James R. Carey

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James R. Carey, PhD: Biodemography

PHONE:(530) 752-6217
FAX: (530) 752-1537
E-MAIL: jrcarey@ucdavis.edu

RESEARCH AREAS:
Biodemography
Insect demography
Health demography
Biology of aging
Lifespan theory
Invasion biology

B.S., Animal Ecology, Iowa State University
M. S. Entomology, Iowa State University
Ph.D., Entomology, University of California, Berkeley

OTHER AFFILIATIONS:

Center on the Economics and Demography of Aging (UC Berkeley)

Graduate Group in Ecology (UC Davis)

CURRICULUM VITAE:

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RECENT VIDEOS:

click here to view "Time Lapse Video of Oriental Fruit Fly Invasion of California"

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Click here to view "Kinship Relations: Identification and Classification"

Click here to view the video abstract of "Supine Behavior in Medflies"

Click here to view the video abstract of "Behavioral Monitoring System (PLoS One)"

RESEARCH:

I have two essentially non-overlapping areas of research. My primary area of interest (and for funding) is biodemography, a discipline in which I was deeply involved in the early stages of that discipline's formation (i.e. early-to mid-1990s) and in which I am still quite active. My biodemographic research interests are both conceptually and empirically eclectic with topics ranging from life span theory and age structure estimation to caloric restriction and the demography of fruit fly, honeybees, butterflies, rodents, and primates. My secondary area of research is invasion biology with particular emphasis on the invasion of California by tropical fruit flies such as the medfly, the Mexfly and the oriental fruit fly.

TEACHING:

I teach two main courses:

Longevity (ENT 117/HDE 117). First taught in the late 1990s with 14 students, the enrollment cap in this biodemography-based course was increased this year from 200 to 250 (e.g. 225 students enrolled Fall, 2012). Course is divided into three parts including analytics (e.g. life tables; mortality), biology of aging (e.g. genetics; evolution; theory), and human longevity (e.g. health; diseases; fetal origin hypothsis). I currently video capture and post 100% of my lectures.

Terrorism and War (SAS 7). I conceived of this course and first offered it in 2003 through the UCD Science and Society program with enrollments ranging between 125 and 300 students. A major development in course content and quality was the agreement of Prof. John Arquilla (Chair, Department of Defense Analysis, Naval Postgraduate School) to co-teach the course. We believe that there is no other course like this in the country—i.e. lower division, GE, lectures by world-class scholars in terrorism, war and national security. The course is now being offered 100% online with around 160 students currently enrolled (Spring 2013).

Carey's Laboratory Research/Personnel: Page

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Books and Special Issues

Carey JR, Tuljapurkar S, Wachter K (2012) Special Issue: Biodemographic determinants of lifespan. Experimental Gerontology 47: 755-813.
Carey JR, Robine J-M, Michel J-P, Christen Y, editors (2005) Longevity and Frailty. Berlin: Springer-Verlag.
Carey JR, Tuljapurkar S, editors (2003) Life Span: Evolutionary, Ecological and Demographic Perspectives. New York. 1-320 p.
Carey JR (2003) Longevity. The Biology and Demography of Life Span. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Carey JR, Judge DS (2000) Longevity Records: Life Spans of Mammals, Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians and Fishes; Jeune B, Vaupel JW, editors. Odense, Denmark: Odense University Press.
Carey JR (1993) Applied Demography for Biologists with special emphasis on insects. New York: Oxford University Press.

Peer-reviewed publications (2010-2013)

