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D-Index
40
Citations
10595
World Ranking
5982
National Ranking
2035

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Earl D. McCoy is affiliated with the University of South Florida in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's published work spans several subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change, Ecological Modeling, Social Psychology, and Genetics. Their research touches on topics such as Species Distribution and Climate Change, Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Animal and Plant Science Education, Neuroendocrine Regulation and Behavior, Bat Biology and Ecology Studies, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, and Genetic Diversity and Population Structure.

Frequent publication venues for Earl D. McCoy include the Journal of Herpetology, Ecosphere, Environmental Reviews, and Ichthyology & Herpetology.

Collaborations are notable with several co-authors who have worked with Earl D. McCoy on multiple occasions. These frequent co-authors are Henry R. Mushinsky, David R. Tevs, Lance D. McBrayer, Kyle G. Ashton, and Aaron W. Schrey.

Recent papers by Earl D. McCoy include the following:

  • The importance of determining species sensitivity to environmental change: a tree frog example, 2021, Ecosphere

Other related papers in the same research area, although with other first authors, relevant to the themes in which Earl D. McCoy has contributed, include:

  • Diverging Epigenetic Responses to Wildfire History in Two Sympatric Lizards, 2023, Journal of Herpetology
  • Genetic Diversity of Florida Scrub Lizards (Sceloporus woodi) Varies with Wildfire History, 2023, Journal of Herpetology
  • Resolving a sorites paradox: how large is a small population?, 2024, Environmental Reviews
  • Wildfire Alters DNA Methylation in the Florida Sand Skink, 2025, Ichthyology & Herpetology

Earl D. McCoy was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2012.

Best Publications

  • THE STATISTICS AND BIOLOGY OF THE SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP

    Edward F Connor;Earl D. McCoy

  • Habitat structure: the physical arrangement of objects in space.

    Susan S. Bell;Earl D. McCoy;Henry R. Mushinsky

  • Habitat Structure: The Evolution and Diversification of a Complex Topic

    Earl D. McCoy;Susan S. Bell

  • Method in ecology : strategies for conservation

    Kristin S. Shrader-Frechette;Earl D. McCoy

  • The distribution of insects along elevational gradients

    Earl D. McCoy

  • Time and the Number of Herbivore Species: The Pests of Sugarcane

    Donald R. Strong;Earl D. McCoy;Jorge R. Rey

  • Species–Area Relationships

    Edward F. Connor;Earl D. McCoy

  • Biogeography of Corals, Seagrasses, and Mangroves: an Alternative to the Center of Origin Concept

    Earl D. McCoy;Kenneth L. Heck

  • Decline of Some West-Central Florida Anuran Populations in Response to Habitat Degradation

    Pabl O R. Delis;Henry R Mushinsky;Earl D. McCoy

  • LATITUDINAL GRADIENTS IN THE SPECIES DIVERSITY OF NORTH AMERICAN MAMMALS.

    Earl D. McCoy;Edward F. Connor

  • Epigenetic Variation May Compensate for Decreased Genetic Variation with Introductions: A Case Study Using House Sparrows ( Passer domesticus ) on Two Continents

    Aaron W. Schrey;Courtney A. C. Coon;Michael T. Grispo;Mohammed Awad

  • The Species-Area Relationship

    Edward F Connor;Earl D. McCoy

  • There Have Been No Statistical Tests of Cladistic Biogeographical Hypotheses

    D S Simberloff;K L Heck;Earl D. McCoy;E F Connor

  • Declines of the gopher tortoise on protected lands

    Earl D. McCoy;Henry R. Mushinsky;Jonathan Lindzey

  • Effects of fragmentation on the richness of vertebrates in the Florida scrub habitat

    Earl D. McCoy;Henry R. Mushinsky

  • Identifying Biotic Boundaries Along Environmental Gradients

    Earl D. McCoy;Susan S. Bell;Keith Walters

  • Long-Distance Dispersal and the Reef-Building Corals of the Eastern Pacific

    K L Heck;Earl D. McCoy

  • Growth and Sexual Dimorphism of Gopherus Polyphemus in Central Florida

    Henry R. Mushinsky;Dawn S. Wilson;Earl D. McCoy

  • Revised Recovery Plan for the Mojave Population of the Desert Tortoise (Gopherus Agassizii)

    US Fish;C R Tracy;W Boarman

  • Broad-scale latitudinal patterns of genetic diversity among native European and introduced house sparrow (Passer domesticus) populations.

    A W Schrey;M Grispo;M Awad;M B Cook

  • Statistics, costs and rationality in ecological inference.

    Kristin S. Shrader-Frechette;Earl D. McCoy

Frequent Co-Authors

Henry R. Mushinsky
Henry R. Mushinsky University of South Florida
Edward F. Connor
Edward F. Connor San Francisco State University
Kenneth L. Heck
Kenneth L. Heck University of South Alabama
Susan S. Bell
Susan S. Bell University of South Florida
Alessandro Catenazzi
Alessandro Catenazzi Florida International University
Donald R. Strong
Donald R. Strong University of California, Davis
Lynn B. Martin
Lynn B. Martin University of South Florida
Mark S. Hoddle
Mark S. Hoddle University of California, Riverside
Bernard J. Cosby
Bernard J. Cosby University of Virginia
Alfonso Marzal
Alfonso Marzal University of Extremadura

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