Mark Alan Mcpeek
Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Dartmouth College
United States of America
Biography
Mark Alan McPeek is an ecologist and evolutionary biologist. He uses both empirical and theoretical approaches to understand the ecological processes that determine the distributions and abundances of organisms today and that shaped the adaptation and diversification of these organisms in the past. He tries to integrate ideas, data, and approaches from various disciplines, including population and community ecology, population genetics, molecular systematics, comparative biology, macroevolution, and paleontology.
Research Interest
Evolutionary biology, community ecology, sexual selection, phylogenetic studies, adaptation, population biology
Publications
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McPeek, M. A., and P. H. Crowley. 1987. The effects of density and relative size on the aggressive behaviour, movement and feeding of damselfly larvae (Odonata: Coenagrionidae). Animal Behaviour 35:1051-1061.
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Sih, A., P. Crowley, M. McPeek, J. Petranka, and K. Strohmeier. 1985. Predation, competition, and prey communities: A review of field experiments. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 16:269-311.
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McPeek, M. A., B. L. Cook, and W. C. McComb. 1983. Habitat selection by small mammals in an urban woodlot. Transactions of the Kentucky Academy of Sciences 44:68-73.