Felisa A. Smith

Department of Biology, University of New Mexico

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Publications

2013

Smith, F.A. 2013. Commentary on Brown and Nicoletto. Pages xx-yy in F.A. Smith, J.L. Gittleman and J.H. Brown, editors. Foundations of Macroecology, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, in press.
Evans, A., D.P. Costa, K. Niklas, R.M. Sibly and F.A. Smith. 2013. Dimensions of macroecology: allometry and body size. Pages xx-yy in F.A. Smith, J.L. Gittleman and J.H. Brown, editors. Foundations of Macroecology, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, in press.
Smith, F.A., J.L. Gittleman and J.H. Brown. 2013. The macro of macroecology. Pages xx-yy in F.A. Smith, J.L. Gittleman and J.H. Brown, editors. Foundations of Macroecology, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, in press.
Smith, F.A., S.K. Lyons, K. Jones and B.A. Maurer. 2013. The influence of flight on patterns of body size diversity and heritability. Pages xx-xx in Body size: linking pattern and process across space, time and taxonomy (Smith, F.A. and S.K. Lyons, editors), University of Chicago Press, in press.
Lyons, S.K. and F.A. Smith. 2013. Macroecological patterns of body size in mammals across time and space. Pages xx-xx inBody size: linking pattern and process across space, time and taxonomy (Smith, F.A. and S.K. Lyons, editors), University of Chicago Press, in press.
Smith, F.A. and S.K. Lyons. 2013. On being the right size: the importance of size in life history, ecology and evolution. Pages xx-xx in Body size: linking pattern and process across space, time and taxonomy (Smith, F.A. and S.K. Lyons, editors), University of Chicago Press, in press.

2012

Payne, J.L., F.A. Smith, M. Kowalewski, R.A. Krause, A.G. Boyer, C.R. McClain, S. Finnegan, P.M. Novack-Gottshall, and L. Sheble. 2012. A lack of attribution: closing the citation gap through a reform of citation and indexing practices. Taxon 61:xx-xx.
Murray, I.W. and F.A. Smith. 2012. Estimating the influence of the thermal environment on activity patterns of the desert woodrat (Neotoma lepida) using temperature chronologies. Canadian Journal of Zoology 90:1171-1180.
Smith, F.A. and A. Boyer. 2012. Losing time? Incorporating a deeper temporal perspective into modern ecology. Frontiers in Biogeography 4.1:25-38.
Pardi, M.I. and F.A. Smith. 2012. Paleoecology in an era of climate change: how the past can provide insights into the future. Pages 93-116 in Palaeontology in Ecology and Conservation (Julien Louys, editor), Springer-Verlag, New York.
Evans, A.R., D. Jones, A.G. Boyer, J.H. Brown, D.P. Costa, S.K.M. Ernest, E.M.G. Fitzgerald, M. Fortelius, J.L. Gittleman, M.J. Hamilton, L.E. Harding, K. Lintulaakso, S.K. Lyons, J.G. Okie, J.J. Saarinen, R.M. Sibly, F.A. Smith, P.R. Stephens, J. Theodor and M. D. Uhen. 2012. The maximum rate of mammal evolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA, 23:36-58.
Anderson-Teixeira, K.J., F.A. Smith and S.K.M. Ernest. 2012. Climate Change. Pages 280-292 in J.H. Brown, A. Kodric Brown and R.M. Sibly, editors. Metabolic ecology: a scaling approach, Wiley-Blackwell, New York.
Smith, F.A. 2012. Some Like It Hot: Temperature and Mammal Body Size. Science 335:924-925.

2011

Crawford D.L., J.W. Dragoo, F.A. Smith and A.N. Chavez. Diversification within the Mexican vole (Microtus mexicanus) and the role of post-Pleistocene climate change. 2011. Western Great Basin Naturalist 71:176-194.
Smith, F.A. and S.K. Lyons. 2011. How big should a mammal be? A macroecological look at mammalian body size over space and time. Proceedings of the Royal Society B366:2364-2378.
Smith, F.A., S.M. Elliott and S.K. Lyons. 2011. Methane emissions from extinct megafauna: a reply to Brook and Severinghaus. Nature Geosciences 4:1-2.
Kowalewski, M., J.L. Payne, F.A. Smith, S.C. Wang, D.W. McShea, S. Xiao, P.M. Novack-Gottshall, C.R. McClain, R.A. Krause, Jr., A.G. Boyer, S. Finnegan, S.K. Lyons, J.A. Stempien, J. Alroy and P.A. Spaeth. 2011. The Geozoic supereon. Palaios 26:251-255.
Smith, F.A. 2011. Here be biogeographers. Bioscience 61:76-77.

