Kenneth Petren

	Kenneth Petren Associate Professor Ph.D., University of California at San Diego Ecology and Evolution

Address: Kenneth Petren Department of Biological Sciences, ML006 University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0006	802 Rieveschl Hall Telephone: (513) 556-9719 FAX: (513) 556-5299 Email: ken.petren@uc.edu Petren lab home page

Speciation and community formation are two of the most important and enduring questions of evolutionary ecology. Research in my lab uses two different vertebrate model systems to understand how populations evolve into species and assemble into communities. First, we use comparative landscape genetics to investigate speciation and community formation in Darwin's finches. We also investigate ongoing community formation in invasive gecko lizards using field and lab experiments that connect individual behavior to species interactions. For more pictures and information about Ken's research, go to the Petren lab home page.

Ken is part of the growing Integrative Behavior group within Biological Sciences.

Dame, E. & Petren, K. (2006). Behavioural mechanisms of invasion and displacement in Pacific Island geckos (Hemidactylus). Animal Behaviour 71: 1165-73.

Tonnis, B., Grant , P. R., Grant, B. R. & Petren, K. (2005) Habitat selection and ecological speciation in the Galapagos warbler finches Certhidea fusca and C. olivacea. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 272: 819-826.

Petren, K., Grant, B. R. & Grant , P. R. & Keller, L. F. (2005). Comparative landscape genetics and the adaptive radiation of Darwin's finches: the role of peripheral isolation. Molecular Ecology 14: 2943-2957.

Markert, J. A., Grant, P. R., Grant, B. R., Keller, L. F., Coombs, J. L. & Petren, K. (2004) Neutral locus heterozygosity, inbreeding and survival in Darwin's ground finches (Geospiza fortis and G. scandens). Heredity 92: 306-315.

Petren, K., Grant, B.R. & Grant, P.R. (1999) A phylogeny of Darwin's finches based on microsatellite DNA length variation. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 266: 321-329.

Petren, K. & Case, T.J. (1998) Habitat structure determines competition intensity and invasion success in gecko lizards. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 95(20): 11739-11744.

Petren, K. & Case, T.J. (1997) A phylogenetic analysis of body size evolution in chuckwallas (Sauromalus) and other iguanines. Evolution 51: 206-219.

Petren, K., Bolger, D.T. & Case, T.J. (1993) Mechanisms in the competitive success of an invading sexual gecko species over an asexual native. Science 259: 354-358.