2013

Arlet, M. E., Chancellor, R. L., Kaasik, A., Chapman, C. A., Molleman, F., Isbell, L. A., Mänd, R. & Carey, J. R. (2013) Determinants of female reproductive success in gray-cheeked mangabeys (Lophocebus albigena) in Kibale National Park, Uganda. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, (Submitted).
Carey, J. R., Liedo, P., Wang, J.-L., Müller, H.-G., Su, Y.-R., Xu, C. & Vaupel, J. W. (2013) Geriatric trauma shapes mortality in a tephritid fly. (in prep).
Chiu, J. C., Kaub, K., Zou, S., Liedo, P., Altamirano-Robles, L. A., Ingram, D. & Carey, J. R. (2013) Deleterious effect of suboptimal diet on sleep-wake cycle in Anastrepha ludens manifests itself with age. Scientific Reports, 3 : 1773 | DOI: 10.1038/srep01773.
Harwood, J. F., Vargas, R. I. & Carey, J. R. (2013) Leg impairment magnifies reproductive costs in male Mediterranean fruit flies, Ceratitis capitata. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 147, 73-81.
Papadopoulos, N., Plant, R. & Carey, J. R. (2013) From trickle to flood: The large-scale, insidious invasion of California by tropical fruit flies. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, (in review).
Valtonen, A., Molleman, F., Chapman, C. A., Carey, J. R., Ayres, M. P. & Roinnen, H. (2013) Tropical phenology: Bi-annual rhythms and interannual variation in an Afrotropical butterfly assemblage. Ecosphere, 4, 1-28

2012

Carey, J. R., Müller, H.-G., Wang, J.-L., Papadopoulos, N. T., Diamantidis, A. & Kouloussis, N. A. (2012) Graphical and demographic synopsis of the captive cohort method for estimating population age structure in the wild. Experimental Gerontology, 47, 787-791.
Carey, J. R., Papadopoulos, N. T., Papanastasiou, S., Diamanditis, A. & Nakas, C. T. (2012) Estimating changes in mean population age using the death distributions of live-captured medflies. Ecological Entomology, 37, 359-369.
Carey, J. R., Tuljapurkar, S. & Wachter, K. (2012) Editorial for the Special Issue: Biodemographic determinants of lifespan. Experimental Gerontology, 47, 755-758.
Carey, J. R., Tuljapurkar, S. & Wachter, K. (2012) Special Issue: Biodemographic determinants of lifespan. Experimental Gerontology, 47, 755-813.
Duyck, P.-F., Kouloussis, N., Papadopoulos, N. T., Quilici, S. & Carey, J. R. (2012) Exceptional longevity in the tephritid, Ceratitis rosa, a close relative of the Mediterranean fruit fly. Journal of Economic Entomology, 105, 371-373.
Liedo, P., Carey, J. R., Ingram, D. K. & Zou, S. (2012) The interplay among dietary fat, sugar, protein and acai (Euterpe oleracea Mart.) pulp in modulating lifespan and reproduction in a Tephritid fruit fly. Experimental Gerontology, 47, 536-539.
Molleman, F., Kaasik, A., Whitaker, M. R. & Carey, J. R. (2012) Partitioning variation in duration of ant feeding bouts can offer insights into the palatability of insects: Experiments on African fruit-feeding butterflies. Journal of Research on Lepidoptera, 45, 65-75.
Novoseltsev, V. N., Michalski, A. I., Novoseltseva, J. A., Yashin, A. I., Carey, J. R. & Ellis, A. M. (2012) An age-structured extension to the vectorial capacity model. PLos One, 7, e39479. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0039479.
Zou, S., Carey, J. R., Liedo, P., Ingram, D. K. & Yu, B. (2012) Prolongevity effects of a botanical with oregano and cranberry extracts in Mexican fruit flies: examining interactions of diet restriction and age. AGE, 34, 269-279.

