Publications
Below are my publications, starting with the most recent. As Jacob Cooper (even Jacob C. Cooper) is quite the common name, I can also be referenced using my OrcID number: 0000-0003-2182-3236.
Cooper, Jacob C., Nicholas M. A. Crouch, Adam W. Ferguson & John M. Bates. 2022. Climatic refugia and reduced extinction correlated with underdispersion in mammals and birds in Africa. Ecology and Evolution 12(3):e8752. doi:10.1002/ece3.8752 OPEN ACCESS
Tobias, J.A., Catherine Sheard, ..., Jacob C. Cooper, ... 2022. AVONET: morphological, ecological, and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25(3):571-597. doi:10.1111/ele.13898doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898 OPEN ACCESS
Cooper, Jacob C. 2021. Hierarchical analyses of avian community biogeography in the Afromontane highlands. Frontiers of Biogeography 13.4, e51310. doi:10.21425/F5FBG51310 OPEN ACCESS
Capurucho, João M. G., Mary V. Ashley, Brian R. Tsuru, Jacob C. Cooper & John M. Bates. 2020. Dispersal ability correlates with range size in Amazonian habitat-restricted birds. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 287(1939):20201450.
Cooper, Jacob C., J. Dylan Maddox, Kellie McKague & John M. Bates. 2021. Multiple lines of evidence indicate ongoing allopatric and parapatric diversification in an Afromontane sunbird (Cinnyris reichenowi). Ornithology 138(2):ukaa081. doi:10.1093/ornithology/ukaa081
Allen, Katie E., Walter P. Tapondjou, Benedictus Freeman, Jacob C. Cooper, Rafe M. Brown & A. Townsend Peterson. 2021. Modelling potential Pleistocene habitat corridors between Afromontane forest regions. Biodiversity and Conservation 30:2361-2375.
Owens, Hannah L., Vivian Ribiero, Erin E. Saupe, Marlon E. Cobos, Peter A. Hosner, Jacob C. Cooper, Abdallah M. Samy, Vijay Barve, Narayani Barve, Carlos J. Muñoz-R & A. Townsend Peterson. 2020 Acknowledging uncertainty in evolutionary reconstructions of ecological niches. Ecology and Evolution 10(14):6967-6977.
Hruska, Jack P., Jacob C. Cooper & Mark B. Robbins. 2020. First record of Mexican Whip-poor-will Antrostomus arizonae in Nicaragua. Cotinga 42:56-57. PDF.
Voight, Janet R., Jacob C. Cooper & Raymond W. Lee. Stable Isotopic Evidence of Mixotrophy in Xylophagaids, Deep-Sea Wood-Boring Bivalves. Frontiers in Marine Science https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00050
Cooper, Jacob C. 2018. Niche theory and its relation to morphology and phenotype in geographic space: a case study in woodpeckers (Picidae). Journal of Avian Biology doi:10.1111/jav.01771
de Silva, Thilina N., Sumudu W. Fernando, Mark B. Robbins, Jacob C. Cooper, Eric B. Fokam & A. Townsend Peterson. 2018. Recognition of a new generic-level swallow taxon from central Africa. Journal of Avian Biology e01698. doi:10.1111/jav.01698
Saupe, Erin E., Narayani Barve, Hannah L. Owens, Jacob C. Cooper, Peter A. Hosner & A. Townsend Peterson. 2018. Reconstructing ecological niche evolution when niches are incompletely characterized. Systematic Biology 67(3):428-438. PDF.
Cooper, Jacob C. & Jorge Soberón. 2018. Creating individual accessible area hypotheses improves stacked species distribution performance. Global Ecology and Biogeography 27:156-165. PDF.
Cooper, Jacob C. 2017. Book Review: Why Birds Matter: Avian Ecological Function and Ecosystem Services. The Quarterly Review of Biology 92:464-465.
Ingenloff, Kathryn, Christopher M. Hensz, Tashitso Anamza, Vijay Barve, Lindsay P. Campbell, Jacob C. Cooper, Ed Komp, Laura Jimenez, Karen V. Olson, Luis Osorio-Olvera, Hannah L. Owens, A. Townsend Peterson, Abdallah M. Samy, Marianna Simões & Jorge Soberón. 2017. Predictable invasion dynamics in North American populations of the Eurasian collared dove Streptopelia decaocto. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 284(1862):20171157.
Cooper, Jacob C., Oscar Johnson, Tristan J. Davis, Ryan S. Terrill, Jared D. Wolfe, Kristin E. Brzeski, Amancio M. Etingüe & Luke L. Powell. 2017. Notes on the distribution of the avifauna of Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, including one new country record. Malimbus 39(1):1-15. PDF.
Cooper, Jacob C. & Andrés M. Cuervo. 2017. Vocal variation and species limits in the Sclerurus mexicanus complex. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 129(1):13-24. PDF.
Brzeski, Kristin E., Jared D. Wolfe, Cayetano Ebana Ebana, Jacob C. Cooper & Luke L. Powell. 2016. Camera sighting of Congo Clawless Otter in the midst of a rapid development on mainland Equatorial Guinea. IUCN Otter Specialist Group Bulletin 33(2):96-101.
Cooper, Jacob C., Luke L. Powell & Jared D. Wolfe. 2016. Notes on the birds of Equatorial Guinea, including nine first country records. Bulletin of the African Bird Club 23(2):152-163. PDF.
