Biography and education
Ecologist with broad research interests in population ecology, landscape ecology, biogeography, biological conservation, and development of novel mathematical/statistical approaches for addressing research questions. Specialized interest in species-habitat relationships, species co-occurrence patterns, and anthropogenic effects on species.
Research Interests
Featured grants
- Metsis, Vangelis (Principal), Percent Contribution: %33, Castro-Arellano, Ivan (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %33, Veech, Joseph A (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %33. Research Enhancement Grant - BioStream: Developing infrastructure for AI-driven wildlife video monitoring, Texas State University, $16000. (Funded: February 2025 - May 2026). Grant.
- Green, Michael Clay (Principal), Percent Contribution: %50, Veech, Joseph A (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %50. Identification and evaluation of non-traditional inland wintering habitat for Whooping Cranes in Texas, Texas Parks and Wildlife, State, $157301. (Submitted: January 2022, Funded: August 2022 - December 2024). Grant.
- Simpson (Principal), Veech, Joseph A (Co-Principal), Green (Co-Principal), Castro-Arellano (Co-Principal). Distribution of the Texas Kangaroo Rat, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, State, $89000. (Funded: January 2015). Grant.
- Veech, Joseph A (Principal). Developing an effective survey protocol for a rare and cryptic lizard species, Research Enhancement Program, Texas State University, $8000. (Funded: October 2014). Grant.
- Veech, Joseph A (Co-Principal), McGarvey (Principal). Quantifying the stability of fish interaction networks along environmental disturbance gradients, Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program - Department of Defense, Federal, $150000. (Funded: January 2014). Grant.
Featured scholarly/creative works
- Guerra, D. A., Esque, T. C., Davis, D. R., & Veech, J. A. (2025). Home range, seasonality, and the importance of canopy cover for Texas tortoises (Gopherus berlandieri). Herpetologica, 81, 224–235.
- Breck, S. W., Busher, P. E., Dochtermann, N. A., Duncan, R. D., Peacock, M. M., Smith, D. W., & Veech, J. A. (2025). In Memoriam: Stephen H. Jenkins (1946 – 2024). Journal of Mammalogy, 106(5), 1292–1294. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyaf013
- Plappert, J. L., Veech, J. A., & Martina, J. P. (2024). Canopy cover as a factor affecting habitat use by grassland-shrubland bird species in central Texas, USA. Journal of Field Ornithology, 95, 10.
- Martinez, C. R., & Veech, J. A. (2024). Tufted titmice, black-crested titmice, and their hybrids occupy different types of habitat within their hybrid zone. Evolutionary Ecology, 38, 495–511.
- Siciliano-Martina, L. M., Guerra, D. A., & Veech, J. A. (2023). Forelimb morphology as an adaptation for burrowing in kangaroo rat species (Genus Dipodomys) that inhabit different soil substrates. Journal of Mammalogy, 104, 1377–1389.
Featured awards
- Award / Honor Recipient: Top 2% World's Most Influential Scientists, Stanford University and Elsevier Publishing. 2025 - Present
- Award / Honor Recipient: Cited Publications > 6,300, Google Scholar. 1996 - 2025
- Award / Honor Recipient: Favorite Professor, Alpha Chi Honor Society. 2020
- Award / Honor Recipient: Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Activities, College of Science and Engineering, Texas State University. August 1, 2018
- Award / Honor Recipient: Manuscript Reviewer of the Year, Global Ecology and Biogeography. 2016
Featured service activities
- Organizer
Maintainer of "Announcements" webpage
- Organizer
Liaison between Biology Department and university PR office
- Reviewer / Referee
Marine Biodiversity
- Reviewer / Referee
Methods in Ecology and Evolution
- Member
Texas State University Departmental Seminars
- Graduate Advisor
Statistical Consulting for Graduate Students