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12782
World Ranking
6500
National Ranking
2197

Overview

Brian D. Inouye is affiliated with Florida State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with a particular emphasis on ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

Their recent scientific contributions include studies on various ecological and phenological topics. Notable publications are:

  • Bee phenology is predicted by climatic variation and functional traits, 2020, Ecology Letters
  • Pollinators, Herbivores, and Plant Neighborhood Effects, 2020, The Quarterly Review of Biology
  • Plant size, latitude, and phylogeny explain within-population variability in herbivory, 2023, Science
  • Current and lagged climate affects phenology across diverse taxonomic groups, 2023, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Disorder or a new order: How climate change affects phenological variability, 2022, Ecology

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Nora Underwood
  • Rebecca E. Irwin
  • David W. Inouye
  • Aimée T. Classen
  • William K. Michener

The main publication venues for Brian D. Inouye encompass:

  • Ecology
  • Science
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Ecological Monographs
  • The Journal of Urology

Inouye's research spans several fields and subfields, prominently featuring:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecological Modeling
  • Insect Science
  • Ecology

The core topics of their work address:

  • Plant and animal studies
  • Ecology and vegetation dynamics studies
  • Species distribution and climate change
  • Plant parasitism and resistance
  • Insect and pesticide research
  • Insect and arachnid ecology and behavior
  • Animal ecology and behavior studies

Best Publications

  • Navigating the multiple meanings of β diversity: a roadmap for the practicing ecologist

    Marti J. Anderson;Thomas O. Crist;Jonathan M. Chase;Mark Vellend

  • Ecological consequences of genetic diversity.

    A. Randall Hughes;Brian D. Inouye;Marc T. J. Johnson;Nora Underwood

  • Using null models to disentangle variation in community dissimilarity from variation in α-diversity

    Jonathan M. Chase;Jonathan M. Chase;Nathan J. B. Kraft;Kevin G. Smith;Mark Vellend

  • Disentangling the Drivers of β Diversity Along Latitudinal and Elevational Gradients

    Nathan J. B. Kraft;Nathan J. B. Kraft;Liza S. Comita;Liza S. Comita;Jonathan M. Chase;Nathan J. Sanders;Nathan J. Sanders

  • Climate change is affecting altitudinal migrants and hibernating species.

    David W. Inouye;Billy Barr;Kenneth B. Armitage;Brian D. Inouye

  • SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY EXPLAINS THE SCALE DEPENDENCE OF THE NATIVE-EXOTIC DIVERSITY RELATIONSHIP

    Kendi F. Davies;Peter Chesson;Susan Harrison;Brian D. Inouye

  • RESPONSE SURFACE EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS FOR INVESTIGATING INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION

    Brian D. Inouye

  • Ecological Heterogeneity in the Effects of Grazing and Fire on Grassland Diversity

    S. Harrison;B. D. Inouye;H. D. Safford

  • A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR ASSOCIATIONAL EFFECTS : WHEN DO NEIGHBORS MATTER AND HOW WOULD WE KNOW?

    Nora Underwood;Brian D. Inouye;Peter A. Hambäck

  • Interannual bumble bee abundance is driven by indirect climate effects on floral resource phenology.

    Jane E. Ogilvie;Jane E. Ogilvie;Sean R. Griffin;Sean R. Griffin;Zachariah J. Gezon;Zachariah J. Gezon;Zachariah J. Gezon;Brian D. Inouye;Brian D. Inouye

  • Was Dinosaurian Physiology Inherited by Birds? Reconciling Slow Growth in Archaeopteryx

    Gregory M. Erickson;Gregory M. Erickson;Oliver W. M. Rauhut;Zhonghe Zhou;Alan H. Turner;Alan H. Turner

  • Insights into the Ecology and Evolutionary Success of Crocodilians Revealed through Bite-Force and Tooth-Pressure Experimentation

    Gregory M. Erickson;Paul M. Gignac;Scott J. Steppan;A. Kristopher Lappin

  • DISPERSAL LIMITATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL HETEROGENEITY SHAPE SCALE‐DEPENDENT DIVERSITY PATTERNS IN PLANT COMMUNITIES

    Amy L. Freestone;Brian D. Inouye

  • Effects of plant neighborhoods on plant-herbivore interactions: resource dilution and associational effects.

    Peter A. Hambäck;Brian D. Inouye;Brian D. Inouye;Petter Andersson;Nora Underwood;Nora Underwood

  • PAPER Stochastic and deterministic drivers of spatial and temporal turnover in breeding bird communities

    James C. Stegen;James C. Stegen;Amy L. Freestone;Thomas O. Crist;Marti J. Anderson

  • Tyrannosaur Life Tables: An Example of Nonavian Dinosaur Population Biology

    Gregory M. Erickson;Philip J. Currie;Brian D. Inouye;Alice A. Winn

  • Habitat loss alters the architecture of plant--pollinator interaction networks.

    Brian J. Spiesman;Brian D. Inouye

  • Measuring tolerance to herbivory: accuracy and precision of estimates made using natural versus imposed damage.

    Peter Tiffin;Brian D. Inouye

  • Phenology as a process rather than an event: from individual reaction norms to community metrics

    Brian D. Inouye;Brian D. Inouye;Johan Ehrlén;Nora Underwood;Nora Underwood

  • Sex-biased dispersal and the speed of two-sex invasions.

    Tom E. X. Miller;Allison K. Shaw;Brian D. Inouye;Michael G. Neubert

  • A Life Table for Psittacosaurus lujiatunensis: Initial Insights Into Ornithischian Dinosaur Population Biology

    Gregory M. Erickson;Peter J. Makovicky;Brian D. Inouye;Chang Fu Zhou

Frequent Co-Authors

David W. Inouye
David W. Inouye University of Maryland, College Park
Rebecca E. Irwin
Rebecca E. Irwin North Carolina State University
Mark Vellend
Mark Vellend Université de Sherbrooke
Nathan J. B. Kraft
Nathan J. B. Kraft University of California, Los Angeles
Susan Harrison
Susan Harrison University of California, Davis
James C. Stegen
James C. Stegen Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Nathan J. Sanders
Nathan J. Sanders University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Heraldo L. Vasconcelos
Heraldo L. Vasconcelos Federal University of Uberlândia
Liza S. Comita
Liza S. Comita Yale University
Jonathan M. Chase
Jonathan M. Chase Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

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