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Geerat J. Vermeij
Researcher at University of California, Davis
Publications - 203
Citations - 16473
Geerat J. Vermeij is an academic researcher from University of California, Davis. The author has contributed to research in topics: Predation & Genus. The author has an hindex of 59, co-authored 196 publications receiving 15409 citations. Previous affiliations of Geerat J. Vermeij include University of Maryland, College Park & National Museum of Natural History.
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Approaching a state shift in Earth’s biosphere
Anthony D. Barnosky,Elizabeth A. Hadly,Jordi Bascompte,Eric L. Berlow,James H. Brown,Mikael Fortelius,Wayne M. Getz,John Harte,Alan Hastings,Pablo A. Marquet,Neo D. Martinez,Arne Ø. Mooers,Peter D. Roopnarine,Geerat J. Vermeij,John W. Williams,Rosemary G. Gillespie,Justin Kitzes,Charles R. Marshall,Nicholas J. Matzke,David P. Mindell,Eloy Revilla,Adam B. Smith +21 more
TL;DR: Evidence that the global ecosystem as a whole is approaching a planetary-scale critical transition as a result of human influence is reviewed, highlighting the need to improve biological forecasting by detecting early warning signs of critical transitions.
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Evolution and Escalation: An Ecological History of Life
TL;DR: Geerat Vermeij demonstrates that escalation--the process by which species adapt to, or are limited by, their enemies as the latter increase in ability to acquire and retain resources--has been a dominant theme in the history of life despite frequent episodes of extinction.
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The Mesozoic marine revolution: evidence from snails, predators and grazers
TL;DR: The substantial increase of snail-shell sturdiness beginning in the Early Cretaceous has accompanied, and was perhaps in response to, the evolution of powerful, relatively small, shell-destroying predators such as teleosts, stomatopods, and decapod crustaceans.
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Don't judge species on their origins
Mark A. Davis,Matthew K. Chew,Richard J. Hobbs,Ariel E. Lugo,John J. Ewel,Geerat J. Vermeij,James H. Brown,Michael L. Rosenzweig,Mark R. Gardener,Scott P. Carroll,Ken Thompson,Steward T. A. Pickett,Juliet C. Stromberg,Peter Del Tredici,Katharine N. Suding,Joan G. Ehrenfeld,J. Philip Grime,Joseph Mascaro,John C. Briggs +18 more
TL;DR: Conservationists should assess organisms on environmental impact rather than on whether they are natives, argue Mark Davis and 18 other ecologists.
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Biogeography and Adaptation: Patterns of Marine Life
TL;DR: 1. Climate and Limitations of Form Part 1: Patterns of Adaptation along Gradients 2. Shelled Gastropods 3. Bivalves 4. Sessile Organisms 5. Predation and Grazing 6. Relation to Present-Day Conditions 7. Extinction and Speciation 8. Patterns of Biotic History 9. Barriers and Biotic Exchange