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Overview

Douglas J. McCauley is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on environmental science, with significant contributions across several subfields including ecology, global and planetary change, nature and landscape conservation, oceanography, and management, monitoring, policy, and law.

Their work covers a range of topics with a focus on marine and environmental systems. Main topics associated with their research include:

  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine and Fisheries Research
  • Marine Animal Studies Overview
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Ichthyology and Marine Biology
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Marine and Coastal Plant Biology

Douglas J. McCauley has published frequently in notable scientific journals. Some of the most common publication venues include:

  • Science
  • Science Advances
  • Marine Policy
  • Conservation Biology
  • Ecology and Evolution

Recent papers by McCauley demonstrate a focus on global environmental challenges, marine policy, and conservation biology. Representative publications include:

  • "Scenarios for Global Aquaculture and Its Role in Human Nutrition," 2020, Reviews in Fisheries Science & Aquaculture
  • "Herbivores at the Highest Risk of Extinction among Mammals, Birds, and Reptiles," 2020, Science Advances
  • "Pathways to Reduce Global Plastic Waste Mismanagement and Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2050," 2024, Science
  • "Data-driven Approach for Highlighting Priority Areas for Protection in Marine Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction," 2020, Marine Policy
  • "A Global Ecological Signal of Extinction Risk in Terrestrial Vertebrates," 2021, Conservation Biology

Collaborative work is an integral part of McCauley's output, with frequent co-authors contributing to their research including Hillary S. Young, Timothy D. White, Jennifer E. Caselle, Fiorenza Micheli, and Erin Dillon.

Best Publications

  • Marine defaunation: Animal loss in the global ocean

    Douglas J. McCauley;Malin L. Pinsky;Stephen R. Palumbi;James A. Estes

  • Selling out on nature

    Douglas J. McCauley

  • Nutrition: Fall in fish catch threatens human health

    Christopher D. Golden;Edward H. Allison;William W. L. Cheung;Madan M. Dey

  • Greater vulnerability to warming of marine versus terrestrial ectotherms.

    Malin L. Pinsky;Anne Maria Eikeset;Douglas J. McCauley;Jonathan L. Payne

  • Marine reserves can mitigate and promote adaptation to climate change.

    Callum M. Roberts;Bethan C. O’Leary;Douglas J. McCauley;Philippe Maurice Cury

  • Patterns, Causes, and Consequences of Anthropocene Defaunation

    Hillary S. Young;Douglas J. McCauley;Mauro Galetti;Rodolfo Dirzo

  • Extinction risk is most acute for the world's largest and smallest vertebrates.

    William J. Ripple;Christopher Wolf;Thomas M. Newsome;Michael Hoffmann

  • Megafaunal Impacts on Structure and Function of Ocean Ecosystems

    James A. Estes;Michael Heithaus;Douglas J. McCauley;Douglas B. Rasher

  • Assessing the effects of large mobile predators on ecosystem connectivity

    Douglas J. McCauley;Hillary S. Young;Robert B. Dunbar;James A. Estes

  • Herbivore-initiated interaction cascades and their modulation by productivity in an African savanna.

    Robert M. Pringle;Truman P. Young;Daniel I. Rubenstein;Douglas J. McCauley

  • Ending hide and seek at sea

    Douglas J. McCauley;Paul Woods;Brian Sullivan;Bjorn Bergman

  • Ecological selectivity of the emerging mass extinction in the oceans

    Jonathan L. Payne;Andrew M. Bush;Noel A. Heim;Matthew L. Knope

  • Scenarios for Global Aquaculture and Its Role in Human Nutrition

    Jessica A Gephart;Christopher D Golden;Frank Asche;Ben Belton

  • Vulnerabilities and fisheries impacts: The uncertain future of manta and devil rays

    Donald A. Croll;Heidi Dewar;Nicholas K. Dulvy;Daniel Fernando

  • Wildlife decline and social conflict

    Justin S. Brashares;Briana Abrahms;Kathryn J. Fiorella;Christopher D. Golden

  • Assessing the effectiveness of a large marine protected area for reef shark conservation

    Timothy D. White;Aaron B. Carlisle;David A. Kroodsma;Barbara A. Block

  • Herbivores at the highest risk of extinction among mammals, birds, and reptiles.

    Trisha B. Atwood;Shaley A. Valentine;Shaley A. Valentine;Edd Hammill;Douglas J. McCauley

  • Declines in large wildlife increase landscape-level prevalence of rodent-borne disease in Africa

    Hillary S. Young;Rodolfo Dirzo;Kristofer M. Helgen;Douglas J. McCauley

  • From wing to wing: the persistence of long ecological interaction chains in less-disturbed ecosystems

    Douglas J. McCauley;Douglas J. McCauley;Paul A. DeSalles;Hillary S. Young;Hillary S. Young;Robert B. Dunbar

  • Plants cause ecosystem nutrient depletion via the interruption of bird-derived spatial subsidies

    Hillary S. Young;Douglas J. McCauley;Robert B. Dunbar;Rodolfo Dirzo

  • Effects of mammalian herbivore declines on plant communities: observations and experiments in an African savanna

    Hillary S. Young;Douglas J. McCauley;Kristofer M. Helgen;Jacob R. Goheen

Frequent Co-Authors

Hillary S. Young
Hillary S. Young University of California, Santa Barbara
Rodolfo Dirzo
Rodolfo Dirzo Stanford University
Fiorenza Micheli
Fiorenza Micheli Stanford University
Robert B. Dunbar
Robert B. Dunbar Stanford University
Kristofer M. Helgen
Kristofer M. Helgen Australian Museum
Truman P. Young
Truman P. Young University of California, Davis
Robert M. Pringle
Robert M. Pringle Princeton University
Yannis P. Papastamatiou
Yannis P. Papastamatiou Florida International University
Thomas M. Newsome
Thomas M. Newsome University of Sydney

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