Nick J B Isaac

Summary

Affiliation: Institute of Zoology
Country: UK

Publications

  1. ncbi How species respond to multiple extinction threats
    Nick J B Isaac
    Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent s Park, London NW1 4RY, UK
    Proc Biol Sci 271:1135-41. 2004
  2. ncbi Correlates of species richness in mammals: body size, life history, and ecology
    Nick J B Isaac
    Division of Biology, Imperial College, Silwood Park, Ascot, Berkshire SL5 7PY, United Kingdom
    Am Nat 165:600-7. 2005
  3. ncbi Mammals on the EDGE: conservation priorities based on threat and phylogeny
    Nick J B Isaac
    Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, London, United Kingdom
    PLoS ONE 2:e296. 2007
  4. ncbi High variability in patterns of population decline: the importance of local processes in species extinctions
    Guy Cowlishaw
    Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regents Park, London NW1 4RY, UK
    Proc Biol Sci 276:63-9. 2009
  5. ncbi Investing in evolutionary history: implementing a phylogenetic approach for mammal conservation
    Ben Collen
    Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent s Park, London NW1 4RY, UK
    Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 366:2611-22. 2011
  6. ncbi The scaling of abundance in consumers and their resources: implications for the energy equivalence rule
    Chris Carbone
    Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent s Park, London NW1 4RY, United Kingdom
    Am Nat 170:479-84. 2007
  7. ncbi Can unified theories of biodiversity explain mammalian macroecological patterns?
    Kate E Jones
    Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent s Park, UK
    Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 366:2554-63. 2011
  8. ncbi Are most species small? Not within species-level phylogenies
    C David L Orme
    Department of Biological Sciences, Imperial College, Silwood Park, Ascot SL5 7PY, UK
    Proc Biol Sci 269:1279-87. 2002
  9. ncbi How far do animals go? Determinants of day range in mammals
    Chris Carbone
    Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent s Park, London NW1 4RY, United Kingdom
    Am Nat 165:290-7. 2005
  10. ncbi Why are metabolic scaling exponents so controversial? Quantifying variance and testing hypotheses
    Nick J B Isaac
    Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, UK
    Ecol Lett 13:728-35. 2010

Detail Information

Publications13

  1. ncbi How species respond to multiple extinction threats
    Nick J B Isaac
    Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent s Park, London NW1 4RY, UK
    Proc Biol Sci 271:1135-41. 2004
    ..Our analyses therefore indicate that a species' vulnerability to local extinction can be highly variable and is likely to depend on both threat type and biology...
  2. ncbi Correlates of species richness in mammals: body size, life history, and ecology
    Nick J B Isaac
    Division of Biology, Imperial College, Silwood Park, Ascot, Berkshire SL5 7PY, United Kingdom
    Am Nat 165:600-7. 2005
    ..Our analyses provide no evidence that mammalian species richness is associated with body size or degree of sexual dimorphism...
  3. ncbi Mammals on the EDGE: conservation priorities based on threat and phylogeny
    Nick J B Isaac
    Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, London, United Kingdom
    PLoS ONE 2:e296. 2007
    ..The results suggest that global conservation priorities may have to be reassessed in order to prevent a disproportionately large amount of mammalian evolutionary history becoming extinct in the near future...
  4. ncbi High variability in patterns of population decline: the importance of local processes in species extinctions
    Guy Cowlishaw
    Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regents Park, London NW1 4RY, UK
    Proc Biol Sci 276:63-9. 2009
    ..The increased recognition and elucidation of local-scale processes in species declines will improve our ability to conserve biodiversity in the future...
  5. ncbi Investing in evolutionary history: implementing a phylogenetic approach for mammal conservation
    Ben Collen
    Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent s Park, London NW1 4RY, UK
    Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 366:2611-22. 2011
    ....
  6. ncbi The scaling of abundance in consumers and their resources: implications for the energy equivalence rule
    Chris Carbone
    Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent s Park, London NW1 4RY, United Kingdom
    Am Nat 170:479-84. 2007
    ..Our model predictions explain several inconsistencies in the observed scaling of vertebrate abundance among ecological and taxonomic groups and provide a broad framework for understanding variation in abundance...
  7. ncbi Can unified theories of biodiversity explain mammalian macroecological patterns?
    Kate E Jones
    Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent s Park, UK
    Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 366:2554-63. 2011
    ..Specifically, we suggest that UTBs need to incorporate the dimensions of geographical space, species' traits and time to reconcile theory with pattern...
  8. ncbi Are most species small? Not within species-level phylogenies
    C David L Orme
    Department of Biological Sciences, Imperial College, Silwood Park, Ascot SL5 7PY, UK
    Proc Biol Sci 269:1279-87. 2002
    ..We explore possible explanations for the inconsistency of our findings with macro-ecological patterns...
  9. ncbi How far do animals go? Determinants of day range in mammals
    Chris Carbone
    Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent s Park, London NW1 4RY, United Kingdom
    Am Nat 165:290-7. 2005
    ..Day ranges increase with group size in carnivores but not in other taxonomic groups...
  10. ncbi Why are metabolic scaling exponents so controversial? Quantifying variance and testing hypotheses
    Nick J B Isaac
    Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, UK
    Ecol Lett 13:728-35. 2010
    ..We conclude that current theories are inadequate to explain the full range of metabolic scaling patterns observed in nature...
  11. ncbi Phylogenetically nested comparisons for testing correlates of species richness: a simulation study of continuous variables
    Nick J B Isaac
    Department of Biological Sciences, Imperial College, Silwood Park, Ascot, Berks SL5 7PY, United Kingdom
    Evolution Int J Org Evolution 57:18-26. 2003
    ..We provide a set of simple guidelines to maximize the performance of phylogenetically nested comparisons in tests of putative correlates of species richness...
  12. ncbi Space-use scaling and home range overlap in primates
    Fiona Pearce
    Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent s Park, London NW1 4RY, UK, Department of Biology, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, UK, NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Maclean Building, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, Oxfordshire, Wallingford OX10 8BB, UK
    Proc Biol Sci 280:20122122. 2013
    ..We conclude that home range overlap is somewhat predictable, but the theoretical basis of animal space use remains patchy...
  13. ncbi Dominance and affiliation mediate despotism in a social primate
    Andrew J King
    Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent s Park, London, NW1 4RY, UK
    Curr Biol 18:1833-8. 2008
    ..Our findings highlight the importance of leader incentives and social relationships in group decision-making processes and the emergence of despotism...