)	Patton
Spouse	Carol Porter Patton (m. 1966–present)

James Lloyd “Jim” Patton (June 21, 1941, Saint Louis, Missouri), is an American evolutionary biologist and mammalogist. He is emeritus professor of integrative biology and curator of mammals at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley and has made extensive contributions to the systematics and biogeography of several vertebrate taxa, especially small mammals (rodents, marsupials, and bats).^[6]

Career

Patton is best known for his pioneering works on the evolutionary cytogenetics and systematics of rodents, especially pocket mice (Perognathus/Chaetodipus)^[7] and pocket gophers (Thomomys),^[8] the diversification of rainforest faunas,^[9] and the impact of climate change on North American mammals.^[10] He has authored nearly 200 scientific publications, many of them in collaboration with 36 graduate students and 13 post-doctoral scholars he mentored over four decades. He is one of the most experienced field mammalogists today, having collected extensively in the western United States and in 14 other countries around the world, including Mexico, Ecuador (Galapagos Islands), Peru, Venezuela, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Taiwan, Vietnam, Iran, and Cameroon.^[11] As of 2005, he had deposited nearly 20,000 specimens in the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, making him the most prolific collector of mammal specimens in that institution’s nearly 100-year history.^[6]

Honors

Patton has one genus of neotropical tree rat (Pattonomys),^[12] two species of neotropical rodents (Proechimys pattoni^[13] and Phyllomys pattoni^[14]), one species of fossil porcupine (Neosteiromys pattoni),^[15] one species of neotropical bat (Lonchophylla pattoni),^[16] one species of pocket gopher louse (Geomydoecus pattoni),^[17] and one species of Madagascar snake (Liophidium pattoni)^[18] named in his honor.

The American Society of Mammalogists established the "James L. Patton Award" in 2015 to promote and support museum-based research by graduate students.^[19]

Selected publications

• Patton, J. L.; Da Silva, M. N. F.; Malcolm, J. Y. R. (2000). "Mammals of the Rio Juruá and the Evolutionary and Ecological Diversification of Amazonia". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 244: 1. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2000)244<0001:MOTRJA>2.0.CO;2.
• Lacey, E. A.; Patton, J. L.; Cameron, G. N. (1 September 2000). Life Underground: The Biology of Subterranean Rodents. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-46728-3. OCLC 43207081.
• Moritz, C., J.L. Patton, C.J. Schneider, and T.B. Smith. 2000. Diversification of rainforest faunas: An integrated molecular approach. Annu. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 31: 533-563.
• Gascon, C.; Malcolm, J. R.; Patton, J. L.; Da Silva, M. N. F.; Bogart, J. P.; Lougheed, S. C.; Peres, C. A.; Neckel, S.; Boag, P. T. (2000). "Riverine barriers and the geographic distribution of Amazonian species". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 97 (25): 13672–13677. doi:10.1073/pnas.230136397.
• Patton, J. L. (2001). "Pocket Gophers". In Macdonald, D. W. The New Encyclopedia of Mammals. Oxford University Press, Incorporated. ISBN 978-0-19-850823-6. OCLC 59488767.
• Lessa, E. P.; Cook, J. A.; Patton, J. L. (2003). "Genetic footprints of demographic expansion in North America, but not Amazonia, during the Late Quaternary". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 100 (18): 10331–10334. doi:10.1073/pnas.1730921100.
• Patton, J.L. (2005). "Family Geomyidae". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 859–870. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
• Patton, J.L. (2005). "Family Heteromyidae". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 844–858. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
• Kelt, D. A.; Lessa, E. P.; Salazar-Bravo, J.; Patton, J. L. (editors) (2007). The Quintessential Naturalist: Honoring the Life and Legacy of Oliver P. Pearson. University of California Publications in Zoology 134. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-09859-6. OCLC 122715394.
• Patton, J. L.; Huckaby, D. B.; Alvarez-Castañeda, S. T. (2007). The evolutionary history and a systematic revision of the woodrats of the Neotoma lepida group. University of California Publications in Zoology 135. University of California Press. pp. i–xx, 1–451. ISBN 978-0-520-09866-4. OCLC 183926621.
• Davis, E. B.; Koo, M. S.; Conroy, C.; Patton, J. L.; Moritz, C. (2008). "The California Hotspots Project: Identifying regions of rapid diversification of mammals". Molecular Ecology 17: 120–138. doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03469.x.
• Moritz, C.; Patton, J. L.; Conroy, C. J.; Parra, J. L.; White, G. C.; Beissinger, S. R. (2008). "Impact of a Century of Climate Change on Small-Mammal Communities in Yosemite National Park, USA" (PDF). Science 322 (5899): 261–264. doi:10.1126/science.1163428.

