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Brooke Crowley

B. Crowley

Brooke Crowley, Lecturer

brooke.crowley@utoronto.ca

Website: www.agoraphotia.com

Field: isotope geochemistry, conservation, ecology, paleontology, anatomy.


Current Research Projects: 

My current projects revolve around using stable isotope geochemistry to detect ecological differences among modern and extinct communities of primates. Currently, I examine the effects of habitat and dietary differences on the isotopic signatures among modern lemur species. I then use these isotopic patterns in modern animals to determine ecological differences among lemur species in extinct communities. 
 

Recent Publications: 


In review   Crowley, B.E., Thorén, S., Rasoazanabary, E., Barrett, M.A., Zohdy, S., Blanco, B.B., McGoogan, K., Arrigo-Nelson, S., Irwin, M.T., Vogel, E.R., Wright, P.C., Radespiel, U., Godfrey, L.R., Koch, P.L., and Dominy, N.J. Geographic variation in isotopic composition among mouse lemur (Microcebus) populations. Journal of Biogeography.

In press    Crowley, B.E., and Godfrey, L.R., Isotopic variability and lemur diet in a dry Malagasy forest: A cautionary tale. In Leaping Ahead: Advances in Prosimian Biology, eds. J.C. Masters, M. Gamba, and F. Génin: Springer, NY.

In press    Samonds, K.E., Parent, S.N., Muldoon, K.M., Crowley, B.E., Godfrey, L.R. Rock matrix surrounding subfossil lemur skull yields diverse collection of mammalian subfossils: Implications for reconstructing Madagascar’s paleoenvironments. Malagasy Nature.

2011         Crowley, B.E., Godfrey, L.R., and Irwin, M.T. A glance to the past: Subfossils, stable isotopes, seed dispersal, and species loss in southern Madagascar. American Journal of Primatology 73  [Early view, doi: 10.1002/ajp.20817].

2010        Crowley, B.E., Carter, M.L., Karpanty, S.M., Zihlman, A.L., Koch, P.L., and Dominy, N.J., Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope enrichment in primate tissues. Oecologia v. 164, p. 611-626
 
2010        Crowley, B.E. A refined chronology of prehistoric Madagascar and the demise of the megafauna; new clues from old bones. Quaternary Science Reviews v. 29, p. 2592-2604.

2008        Crowley, B.E., Koch, P.L., and Davis, E.B., 2008, Tracing the isotopic rain shadow and elevation history of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, California. GSA Bulletin v. 120, p. 588-598.

2005        The CenTREAD Working Group, 2005, Farmers and the Forest: Can Agroforestry Actually Conserve Biodiversity? Conservation Biology 19:2043–2044.