Peter Kareiva
Lecturer, Director of Conservation Science Programs, Environmental Studies Institute
Environmental Studies Institute
Santa Clara University
500 E Camino Rea
Santa Clara, CA 95050-4901
Titles
- Lecturer, Director of Conservation Science Programs, Environmental Studies Institute
Biography
Peter Kareiva is the chief scientist for The Nature Conservancy, where he is responsible for developing and helping to implement science-based conservation throughout the organization and for forging new linkages with partners.
Peter joined The Nature Conservancy’s staff in 2002 after more than 20 years in academics and work at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, where he directed the Northwest Fisheries Science Center Conservation Biology Division. In addition to his duties as the Conservancy’s chief scientist, his current projects emphasize the interplay of human land-use and biodiversity, resilience in the face of global change, and marine conservation.
Education
- PhD, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, 1981
- MS, Environmental Biology, University of California-Irvine, 1976
- BA, Duke University, 1973
Journal Articles
2013
Grimm, N. B., M. D. Staudinger, S. L. Carter, F. S. Chapin III, P. M. Kareiva, M. Ruckelshaus and B. A. Stein. 2013. Climate-change impacts on ecological systems: Introduction to a US assessment. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 11:456-464. DOI: 10.1890/120310. (link )
2009
Carpenter, S. R., E. V. Armbrust, P. W. Arzberger, F. S. Chapin III, J. J. Elser, E. J. Hackett, P. M. Kareiva, M. A. Leibold, P. Lundberg, M. Mangel, N. Merchant, W. W. Murdoch, M. A. Palmer, D. P. Peters, S. T. Pickett, K. K. Smith, D. H. Wall and A. S. Zimmerman. 2009. Accelerate synthesis in ecology and environmental sciences. BioScience 59(8):699-701. (link )
2007
McDonald, R. I., C. Yuan-Farrell, C. Fievet, M. S. Moeller, P. M. Kareiva, D. R. Foster, T. Gragson, A. P. Kinzig, L. H. Kuby and C. L. Redman. 2007. Estimating the effect of protected lands on the development and conservation of their surroundings. Conservation Biology 21(6):1526-1536. DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2007.00799.x. (link )
2005
Harvey, C. and P. M. Kareiva. 2005. Community context and the influence of non-indigenous species on juvenile salmon survival in a Columbia river reservoir. Biological Invasions 7:651-663.
Kareiva, P. M. 2005. Tired of priorities?. Conservation in Practice 6:45-46.
Yuan-Farrell, C., M. A. Marvier, D. Press and P. M. Kareiva. 2005. Conservation easements as a conservation strategy: Is there a sense to the spatial distribution of easements?. Natural Areas Journal 25:282-289.
2004
Kareiva, P. M. 2004. Compensating for extinction. Current Biology 14:625-626.
Marvier, M. A., P. M. Kareiva and M. G. Neubert. 2004. Habitat destruction, fragmentation, and disturbance promote invasion by habitat generalists in a multispecies metapopulation. Risk Analysis 24:869-879.
Sabo, J. L., E. J. Holmes and P. M. Kareiva. 2004. The efficacy of simple viability models in ecological risk assessment: Does density dependence matter?. Ecology 85:328-341.
2003
Kareiva, P. M. and M. A. Marvier. 2003. Conserving biodiversity coldspots. American Scientist 91:344.
O Conner, C., M. A. Marvier and P. M. Kareiva. 2003. Biological versus social, economic, and political priority-setting in conservation. Ecology Letters 6(8):706-711.
2002
Gerber, L. R., P. M. Kareiva and J. Bascompte. 2002. The influence of life history attributes and fishing pressure on the efficacy of marine reserves. Biological Conservation 106(1):11-18. DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(01)00224-5. (link )
1999
Gerber, L. R., D. P. DeMaster and P. M. Kareiva. 1999. Gray whales and the value of monitoring data in implementing the U.S. Endangered Species Act. Conservation Biology 13(5):1215-1219. DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1999.98466.x. (link )
1997
Fagan, W. F. and P. M. Kareiva. 1997. Using compiled species lists to make biodiversity comparisons among regions: a test case using Oregon butterflies.. Biological Conservation
1995
Kareiva, P. M. and U. Wennergren. 1995. Connecting landscape patterns to ecosystem and population processes. Nature 299.
1990
Kareiva, P. M. 1990. Population dynamics in spatially complex environments: theory and data.. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. London B 175.
Book Chapters
2005
Kareiva, P. M., B. R. Agard, J. Alder, E. M. Bennett, C. Butler, S. Carpenter, W. Cheung, G. S. Cumming, R. DeFries, B. de Vries, R. E. Dickinson, A. P. Dobson, J. A. Foley, J. Geoghregan, B. Holland, P. Kabat, J. Keymer, A. Kleidon, D. Lodge, S. M. Manson, J. McGlade, H. Mooney, A. M. Parma, M. A. Pascual, H. Pereira dos Santos, M. Rosegrant, C. Ringler, O. E. Sala, B. L. Turner II, D. P. van Vuuren, P. Wilkinson and V. Wolters. 2005. Chapter 4: State of the Art in Simulating Future Changes in Ecosystem Services. Pp. 71-115 In: Carpenter, S. R., P. L. Pingali, E. M. Bennett and M. Zurek eds., Ecosystems and Human Well-Being: Scenarios. Island Press. ISBN: 978-1559633901.
Posters
2004
Redman, C. L., A. P. Kinzig, D. R. Foster, M. P. Gutmann, P. M. Kareiva and L. H. Kuby. 2004. Agrarian landscapes in transition: A cross-scale approach. Poster presented at the 23 February 2004 Sixth Annual CAP LTER Poster Symposium, Center for Environmental Studies, Arizona State University. Tempe, AZ. (link )
Presentations
2014
Groffman, P. M., P. M. Kareiva, S. L. Carter, N. B. Grimm, J. J. Lawler, M. C. Mack, V. Matzek and H. Tallis. 2014. Climate change, ecosystems, biodiversity and ecosystem services. Presentation at the From Oceans to Mountains, 99th Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, 10-15 August 2014, Sacramento, California. (link )
Report Chapters
2014
Groffman, P. M., P. Kareiva, N. B. Grimm, J. Lawler, M. Mack, V. Matzek and H. Tallis. 2014. Chapter 8: Ecosystems, biodiversity, and ecosystem services. Pp. 195-219 In: Melillo, J. M., T. Richmond and G. W. Yohe eds., Climate Change Impacts in the United States: The Third National Climate Assessment. (link )