NCEAS Project 2182
Body size in ecology and paleoecology: Linking pattern and process across spatial, temporal and taxonomic scales
- Felisa A. Smith
| Activity | Dates | Further Information |
|---|---|---|
| Working Group | 11th—14th February 1999 | Participant List |
| Undergraduate Intern | 1st March 1999—31st August 2000 | Participant List |
| Working Group | 11th—17th July 1999 | Participant List |
| Working Group | 11th—13th November 1999 | Participant List |
| Working Group | 31st March—5th April 2000 | Participant List |
| Working Group | 26th—31st July 2000 | Participant List |
| Working Group | 13th—16th January 2001 | Participant List |
| Working Group | 7th—12th June 2001 | Participant List |
| Working Group | 30th January—3rd February 2002 | Participant List |
| Working Group | 1st—5th June 2002 | Participant List |
Abstract
Body size has long been a central area of research in both ecology and paleoecology. With few exceptions however, ecologists have focused on spatial relationships and/or short time spans, and paleoecologists on long time scales. Little cross-linkage has existed between the two disciplines. Additionally, most studies of ecogeographic or evolutionary phenomena are restricted to single taxa. We propose to form a working group consisting of paleoecologists and ecologists, studying organisms as diverse as marine invertebrates, terrestrial woody plants and mammals. Our aim is to synthesize the patterns of body size distribution across local to broad geographic space and from contemporary to ¿deep¿ time, and then to examine the processes that lead to the observed patterns.
| Type | Products of NCEAS Research |
|---|---|
| Journal Article | Brown, James H.; Kelt, D. A.; Fox, B. J. 2002. Assembly rules and competition in desert rodents. American Naturalist. Vol: 160. Pages 815-818. |
| Journal Article | Brown, James H.; Gupta, V. K.; Li, Bai-Lian; Milne, Bruce T.; Restrepo, Carla; West, Geoffrey B. 2002. The fractal nature of nature: Power laws, ecological complexity, and biodiversity. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences. Vol: 357. Pages 619-626. |
| Book Chapter | Brown, James H.; Gillooly, James F.; West, Geoffrey B.; Savage, Van M. 2003. The next step in macroecology: From general empirical patterns to universal ecological laws. Edited by Blackburn, T. M.; Gaston, K. J.. Macroecology: Concepts and Consequences. Blackwell Science. Oxford. Pages 408-423. |
| Book Chapter | Brown, James H.; Bedrick, Edward J.; Ernest, S. K. Morgan; Cartron, Jean-Luc E.; Kelly, Jeffrey F. 2004. Constraints on negative relationships: Mathematical causes and ecological consequences. Edited by Taper, M. L.; Lele, S. R.. The Nature of Scientific Evidence: Statistical, Philosophical, and Empirical Considerations. University of Chicago Press. Chicago. Pages 298323. |
| Journal Article | Enquist, Brian J.; Tiffney, Bruce; Niklas, Karl J. 2007. Metabolic scaling and the evolutionary dynamics of plant size, form, and diversity: Toward a synthesis of ecology, evolution, and paleontology. International Journal of Plant Sciences. Vol: 168(5). Pages 729-749. |
| Journal Article | Ernest, S. K. Morgan; Enquist, Brian J.; Brown, James H.; Charnov, Eric; Gillooly, James F.; Savage, Van M.; White, Ethan; Smith, Felisa A.; Hadly, Elizabeth A.; Haskell, John P.; Lyons, Kathleen; Maurer, Brian A.; Niklas, Karl J.; Tiffney, Bruce. 2003. Thermodynamic and metabolic effects on the scaling of production and population energy use. Ecology Letters. Vol: 6. Pages 990-995. |
