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40
Citations
6228
World Ranking
6129
National Ranking
2085

Overview

John P. DeLong is affiliated with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Environmental Science, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these broader categories, their work often concentrates on Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Ecological Modeling, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The scientist's research topics reflect a wide array of interests connected to biological and ecological systems. These include:

  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Physiological and biochemical adaptations
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies

John P. DeLong's publication record features notable recent papers, with research published in well-regarded journals and covering diverse aspects of ecology and environmental biology. Selected recent papers include:

  • "Functional responses are maximized at intermediate temperatures" (2020), Ecology
  • "An Empiricist's Guide to Using Ecological Theory" (2021), The American Naturalist
  • "Temperature alters the shape of predator-prey cycles through effects on underlying mechanisms" (2020), PeerJ
  • "The consumption of viruses returns energy to food chains" (2022), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Towards an integrative view of virus phenotypes" (2021), Nature Reviews Microbiology

Throughout their career, DeLong has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Kyle E. Coblentz
  • Stella F. Uiterwaal
  • Márk Novák
  • James L. Van Etten
  • David D. Dunigan

Their work has appeared repeatedly in key publication venues related to ecology and biology, highlighting an ongoing contribution to specific scholarly communities. These venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Ecology
  • The American Naturalist
  • Ecology Letters
  • Oikos

Best Publications

  • Increased temperature variation poses a greater risk to species than climate warming

    David A. Vasseur;John P. DeLong;Benjamin Gilbert;Hamish S. Greig;Hamish S. Greig

  • Shifts in metabolic scaling, production, and efficiency across major evolutionary transitions of life

    John P. DeLong;Jordan G. Okie;Melanie E. Moses;Richard M. Sibly

  • Energetic Limits to Economic Growth

    James H. Brown;William R. Burnside;Ana D. Davidson;John P. DeLong

  • A bioenergetic framework for the temperature dependence of trophic interactions.

    Benjamin Gilbert;Tyler D. Tunney;Kevin S. McCann;John P. DeLong

  • Differential responses of production and respiration to temperature and moisture drive the carbon balance across a climatic gradient in New Mexico

    Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira;Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira;John P. Delong;John P. Delong;Andrew M. Fox;Daniel A. Brese

  • The Body Size Dependence of Trophic Cascades

    John P. DeLong;Benjamin Gilbert;Jonathan B. Shurin;Van M. Savage

  • Mutual interference is common and mostly intermediate in magnitude

    John P DeLong;David A Vasseur

  • The combined effects of reactant kinetics and enzyme stability explain the temperature dependence of metabolic rates

    John DeLong;J. P. Gibert;Thomas M. Luhring;Gwendolyn C. Bachman

  • Population‐level scaling of avian migration speed with body size and migration distance for powered fliers

    Frank A. La Sorte;Daniel Fink;Wesley M. Hochachka;John P. DeLong

  • Functional responses are maximized at intermediate temperatures.

    Stella F. Uiterwaal;John P. DeLong

  • Spring phenology of ecological productivity contributes to the use of looped migration strategies by birds

    Frank A. La Sorte;Daniel Fink;Wesley M. Hochachka;John P. DeLong

  • Large but uneven reduction in fish size across species in relation to changing sea temperatures.

    Itai van Rijn;Yehezkel Buba;John DeLong;Moshe Kiflawi

  • A cascade of evolutionary change alters consumer-resource dynamics and ecosystem function

    Matthew R. Walsh;John P. DeLong;Torrance C. Hanley;David M. Post

  • Opportunities for behavioral rescue under rapid environmental change.

    Samuel B. Fey;David A. Vasseur;Karla Alujević;Kristy J. Kroeker

  • Population stability, cooperation, and the invasibility of the human species

    Marcus J. Hamilton;Oskar F. Burger;John P. Delong;Robert S. Walker

  • Experimental demonstration of a ‘rate–size’ trade-off governing body size optimization

    John P. DeLong

  • Competition and the density dependence of metabolic rates

    John P. DeLong;Torrance C. Hanley;David A. Vasseur

  • Multiple factors, including arena size, shape the functional responses of ladybird beetles

    Stella F. Uiterwaal;John P. DeLong

  • Beyond body mass: how prey traits improve predictions of functional response parameters

    Ryan M. Kalinoski;John P. DeLong

  • Temperature alters food web body-size structure.

    Jean P. Gibert;John P. DeLong

  • Predator–prey dynamics and the plasticity of predator body size

    John P. DeLong;Torrance C. Hanley;David A. Vasseur

Frequent Co-Authors

David A. Vasseur
David A. Vasseur Yale University
Jonathan Belmaker
Jonathan Belmaker Tel Aviv University
Mary I. O'Connor
Mary I. O'Connor University of British Columbia
James L. Van Etten
James L. Van Etten University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Valery E. Forbes
Valery E. Forbes University of Minnesota
James H. Brown
James H. Brown University of New Mexico
Van M. Savage
Van M. Savage University of California, Los Angeles
Christopher D. G. Harley
Christopher D. G. Harley University of British Columbia
Benjamin Gilbert
Benjamin Gilbert University of Toronto
Kevin S. McCann
Kevin S. McCann University of Guelph

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