Conservation Biology

The focus of my more traditional research is the exploration and mitigation of anthropogenic effects on natural systems. I use population and molecular genetics (often incorporating museum DNA), morphometrics, extinction prediction, and ecological techniques to conserve small mammals in island and mainland settings.

Publications

• List, R., O. R. W. Pergams, J. Pacheco, J. Cruzado, and G. Ceballos. 2010. Genetic divergence of Microtus pennsylvanicus chihuahuensisand conservation implications of marginal population extinctions. Journal of Mammalogy 91:1093-1101.

• Barbanera, F., O. R. W. Pergams, M. Guerrini, G. Forcina, P. Panayides, and F. Dini. 2010. Genetic consequences of intensive management in game birds. Biological Conservation 143:1259-1268 + Supplements.

• Pergams, O. & NatureServe (Hammerson, G. & Jackson, D.R.) 2008. Podomys floridanus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T17830A7517631.

• Pergams, O. R. W. and J. E. Norton. 2006. Treating a single stem can kill the whole shrub: A scientific assessment of buckthorn control methods. Natural Areas Journal 30:300-309.

• Pergams, O. R. W. and D. Nyberg. 2005. Evaluating the predicted local extinction of a once-common mouse. Conservation Biology 19:1312-1317.

• Pergams, O. & Nyberg, D. 2003. Poliocitellus franklinii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2003: e.T41787A10545155.  

• Ashley, M. V., M. F. Wilsson, O. R. W. Pergams, D. J. O' Dowd, S. M. Gende, and J. S. Brown. 2003. Evolutionarily enlightened management. Biological Conservation 111:115-123.

• Pergams, O. R. W. and D. Nyberg. 2001. Museum collections of mammals corroborate the exceptional decline of prairie habitat in the Chicago region. Journal of Mammalogy 82:984-992.

• Pergams, O. R. W., R. C. Lacy, and M. V. Ashley. 2000. Conservation and management of Anacapa Island deer mice. Conservation Biology 14:819-832.