Faculty Profiles

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.

Haney, J., Veech, J. A., Castro-Arellano, I., & Fritts, S. R. (2022). Museum and citizen-science data indicate contraction in the range of the Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum). Herpetologica, 72, 102–109. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.1655/Herpetologica-D-21-00022

Kulkoyluoglu, O., Veech, J. A., & Tuncer, A. (2022). New ostracod species (Cypridopsis schwartzi n. sp.) from Texas, with discussion on the taxonomic status of Cypridopsis species in the USA. Zootaxa, 5196, 331–354.

Veech, J. A., & Cave, T. (n.d.). Using road surveys and N-mixture models to estimate the abundance of a cryptic lizard species. Journal of Herpetology.

Veech, J. A., & Strona, G. (n.d.). Using network analysis to explore the role of dispersal in producing and maintaining island species-area relationships. In The Species-Area Relationship: Theory and Application. Cambridge University Press.

Veech, J. A. (n.d.). Using landscape ecology to inform effective management. In Wildlife and Landscapes: Principles and Applications for Landscape Management. Johns Hopkins University Press.

Veech, J. A. (2021). Habitat Ecology and Analysis. Oxford University Press.

Strona, G., Beck, S. A., Cabeza, M., Fattorini, S., Guilhaumon, F., Micheli, F., … Parravicini, V. (2021). Ecological dependencies make remote reef fish communities most vulnerable to coral loss. Nature Communications, 12, 7282.

Bliss, L., Veech, J. A., Castro-Arellano, I., & Simpson, T. R. (2019). GIS-based habitat fragmentation assessment for the Gulf Coast kangaroo rat (Dipodomys compactus) in the Carrizo Sands Region of Texas. Mammalian Biology, 98, 17–27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mambio.2019.01.005

Ott, S., Veech, J. A., Simpson, T. R., Castro-Arellano, I., & Evans, J. (2019). Mapping potential habitat and range-wide surveying for the Texas kangaroo rat (Dipodomys elator). Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management, 10(2). https://doi.org/10.3996/122018-JFWM-113

Benavidez, K. M., Guerra, T. M., Torres, M., Rodriguez, D., Veech, J. A., Hahn, D., … Castro-Arellano, I. (2019). The prevalence of Leptospira among invasive small mammals on Puerto Rican cattle farms. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 13(5), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007236

Strona, G., Matthews, T. J., Kortsch, S., & Veech, J. A. (2018). A software suite to compute node overlap and segregation in ecological networks. Ecography, 40, 1–8.

Muller, J. A., Veech, J. A., & Kostecke, R. M. (2018). Landscape-scale habitat associations of Sprague’s Pipits wintering in the southern United States. Journal of Field Ornithology, 89, 326–336.

McGarvey, D. J., & Veech, J. A. (2018). Modular structure in fish co-occurrence networks: a comparison across spatial scales and grouping methodologies. PLoS, e0208720.

Haverland, M. B., & Veech, J. A. (2017). Examining the Occurrence of Mammal Species in Natural Areas Within a Rapidly Urbanizing Region of Texas, USA. Landscape and Urban Planning, 157, 221–230.

Ferrato, J. R., Simpson, T. R., Small, M. F., Veech, J. A., & Conway, M. (2017). Population Density and Habitat Associations of the Seaside Sparrow on Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge, Cameron County, Texas. Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 129, 131–138.

Veech, J. A. (n.d.). Measuring Biodiversity. In Encyclopedia of the Anthropocene. Elsevier.

Troy, J. R., Holmes, N. D., Veech, J. A., Raine, A. F., & Green, M. C. (2017). Habitat suitability modeling for the endangered Hawaiian petrel on Kauai and analysis of predicted overlap with Newell’s Shearwater. Global Ecology and Conservation, 12, 131–143.

Veech, J. A., Pardieck, K. L., & Ziolkowski, D. J. (2017). How well do route survey areas represent landscapes at larger spatial extents? An analysis of land cover composition along Breeding Bird Survey routes. Condor, 119, 607–615.

Muller, J. A., Veech, J. A., & Roach, J. (2017). Terrestrial herpetofauna diversity in three habitats at Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma. Southeastern Naturalist, 16, 182–194.

Strona, G., & Veech, J. A. (2017). Forbidden vs. permitted interactions: disentangling processes from patterns in ecological network analysis. Ecology and Evolution, 7, 5476–5481.

Veech, J. A., Ott, J. R., & Troy, J. R. (2016). Intrinsic Heterogeneity in Detection Probability and Its Effects on N-mixture Models. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 7, 1019–1028.

