David Steadman

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Associate Director for Research and Collections
Curator of Ornithology
Florida Museum of Natural History
Ph.D. University of Arizona, 1982

University of Florida
P. O. Box 117800
Gainesville, FL 32611
Phone: (352) 392-1721 ext.261
Fax: (352) 846-0287
DWS@flmnh.ufl.edu

Research Interest

Biogeography, systematics, community ecology, zooarchaeology, and paleontology of birds, especially on tropical islands. Current focus is on habitat associations, species-area relationships, turnover, extinction, comparative osteology, and species-level systematics of landbirds from Pacific and Caribbean islands.

Students Currently Supervised

Jeremy Kirchman
http://www.zoology.ufl.edu/jkirchman

Representative Publications

Steadman, D.W. 1998. Status of landbirds on selected islands in the Ha`apai Group, Kingdom of Tonga. Pacific Science 52:14-34.

Steadman, D.W. & P.V. Kirch. 1998. Biogeography and prehistoric exploitation of birds in the Mussau Islands, Papua New Guinea. Emu 98:13-22.

Steadman, D.W. 1998. [Review of] The Origin and Evolution of Birds by Alan Feduccia. The Wilson Bulletin 110:140-141.

Steadman, D.W. 1998. From glaciers to global warming: the long-term ecology of birds in New York State. pp. 56-71 in E. Levine, ed. Birds of New York State. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY.

Steadman, D.W. & L.J. Justice. 1998. Prehistoric exploitation of birds on Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia. Man and Culture in Oceania 14:81-98.