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Overview

James A. Schulte is a researcher affiliated with Clarkson University in the United States. Their work centers on Environmental Science with a focus on subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Paleontology, Ecological Modeling, and Genetics.

Their research topics span several areas including:

  • Amphibian and Reptile Biology
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
  • Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
  • Physiological and Biochemical Adaptations

James A. Schulte has contributed to several publications, with recent papers including:

  • The role of climate and maternal manipulation in determining and maintaining reproductive mode in Liolaemus lizards, 2022, Journal of Zoology
  • Drivers and patterns of bite force evolution in liolaemid lizards, 2021, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
  • Predictive Factors of Chemical and Visual Sensory Organ Size: The Roles of Sex, Environment, and Evolution, 2021, Evolutionary Biology
  • Historical Biogeographic Reconstruction of the South American Liolaemus boulengeri Group (Iguania: Liolaemidae), 2022, South American Journal of Herpetology

Their research has appeared in various scientific venues, including:

  • Journal of Zoology
  • Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
  • South American Journal of Herpetology
  • Evolutionary Biology

James A. Schulte has collaborated frequently with several co-authors. These include Cristian Simón Abdala, Félix B. Cruz, Débora Lina Moreno Azócar, María Gabriela Perotti, and Juan Carlos Acosta.

Best Publications

  • Early bursts of body size and shape evolution are rare in comparative data.

    Luke J Harmon;Luke J Harmon;Jonathan B Losos;T Jonathan Davies;Rosemary G Gillespie

  • Tempo and Mode of Evolutionary Radiation in Iguanian Lizards

    Luke J. Harmon;James A. Schulte;Allan Larson;Jonathan B. Losos

  • Evaluating trans-tethys migration: an example using acrodont lizard phylogenetics.

    J. Robert Macey;James A. Schulte;Allan Larson;Natalia B. Ananjeva

  • Phylogenetic relationships in the iguanid lizard genus Liolaemus: multiple origins of viviparous reproduction and evidence for recurring Andean vicariance and dispersal

    James A. Schulte Ii;J. Robert Macey;Robert E. Espinoza;Allan Larson

  • Phylogenetic relationships of toads in the Bufo bufo species group from the eastern escarpment of the Tibetan Plateau: a case of vicariance and dispersal.

    J.Robert Macey;James A Schulte;Allan Larson;Zhili Fang

  • Phylogenetic relationships among agamid lizards of the Laudakia caucasia species group : testing hypotheses of biogeographic fragmentation and an area cladogram for the Iranian Plateau

    J.Robert Macey;James A. Schulte;Natalia B. Ananjeva;Allan Larson

  • Molecular Phylogenetics, tRNA Evolution, and Historical Biogeography in Anguid Lizards and Related Taxonomic Families

    J.Robert Macey;James A. Schulte;Allan Larson;Boris S. Tuniyev

  • The importance of phylogenetic scale in tests of Bergmann's and Rapoport's rules: lessons from a clade of South American lizards

    F. B. Cruz;F. B. Cruz;L. A. Fitzgerald;R. E. Espinoza;J. A. Schulte

  • How Should Genes and Taxa be Sampled for Phylogenomic Analyses with Missing Data? An Empirical Study in Iguanian Lizards

    Jeffrey W. Streicher;Jeffrey W. Streicher;James A. Schulte;John J. Wiens

  • Cautionary comments on the measurement of maximum locomotor capabilities

    Jonathan B. Losos;Douglas A. Creer;James A. Schulte

  • The relationship between morphology, escape behaviour and microhabitat occupation in the lizard clade Liolaemus (Iguanidae: Tropidurinae*: Liolaemini)

    J. A. Schulte;J. B. Losos;F. B. Cruz;H. Núñez

  • A PHYLOGENETIC TEST FOR ADAPTIVE CONVERGENCE IN ROCK-DWELLING LIZARDS

    Liam J. Revell;Michele A. Johnson;James A. Schulte;Jason J. Kolbe

  • PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN IGUANIDAE INFERRED USING MOLECULAR AND MORPHOLOGICAL DATA AND A PHYLOGENETIC TAXONOMY OF IGUANIAN LIZARDS

    James A. Schulte;John Pablo Valladares;Allan Larson

  • Correlates of active body temperatures and microhabitat occupation in nine species of central Australian agamid lizards

    Jane Melville;James A. Schulte

  • Molecular Tests of Phylogenetic Taxonomies: A General Procedure and Example Using Four Subfamilies of the Lizard Family Iguanidae

    James A Schulte;J.Robert Macey;Allan Larson;Theodore J Papenfuss

  • Habitat use affects morphological diversification in dragon lizards

    D. C. Collar;J. A. Schulte;B. C. O’Meara;Jonathan Losos

  • Tandem duplication via light-strand synthesis may provide a precursor for mitochondrial genomic rearrangement.

    J R Macey;J A Schulte;A Larson;T J Papenfuss

  • Molecular phylogenetic evidence for ancient divergence of lizard taxa on either side of Wallace's Line

    James A. Schulte;Jane Melville;Allan Larson

  • Evolution and Phylogenetic Information Content of Mitochondrial Genomic Structural Features Illustrated with Acrodont Lizards

    J. Robert Macey;James A. Schulte;Allan Larson

  • EVOLUTION OF EXTREME BODY SIZE DISPARITY IN MONITOR LIZARDS (VARANUS)

    David C. Collar;David C. Collar;James A. Schulte;Jonathan B. Losos

Frequent Co-Authors

Allan Larson
Allan Larson Washington University in St. Louis
Theodore J. Papenfuss
Theodore J. Papenfuss University of California, Berkeley
Jane Melville
Jane Melville Museums Victoria
Jonathan B. Losos
Jonathan B. Losos Washington University in St. Louis
Euan G. Ritchie
Euan G. Ritchie Deakin University
Luke J. Harmon
Luke J. Harmon University of Idaho
Bieke Vanhooydonck
Bieke Vanhooydonck University of Antwerp
Richard E. Glor
Richard E. Glor University of Kansas
Ole Seehausen
Ole Seehausen University of Bern
John J. Wiens
John J. Wiens University of Arizona

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