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| Peter J MayhewSummaryAffiliation: University of York Country: UK Publications
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Shifts in hexapod diversification and what Haldane could have saidPeter 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...
A long-term association between global temperature and biodiversity, origination and extinction in the fossil recordPeter 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...
Why are there so many insect species? Perspectives from fossils and phylogeniesPeter 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....
Biodiversity tracks temperature over timePeter 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...
Many hexapod groups originated earlier and withstood extinction events better than previously realized: inferences from supertreesRobert 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...
Fossil gaps inferred from phylogenies alter the apparent nature of diversification in dragonflies and their relativesRobert 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...
The response of avian feeding guilds to tropical forest disturbanceMichael 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...
Effectiveness of vegetation surrogates for parasitoid wasps in reserve selectionSally 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...
The origins of species richness in the Hymenoptera: insights from a family-level supertreeRobert 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...
Community structure in ichneumonid parasitoids at different spatial scalesSally 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...
Molecular evolutionary convergence of the flight muscle protein arthrin in Diptera and hemipteraStephan Schmitz
Department of Biology, University of York, York, United Kingdom
Mol Biol Evol 20:2019-33. 2003....
Competitive interactions between parasitoid larvae and the evolution of gregarious developmentJohn 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)...
Small body size in an insect shifts development, prior to adult eclosion, towards early reproductionAshley 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...
