Jaqueline M. Goerck
Ph.D. 1999
Program of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
University of Missouri-St. Louis
Photo: R. Gregorin
Photo: J. M. Goerck
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Education:
- M. Sc. in the program of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. 1995.
B. Sc. from the Biology Department at the University of São Paulo, Brazil. 1989.
Research Interests:
- Ecology, evolution, and biogeography of Neotropical birds
Current Research:
- I am currently studying a group of birds that has diversified in the Atlantic forests of Brazil. They belong to the antbird family and most species are associated with bamboo patches in forested regions. I am studying several aspects of these antbirds: their evolutionary history (with molecular techniques), their ecological requirements (with field work), and their distributional patterns (with geographic information systems maps). By integrating the fields of evolutionary biology, ecology, and biogeography, I hope to understand how diversification occurred in this group and how their evolutionary history relates to current patterns of ecology and distribution.
Publications:
- GOERCK, J. M. 1999. Distribution of birds along an elevational gradient in an Atlantic forest remnant of Brazil: implications for the conservation of endemic and endangered species. Bird Conservation International 9:235-253.
Bates, J. M., S. J. Hackett, and J. M. GOERCK. 1999 High levels of mitochondrial DNA differentiation in two lineages of antbirds (Drymophila and Hypocnemis). Auk, in press.
GOERCK, J. M. 1997. Patterns of rarity in the birds of the Atlantic Forest of Brazil. Conservation Biology 11:112-118.
Parker, T. A., III, and J. M. GOERCK. 1997. The importance of national parks and biological reserves to bird conservation in the Atlantic Forest region of Brazil. Ornithological Monographs 48:527-541.
Renjifo, L. M., G. P. Servat, J. M. GOERCK, B. A. Loiselle, and J. G. Blake. 1997. Patterns of species composition and endemism in the northern Neotropics: A case for conservation of montane avifauna. Ornithological Monographs 48:577-589.
GOERCK, J. M. 1995. Birds of the Atlantic Forest of Brazil: Patterns of rarity and species distribution along an elevational gradient. Unpublished M. Sc. thesis. University of Missouri-St. Louis.
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