James R. Carey
Department of Entomology
University of California, Davis 95616
Electronic Mail : jrcarey@ucdavis.edu

DEGREES

Ph.D. Entomology University of California, Berkeley 1980

M.S. Entomology Iowa State University 1975

B.S. Animal Ecology Iowa State University 1973

Summer Biology Univ. of Minn. Biol. Station, Itasca 1971

Special Student Population Biology Harvard University 1977-78

EXPERIENCE

7/92 to present Professor University of California, Davis

7/87 to 6/92 Associate Professor University of California, Davis

3\80 to 6\87 Assistant Professor University of California, Davis

9\75 to 3\80 Graduate Res. Assist. University of California, Berkeley

9\73 to 9\75 Graduate Res. Assist. Iowa State University, Ames

SELECTED RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Carey, J. R, P. Liedo, D.Orozco and J. W. Vaupel. 1992. Slowing of mortality rates at older ages in large medfly cohorts. Science 258: 457-461.

Vaupel, J. W. and J. R. Carey. 1993. Compositional interpretations of medfly mortality. Science 260: 1666-1667.

Carey, J. R., J. W. Curtsinger and J. W. Vaupel. 1993. Fruit fly aging and mortality. Response to letters to the editor. Science 260: 1567-1569.;

Carey, J. R., J. W. Curtsinger and J. W. Vaupel. 1993. Explaining fruit fly longevity. Response to technical comments. Science 260: 1665-1666.

Carey, J. R. 1993. Applied Demography for Biologists with special emphasis on insects. Oxford University Press, New York. 206pp.

Wang, J. L., H-G. Muller, W. B. Capra and J. R. Carey. 1994. Rates of mortality in populations of Caenorhabditis elegans. Science 266:827-828.

Tatar, M., J. R. Carey and J. Vaupel. 1993. Long term cost of reproduction with and without accelerated senescence in Callosobruchus maculatus: analysis of age-specific mortality. Evolution 47:1302-1312.

Tatar, M. and J. R. Carey. 1994. Sex mortality differentials in the bean beetle: reframing the question. American Naturalist 144:165-175.

Tatar, M. and J. R. Carey. 1994. Genetics of mortality in the bean beetle Callosobruchus maculatus. Evolution 48:1371-1376.

Carey, J. R., P. Liedo and J. W. Vaupel. 1995. A male-female longevity paradox in medfly cohorts. Journal of Animal Ecology 64:107-116.

Carey, J. R. and P. Liedo. 1995. Life table aging rates in large medfly cohorts. Experimental Gerontology 30:315-325.

Carey, J. R. 1995. Insect Demography. Encyclopedia of Environmental Biology. Vol. 2 pp. 289-303. Academic Press, San Diego.

Carey, J. R., P. Liedo and J. W. Vaupel. 1995. Mortality dynamics of density in the Mediterranean fruit fly. Experimental Gerontology 30:605-629.

Carey, J. R. and P. Liedo. 1995. Sex mortality differentials and selective survival in large medfly cohorts. The Gerontologist 35: 588-596.

Tatar, M. and J. R. Carey. 1995. Nutrition mediates reproductive trade-offs with age-specific mortality in the beetle, Calosobruchus maculatus Ecology 76: 2066-2073.

Mueller, H-G, J-L Wang, W. B. Capra, P. Liedo and J. R. Carey. Male-female life expectancy reversal and early mortality surge in female protein-deprived medflies (submitted).

Boe, C., C. Gruenfelder, P. Liedo and J. R. Carey. Mortality deceleration and longevity in the Mexican fruit fly. (submitted).

Carey, J. R. What demographers can learn from fruit fly actuarial models and biology. Demography (accepted).