A great project with great collaborators that came together into a great paper*. We go after the question of the processes that actually drive the evolution of mammals on islands. The answer? It’s complicated. From the abstract: The island rule, a pattern of size shifts on islands, is an oft-cited Read more…
My first lead author paper in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science! McClain, C.R., A.P. Allen, D.P. Tittensor, and M.A. Rex (2012) The Energetics of Life on the Deep Seafloor.Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, U.S.A. online early With frigid temperatures and virtually no in situ productivity, the deep oceans, Earth’s Read more…
I’ve been busy late 2011 and early 2012. McClain, C.R., J.C. Stegen, and A.H. Hurlbert (2012) Dispersal, Niche Dynamics, and Oceanic Patterns in Beta-Diversity in Deep-Sea Bivalves. Proceeding of the Royal Society, B, online early McClain, C.R., P. Unmack, J. Jackson-Ricketts, and T. Gullet (2012). Increased Energy Promotes Size-Based Niche Availability in Marine Read more…
My new paper is out! Craig R. McClain, James C. Stegen, and Allen H. Hurlbert Dispersal, environmental niches and oceanic-scale turnover in deep-sea bivalves Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences published online before print December 21, 2011, doi:10.1098/rspb.2011.2166 I discuss it over at my other website, Deep-Sea News. In the food Read more…
O’ yeah just set up my publications on Google Scholar Citations. This is awesome!
Man has this month been busy! As reward a paper I coauthored sees the light of day. The elevator pitch of the story? A key event in the Earth’s history, the first appearance of life, is not recognized as a major time boundary. This has lead to numerous scientific inaccuracies and inefficiencies. In the Read more…
My new article is out at Paleobiology! What caused the Mesozoic Marine Revolution? More food! Seth Finnegan, Craig M McClain, Matthew A Kosnik and Jonathan L Payne (2011) Escargots through time: an energetic comparison of marine gastropod assemblages before and after the Mesozoic Marine Revolution. Paleobiology: Spring 2011, Vol. 37, Read more…
My new paper is now online early at the Biology Letters. Abstract: Consensus is growing among ecologists that energy and the factors influencing its utilization can play overarching roles in regulating large-scale patterns of biodiversity. The deep sea—the world’s largest ecosystem—has simplified energetic inputs and thus provides an excellent opportunity Read more…