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85
Citations
31763
World Ranking
632
National Ranking
224

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1998 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

David N. Reznick is affiliated with the University of California, Riverside in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within environmental and biological sciences, with significant contributions to ecology, evolution, and genetics.

The main fields of study in which David N. Reznick has published include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these broader fields, their work focuses on specialized subfields, notably:

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

The primary research topics addressed by David N. Reznick include:

  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Physiological and biochemical adaptations

Several recent publications showcase the range of their research interests. These include:

  • "Towards a more precise - and accurate - view of eco-evolution," 2021, published in Ecology Letters
  • "The evolution of the placenta in poeciliid fishes," 2021, published in Current Biology
  • "Density-Dependent Selection," 2023, published in Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics
  • "Molecular Signatures of Placentation and Secretion Uncovered in Poeciliopsis Maternal Follicles," 2020, published in Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • "The evolution of size-dependent competitive interactions promotes species coexistence," 2021, published in Journal of Animal Ecology

David N. Reznick frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

  • Joseph Travis
  • Ronald D. Bassar
  • Tim Coulson
  • Tomos Potter
  • Andrew I. Furness

Their publications are often found in notable academic venues, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Evolution
  • The American Naturalist
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Ecology Letters

Throughout their career, David N. Reznick has received various honors, such as being named a Fellow of:

  • John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 2016
  • The American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2011
  • The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1998

The breadth of their research reflects an interdisciplinary approach bridging ecological research with evolutionary biology and genetics, emphasizing animal behavior, reproductive biology, and species interaction dynamics in natural environments.

Best Publications

  • Adaptive versus non‐adaptive phenotypic plasticity and the potential for contemporary adaptation in new environments

    C. K. Ghalambor;J. K. McKAY;S. P. Carroll;D. N. Reznick

  • Costs of reproduction: an evaluation of the empirical evidence

    David Reznick

  • THE IMPACT OF PREDATION ON LIFE HISTORY EVOLUTION IN TRINIDADIAN GUPPIES (POECILIA RETICULATA)

    David Reznick;David Reznick;John A. Endler;John A. Endler

  • The population ecology of contemporary adaptations: What empirical studies reveal about the conditions that promote adaptive evolution

    David N. Reznick;Cameron K. Ghalambor

  • Evaluation of the Rate of Evolution in Natural Populations of Guppies (Poecilia reticulata)

    David N. Reznick;Frank H. Shaw;F. Helen Rodd;Ruth G. Shaw

  • Big houses, big cars, superfleas and the costs of reproduction

    David Reznick;Leonard Nunney;Alan Tessier

  • Evolution on ecological time‐scales

    S. P. Carroll;A. P. Hendry;D. N. Reznick;C. W. Fox

  • Convergence and parallelism reconsidered: what have we learned about the genetics of adaptation?

    Jeff Arendt;David Reznick

  • r- AND K-SELECTION REVISITED: THE ROLE OF POPULATION REGULATION IN LIFE-HISTORY EVOLUTION

    David Reznick;Michael J. Bryant;Farrah Bashey

  • Non-adaptive plasticity potentiates rapid adaptive evolution of gene expression in nature

    Cameron K. Ghalambor;Kim L. Hoke;Emily W. Ruell;Eva K. Fischer

  • Do faster starts increase the probability of evading predators

    J. A. Walker;C. K. Ghalambor;O. L. Griset;D. McKENNEY

  • Life‐History Evolution in Guppies. VII. The Comparative Ecology of High‐ and Low‐Predation Environments

    David Reznick;Mark J. Butler;Helen Rodd

  • Effect of extrinsic mortality on the evolution of senescence in guppies

    David N. Reznick;Michael J. Bryant;Michael J. Bryant;Derek Roff;Cameron K. Ghalambor

  • LIFE‐HISTORY EVOLUTION IN GUPPIES (POECILIA RETICULATA) 6. DIFFERENTIAL MORTALITY AS A MECHANISM FOR NATURAL SELECTION

    David N. Reznick;Mark J. Butler;F. Helen Rodd;Patrick Ross

  • Local adaptation in Trinidadian guppies alters ecosystem processes

    Ronald D. Bassar;Michael C. Marshall;Andrés López-Sepulcre;Eugenia Zandonà

  • The Influence of Fluctuating Resources on Life History: Patterns of Allocation and Plasticity in Female Guppies

    David Reznick;Anthony P. Yang

  • Constraints on adaptive evolution : the functional trade-off between reproduction and fast-start swimming performance in the Trinidadian guppy (Poecilia reticulata)

    Cameron K. Ghalambor;David N. Reznick;Jeffrey A. Walker

  • The Structure of Guppy Life Histories: The Tradeoff between Growth and Reproduction

    David Reznick

  • The relative influence of natural selection and geography on gene flow in guppies

    Erika Crispo;Paul Bentzen;David N. Reznick;Michael T. Kinnison

  • Ecology and Evolution of Swimming Performance in Fishes: Predicting Evolution with Biomechanics

    R. Brian Langerhans;David N. Reznick

  • THE IMPACT OF PREDATION ON LIFE HISTORY EVOLUTION IN TRINIDADIAN GUPPIES: GENETIC BASIS OF OBSERVED LIFE HISTORY PATTERNS.

    David Reznick

Frequent Co-Authors

Joseph Travis
Joseph Travis Florida State University
Cameron K. Ghalambor
Cameron K. Ghalambor Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Alexander S. Flecker
Alexander S. Flecker Cornell University
Catherine M. Pringle
Catherine M. Pringle University of Georgia
Steven A. Thomas
Steven A. Thomas University of Nebraska–Lincoln
F. Helen Rodd
F. Helen Rodd University of Toronto
Mark S. Springer
Mark S. Springer University of California, Riverside
Robert W. Meredith
Robert W. Meredith Montclair State University
Andrew P. Hendry
Andrew P. Hendry McGill University
Michael T. Kinnison
Michael T. Kinnison University of Maine

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