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ANDREW T. SMITH Parents Association Professor Associate Director of Undergrad Programs Ph.D., 1973, University of California, Los Angeles Send e-mail to a.smith@asu.edu

Conservation Biology, Population Biology, Mammalogy

Dr. Smith's research concerns the determination of mammalian population structure. Knowledge of local population structure is necessary to our understanding of the management of threatened populations and to the manner in which natural selection may act on populations. In natural systems it is often difficult to unmask the variety of important factors that may determine population structure: population size and demography, habitat selection and availability, patterns of dispersion, gender and age differences, genetics, and behavior. Dr. Smith concentrates on the role played by dispersal (and its reciprocal = philopatry) in the determination of mammalian population structure because this may function to integrate many of those factors listed above. In addition, he investigates the behavior of metapopulation dynamics that results from dispersal of populations that occupy fragmented habitats.

Dr. Smith primarily conducts field work in the mountains of western United States and on the Tibetan Plateau in China. He recently completed A Guide to the Mammals of China (Princeton University Press; http://press.princeton.edu/titles/8631.html)

Selected Recent Publications:

Smith, A. T. and Y. Xie, editors. 2008. A Guide to the Mammals of China. Princeton University Press: Princeton.

Smith, A. T. 2008. The world of pikas. Pp. 89-102. In: Lagomorph Biology: Evolution, Ecology and Conservation. P. C. Alves, N. Ferrand and K. Hackländer, editors. Springer-Verlag: Berlin.

Smith, A. T. 2008. Conservation of Endangered Lagomorphs. Pp. 297-315. In: Lagomorph Biology: Evolution, Ecology and Conservation. P. C. Alves, N. Ferrand, and K. Hackländer, editors. Springer-Verlag: Berlin.

Qu, J. P., K. X. Li, M. Yang, W. J. Li, Y. M. Zhang and A. T. Smith. 2007. Seasonal dynamic pattern of spatial territory in social groups of plateau pikas (Ochotona curzoniae). Acta Theriologica Sinica 27: 215-220.

Olsvig-Whittaker, L., M. Lane, C. MacAlister, Y. Xie, and A. T. Smith. 2007. Data networking for conservation biology in Asia. ASEAN Biodiversity January-March:18-25.

Smith, A. T. 2007. Ecosystems and a Keystone species - the Plateau Pika. Pp. 319-323. In: Encyclopedia of Human-Animal Relationships. M. Bekoff, editor. Greenwood Publishing Group: Westport, Connecticut.

Katzner, T. E., E. A. Bragin, S. T. Knick and A. T. Smith. 2006. Spatial structure in diet of Imperial eagles (Aquila heliaca) in Kazakhstan. Journal of Avian Biology 37:594-600.

J. McNeely, T. M. McCarthy, A. T. Smith, L. Olsvig-Whittaker and E. D. Wikramanayake, editors. 2006. Society for Conservation Biology, Asian Section and Resources Himalaya Foundation: Kathmandu, Nepal.

Olsvig-Whittaker, L., M. Lane, C. MacAlister, Y. Xie, and A. T. Smith. 2006. Data networking for conservation biology in Asia. Pp. 386-400. In: Biodiversity Conservation in Asia. J. McNeely, T. M. McCarthy, A. T. Smith, L. Olsvig-Whittaker and E. D. Wikramanayake, editors. Society for Conservation Biology, Asian Section and Resources Himalaya Foundation: Kathmandu, Nepal.

Smith, A. T., P. Zahler and L. A. Hinds. 2006. Poisoning of native small mammals in central Asia is an undesirable and unsustainable activity. Pp. 285-293. In: Biodiversity Conservation in Asia. J. McNeely, T. M. McCarthy, A. T. Smith, L. Olsvig-Whittaker and E. D. Wikramanayake, editors. Society for Conservation Biology, Asian Section and Resources Himalaya Foundation: Kathmandu, Nepal.

Berger, J., K. M. Berger, P. F. Brussard, R. Gibson, J. Rachlow and A. T. Smith. 2005. Where have all the rabbits gone? Wildlife Conservation Society: New York.