2010

Payne, J.L., A.G. Boyer, J.H. Brown, S. Finnegan, M. Kowalewski, R.A. Krause, Jr., S.K. Lyons, C.R. McClain, D.W. McShea, P.M. Novack-Gottshall, F.A. Smith, P. Spaeth, J.A. Stempien, & S.C. Wang. 2010. The evolutionary consequences of oxygenic photosynthesis: a body size perspective. Photosynthesis Research. 107:37-57 (published online September 2010; doi: 10.1007/s11120-010-9593-1).
Smith, F.A., A.G. Boyer, J.H. Brown, D.P. Costa, T. Dyan, S.K.M. Ernest, A.R. Evans, M. Fortelius, J.L. Gittleman, M.J. Hamilton, L.E. Harding, K. Lintulaakso, S.K. Lyons, J.K. Okie, J.J. Saarinen, R. Sibly, P.R. Stephens, J. Theodor, & M. Uhen. 2010. The evolution of maximum body size of terrestrial mammals. Science 330:1216-1219.
Lyons, S.K. & F.A. Smith. 2010. Using a macroecological approach to study geographic range, abundance and body size in the fossil record. Quantitative methods for studying paleobiology. (J. Alroy and G. Hunt eds.) The Paleonotolgoical Society Papers. 16:1-26.
Smith, F.A., S.M. Elliott & S.K. Lyons. 2010. Methane emissions from extinct megafauna. Nature Geosciences 3:374-375 + online supplement. (Advance online publication: www.nature.com/naturegeoscience, doi:10.1038/ngeo877; 23 May 2010.
Smith, F.A., M.J. Hamilton & J.H. Brown. 2010. On the size selectivity of late Pleistocene extinctions: a mini forum based on Polishchuk. Evolutionary Ecology Research 12:403-412.

2009

Harding, L. & F.A. Smith. 2009. Mustela or Neovison? Evidence for the taxonomic status of the American mink and a distinct biogeographic radiation of American weasels. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 52:632-642.
Payne, J.L, A.G. Boyer, J.H. Brown, S. Finnegan, M. Kowalewski, R.A. Krause, Jr., S.K. Lyons, C.R. McClain, D.W. McShea, P.M. Novack-Gottshall, F.A. Smith, J.A. Stempien, & S.C. Wang. 2009. Two-phase increase in the maximum size of life over 3.5 billion years reflects biological innovation and environmental opportunity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA 106:24-27.

2008

Smith, F.A., D.L. Crawford, L.E. Harding, H.M. Lease, I.W. Murray, A. Raniszewski, & K.M. Youberg. 2008. A tale of two species: extirpation and range expansion during the late Quaternary in an extreme environment. Global and Planetary Change 65:122-133.
Smith, F.A., S.K. Lyons, S.K.M. Ernest & J.H. Brown. 2008. Macroecology: more than the division of food and space among species on continents. Progress in Physical Geography 32:115-138.
MacDonald, G.M., K.D. Bennett, S.T. Jackson, L. Parducci, F.A. Smith, J.P. Smol, and K.J. Willis. 2008. Impacts of climate change on species, populations and communities: palaeobiogeographical insights and frontiers. Progress in Physical Geography 32:139-172.
Smith, F.A. 2008. Body size, energetics and evolution. Pages 477-482 in Encyclopedia of Ecology (Sven Erik Jørgensen and Brian D. Fath, Editors-in-Chief), Volume 1, Elsevier, Oxford.

2006

Smith, F.A. 2006. On the lack of women in academic science. Science 314:592.
Donlan, C.J., J. Berger, C.E. Bock, J.H. Bock, D.A. Burney, J.A. Estes, D. Foreman, P.S. Martin, G.W. Roemer, F.A. Smith, M.E. Soulé, & H.W. Greene. Pleistocene Rewilding: an optimistic agenda for twenty-first century conservation. 2006. American Naturalist 168:660-681.
Smith, F.A. and J.L. Betancourt. 2006. Predicting woodrat (Neotoma) responses to anthropogenic warming from studies of the palaeomidden record. Journal of Biogeography 33:2061-2076.
Millien, V., S.K. Lyons, L. Olson, F.A. Smith, A.B. Wilson & Y. Yom-Tov. Ecotypic variation in the context of global climate change: revisiting the rules. 2006. Ecology Letters 9:853-869.

