John R. Grehan
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Introductory panbiogeography
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Research Interests
Biogeography and Biodiversity
Spatial relationships of animal and plant distributions and their correlation with earth history processes. Exploration of biogeography as a foundation for evolutionary theory.
Human Origins
Exploration of morphology as independent phylogenetic evidence for resolving human-great ape relationships.
Phylogenetics, Evolution and Ecology of Ghost Moths
Biogeographic, phylogenetic and evolutionary relationships of ghost moths (Hepialidae).
Biodiversity:
The geographic structure of biodiversity in global, regional, and local contexts, and emphasis on natural history collections as biodiversity libraries.
Education
| Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand) | |
| 1976 | BSc (Botany and Zoology) |
| 1977 | BSc Honors (Zoology) |
| 1987 | PhD (Zoology/Entomology) |
Society and Institutional Membership
Entomological Society of New Zealand
Research Associate of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Society of Evolutionary Biogeography Assocaition
Publications
In press
| 2010 | Grehan, J.R. and Schwartz, J.H. Phylogenetic evidence still problematic for human origins. Journal of Biogeography. |
| 2010 | Grehan, J.R. Panbiogeography: method and synthesis. In Claudio Carvalho and Eduardo Almeida (eds.). Biogeografia da América do Sul: Padrões e processos. Editora Roca, Brasil. |
| 2010 | Grehan, J.R, Structural variants in the morphology of the first abdominal tergite supporting the monophyly of the Latin American genera Cibyra, Druceiella, Pftizneriana and Trichophassus (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae). Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural S |
Books
| 1999 | Craw, R. C., J. R. Grehan, and M. J. Heads. Panbiogeography: mapping the history of life. Oxford University Press, New York. |
Book Chapters
| 2006 | Grehan, J.R. A brief look at pacific biogeography: the trans-oceanic travels of microseris (angiosperms: asteraceae). In M. Ebach and R. Tangney (editors), Biogeography in a Changing World. CRC Press, Boca Raton, pp. 83-94. pdf |
| 2001 | Grehan, J. R. Panbiogeografia y biogeografia de la vida. In J. Llorente, and J. J. Morrone (Eds.) Introduccion a la biogeografia: Teorias, conceptos, metodos y aplicaciones. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, pp. 181-196. (Translated by editor). |
| 2001 | Grehan, J. R. Islas Galápagos: biogeografia, tectónica y evolución en un archipelago oceánico In J. Llorente, and J. J. Morrone (Eds.) Introduccion a la biogeografia: Teorias, conceptos, metodos y aplicaciones. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, pp. 153-160. (Translated by editor). |
Articles
| 2009 | Grehan, J.R., and J. H. Schwartz. Evolution of the second orangutan: phylogeny and biogeography of hominid origins. Journal of Biogeography 36, 1823-1844. pdf |
| 2009 | Grehan, J.R. Evolution, issues in. In Encyclopedia of Time, Ed. by H. James Birx. Thousand Oaks, SAGE Publications, Vol. 1, pp. 469-481. pdf |
| 2009 | Grehan, J.R. Panbiogeography. In Encyclopedia of Time, Ed. by H. James Birx. Thousand Oaks, SAGE Publications, Vol. 2, pp. 960-964. pdf |
| 2009 | Grehan, J.R. Metamorphosis, insect. In Encyclopedia of Time, Ed. by H. James Birx. Thousand Oaks, SAGE Publications, Vol. 2, pp. 855-858. |
| 2006 | Grehan, J.R. Mona Lisa smile: The morphological enigma of human and great ape evolution. New Anatomist. Anatomical Record (Part B: New Anatomist) 289B 139-157. pdf |
| 2006 | Grehan, J. R. "Ape Biogeography" in Encyclopedia of Anthropology, Ed. by H. James Birx. Thousand Oaks, SAGE Publications, Vol. 1, pp. 202-207. |
| 2006 | Grehan, J. R. "Croizat, Leon C." in Encyclopedia of Anthropology, Ed. by H. James Birx. Thousand Oaks, SAGE Publications, Vol. 2, pp. 612-613. |
| 2006 | Grehan, J. R. "Lucy Reconstruction Models" in Encyclopedia of Anthropology, Ed. by H. James Birx. Thousand Oaks, SAGE Publications, Vol. 4, pp. 1500-1503. |
| 2006 | Grehan, J. R. "Non-Darwinian Evolutionary Mechanisms" in Encyclopedia of Anthropology, Ed. by H. James Birx. Thousand Oaks, SAGE Publications, Vol. 4, pp. 1747-1750. |
| 2006 | Grehan, J. R. "Orangutan-Human Evolution" in Encyclopedia of Anthropology, Ed. by H. James Birx. Thousand Oaks, SAGE Publications, Vol. 4, pp. 1778-1783. |
| 2006 | Grehan, J. R. "Schwartz, Jeffrey H." in Encyclopedia of Anthropology, Ed. by H. James Birx. Thousand Oaks, SAGE Publications, Vol. 5, pp. 2061-2062. |
| 2003 | Grehan, J. R. and J. E. Rawlins. Larval description of the New World ghost moth Phassus and the evolutionary biogeography of wood boring Hepialidae (Lepidoptera: Exoporia: Hepialoidea). Journal of the Washington Entomological Society, 105: 733-755. |
