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Overview

Jason L. Brown is affiliated with Southern Illinois University Carbondale in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on various subfields including Ecological Modeling, Genetics, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Ecology.

The main topics of their work cover Species Distribution and Climate Change, Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Plant and Animal Studies, Genetic Diversity and Population Structure, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, and Evolution and Paleontology Studies.

Brown has contributed to several publications, including notable papers such as:

  • "Uncovering genetic mechanisms of hypertension through multi-omic analysis of the kidney" (2021), published in Nature Genetics
  • "Seeing the forest through many trees: Multi-taxon patterns of phylogenetic diversity in the Atlantic Forest hotspot" (2020), published in Diversity and Distributions
  • "Environmental correlates of taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity in the Atlantic Forest" (2021), published in Journal of Biogeography
  • "A New Method for Integrating Ecological Niche Modeling with Phylogenetics to Estimate Ancestral Distributions" (2021), published in Systematic Biology
  • "Phylogenomic analysis of evolutionary relationships in Ranitomeya poison frogs (Family Dendrobatidae) using ultraconserved elements" (2022), published in Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Frequent co-authors associated with Jason L. Brown's work include Wilson X. Guillory, Evan Twomey, Morgan R. Muell, Miguel Tréfaut Rodrigues, and Jennifer J. Weber.

The scientist has contributed regularly to several journals, with multiple publications appearing in Systematic Biology, Ecology and Evolution, and Zootaxa, along with individual publications in Nature Genetics and Diversity and Distributions.

Best Publications

  • SDMtoolbox: a python-based GIS toolkit for landscape genetic, biogeographic and species distribution model analyses

    Jason L. Brown

  • SDMtoolbox 2.0: the next generation Python-based GIS toolkit for landscape genetic, biogeographic and species distribution model analyses.

    Jason L. Brown;Joseph R. Bennett;Connor M. French

  • Changes in Fire Regimes Since the Last Glacial Maximum: An Assessment Based on a Global Synthesis and Analysis of Charcoal Data

    Mitch J. Power;J. Marlon;N. Ortiz;P. J. Bartlein

  • PaleoClim, high spatial resolution paleoclimate surfaces for global land areas

    Jason L. Brown;Daniel J. Hill;Aisling M. Dolan;Ana C. Carnaval

  • Integrating statistical genetic and geospatial methods brings new power to phylogeography

    Lauren M. Chan;Jason L. Brown;Anne D. Yoder

  • A Key Ecological Trait Drove the Evolution of Biparental Care and Monogamy in an Amphibian

    Jason L. Brown;Victor Morales;Kyle Summers

  • A taxonomic revision of the Neotropical poison frog genus Ranitomeya (Amphibia: Dendrobatidae)

    Jason L. Brown;Evan Twomey;Adolfo Amézquita;Moisés Barbosa De Souza

  • Shifting ranges and conservation challenges for lemurs in the face of climate change.

    Jason L. Brown;Anne D. Yoder

  • Environmental temperatures shape thermal physiology as well as diversification and genome-wide substitution rates in lizards

    Joan Garcia-Porta;Iker Irisarri;Martin Kirchner;Ariel Rodríguez

  • A tale of two niches: methods, concepts, and evolution

    Jason L. Brown;Ana C. Carnaval

  • The rate of telomere loss is related to maximum lifespan in birds

    Gianna M Tricola;Mirre J P Simons;Els Atema;Raoul K Boughton

  • Inferring responses to climate dynamics from historical demography in neotropical forest lizards

    Ivan Prates;Ivan Prates;Alexander T. Xue;Alexander T. Xue;Jason L. Brown;Jason L. Brown;Diego F. Alvarado-Serrano;Diego F. Alvarado-Serrano

  • A necessarily complex model to explain the biogeography of the amphibians and reptiles of Madagascar

    Jason L. Brown;Alison Cameron;Anne D. Yoder;Miguel Vences

  • Is there a fish alarm cue? Affirming evidence from a wild study

    Brian D Wisenden;Keith A Vollbrecht;Jason L Brown

  • Phytotelm size in relation to parental care and mating strategies in two species of Peruvian poison frogs

    Jason L. Brown;Evan Twomey;Victor Morales;Kyle Summers

  • Spatial Biodiversity Patterns of Madagascar's Amphibians and Reptiles

    Jason L. Brown;Neftali Sillero;Frank Glaw;Parfait Bora

  • Divergence in parental care, habitat selection and larval life history between two species of Peruvian poison frogs: an experimental analysis

    J. L. Brown;V. Morales;K. Summers

  • Genetic divergence and speciation in lowland and montane peruvian poison frogs.

    Jennifer L. Roberts;Jason L. Brown;Rudolf von May;Wilfredo Arizabal

  • Spatially explicit models of dynamic histories: examination of the genetic consequences of Pleistocene glaciation and recent climate change on the American Pika

    Jason L. Brown;L. Lacey Knowles

  • Climate change, predictive modeling and lemur health: Assessing impacts of changing climate on health and conservation in Madagascar

    Meredith A. Barrett;Meredith A. Barrett;Jason L. Brown;Randall E. Junge;Anne D. Yoder

  • Extinction Risks and the Conservation of Madagascar's Reptiles

    Richard K. B. Jenkins;Marcelo F. Tognelli;Philip Bowles;Neil Cox

  • CITES Designation for Endangered Rosewood in Madagascar

    Meredith A. Barrett;Jason L. Brown;Megan K. Morikawa;Jean-Noël Labat

  • Evidence for selection on coloration in a Panamanian poison frog : a coalescent-based approach

    Jason L. Brown;Martine E. Maan;Martine E. Maan;Molly E. Cummings;Kyle Summers

  • Complicated histories: three new species of poison frogs of the genus Ameerega (Anura: Dendrobatidae) from north-central Peru

    Jason L. Brown;Evan Twomey

Frequent Co-Authors

Kyle Summers
Kyle Summers East Carolina University
Ana Carolina Carnaval
Ana Carolina Carnaval City University of New York
Anne D. Yoder
Anne D. Yoder Duke University
Miguel Vences
Miguel Vences Technische Universität Braunschweig
Michael J. Hickerson
Michael J. Hickerson City University of New York
Frank Glaw
Frank Glaw University of Bonn
Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues
Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues Universidade de São Paulo
Franco Andreone
Franco Andreone Regione Piemonte
Molly E. Cummings
Molly E. Cummings The University of Texas at Austin
Renato Goldenberg
Renato Goldenberg Federal University of Paraná

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