Blaire Van Valkenburgh
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Blaire Van Valkenburgh's Degrees
- PhD Geology University of California, Berkeley
- Masters Geology University of California, Berkeley
- Bachelors Geology University of California, Berkeley
Why Is Blaire Van Valkenburgh Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Blaire Van Valkenburgh is an American paleontologist and holds the Donald R. Dickey Chair in Vertebrate Biology in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at University of California Los Angeles. She is a former president of Society of Vertebrate Paleontology.
Blaire Van Valkenburgh's Published Works
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Published Works
- Collapse of the world’s largest herbivores (2015) (784)
- Anatomy of STEM teaching in North American universities (2018) (414)
- Skeletal indicators of locomotor behavior in living and extinct carnivores (1987) (295)
- Trophic diversity in past and present guilds of large predatory mammals (1988) (251)
- Cope's Rule, Hypercarnivory, and Extinction in North American Canids (2004) (242)
- Carnivore Dental Adaptations and Diet: A Study of Trophic Diversity within Guilds (1989) (242)
- Iterative evolution of hypercarnivory in canids (Mammalia: Carnivora): evolutionary interactions among sympatric predators (1991) (235)
- Locomotor diversity within past and present guilds of large predatory mammals (1985) (225)
- Skeletal indicators of locomotor adaptations in living and extinct rodents (2008) (223)
- Canine tooth strength and killing behaviour in large carnivores (1987) (221)
- MAJOR PATTERNS IN THE HISTORY OF CARNIVOROUS MAMMALS (1999) (207)
- Sexual dimorphism in the canines and skulls of carnivores: effects of size, phylogency, and behavioural ecology (1997) (205)
- Megafaunal Extinctions and the Disappearance of a Specialized Wolf Ecomorph (2007) (184)
- Saving the World's Terrestrial Megafauna (2016) (169)
- Ecomorphological indicators of feeding behaviour in the bears (Carnivora: Ursidae) (2004) (158)
- Feeding Behavior in Free-Ranging, Large African Carnivores (1996) (157)
- Genome-wide Evidence Reveals that African and Eurasian Golden Jackals Are Distinct Species (2015) (154)
- INCIDENCE OF TOOTH BREAKAGE AMONG LARGE, PREDATORY MAMMALS (1988) (151)
- Deja vu: the evolution of feeding morphologies in the Carnivora. (2007) (150)
- Déjà vu: the evolution of feeding morphologies in the Carnivora (2007) (148)
- Molar microwear and diet in large carnivores: inferences concerning diet in the sabretooth cat, Smilodon fatalis (1990) (147)
- Chapter 7 (2003) (146)
- Development of bite strength and feeding behaviour in juvenile spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) (2000) (139)
- Forelimb indicators of prey‐size preference in the Felidae (2009) (131)
- Molecular distance and divergence time in carnivores and primates. (1991) (117)
- Implications of predatory specialization for cranial form and function in canids (2009) (117)
- Craniodental indicators of prey size preference in the Felidae (2009) (110)
- The Fossil Record of Predation (2007) (108)
- Molecular systematics of the Hyaenidae: relationships of a relictual lineage resolved by a molecular supermatrix. (2006) (104)
- Reducing the Gender Achievement Gap in College Science: A Classroom Study of Values Affirmation (2010) (102)
- Allometry and performance: the evolution of skull form and function in felids (2009) (102)
- Linking Top-Down Forces to the Pleistocene Megafaunal Extinctions (2010) (101)
- The impact of large terrestrial carnivores on Pleistocene ecosystems (2015) (99)
- Are we eating the world's megafauna to extinction? (2019) (97)
- Tour of a Labyrinth: Exploring the Vertebrate Nose (2014) (96)
