Dr. Jan Werner

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Dr. Jan Werner
Postdoc
Institute of Zoology, Department of ecology, JGU
J.-J.-Becherweg  55128 Mainz
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Research Interests

At present I concentrate my research in zoology specifically in the field of ecology and evolutionary biology. Recent work is mainly focused on macro-ecology, theoretical ecology and evolutionary biology issues regarding different vertebrate taxa on a broad taxonomic and ecological level. I like to find general patterns, e.g. in life history traits, which are inferred from observations on extant vertebrates as birds, mammals and reptiles. I try to transfer these patterns to extinct taxa, e.g. dinosaurs. My questions of interests are: Are recent ecological patterns general? How did traits look like in extinct taxa? How did traits evolve? In my opinion multidisciplinary approaches are very promising to get new insights in such biological issues. Thus, in future I would like to use the knowledge I got during my studies to focus in more detail on the question how general patterns might be explained and how they evolved adding physiological and genetic approaches.

Key techniques: Databases, statistics, comparative analyses, individual based/mathematical modelling

Research system/organism: Birds, reptiles, dinosaurs, mammals (vertebrates in general)

Five Most Relevant Publications
  1. Werner J, Griebeler EM (2014) Allometries of maximum growth rate versus body mass at maximum growth indicate that non-avian dinosaurs had growth rates typical of fast growing ectothermic sauropsids. PLoS ONE 9: e88834.
  2. Werner J, Griebeler EM (2013) New insights into non-avian dinosaur reproduction and their evolutionary and ecological implications: linking fossil evidence to allometries of extant close relatives. PLoS ONE 8: e72862.
  3. Stein KWH, Werner J (2013) Preliminary analysis of osteocyte lacunar density in long bones of tetrapods: all measures are bigger in sauropod dinosaurs. PLoS ONE 8: e77109.
  4. Werner J, Griebeler EM (2012) Reproductive investment in moa: a K-selected life-history strategy? Evol Ecol:1-29
  5. Müller DWH, Codron D, Werner J, Fritz J, Hummel J, Griebeler EM, Clauss M (2012) Dichotomy of eutherian reproduction and metabolism. Oikos 121:102-115