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D-Index
65
Citations
25875
World Ranking
1742
National Ranking
634

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2008 - William S. Cooper Award, The Ecological Society of America Phylogenies and community ecology. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 33:475–505.
  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1999 - George Mercer Award, The Ecological Society of America

Overview

Mark A. McPeek is affiliated with Dartmouth College in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research spans several subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science, and Molecular Biology.

Their publication record features multiple recent papers with a focus on ecology, evolution, and genetic dynamics. Notable recent works include:

  • When Ecology Fails: How Reproductive Interactions Promote Species Coexistence (2021) published in Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • MicroRNAs as Indicators into the Causes and Consequences of Whole-Genome Duplication Events (2021) published in Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • Integrating fundamental processes to understand eco-evolutionary community dynamics and patterns (2021) published in Functional Ecology
  • The Evolution of Resource Provisioning in Pollination Mutualisms (2021) published in The American Naturalist
  • Eco-evolutionary feedbacks among pollinators, herbivores, and their plant resources (2022) published in Evolution

Their work has been published frequently in venues including The American Naturalist, Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Molecular Biology and Evolution, Functional Ecology, and Evolution.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Sarah J. McPeek, Miguel Gómez-Llano, Adam M. Siepielski, Judith L. Bronstein, and Kevin J. Peterson.

Their research encompasses various scientific topics such as:

  • Plant and animal studies
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Mark A. McPeek has also contributed to academic literature through books published by Princeton University Press, including multiple editions of "Coexistence in Ecology" released in 2022.

Their recognition includes several awards, such as:

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2016)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2008)
  • William S. Cooper Award from The Ecological Society of America (2008) for work on phylogenies and community ecology
  • George Mercer Award from The Ecological Society of America (1999)

Best Publications

  • Phylogenies and Community Ecology

    Campbell O. Webb;David D. Ackerly;Mark A. McPeek;Michael J. Donoghue

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

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

  • Predation, Competition, and Prey Communities: A Review of Field Experiments

    Andrew Sih;Philip Crowley;Mark McPeek;James Petranka

  • The Evolution of Dispersal in Spatially and Temporally Varying Environments

    Mark A. McPeek;Robert D. Holt

  • Early bursts of body size and shape evolution are rare in comparative data.

    Luke J Harmon;Luke J Harmon;Jonathan B Losos;T Jonathan Davies;Rosemary G Gillespie

  • Coexistence of the niche and neutral perspectives in community ecology.

    Mathew A. Leibold;Mark A. McPeek

  • Enhanced Fitness Conferred by Naturally Occurring Variation in the Circadian Clock

    Todd P. Michael;Patrice A. Salomé;Hannah J. Yu;Taylor R. Spencer

  • Estimating metazoan divergence times with a molecular clock

    Kevin J. Peterson;Jessica B. Lyons;Kristin S. Nowak;Carter M. Takacs

  • The community context of species' borders: ecological and evolutionary perspectives

    Ted J. Case;Robert D. Holt;Mark A. McPeek;Timothy H. Keitt

  • Direct and Indirect Effects of Predators on Two Anuran Species along an Environmental Gradient

    Earl E. Werner;Mark A. McPeek

  • The ecological dynamics of clade diversification and community assembly.

    Mark A. McPeek

  • The dynamics of evolutionary stasis

    Niles Eldredge;John N. Thompson;Paul M. Brakefield;Sergey Gavrilets

  • THE CONSEQUENCES OF CHANGING THE TOP PREDATOR IN A FOOD WEB: A COMPARATIVE EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH

    Mark A. McPeek

  • Behavioral Differences between Enallagma Species (Odonata) Influencing Differential Vulnerability to Predators

    Mark A. McPeek

  • The phylogenetic distribution of metazoan microRNAs: insights into evolutionary complexity and constraint.

    Lorenzo F. Sempere;Charles N. Cole;Mark A. Mcpeek;Kevin J. Peterson

  • LIFE HISTORIES AND THE STRENGTHS OF SPECIES INTERACTIONS: COMBINING MORTALITY, GROWTH, AND FECUNDITY EFFECTS

    Mark A. McPeek;Barbara L. Peckarsky

  • MicroRNAs and metazoan macroevolution: insights into canalization, complexity, and the Cambrian explosion

    Kevin J. Peterson;Michael R. Dietrich;Mark A. McPeek

  • DETERMINATION OF SPECIES COMPOSITION IN THE ENALLAGMA DAMSELFLY ASSEMBLAGES OF PERMANENT LAKES

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  • Predation Risk and The Foraging Behavior of Competing Stream Insects

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  • Is dispersal neutral

    Winsor H. Lowe;Mark A. McPeek

  • CHAOTIC POPULATION DYNAMICS FAVORS THE EVOLUTION OF DISPERSAL

    Robert D. Holt;Mark A. McPeek

  • On the evidence for species coexistence: a critique of the coexistence program

    Adam M. Siepielski;Mark A. McPeek

Frequent Co-Authors

Robby Stoks
Robby Stoks KU Leuven
Winsor H. Lowe
Winsor H. Lowe University of Montana
Robert D. Holt
Robert D. Holt University of Florida
Barbara L. Peckarsky
Barbara L. Peckarsky University of Wisconsin–Madison
Allen J. Moore
Allen J. Moore University of Georgia
Mark D. Rausher
Mark D. Rausher Duke University
Kevin J. Peterson
Kevin J. Peterson Dartmouth College
Li Shen
Li Shen University of Pennsylvania
Loren H. Rieseberg
Loren H. Rieseberg University of British Columbia

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