Peter J Mayhew

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Affiliation: University of York
Country: UK

Publications

  1. ncbi Shifts in hexapod diversification and what Haldane could have said
    Peter J Mayhew
    Department of Biology, University of York, PO Box 373, York YO10 5YW, UK
    Proc Biol Sci 269:969-74. 2002
  2. ncbi A long-term association between global temperature and biodiversity, origination and extinction in the fossil record
    Peter J Mayhew
    Department of Biology, University of York, York YO10 5YW, UK
    Proc Biol Sci 275:47-53. 2008
  3. ncbi Why are there so many insect species? Perspectives from fossils and phylogenies
    Peter J Mayhew
    Department of Biology Area 18, University of York, PO Box 373, York, YO10 5YW, UK
    Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 82:425-54. 2007
  4. ncbi Biodiversity tracks temperature over time
    Peter J Mayhew
    Department of Biology, University of York, York, United Kingdom
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 109:15141-5. 2012
  5. ncbi Many hexapod groups originated earlier and withstood extinction events better than previously realized: inferences from supertrees
    Robert B Davis
    Department of Biology, University of York, Heslington, York, UK
    Proc Biol Sci 277:1597-606. 2010
  6. ncbi Fossil gaps inferred from phylogenies alter the apparent nature of diversification in dragonflies and their relatives
    Robert B Davis
    Department of Biology, University of York, York, UK
    BMC Evol Biol 11:252. 2011
  7. ncbi The response of avian feeding guilds to tropical forest disturbance
    Michael A Gray
    Department of Biology Area 18, University of York, York YO10 5YW, United Kingdom
    Conserv Biol 21:133-41. 2007
  8. ncbi Effectiveness of vegetation surrogates for parasitoid wasps in reserve selection
    Sally E M Fraser
    Department of Biology, University of York, PO Box 373, York YO10 5YW, United Kingdom
    Conserv Biol 23:142-50. 2009
  9. ncbi The origins of species richness in the Hymenoptera: insights from a family-level supertree
    Robert B Davis
    Department of Biology, University of York, York, YO10 5YW, UK
    BMC Evol Biol 10:109. 2010
  10. ncbi Community structure in ichneumonid parasitoids at different spatial scales
    Sally E M Fraser
    Department of Biology, University of York, York, YO10 5YW, UK
    Oecologia 157:521-30. 2008

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Publications13

  1. ncbi Shifts in hexapod diversification and what Haldane could have said
    Peter J Mayhew
    Department of Biology, University of York, PO Box 373, York YO10 5YW, UK
    Proc Biol Sci 269:969-74. 2002
    ..Simultaneous, hence probable causative events are discussed, of which the origin of wing flexion has been the focus of much attention...
  2. ncbi A long-term association between global temperature and biodiversity, origination and extinction in the fossil record
    Peter J Mayhew
    Department of Biology, University of York, York YO10 5YW, UK
    Proc Biol Sci 275:47-53. 2008
    ..Our findings may have implications for extinction and biodiversity change under future climate warming...
  3. ncbi Why are there so many insect species? Perspectives from fossils and phylogenies
    Peter J Mayhew
    Department of Biology Area 18, University of York, PO Box 373, York, YO10 5YW, UK
    Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 82:425-54. 2007
    ....
  4. ncbi Biodiversity tracks temperature over time
    Peter J Mayhew
    Department of Biology, University of York, York, United Kingdom
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 109:15141-5. 2012
    ..Our findings suggest a convergence of global scale macroevolutionary and macroecological patterns for the biodiversity-temperature relationship...
  5. ncbi Many hexapod groups originated earlier and withstood extinction events better than previously realized: inferences from supertrees
    Robert B Davis
    Department of Biology, University of York, Heslington, York, UK
    Proc Biol Sci 277:1597-606. 2010
    ..Our study shows how combining fossil with phylogenetic information can improve macroevolutionary inferences...
  6. ncbi Fossil gaps inferred from phylogenies alter the apparent nature of diversification in dragonflies and their relatives
    Robert B Davis
    Department of Biology, University of York, York, UK
    BMC Evol Biol 11:252. 2011
    ..We then test whether equilibrial or expansionist models are supported by fossil data alone, and whether findings differ when phylogenetic information is used to infer gaps in the fossil record...
  7. ncbi The response of avian feeding guilds to tropical forest disturbance
    Michael A Gray
    Department of Biology Area 18, University of York, York YO10 5YW, United Kingdom
    Conserv Biol 21:133-41. 2007
    ..Overall, general patterns governed the responses of species to habitat disturbance, and the differential responses of guilds suggested that disturbance affects trophic organization and thus ecosystem functioning...
  8. ncbi Effectiveness of vegetation surrogates for parasitoid wasps in reserve selection
    Sally E M Fraser
    Department of Biology, University of York, PO Box 373, York YO10 5YW, United Kingdom
    Conserv Biol 23:142-50. 2009
    ..Our results suggest that vegetation data as a surrogate for species richness could prove an informative tool in parasitoid conservation, but further work is needed to test how broadly applicable these indicators may be...
  9. ncbi The origins of species richness in the Hymenoptera: insights from a family-level supertree
    Robert B Davis
    Department of Biology, University of York, York, YO10 5YW, UK
    BMC Evol Biol 10:109. 2010
    ..We used sister-group species-richness comparisons to infer the phylogenetic position of shifts in diversification...
  10. ncbi Community structure in ichneumonid parasitoids at different spatial scales
    Sally E M Fraser
    Department of Biology, University of York, York, YO10 5YW, UK
    Oecologia 157:521-30. 2008
    ..Our results show, through the fit of mechanistic niche-apportionment models, that the processes that may structure ichneumonid parasitoid assemblages are not consistent across taxa and spatial scales...
  11. ncbi Molecular evolutionary convergence of the flight muscle protein arthrin in Diptera and hemiptera
    Stephan Schmitz
    Department of Biology, University of York, York, United Kingdom
    Mol Biol Evol 20:2019-33. 2003
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  12. ncbi Competitive interactions between parasitoid larvae and the evolution of gregarious development
    John J Pexton
    Department of Biology, University of York, PO Box 373, YO10 5 YW, York, UK
    Oecologia 141:179-90. 2004
    ..The observed outcome of interspecific competition offers evidence, with respect to this subfamily, in favour of the new models (searching vs non-searching phenotypes)...
  13. ncbi Small body size in an insect shifts development, prior to adult eclosion, towards early reproduction
    Ashley D Thorne
    Department of Biology, Area 18, University of York, PO Box 373, York YO10 5YW, UK
    Proc Biol Sci 273:1099-103. 2006
    ..These findings are likely to have important implications for developmental biologists and population biologists...