publications & selected manuscripts

  • Okie, J.G., V.H. Smith, and M. Martin-Cereceda. In prep. Allometric scaling of mitochondria, chloroplasts, and cells across major evolutionary transitions in individuality.

  • Stephens, P.R., A.G. Boyer, J.H. Brown, D.P. Costa, S.K.M. Ernest, A.R. Evans, M. Fortelius, M.J. Hamilton, L.E. Harding, K. Lintulaakso, S.K. Lyons, J.G. Okie, J.J. Saarinen, R.M. Sibly, F.A. Smith, J. Theodor, M.D. Uhen, and J.L. Gittleman. In review. Understanding the relationship between phylogenetic signal and evolutionary rate: a natural experiment in mammalian body size evolution. Biology Letters.

  • Nekola, J.C., C.D. Allen, J.H. Brown, W.R. Burnside, A.D. Davidson, T.S. Fristoe, M.J. Hamilton, S.T. Hammond, A. Kodric-Brown, N. Mercado-Silva, and J.G. Okie. In review. The Malthusian-Darwinian dynamic and humanity's future. Trends in Ecology and Evolution.

  • Okie, J.G. In review. Surface area scaling strategies of cells and organisms: Fractality, geometric dissimilitude, and internalization. American Naturalist.
  • Burger, J.R., C.D. Allen, J. H. Brown, W.R. Burnside, A.D. Davidson, T.S. Fristoe, M.J. Hamilton, N. Mercado-Silva, J.C. Nekola, J.G. Okie, and W. Zuo. In press. The macroecology of sustainability. PLoS Biology.

  • Collins, S.L., S.E. Koerner, J.A. Plaut, J.G. Okie, D. Brese, L.B. Calabrese, A. Carvajal, R.J. Evansen, and E. Nonaka. 2012. Stability of tallgrass prairie during a 19-year increase in growing season precipitation. Functional ecology. Early View, April 25.
  • Okie, J.G. 2012. Microorganisms, in Metabolic ecology: A scaling approach (eds R.M. Sibly, J.H. Brown, and A. Kodric-Brown), Jon Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK.

  • Evans, A.R., D.O. Jones, A.G. Boyer, J.H. Brown, D.P. Costa, T. Dayan, S.K.M. Ernest, M. Fortelius, J.L. Gittleman, M.J. HamiltonL.E. Harding, K. Lintulaakso, S.K. Lyons, J.G. Okie, J.J. Saarinen, R.M. Sibly, F.A. Smith, P.R. Stephens, J. Theodor, and M.D. Uhen. 2012. The maximum rate of mammal evolution Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109:4187-4190.
    (PNAS Commentary by David Polly)