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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
42
Citations
8027
World Ranking
5510
National Ranking
357

Overview

J. D. McPhail was affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada during their academic career. Their research activities, however, did not result in documented publications or collaborations that are currently available in the accessible records.

No specific recent papers, frequent co-authors, or venues where they regularly published have been recorded. Similarly, there are no registered book publications or identified main fields, subfields, or topics of study linked to their research output in the available data.

The absence of documented awards suggests there were no noted recognitions or honors publicly recorded for J. D. McPhail. It is known that they are deceased, which situates their contributions historically, although detailed information about their scientific footprint remains limited based on accessible sources.

Best Publications

  • Ecological character displacement and speciation in sticklebacks.

    Dolph Schluter;John Donald McPhail

  • Ecology and evolution of sympatric sticklebacks (Gasterosteus): morphological and genetic evidence for a species pair in Enos Lake, British Columbia

    J. D. McPhail

  • ADAPTIVE DIVERGENCE AND THE BALANCE BETWEEN SELECTION AND GENE FLOW: LAKE AND STREAM STICKLEBACK IN THE MISTY SYSTEM

    Andrew P. Hendry;Eric B. Taylor;J. Donald McPhail

  • Ecology and evolution of sympatric sticklebacks (Gasterosteus): evidence for a species-pair in Paxton Lake, Texada Island, British Columbia

    J. D. McPhail

  • Character displacement and replicate adaptive radiation.

    Dolph Schluter;John Donald McPhail

  • Prolonged and burst swimming in anadromous and freshwater threespine stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus

    Eric B. Taylor;J. D. McPhail

  • Ecology and evolution of sympatric sticklebacks (Gasterosteus): origin of the species pairs

    J. D. McPhail

  • Predation and the Evolution of a Stickleback (Gasterosteus)

    J. D. McPhail

  • Evolutionary history of an adaptive radiation in species pairs of threespine sticklebacks (Gasterosteus): insights from mitochondrial DNA

    Eric B. Taylor;J. D. McPHAIL

  • Variation in Burst and Prolonged Swimming Performance Among British Columbia Populations of Coho Salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch

    Eric B. Taylor;J. D. McPhail

  • Variation in Body Morphology Among British Columbia Populations of Coho Salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch

    Eric B. Taylor;J. D. McPhail

  • Adaptive Divergence of Trophic Phenotype among Freshwater Populations of the Threespine Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)

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  • The effect of behavioural and morphological plasticity on foraging efficiency in the threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus sp.).

    Troy Day;J. D. McPhail

  • The benefits of communication between comparative ethology and phylogenetic systematics: a case study using gasterosteid fishes

    D. A. McLennan;Daniel R. Brooks;J. D. McPhail

  • Ecology and evolution of sympatric sticklebacks (Gasterosteus): specialization for alternative trophic niches in the Enos Lake species pair

    P. Bentzen;J. D. McPhail

  • The evolution of freshwater diversity in the threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus): site-specific differentiation of trophic morphology

    P. A. Lavin;J. D. Mcphail

  • Effect of incubation temperature on the development of five species of Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus) embryos and alevins

    Unknown

  • Burst Swimming and Size-Related Predation of Newly Emerged Coho Salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch

    Eric B. Taylor;J. D. McPhail

  • Freshwater Fishes of North-Western Canada and Alaska

    Unknown

  • PARALLEL EVOLUTION OF LAKE-STREAM PAIRS OF THREESPINE STICKLEBACKS (GASTEROSTEUS) INFERRED FROM MITOCHONDRIAL DNA VARIATION.

    Claire E. Thompson;Eric B. Taylor;J. Donald McPhail

  • Ecology and evolution of sympatric sticklebacks (Gasterosteus): mate choice and reproductive isolation in the Enos Lake species pair

    Mark S. Ridgway;J. D. McPhail

  • Inherited differences in agonistic behavior between two populations of coho salmon

    Marvin L. Rosenau;J. D. McPhail

  • Evidence for natural hybridization between Dolly Varden (Salvelinus malma) and bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus) in a northcentral British Columbia watershed

    J S Baxter;E B Taylor;R H Devlin;J Hagen

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric B. Taylor
Eric B. Taylor University of British Columbia
Mark S. Ridgway
Mark S. Ridgway Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
Dolph Schluter
Dolph Schluter University of British Columbia
Paul Bentzen
Paul Bentzen Dalhousie University

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