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Jason J. Kolbe is affiliated with the University of Rhode Island in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences. Within these domains, their work involves significant contributions to global and planetary change, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, genetics, ecological modeling, and ecology.

The research topics explored by Jason J. Kolbe include amphibian and reptile biology, species distribution and climate change, animal behavior and reproduction, genetic diversity and population structure, plant and animal studies, wildlife ecology and conservation, and evolution and genetic dynamics.

Jason J. Kolbe has published extensively across various scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • The American Naturalist
  • Molecular Ecology
  • Urban Ecosystems
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Notable papers authored or co-authored by Jason J. Kolbe include:

  • Hurricane effects on Neotropical lizards span geographic and phylogenetic scales, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Chromosome-scale genome assembly of the brown anole (Anolis sagrei), an emerging model species, 2022, Communications Biology
  • Artificial light at night increases growth and reproductive output in Anolis lizards, 2020, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Changes in selection pressure can facilitate hybridization during biological invasion in a Cuban lizard, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Conservation and Convergence of Genetic Architecture in the Adaptive Radiation of Anolis Lizards, 2022, The American Naturalist

Jason J. Kolbe has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Jonathan B. Losos
  • Dan G. Bock
  • Anthony J. Geneva
  • Oriol Lapiedra
  • Sean T. Giery

Best Publications

  • Genetic variation increases during biological invasion by a Cuban lizard

    Jason J. Kolbe;Richard E. Glor;Lourdes Rodríguez Schettino;Ada Chamizo Lara

  • IMPACT OF NEST-SITE SELECTION ON NEST SUCCESS AND NEST TEMPERATURE IN NATURAL AND DISTURBED HABITATS

    Jason J. Kolbe;Fredric J. Janzen

  • Mainland colonization by island lizards

    Kirsten E. Nicholson;Richard E. Glor;Jason J. Kolbe;Allan Larson

  • PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF THE EVOLUTION OF THE NICHE IN LIZARDS OF THE ANOLIS SAGREI GROUP

    Jason H. Knouft;Jonathan B. Losos;Richard E. Glor;Jason J. Kolbe

  • CONVERGENCE AND THE MULTIDIMENSIONAL NICHE

    Luke J. Harmon;Jason J. Kolbe;James M. Cheverud;Jonathan B. Losos

  • Admixture determines genetic diversity and population differentiation in the biological invasion of a lizard species.

    Jason J Kolbe;Allan Larson;Jonathan B Losos;Kevin de Queiroz

  • Multiple sources, admixture, and genetic variation in introduced anolis lizard populations.

    Jason J. Kolbe;Richard E. Glor;Lourdes Rodríguez Schettino;Ada Chamizo Lara

  • Founder Effects Persist Despite Adaptive Differentiation: A Field Experiment with Lizards

    Jason J. Kolbe;Manuel Leal;Thomas W. Schoener;David A. Spiller

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

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

  • Predator-driven natural selection on risk-taking behavior in anole lizards

    Oriol Lapiedra;Thomas W. Schoener;Manuel Leal;Jonathan B. Losos

  • Hurricane-induced selection on the morphology of an island lizard.

    Colin M. Donihue;Colin M. Donihue;Anthony Herrel;Anthony Herrel;Anthony Herrel;Anne Claire Fabre;Ambika Kamath

  • Predator-induced collapse of niche structure and species coexistence

    Robert M Pringle;Tyler R Kartzinel;Tyler R Kartzinel;Todd M Palmer;Timothy J Thurman;Timothy J Thurman

  • Phylogenetic analysis of ecological and morphological diversification in Hispaniolan trunk-ground anoles (Anolis cybotes group).

    Richard E. Glor;Jason J. Kolbe;Robert Powell;Allan Larson;Allan Larson

  • Urbanization and biological invasion shape animal personalities.

    Oriol Lapiedra;Zachary Chejanovski;Jason J. Kolbe

  • Differential admixture shapes morphological variation among invasive populations of the lizard Anolis sagrei

    Jason J. Kolbe;Allan Larson;Jonathan B. Losos

  • Adaptive radiation along a deeply conserved genetic line of least resistance in Anolis lizards

    Joel W. McGlothlin;Megan E. Kobiela;Helen V. Wright;D. Luke Mahler

  • Spatial and temporal dynamics of turtle nest predation: edge effects

    Jason J. Kolbe;Fredric J. Janzen

  • The influence of propagule size and maternal nest-site selection on survival and behaviour of neonate turtles

    J. J. Kolbe;F. J. Janzen

  • Adaptation, Speciation, and Convergence: A Hierarchical Analysis of Adaptive Radiation in Caribbean Anolis Lizards

    Jonathan B. Losos;Richard E. Glor;Jason J. Kolbe;Kirsten Nicholson

  • Modeling the Consequences of Thermal Trait Variation for the Cane Toad Invasion of Australia

    Jason J. Kolbe;Michael Kearney;Richard Shine

  • Climatic niche shift predicts thermal trait response in one but not both introductions of the Puerto Rican lizard Anolis cristatellus to Miami, Florida, USA.

    Jason J Kolbe;Paul Stanley Vanmiddlesworth;Neil Losin;Nathan Dappen

  • Hind-limb length plasticity in Anolis carolinensis

    Jason J. Kolbe;Jonathan B. Losos

  • Physiological variation among invasive populations of the brown anole (Anolis sagrei).

    Jason J. Kolbe;Joseph C. Ehrenberger;Haley A. Moniz;Michael J. Angilletta

  • Determinants of spread in an urban landscape by an introduced lizard

    Jason J. Kolbe;Paul VanMiddlesworth;Andrew C. Battles;James T. Stroud

  • Miami heat: Urban heat islands influence the thermal suitability of habitats for ectotherms

    Andrew C. Battles;Jason J. Kolbe

  • Predation-associated modulation of movement-based signals by a Bahamian lizard

    David S. Steinberg;Jonathan B. Losos;Thomas W. Schoener;David A. Spiller

  • Hurricane effects on Neotropical lizards span geographic and phylogenetic scales

    Colin M. Donihue;Alex M. Kowaleski;Jonathan B. Losos;Adam C. Algar

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan B. Losos
Jonathan B. Losos Washington University in St. Louis
Richard E. Glor
Richard E. Glor University of Kansas
Allan Larson
Allan Larson Washington University in St. Louis
Thomas W. Schoener
Thomas W. Schoener University of California, Davis
Daniel A. Warner
Daniel A. Warner Auburn University
Luke J. Harmon
Luke J. Harmon University of Idaho
Anthony Herrel
Anthony Herrel Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Fredric J. Janzen
Fredric J. Janzen Iowa State University
David A. Spiller
David A. Spiller University of California, Davis
Edmund D. Brodie
Edmund D. Brodie University of Virginia

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