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CLAS : Biological Sciences : Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Faculty

Krish

Leonard Krishtalka - Vertebrate Paleobiology
Director, Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center
Professor
Ph.D., Texas Tech University
Phone: (785) 864-4540
Fax: (785) 864-5335


Area of Interest and Research

  • Science policy and administration
  • Biodiversity informatics for collection-based institutions
  • Paleobiology of mammals, especially Paleogene primates, insectivores, marsupials and other groups.

Representative Publications

Krishtalka, L. and P. S. Humphrey. 2000. Can natural history museums capture the future? BioSciences 50(7): 611–617.

Donoghue, M., S. Gilbert, V. Irish, T. Kaufmann, T. Kocker, L. Krishtalka, M. Lane, M. Levine, W. McGinnis, M. Puruggana, N. Sinha, and G. Wray. 2001. Evolution of development and Tree of Life, http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2001/bio012/.

Krishtalka, L. 2002. Information technology and the ten grand research challenges for the 21st Century. Ch 30:319-338 in Teich, A. H., S. D. Nelson, and S. Lita (eds.), AAAS Science and Technology Policy Yearbook, American Association for the Advancement of Science (also, http://www.aaas.org/spp/yearbook/2002/ch30.pdf.

Krishtalka, L., T. Peterson, D. Viegalis, J. Beach, and E. Wiley. 2002. The Green Internet: A Tool for Conservation Science. In: Conservation in the Internet Age: Strategic Threats and Opportunities, pp. 143–164, J. Levitt (ed.). Island Press, Washington, DC.

Krishtalka, L., F. Harris, et al. 2002. Long Term Ecological Research Program: Twenty-Year Review. A report to the National Science Foundation, pp. 39, NSF, Arlington, VA.

Krishtalka, L. 2003. At Natural History Museums, The Ox is Gored. Museum News, July/August, p. 37, 64–65.

Causey, D., D. Janzen, T. Peterson, D. Vieglais, L. Krishtalka, J. Beach, E. Wiley. 2004. Museum Collections and Taxonomy. Science, 305: 1106–1107.

Banks, W., et al., (15 authors, L. Krishtalka, 4th). 2006. Eco-Cultural Niche Modeling: New Tools for Reconstructing the Geography and Ecology of Past Human Populations. PaleoAnthropology, 68–83.

Lane, R., et al., (20 authors including L. Krishtalka). 2008. Taxonomy in Europe in the 21st century. Report to the Board of Directors, European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy. Pp. 1–7.

Krishtalka, L. 2009. Letter to Linnaeus. In: Letters to Linnaeus, pp. 31–34, Sandra Knapp and Q. Wheeler, Eds. Linnaean Society of London.

Krishtalka, L. Generating new Knowledge. In: Decalogue of Collections, USC/UNAM International Museum Institute (IMI) Instituto/EstudiosAvanzados de Museos. [In press]