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

     A complete list of publications with reprints

• 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.

• 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.

• 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, in press.

• Petren, K., Grant, B.R. & Grant, P.R. (1999) A phylogeny of Darwin's inches 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. (1996) An experimental demonstration of exploitation competition in an ongoing invasion. Ecology 77: 118-132.

• 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.