2005

Donlan, C.J., J. Berger, C.E. Bock, J.H. Bock, D.A. Burney, J.A. Estes, D. Foreman, P.S. Martin, G.W. Roemer, F.A. Smith, M.E. Soulé, & H.W. Greene. 2005. Rewilding North America. Nature 436:913-914.

2004

Lyons, S.K., F.A. Smith, E.P. White, & J.H. Brown. 2004. Was a 'hyperdisease' responsible for the late Pleistocene megafaunal extinction? Ecology Letters 7:859-868.
Maurer, B.A., J.H. Brown, T. Dayan, B.J. Enquist, S.K.M. Ernest, E.A. Hadly, J.P. Haskell, D. Jablonski, K.E. Jones, D.M. Kaufman, S.K. Lyons, K.J. Niklas, W.P. Porter, K. Roy, F.A. Smith, B. Tiffney, & M.R. Willig. 2004. Similarities in body size distributions of small-bodied flying vertebrates. Evolutionary Ecology Research 6:783-797.
Smith, F.A., J.H. Brown, J.P. Haskell, S.K. Lyons, J. Alroy, E.L. Charnov, T. Dayan, B.J. Enquist, S.K.M. Ernest, E.A. Hadly, D. Jablonski, K.E. Jones, D.M. Kaufman, P.A. Marquet, B.A. Maurer, K.J. Niklas, W.P. Porter, K. Roy, B. Tiffney, & M.R. Willig. 2004. Similarity of mammalian body size across the taxonomic hierarchy and across space and time. American Naturalist 163:672-691.
Lyons, S.K., F.A. Smith and J.H. Brown. 2004. Of mice, mastodon and men: human-mediated extinctions on four continents. Evolutionary Ecology Research 6:339-358.

2003

Ernest, S.K.M., B.J. Enquist, J.H. Brown, E.L. Charnov, J.F. Gillooly, V.M. Savage, E.P. White, F.A. Smith, E.A. Hadly, J.P. Haskell, S.K. Lyons, B.A. Maurer, K.J. Niklas, & B. Tiffney. 2003. Thermodynamic and metabolic effects on the scaling of production and population energy use. Ecology Letters 6:990-995.
Smith, F.A., S.K. Lyons, S.K.M. Ernest, K.E. Jones, D.M. Kaufman, T. Dayan, P.A. Marquet, J.H. Brown & J.P. Haskell. 2003. Body mass of late Quaternary mammals. Ecology 84:3402.
Choi, Y., S. Elliott, I.J. Simpson, D.R. Blake, J.J. Colman, M.K. Dubey, S. Meinardi, F.S. Rowland, T. Shirai, & F.A. Smith. 2003. Survey of whole air data from the second airborne biomass burning and lightning experiment using principal component analysis. Journal of Geophysical Research- Atmospheres 108:4163-4183.
Elliott, S., D.R. Blake, N.J. Blake, M.K. Dubey, F.S. Rowland, B.C Sive, & F.A. Smith. 2003. BIBLE A whole-air sampling as a window on Asian biogeochemistry. Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres 108:8407-8421.
Smith, F.A. & J.L. Betancourt. 2003. The effect of late Holocene temperature fluctuations on the evolution and ecology of Neotoma (woodrats) in Idaho and northwestern Utah. Quaternary Research 59:160-171.

2002

Smith, F.A., S. Elliott, D.R. Blake, & F.S. Rowland. 2002. Spatiotemporal variation of methane and other trace hydrocarbon concentrations in the Valley of Mexico. Environmental Science and Policy 5:449-461.
Damuth, J. D., M. Fortelius, P. Andrews, C. Badgley, E.A. Hadly, S. Hixon, C. Janis, R. H. Madden, K. Reed, F. A. Smith, J. Theodor, J. A. Van Dam, B. Van Valkenburgh, & L. Werdelin. 2002. Reconstructing mean annual precipitation based on mammalian dental morphology and local species richness. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(3) (suppl):48A.
Smith, F.A. 2002. On her own terms: Annie Montague Alexander and the rise of science in the American West. Journal of Mammalogy 83:626-628.
Decker, E.H., S. Elliott, & F.A. Smith. 2002. Megacities and the environment. The Scientific World Journal 2:374-386.

