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J. Okie

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h-index: 25
Works: 57
Citations: 3,437

Most-cited papers

Shifts in metabolic scaling, production, and efficiency across major evolutionary transitions of life
John P. Delong, J. Okie, Melanie E. Moses, R. Sibly +1 more
2010Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America438 citations Open access
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The more-individuals hypothesis revisited: the role of community abundance in species richness regulation and the productivity-diversity relationship.
D. Storch, Eliška Bohdalková, J. Okie
2018Ecology Letters307 citations Open access
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On Theory in Ecology
P. Marquet, A. P. Allen, James H. Brown, J. Dunne +12 more
2014288 citations Open access
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The Evolution of Maximum Body Size of Terrestrial Mammals
F. Smith, A. Boyer, James H. Brown, D. Costa +16 more
2010Science288 citations
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Energetic Limits to Economic Growth
James H. Brown, William R. Burnside, Ana D. Davidson, J. R. Delong +7 more
2011253 citations
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Soil Microbial Responses to Increased Moisture and Organic Resources along a Salinity Gradient in a Polar Desert
D. V. Van Horn, J. Okie, Heather N. Buelow, M. Gooseff +2 more
2014Applied and Environmental Microbiology206 citations Open access
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Food Spoilage, Storage, and Transport: Implications for a Sustainable Future
Sean Hammond, James H. Brown, J. R. Burger, T. Flanagan +4 more
2015175 citations
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Contrasting trait responses in plant communities to experimental and geographic variation in precipitation.
B. Sandel, Leah J. Goldstein, Nathan J B Kraft, J. Okie +4 more
2010New Phytologist153 citations Open access
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The Macroecology of Sustainability
J. R. Burger, C. Allen, James H. Brown, William R. Burnside +7 more
2012PLoS Biology151 citations Open access
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The maximum rate of mammal evolution
Alistair R. Evans, David Jones, A. Boyer, James H. Brown +16 more
2012Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America130 citations Open access
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Stability of tallgrass prairie during a 19‐year increase in growing season precipitation
S. Collins, S. Koerner, J. Plaut, J. Okie +5 more
2012107 citations
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Biodiversity dynamics in the Anthropocene: how human activities change equilibria of species richness
D. Storch, Irena Šímová, Jan Smyčka, Eliška Bohdalková +2 more
2021Ecography87 citations Open access
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General Models for the Spectra of Surface Area Scaling Strategies of Cells and Organisms: Fractality, Geometric Dissimilitude, and Internalization
J. Okie
2013American Naturalist84 citations
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Niche and metabolic principles explain patterns of diversity and distribution: theory and a case study with soil bacterial communities
J. Okie, D. V. Van Horn, D. Storch, J. E. Barrett +3 more
2015Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences80 citations Open access
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Macroecology Meets Macroeconomics: Resource Scarcity and Global Sustainability
James H. Brown, J. R. Burger, William R. Burnside, M. Chang +8 more
2013Ecological Engineering: The Journal of Ecotechnology74 citations Open access
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The carrying capacity for species richness
D. Storch, J. Okie
2019Global Ecology and Biogeography70 citations
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The Malthusian-Darwinian dynamic and the trajectory of civilization.
J. Nekola, C. Allen, James H. Brown, J. R. Burger +7 more
2013Trends in Ecology & Evolution63 citations Open access
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Effects of rainfall manipulations on carbon exchange of cyanobacteria and moss-dominated biological soil crusts
Chun-Ping Zhang, D. Niu, Mei-Ling Song, J. Elser +2 more
2018Soil Biology and Biochemistry47 citations
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Major evolutionary transitions of life, metabolic scaling and the number and size of mitochondria and chloroplasts
J. Okie, V. Smith, M. Martín-Cereceda
2016Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences47 citations Open access
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Patterns of maximum body size evolution in Cenozoic land mammals: eco-evolutionary processes and abiotic forcing
Juha J. Saarinen, A. Boyer, James H. Brown, D. Costa +14 more
2014Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences47 citations Open access
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Colloquium Papers: Niches, body sizes, and the disassembly of mammal communities on the Sunda Shelf islands
J. Okie, James H. Brown
200947 citations
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Genomic adaptations in information processing underpin trophic strategy in a whole-ecosystem nutrient enrichment experiment
J. Okie, A. Poret-Peterson, Z. Lee, A. Richter +6 more
2019bioRxiv41 citations Open access
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Local and Regional Scale Heterogeneity Drive Bacterial Community Diversity and Composition in a Polar Desert
K. Feeser, D. V. Van Horn, Heather N. Buelow, D. Colman +4 more
2018Frontiers in Microbiology40 citations Open access
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Characterization of Growing Bacterial Populations in McMurdo Dry Valley Soils through Stable Isotope Probing with 18O-water
