Post Doctoral Associate
Center for Environmental Sciences & Engineering
and
Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
University of Connecticut
3107 Horsebarn Hill Road
Storrs, Connecticut 06269-4210
Phone: (860) 486-1772
FAX: (860) 486-5488
email: steven.presley@uconn.edu
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| King (Chinook) Salmon caught on a fly in the Salmon River, Pulaski, NY. |
Research Interests
Currently, my research has multiple foci: 1) use of a metacommunity approach to understand patterns of species distributions along latent environmental gradients, 2) use of data on Caribbean vertebrates to explore biogeographic factors associated with species richness, composition, or metacommunity structure, 3) evaluation of effects of anthropogenic activities on bat populations, assemblages, and temporal activity in the Neotropics, and 4) use of ectoparasite populations and assemblages from bats of Paraguay as model systems to explore potential mechanism that mold patterns of abundance, species richness, and biodiversity on host populations and species.
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Education
Bachelor of Science. 1991. Western Illinois University, Macomb, Il. Dr. Jeanette A. Thomas, Advisor.
Masters of Science. 1994. Western Illinois University, Macomb, Il. Thesis Title: Small Mammals of McDonough County, Illinois. Dr. Jeanette A. Thomas, Advisor.
Doctor of Philosophy in Biology. 2004. Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas. Dissertation Title: Ectoparasitic assemblages of Paraguayan bats: ecological and evolutionary perspectives. Dr. Michael R. Willig, Advisor. PDF
Publications
López-González, C., S. J. Presley, R. D. Owen, M. R. Willig, and Isabel Gamarra de Fox. 1998. Noteworthy records of bats (Chiroptera) from Paraguay. Mastozoología Neotropical, 5:41-45.PDF
Presley, S. J. 2000. (Review of) Ecología de los Vertebrados de Chile by A. F. Jaksic. Journal of Mammalogy, 81:282-284.
Presley, S. J. 2000. Eira barbara. Mammalian Species Account, 636:1-6. PDF
Willig, M. R., S. J. Presley, R. D. Owen, and C. López-González. 2000. Composition and structure of bat assemblages in Paraguay: a subtropical – temperate interface. Journal of Mammalogy, 81:386-401. PDF
López-González, C., S. J. Presley, R. D. Owen, and M. R. Willig. 2001. The taxonomic status of Myotis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in Paraguay. Journal of Mammalogy, 82:138-160. PDF
López-González, C., and S. J. Presley. 2001. Taxonomic status of Molossus bondae J. A. Allen (Chiroptera: Molossidae), 1904, with new records for Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay and description of a new subspecies. Journal of Mammalogy 82:760-774. PDF
Presley, S. J. 2005. Ectoparasitic assemblages of Paraguayan bats: ecological and evolutionary perspectives. Mastozoología Neotropical 12:103-105. PDF
Willig, M. R., S. J. Presley, C. P. Bloch, C. L. Hice, S. P. Yanoviak, M. M. Díaz, L. Arias Chauca, V. Pacheco, and S. C. Weaver. 2007. Phyllostomid bats of lowland Amazonian: effects of habitat alteration on abundance. Biotropica 39:737-746. PDF
Castro-Arellano, I., S. J. Presley, L. N. Saldanha, M. R. Willig, and J. M. Wunderle. 2007. Effects of low-intensity logging on bat biodiversity in terra firme forest of lowland Amazonia. Biological Conservation 138:269-285. PDF
Presley, S. J. 2007. Streblid bat-fly assemblage structure on Noctilio leporinus (Chiroptera: Noctilionidae): nestedness and species co-occurrence. Journal of Tropical Ecology 23:409-417. PDF
Stevens, R. D., C. López-González, and S. J. Presley. 2007. Geographical ecology of Paraguayan bats: spatial integration and metacommunity structure of interacting assemblages. Journal of Animal Ecology 76:1086-1093. PDF
Presley, S. J., M. R. Willig, J. M. Wunderle, and L. N. Saldanha. 2008. Effects of reduced-impact logging and forest physiognomy on bat populations of lowland Amazonian forest. Journal of Applied Ecology 45:14-25. PDF
Presley, S. J., and M. R. Willig. 2008. Intraspecific patterns of ectoparasite abundances on Paraguayan bats: effects of host sex and body size. Journal of Tropical Ecology 24:75-83. PDF
Presley, S. J., and M. R. Willig. 2008. Composition and structure of Caribbean bat (Chiroptera) assemblages: effects of inter-island distance, area, elevation, and hurricane-induced disturbance. Global Ecology and Biogeography 17:747-757. PDF
Presley, S. J., M. R. Willig, I. Castro-Arellano, and S. C. Weaver. 2009. Effects of habitat conversion on activity patterns of phyllostomid bats in lowland Amazonian rainforest. Journal of Mammalogy 90:210-221. PDF
Presley, S. J., M. R. Willig, L. N. Saldanha, J. M. Wunderle, and I. Castro-Arellano. 2009. Reduced-impact logging has little effect on temporal activity of frugivorous bats (Chiroptera) in lowland Amazonia. Biotropica 41:369-378. PDF
Presley, S. J., C. L. Higgins, C. López-González, and R. D. Stevens. 2009. Elements of metacommunity structure of Paraguayan bats: multiple gradients require analysis of multiple axes of variation. Oecologia 160:781-793. PDF
Castro-Arellano I., S. J. Presley, M. R. Willig, J. M. Wunderle, and L. N. Saldanha. 2009. Reduced-impact logging and temporal activity of understorey bats in lowland Amazonia. Biological Conservation 142:2131-2139. PDF
Willig, M. R., S. J. Presley, C. P. Bloch, and H. H. Genoways. 2009. Macroecology of Caribbean bats: effects of area, elevation, latitude, and hurricane-induced disturbance. In; Island bats: evolution, ecology, and conservation (T. Fleming, and P. Racey, Eds.). University of Chicago Press (in press).
Presley, S. J., and M. R. Willig. 2009. Bat metacommunity structure on Caribbean islands and the role of endemics. Global Ecology and Biogeography (in press).
Cisneros, L. M., M. R. Willig, B. D. Patterson, and S. J. Presley. Vertebrate metacommunity structure along an extensive elevational gradient in the tropics: a comparison of bats, rats, and birds. Ecology (submitted).
Santos, G. M. de M. and S. J. Presley. Temporal activity patterns of social wasps in a Brazilian cashew orchard. Environmental Entomology (submitted).
Willig, M. R., S. J. Presley, and C. P. Bloch. Long-term dynamics of tropical walking sticks in response to multiple large-scale and intense disturbances. Biotropica (submitted).
Presley, S. J., M. R. Willig, C. P. Bloch, I. Castro-Arellano, C. L. Higgins, and B. T. Klingbeil. Integrating species abundances into analyses of metacommunity structure: terrestrial gastropods along a tropical elevational gradient. Ecology (submitted).
Presley, S. J., C. L. Higgins, and M. R. Willig. Toward a comprehensive framework for the evaluation of metacommunity structure. Ecology Letters (submitted).
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Adult male gray brocket (Mazama gouazoubira) killed near Destacamento Militar Gabino Mendoza, in the Gran Chaco of Paraguay
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