2026 Carl D. Schlichting: Ecology and Evolution Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Ecology and Evolution	45	4735	4568	1640	1571	82	16421

Overview

Carl D. Schlichting is affiliated with the University of Connecticut in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with significant contributions in related subfields such as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecological Modeling, Plant Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Ecology.

The main topics of Carl D. Schlichting's work include:

Species Distribution and Climate Change
Plant and animal studies
Plant Diversity and Evolution
Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
Plant Parasitism and Resistance
Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases

They have published research in several recognized venues, including:

Functional Ecology
UNC Libraries
Climate Change Ecology
American Journal of Botany
Parasites & Vectors

Recent publications by Carl D. Schlichting include:

Impact of rainfall seasonality on intraspecific trait variation in a shrub from a Mediterranean climate, 2020, Functional Ecology
Constraints on the evolution of phenotypic plasticity: limits and costs of phenotype and plasticity, 2021, UNC Libraries
Herbarium records demonstrate changes in flowering phenology associated with climate change over the past century within the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa, 2021, Climate Change Ecology
Evidence for family-level variation of phenotypic traits in response to temperature of Brazilian Nyssorhynchus darlingi, 2020, Parasites & Vectors
Leaf margins in a deciduous lineage from the Greater Cape Floristic Region track climate in unexpected directions, 2020, American Journal of Botany

Frequent collaborators include:

Timothy E. Moore
Cynthia S. Jones
Caroline Chong
C. J. Murren
J. R. Auld

Best Publications

Phenotypic Evolution: A Reaction Norm Perspective

Carl Schlichting;Massimo Pigliucci

2740
Citations
The Evolution of Phenotypic Plasticity in Plants

Carl D. Schlichting

2004
Citations
Adaptive phenotypic plasticity: consensus and controversy.

Sara Via;Richard Gomulkiewicz;Gerdien De Jong;Samuel M. Scheiner

1738
Citations
Phenotypic plasticity's impacts on diversification and speciation

David W. Pfennig;Matthew A. Wund;Emilie C. Snell-Rood;Tami Cruickshank

1392
Citations
Phenotypic plasticity and evolution by genetic assimilation

Massimo Pigliucci;Courtney J. Murren;Carl D. Schlichting

1370
Citations
Constraints on the evolution of phenotypic plasticity: limits and costs of phenotype and plasticity

Courtney J Murren;Josh R. Auld;Hilary S Callahan;Cameron K Ghalambor

680
Citations
Phenotypic plasticity: linking molecular mechanisms with evolutionary outcomes

Carl D. Schlichting;Harry Smith

499
Citations
Phenotypic Integration and Environmental ChangeWhat are the consequences of differential phenotypic plasticity of traits

Carl D. Schlichting

416
Citations
PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY AND EPIGENETIC MARKING: AN ASSESSMENT OF EVIDENCE FOR GENETIC ACCOMMODATION

Carl D. Schlichting;Matthew A. Wund

302
Citations
Hidden reaction norms, cryptic genetic variation, and evolvability.

Carl D. Schlichting

297
Citations
Control of phenotypic plasticity via regulatory genes.

Carl D. Schlichting;Massimo Pigliucci

289
Citations
Gene regulation, quantitative genetics and the evolution of reaction norms

Carl D. Schlichting;Massimo Pigliucci

259
Citations
Emergence of a New Neotropical Malaria Vector Facilitated by Human Migration and Changes in Land Use

Jan E Conn;Richard C Wilkerson;M Nazaré O Segura;Raimundo T L de Souza

237
Citations
Phenotypic plasticity: an evolving plant character

Carl D. Schlichting;Donald A. Levin

224
Citations
Phenotypic plasticity of annual Phlox: tests of some hypotheses.

Carl D. Schlichting;Donald A. Levin

202
Citations
Phenotypic plasticity in Phlox : II. Plasticity of character correlations.

Carl D. Schlichting

168
Citations
Reaction norms of Arabidopsis. I. Plasticity of characters and correlations across water, nutrient and light gradients

M. Pigliucci;J. Whitton;C. D. Schlichting

163
Citations
Leaf shape linked to photosynthetic rates and temperature optima in South African Pelargonium species.

Adrienne Nicotra;Meredith Cosgrove;Ann Cowling;Carl Schlichting

162
Citations
Developmental phenotypic plasticity: where ecology and evolution meet molecular biology.

Hilary S. Callahan;Massimo Pigliucci;Carl D. Schlichting

151
Citations
Phenotypic Evolution: A Reaction Norm Perspective.

Larry Hufford;Richard Gomulkiewicz;Carl D. Schlichting;Massimo Pigliucci

31
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Massimo Pigliucci City College of New York

Jan E. Conn New York State Department of Health

Adrienne B. Nicotra Australian National University

Andrew G. Stephenson Pennsylvania State University

Donald A. Levin The University of Texas at Austin

David W. Pfennig University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Joseph M. Vinetz Yale University

Robert K. Jansen The University of Texas at Austin

Robin L. Chazdon University of Connecticut

Maria Anice Mureb Sallum Universidade de São Paulo

External Links

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