I am a Ph.D. student at UC-Santa Cruz in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and am working with Paul Koch, Nate Dominy, and Jim Estes. Currently, I'm using stable isotopes to quantify aspects of food-webs characterized by complex carnivore communities in sub-Saharan Africa. My main interests include comparing modern and past (both paleo and historical) communities, the role of individual dietary specialization within populations of animals (particularly cooperative carnivores), food-web dynamics, network theory, complex systems, and Bayesian statistics.
 
 
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The lions of Tsavo are in the news! Nature Science Chicago Sun-Times Chicago Tribune Sciece Daily Telegraph BUT... if you want the unfiltered version without the ballyhoo (recommended) check out the actual paper! @ PNAS*http://www.nature.com/news/2009/091102/full/news.2009.1045.htmlhttp://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2009/1102/1http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/1860106,tsavo-lions-field-museum-110209.articlehttp://www.chicagotribune.com/features/chi-tsavo-lions-02-nov02,0,3222846.storyhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091102171204.htmhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturenews/6487244/Hunter-who-killed-the-Maneaters-of-Tsavo-exaggerated-their-attacks-scientists-say.htmlhttp://www.pnas.org/content/early/2009/10/30/0905309106.abstractshapeimage_5_link_0shapeimage_5_link_1shapeimage_5_link_2shapeimage_5_link_3shapeimage_5_link_4shapeimage_5_link_5shapeimage_5_link_6
Justin D. Yeakel
Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of California, Santa Cruz
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