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H. Arthur Woods is affiliated with the University of Montana in the United States and conducts research primarily within the field of Environmental Science. Their work spans multiple subfields, including Ecology, Ecological Modeling, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Genetics, and Oceanography. The scientist's studies address a range of ecological topics, focusing notably on physiological and biochemical adaptations, species distribution and climate change, freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, fish ecology and management studies, plant and animal studies, as well as ecology and vegetation dynamics.

Woods has published extensively in several scientific outlets. Frequent publication venues include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Global Change Biology, Current Opinion in Insect Science, Trends in Ecology & Evolution, and Functional Ecology. Their recent papers reflect ongoing engagement with climate change impacts on insects and aquatic ectotherms. These include:

  • "Scientists' warning on climate change and insects" (2022) in Ecological Monographs
  • "Oxygen limitation may affect the temperature and size dependence of metabolism in aquatic ectotherms" (2020) in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "There is plenty of room at the bottom: microclimates drive insect vulnerability to climate change" (2020) in Current Opinion in Insect Science
  • "High elevation insect communities face shifting ecological and evolutionary landscapes" (2020) in Current Opinion in Insect Science
  • "Insects in high-elevation streams: Life in extreme environments imperiled by climate change" (2020) in Global Change Biology

Throughout their career, Woods has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Alisha A. Shah, Jackson H. Birrell, Michael E. Dillon, Sylvain Pincebourde, and Scott Hotaling. These collaborations have contributed to advancing research in areas related to insect ecology, evolutionary biology, and environmental dynamics.

Best Publications

  • Microclimatic challenges in global change biology

    Kristen A. Potter;Kristen A. Potter;H. Arthur Woods;Sylvain Pincebourde

  • Complex life cycles and the responses of insects to climate change.

    Joel G. Kingsolver;H. Arthur Woods;Lauren B. Buckley;Kristen A. Potter

  • Scientists' warning on climate change and insects

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  • Nitrogen in Insects: Implications for Trophic Complexity and Species Diversification

    William F. Fagan;Evan Siemann;Charles Mitter;Robert F. Denno

  • The roles of microclimatic diversity and of behavior in mediating the responses of ectotherms to climate change.

    H. Arthur Woods;Michael E. Dillon;Sylvain Pincebourde

  • Ecological and Environmental Physiology of Insects

    Jon F. Harrison;H. Arthur Woods;Stephen P. Roberts

  • Oxygen limitation may affect the temperature and size dependence of metabolism in aquatic ectotherms.

    Juan G Rubalcaba;Juan G Rubalcaba;Wilco C E P Verberk;A Jan Hendriks;Bart Saris

  • Dietary phosphorus affects the growth of larval Manduca sexta.

    Marc C. Perkins;Marc C. Perkins;H. Arthur Woods;Jon F. Harrison;James J. Elser

  • Interactive Effects of Rearing Temperature and Oxygen on the Development of Drosophila melanogaster

    Melanie R. Frazier;H. Arthur Woods;Jon F. Harrison

  • Beyond Thermal Performance Curves: Modeling Time-Dependent Effects of Thermal Stress on Ectotherm Growth Rates.

    Joel G. Kingsolver;H. Arthur Woods

  • The metabolic basis of whole-organism RNA and phosphorus content

    James F. Gillooly;James F. Gillooly;Andrew P. Allen;James H. Brown;James H. Brown;James J. Elser

  • Egg-Mass Size and Cell Size: Effects of Temperature on Oxygen Distribution

    H. Arthur Woods

  • There is plenty of room at the bottom: microclimates drive insect vulnerability to climate change.

    Sylvain Pincebourde;H Arthur Woods

  • Interpreting rejections of the beneficial acclimation hypothesis: when is physiological plasticity adaptive?

    H. Arthur Woods;Jon F. Harrison

  • Climate uncertainty on leaf surfaces: the biophysics of leaf microclimates and their consequences for leaf‐dwelling organisms

    Sylvain Pincebourde;H. Arthur Woods

  • Life in the Frequency Domain: the Biological Impacts of Changes in Climate Variability at Multiple Time Scales

    Michael E. Dillon;H. Arthur Woods;George Wang;Samuel B. Fey

  • Insect eggs protected from high temperatures by limited homeothermy of plant leaves

    Kristen Potter;Goggy Davidowitz;H. Arthur Woods

  • Cross‐stage consequences of egg temperature in the insect Manduca sexta

    Kristen A. Potter;Goggy Davidowitz;H. Arthur Woods

  • Temperature-dependent oxygen limitation in insect eggs.

    H. Arthur Woods;Ryan I. Hill

  • Universal model for water costs of gas exchange by animals and plants.

    H. Arthur Woods;Jennifer N. Smith

  • Effects of dietary variation on growth, composition, and maturation of Manduca sexta (Sphingidae: Lepidoptera).

    T Ojeda-Avila;H Arthur Woods;R.A Raguso

  • Water loss and gas exchange by eggs of Manduca sexta: trading off costs and benefits.

    H. Arthur Woods

Frequent Co-Authors

Bret W. Tobalske
Bret W. Tobalske University of Montana
Sylvain Pincebourde
Sylvain Pincebourde François Rabelais University
Jon F. Harrison
Jon F. Harrison Arizona State University
Cameron K. Ghalambor
Cameron K. Ghalambor Norwegian University of Science and Technology
James J. Elser
James J. Elser University of Montana
Joel G. Kingsolver
Joel G. Kingsolver University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Lynn B. Martin
Lynn B. Martin University of South Florida
N. LeRoy Poff
N. LeRoy Poff Colorado State University
W. Chris Funk
W. Chris Funk Colorado State University
Robert A. Raguso
Robert A. Raguso Cornell University

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