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  • Consistent Ecological Selectivity through Time in Pacific Island Avian Extinctions 
    Boyer, Alison G. (2010)
    Understanding the ecological mechanisms that lead to extinction is a central goal of conservation. Can understanding ancient avian extinctions help to predict extinction risk in modern birds? I used classification trees ...
  • Effects of allometry, productivity and lifestyle on rates and limits of body size evolution 
    Okie, Jordan G.; Boyer, Alison G.; Brown, James H.; Costa, Daniel P.; Ernest, S. K. Morgan; Evans, Alistair R.; Fortelius, Mikael; Gittleman, John L.; Hamilton, Marcus J.; Harding, Larisa E.; Lintulaakso, Kari; Lyons, Sara K.; Saarinen, Juha J.; Smith, Felisa A.; Stephens, Patrick R.; Theodor, Jessica; Uhen, Mark D.; Sibly, Richard M. (2013)
    Body size affects nearly all aspects of organismal biology, so it is important to understand the constraints and dynamics of body size evolution. Despite empirical work on the macroevolution and macroecology of minimum and ...
  • The Evolution of Maximum Body Size of Terrestrial Mammals 
    Smith, Felisa A.; Boyer, Alison G.; Brown, James H.; Costa, Daniel P.; Dayan, Tamar; Ernest, S. K. Morgan; Evans, Alistair R.; Fortelius, Mikael; Gittleman, John L.; Hamilton, Marcus J.; Harding, Larisa E.; Lintulaakso, Kari; Lyons, Sara K.; McCain, Christy; Okie, Jordan G.; Saarinen, Juha J.; Sibly, Richard M.; Stephens, Patrick R.; Theodor, Jessica; Uhen, Mark D. (2010)
    The extinction of dinosaurs at the Cretaceous/Paleogene (K/Pg) boundary was the seminal event that opened the door for the subsequent diversification of terrestrial mammals. Our compilation of maximum body size at the ...
  • The evolutionary consequences of oxygenic photosynthesis: a body size perspective 
    Payne, Jonathan L.; McClain, Craig R.; Boyer, Alison G.; Brown, James H.; Finnegan, Seth; Kowalewski, Michal; Krause, Richard A.; Lyons, Sara K.; McShea, Daniel W.; Novack-Gottshall, Philip M.; Smith, Felisa A.; Spaeth, Paula; Stempien, Jennifer A.; Wang, Steve C. (2011)
  • Long-term ecological change in a conservation hotspot: the fossil avifauna of Mé Auré Cave, New Caledonia 
    Boyer, Alison G.; James, Helen F.; Olson, Storrs L.; Grant-Mackie, Jack A. (2010)
  • The maximum rate of mammal evolution 
    Evans, Alistair R.; Jones, David; Boyer, Alison G.; Brown, James H.; Costa, Daniel P.; Ernest, S. K. M.; Fitzgerald, Erich M. G.; Fortelius, Mikael; Gittleman, John L.; Hamilton, Marcus J.; Harding, Larisa E.; Lintulaakso, Kari; Lyons, Sara K.; Okie, Jordan G.; Saarinen, Juha J.; Sibly, Richard M.; Smith, Felisa A.; Stephens , Patrick R.; Theodor, Jessica M.; Uhen, Mark D. (2012)
    How fast can a mammal evolve from the size of a mouse to the size of an elephant? Achieving such a large transformation calls for major biological reorganization. Thus, the speed at which this occurs has important implications ...
  • Patterns of maximum body size evolution in Cenozoic land mammals: eco-evolutionary processes and abiotic forcing 
    Saarinen, Juha J.; Boyer, Alison G.; Brown, James H.; Costa, Daniel P.; Ernest, S. K. Morgan; Evans, Alistair R.; Fortelius, Mikael; Gittleman, John L.; Hamilton, Marcus J.; Harding, Larisa E.; Lintulaakso, Kari; Lyons, Sara K.; Okie, Jordan G.; Sibly, Richard M.; Stephens, Patrick R.; Theodor, Jessica; Uhen, Mark D.; Smith, Felisa A. (2014)
  • Two-phase increase in the maximum size of life over 3.5 billion years reflects biological innovation and environmental opportunity 
    Payne, Jonathan L.; Boyer, Alison G.; Brown, James H.; Finnegan, Seth; Kowalewski, Michal; Krause, Richard A.; Lyons, Sara K.; McClain, Craig R.; McShea, Daniel W.; Novack-Gottshall, Philip M.; Smith, Felisa A.; Stempien, Jennifer A.; Wang, Steve C. (2009)
    The maximum size of organisms has increased enormously since the initial appearance of life >3.5 billion years ago (Gya), but the pattern and timing of this size increase is poorly known. Consequently, controls underlying ...

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