- Pattern of extinction of the woolly mammoth in Beringia (2012) (92)
- Long in the tooth: evolution of sabertooth cat cranial shape (2008) (86)
- SEXUAL DIMORPHISM, SOCIAL BEHAVIOR, AND INTRASEXUAL COMPETITION IN LARGE PLEISTOCENE CARNIVORANS (2002) (83)
- An ecomorphological analysis of extant small carnivorans (2007) (83)
- Shape Divergence Associated with Size Convergence in Sympatric East African Jackals (1994) (81)
- Aquatic adaptations in the nose of carnivorans: evidence from the turbinates (2011) (78)
- Large sequence divergence among mitochondrial DNA genotypes within populations of eastern African black-backed jackals. (1990) (77)
- Costs of carnivory: tooth fracture in Pleistocene and Recent carnivorans (2008) (77)
- The Plio-Pleistocene cheetah-like cat Miracinonyx inexpectatus of North America (1990) (76)
- Incisor size and shape: implications for feeding behaviors in saber-toothed “cats” (1996) (74)
- Quantifying the Cribriform Plate: Influences of Allometry, Function, and Phylogeny in Carnivora (2014) (73)
- Olfaction written in bone: cribriform plate size parallels olfactory receptor gene repertoires in Mammalia (2018) (73)
- Biomechanical Consequences of Rapid Evolution in the Polar Bear Lineage (2010) (62)
- Parallels between playbacks and Pleistocene tar seeps suggest sociality in an extinct sabretooth cat, Smilodon (2009) (61)
- Taphonomic analysis of large mammals recovered from the Pleistocene Rancho La Brea tar seeps (2003) (61)
- Craniodental Adaptations for Digging in Extinct Burrowing Beavers (2009) (59)
- Respiratory turbinates of canids and felids: a quantitative comparison (2004) (59)
- Genetic and morphological divergence among sympatric canids. (1989) (58)
- Prey Preferences of the Jaguar Panthera onca Reflect the Post-Pleistocene Demise of Large Prey (2016) (54)
- Respiratory and olfactory turbinal size in canid and arctoid carnivorans (2012) (52)
- Respiratory and Olfactory Turbinals in Feliform and Caniform Carnivorans: The Influence of Snout Length (2014) (51)
- Radiographs Reveal Exceptional Forelimb Strength in the Sabertooth Cat, Smilodon fatalis (2010) (50)
- CHRONOLOGY AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF LARGE MAMMAL BONES IN PIT 91, RANCHO LA BREA (2008) (49)
- Tracking ecology over geological time: evolution within guilds of vertebrates. (1995) (46)
- Felid form and function (2010) (44)
- A Comparison of Tooth Wear and Breakage in Rancho La Brea Sabertooth Cats and Dire Wolves Across Time (2010) (44)
- Conserving the World's Megafauna and Biodiversity: The Fierce Urgency of Now (2017) (43)
- The ecology of three sympatric jackal species in the Rift Valley of Kenya (1989) (42)
- Pack Hunting in Miocene Borophagine Dogs: Evidence from Craniodental Morphology and Body Size (2003) (40)
- Dire wolves were the last of an ancient New World canid lineage (2021) (37)
- Coiling and maturation of a high-performance fibre in hagfish slime gland thread cells (2014) (37)
- Temporal variation in tooth fracture among Rancho La Brea dire wolves (2002) (36)
- Darwin’s Fox: A Distinct Endangered Species in a Vanishing Habitat (1996) (36)
- Testing hypotheses of differential mammalian extinctions subsequent to the Great American biotic interchange (1997) (35)
- Carnivores (2010) (35)
- Dinosaurian and mammalian predators compared (2002) (33)
- Beyond the Sniffer: Frontal Sinuses in Carnivora (2014) (30)
- Reconstruction and Morphometric Analysis of the Nasal Airway of the White‐Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) and Implications Regarding Respiratory and Olfactory Airflow (2014) (27)
- Distinct Predatory Behaviors in Scimitar- and Dirk-Toothed Sabertooth Cats (2018) (27)
