Institute of Arctic Biology
204 WRRB
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, AK 99775

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Muskox and takin ecology and evolution

Arctic ungulate evolution and population dynamics as revealed through ancient DNA and microsatellite DNA analysis

EDUCATION

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks AK. Ph.D. in Wildlife Biology. Thesis: The Takin and Muskox: a Molecular and Ecological Evaluation of Relationship. May 1995.

Hampshire College, Amherst MA. B.A. in Animal Behavior and Ecology. May 1976.

APPOINTMENTS

Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska, Fairbanks AK. Research Associate. 1995 - present.

Large Animal Research Station, Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska, Fairbanks AK. Public education and outreach lecturer. 1987 - present.

Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, OH. Research Associate. Jan. 2002 – present.

Molecular Biology Unit, AgResearch, Dunedin, New Zealand. Visiting Researcher. Jan. - April 1996.

Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska, Fairbanks AK. Postdoctoral fellow. May - Dec. 1995.

Large Animal Research Station, Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska, Fairbanks AK. Co-PI for Muskoxen and Caribou Earthwatch Project. 1991 - 1993.

Shaanxi Institute of Zoology, Xian, China. Research associate. 1998-1991.

PUBLICATIONS

Groves, P. and R. B. Watson (1989). Some husbandry techniques appropriate for domesticated muskoxen. Proceedings of the 2nd International Muskox Symposium. P. F. Flood. Ottawa, National Research Council of Canada: A42-A44.

White, R. G., B. A. Tiplady, et al. (1989). Qiviut production from muskoxen. Economic Utilisation of Wild Ungulates. R. J. Hudson, K. R. Drew and L. M. Baskin. Cambridge, UK, Cambridge Univ. Press: 387-400.

Groves, P. ( 1990 ) . A review of The Muskoxen of Polar Bear Pass. Arctic and Alpine Research. 22:118-119.

Groves, P. (1992). "Aspects of golden takin ecology in the Qinling Mountains,China." Rangifer 12: 161-163.

Groves, P. (1992). Muskox Husbandry. Fairbanks, Spec. Rep. No. 5, Biol. Papers, University of Alaska.

Groves, P. (1995). The takin and muskox: a molecular and ecological evaluation of relationship, University of Alaska Fairbanks: 124.

Groves, P. and G. F. Shields (1996). "Phylogenetics of the Caprinae based on cytochrome b sequence." Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 5: 467-476.

Groves, P. and G. F. Shields (1997). "Cytochrome b sequences suggest convergent evolution of the Asian takin and Arctic muskox." Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 8: 363-374.

Groves, P. (1997). "Intraspecific variation of mitochondrial DNA of muskoxen based on control region sequences." Canadian Journal of Zoology 75: 568-575.

Groves, P. (1997). "Muskox." Alaska Geographic 23: 56-94.

Groves, P. and J. Wu (1998). "A social ungulate in dense habitat: group size and habitat use of the golden takin." Proceedings 2nd World Conference on Mountain Ungulates 1998: 47-58.

Kunz, M. L., D. H. Mann, et al. (1999). "The life and times of Paleoindians in arctic Alaska." Arctic Research of the United States 13: 33-39.

Blundell, G. M., M. Ben-David, et al. (2002). "Characteristics of sex-biased dispersal and gene flow in coastal river otters: implications for natural recolonization of extirpated populations." Molecular Ecology 11: 289-303.

Li, M., F. Wei, et al. (2003). "Genetic Structure and phylogeography of the takin (Budorcas taxicolor) as inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences." Canadian Journal of Zoology 81(3): 462-468.

Rostain, R. R., M. Ben-David, et al. (2004). "Why do river otters scent-mark? An experimental test of several hypotheses." Animal Behavior 68: 703-711.

Blundell, G. M., M. Ben-David, et al. (2004). "Kinship and sociality in coastal river otters: are they related?" Behavioral Ecology 15: 705-714.