Mark V. Lomolino
Professor

240 Illick Hall
SUNY-ESF
1 Forestry Drive
Syracuse, NY 13210

Telephone: (315) 470-6805
Fax: (315) 470-6934
Email: island@esf.edu

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Teaching

EFB 444 Geography of Nature (3 cr., Fall)
EFB 644 Biogeography (4 cr., Fall)
EFB 414 Senior Synthesis in Conservation Biology (3 cr., Spring)
EFB 483 Mammal Diversity (3 cr., Fall)
EFB 796 Conservation Biogeography (1 cr., Fall and Spring)

Research Interests

My research focuses on biogeography, large-scale ecology, evolution and conservation of biotas inhabiting insular, montane, and fragmented ecosystems. My research combines empirical and theoretical approaches across a broad range of scales to explore patterns in the geography of life and develop effective strategies for conserving biological diversity and the geographic context of nature. I thoroughly enjoy teaching a variety of courses, and advising and interacting with students and other scientists interested in biogeography, evolution, ecology and conservation biology.
Dr. Lomolino is a Co-founder and Past-President of the International Biogeography Society (www.biogeography.org)

Graduate Students

Katherina Searing, “Rapid evolution of mammalian body size in response to anthropogenic climate change.” Ph.D., SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. anticipated in Spring, 2010.

Shannon Marie Morgan, “Effects of fragment area on bats of a temperate rainforest – Olympic National Forest, WA.” Master Thesis, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Spring, 2008.

Chris Akios, “Habitat loss and the utility of an old-growth corridor for herpetofauna in Olympic National Forest.” Masters Thesis, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Fall, 2007

Gregory Smith, “Assembly of Avian Communities Associated with Prairie Dog Towns in a Mixed, Shortgrass Prairie.” Ph.D., University of Oklahoma. Spring, 2007. Present Position: Manager - Martin Center for Field Studies and Environmental Education, Department of Biology, University of Akron, Ohio.

Scott LaPoint, “Ecology and Conservation of Wildlife along a Major Highway in Adirondack Park, New York. Spring, 2007. Masters Thesis, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry.

Jocelyn Jones. MPS 2007. SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry.

Melissa Songer, "Ecology and Niche Dynamics of Peromyscus in the Olympic National Forests." Masters Thesis, University of Oklahoma. Spring, 1996. Present Position: GIS Specialist, Smithsonian Conservation Research Center.

David R. Perault, “Landscape Ecology and the Role of Corridors in Determining the Spatial Structure of Insular Mammal Populations. ”Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Oklahoma, Summer, 1998. Present position: Chair and Assistant Professor, Environmental Biology Program, Lynchburg College, Virginia.

Rob Channell, “A Geography of Extinction: Patterns in the Contraction of Geographic Ranges.” .”Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Oklahoma, Summer, 1998. Present position: Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Fort Hays State University, Kansas.

Tabbatha Franklin, “Effects of Old-growth Forest Fragmentation on Two Species of Shrews in Olympic National Forest, Washington. ”Masters Thesis, University of Oklahoma. Fall, 1999.

Selected Publications

Journal Articles:

Lomolino, M. V. 1984. Immigrant selection, predatory exclusion and the distributions of Microtus pennsylvanicus and Blarina brevicauda on islands. Amer. Natur.123:468-483.

Lomolino, M. V. 1985. Body size of mammals on islands: the island rule re-examined. American Naturalist 125:310-316.

Lomolino, M. V., J. H. Brown and R. Davis. 1989. Island biogeography of montane forest mammals in the American Southwest.Ecology70:180-194.

Brown, J. H. and M. V. Lomolino. 1989. On the nature of scientific revolutions: independent discovery of the equilibrium theory of island biogeography. Ecology 70:1954-1957.

Lomolino, M. V., J. C. Creighton, G. D. Schnell and D. L. Certain. 1995. Ecology and conservation of the endangered American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus). Conservation Biology 9:605-614.

Lomolino, M. V., and R. Channell. 1995. Splendid isolation: patterns of range collapse in endangered mammals. Journal of Mammalogy 76:335-347.

Channell, R., and M. V. Lomolino. 2000. Dynamic biogeography and conservation of endangered species. Nature 403:84-86.

Lomolino, M. V., and D. R. Perault. 2000. Assembly and dis-assembly of mammal communities in a fragmented temperate rainforest. Ecology 81:1517-1532.

Lomolino, M. V. 2000. Ecology’s most general, yet protean pattern: the species-area relationship. Millennium Issue, Journal of Biogeography (invited paper) 27:17-26.

Lomolino, M. V. 2000. A call for a new paradigm of island biogeography. (introduction to a special feature, edited by M.V. L. for) Global Ecology and Biogeography 9:1-6.

Channell, R., and M. V. Lomolino. 2000. Trajectories toward extinction: dynamics of geographic range collapse. Journal of Biogeography 27:169-179.

Lomolino, M. V., and M. D. Weiser. 2001. Towards a more general species-area relationship: diversity on all islands, great and small. Journal of Biogeography, 28:431-445.

Lomolino, M. V., and G. A. Smith. 2003. Long-term persistence of prairie dog towns: insights for designing networks of prairie reserves. Biological Conservation 115:111-120.

Lomolino, M. V., and Perault, D. R. 2004. Geographic gradients of deforestation and mammalian communities in a fragmented, temperate rainforest landscape. Global Ecology and Biogeography 13:55-64.

Lomolino, M. V., and G. A. Smith. 2004. Prairie dog towns as islands: applications of island biogeography and landscape ecology for conserving non-volant terrestrial vertebrates. Global Ecology and Biogeography 12:275-286.

Lomolino, M. V. 2005. Body size evolution in insular vertebrates: generality of the island rule. J. Biogeography 32:1683-1699.

Lomolino, M. V. 2006. Space, Time, and Conservation Biogeography. Chapter 6 in, The Endangered Species Act at Thirty: Conserving Biodiversity in Human-dominated Landscapes. J. M. Scott, D. D. Goble and F. W. Davis (eds.). Island Press, London.

Lomolino, M. V., D. F. Sax, B. R. Riddle and J. H. Brown. 2006. The island rule and a research agenda for studying ecogeographic patterns. Journal of Biogeography 33:1503-1510.

Lomolino, M. V., and D. R. Perault. 2007. Body size variation of mammals in a fragmented, temperate rainforest. Conservation Biology 21:1059-1069.

Books:

Lomolino, M. V., Sax, D. F., and Brown, J. H. (editors) 2004. Foundations of Biogeography. University of Chicago Press, IL. http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/hfs.cgi/00/15840.ctl

Lomolino, M. V., and L. R. Heaney. (editors) 2004. Frontiers of Biogeography. Sinauer Associates, Inc. http://www.sinauer.com/detail.php?id=4790

Lomolino, M. V., B. R. Riddle, and James H. Brown. 2006. Biogeography, 3rd Edition. Sinauer Associates, Inc. http://www.sinauer.com/detail.php?id=0620

For full list of publications, see Vitae.