Katzner, T. E., E. A. Bragin, S. T. Knick and A. T. Smith. 2005. Relationship between demographics and diet specificity of Imperial Eagles Aquila heliaca in Kazakhstan. Ibis 147:576-586.

Li, W. D. and A. T. Smith. 2005. Dramatic decline of the threatened Ili pika Ochotona iliensis (Lagomorpha: Ochotonidae) in Xinjiang, China. Oryx 39:30-34.

Smith, A. T. 2005. Plateau pikas: Keystone species status and management concerns. Pp. 95-97. In: Proceedings of the International Seminar on Brandt's Vole Management. L. Dolgormaa, editor. WWF Mongolia Programme Office, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

Hoffmann, R. S. and A. T. Smith. 2005. Lagomorphs. Pp. 185-211 . In : Mammal Species of the World, 3rd Edition. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder, editors. Johns Hopkins University Press.

Katzner, T. E., C. H. Lai, J. D. Gardiner, J. M. Foggin, D. Pearson and A. T. Smith. 2004. Adjacent nesting by bearded vulture Gypaetus barbatus and Himalayan Griffon Vulture Gyps himalayensis on the Tibetan plateau, China . Forktail 20:94-96.

Koleff, P., J. Soberon and A. T. Smith. 2004. Madrean pine-oak woodlands. Pp. 204-217. In: Hotspots revisited: Earth's biologically richest and most endangered terrestrial ecosystems. R. A. Mittermeier, P. Robles Gil, M. Hoffmann, J. Pilgrim, T. Brooks, C. Goettsch Mittermeier, J. Lamoreau and G. A. B. da Fonseca, editors. Conservation International/CEMEX: Mexico City.

Smith, A. T. and F. S. Dobson. 2004. Social organization: Social dynamics in the plateau pika. Pp. 1016-1019. In: Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior. M. Bekoff, editor. Greenwood Publishing Group, Westport, Connecticut.

Zahler, P., L. Dolgormaa, L. A. Hinds and A. T. Smith. 2004. The management of Brandt's vole in Mongolia : toward an ecologically based means of control. Mongolian Journal of Biological Sciences 2:51-55.

Smith, A. T. 2004. Everything you wanted to know about conservation biology. [Invited review of Essentials of Conservation Biology]. Conservation Biology 18: 283-284.

Smith, A. T. and R. Harris. 2004. The plateau pika: an irreplaceable member of the Tibetan plateau ecological community. Chinese National Geography April 2004. 4:138-144.

Smith, A. T. 2003. Lagomorpha. Pp. 479 - 489. In : Mammals, V. Volume 16 of Grzimeks Animal Life Encyclopedia. D. G. Kleiman, V. Geist, M. Hutchins and M. C. McDade, editors. Gale Publishers, Farmington Hills , Michigan.

Lai, C. H. and A. T. Smith. 2003. Keystone status of plateau pikas (Ochotona curzoniae): effect of control on biodiversity of native birds. Biodiversity and Conservation 12:1901-1912.

Katzner, T. E., E. A. Bragin, S. T. Knick and A. T. Smith. 2003. Coexistence in a multispecies assemblage of eagles in central Asia. Condor 105:538-551.

Clinchy, M., D. T. Haydon and A. T. Smith. 2002. Pattern does not equal process: what does patch occupancy really tell us about metapopulation dynamics? American Naturalist 159:351-362.

Foggin, J. M. and A. T. Smith. 2001. Rangeland utilization and biodiversity on the alpine grasslands of Qinghai Province , Peoples Republic of China . Pp. 247 - 258. In: Conserving Chinas biodiversity (II). P. J. Schei, S. Wang and Y. Xie, editors. China Environmental Science Press, Beijing.

MacKinnon, J, Y. Xie, J. Fellowes, Z-H Ho, S. Mainka, P. Schei, A. Smith and S. Wang. 2001. Restoring Chinas degraded environment: the role of natural vegetation. China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development, Beijing . Pp. 1--50. [in Chinese].

Smith, A. T. 2001. Invited review of: Priorities for the conservation of mammalian diversity: has the panda had its day? Oryx 35:90.