Competition, Guild Structure and Evolution in the Carnivora
| PI(s): | Julie A Meachen-Samuels |
| Start Date: | 2009-08-01 |
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I am examining how mammalian carnivores differentiate their diets and how they compete for resources within carnivore guilds. I will be examining both living guilds from all over the world and extinct guilds from the Pleistocene and Pliocene of North America. I will be looking at carnivore skeletal morphology to see if there is a shift in form or body size depending upon what other carnivore species are present in the guild. This data can ultimately be used to predict what will happen to the world's remaining carnivore species as other carnivore species in their guild become extinct. For more information, my publications and CV go to:
http://www.duke.edu/~js311/
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Presentations- Job interview talk for John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, titled, "Carnivore Morphology and Evolution: Past, Present and Future" given on November 17, 2009
- short talk for triangle area SCONCs at NESCent titled, "Smilodon fatalis, a different kind of predator" on November 19, 2009
- Short untitled talk to the Pocatello, Idaho Kennel Club on canid turbinates and competition and niche partitioning in extinct canids. November 10, 2009
- 2009. Sabertooth just a pussycat next to feline kin. The Durham Herald-Sun.
- Smith, R. 2009. Sabertoothed males were pussycats. Duke University Office of News and Communications.
- Switek, Brian. 2009. Q: How do you sex a Smilodon? (A: Very carefully). Laelaps Science Blog.
- Unknown. 2009. Sabertooth tigers were relative pussycats. Fox News.
- Unknown. 2009. Study paints sabertooths as relative pussycats. LiveScience.
- Unknown. 2009. Study paints sabertooths as relative pussycats. MSNBC News.
