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Alvarez, Juan S.
Avery, Julie A.
Berryman, Val Roy
Dewhurst, C. Kurt
Gottfried, Michael D.
Kozma, LuAnne
Lovis, William A.
Lundrigan, Barbara
MacDowell, Marsha
O'Gorman, Jodie A.
Rasmussen, Pamela C.
Swanson, Lynne
Worrall, Mary
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Pamela C. Rasmussen, Ph.D.
 Assistant Curator of Mammalogy & Ornithology, MSU Museum
Assistant Professor, MSU Department of Zoology
Research Associate, Smithsonian Institution
Scientific Associate, Bird Group, Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, Tring, UK, 2002-present
Member of Editorial Board, Systematics and Biodiversity, 2003-present
Adjunct Assistant Scientific Associate, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, 2003-present
American Ornithologists Union (AOU) Committee on Classification & Nomenclature, 1999-present
Associate Editor, The Ibis, 1998-present
Research Interests/Experience
Dr. Rasmussen's research focuses on the diversity, vocalizations, taxonomy, and conservation of the avifauna of southern Asia. She recently (2005) co-authored a two-volume book, Birds of South Asia: the Ripley Guide, which was published in April 2005. She has also worked on systematics, ecology, behavior, and zooarcheology of Patagonian seabirds, and co-authored (with Dr. Storrs Olson) a review of the Mio-Pliocene avifauna of North Carolina.
Articles Featuring Rasmussen's Research
- Seabrook, J. 2006. The Meinertzhagen Ruse. The New Yorker.
- Grimmett, R. 2005. Taking flight. Nature 438: 916.
- Flores, G. 2005. Impact of bird fraud unclear. The Scientist Daily News October 17, 2005.
- Dalton, R. 2005. Ornithologists stunned by bird collector's deceit. Nature 437: 302-303.
http://www.nature.com/news/index.html
- Kiesewetter, T. 2003. New book and exhibition take flight. Affiliate 2(3): 1.
- Weidensaul, S. 2002. The ghost with trembling wings. Science, wishful thinking, and the search for lost species. North Point Press, New York.
- Gallagher, T. 1998. Lost and found. Living Bird, Spring 1998.
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/Publications/livingbird/spring98/OwletSp98.htm
Selected Publications
- Indrawan, M., P.C. Rasmussen, & Sunarto. Submitted. A new species of white-eye (Zosterops) from the Togian Islands, Gulf of Tomini, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Wilson Journal of Ornithology.
- Davies, R.G., C.D.L. Orme, V. Olson, G.H. Thomas, S.G. Ross, T.-S. Ding, P.C. Rasmussen, A.J. Stattersfield, P.M. Bennett, T.M. Blackburn, I.P.F. Owens, & K.J. Gaston. In press. Human impacts and the global distribution of extinction risk. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B.
- Orme, C.D.L., R.G. Davies, V.A. Olson, G.H. Thomas, T.-S. Ding, P.C. Rasmussen, R. S. Ridgely, A.J. Stattersfield, P.M. Bennett, I.P.F. Owens, T.M. Blackburn, & K.J. Gaston. In press. Global patterns of geographic range size in birds. PLoS Biology.
- Alström, P., U. Olsson, P.C. Rasmussen, C.-T. Yao, P.G.P. Ericson, & P. Sundberg. In press. Morphological, vocal and genetic divergence in the Cettia acanthizoides complex (Aves: Cettiidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.
- Rasmussen, P.C. 2005. Biogeographic and conservation implications of revised species limits and distributions of South Asian birds. Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden 79-3:137-146.
- Orme, C.D.L., R.G. Davies, M. Burgess, F. Eigenbrod, N. Pickup, V. Olson, A.J. Webster, T.-S. Ding, P.C. Rasmussen, R.S. Ridgely, A.J. Stattersfield, P.M. Bennett, T.M. Blackburn, K.J. Gaston, & I.P.F. Owens. 2005. Global hotspots of species richness are not congruent with endemism or threat. Nature 436:1016-1019.
- Rasmussen, P.C. & J.C. Anderton. 2005. Birds of South Asia: the Ripley guide. 2 vols. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
Selected Exhibitions
- "Birds of South Asia: History vs. Mystery," Michigan State University Museum, 2003-2004 and Detroit Zoo Wildlife Interpretive Gallery, 2005-2006
Degrees
Ph.D., University of Kansas, 1990
M.S., Walla Walla College, 1983
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