Griffith, D. M., Veech, J. A., & Marsh, C. J. (2016). Cooccur: Probabilistic Species co-occurrence Analysis in R. Journal of Statistical Software, (69), 1–17.

Veech, J. A., Muller, J. A., & Bliss, L. (2016). Survey of Sprague’s Pipits using protected areas in the state of Texas during the winter of 2015-2016.

Strona, G., Mauri, A., Veech, J. A., Seufert, G., Ayanz, J. S., & Fattorini, S. (2016). Far from naturalness: how much does spatial ecological structure of European tree assemblages depart from Potential Natural Vegetation? PLoS ONE, e0165178.

Strona, G., & Veech, J. A. (2015). A New Measure of Ecological Network Structure Based on Node Overlap and Segregation. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 6, 907–915.

Veech, J. A., & Muller, J. A. (2015). Update on Sprague’s Pipit Project.

Troy, J. R., Holmes, N. D., Veech, J. A., Raine, A. F., & Green, M. C. (2014). Habitat Suitability Modeling for the Newell’s Shearwater on Kauai. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management, 5, 315–329.

Veech, J. A. (2014). The Pairwise Approach to Analyzing Species co-occurrence. Journal of Biogeography, 41, 1029–1035.

Cummings, K., & Veech, J. A. (2014). Assessing the Influence of Geography, Land Cover, and Host Species on the Local Abundance of a Generalist Brood Parasite, The Brown-headed Cowbird. Diversity and Distributions, 20, 396–404.

Troy, J. R., Holmes, N. D., Veech, J. A., & Green, M. C. (2013). Using Observed Seabird Fallout Records to Infer Patterns of Attraction to Artificial Light. Endangered Species Research, (22), 225–234.

Warren, C. C., Veech, J. A., Weckerly, F. W., O’Donnel, L., & Ott, J. R. (2013). Local abundance and detection heterogeneity in a territorial songbird. The Auk, (130), 677–688.

Warren, C. C., Ott, J. R., & Veech, J. A. (2013). Effects of slope, aspect, and canopy cover on site occupancy by Black-and-white Warblers (Mniotilta varia) and Golden-cheeked warblers (Setophaga crysoparia) in the juniper-oak woodlands of central Texas. American Midland Naturalist, (169), 382–397.

Feichtinger, E. E., & Veech, J. A. (2013). Association of Scissor-tailed Flycatchers (Tyrannus forficatus) with specific land-cover types in south-central Texas. Wilson Journal of Ornithology, (125), 314–321.

Veech, J. A. (2013). A probabilistic model for analyzing species co-occurrence. Global Ecology and Bio-Geography, (22), 252–260.

Small, M. F., Veech, J. A., & Baccus, J. T. (2012). Local landscape composition around North American Breeding Bird Survey routes. Ecology, (93), 2298.

Veech, J. A. (2012). Significance testing in ecological null models. Theoretical Ecology, (5), 611–616.

Veech, J. A., Small, M. F., & Baccus, J. T. (2012). Representativeness of land cover composition along routes of the North American Breeding Bird Survey. The Auk, (129), 259–267.

Veech, J. A., Small, M. F., & Baccus, J. T. (2012). A Comparison of White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) densities obtained during morning and evening surveying. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management, (3), 158–163.

Fronimos, A. B., Baccus, J. T., Small, M. F., & Veech, J. A. (2011). Use of urban bird feeders by White-winged Doves and Great-tailed Grackles in Texas. Bulletin of the Texas Ornithological Society, (44), 34–40.

Veech, J. A., Small, M. F., & Baccus, J. T. (2011). The effect of habitat on range expansion of a native and an introduced bird species. Journal of Biogeography, (38), 69–77.

Forstner, M. R. J., Small, M. F., Veech, J. A., & Dixon, J. R. (2011). Data from field work, land cover change, and museum records of Holbrookia lacerata in Texas.

Collins, M. L., Small, M. F., Veech, J. A., Baccus, J. T., & Benn, S. J. (2010). Dove habitat association based on remotely sensed land cover types in south Texas. Journal of Wildlife Management, (38), 69–77.

Veech, J. A., & Crist, T. O. (2010). Toward a unified view of diversity partitioning. Ecology, (91), 1988–1992.

Veech, J. A., & Crist, T. O. (2010). Diversity partitioning without statistical independence of alpha and beta. Ecology, (91), 1964–1969.

Cardoso, P., Borges, P. A. V., & Veech, J. A. (2009). Testing the performance of beta diversity measures based on incidence data: the robustness to undersampling. Diversity and Distributions, (15), 1081–1090.