| Journal Article | Gillooly, James F.; Brown, James H.; West, Geoffrey B.; Savage, Van M.; Charnov, Eric. 2001. Effects of size and temperature on metabolic rate. Science. Vol: 293. Pages 2248-2251. |
| Journal Article | Gillooly, James F.; Charnov, Eric; West, Geoffrey B.; Savage, Van M.; Brown, James H. 2002. Effects of size and temperature on developmental time. Nature. Vol: 417. Pages 70-73. |
| Journal Article | Haskell, John P. 2001. The latitudinal gradient of diversity through the Holocene as recorded by fossil pollen in Europe. Evolutionary Ecology Research. Vol: 3. Pages 345-360. |
| Journal Article | Hurlbert, Allen H.; Haskell, John P. 2003. The effect of energy and seasonality on avian species richness and community composition. American Naturalist. Vol: 161. Pages 83-97. |
| Journal Article | Lyons, Kathleen; Willig, Michael R. 2002. Species richness, latitude, and scale-sensitivity. Ecology. Vol: 83. Pages 47-58. |
| Journal Article | Lyons, Kathleen; Smith, Felisa A.; Brown, James H. 2004. Of mice, mastodons and men: Human-mediated extinctions on four continents. Evolutionary Ecology Research. Vol: 6(3). Pages 339-358. |
| Book Chapter | Maurer, Brian A. 2003. Adaptive diversification of body size: The roles of physical constraint, energetics, and natural selection. Edited by Blackburn, T.; Gaston, K.. Macroecology: Concepts and Consequences. Blackwell. Oxford. Pages 174-191. |
| Journal Article | Maurer, Brian A.; Brown, James H.; Dayan, Tamar; Enquist, Brian J.; Ernest, S. K. Morgan; Hadly, Elizabeth A.; Haskell, John P.; Jablonski, David; Jones, Kate E.; Kaufman, Dawn; Lyons, Kathleen; Niklas, Karl J.; Porter, Warren P.; Roy, Kaustuv; Smith, Felisa A.; Tiffney, Bruce; Willig, Michael R. 2004. Similarities in body size distributions of small-bodied flying vertebrates. Evolutionary Ecology Research. Vol: 6. Pages 783-797. |
| Journal Article | Meiri, Shai; Dayan, Tamar. 2003. On the validity of Bergmann's Rule. Journal of Biogeography. Vol: 30. Pages 331-351. |
| Journal Article | Meiri, Shai; Dayan, Tamar; Simberloff, Daniel S. 2004. Body size of insular carnivores: Little support for the island rule. American Naturalist. Vol: 163. Pages 469-479. |
| Journal Article | Porter, Warren P.; Sabo, John L.; Tracy, Christopher R.; Reichman, O. J.; Ramankutty, Navin. 2002. Physiology on a landscape scale: Plant-animal interactions. Integrative and comparative biology. Vol: 42(3). Pages 431-453. (Abstract) |
| Journal Article | Roy, Kaustuv; Jablonski, David; Martien, Karen. 2000. Invariant size-frequency distributions along a latitudinal gradient in marine bivalves. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Vol: 97. Pages 13150-13155. |
| Data Set | Smith, Felisa A.; Lyons, Kathleen; Ernest, S. K. Morgan; Jones, Kate E.; Kaufman, Dawn; Dayan, Tamar; Marquet, Pablo A.; Brown, James H.; Haskell, John P. 2003. Body mass of late Quaternary mammals. Ecological Archives. Vol: E084-094. |
| Journal Article | Smith, Felisa A.; Lyons, Kathleen; Ernest, S. K. Morgan; Jones, Kate E.; Kaufman, Dawn; Dayan, Tamar; Marquet, Pablo A.; Brown, James H.; Haskell, John P. 2003. Body mass of late Quaternary mammals. Ecology. Vol: 84(12). Pages 3403-3403. |
| Journal Article | Smith, Felisa A.; Brown, James H.; Haskell, John P.; Lyons, Kathleen; Alroy, John; Charnov, Eric; Dayan, Tamar; Enquist, Brian J.; Ernest, S. K. Morgan; Hadly, Elizabeth A.; Jones, Kate E.; Kaufman, Dawn; Marquet, Pablo A.; Maurer, Brian A.; Niklas, Karl J.; Porter, Warren P.; Tiffney, Bruce; Willig, Michael R. 2004. Similarity of mammalian body size across the taxonomic hierarchy and across space and time. American Naturalist. Vol: 163. Pages 672-691. |