2001

Smith, F.A. & E.L. Charnov. 2001. Fitness trade-offs select for semelparous reproduction in an extreme environment. Evolutionary Ecology Research 3: 595-602.

2000

Elliott, S., D.R. Blake, J.C. Coman, M.K. Dubey, F.S. Rowland, T. Shirai, & F.A. Smith. 2000. Multivariate analysis of whole air hydrocarbon data: a principal components factor reduction applied to BIBLE B aircraft samples. Los Alamos National Laboratory Technical Report in the LAUR series.
Elliott, S., E.H. Decker, F.A. Smith, D.R. Blake, I.J. Simpson, & F.S. Rowland. 2000. Cities in the earth system. Environmental Science and Policy 3:157-160.
Smith, F.A., M.D. Matocq, K.F. Melendez, A.M. Ditto, & P.A. Kelly. 2000. How isolated are Pleistocene refugia? Results from a study on a relict woodrat population from the Mojave Desert, California. Journal of Biogeography 27:483-500.
Decker, E.H., S. Elliott, F.A. Smith, D.R. Blake & F.S. Rowland. 2000. Energy and meterial flow through the urban ecosystem. Annual Review of Energy and the Environment 25:685-740.
Elliott, S., D.R. Blake, J.E. Bossert, J.C. Chow, J.L.A. Colina, J.C. Doran, M. Dubey, R.A. Duce, S. Edgerton, J.D. Fast, J.S. Gaffrey, M. Gupta, F. Guzman, P.A. Matson, M.J. Prather, W. Riley, F.S. Rowland, M.E. Ruiz, A.G. Russell, F.A. Smith, G.E. Streit & J.G. Watson. 2000. Mexico City and the biogeochemistry of global urbanization. Environmental Science and Policy 3:145-156.

1998

Smith, F.A., H. Browning & U.L. Shepherd. 1998. The influence of climatic change on the body mass of woodrats (Neotoma albigula) in an arid region of New Mexico, USA. Ecography 21:140-148.
Smith, F.A., J.H. Brown and T.J. Valone. 1998. Path modeling methods and ecological interactions: a response to Grace and Pugesek. American Naturalist 152:160-161.
Smith, F.A. & J.L. Betancourt. 1998. Response of bushy-tailed woodrats (Neotoma cinerea) to late Quaternary climatic change in the Colorado Plateau. Quaternary Research 47:1-11.

1997

Smith, F.A. 1997. Neotoma cinerea. Mammalian Species 564:1-8.
Smith, F.A., J.H. Brown & T.J. Valone. 1997. Path analysis: a critical evaluation using long-term experimental data. American Naturalist 149:29-42.

1996

Smith, F.A. & D.M. Kaufman. 1996. A Quantitative analysis of the contributions of female mammalogists from 1919 to 1994. Journal of Mammalogy 77:613-628.
Smith, F.A. & J.H. Brown. 1996. The changing role of women in North American mammalogy. Journal of Mammalogy 77:609-613.
Smith, F.A. 1996. Den characteristics and survivorship of woodrats (Neotoma lepida) in the eastern Mojave Desert. Southwestern Naturalist 41:366-372.

1995

Smith, F.A. 1995. Scaling of digestive efficiency with body mass in Neotoma. Functional Ecology 9:299-305.
Smith, F.A., J.L. Betancourt & J.H. Brown. 1995. Evolution of body size in the woodrat over the past 25,000 years of climate change. Science 270:2012-2014.

1993

Smith, F.A., B.T. Bestelmeyer & M. Strong. 1993. Anthropogenic extinction of the endemic woodrat, Neotoma bunkeri Burt. Biodiversity Letters 1:149-155.

1992

Monroe, J., W.D. Wagner, J. Carr and F.A. Smith. 1992. Multi-species habitat conservation plan for Southwestern Riverside County, California. Riverside County Habitat Conservation Agency and Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, 275 pages. Received a Presidentail Award for Excellence.
Justice, K.E. & F.A. Smith. 1992. A model of dietary fiber utilization by small mammalian herbivores, with empirical results for Neotoma. American Naturalist 139:398-416.
Smith, F.A. 1992. Evolution of body size among woodrats from Baja California, Mexico. Functional Ecology 6:265-273.

1991

Smith, F.A. December 1991. Nutritional ecology and body size in Neotoma populations. Ph.D. dissertation, University of California, Irvine.

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