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Gregory P. Brown

Gregory P. Brown

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
62
Citations
12817
World Ranking
2092
National Ranking
163

Overview

Gregory P. Brown is affiliated with Macquarie University in Australia and conducts research primarily within the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work spans several subfields, including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Global and Planetary Change; Ecology; Nature and Landscape Conservation; and Genetics.

The primary research topics covered by Brown include:

  • Amphibian and Reptile Biology
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Turtle Biology and Conservation
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Brown's frequent publication venues demonstrate a focus on ecological and biological sciences, with significant contributions to:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Ecology and Evolution
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • World Literature Today
  • Royal Society Open Science

Their recent scientific papers reveal diverse areas of investigation and publication years as follows:

  • "Diverse aging rates in ectothermic tetrapods provide insights for the evolution of aging and longevity," 2022, Science
  • "Increased rates of dispersal of free-ranging cane toads (Rhinella marina) during their global invasion," 2021, Scientific Reports
  • "The behaviour of sea snakes (Emydocephalus annulatus) shifts with the tides," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "A famous failure: Why were cane toads an ineffective biocontrol in Australia?" 2020, Conservation Science and Practice
  • "Skin resistance to water gain and loss has changed in cane toads (Rhinella marina) during their Australian invasion," 2020, Ecology and Evolution

Brown collaborates extensively with other researchers in their field. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Richard Shine
  • Lee A. Rollins
  • Georgia Ward-Fear
  • Keith A. Christian
  • Karen Gibb

Best Publications

  • Invasion and the evolution of speed in toads

    Benjamin L. Phillips;Gregory P. Brown;Jonathan K. Webb;Richard Shine

  • An evolutionary process that assembles phenotypes through space rather than through time

    Richard Shine;Gregory P. Brown;Benjamin L. Phillips

  • Life-history evolution in range-shifting populations.

    Benjamin L. Phillips;Gregory P. Brown;Richard Shine

  • Effects of a sudden increase in natural mortality of adults on a population of the common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina)

    Ronald J. Brooks;Gregory P. Brown;David A. Galbraith

  • Reid’s Paradox Revisited: The Evolution of Dispersal Kernels during Range Expansion

    Benjamin L. Phillips;Gregory P. Brown;Justin M. J. Travis;Richard Shine

  • Evolutionarily accelerated invasions: the rate of dispersal evolves upwards during the range advance of cane toads

    B. L. Phillips;G. P. Brown;R. Shine

  • Rapid expansion of the cane toad (Bufo marinus) invasion front in tropical Australia

    Benjamin L. Phillips;Gregory P. Brown;Matthew Greenlees;Jonathan K. Webb

  • Assessing the Potential Impact of Cane Toads on Australian Snakes

    Ben L. Phillips;Ben L. Phillips;Gregory P. Brown;Richard Shine

  • Parasites and pathogens lag behind their host during periods of host range advance

    Ben L. Phillips;Crystal Kelehear;Lígia Pizzatto;Gregory P. Brown

  • Toad on the road: use of roads as dispersal corridors by cane toads (Bufo marinus) at an invasion front in tropical Australia.

    Gregory P. Brown;Benjamin L. Phillips;Jonathan K. Webb;Richard Shine

  • Comparisons through time and space suggest rapid evolution of dispersal behaviour in an invasive species.

    Ross A. Alford;Gregory P. Brown;Lin Schwarzkopf;Benjamin L. Phillips

  • Larger body size at metamorphosis enhances survival, growth and performance of young cane toads (Rhinella marina).

    Elisa Cabrera-Guzmán;Michael R. Crossland;Gregory P. Brown;Richard Shine

  • Adapting to the unpredictable: reproductive biology of vertebrates in the Australian wet–dry tropics

    Richard Shine;Gregory P Brown

  • THERMAL ECOLOGY AND SEXUAL SIZE DIMORPHISM IN NORTHERN WATER SNAKES, NERODIA SIPEDON

    Gregory P. Brown

  • Rapid shifts in dispersal behavior on an expanding range edge

    Tom Lindström;Gregory P. Brown;Scott A. Sisson;Benjamin L. Phillips

  • MATERNAL NEST-SITE CHOICE AND OFFSPRING FITNESS IN A TROPICAL SNAKE (TROPIDONOPHIS MAIRII , COLUBRIDAE)

    G. P. Brown;R. Shine

  • WHY DO MOST TROPICAL ANIMALS REPRODUCE SEASONALLY? TESTING HYPOTHESES ON AN AUSTRALIAN SNAKE

    Gregory Brown;Richard Shine

  • Influence of weather conditions on activity of tropical snakes

    G. P. Brown;R. Shine

  • A native dasyurid predator (common planigale, Planigale maculata) rapidly learns to avoid a toxic invader.

    Jonathan K. Webb;Gregory P. Brown;Travis Child;Matthew J. Greenlees

  • Invader immunology: invasion history alters immune system function in cane toads (Rhinella marina) in tropical Australia

    Gregory P. Brown;Benjamin L. Phillips;Sylvain Dubey;Richard Shine

  • Sex ratios, mating behavior and sexual size dimorphism of the northern water snake, Nerodia sipedon

    Frances E. Barry;Gregory P. Brown;Mark R. L. Forbes

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard Shine
Richard Shine Macquarie University
Thomas Madsen
Thomas Madsen Deakin University
Jonathan K. Webb
Jonathan K. Webb University of Technology Sydney
Ben L. Phillips
Ben L. Phillips University of Melbourne
Ronald J. Brooks
Ronald J. Brooks University of Guelph
Martin J. Whiting
Martin J. Whiting Macquarie University
Sylvain Dubey
Sylvain Dubey University of Lausanne
Keith A. Christian
Keith A. Christian Charles Darwin University
Beata Ujvari
Beata Ujvari Deakin University
H. Lisle Gibbs
H. Lisle Gibbs The Ohio State University

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