Dr. Daniel A. Guthrie Professor of Biology phone: (909) 607-2836 fax: (909) 621-8588 email

Courses Taught
Introductory Biology - Bio 44
Environmental Science - Bio 62
Animal Behavior - Bio 154
Comparative Anatomy - Biology 141
Senior Seminar

Degrees

• B.A. (Biology) Amherst College, 1960
• M.A. (Biology) Harvard University, 1962
• Ph.D.(Biology) University of Massachussetts, 1964

Research Interests

Broadly interested in interactions of humans with their environment. Topics include:

• Faunal changes on the California Channel Islands
• Suburban wildlife populations
• Zooarcheology of California
• Marine Algae of the North Pacific

Selected Publications 

• 1974.  Suburban Bird Populations in Southern California. American Midland Naturalist 92: 461-466. pdf here
• 1980.  Analysis of Avifaunal and Bat Remains from Midden Sites on San Miguel Island. in The Channel Islands, Proceedings of a Multi-disciplinary Symposium, Denis Powers, ed. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History pp. 689-702. pdf here
• 1982   Suburban Bird Populations, in Handbook of Census Methods for Terrestrial Vertebrates, David E. Davis, ed., CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, pp. 293-294 pdf here
• 1992: A Pleistocene Avifauna from San Miguel island, California, Papers on Avian Paleontology, E. Campbell, ed. Sci Series 36, Nat. Hist. Mus., Los Angeles, Ca., pp 320-327. pdf here
• 1993: Listen to the Birds? The Use of Avian Remains in Archeology, in Archaeology on the Northern Channel Islands of California; Michael A. Glassow, ed., Coyote Press, Archives of California Prehistory No. 34. pp. 155-167. pdf here
• 1993; New Information on the Prehistoric Fauna of San Miguel Island: pp. 405-416. Third Channel Islands Symposium, F.G. Hochberg, ed., Santa Barbara, Ca. pdf here
• 1996: An Archaeological and Paleontological Chronology for Daisy Cave (CA-SMI-261, San Miguel Island, California, Radiocarbon. with Erlandson, J.M., Kennett, D.J., Ingram, B.L., Morris, D.P., Tveskov, M.A., West, G.J. Walker, P.L. pdf here
• 1998: Fossil Vertebrates from Pleistocene Terrestrial Deposits on the Northern Channel Islands, Southern California, in Contributions to the Geology of the Northern Channel Islands, Southern California. P. W. Weigand (ed.). Pacific Sections, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, MP-45, pp 187-192 pdf here
• 2000: Fratercula dowi n. sp., An Extinct Late Pleistocene PUffin from the Southern Channel Islands, California (Aves: Alcidae), in Proceedings of a Fifth California Islands Symposium. U.S. Dept. of the Interior Minerals Management Service, Pocific OCS Region (published as CD) MMS 99-0038. pp 525-530, with H.W. Thomas, G.L. Kennedy pdf here
• 2005: Distribution and Provenance of Fossil Avifauna on San Miguel Island.  in Sixth California Islands Symposium. Institute of Wildlife Studies and National Park Service. pp. 35-42 pdf here
• 2005; Analysis of Prey Remains Excavated from an Historic Bald Eagle Nest Site on San Miguel Island, California.  In n Sixth California Islands Symposium. Institute of Wildlife Studies and National Park Service, pp. 103-120, with P.W. collins, T,.C. Rick, J. M. Erlandson. pdf here
• 2006: Archaeological Implications of a Bald Eagle Nestings Site at Ferrello Point, San Miguel Island, California. J. Archaeological Science, 1-17. with J.M. Erlandson, T.C. Rick, P. W. Collins. pdf here

Titles of Recent Student Thesis Projects with Professor Guthrie

• The Evolutionary and Physiological Significance of the Lanugo Pelage in the Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina).
• The Introduction of Chameleo jacksonii to Hawaii.
• The Effects of Socialization on Imprinting: Is Imprinting Reversible?
• Habitat Requirement of the Coastal Cactus Wren, Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus, in Eastern Los Angeles County.
• Group Size in Wild Birds while Feeding: Do they make a choice?
• Sexual Selection by Female Zebra Finches: The effects of Asymmetrical Patterns on Trials and Bodies of Males.
• Adaptiveness of Banding Patterns in the California Mountain Kingsnake, Lampropeltis zonata.
  

Consulting:

• 1986-  2005 Bird surveys along the Santa Clara River, with special emphasis on Least Bell's Vireo and other endangered Species. Newhall Land and Cattle Co and Valencia Corporation
• 1986- 1996 Avian Studies at Bolsa Chica, Orange County, with special emphasis on Snowy Plover and Belding's Savannah Sparrow. Koll Corporation.

 

Other Interests

• Claremont Women's Lacrosse -  
•     link to CMS Lacrosse team web page
•     link to slide show of 2004 season
•     link to scenes from the 2008 season
•          Colorado Trip
•          Florida Trip
•          Puget Sound Game (photos by Steenerson)
•         give the slides show some time to load. you probably need a fast
•         server.
•     link to women's lacrosse club history.
• Audubon Society - President of the Pomona Valley Audubon Society this year and active officer and trip leader since 1966
• Marine Algae of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska
•                                         Birding...

                                           Bird Photography

   

• TOYGER CAT POWER POINT PRESENTATIONS; BREED STANDARD and ADVANCEMENT and PRESENTATION FOR CHAMPIONSHIP, 2007

        These are big programs and will take a little time to load. When you get a black screen, click the browser for each change of slide.

 

Joint Science ---- Claremont McKenna College -- Pitzer College -- Scripps College

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