Simões, Marianna, Laura Breitkreuz, Mabel Alvarado, Stephen Baca, Jacob C. Cooper, Liam Heins, Kaylee Herzog, & Bruce Lieberman. 2016. The Evolving Theory of Evolutionary Radiations. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 31(1):27-34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2015.10.007
Cooper, Jacob C., Nicholas M. A. Crouch, Adam W. Ferguson & John M. Bates. 2022. Climatic refugia and reduced extinction correlated with underdispersion in mammals and birds in Africa. Ecology and Evolution 12(3):e8752. doi:10.1002/ece3.8752 OPEN ACCESS
Tobias, J.A., Catherine Sheard, ..., Jacob C. Cooper, ... 2022. AVONET: morphological, ecological, and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25(3):571-597. doi:10.1111/ele.13898doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898 OPEN ACCESS
Cooper, Jacob C. 2021. Hierarchical analyses of avian community biogeography in the Afromontane highlands. Frontiers of Biogeography 13.4, e51310. doi:10.21425/F5FBG51310 OPEN ACCESS
Capurucho, João M. G., Mary V. Ashley, Brian R. Tsuru, Jacob C. Cooper & John M. Bates. 2020. Dispersal ability correlates with range size in Amazonian habitat-restricted birds. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 287(1939):20201450.
Cooper, Jacob C., J. Dylan Maddox, Kellie McKague & John M. Bates. 2021. Multiple lines of evidence indicate ongoing allopatric and parapatric diversification in an Afromontane sunbird (Cinnyris reichenowi). Ornithology 138(2):ukaa081. doi:10.1093/ornithology/ukaa081
Allen, Katie E., Walter P. Tapondjou, Benedictus Freeman, Jacob C. Cooper, Rafe M. Brown & A. Townsend Peterson. 2021. Modelling potential Pleistocene habitat corridors between Afromontane forest regions. Biodiversity and Conservation 30:2361-2375.
Owens, Hannah L., Vivian Ribiero, Erin E. Saupe, Marlon E. Cobos, Peter A. Hosner, Jacob C. Cooper, Abdallah M. Samy, Vijay Barve, Narayani Barve, Carlos J. Muñoz-R & A. Townsend Peterson. 2020 Acknowledging uncertainty in evolutionary reconstructions of ecological niches. Ecology and Evolution 10(14):6967-6977.
Hruska, Jack P., Jacob C. Cooper & Mark B. Robbins. 2020. First record of Mexican Whip-poor-will Antrostomus arizonae in Nicaragua. Cotinga 42:56-57. PDF.
Voight, Janet R., Jacob C. Cooper & Raymond W. Lee. Stable Isotopic Evidence of Mixotrophy in Xylophagaids, Deep-Sea Wood-Boring Bivalves. Frontiers in Marine Science https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00050
Cooper, Jacob C. 2018. Niche theory and its relation to morphology and phenotype in geographic space: a case study in woodpeckers (Picidae). Journal of Avian Biology doi:10.1111/jav.01771
de Silva, Thilina N., Sumudu W. Fernando, Mark B. Robbins, Jacob C. Cooper, Eric B. Fokam & A. Townsend Peterson. 2018. Recognition of a new generic-level swallow taxon from central Africa. Journal of Avian Biology e01698. doi:10.1111/jav.01698
Saupe, Erin E., Narayani Barve, Hannah L. Owens, Jacob C. Cooper, Peter A. Hosner & A. Townsend Peterson. 2018. Reconstructing ecological niche evolution when niches are incompletely characterized. Systematic Biology 67(3):428-438. PDF.
Cooper, Jacob C. & Jorge Soberón. 2018. Creating individual accessible area hypotheses improves stacked species distribution performance. Global Ecology and Biogeography 27:156-165. PDF.
Cooper, Jacob C. 2017. Book Review: Why Birds Matter: Avian Ecological Function and Ecosystem Services. The Quarterly Review of Biology 92:464-465.
Ingenloff, Kathryn, Christopher M. Hensz, Tashitso Anamza, Vijay Barve, Lindsay P. Campbell, Jacob C. Cooper, Ed Komp, Laura Jimenez, Karen V. Olson, Luis Osorio-Olvera, Hannah L. Owens, A. Townsend Peterson, Abdallah M. Samy, Marianna Simões & Jorge Soberón. 2017. Predictable invasion dynamics in North American populations of the Eurasian collared dove Streptopelia decaocto. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 284(1862):20171157.
Cooper, Jacob C., Oscar Johnson, Tristan J. Davis, Ryan S. Terrill, Jared D. Wolfe, Kristin E. Brzeski, Amancio M. Etingüe & Luke L. Powell. 2017. Notes on the distribution of the avifauna of Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, including one new country record. Malimbus 39(1):1-15. PDF.
Cooper, Jacob C. & Andrés M. Cuervo. 2017. Vocal variation and species limits in the Sclerurus mexicanus complex. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 129(1):13-24. PDF.
Brzeski, Kristin E., Jared D. Wolfe, Cayetano Ebana Ebana, Jacob C. Cooper & Luke L. Powell. 2016. Camera sighting of Congo Clawless Otter in the midst of a rapid development on mainland Equatorial Guinea. IUCN Otter Specialist Group Bulletin 33(2):96-101.
Cooper, Jacob C., Luke L. Powell & Jared D. Wolfe. 2016. Notes on the birds of Equatorial Guinea, including nine first country records. Bulletin of the African Bird Club 23(2):152-163. PDF.
Simões, Marianna, Laura Breitkreuz, Mabel Alvarado, Stephen Baca, Jacob C. Cooper, Liam Heins, Kaylee Herzog, & Bruce Lieberman. 2016. The Evolving Theory of Evolutionary Radiations. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 31(1):27-34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2015.10.007