References

1. http://www.mammalsociety.org/committees/merriam-award/merriam-award-winners
2. http://teaching.berkeley.edu/dta-recipient/james-l-patton
3. http://www.mammalsociety.org/committees/grinnell-award/grinnell-award-winners
4. http://www.mammalsociety.org/committees/honorary-membership/honorary-membership-award-winners
5. http://awards.berkeley.edu/pdf/Berkeley_Citation.pdf
6. Lacey, E. A.; Myers, P., eds. (2005). Mammalian Diversification: From Chromosomes to Phylogeography: a Celebration of the Career of James L. Patton. University of California Publications in Zoology 133. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-09853-4. OCLC 60835295.
7. Patton, J.L. 1967. Chromosome studies of certain pocket mice, genus Perognathus (Rodentia: Heteromyidae). J. Mammal. 48:27–37
8. Patton, J. L.; Smith, M. F. (1994). "Paraphyly, polyphyly, and the nature of species boundaries in pocket gophers (genus Thomomys)". Systematic Biology 43: 11–26. doi:10.1093/sysbio/43.1.11.
9. Patton, J. L.; Da Silva, M. N. F.; Malcolm, J. Y. R. (2000). "Mammals of the Rio Juruá and the Evolutionary and Ecological Diversification of Amazonia". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 244: 1. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2000)244<0001:MOTRJA>2.0.CO;2.
10. Moritz, C.; Patton, J. L.; Conroy, C. J.; Parra, J. L.; White, G. C.; Beissinger, S. R. (2008). "Impact of a Century of Climate Change on Small-Mammal Communities in Yosemite National Park, USA" (PDF). Science 322 (5899): 261–264. doi:10.1126/science.1163428.
11. Rodríguez-Robles, J.; Greene, H. W. (2005). "Genes, Rats, and Sinking Boats: A Biographical Perspective on James L. Patton". In Lacey, E. A.; Myers, P. Mammalian Diversification: From Chromosomes to Phylogeography: a Celebration of the Career of James L. Patton. University of California Publications in Zoology 133. University of California Press. pp. 5–56. ISBN 978-0-520-09853-4. OCLC 60835295.
12. Emmons, L. H. (2005). "A revision of the genera of arboreal Echimyidae (Rodentia: Echimyidae, Echimyinae), with descriptions of two new genera". In Lacey, E. A.; Myers, P. Mammalian Diversification: From Chromosomes to Phylogeography: a Celebration of the Career of James L. Patton. University of California Publications in Zoology 133. University of California Press. pp. 247–310. ISBN 978-0-520-09853-4. OCLC 60835295.
13. da Silva, M.N.F. 1998. Four new species of spiny rats of the genus Proechimys (Rodentia: Echimyidae) from the western Amazon of Brazil. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 111:436-471.
14. Emmons, L. H.; Leite, Y. L. R.; Kock, D.; Costa, L. P. (2002). "A Review of the Named Forms of Phyllomys (Rodentia: Echimyidae) with the Description of a New Species from Coastal Brazil". American Museum Novitates 3380: 1–40. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2002)380<0001:AROTNF>2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/2869. delete character in |id= at position 53 (help) hdl2
15. Candela, A. M. (2004). "A new giant porcupine (Rodentia, Erethizontidae) from the late Miocene of Argentina". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24 (3): 732–741. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2004)024[0732:ANGPRE]2.0.CO;2.
16. Woodman, N.; Timm, R. M. (2006). Graves, Gary R., ed. "Characters and phylogenetic relationships of nectar-feeding bats, with descriptions of new Lonchophylla from western South America (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae: Lonchophyllini)". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 119 (4): 437–476. doi:10.2988/0006-324X(2006)119[437:CAPRON]2.0.CO;2.
17. Price R.D. and R.A. Hellenthal 1979. A review of the Geomydoecus tolucae complex (Mallophaga: Trichodectidae) from Thomomys (Rodentia: Geomyidae), based on qualitative and quantitative characters. J. Med. Entomol. 16(4):265-274
18. Vieites, D.R., F.M. Ratsoavina, R.D. Randrianiaina, Z.T. Nagy, F. Glaw, M. Vences. 2010. A rhapsody of colours from Madagascar: discovery of a remarkable new snake of the genus Liophidium and its phylogenetic relationships. Salamandra 46: 1-10.
19. http://www.mammalogy.org/james-l-patton-award

External links

• James L. Patton Award, American Society of Mammalogists: http://www.mammalogy.org/james-l-patton-award
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Mammal Collection: http://mvz.berkeley.edu/Mammal_Collection.html
• The Grinnell Resurvey Project: http://mvz.berkeley.edu/Grinnell/
• The Patton Lab: http://ib.berkeley.edu/labs/patton/
• Evolution Tree - The Academic Genealogy of Evolutionary Biology: http://academictree.org/evolution/peopleinfo.php?pid=15230
• Faces of Berkeley: Jim Patton, adventuring professor: http://www.dailycal.org/2012/04/18/faces-of-berkeley-jim-patton-adventuring-professor/