Research Interests:
I am interested in the ecology of ancient or relict populations of animals, and what they can tell us about community interactions in response to climatological, ecological, or anthropogenic disturbances. Of particular interest to me is the utilization of marine resources by terrestrial predators and the immediate impacts on the local environment. I am currently using both heavy and light stable isotopes to quantify aspects of these subjects.
Publications:
Yeakel JD, Bennett NC, Koch PL, Dominy NJ. (2007). The isotopic ecology of African mole-rats informs hypotheses on the evolution of human diet. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B (in press and available online click here).
Manuscripts in Preparation
Yeakel JD, Geraads D., Koch PL, Dominy NJ. Theropithecus in North Africa: Adaptations in Response to Climatic Change.
Yeakel JD, Koch PL, Dominy NJ. The Biogeographic Dietary Ecology of Theropithecus: An Isotopic Approach.
Contributions at Professional Meetings Society of Vertebrate Paleontology: 65th Annual Meeting, October 2005.
UCSC Graduate Research Symposium. May, 2006.
The 5th International Conference on Applications of Stable Isotope Techniques to Ecological Studies; Belfast, Ireland. August, 2006.
UCSC Plant Sciences Symposium. February, 2007.
American Association of Physical Anthropologists: Annual Meeting. March, 2007. |