- Evolutionary patterns in the history of Permo-Triassic and Cenozoic synapsid predators (2002) (26)
- Ecomorphology of North American Eocene carnivores: evidence for competition between Carnivorans and Creodonts (2010) (25)
- Skeletal trauma reflects hunting behaviour in extinct sabre-tooth cats and dire wolves (2017) (25)
- Extinction and replacement among predatory mammals in the North American late Eocene and Oligocene: Tracking a paleoguild over twelve million years (1994) (23)
- The Influence of Sniffing on Airflow and Odorant Deposition in the Canine Nasal Cavity (2017) (22)
- Cranial morphometrics of the dire wolf, Canis dirus, at Rancho La Brea: temporal variability and its links to nutrient stress and climate (2014) (21)
- The influence of nasal airflow on respiratory and olfactory epithelial distribution in felids (2016) (21)
- 12. Design for Killing: Craniodental Adaptations of Predators (2019) (20)
- Comparative Morphology and Histology of the Nasal Fossa in Four Mammals: Gray Squirrel, Bobcat, Coyote, and White‐Tailed Deer (2016) (18)
- Dietary specialization is linked to reduced species durations in North American fossil canids (2018) (17)
- Repeated loss of frontal sinuses in arctoid carnivorans (2015) (16)
- Diet-related differences in craniodental morphology between captive-reared and wild coyotes, Canis latrans (Carnivora: Canidae) (2018) (15)
- Tooth fracture frequency in gray wolves reflects prey availability (2019) (15)
- THE RANCHOLABREAN RECORD OF CARNIVORA: TAPHONOMIC EFFECT OF BODY SIZE, HABITAT BREADTH, AND THE PRESERVATION POTENTIAL OF CAVES (2006) (14)
- Sociality in Rancho La Brea Smilodon: arguments favour ‘evidence’ over ‘coincidence’ (2009) (12)
- Incidence of Tooth Breakage Among Large, Predatory Mammals (1988) (10)
- Exploring the health of late Pleistocene mammals: the use of Harris lines (1998) (10)
- Vertebrate fossils and their context : contributions in honor of Richard H. Tedford. Bulletin of the AMNH ; no. 279 (2003) (8)
- Iterative evolution of large-bodied hypercarnivory in canids benefits species but not clades (2020) (8)
- The impact of extreme skull morphology in domestic dogs on cribriform plate shape (2020) (6)
- Osteological corroboration of pathological stress in a population of endangered Florida pumas (Puma concolor coryi) (1998) (6)
- “Mucosal maps” of the canine nasal cavity: Micro‐computed tomography and histology (2020) (5)
- Tooth fracture within the African carnivore guild: the influence of intraguild competition and resource availability (2017) (5)
- Predation in Sabre‐Tooth Cats (2007) (5)
- Domesticating olfaction: Dog breeds, including scent hounds, have reduced cribriform plate morphology relative to wolves (2020) (5)
- The dog–human connection (2020) (5)
- The Fossil Record of Predation: Methods, Patterns, and Processes. in M. Kowalewski and P.H. Kelley, (Eds.), the Fossil Record of Predation (2002) (4)
- Naturally-occurring tooth wear, tooth fracture, and cranial injuries in large carnivores from Zambia (2021) (4)
- The Cheetah: Evolutionary History and Paleoecology (2017) (4)
- Problems with inferring a lack of competition between Rancho La Brea dire wolves and sabertooth cats based on dental enamel (2020) (2)
- Low-Cost Forensics Reveal High Rates of Non-lethal Snaring and Shotgun Injuries in Zambia's Large Carnivores (2022) (2)
- Trophic diversity in past and present guilds of large predatory mammals (1988) (2)
- An entangled bank; the Smithsonian conference on the Evolution of terrestrial ecosystems (1987) (2)
- Reimagining the Introductory Math Curriculum for Life Sciences Students (2021) (1)
- Dental evidence for variation in diet over time and space in the Arctic fox, Vulpes lagopus (2021) (1)