| 2003 | Grehan, J. R. Empire in the New World. Review of Biogeography of the West Indies: Patterns and Perspectives. C.A. Woods and F.E. Sergile. Cladistics 19: 372-375. pdf |
| 2003 | Colacino, C., and J. R. Grehan. Ostracismo alle frontiere della biologia evoluzionistica: Il caso Léon Croizat. In M. Mamone (Ed.). Atti del Convegno Scienza e Democrazia, Napoli, Aprile 2001. Hevelius, Benevento, Italy. |
| 2001 | Grehan, J. R. Biogeography and evolution of the Galapagos: Integration of the biological and geological evidence. Biological Journal of the Linnaean Society, 74: 267-287. |
| 2001 | Grehan, J. R. Panbiogeography from tracks to ocean basins: evolving perspectives. Guest Editorial. Journal of Biogeography, 28:413-429. |
| 2000 | Grehan, J R. Panbiogeografia 1981-2000: Desarrollo de una sintesis tierra/vida. Anartia (Maracaibo, Venezuela), 10: 1-42. (Translated by Leticia de Murguia) |
| 2000 | Boone, J. H., J. R. Grehan, and B. L. Parker. A checklist of Diptera, Hymenoptera and Coleoptera from Mount Mansfield, Vermont 1991-1994. Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Vermont Miscellaneous Publication No.118. January 2000. |
| 2000 | Grehan, J. R. Atlas of biodiversity: mapping the spatial structure of life. Biodiversity 1 (4): 21-24. |
| 1995 | Grehan, J. R. Natural biogeographic patterns of biodiversity: the research imperative. In T. B. Herman, S. Bondrup-Nielsen, J. H. M. Willison, and N. W. P. Munro (Eds.). Ecosystem Monitoring and Protected Areas, pp. 35-44. Science and Management of Protected Areas Association, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada. |
| 1995 | Grehan, J. R., B. L. Parker, G. R. Nielsen, D. H. Miller, J. D. Hedbor, M. S. Sabourin, and M. S. Griggs. Moths and butterflies of Vermont (Lepidoptera): A faunal checklist. Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Vermont and Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation, State of Vermont. University of Vermont Miscellaneous Publication 116 and Vermont Monitoring Cooperative Bulletin No. 1. |
| 1995 | Grehan, J. R., M. Sabourin, and P. M. Hanson. Maple-feeding Tortricidae of the northeastern United States: guide to identification of adults. Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Vermont Miscellaneous Publication 117 and Vermont Monitoring Cooperative Research Report 11. |
| 1994 | Grehan, J. R., and B. L. Parker. Description of the first and final instar of the hemlock loopers Lambdina athasaria (Walker) and Lambdina fiscellaria (Guenée) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). The Canadian Entomologist 126: 1505-1514. |
| 1994 | Grehan, J. R. The beginning and end of dispersal: the representation of ‘panbiogeography.’ Journal of Biogeography 21: 451-462. |
| 1993 | Tobi, D., J. R. Grehan, and B. L. Parker. Review of the ecological and economic significance of forest Hepialidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera). Journal of Forest Ecology and Management 56: 1-12. |
| 1993 | Grehan, J. R. Conservation biogeography and the biodiversity crisis: a global problem in space/time. Biodiversity Letters 1:134-140. |
| 1992 | Grehan, J. R. Biogeography and conservation in the real world. Global Ecology and Biogeography Letters 2: 96-97. |
| 1992 | Grehan, J. R., B. L. Parker, D. L. Wagner, J. Rosovsky, and J. Aleong. Root damage by the conifer swift moth: a mortality factor in montane red spruce regeneration. Forest Science 38: 611-622. |
| 1992 | Leonard, J. G., J. R. Grehan, and B. L. Parker. First instar descriptions of Korscheltellus gracilis (Grote) and Sthenopis auratus (Grote) (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) with a consideration of cladistic relationships between setae. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 100: 594-614. |
| 1992 | Parker, B. L., J. R. Grehan, and M. Skinner. Method for extracting pear thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) from forest soil. Journal of Economic Entomology 85: 865-869. |
| 1991 | Grehan, J. R. Panbiogeography 1980-1990: Development of an earth/life synthesis. Progress in Physical Geography 15: 331-363. |
| 1991 | Grehan, J. R. A panbiogeographic perspective for pre-Cretaceous angiosperm-Lepidoptera evolution. Australian Systematic Botany 9: 91-110. |
| 1991 | Grehan, J. R. Evolution by ecology and history: panbiogeography and fundamental biogeography. A reply to Parenti. Journal of Biogeography 17: 690-692. |
| 1991 | Grehan, J. R. New biogeography and old geological problems: a reply to Cox. Journal of Biogeography 17: 695. |
| 1991 | Grehan, J. R. Invertebrate survey of Somes Island (Matiu) and Mokopuna Island, Wellington Harbour, New Zealand. New Zealand Entomologist 13: 62-75. |
| 1991 | Grehan, J. R. Panbiogeography: beyond dispersal and vicariance: a reply to Stace. Journal of Biogeography 17: 99-101. |