E. Schwartz, Heather N. Buelow, M. Gooseff, J. E. Barrett +3 more
2014FEMS Microbiology Ecology39 citations Open access
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Effects of allometry, productivity and lifestyle on rates and limits of body size evolution
J. Okie, A. Boyer, James H. Brown, D. Costa +14 more
2013Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences33 citations Open access
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Global city densities: Re-examining urban scaling theory
J. R. Burger, J. Okie, I. Hatton, V. Weinberger +9 more
2022Frontiers in Conservation Science26 citations Open access
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Temperature determines the diversity and structure of N2O‐reducing microbial assemblages
Bo Wu, Fei-Fei Liu, Michael D. Weiser, D. Ning +10 more
201819 citations Open access
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Limits to the three domains of life: lessons from community assembly along an Antarctic salinity gradient
Xiaoben Jiang, D. V. Van Horn, J. Okie, Heather N. Buelow +4 more
2022Extremophiles15 citations
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Emergence and Dynamics of Regional Species Pools
M. Jarzyna, Leo Ohyama, E. Economo, J. Gill +8 more
2025Global Ecology and Biogeography13 citations Open access
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Are Size and Mitochondrial Power of Cells Inter-determined?
Peyman Fahimi, C. Matta, J. Okie
2023Journal of Theoretical Biology12 citations Open access
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Environmental realism: Challenging solutions
Kristan Cockerill, Melanie Armstrong, Jennifer Richter, J. Okie
201712 citations
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On the Importance of First Principles in Ecological Theory Development
P. Marquet, A. P. Allen, James H. Brown, J. Dunne +10 more
201510 citations
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The Equilibrium Theory of Biodiversity Dynamics: a general framework for scaling species richness and community abundance along environmental gradients
J. Okie, D. Storch
2024bioRxiv9 citations Open access
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Metabolic compatibility and the rarity of prokaryote endosymbioses
E. Libby, Christopher P. Kempes, J. Okie
2022bioRxiv8 citations Open access
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The Effect of Nutrients and N:P Ratio on Microbial Communities: Testing the Growth Rate Hypothesis and Its Extensions in Lagunita Pond (Churince)
J. Elser, J. Okie, Z. Lee, V. Souza
20188 citations
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Cradles, museums, and disequilibria: reconciling biodiversity dynamics using equilibrium theory.
D. Storch, Grace I. Ridder, J. Okie
2025Trends in Ecology & Evolution5 citations
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Global sustainability versus the Malthusian-Darwinian dynamic: a reply to Rull.
J. Nekola, James H. Brown, A. Kodric-Brown, J. Okie
2013Trends in Ecology & Evolution2 citations
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Three centuries of technological innovation: Opportunity is the mother of invention
J. Okie, James H. Brown, A. Kodric-Brown, Joseph R. Burger +6 more
2026Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America1 citations Open access
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Temperature determines the diversity and structure of N<sub>2</sub>Oâ•’reducing microbial assemblages
Bo Wu, Fei-Fei Liu, Michael D. Weiser, D. Ning +10 more
20181 citations
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River Management and Restoration: Addressing Yesterday’s Solutions
Kristan Cockerill, Melanie Armstrong, Jennifer Richter, J. Okie
20171 citations
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The Human Nature of Infectious Disease
Kristan Cockerill, Melanie Armstrong, Jennifer Richter, J. Okie
2017Environmental Realism1 citations Open access
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Integrating Science and Society for Environmental Realism
Kristan Cockerill, Melanie Armstrong, Jennifer Richter, J. Okie
20171 citations
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The Unpredictable Materiality of Radioactive Waste
Kristan Cockerill, Melanie Armstrong, Jennifer Richter, J. Okie
20171 citations
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Allometric scaling and metabolic ecology of microorganisms and major evolutionary transitions
J. Okie
20111 citations
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Diversity patterns are parsimoniously explained by equilibrium dynamics.
D. Storch, Grace I. Ridder, J. Okie
2026Trends in Ecology & Evolution0 citations
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Defusing the consumption bomb
V. Weinberger, Ethan Duncil, K. Cook, M. Tallavaara +4 more
2026bioRxiv0 citations Open access
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From cooperation to predation: the evolutionary origins of phagocytosis
Josephine Solowiej-Wedderburn, Alfred Leimar, Christopher P. Kempes, J. Okie +1 more
2026bioRxiv0 citations Open access
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Correction: Limits to the three domains of life: lessons from community assembly along an Antarctic salinity gradient
Xiaoben Jiang, D. V. Van Horn, J. Okie, Heather N. Buelow +4 more
2024Extremophiles0 citations Open access
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Scaling diversity, abundance and energy: The Equilibrium Theory of Biodiversity Dynamics
D. Storch, J. Okie
2024bioRxiv0 citations Open access
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Author response: Genomic adaptations in information processing underpin trophic strategy in a whole-ecosystem nutrient enrichment experiment
J. Okie, A. Poret-Peterson, Z. Lee, A. Richter +6 more
20190 citations Open access
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