Joseph Robert Burger

The paper examines how historical habitat configuration influences the current distribution of Arizona gray squirrels in the Madrean Archipelago using climate models and habitat metrics.

The paper shifts focus from population growth to consumption patterns as the main driver of environmental impact, advocating for new metrics and policies to address sustainability challenges.

The paper introduces a constraint-based model to predict species dynamics on islands, showing how environmental changes and organismal traits influence colonization and extinction processes.