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Ecology and Evolution
Panama
2025

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
64
Citations
13703
World Ranking
1883
National Ranking
10

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Panama Leader Award
  • 1960 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

A. Stanley Rand is affiliated with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama. Their research spans multiple disciplines including ecological modeling, genetics, ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics. Their work primarily addresses topics such as species distribution and climate change, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, plant and animal studies, as well as ethics and social impacts of artificial intelligence.

Their recent publications cover a range of subjects, reflecting interdisciplinary interests. Notable papers include:

  • "Fifty Years of Observations on Anolis Lizards at Barro Colorado Island, Panama" published in 2022 in Herpetologica
  • "Subjective Experience in AI Systems: What Do AI Researchers and the Public Believe?" published in 2025 in arXiv (Cornell University)

Frequent collaborators in their research include Robin M. Andrews, Noemi Dreksler, Lucius Caviola, David Chalmers, and Carter Allen. These coauthorships indicate cross-disciplinary engagement, particularly bridging ecological research and the social implications of artificial intelligence.

The venues where they most regularly publish include Herpetologica and arXiv (Cornell University), demonstrating involvement in both specialized biological research and broader interdisciplinary discourse.

A. Stanley Rand's contributions have been recognized with the designation as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1960.

Best Publications

  • Frogs of Boracéia

    W. Ronald Heyer;A. Stanley Rand;Carlos Alberto Gonçalves da Cruz;Oswaldo L. Peixoto

  • Competition in tropical stream fishes : support for the competitive exclusion principle

    Thomas M. Zaret;Thomas M. Zaret;A. Stanley Rand

  • Sexual selection for sensory exploitation in the frog Physalaemus pustulosus

    Michael J. Ryan;James H. Fox;Walter Wilczynski;A. Stanley Rand

  • SPECIES RECOGNITION AND SEXUAL SELECTION AS A UNITARY PROBLEM IN ANIMAL COMMUNICATION.

    Michael J. Ryan;A. Stanley Rand

  • Sexual selection and signal evolution : the ghost of biases past

    Michael J. Ryan;A. Stanley Rand

  • Bat Predation and Sexual Advertisement in a Neotropical Anuran

    Michael J. Ryan;Merlin D. Tuttle;A. Stanley Rand

  • THE SENSORY BASIS OF SEXUAL SELECTION FOR COMPLEX CALLS IN THE TÚNGARA FROG, PHYSALAEMUS PUSTULOSUS (SEXUAL SELECTION FOR SENSORY EXPLOITATION).

    Michael J. Ryan;Michael J. Ryan;A. Stanley Rand

  • Ecological Distribution in Anoline Lizards of Puerto Rico

    A. Stanley Rand

  • The Adaptive Significance of a Complex Vocal Repertoire in a Neotropical Frog

    A. Stanley Rand;A. Stanley Rand;Michael J. Ryan;Michael J. Ryan

  • Decimations, Extinctions, and Colonizations of Frog Populations in Southeast Brazil and Their Evolutionary Implications

    W. Ronald Heyer;A. Stanley Rand;Carlos Alberto Goncalvez da Cruz;Oswaldo L. Peixoto

  • REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT IN ANOLINE LIZARDS

    Robin Andrews;A. Stanley Rand

  • Inverse Relationship Between Temperature and Shyness in the Lizard Anolis Lineatopus

    A. Stanley Rand

  • Female Responses to Ancestral Advertisement Calls in Túngara Frogs

    Michael J. Ryan;A. Stanley Rand

  • Acoustic preferences and localization performance of blood-sucking flies (Corethrella Coquillett) to túngara frog calls

    Ximena E. Bernal;A. Stanley Rand;Michael J. Ryan

  • Fine-scale genetic pattern and evidence for sex-biased dispersal in the túngara frog, Physalaemus pustulosus

    Kathrin P. Lampert;A. Stanley Rand;Ulrich G. Mueller;Ulrich G. Mueller;Michael J. Ryan;Michael J. Ryan

  • Dietary source for skin alkaloids of poison frogs (Dendrobatidae)

    John W. Daly;H. Martin Garraffo;Thomas F. Spande;César Jaramillo

  • Amphibian declines and environmental change: use of remote-sensing data to identify environmental correlates

    Cynthia Carey;W. Ronald Heyer;T. John Wilkinson;Ross A. Alford

  • The vocal sac as a visual cue in anuran communication: an experimental analysis using video playback

    G. I. L. G. Rosenthal;A. Stanley Rand;Michael J. Ryan;Michael J. Ryan

  • Phylogeny of frogs of the Physalaemus pustulosus species group, with an examination of data incongruence.

    David C. Cannatella;David M. Hillis;Paul T. Chippindale;Paul T. Chippindale;Lee Weigt

  • Sexual selection in female perceptual space: how female túngara frogs perceive and respond to complex population variation in acoustic mating signals.

    Michael J. Ryan;Michael J. Ryan;A. Stanley Rand

  • Allozyme and advertisement call variation in the tungara frog, Physalaemus pustulosus

    Michael J. Ryan;Michael J. Ryan;A. Stanley Rand;Lee A. Weigt

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael J. Ryan
Michael J. Ryan The University of Texas at Austin
Ulrich G. Mueller
Ulrich G. Mueller The University of Texas at Austin
Gordon M. Burghardt
Gordon M. Burghardt University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Robert Dudley
Robert Dudley University of California, Berkeley
W. Ronald Heyer
W. Ronald Heyer Smithsonian Institution
Walter Wilczynski
Walter Wilczynski Georgia State University
Harry W. Greene
Harry W. Greene Cornell University
Robin M. Andrews
Robin M. Andrews Virginia Tech
William M. Rand
William M. Rand Tufts University
Catherine A. Marler
Catherine A. Marler University of Wisconsin–Madison

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