Michael Kearney

NicheMapR - an R package for biophysical modelling: the endotherm model

Michael R Kearney, Natalie J Briscoe, Paul D Mathewson, Warren P Porter

Journal article  |  2021  |  ECOGRAPHY

Endothermic organisms typically maintain high and relatively constant body temperatures in the face of environmental variation by ..

Where do functional traits come from? The role of theory and models

Michael R Kearney, Marko Jusup, Melodie A McGeoch, Sebastiaan ALM Kooijman, Steven L Chown

Journal article  |  2021  |  FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

The use of traits is growing in ecology and biodiversity informatics, with initiatives to collate trait data and integrate it into..

Variation in fur properties may explain differences in heat-related mortality among Australian flying-foxes

Himali Udeshinie Ratnayake, Justin Arno Welbergen, Rodney van der Ree, Michael Ray Kearney

Journal article  |  2021  |  AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

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A general model of the thermal constraints on the world's most destructive locust, Schistocerca gregaria

Koutaro Ould Maeno, Cyril Piou, Michael R Kearney, Sidi Ould Ely, Sid'Ahmed Ould Mohamed, Mohamed El Hacen Jaavar, Mohamed Abdallahi Ould Babah Ebbe

Journal article  |  2021  |  ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

All terrestrial ectotherms are constrained to some degree by their thermal environment and the extent to which they can behavioral..

An endangered flightless grasshopper with strong genetic structure maintains population genetic variation despite extensive habitat loss

Ary A Hoffmann, Vanessa L White, Moshe Jasper, Hiromi Yagui, Steve J Sinclair, Michael R Kearney

Journal article  |  2021  |  ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Conservation research is dominated by vertebrate examples but the shorter generation times and high local population sizes of inve..

What is the status of metabolic theory one century after Putter invented the von Bertalanffy growth curve?

Michael R Kearney

Journal article  |  2021  |  BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Metabolic theory aims to tackle ecological and evolutionary problems by explicitly including physical principles of energy and mas..

Grasshopper country before and after: a resurvey of Ken Key's collecting expeditions in New South Wales, Australia, 70 years on

Michael R Kearney, Md Anwar Hossain, Steve J Sinclair, Hojun Song

Journal article  |  2020  |  AUSTRAL ENTOMOLOGY

Recent reports of insect declines across Europe and other parts of the world have emphasised the generally poor baseline that exis..

Modelling the joint effects of body size and microclimate on heat budgets and foraging opportunities of ectotherms

Michael R Kearney, Warren P Porter, Raymond B Huey

Journal article  |  2020  |  METHODS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Body size affects the body temperature of an ectotherm by altering both heating rates and the microclimate experienced. These join..

Three questions about the eco-physiology of overwintering underground

Raymond B Huey, Liang Ma, Ofir Levy, Michael R Kearney

Journal article  |  2020  |  ECOLOGY LETTERS

In cold environments ectotherms can be dormant underground for long periods. In 1941 Cowles proposed an ecological trade-off invol..

Integrating dynamic plant growth models and microclimates for species distribution modelling

Rafael Schouten, Peter A Vesk, Michael R Kearney

Journal article  |  2020  |  ECOLOGICAL MODELLING

Climate is a major factor determining the distribution of plant species. Correlative models are frequently used to model the relat..