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David A. Vasseur

David A. Vasseur

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
34
Citations
7707
World Ranking
7506
National Ranking
2520

Overview

David A. Vasseur is affiliated with Yale University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with significant contributions in ecology, genetics, and related subfields.

Their work spans several specialized areas, including:

  • Ecology
  • Genetics
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation

The main topics addressed in their publications cover:

  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Physiological and biochemical adaptations
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Ecosystem dynamics and resilience
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation

David A. Vasseur has published research across various scientific venues, frequently appearing in:

  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Ecological Monographs
  • Ecology Letters
  • Limnology and Oceanography Letters

Their recent papers include:

  • "Synthesizing the effects of individual-level variation on coexistence," 2021, Ecological Monographs
  • "Resolving the consequences of gradual phenotypic plasticity for populations in variable environments," 2021, Ecological Monographs
  • "Disentangling the effects of external perturbations on coexistence and priority effects," 2020, Journal of Ecology
  • "Resource limitation determines realized thermal performance of consumers in trophodynamic models," 2022, Ecology Letters
  • "Interactions between temperature and nutrients determine the population dynamics of primary producers," 2024, Ecology Letters

Collaboration is an important aspect of Vasseur's research. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Alison J. Robey
  • Simon Maccracken Stump
  • Samuel B. Fey
  • Colin T. Kremer
  • Carling Bieg

Best Publications

  • Why intraspecific trait variation matters in community ecology

    Daniel I. Bolnick;Priyanga Amarasekare;Márcio S. Araújo;Reinhard Bürger

  • Increased temperature variation poses a greater risk to species than climate warming

    David A. Vasseur;John P. DeLong;Benjamin Gilbert;Hamish S. Greig;Hamish S. Greig

  • THE COLOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE

    David A. Vasseur;Peter Yodzis

  • A Mechanistic Approach for Modeling Temperature‐Dependent Consumer‐Resource Dynamics

    David A. Vasseur;Kevin S. McCann

  • A bioenergetic framework for the temperature dependence of trophic interactions.

    Benjamin Gilbert;Tyler D. Tunney;Kevin S. McCann;John P. DeLong

  • Phase-locking and environmental fluctuations generate synchrony in a predator–prey community

    David A. Vasseur;Jeremy W. Fox

  • The Body Size Dependence of Trophic Cascades

    John P. DeLong;Benjamin Gilbert;Jonathan B. Shurin;Van M. Savage

  • Life in the Frequency Domain: the Biological Impacts of Changes in Climate Variability at Multiple Time Scales

    Michael E. Dillon;H. Arthur Woods;George Wang;Samuel B. Fey

  • Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics Enable Coexistence via Neighbor-Dependent Selection

    David A. Vasseur;Priyanga Amarasekare;Volker H. W. Rudolf;Jonathan M. Levine

  • Mutual interference is common and mostly intermediate in magnitude

    John P DeLong;David A Vasseur

  • Character Convergence under Competition for Nutritionally Essential Resources

    Jeremy W. Fox;David A. Vasseur

  • Spectral analysis unmasks synchronous and compensatory dynamics in plankton communities.

    David A. Vasseur;Ursula Gaedke

  • Environmental fluctuations can stabilize food web dynamics by increasing synchrony

    David A. Vasseur;Jeremy W. Fox

  • Opportunities for behavioral rescue under rapid environmental change.

    Samuel B. Fey;David A. Vasseur;Karla Alujević;Kristy J. Kroeker

  • Phase locking, the Moran effect and distance decay of synchrony: experimental tests in a model system

    Jeremy W. Fox;David A. Vasseur;Stephen Hausch;Jodie Roberts

  • Competition and the density dependence of metabolic rates

    John P. DeLong;Torrance C. Hanley;David A. Vasseur

  • Gradual plasticity alters population dynamics in variable environments: thermal acclimation in the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhartdii.

    Colin T. Kremer;Samuel B. Fey;Samuel B. Fey;Aldo A. Arellano;David A. Vasseur

  • Synchronous dynamics of zooplankton competitors prevail in temperate lake ecosystems

    David A. Vasseur;Jeremy W. Fox;Andrew Gonzalez;Rita Adrian

  • Population extinctions can increase metapopulation persistence.

    Jeremy W Fox;David A Vasseur;Morgan Cotroneo;Lilian Guan

  • A dynamic explanation of size-density scaling in carnivores.

    John P. DeLong;David A. Vasseur

  • A seasonal alternation of coherent and compensatory dynamics occurs in phytoplankton

    David A. Vasseur;Ursula Gaedke;Kevin S. McCann

  • Predator–prey dynamics and the plasticity of predator body size

    John P. DeLong;Torrance C. Hanley;David A. Vasseur

Frequent Co-Authors

John P. DeLong
John P. DeLong University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Kevin S. McCann
Kevin S. McCann University of Guelph
Ursula Gaedke
Ursula Gaedke University of Potsdam
Van M. Savage
Van M. Savage University of California, Los Angeles
Mary I. O'Connor
Mary I. O'Connor University of British Columbia
Volker H. W. Rudolf
Volker H. W. Rudolf Rice University
Jonathan B. Shurin
Jonathan B. Shurin University of California, San Diego
Priyanga Amarasekare
Priyanga Amarasekare University of California, Los Angeles
Jonathan M. Levine
Jonathan M. Levine Princeton University
Benjamin Gilbert
Benjamin Gilbert University of Toronto

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