Publications of Dan McShea :chronological combined bibtex listing:
Papers Published
- Payne, J.L., C.R. McClain, A.G. Boyer, J.H. Brown, S. Finnegan, M. Kowalewski, R.A. Krause, S.K. Lyons, D.W. McShea, P.M. Novack-Gottshall, F.A. Smith, P. Spaeth, J.A. Stempien, S.C. Wang, The evolutionary consequences of oxygenic photosynthesis: A body-size perspective, Photosynthesis Research (2010) (Published online 7 Sept 2010, DOI 10.1007/s11120-010-9593-1.)
- 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, and S.C. Wang, 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 Sciences, vol. 106 (2009), pp. 24-27
- J. Marcot and D.W. McShea, Increasing hierarchical complexity throughout the history of life: phylogenetic tests of trend mechanisms, Paleobiology, vol. 33 (2007), pp. 182-200 [abs] [author's comments]
- D.W. McShea, The evolution of complexity without natural selection (or, a possible large-scale trend of the fourth kind), Paleobiology, vol. 31 (Supplement) (2005), pp. 146-156
- D.W. McShea, A universal generative tendency toward increased organismal complexity, in Variation: A Central Concept in Biology, edited by B. Hallgrimsson and B. Hall (2005), pp. 435-453, Academic Press
- D.W. McShea and C. Anderson, The remodularization of the organism, in Modularity: Understanding the Development and Evolution of Natural Complex Systems, edited by W. Callebaut and D. Rasskin-Gutman (2005), pp. 185-206, The MIT Press
- D.W. McShea, (Abstract) The evolution of complexity without natural selection, Abstracts with Programs, Geological Society of America, vol. 36 (2004), pp. A-18
- Marcot, J.D. and D.W. McShea, (Abstract) Phylogenetic tests of directional bias in hierarchical evolution, Abstracts with Programs, Geological Society of America, vol. 36 (2004), pp. A-18
- L. Marino, D.W. McShea, and M.D. Uhen, Origin and evolution of large brains in toothed whales, Anatomical Record, vol. 281A (2004), pp. 1247-1255
- Marino, L., M.D. Uhen, D. McShea, (Abstract) Encephalization trends in cetacean evolution: New data and new analyses, Brain, Behavior, and Evolution (2003)
- P.M. Novack-Gottshall and D.W. McShea, (Abstract) Quantifying ecological disparity: comparative paleoecology of Ordovician and Recent marine assemblages, Abstracts with Programs, Geological Society of America, vol. 35 (2003)
- D.W. McShea and M.A. Changizi, Three puzzles in hierarchical evolution, Integrative and Comparative Biology, vol. 43 (2003), pp. 74-81
- D.W. McShea, A complexity drain on cells in the evolution of multicellularity, Evolution, vol. 56 no. 3 (2002), pp. 441-452
- D.W. McShea and E.P. Venit, Testing for bias in the evolution of coloniality: A demonstration in cyclostome bryozoans, Paleobiology, vol. 28 no. 3 (2002), pp. 308-327
- Anderson, C and DW McShea, Intermediate-level parts in insect societies: adaptive structures that ants build away from the nest, Insectes Sociaux, vol. 48 (January, 2001), pp. 291-301
- D.W. McShea, The "minor transitions" in hierarchial evolution and the question of directional bias, Journal of Evolutionary Biology, vol. 14 (2001), pp. 502-518
- D.W. McShea, The hierarchical structure of organisms: a scale and documentation of a trend in the maximum, Paleobiology, vol. 27 (2001), pp. 405-423
- Ciampaglio, C.N., M. Kemp, and D.W. McShea, Detecting changes in morphospace occupation patterns in the fossil record: characterization and analysis of measures of disparity, Paleobiology, vol. 27 no. 4 (2001), pp. 695-715
- Anderson, C, NR Franks, and DW McShea, The complexity and hierarchial structure of tasks in insect societies, Animal Behaviour, vol. 62 (2001), pp. 643-651
- Anderson, C and DW McShea, Individual versus social complexity, with particular reference to ant colonies, Biological Reviews (of the Cambridge Philosophical Society), vol. 76 (2001), pp. 211-237
- D.W. McShea, Parts and integration: consequences of hierarchy, in Evolutionary Patterns: Growth, Form, and Tempo in the Fossil Record, pp. 27-60, edited by JBC Jackson, S Lidgard, and FK McKinney (2001), Chicago: Univ. Chicago Press
- D.W. McShea, Evolutionary trends, in Palaeobiology II, pp. 206-210, edited by DEG Briggs and PR Crowther (2001), Oxford: Blackwell
- D.W. McShea and E.P. Venit, What is a part?, in The Character Concept in Evolutionary Biology, edited by G.P. Wagner (2001)
- D.W. McShea, Trends, tools, and terminology, Paleobiology, vol. 26 (2000), pp. 330-333
- D.W. McShea, Functional complexity in organisms: parts as proxies, Biology and Philosophy, vol. 15 (2000), pp. 641-668
- D.W. McShea, A hypothesis about hierarchies, in Unifying Themes in Complex Systems, edited by Y. Bar-Yam (2000)
- R.J. McShea and D.W. McShea, Biology and value theory, in Biology and the Foundation of Ethics, edited by J. Maienschein and M. Ruse (1999), Cambridge University Press
- D.W. McShea, Feelings as the proximate cause of behavior, in Where Psychology Meets Biology: Philosophical Essays, edited by V.G. Hardcastle (1999), Cambridge University Press
- D.W. McShea, E.P. Venit, and V.B. Simon, Hierarchical complexity of organisms: dynamics of a well-known trend, Abstracts with Programs, Geological Society of America, vol. 31 (1999), pp. A-171 (Abstract only.)
- D.W. McShea, Possible largest-scale trends in organismal evolution: eight "live hypotheses", Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, vol. 29 (1998), pp. 293-318
- D.W. McShea, Dynamics of large-scale trends, in Biodiversity Dynamics, edited by M.L. McKinney and J.A. Drake (1998)
Book Reviews
- D.W. McShea, Adaptive glory, American Scientist, vol. 91 (November, 2003), pp. 567-569 (Review of Darwin and Design by Michael Ruse.)
- D.W. McShea, A Revised Darwinism, Biology and Philosophy (2003) (Review of The Structure of Evolutionary Theory by Stephen Jay Gould, in press.)