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50
Citations
13286
World Ranking
3762
National Ranking
1316

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA)

Overview

Henry M. Wilbur is affiliated with the University of Virginia in the United States. Their research primarily spans Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with particular focus on several subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The scientist's work covers diverse topics such as Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, and Species Distribution and Climate Change. This breadth reflects an integration of ecological and biological perspectives applied to both animal and plant life as well as environmental factors affecting them.

Henry M. Wilbur has contributed to various scholarly articles. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Salamander Demography at Isolated Wetlands within Mature and Regenerating Forests," published in 2022 in the journal Diversity
  • "Flora of the Forest at Mountain Lake Biological Station, Giles County, Virginia," published in 2021 in the journal Castanea

Co-authorship has been an aspect of their research collaboration, working with colleagues such as Don R. Church, Larissa L. Bailey, James H. Green, Lex Hiby, and Rebecca B. Wilbur.

Their publications have appeared in venues including Diversity and Castanea, reflecting both environmental and botanical research contexts.

In recognition of their professional contributions, Henry M. Wilbur was awarded the distinction of Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA) in 2012.

Best Publications

  • Ecological Aspects of Amphibian Metamorphosis: Nonnormal distributions of competitive ability reflect selection for facultative metamorphosis.

    Henry M. Wilbur;James P. Collins

  • EVOLUTIONARY STRATEGIES IN LIZARD REPRODUCTION.

    Donald W. Tinkle;Henry M. Wilbur;Stephen G. Tilley

  • Regulation of Structure in Complex Systems: Experimental Temporary Pond Communities

    Henry M. Wilbur

  • EXPERIMENTAL ECOLOGY OF FOOD WEBS: COMPLEX SYSTEMS IN TEMPORARY PONDS

    Henry M. Wilbur

  • Competition, Predation, and the Structure of the Ambystoma-Rana Sylvatica Community

    Henry M. Wilbur

  • Choice of Oviposition Site by Hyla Chrysoscelis: Role of Predators and Competitors

    William J. Resetarits;Henry M. Wilbur

  • PUTTING DECLINING AMPHIBIAN POPULATIONS IN PERSPECTIVE: NATURAL FLUCTUATIONS AND HUMAN IMPACTS

    Joseph H. K. Pechmann;Henry M. Wilbur;Drawer E

  • Environmental certainty, trophic level, and resource availability in life history evolution

    Henry M. Wilbur;Donald W. Tinkle;James P. Collins

  • Experimental aquatic food webs: interactions between two predators and two prey.

    Henry M. Wilbur;John E. Fauth

  • Priority Effects in Experimental Pond Communities: Competition between Bufo and Rana

    Ross A. Alford;Henry M. Wilbur

  • Density‐Dependent Aspects of Growth and Metamorphosis in Bufo Americanus

    Henry M. Wilbur

  • Improving Food Webs

    J. E. Cohen;R. A. Beaver;S. H. Cousins;D. L. DeAngelis

  • Amphibians as harbingers of decay

    Laurie J. Vitt;Janalee P. Caldwell;Henry M. Wilbur;David C. Smith

  • Propagule Size, Number, and Dispersion Pattern in Ambystoma and Asclepias

    Henry M. Wilbur

  • Interactions Between Growing Predators and Growing Prey

    H. M. Wilbur

  • Density-Dependent Aspects of Metamorphosis in Ambystoma and Rana Sylvatica

    Henry M. Wilbur

  • Priority effects in experimental pond communities: responses of Hyla to Bufo and Rana

    Henry M. Wilbur;Ross A. Alford

  • The Evolutionary and Mathematical Demography of the Turtle Chrysemys picta

    Henry M. Wilbur

  • Interactions of Food Level and Population Density in Rana Sylvatica

    Henry M. Wilbur

  • Life-history evolution in uncertain environments: bet hedging in time.

    Henry M. Wilbur;Volker H. W. Rudolf

  • ENVIRONMENTAL CERTAINTY, TROPHIC LEVEL, AND RESOURCE AVAILABILITY IN LIFE HISTORY

    Henry M. Wilbur;Donald W. Tinkle;James P. Collins

Frequent Co-Authors

Raymond D. Semlitsch
Raymond D. Semlitsch University of Missouri
Reid N. Harris
Reid N. Harris James Madison University
Donald W. Tinkle
Donald W. Tinkle University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Ross A. Alford
Ross A. Alford James Cook University
Larissa L. Bailey
Larissa L. Bailey Colorado State University
John Vandermeer
John Vandermeer University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Daniel I. Rubenstein
Daniel I. Rubenstein Princeton University
Peter J. Morin
Peter J. Morin Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
David L. Pearson
David L. Pearson Arizona State University
William L. Kendall
William L. Kendall United States Geological Survey

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