Peter Mayhew (biologist)

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Peter Mayhew is a British biologist at the University of York in the United Kingdom. He is the lead author of a study showing a long-term association between global temperature and biodiversity, origination, and extinction in the fossil record.[1] This study demonstrated that biodiversity tends to be relatively low during greenhouse phases in Earth history and that extinction rates (including mass extinctions) tend to be higher.[2] On the basis of this work he was nominated as one of the "Great Britons of 2007".[3] He is also author of a textbook on evolutionary ecology.[4]

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  1. ^ Mayhew, P. J.; Jenkins, G. B. & Benton T. M. (2008-01-07). "A long term association between global temperature and biodiversity, origination and extinction in the fossil record". Proceedings of the Royal Society B 275 (1630): pp. 47-53. London: Royal Society. 
  2. ^ Borenstein, Seth. "Warmer seas spark extinction worries", Toronto Star, 2007-10-24. Retrieved on 2008-01-01. 
  3. ^ Great Britons. Retrieved on 2007-01-01.
  4. ^ Mayhew, Peter J (2006). Discovering Evolutionary Ecology. Oxford: Oxford University Press. OCLC: 62133413 . ISBN 9780198570608.