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Ecology and Evolution

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66
Citations
23470
World Ranking
1657
National Ranking
606

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2000 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Jack A. Stanford is affiliated with the University of Montana in the United States and has a focus on environmental science, with a particular emphasis on ecology. Their research covers various subfields within environmental science, including ecology, nature and landscape conservation, ocean engineering, artificial intelligence, and insect science.

The main topics addressed in their work include aquatic invertebrate ecology and behavior, freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology, fish ecology and management studies, physiological and biochemical adaptations, advanced computational techniques and applications, environmental DNA in biodiversity studies, and forest ecology and biodiversity studies.

Stanford has published extensively on these topics, with notable papers including:

  • "A global synthesis of peer-reviewed research on the effects of hatchery salmonids on wild salmonids" (2023) published in Fisheries Management and Ecology
  • "Remarkable anoxia tolerance by stoneflies from a floodplain aquifer" (2020) in Ecology
  • "Tolerance of aquifer stoneflies to repeated hypoxia exposure and oxygen dynamics in an alluvial aquifer" (2020) in Journal of Experimental Biology
  • "Landscape Connectivity and Genetic Structure in a Mainstem and a Tributary Stonefly (Plecoptera) Species Using a Novel Reference Genome" (2022) in Journal of Heredity
  • "Biotechnology can help us save the genetic heritage of salmon and other aquatic species" (2022) in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The most frequent publication venues for their work include Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Fisheries Management and Ecology, Ecology, Journal of Experimental Biology, and Journal of Heredity.

Stanford collaborates with several frequent co-authors, among them Rachel L. Malison, Amanda Delvecchia, Brian K. Hand, Gordon Luikart, and H. Arthur Woods.

In recognition of their professional standing, Stanford was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2000.

Best Publications

  • Riverine flood plains: present state and future trends

    Klement Tockner;Jack Arthur Stanford

  • Ecological connectivity in alluvial river ecosystems and its disruption by flow regulation

    J. V. Ward;J. A. Stanford

  • A GENERAL PROTOCOL FOR RESTORATION OF REGULATED RIVERS

    Jack A. Stanford;J. V. Ward;William J. Liss;Christopher A. Frissell

  • An ecosystem perspective of alluvial rivers: connectivity and the hyporheic corridor

    Jack A. Stanford;James V. Ward

  • The serial discontinuity concept of lotic ecosystems

    J. V. Ward;J. A. Stanford

  • The serial discontinuity concept : extending the model to floodplain rivers

    J. V. Ward;J. A. Stanford

  • Thermal Responses in the Evolutionary Ecology of Aquatic Insects

    and J V Ward;J A Stanford

  • Role of Refugia in Recovery from Disturbances: Modern Fragmented and Disconnected River Systems

    James R. Sedell;Gordon H. Reeves;F. Richard Hauer;Jack A. Stanford

  • The hyporheic habitat of river ecosystems

    J. A. Stanford;J. V. Ward

  • The Ecology of Regulated Streams

    James V. Ward;Jack A. Stanford

  • River flows and water wars: emerging science for environmental decision making

    N. LeRoy Poff;J. David Allan;Margaret A. Palmer;David D. Hart

  • The shifting habitat mosaic of river ecosystems

    J. A. Stanford;M. S. Lorang;F. R. Hauer

  • Ecology and management of the hyporheic zone: stream-groundwater interactions of running waters and their floodplains.

    Andrew J. Boulton;Thibault Datry;Tamao Kasahara;Michael Mutz

  • Effects of stocking-up freshwater food webs

    Lisa A. Eby;W. John Roach;Larry B. Crowder;Jack A. Stanford

  • SHRIMP STOCKING, SALMON COLLAPSE, AND EAGLE DISPLACEMENT

    Craig N. Spencer;B. Riley McClelland;Jack Arthur Stanford

  • Revisiting the serial discontinuity concept

    Jack A. Stanford;J.V. Ward

  • Ecological Factors Controlling Stream Zoobenthos with Emphasis on Thermal Modification of Regulated Streams

    James V. Ward;Jack A. Stanford

  • RESTORING SALMON HABITAT FOR A CHANGING CLIMATE

    T. Beechie;H. Imaki;J. Greene;A. Wade

  • 1 – Basic Attributes of Groundwater Ecosystems and Prospects for Research

    J. Gibert;J.A. Stanford;M.-J. Dole-Olivier;J.V. Ward

  • The distribution and abundance of organisms as a consequence of energy balances along multiple environmental gradients

    C. A. S. Hall;J. A. Stanford;F. R. Hauer

Frequent Co-Authors

James V. Ward
James V. Ward ETH Zurich
Geoffrey C. Poole
Geoffrey C. Poole Montana State University
F. Richard Hauer
F. Richard Hauer University of Montana
John S. Kimball
John S. Kimball University of Montana
Emily S. Bernhardt
Emily S. Bernhardt Duke University
Gordon Luikart
Gordon Luikart University of Montana
Clint C. Muhlfeld
Clint C. Muhlfeld United States Geological Survey
Nathan J. Mantua
Nathan J. Mantua National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Timothy J. Beechie
Timothy J. Beechie National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Steven W. Running
Steven W. Running University of Montana

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