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Overview

Andrew P. Allen is affiliated with Macquarie University in Australia. Their research primarily falls within the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a notable focus on subfields including Insect Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Genetics.

The scientist's work covers several key topics, notably plant and animal studies, animal and plant science education, insect behavior and control techniques, bat biology and ecology studies, insect utilization and effects, forest insect ecology and management, and species distribution and climate change.

Andrew P. Allen has contributed to a range of scientific journals, publishing in venues such as Scientific Data, Plants People Planet, Scientific Reports, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and the Journal of Insect Science. Among their recent papers are:

  • AnimalTraits - a curated animal trait database for body mass, metabolic rate and brain size (2022, Scientific Data)
  • Global shortfalls in threat assessments for endemic flora by country (2023, Plants People Planet)
  • Canopy distribution and microclimate preferences of sterile and wild Queensland fruit flies (2021, Scientific Reports)
  • Global shortfalls in extinction risk assessments for endemic flora (2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory))
  • Morphological Variation in Bumblebees (Bombus terrestris) (Hymenoptera:Apidae) After Three Decades of an Island Invasion (2023, Journal of Insect Science)

Throughout their research career, they have worked collaboratively with several frequent coauthors, including:

  • Ian J. Wright
  • Phillip W. Taylor
  • Polychronis Rempoulakis
  • Martin J. Whiting
  • Rachael V. Gallagher

Best Publications

  • Toward a metabolic theory of ecology

    James H. Brown;James H. Brown;James F. Gillooly;Andrew P. Allen;Van M. Savage;Van M. Savage

  • Evolution and the latitudinal diversity gradient: speciation, extinction and biogeography

    Gary G. Mittelbach;Douglas W. Schemske;Howard V. Cornell;Andrew P. Allen

  • Niche conservatism as an emerging principle in ecology and conservation biology.

    John J. Wiens;David D. Ackerly;Andrew P. Allen;Brian L. Anacker

  • Global Biodiversity, Biochemical Kinetics, and the Energetic-Equivalence Rule

    Andrew P. Allen;James H. Brown;James F. Gillooly

  • Methane fluxes show consistent temperature dependence across microbial to ecosystem scales

    Gabriel Yvon-Durocher;Andrew P. Allen;David Bastviken;Ralf Conrad

  • The predominance of quarter-power scaling in biology

    V. M. Savage;V. M. Savage;J. F. Gillooly;W. H. Woodruff;W. H. Woodruff;G. B. West;G. B. West

  • Linking the global carbon cycle to individual metabolism

    A. P. Allen;J. F. Gillooly;J. H. Brown;J. H. Brown

  • The rate of DNA evolution: Effects of body size and temperature on the molecular clock

    James F. Gillooly;Andrew P. Allen;Geoffrey B. West;Geoffrey B. West;James H. Brown

  • Reconciling the temperature dependence of respiration across timescales and ecosystem types

    Gabriel Yvon-Durocher;Gabriel Yvon-Durocher;Jane M. Caffrey;Alessandro Cescatti;Matteo Dossena

  • Kinetic effects of temperature on rates of genetic divergence and speciation

    Andrew P. Allen;James F. Gillooly;Van M. Savage;James H. Brown

  • Scaling metabolism from organisms to ecosystems

    Brian J. Enquist;Evan P. Economo;Travis E. Huxman;Andrew P. Allen

  • Towards an integration of ecological stoichiometry and the metabolic theory of ecology to better understand nutrient cycling

    Andrew P. Allen;James F. Gillooly

  • Scaling of number, size, and metabolic rate of cells with body size in mammals

    Van M. Savage;Andrew P. Allen;James H. Brown;James H. Brown;James F. Gillooly

  • On Theory in Ecology

    Pablo A. Marquet;Andrew P. Allen;James H. Brown;Jennifer A. Dunne

  • Assessing latitudinal gradients in speciation rates and biodiversity at the global scale.

    Andrew P. Allen;James F. Gillooly

  • Adult and larval traits as determinants of geographic range size among tropical reef fishes

    Osmar J. Luiz;Andrew P. Allen;D. Ross Robertson;Sergio R. Floeter

  • Taller plants have lower rates of molecular evolution

    Robert Lanfear;Robert Lanfear;Simon Y. W. Ho;T. Jonathan Davies;Angela T. Moles

  • The metabolic basis of whole-organism RNA and phosphorus content

    James F. Gillooly;James F. Gillooly;Andrew P. Allen;James H. Brown;James H. Brown;James J. Elser

  • Five years of experimental warming increases the biodiversity and productivity of phytoplankton

    Gabriel Yvon-Durocher;Andrew P. Allen;Maria Cellamare;Matteo Dossena

  • Energetics of life on the deep seafloor

    Craig R. McClain;Andrew P. Allen;Derek P. Tittensor;Derek P. Tittensor;Michael A. Rex

  • Biological scaling: does the exception prove the rule?

    Brian J. Enquist;Brian J. Enquist;Andrew P. Allen;James H. Brown;James H. Brown;James F. Gillooly

Frequent Co-Authors

James F. Gillooly
James F. Gillooly University of Florida
James H. Brown
James H. Brown University of New Mexico
Van M. Savage
Van M. Savage University of California, Los Angeles
Gabriel Yvon-Durocher
Gabriel Yvon-Durocher University of Exeter
Brian J. Enquist
Brian J. Enquist University of Arizona
Guy Woodward
Guy Woodward Imperial College London
Eric L. Charnov
Eric L. Charnov University of New Mexico
T. Jonathan Davies
T. Jonathan Davies University of British Columbia
Sergio R. Floeter
Sergio R. Floeter Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Mark Trimmer
Mark Trimmer Queen Mary University of London

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