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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
54
Citations
27668
World Ranking
3043
National Ranking
1068

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

David M. Post is affiliated with Yale University in the United States and specializes primarily in Environmental Science. Their research spans multiple subfields, including Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Political Science and International Relations.

The scientist's work often focuses on topics related to Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Ecology and biodiversity studies, Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes, Fish Biology and Ecology Studies, Fish biology, ecology, and behavior, and Gut microbiota and health.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with David M. Post include:

  • Amanda L. Subalusky
  • Christopher L. Dutton
  • Emma J. Rosi
  • Stephen K. Hamilton
  • Laban Njoroge

The scientist's recent papers demonstrate diverse ecological and environmental research interests:

  • "The Evolutionary Consequences of Dams and Other Barriers for Riverine Fishes" (2022), published in BioScience
  • "The meta-gut: community coalescence of animal gut and environmental microbiomes" (2021), published in Scientific Reports
  • "Hippopotamus are distinct from domestic livestock in their resource subsidies to and effects on aquatic ecosystems" (2020), published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "A River of Bones: Wildebeest Skeletons Leave a Legacy of Mass Mortality in the Mara River, Kenya" (2020), published in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • "Alternative Biogeochemical States of River Pools Mediated by Hippo Use and Flow Variability" (2020), published in Ecosystems

Publication venues where David M. Post has frequently contributed include:

  • Scientific Reports
  • BioScience
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Environmental Research Letters

The scientist has published extensively in Environmental Science with a total of 26 publications, including 18 focused on Ecology and 7 on Nature and Landscape Conservation.

David M. Post was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2019.

Best Publications

  • USING STABLE ISOTOPES TO ESTIMATE TROPHIC POSITION: MODELS, METHODS, AND ASSUMPTIONS

    David M. Post

  • Getting to the fat of the matter: models, methods and assumptions for dealing with lipids in stable isotope analyses

    David M Post;Craig A Layman;D Albrey Arrington;Gaku Takimoto

  • Can stable isotope ratios provide for community-wide measures of trophic structure?

    Craig A. Layman;D. Albrey Arrington;Carmen G. Montaña;David M. Post

  • Applying stable isotopes to examine food‐web structure: an overview of analytical tools

    Craig A. Layman;Marcio S. Araujo;Ross Boucek;Caroline M. Hammerschlag-Peyer

  • Detritus, trophic dynamics and biodiversity

    John C. Moore;Eric L. Berlow;David C. Coleman;Quan Dong

  • Ecosystem size determines food-chain length in lakes

    David M. Post;Michael L. Pace;Nelson G. Hairston

  • The ecological importance of intraspecific variation

    Simone Des Roches;David M. Post;Nash E. Turley;Joseph K. Bailey

  • The long and short of food-chain length

    David M. Post

  • Eco-evolutionary feedbacks in community and ecosystem ecology: interactions between the ecological theatre and the evolutionary play.

    David M. Post;Eric P. Palkovacs

  • Rapid evolution revealed by dormant eggs

    Nelson G. Hairston;Winfried Lampert;Carla E. Cáceres;Cami L. Holtmeier

  • Ecology under lake ice

    Stephanie E. Hampton;Aaron W.E. Galloway;Stephen M. Powers;Ted Ozersky

  • Studying invasion: have we missed the boat?

    Linda M. Puth;David M. Post

  • Intraspecific variation in a predator affects community structure and cascading trophic interactions.

    David M. Post;Eric P. Palkovacs;Erika G. Schielke;Stanley I. Dodson

  • INDIVIDUAL VARIATION IN THE TIMING OF ONTOGENETIC NICHE SHIFTS IN LARGEMOUTH BASS

    David M. Post

  • Individuals' diet diversity influences gut microbial diversity in two freshwater fish (threespine stickleback and Eurasian perch)

    Daniel I. Bolnick;Lisa K. Snowberg;Philipp E. Hirsch;Philipp E. Hirsch;Christian L. Lauber

  • PREY PREFERENCE BY A TOP PREDATOR AND THE STABILITY OF LINKED FOOD CHAINS

    David M. Post;M. Elizabeth Conners;Debra S. Goldberg

  • NATURAL SELECTION FOR GRAZER RESISTANCE TO TOXIC CYANOBACTERIA: EVOLUTION OF PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY?

    N. G. Hairston Jr.;C. L. Holtmeier;W. Lampert;L. J. Weider

  • The role of discharge variation in scaling of drainage area and food chain length in rivers.

    John L. Sabo;Jacques C. Finlay;Theodore A. Kennedy;David M. Post

  • The Role of Migratory Waterfowl as Nutrient Vectors in a Managed Wetland

    D. M. Post;J. P. Taylor;J. F. Kitchell;M. H. Olson

  • Rapid and widespread vegetation responses to past climate change in the North Atlantic region

    John W. Williams;David M. Post;Les C. Cwynar;André F. Lotter

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric P. Palkovacs
Eric P. Palkovacs University of California, Santa Cruz
Jakob Brodersen
Jakob Brodersen Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
John L. Sabo
John L. Sabo Arizona State University
Stephen K. Hamilton
Stephen K. Hamilton Michigan State University
James F. Kitchell
James F. Kitchell University of Wisconsin–Madison
Derek E. G. Briggs
Derek E. G. Briggs Yale University
Craig A. Layman
Craig A. Layman Wake Forest University
Joseph K. Bailey
Joseph K. Bailey University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Mark A. Altabet
Mark A. Altabet University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Michael J. Vanni
Michael J. Vanni Miami University

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