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D-Index
45
Citations
16421
World Ranking
4731
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1641

Carl D. Schlichting publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Carl D. Schlichting sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 82 publications — 8th percentile

8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Carl D. Schlichting D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Carl D. Schlichting sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 45 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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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

  • The Evolution of Phenotypic Plasticity in Plants

    Carl D. Schlichting

  • Adaptive phenotypic plasticity: consensus and controversy.

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

  • Phenotypic plasticity's impacts on diversification and speciation

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

  • Phenotypic plasticity and evolution by genetic assimilation

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

  • 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

  • Phenotypic plasticity: linking molecular mechanisms with evolutionary outcomes

    Carl D. Schlichting;Harry Smith

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

    Carl D. Schlichting

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

    Carl D. Schlichting;Matthew A. Wund

  • Hidden reaction norms, cryptic genetic variation, and evolvability.

    Carl D. Schlichting

  • Control of phenotypic plasticity via regulatory genes.

    Carl D. Schlichting;Massimo Pigliucci

  • Gene regulation, quantitative genetics and the evolution of reaction norms

    Carl D. Schlichting;Massimo Pigliucci

  • 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

  • Phenotypic plasticity: an evolving plant character

    Carl D. Schlichting;Donald A. Levin

  • Phenotypic plasticity of annual Phlox: tests of some hypotheses.

    Carl D. Schlichting;Donald A. Levin

  • Phenotypic plasticity in Phlox : II. Plasticity of character correlations.

    Carl D. Schlichting

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

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

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

    Adrienne Nicotra;Meredith Cosgrove;Ann Cowling;Carl Schlichting

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

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

  • Phenotypic Evolution: A Reaction Norm Perspective.

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Massimo Pigliucci
Massimo Pigliucci City College of New York
Jan E. Conn
Jan E. Conn New York State Department of Health
Adrienne B. Nicotra
Adrienne B. Nicotra Australian National University
Andrew G. Stephenson
Andrew G. Stephenson Pennsylvania State University
Donald A. Levin
Donald A. Levin The University of Texas at Austin
David W. Pfennig
David W. Pfennig University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Robert A. Wirtz
Robert A. Wirtz Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Robert K. Jansen
Robert K. Jansen The University of Texas at Austin
Joseph M. Vinetz
Joseph M. Vinetz Yale University
Maria Anice Mureb Sallum
Maria Anice Mureb Sallum Universidade de São Paulo

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