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Accession 04-101
Heyer, W. Ronald
W. Ronald Heyer Papers, 1985-2000
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Repository: | Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu. |
Creator: | Heyer, W. Ronald |
Title: | W. Ronald Heyer Papers |
Dates: | 1985-2000 |
Quantity: | 3.58 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes) (0.58 non-standard size boxes) |
Collection: | Accession 04-101 |
Language of Materials: | English |
Summary: | This accession consists of papers documenting the career of Curator W. Ronald Heyer, National Museum of Natural History. Heyer's research focuses on the systematics, evolution, and biogeography of Neotropical amphibians. Materials include data, correspondence, and related materials for publication. |
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This accession consists of papers documenting the career of Curator W. Ronald Heyer, National Museum of Natural History. Heyer's research focuses on the systematics, evolution, and biogeography of Neotropical amphibians. Materials include data, correspondence and related materials for publication.
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Container List
Box 1
Southeastern Brasil Frog Publication Materials
Folder 1 New species of Cycloramphus from Bahia, Brazil. Materials for publication: Heyer, 1988, A notable collection of Cycloramphus (Amphibia, Leptodactylidae) from Bahia, Brazil, with a description of a new species (Cycloramphus migueli). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 101 (1):151-154.
Folder 2 Cocroft & Heyer, new Thoropa, data etc. Materials for publication: Cocroft & Heyer, 1988, Notes on the frog genus Thoropa (Amphibia: Leptodactylidae) with a description of a new species (Thoropa saxatilis). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 101 (1):209-220.
Folder 3 New Physalaemus from Espirito Santo - Heyer & Wolf. Materials for publication: Heyer & Wolf, 1989, Physalaemus crombiei (Amphibia: Leptodactylidae), a new frog species from Espirito Santo, Brazil with comments on the P. signifier group. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 102 (2):500-506.
Folder 4 The enigmatic advertisement call of Eleutherodactylus ramagii. Heyer & Carvalho. Materials for publication: Heyer & Carvalho, 2000, The enigmatic advertisement call of Eleutherodactylus ramagii (Amphibia: Anura: Leptodactylidae). Amphibia-Reptilia, 21:117-121.
Folder 5 New species of frogs from Boraceia, Sao Paulo, Brasil. Data a & first draft. Materials for publication: Heyer, 1985, New species of frogs from Boraceia, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 98 (3):657-671.
Materials for publication: Heyer, Rand, Cruz, Peixoto, & Nelson, 1990, Frogs of Boraceia. Arquivos de Zoologia, 31(4):231-410.
Folder 6 Frogs of Boraceia. Scholarly Studies proposal & reports.
Folder 7 Frogs of Boraceia. Misc., Correspondence, etc.
Folder 8 Boraceia. Misc. data for "Frogs of Boraceia."
Folder 9 Frogs of Boraceia - Photographs
Folder 10 Boraceia - synoptic frog call tape
Folder 11 Frogs of Boraceia - Archive materials. Craig Nelson project field notes
Folders 12-13 A. S. Rand field notes, data, preliminary data summaries
Folders 14-16 Species account data sheets - Frogs of Boraceia
Box 2
Neotropical Lowlands Research Program (NLRP) Group Research Project & Leptodactylid tadpole project materials
Materials for publications: (1) Kress et al., 1998, Amazonian biodiversity: Assessing conservation priorities with taxonomic data. Biodiversity and conservation, 7:1577-1587. (2) Heyer et al., 2000 ("1999"), Amazonian biotic data and conservation decisions. Ciencia e Cultura, 51 (5/6): 372-385.
Folder 1 Analyses of total # cells enclosed by Ab'Saber boundary
Folder 2 Key to cell numbers in Coddington's full data (spreadsheet)
Folder 3 NLRP - Maps that served as basis of discussion
Folder 4 NLRP Deinopis data - Coddington
Folder 5 NLRP Zingeberales data - Kress
Folder 6 NLRP Talesia data - Acevedo
Folder 7 NLRP small river fish data - Weitzman & Weitzman
Folder 8 NLRP primate data - Thorington
Folder 9 NLRP Hemiceras data - Pogue
Folder 10 NLRP large river fish data - Vari
Folder 11 NLRP Leptodactylus data - Heyer
Folder 12 NLRP Agra, Batesiana-Gouleta data - Terry Erwin
Folder 13 Basic NLRP data set (final) 25ii98
Folder 14 Workshop 90 map analyses with our data
Folder 15 NLRP lists, analyses, supporting information
Folder 16 NLRP - Correspondence/Discussion 1993-1997
Folder 17 NLRP - Correspondence/Discussion 1998-2000
Folder 18 NLRP - First manuscript produced for project. Very different from final two papers published
Folder 19 NLRP - Correspondence - Submission to Conservation Biology
Folder 20 NLRP - Correspondence - Submission to Ciencia e Cultura
Materials for publication: Wassersug & Heyer, 1988, A survey of internal oral features of leptodactyloid larvae (Amphibia: Anura). Smithsonian Constributions to Zoology (SCZ), (457): 1-99.
Folder 21 Wassersug & Heyer tadpole ms. Correspondence & Submission info - SCZ
Folder 22 Tadpole internal anatomy - Leptodactylid diss. Notes & preliminary descriptions - Wassersug & Heyer I.
Folder 23 Wassersug & Heyer. Data/1st drafts. II
Distribution Workshop and Eleutherodactylus research materials
Materials for workshop for and publication: Vanzolini & Heyer (editors), 1988, Proceedings of a Workshop on Neotropical Distribution Patterns Held 12-16 January 1987. Academia Brasileira de Ciencias, Rio de Janeiro. 488 pages.
Folder 24 NSF - Workshop proposal
Folder 25 Workshop - Funding information and proposals
Box 3
Folder 1 Workshop papers - Correspondence, reviews, etc.
Folder 2 Neotropical Distribution Workshop - Suggestions for discussants
Folder 3 Workshop - Background and miscellaneous
Folder 4 Workshop - Newsletters
Folder 5 Workshop - Invitations and responses, correspondence
Folder 6 Workshop - Original proposal
Folder 7 Workshop publication announcements
Materials for publication: Heyer, 1988, On frog distribution patterns East of the Andes, Pages 245-273 in P. E. Vanzolini and W. R. Heyer (editors), Proceedings of a Workshop on Neotropical Distribution Patterns Held 12-16 January 1987. Academia Brasileira de Ciencias, Rio de Janeiro. 488 pages.
Folders 8-9 Data and analyses for frog distributions East of the Andes
Materials for publication: Heyer, 1984, Variation, systematics, and zoogeography of Eleutherodactylus guentheri and closely related species (Amphibia: Anura: Leptodactylidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, (402):1-42.
Folder 10 Eleutherodactylus guentheri cluster data analyses
Folder 11 Eleutherodactylus guentheri complex misc. data, analyses, & correspondence
Folder 12 Eleutherodactylus guentheri complex data
Box 4
Folders 1-2 Data and analyses for frog distributions East of the Andes
Folder 3 Eleutherodactylus guentheri cluster measurement data analyses for intrapopulation study
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