- Implications of craniofacial form for performance of the canid skull during prey killing and feeding (2007) (1)
- Olfaction at depth: Cribriform plate size declines with dive depth and duration in aquatic arctoid carnivorans (2020) (1)
- 15. Carnivore Dental Adaptations and Diet: A Study of Trophic Diversity within Guilds (2019) (1)
- Carnivores (2019) (0)
- Iterative evolution of hypercarnivory in canids (Mammalia: Carnivora): evolutionary interactions among sympatric predators (1991) (0)
- Craniofacial form and performance of the canid skull during prey killing (2009) (0)
- Recent books of interest (2005) (0)
- Teaching Nonlinear Dynamics to Biology Freshmen Improves Math Interest and Physics Performance (2016) (0)
- Genome-wide Evidence R eveals that African and Eurasian Golden Jackals Are Distinct Species Graphical (2015) (0)
- Kathryn M. Flanagan and Jason A. Lillegraven (eds.): Vertebrates, Phylogeny, and Philosophy (1988) (0)
- Cryosphere: Arctic open-water season grows (2015) (0)
- NORTH AMERICAN PREDATOR FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY AND NOVEL NICHE EXPLORATION AFTER THE EOCENE (2021) (0)
- EVALUATION OF DISPARITY METRICS FROM MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTER MATRICES AS PROXIES FOR FUNCTIONAL OVERLAP (2021) (0)
- Teaching Dynamics to Biology Undergraduates: the UCLA Experience (2022) (0)
- 'evidence' over 'coincidence' : arguments favour Smilodon Sociality in Rancho La Brea (2009) (0)
- MORPHOLOGICAL SPECIALIZATION AS A MACROEVOLUTIONARY RATCHET IN CARNIVORES (2018) (0)
- Eastern African Black-Backed Jackals Large Sequence Divergence Among Mitochondrial DNA Genotypes Within Populations of (2007) (0)
- Locomotor diversity within past and present guilds of large predatory mammals (1985) (0)
- Title Sociality in Rancho La Brea Smilodon : arguments favour ' evidence ' over ' coincidence ' Permalink (2009) (0)
- Dogs and other canines in the wild (2009) (0)
- Remembering distinguished professor Robert K. Wayne. (2023) (0)
- Skeletal and Dental Development Preserve Evidence of Energetic Stress in the Moose of Isle Royale (2019) (0)
- Olfaction at depth: cribriform plate size declines with dive depth and duration in aquatic arctoids (2018) (0)
- History of the Cheetah–Human Relationship (2018) (0)
- Megafaunal Extinctions and thie Disappearance of a Specialized Wolf Ecomorph Report (2008) (0)
- File 11_Morphology_Loadings for craniodental ratios (2015) (0)
- A Comparative Study of Airflow and Odorant Deposition in the Mammalian Nasal Cavity (2013) (0)
- Book Review:The Big Cats and Their Fossil Relatives: An Illustrated Guide to Their Evolution and Natural History. Alan Turner (1997) (0)
- Teaching Dynamics to Biology Undergraduates: the UCLA Experience (2022) (0)
- COPUS Profiles 2.0: Characterization of Instructional Practices in STEM Courses Offered in North American Universities (2018) (0)
- EXPLORING MACROEVOLUTIONARY RATCHETS AS A POTENTIAL DRIVER OF CLADE DECLINE (2018) (0)
- Book Review:The History of the Origin, Evolution and Dispersal of the Late Pleistocene Mammuthus-Coelodonta Faunal Complex in Eurasia (Large Mammals) Ralf-Dietrich Kahlke (2000) (0)
- Comparative Genomics: Mammalian Radiations -- Genome Maps 10 (1999) (0)
- Unlocking the Skull: New Views into the Anatomy of Olfaction and Respiration in Mammals (2017) (0)
- DECOUPLED DYNAMICS IN BODY MASS DISTRIBUTION BETWEEN LARGE NORTH AMERICAN MAMMALIAN HERBIVORE AND CARNIVORE GUILDS (2021) (0)
- Historical Background (2020) (0)
- NORTH AMERICAN MAMMAL PREDATOR DIVERSITY AND FUNCTIONAL TRAIT RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE ACROSS THE CENOZOIC (2021) (0)
- THE EVOLUTION OF POSTCRANIAL ECOMORPHS IN THE MUSTELIDAE (0)
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