2026 Josh Van Buskirk: Ecology and Evolution Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Ecology and Evolution	49	4022	91	80	9602

Overview

Josh Van Buskirk is a researcher affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland, focusing on areas intersecting environmental science, genetics, and biological sciences. Their work spans several fields including genetics, ecology, evolution, behavior, systematics, and global and planetary change.

Their research covers multiple topics, notably:

Genetic diversity and population structure
Amphibian and reptile biology
Species distribution and climate change
Animal behavior and reproduction
Plant and animal studies
Wildlife ecology and conservation
CRISPR and genetic engineering

The scientist has published in various notable journals, with frequent contributions in:

Evolution
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
Plant Communications
Ecology and Evolution

Several co-authors appear recurrently in their work, such as Yvonne Willi, Alexandra Jansen van Rensburg, Judith C. Bachmann, Marco Fracassetti, and Olivier Bachmann.

Among their recent publications are:

"Relative importance of isolation-by-environment and other determinants of gene flow in an alpine amphibian" (2020) published in Evolution
"Adaptation to elevation but limited local adaptation in an amphibian" (2020) published in Evolution
"European common frog (Rana temporaria) recolonized Switzerland from multiple glacial refugia in northern Italy via trans- and circum-Alpine routes" (2021) published in Ecology and Evolution

While Josh Van Buskirk is associated as a co-author on papers by Yvonne Willi, such as "A review on trade-offs at the warm and cold ends of geographical distributions" (2022) published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, and "Demographic Processes Linked to Genetic Diversity and Positive Selection across a Species' Range" (2020) published in Plant Communications, these works indicate a professional collaboration in related scientific topics.

Best Publications

Limits to the adaptive potential of small populations

Yvonne Willi;Josh Van Buskirk;Ary A. Hoffmann

1135
Citations
LOCAL AND LANDSCAPE INFLUENCE ON AMPHIBIAN OCCURRENCE AND ABUNDANCE

Josh Van Buskirk

388
Citations
COSTS AND BENEFITS OF A PREDATOR-INDUCED POLYPHENISM IN THE GRAY TREEFROG HYLA CHRYSOSCELIS

S. Andy McCollum;Josh Van Buskirk

387
Citations
The fitness costs of developmental canalization and plasticity

Unknown

382
Citations
Life-history variation in marine turtles

Josh Van Buskirk;Larry B. Crowder

326
Citations
Selection for phenotypic plasticity in Rana sylvatica tadpoles

Josh Van Buskirk;Rick A Relyea

302
Citations
NATURAL SELECTION FOR ENVIRONMENTALLY INDUCED PHENOTYPES IN TADPOLES.

Josh Van Buskirk;S. Andy McCollum;Earl E. Werner

294
Citations
Enhancement of farmland biodiversity within set-aside land

Josh Van Buskirk;Yvonne Willi

293
Citations
A Comparative Test of the Adaptive Plasticity Hypothesis: Relationships between Habitat and Phenotype in Anuran Larvae

Josh Van Buskirk

291
Citations
PREDATOR-INDUCED PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY IN LARVAL NEWTS: TRADE-OFFS, SELECTION, AND VARIATION IN NATURE

Josh Van Buskirk;Benedikt R. Schmidt

269
Citations
THE COSTS OF AN INDUCIBLE DEFENSE IN ANURAN LARVAE

Josh Van Buskirk

264
Citations
PHENOTYPIC DESIGN, PLASTICITY, AND ECOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE IN TWO TADPOLE SPECIES

David C. Smith;Josh Van Buskirk

243
Citations
Variable shifts in spring and autumn migration phenology in North American songbirds associated with climate change.

Josh Van Buskirk;Josh Van Buskirk;Robert S. Mulvihill;Robert C. Leberman

241
Citations
DOSAGE RESPONSE OF AN INDUCED DEFENSE: HOW SENSITIVE ARE TADPOLES TO PREDATION RISK?

Josh Van Buskirk;Martina Arioli

221
Citations
Effects of predators on prey growth rate : relative contributions of thinning and reduced activity

Josh Van Buskirk;Kerry L. Yurewicz

215
Citations
Controlling Lyme disease by modifying the density and species composition of tick hosts

Josh Van Buskirk;Richard S. Ostfeld

210
Citations
The Lure Effect, Tadpole Tail Shape, and the Target of Dragonfly Strikes

Josh Van Buskirk;Pia Anderwald;Stefan Lüpold;Luzian Reinhardt

192
Citations
Specific induced responses to different predator species in anuran larvae

Unknown

185
Citations
Interactive Effects of Dragonfly Predation in Expermental Pond Communities

Josh Van Buskirk

179
Citations
A Threefold Genetic Allee Effect: Population Size Affects Cross-Compatibility, Inbreeding Depression and Drift Load in the Self-Incompatible Ranunculus reptans

Yvonne Willi;Josh Van Buskirk;Markus Fischer

176
Citations
Density‐Dependent Population Regulation in a Salamander

Josh Van Buskirk;David C. Smith

168
Citations
Declining body sizes in North American birds associated with climate change

Josh Van Buskirk;Robert S. Mulvihill;Robert C. Leberman

144
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Benedikt R. Schmidt University of Zurich

Joachim G. Frommen University of Bern

Anssi Laurila Uppsala University

Richard S. Ostfeld Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies

Stefan Lüpold University of Zurich

Robert J. Capon University of Queensland

Markus Fischer University of Bern

Ary A. Hoffmann University of Melbourne

Veronika Bókony Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Dustin J. Penn University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna

External Links

Personal website of Josh Van Buskirk

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