James J. Roper Ph.D. Academic Address Departamento de Zoologia Universidade Federal do Paraná Caixa Postal 19020 Curitiba, Paraná 81531-970 Brasil Teléfono: 55 41 33857249 Fax: 55 41 32662042 email address: arsartiumgmail.com

Education

• B.S. 1978 Oklahoma State University
• M.S. 1989 Arizona State University
• Ph.D. 1996 University of Pennsylvania
• Postdoc 95-97 Utah State University

Teaching Experience

Dr. Roper has broad experience with teaching field ecology courses. He taught the course Tropical Field Ecology (for University of Pennsylvania students) from 1992 to 1995 (twice in Venezuela, twice in Panamá). In Costa Rica (1997-1998) he taught, as part of a three member team, Fundamentals of Tropical Biology, Research Methods in Tropical Biology, and Environmental Sciences of the Tropics. Dr. Roper has also taught Field Ethology, Conservation Biology, Ornithology, Introductory Zoology and Wildlife Ecology during his graduate studies. Currently, Dr. Roper is in Brazil, teaching and generating research at the Universidade Federal do Paraná. There he teaches Biostatistics and Research Methods for graduate students, and Introductory Ecology for undergraduates.

Research Interests

Jim Roper's organismal research focus centers on the evolution of avian life history parameters in the Neotropics. Specific areas of research have included nest predation and its influence on various aspects of habitat and nest-site selection. He is also interested in bird territoriality and experimental ecology. Dr. Roper's dissertation research was done in Panama and knows the Panamanian avifauna very well. His research and education has taken him to 14 countries in Latin America, including Panamá, Venezuela, Peru, Costa Rica, Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Colombia, Ecuador, and Brasil.

Recent Publications

• Roper, J. J. in press. What does Wildlife Management mean for Brazil?. Natureza & Conservação
• Roper, J. J. 2005. Try and try again: Nest Predation Favors Persistence in a Tropical Bird. Ornitología Neotropical 16:253-262.
• Roper, J. J. 2005. Sexually Distinct Songs in the Duet of the Sexually Monomorphic Rufous Hornero (Furnarius rufus).. Journal of Field Ornithology 76:235-237. Sari, L. T. ; Ribeiro-Costa, C. S. ;
• Roper, J. J. 2005. Dinâmica populacional de bruquíneos (Coleóptera, Chrysomelidae) em Senna multijuga (Rich.)H. S. Irwin & Barneby (Caesalpinaceae).. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 22:169-174.
• Torres, R. A. ; Roper, J. J. ; Foresti, F. ; Oliveira, C. 2005. Surprising genomic diversity in the Neotropical fish Synbranchus marmoratus (Teleosti, Synbranchidae): how many species?. Neotropical Ichthyology, 3:127-134.
• Roper, J. J. 2005. Dicas para escrever em inglês - Do's and Don't's. Ararajuba: Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia 13:193-196. Lima, A. M. X,
• Roper, J. J. 2004. Aves de remanescentes florestais em áreas urbanas: ferramentas para a conservação.. Anais do IV Congresso Brasileiro de Unidades de Conservação pp 17-21.
• Roper, J. J.2003. Nest-sites influence predation differently at natural and experimental nests. Ornitología Neotropical 14:1-14. Marques, M. C. M.,
• Roper, J. J., Salvalaggio, A. P. B. 2003. Phenological patterns among plant life-forms in a subtropical forest in southern Brazil. Plant Ecology, Holland, 2003.
• Roper, J. J. 2003. Biased sex ratio or biased analysis?. Natureza & Conservação1:63-65.
• 2000 Experimental analysis of nest-sites and nest predation for a neotropical bird: stuck between a rock and a hard place. Ararajuba 8:85-91.
• 1997 A Test of the Skutch hypothesis: Does activity at nests increase nest predation risk? Journal of Avian Biology 28: 111-116.
• 1996 The importance of predation on Passerine post-fledging success. Transaction of the 61st North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference.
• 1992 Nest predation experiments with quail eggs: too much to swallow? Oikos 65: 528-530.
• 1988 Nest predation and nest-site selection in a western population of the Hermit Thrush. Condor 90: 51-57.