| 1991 | Grehan, J. R. Space, time and thrips: biogeographic issues in the evolutionary ecology of Thysanoptera. In B. L. Parker, M. Skinner, and T. Lewis (Eds.). Towards understanding Thysanoptera, pp. 25-39. Technical Report NE-147. US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. |
| 1990 | Grehan, J. R. New Zealand panbiogeography: past, present, and future. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 16: 513-525. |
| 1990 | Grehan, J. R. Panbiogeography and conservation science in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 16: 731-748. |
| 1990 | Grehan, J. R. Decline in systematics (letter). Science 247: 270. |
| 1989 | Grehan, J. R. Larval feeding habits of the Hepialidae. Journal of Natural History (British Museum) 33: 469-485. |
| 1989 | Grehan, J. R. Panbiogeography: evolution in space and time. Rivista di Biologia/Biology Forum 81: 469-485. |
| 1989 | Grehan, J. R. The natural biogeographic regions. Rivista di Biologia/Biology Forum 81: 569-575. |
| 1989 | Grehan, J. R. Biogeographic homology. Rivista di Biologia/Biology Forum 81: 577-587. |
| 1988 | Grehan, J. R. Evolution of arboreal tunneling by the larvae of Aenetus (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 14: 441-462. |
| 1988 | Grehan, J. R. Fungal and vascular plant polysaccharide digestion by larvae of Aenetus virescens (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae). New Zealand Entomologist 11: 57-67. |
| 1988 | Grehan, J. R. Life cycle of the wood-borer Aenetus virescens (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 14: 209-217. |
| 1985 | Grehan, J. R., and R. Ainsworth. Orthogenesis and evolution. Systematic Zoology 34: 174-192. |
| 1984 | Grehan, J. R., and P. J. Wigley. Fungal and bacterial diseases of Aenetus virescens (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae). New Zealand Entomologist 8: 61-63. |
| 1984 | Grehan, J. R., and B. H. Patrick. Bog inhabiting Hepialidae (Lepidoptera) of New Zealand. New Zealand Entomologist 8: 64-67. |
| 1984 | Grehan, J. R. The host range of Aenetus virescens (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) and its evolution. New Zealand Entomologist 8: 51-61. |
| 1984 | Grehan, J. R. Evolution by law: Croizat's orthogeny and Darwin's laws of growth. Tuatara 27: 14-19. |
| 1984 | Grehan, J. R. Description of the male of the endemic New Caledonian species Aenetus cohici (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 10: 285-288. |
| 1984 | Grehan, J. R., A. Moeed, and M. J. Meads. Observations on Trioxycanus enysii (Butler) (sensu Meyrick, 1880) (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) on Kapiti Island, New Zealand, with a description of larval chaetotaxy. New Zealand Entomologist 7: 408-413. |
| 1984 | Grehan, J. R. Record of Wiseana signata (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) larvae in sand dunes. New Zealand Entomologist 7: 417-418. |
| 1983 | Grehan, J. R. Larval establishment behaviour of the borer Aenetus virescens (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) in live trees. New Zealand Entomologist 7: 413-417. |
| 1982 | Grehan, J. R. Infection of Aenetus virescens larvae (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) by the fungus Beauveria bassiana. New Zealand Entomologist 8: 61-63. |
| 1982 | Grehan, J. R. Larval tunnelling and associated features of Navomorpha lineata (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in the host Cyathodes fasciculata. Tuatara 26: 1-17. |
| 1981 | Grehan, J. R. Morphological changes in the three-phase development of Aenetus virescens larvae (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 8: 505-514. |
| 1980 | Grehan, J. R. Record of Ceratognathus passiliformis (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) in Wainuiomata, New Zealand. New Zealand Entomologist 7: 171-173. |
| 1979 | Grehan, J. R. Larvae of Aenetus virescens (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) in decaying wood. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 8: 505-514. |
| 1978 | Grehan, J. R., and A. J. Nixon. Cabbage tree attack by Platypus (Coleoptera: Platypodidae). New Zealand Entomologist 6: 399-400. |
Newsletter Articles
| 2006 | Grehan, J.R. Why you should read this book. The Systematist 26: 15-17 |
| 2005 | Grehan, J. R. The orangutan and the enigma of human evolution. The Systematist 24: 3-7 |
| 2003 | Grehan, J. R. Panbiogeography and conservation of New Zealand’s natural history. Botanical Society of Otago Newsletter 36, 5-7. |
| 2001 | Grehan, J. R. Biogeography and earth history. Research Notes: Guest Column. The biogeographer. Newsletter of the AAG Biogeography Specialty Group. Vol. 2. (1): 9-10. |
Letters
Grehan, J. R. 1986. Evolving insights. New Scientist 101 (1519): 62.
Grehan, J. R. 1983. Internal evolution. New Scientist 98: 678.
Popular Articles
Grehan, J. R., and W. J. Winstanley. 1980. The puriri moth. Forest and Bird. 13: 28-32.