Veech, J. A., & Crist, T. O. (2007). Habitat and climate heterogeneity maintain beta-diversity of birds among landscapes within eco-regions. Global Ecology and Biogeography, (16), 650–656.

Veech, J. A. (2007). Landscape-level analyses of the effect of the CRP on grassland bird diversity and abundance.

Veech, J. A. (2006). A probability-based analysis of temporal and spatial co-occurrence in grassland birds. Journal of Biogeography, (33), 2145–2153.

Veech, J. A., & Crist, T. O. (2006). Additive partitioning of rarefaction curves and species-area relationships: unifying alpha, beta, and gamma diversity with sample size and habitat area. Ecology Letters, (9), 923–932.

Veech, J. A. (2006). A comparison of landscapes occupied by increasing and decreasing populations of grassland bird species. Conservation Biology, (20), 1422–1432.

Veech, J. A. (2006). Increasing and declining populations of northern bobwhites inhabit different types of landscapes. Journal of Wildlife Management, (70), 922–930.

Summerville, K. S., Wilson, T. D., Veech, J. A., & Crist, T. O. (2006). Do body size and diet breadth affect partitioning of species diversity? A test with forest Lepidoptera. Diversity and Distributions, (12), 91–99.

Veech, J. A., & Jenkins, S. H. (2005). Comparing the effects of granivorous rodents on survival of Indian ricegrass (Oryzopsis hymenoides) seeds mixed in monospecific seed patches). Western North American Naturalist, (65), 321–328.

Veech, J. A. (2005). Analyzing patterns of species diversity as departures from random expectations. Oikos, (108), 149–155.

Veech, J. A. (2004). Using structural equation modeling to test hypotheses of species diversity.

Crist, T. O., Veech, J. A., Summerville, K. S., & Gering, J. C. (2003). Partitioning species diversity across landscapes and regions: a hierarchical analysis of alpha, beta and gamma diversity. American Naturalist, (162), 734–743.

Crist, T. O., Veech, J. A., & Summerville, K. S. (2003). Intraspecific aggregation decreases the local species diversity of arthropods. Ecology, (84), 3376–3383.

Summerville, K. S., Boulware, M. J., Veech, J. A., & Crist, T. O. (2003). Spatial variation in species diversity and composition of forest Lepidoptera in eastern deciduous forests of North America. Conservation Biology, (17), 1045–1057.

Gering, J. C., Crist, T. O., & Veech, J. A. (2003). Additive partitioning of species diversity across multiple spatial scales: implications for regional conservation of biodiversity. Conservation Biology, (17), 488–499.

Veech, J. A. (2003). Incorporating socioeconomic factors into the analysis of biodiversity hotspots. Applied Geography, (23), 73–88.

Veech, J. A., Crist, T. O., Summerville, K. S., & Gering, J. C. (2002). The additive partitioning of species diversity: recent revival of an old idea. Oikos, (99), 3–9.

Summerville, K. S., Veech, J. A., & Crist, T. O. (2002). Does behavioral variation among butterfly species contribute to nestedness at fine spatial scales? Oikos, (97), 195–204.

Longland, W. S., Vander Wall, S. B., Jenkins, S. H., Pyare, S., & Veech, J. A. (2001). Seedling recruitment in Indian ricegrass (Oryzopsis hymenoides): are desert granivores mutualists or predators? Ecology, (82), 3131–3148.

Veech, J. A. (2001). The foraging behavior of granivorous rodents and short-term apparent competition among seeds. Behavioral Ecology, (12), 467–474.

Veech, J. A. (2000). Predator-mediated interactions among the seeds of desert plants. Oecologia, (124), 402–407.

Veech, J. A. (2000). A null model for detecting non-random patterns of species richness along spatial gradients. Ecology, (81), 1143–1149.

Veech, J. A., Charlet, D. A., & Jenkins, S. H. (2000). Interspecific variation in seed mass and the coexistence of conifer species, a null model test. Evolutionary Ecology Research, (2), 353–363.

Veech, J. A. (2000). Choice of species-area function affects identification of hotspots. Conservation Biology, (14), 140–147.

Veech, J. A. (1999). The promise of macroecology [Review of Untangling Ecological Complexity, The Macroscopic Perspective, by B. A. Maurer]. Quarterly Review of Biology. University of Chicago Press.

Vander Wall, S. B., Longland, W. S., Pyare, S., & Veech, J. A. (1997). Cheek pouch capacities and loading rates of heteromyid rodents. Oecologia, (113), 21–28.

Veech, J. A., Benedix, J. H., & Howard, D. J. (1996). Lack of calling song displacement between two closely related ground crickets. Evolution, (50), 1982–1989.