James L. Patton

James Lloyd Patton (June 21, 1941), 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]

James L. Patton
Patton in 2001
Born	James Lloyd Patton (1941-06-21) June 21, 1941 Saint Louis, Missouri
Citizenship	American
Alma mater	University of Arizona
Spouse(s)	Carol Porter Patton (m. 1966–present)
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]
Scientific career
Fields	Mammalogy, Evolutionary Biology
Institutions	Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley
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
Author abbrev. (zoology)	Patton

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 several taxa named in his honor: one genus of neotropical tree rat (Pattonomys),[12] three species of neotropical rodents (Proechimys pattoni,[13] Phyllomys pattoni,[14] and the fossil Ullumys pattoni),[15] one species of fossil porcupine (Neosteiromys pattoni),[16] one species of neotropical bat (Lonchophylla pattoni),[17] one species of pocket gopher louse (Geomydoecus pattoni),[18] and one species of Madagascar snake (Liophidium pattoni).[19][20]

The American Society of Mammalogists established the "James L. Patton Award" in 2015 to promote and support museum-based research by graduate students.[21]

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. hdl:2246/1593.
• 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. PMC 17634. PMID 11095705.
• Patton, J. L. (2001). "Pocket Gophers". In Macdonald, D. W. (ed.). 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. PMC 193561. PMID 12913123.
• Patton, J.L. (2005). "Family Geomyidae". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). 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 (eds.). 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.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
• 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 (1): 120–138. doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03469.x. PMID 17725571.
• 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. PMID 18845755.
• James L Patton, Douglas A. Kelt (authors) (2019-01-10). Manual of the Mammalia: An Homage To Lawlor's "Handbook to the Orders and Families of Living Mammals". University of Chicago Press, 2018. ISBN 9780226533001.

References

1. http://www.mammalsociety.org/committees/merriam-award/merriam-award-winners
2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-01-07. Retrieved 2013-01-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
3. "Grinnell Award Recipients | American Society of Mammalogists". www.mammalsociety.org.
4. "Elected Honorary Members | American Society of Mammalogists". www.mammalsociety.org.
5. "Berkeley Citation – Past Recipients | Berkeley Awards". awards.berkeley.edu.
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. hdl:2246/1593.
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. PMID 18845755.
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. (eds.). 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. (eds.). 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. Washington. 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" (PDF). American Museum Novitates. 3380: 1–40. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2002)380<0001:AROTNF>2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/2869. hdl2
15. Olivares, A. Itatí; Verzi, Diego H.; Contreras, Victor H.; Pessôa, Leila (2016-10-31). "A new Echimyidae (Rodentia, Hystricomorpha) from the late Miocene of southern South America". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 0: e1239204. doi:10.1080/02724634.2017.1239204. ISSN 0272-4634.
16. 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.
17. 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)". Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington. 119 (4): 437–476. doi:10.2988/0006-324X(2006)119[437:CAPRON]2.0.CO;2. hdl:1808/4474.
18. Price, R.D.; Hellenthal, R.A. (1979). "A review of the Geomydoecus tolucae complex (Mallophaga: Trichodectidae) from Thomomys (Rodentia: Geomyidae), based on qualitative and quantitative characters" (PDF). J. Med. Entomol. 16 (4): 265–274. doi:10.1093/jmedent/16.4.265. PMID 541803.
19. Vieites, D.R.; Ratsoavina, F.M.; Randrianiaina, R.D.; Nagy, Z.T.; Glaw, F.; Vences, M. (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.
20. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Patton", p. 201).
21. "James L. Patton Award | American Society of Mammalogists". www.mammalogy.org.

External links

• James L. Patton Award, American Society of Mammalogists: James L. Patton Award | American Society of Mammalogists
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Mammal Collection: MVZ | Mammal Collection
• The Grinnell Resurvey Project: Grinnell Resurvey Project
• The Patton Lab: The Patton Lab at UC Berkeley
• Faces of Berkeley: Jim Patton, adventuring professor: Faces of Berkeley: Jim Patton, adventuring professor
• Nature News: The ambitious effort to document California’s changing deserts: The ambitious effort to document California’s changing deserts