2011

Arlet, M., Kaasik, A., Molleman, F., Isbell, L., Carey, J. R. & Mänd, R. (2011) Social factors increase fecal testosterone levels in wild male gray-cheeked mangabeys (Lophocebus albigena). Hormones and Behavior, 59, 605-611.
Carey, J. R. (2011) Biodemography of the medfly: Aging, longevity, and adaptation in the wild. Experimental Gerontology, 46, 404-411.
Carey, J. R. (2011) Sleeper medflies bring serious quarantine risks to California growers. Western Farm Press. San Diego.
Diamantidis, A. D., Carey, J. R., Nakas, C. T. & Papadopoulos, N. T. (2011) Ancestral populations perform better in a novel environment: Domestication of Mediterranean fruit fly populations from five global regions. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 102, 334-345.
Diamantidis, A. D., Carey, J. R., Nakas, C. T. & Papadopoulos, N. T. (2011) Population-specific demography and invasion potential in the medfly. Ecology and Evolution, 4, 479-488.
Kouloussis, N. A., Papadopoulos, N. T., Katsoyannos, B. I., Müller, H.-G., Wang, J.-L., Su, Y.-R., Molleman, F. & Carey, J. R. (2011) Seasonal trends in Ceratitis capitata reproductive potential derived from live-caught adult females in Greece. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 140, 181-188.
Mason, J. B., Cargill, S. L., Griffey, S., Reader, J., Anderson, G. B. & Carey, J. R. (2011) Transplantation of young ovaries restored cardioprotective influence in postreproductive-aged mice. Aging Cell, 10, 448-456.
Papadopoulos, N. T., Papanastasiou, S., Müller, H. G., Wang, J.-L., Yang, W. & Carey, J. R. (2011) Dietary effects on sex-specific health dynamics of the medfly: Support for the dynamic equilibrium model of aging. Experimental Gerontology, 46, 1026-1030.
Papanastasiou, S. A., Diamantidis, A. D., Nakas, C. T., Carey, J. R. & Papadopoulos, N. T. (2011) Dual reproductive cost of aging in male medflies: dramatic decrease in mating competitiveness and gradual reduction in mating performance. Journal of Insect Physiology, 57, 1368-1374.
Zou, S., Liedo, P., Altamirano-Robles, L., Cruz-Enriquez, J., Morice, A., Ingram, D. K., Kaub, K., Papadopoulos, N. & Carey, J. R. (2011) Recording lifetime behavior and movement in an invertebrate model. PLoS One, 6, e18151.

2010

Boyden, N.B., Carey, J.R., 2010. From one-and-done to seasoned veterans: A demographic analysis of individual career length in Major League Soccer. Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports 6, DOI: 10.2202/1559-0410.1261.
Carey, J.R., 2010. Book Review: Supercentenarians by H. Maier, J. Gampe, B. Jeune, J.-M. Robine, and J. W. Vaupel. Population and Development Review 36, 846-847.
Carey, J.R., 2010. The Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata) invasion of California deepens: Response to an alternative explanation for recurring outbreaks. American Entomologist 56: 158-163.
Carey, J.R., Laursen, J., Glaser, S., Raphael, S., Miller, G., Crawford, J., Lane, T., LiWang, P., Hammond, K., Groves, T., Pittet, J.-F., Stuart, D., Kolaitis, P., Serwer, L., Chen, M., Feer, K., 2010. University of California research seminar network: A prospectus. PLoS Biology 8, e1000289.doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1000289.
Carey, J.R., Molleman, F., 2010. Reproductive aging in tephritid fruit flies. Proceedings of the New York Academy of Sciences 1204, 139-148.
Chen, I., 2010. From medfly to moth: Raising a buzz of dissent. Science 327, 134-136.
Duyck, P.-F., Kouloussis, N., Papadopoulos, N.T., Quilici, S., Carey, J.R., 2010. Exceptional longevity in the tephritid, Ceratitis rosa, a close relative of the Mediterranean fruit fly. submitted.
Duyck, P.-F., Kouloussis, N., Papadopoulos, N.T., Quilici, S., Wang, J.-L., Jiang, C.-R., Müller, H.-G., Carey, J.R., 2010. Lifespan of a Ceratitis fruit fly increases with higher altitude. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 101, 345-350.
Mason, J.B., Cargill, S.L., Anderson, G.B., Carey, J.R., 2010. Ovarian status influenced the rate of body-weight change but not the total amount of body-weight gained or lost in female CBA/J mice Experimental Gerontology 45, 435-441.
Molleman, F., Whitaker, M.R., Carey, J.R., 2010. Rating palatability of butterflies by measuring ant feeding behavior. Entomologische Berichten 70, 52-62.
Papadopoulos, N.T., Liedo, P., Müller, H.-G., Wang, J.-L., Molleman, F., Carey, J.R., 2010. Cost of reproduction in male medflies: The primacy of sexual courting in extreme longevity reduction. Journal of Insect Physiology 56, 283-287.