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: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2182-3236.
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. 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