Predator-prey interactions in the fossil record with a focus on mollusks and factors biasing their preservation
Application of the fossil record to the understanding of the modern biodiversity crisis, particularly to assess the effects of human actions on ecosystems (i.e., conservation paleobiology)
In each of these research areas, I am also very interested in developing new analytical approaches, and integrating approaches from other fields, to increase the utility and transference of paleontological data
2020 – 2022: Post-doctoral researcher on the Paleosynthesis Project, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnburg
2018 – 2020: Research scientist, Paleontological Research Institution
2018 – 2020: Research and Learning Professional, Engineering Learning Initiatives at Cornell University
2018 – 2019: Lecturer, Ithaca College
2012 – 2018: PhD in Conservation Paleobiology, Cornell University
2008 – 2012: BSc in Geology and Biology, Macalester College
Smith, J.A., Dietl, G.P., & Durham, S.R., Increasing the salience of marine live-dead data in the Anthropocene, Paleobiology; in press. https://doi.org/10.1017/pab.2020.19
Flessa, K.W., Calderon-Aguilera, L., Cintra-Buenrostro, C.E., Dettman, D.L., Dietl, G.P., Goodwin, D.H., Jacobs, D.K., Kowalewski, M.K., Nelson, S.M., Rowell, K., Schöne, Smith, J.A., & Zamora-Arroyo, F., Vaquita face extinction from bycatch. Comment on Manjarrez-Bringas et al., Lessons for sustainable development: Marine mammal conservation policies and its social and economic effects, Sustainability: 11, 2161. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11072161
Flessa, K.W., Calderon, L.E., Cintra-Buenrostro, C.E., Dettman, D.L., Dietl, G.P., Goodwin, D.H., Jacobs, D.K., Kowalewski, M.K., Nelson, S.M., Rowell, K., Schöne, Smith, J.A., & Zamora-Arroyo, F., Comment on Rojas-Bracho and Colleagues (2019): Unsubstantiated claims can lead to tragic conservation outcomes, Bioscience, biz021. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biz021
Smith, J.A., & Dietl, G.P., Molluscan metacommunity dynamics in the Colorado River estuary, Mexico prior to upstream water diversion, Anthropocene: 25, 100194. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ancene.2019.100194
Smith, J.A., Dietl, G.P., & Handley, J.C., Durophagy bias: The effect of shell destruction by crushing predators on drilling frequency, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology: 514, 690-694. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.11.019
Dietl, G.P., Smith, J.A., & Durham, S.R., Discounting the past: The undervaluing of temporally distant paleontological data in the conservation sciences. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution: 7, 108. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2019.00108
Smith, J.A., Handley, J.C., & Dietl, G.P., Effects of dams on downstream molluscan predator-prey interactions in the Colorado River estuary, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Proceedings B: 285, 20180724. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.0724
Smith, J.A., Handley, J.C., & Dietl, G.P., On drilling frequency and Manly’s alpha: Towards a null model for predator preference in paleoecology, PALAIOS: 33, 61-68. https://doi.org/10.2110/palo.2017.098
Smith, J.A., Durham, S.R., & Dietl, G.P., Conceptions of long-term data among marine conservation biologists and what conservation paleobiologists need to know, In: Marine Conservation Paleobiology (Topics in Geobiology), Tyler, C.L., Schneider, C.L. (eds), p. 23-54. https://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319737935#aboutAuthors
Dietl, G.P., & Smith, J.A., Live-dead analysis reveals long-term response of estuarine bivalve communities to damming and water diversions of the Colorado River, Ecological Engineering: 106, 749-756. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2016.09.0132019 2018 2017 2016
Smith, J.A., & Dietl, G.P., The value of geohistorical data in identifying a recent human-induced range expansion of a predatory gastropod in the Colorado River delta, Mexico, Journal of Biogeography: 43, 791-800. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12644
Dietl, G.P., Durham, S.R., Smith, J.A., & Tweitmann, A., Mollusk assemblages as records of past and present ecological status, Frontiers in Marine Science: 3, 169. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2016.00169
Smith, J.A., Auerbach, D., Flessa, K.W., Flecker, A., & Dietl, G.P., Fossil clam shells reveal unintended carbon cycling consequences of Colorado River management, Royal Society Open Science: 3, 160170. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160170
