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80
Citations
50464
World Ranking
814
National Ranking
294

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1997 - Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation
  • 1979 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Eric L. Charnov is affiliated with the University of New Mexico in the United States. Their academic and research career includes notable recognition through several prestigious fellowships.

The scientist has been named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2009. Earlier, in 1997, they were recognized as a Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation. Additionally, in 1979, they were awarded a fellowship by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.

While specific details about research papers, frequent co-authors, publication venues, and main fields of study are not available, these fellowships suggest engagement with significant scholarly activity and contributions over multiple decades.

Best Publications

  • Optimal foraging, the marginal value theorem.

    Eric L. Charnov

  • Effects of Size and Temperature on Metabolic Rate

    James F. Gillooly;James H. Brown;James H. Brown;Geoffrey B. West;Geoffrey B. West;Van M. Savage;Van M. Savage

  • Optimal foraging: A selective review of theory and tests

    G.H. Pyke;H.R. Pulliam;Eric Charnov

  • The theory of sex allocation

    Eric L. Charnov

  • Grandmothering, menopause, and the evolution of human life histories

    Kristen Hawkes;James F. O'Connell;N.G. Blurton Jones;H. Alvarez

  • Optimal foraging: Attack strategy of a mantid

    Eric L. Charnov

  • A Biosocial Perspective on Paternal Behavior and Involvement

    Michael E. Lamb;Joseph H. Pleck;Eric L. Charnov;James A. Levine

  • Effects of size and temperature on developmental time

    James. F. Gillooly;Eric L. Charnov;Geoffrey B. West;Geoffrey B. West;Van M. Savage;Van M. Savage;Van M. Savage

  • Paternal Behavior in Humans

    Michael E. Lamb;Joseph H. Pleck;Eric L. Charnov;James A. Levine

  • Effects of Body Size and Temperature on Population Growth

    Van M. Savage;James F. Gillooly;James H. Brown;Geoffrey B. West

  • When is sex environmentally determined

    Eric L. Charnov;James J Bull

  • Simultaneous hermaphroditism and sexual selection.

    Eric L. Charnov

  • Ecological Implications of Resource Depression

    Eric L. Charnov;Gordon H. Orians;Kim Hyatt

  • Sex ratio evolution in a variable environment

    E.L. Charnov;R.L. Los den Hartogh;W.T. Jones;J. van den Assem

  • Allometric Scaling of Production and Life History Variation in Vascular Plants

    Brian J. Enquist;Geoffrey B. West;Eric L. Charnov;James H. Brown

  • Life history consequences of natural selection: Coles result revisited'

    Eric L. Charnov;William M. Schaffer

  • Hunting by expectation or optimal foraging: A study of patch use by chickadees

    John R. Krebs;John C. Ryan;Eric L. Charnov

  • ON CLUTCH‐SIZE AND FITNESS

    Eric L. Charnov;John R. Krebs

  • Optimal prey selection in the great tit (Parus major)

    John R. Krebs;Jonathan T. Erichsen;Michael I. Webber;Eric L. Charnov

  • Why be an hermaphrodite

    Eric L. Charnov;James J. Bull;J. Maynard Smith

  • Inclusive fitness theory and eusociality

    Patrick Abbot;Jun Abe;John Alcock;Samuel Alizon

  • Why do female primates have such long lifespans and so few babies? or Life in the slow lane

    Eric L. Charnov;David Berrigan

  • The genetical evolution of patterns of sexuality: Darwinian fitness.

    Eric L. Charnov

  • Optimal foraging: Some simple stochastic models.

    D. W. Stephens;Eric L. Charnov

Frequent Co-Authors

James H. Brown
James H. Brown University of New Mexico
James J. Bull
James J. Bull University of Idaho
Van M. Savage
Van M. Savage University of California, Los Angeles
Michael E. Lamb
Michael E. Lamb University of Cambridge
James F. Gillooly
James F. Gillooly University of Florida
Kristen Hawkes
Kristen Hawkes University of Utah
Brian J. Enquist
Brian J. Enquist University of Arizona
Felisa A. Smith
Felisa A. Smith University of New Mexico
Ross A. Thompson
Ross A. Thompson University of California, Davis
S. K. Morgan Ernest
S. K. Morgan Ernest University of Florida

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