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84
Citations
39964
World Ranking
654
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234

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1988 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

John N. Thompson is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Cruz in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with a substantial portion of their work exploring Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science, Genetics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Insect Science.

The scientist's research topics encompass a range of interconnected biological and ecological themes, including:

  • Plant and animal studies
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant Reproductive Biology
  • Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
  • Insect-Plant Interactions and Control

John N. Thompson has contributed research articles to various academic venues. Major publication sites include:

  • Nature
  • Ecology Letters
  • Ecology
  • Arthropod-Plant Interactions
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Their recent published papers illustrate a consistent focus on species interactions, coevolution, and ecological networks. Notable recent publications include:

  • "Indirect effects shape species fitness in coevolved mutualistic networks," 2023, Nature
  • "Genetic correlations and ecological networks shape coevolving mutualisms," 2020, Ecology Letters
  • "Components of local adaptation and divergence in pollination efficacy in a coevolving species interaction," 2023, Ecology
  • "Generalized olfactory detection of floral volatiles in the highly specialized Greya-Lithophragma nursery pollination system," 2021, Arthropod-Plant Interactions
  • "Repeated polyploidization shapes divergence in floral morphology in Lithophragma bolanderi (Saxifragaceae)," 2025, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Collaboration appears as a significant aspect of their work. Frequent co-authors include Magne Friberg, Pedro Jordano, Paulo R. Guimarães, Karin Gross, and Ana Paula A. Assis, each contributing to multiple joint research papers.

John N. Thompson is recognized as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 2010 and was made a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1988.

Best Publications

  • The Population Biology of Invasive Species

    Ann K. Sakai;Fred W. Allendorf;Jodie S. Holt;David M. Lodge

  • The Coevolutionary Process

    John N. Thompson

  • Interactions Among Three Trophic Levels: Influence of Plants on Interactions Between Insect Herbivores and Natural Enemies

    Peter W. Price;Carl E. Bouton;Paul Gross;Bruce A. McPheron

  • The Geographic Mosaic of Coevolution

    John N. Thompson

  • Evolutionary ecology of the relationship between oviposition preference and performance of offspring in phytophagous insects

    John N. Thompson

  • Rapid evolution as an ecological process.

    John N Thompson

  • Patch dynamics and the design of nature reserves

    S.T.A. Pickett;John N. Thompson

  • Evolution of Oviposition Behavior and Host Preference in Lepidoptera

    John N. Thompson

  • Specific hypotheses on the geographic mosaic of coevolution

    John N. Thompson

  • EVOLUTION IN STEPPE WITH FEW LARGE, HOOVED MAMMALS

    Richard N. Mack;John N. Thompson

  • Interaction and coevolution

    John N. Thompson

  • Gene-for-gene coevolution between plants and parasites

    John N. Thompson;Jeremy J. Burdon

  • Autopolyploidy in angiosperms: Have we grossly underestimated the number of species?

    Douglas E. Soltis;Pamela S. Soltis;Douglas W. Schemske;James F. Hancock

  • Geographic structure and dynamics of coevolutionary selection

    John N. Thompson;Bradley M. Cunningham

  • The Evolution of Species Interactions

    John N. Thompson

  • Statistical Analysis of Survival and Removal Rate Experiments

    David A. Pyke;John N. Thompson

  • PARASITE MEDIATION IN ECOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS

    P W Price;M Westoby;B Rice;P R Atsatt

  • The dynamics of evolutionary stasis

    Niles Eldredge;John N. Thompson;Paul M. Brakefield;Sergey Gavrilets

  • VARIATION IN INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTIONS

    John N. Thompson

  • The Coevolutionary Process

    Roger Butlin;John N. Thompson

  • Herbivory: The Dynamics of Animal-Plant Interactions.

    J. N. Thompson;M. J. Crawley

Frequent Co-Authors

Paulo R. Guimarães
Paulo R. Guimarães Universidade de São Paulo
Olle Pellmyr
Olle Pellmyr University of Idaho
Scott L. Nuismer
Scott L. Nuismer University of Idaho
Victor Rico-Gray
Victor Rico-Gray Universidad Veracruzana
Pedro Jordano
Pedro Jordano Spanish National Research Council
Richard Gomulkiewicz
Richard Gomulkiewicz Washington State University
Jens M. Olesen
Jens M. Olesen Aarhus University
Robert A. Raguso
Robert A. Raguso Cornell University
Hirokazu Toju
Hirokazu Toju Kyoto University
Pamela S. Soltis
Pamela S. Soltis University of Florida

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