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11765
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3786
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1325

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  • 2001 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Carol L. Boggs is affiliated with the University of South Carolina in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on agricultural and biological sciences, with notable contributions in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

The main subfields of study include ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, insect science, genetics, molecular biology, and ecology. Their work engages with several interconnected topics such as plant and animal studies, insect-plant interactions and control, insect and pesticide research, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, animal behavior and reproduction, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, and genetic diversity and population structure.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Carol L. Boggs include Nitin Ravikanthachari, Rachel Steward, Luca Livraghi, Joseph J. Hanly, and Ling S. Loh. Their research has been disseminated through various publication venues, with multiple papers appearing in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Ecological Entomology, Ecological Monographs, Current Biology, and Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Carol L. Boggs include:

  • Scientists' warning on climate change and insects, 2022, Ecological Monographs
  • Current and lagged climate affects phenology across diverse taxonomic groups, 2023, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • The Genome of the Margined White Butterfly (Pieris macdunnoughii): Sex Chromosome Insights and the Power of Polishing with PoolSeq Data, 2021, Genome Biology and Evolution
  • Experience may outweigh cue similarity in maintaining a persistent host-plant-based evolutionary trap, 2020, Ecological Monographs
  • Carry-over effects of larval food stress on adult energetics and life history in a nectar-feeding butterfly, 2022, Ecological Entomology

In 2001, Carol L. Boggs was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Best Publications

  • Male contribution to egg production in butterflies: evidence for transfer of nutrients at mating.

    Carol L. Boggs;Lawrence E. Gilbert

  • Climate change hastens population extinctions

    John F. McLaughlin;Jessica J. Hellmann;Carol L. Boggs;Paul R. Ehrlich

  • LONGEVITY CAN BUFFER PLANT AND ANIMAL POPULATIONS AGAINST CHANGING CLIMATIC VARIABILITY

    William F. Morris;Catherine A. Pfister;Shripad Tuljapurkar;Chirrakal V. Haridas

  • Understanding insect life histories and senescence through a resource allocation lens.

    Carol L. Boggs

  • More than just indicators: A review of tropical butterfly ecology and conservation

    Timothy C. Bonebrake;Lauren C. Ponisio;Carol L. Boggs;Paul R. Ehrlich

  • When agendas collide: human welfare and biological conservation

    Kai M.A. Chan;Robert Mitchell Pringle;Jai Ranganathan;Carol L. Boggs

  • Assessing the Roles of Patch Quality, Area, and Isolation in Predicting Metapopulation Dynamics

    Erica Fleishman;Chris Ray;Per Sjögren-Gulve;Carol L. Boggs

  • Larval food limitation in butterflies: effects on adult resource allocation and fitness.

    Carol L. Boggs;Carol L. Boggs;Kimberly D. Freeman;Kimberly D. Freeman;Kimberly D. Freeman

  • Renewable and nonrenewable resources: Amino acid turnover and allocation to reproduction in Lepidoptera

    Diane M. O'Brien;Marilyn L. Fogel;Carol L. Boggs

  • THE EFFECT OF ADULT FOOD LIMITATION ON LIFE HISTORY TRAITS IN SPEYERIA MORMONIA (LEPIDOPTERA: NYMPHALIDAE)'

    Carol L. Boggs;Charles L. Ross

  • Ovarian Dynamics in Heliconiine Butterflies: Programmed Senescence versus Eternal Youth.

    Helen Dunlap-Pianka;Carol L. Boggs;Lawrence E. Gilbert

  • Nutritional and Life-History Determinants of Resource Allocation in Holometabolous Insects

    Carol L. Boggs

  • A General Model of the Role of Male-Donated Nutrients in Female Insects' Reproduction

    Carol L. Boggs

  • Resource allocation : exploring connections between foraging and life history

    C. L. Boggs

  • Butterflies: Ecology and Evolution Taking Flight

    Carol L. Boggs;Ward B. Watt;Paul R. Ehrlich

  • SELECTION PRESSURES AFFECTING MALE NUTRIENT INVESTMENT AT MATING IN HELICONIINE BUTTERFLIES.

    Carol L. Boggs

  • Reproductive strategies of female butterflies: variation in and constraints on fecundity

    Carol L. Boggs

  • A single climate driver has direct and indirect effects on insect population dynamics

    Carol L. Boggs;Carol L. Boggs;David W. Inouye;David W. Inouye

  • Egg maturation strategy and its associated trade-offs: a synthesis focusing on Lepidoptera

    Mark A. Jervis;Carol L. Boggs;Peter N. Ferns

  • DYNAMICS OF REPRODUCTIVE ALLOCATION FROM JUVENILE AND ADULT FEEDING: RADIOTRACER STUDIES

    Carol L. Boggs;Carol L. Boggs

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul R. Ehrlich
Paul R. Ehrlich Stanford University
Jessica J. Hellmann
Jessica J. Hellmann University of Minnesota
Dennis D. Murphy
Dennis D. Murphy University of Nevada Reno
Marilyn L. Fogel
Marilyn L. Fogel University of California, Riverside
Jacintha Ellers
Jacintha Ellers Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Heiko Vogel
Heiko Vogel Max Planck Society
Taylor H. Ricketts
Taylor H. Ricketts University of Vermont
Erica Fleishman
Erica Fleishman Oregon State University
Lawrence E. Gilbert
Lawrence E. Gilbert The University of Texas at Austin
Gretchen C. Daily
Gretchen C. Daily Stanford University

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