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66
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16638
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1679
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618

Kelly R. Zamudio publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kelly R. Zamudio sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 205 publications — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Kelly R. Zamudio D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kelly R. Zamudio sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 66 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Kelly R. Zamudio is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with significant contributions to subfields such as global and planetary change, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, molecular biology, ecology, and ecological modeling.

The scientist's body of work addresses several main topics, including:

  • Amphibian and reptile biology
  • Animal behavior and reproduction
  • Species distribution and climate change
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Genomics and phylogenetic studies
  • Environmental DNA in biodiversity studies
  • Plant and animal studies

Recent publications reflect a wide range of interests within these topics. Notable papers include:

  • "Coalescent-based species delimitation is sensitive to geographic sampling and isolation by distance," 2020, Systematics and Biodiversity
  • "High Variability in Infection Mechanisms and Host Responses: A Review of Functional Genomic Studies of Amphibian Chytridiomycosis," 2020, Herpetologica
  • "Lost and found: Frogs in a biodiversity hotspot rediscovered with environmental DNA," 2020, Molecular Ecology
  • "Temperature dependence of metabolic rate in tropical and temperate aquatic insects: Support for the Climate Variability Hypothesis in mayflies but not stoneflies," 2020, Global Change Biology
  • "Topography, more than land cover, explains genetic diversity in a Neotropical savanna tree frog," 2020, Diversity and Distributions

Kelly R. Zamudio collaborates regularly with several coauthors, with frequent partners including:

  • Célio F. B. Haddad
  • Cait A. McDonald
  • C. Guilherme Becker
  • Luís Felipe Toledo
  • Cynthia P. A. Prado

Their research is often published in highly specialized venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Molecular Ecology
  • Science
  • Ecology and Evolution
  • Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
  • Ecosphere

Kelly R. Zamudio was recognized as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2019.

Best Publications

  • Amphibian fungal panzootic causes catastrophic and ongoing loss of biodiversity

    Ben C. Scheele;Ben C. Scheele;Frank Pasmans;Lee F. Skerratt;Lee Berger

  • Recent introduction of a chytrid fungus endangers Western Palearctic salamanders

    A. Martel;M. Blooi;C. Adriaensen;P. Van Rooij

  • Recent Asian origin of chytrid fungi causing global amphibian declines

    Simon J. O’Hanlon;Adrien Rieux;Rhys A. Farrer;Gonçalo M. Rosa;Gonçalo M. Rosa

  • MHC genotypes associate with resistance to a frog-killing fungus

    Anna E. Savage;Kelly R. Zamudio

  • Habitat fragmentation reduces genetic diversity and connectivity among toad populations in the Brazilian Atlantic Coastal Forest

    Marianna Dixo;Jean-Paul Metzger;João Stenghel Morgante;Kelly R Zamudio

  • Allometric engineering: a causal analysis of natural selection on offspring size.

    Barry Sinervo;Kelly Zamudio;Paul Doughty;Raymond B. Huey

  • Enhancing Diversity in Undergraduate Science: Self-Efficacy Drives Performance Gains with Active Learning

    Cissy J. Ballen;Cissy J. Ballen;Carl Wieman;Shima Salehi;Jeremy B. Searle

  • Phylogeography of the bushmaster (Lachesis muta: Viperidae): implications for neotropical biogeography, systematics, and conservation

    Kelly R. Zamudio;Harry W. Greene

  • When Cold is Better: Climate-Driven Elevation Shifts Yield Complex Patterns of Diversification and Demography in an Alpine Specialist (American Pika, Ochotona princeps)

    Kurt E. Galbreath;David J. Hafner;Kelly R. Zamudio

  • Complex history of the amphibian-killing chytrid fungus revealed with genome resequencing data

    Erica Bree Rosenblum;Timothy Y James;Kelly R Zamudio;Thomas J Poorten

  • Phylogeography of endemic toads and post-Pliocene persistence of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

    Maria Tereza C. Thome;Kelly R. Zamudio;Joao G. R. Giovanelli;Celio Fernando Baptista Haddad

  • The origin and maintenance of montane diversity: integrating evolutionary and ecological processes

    Catherine H. Graham;Ana C. Carnaval;Carlos Daniel Cadena;Kelly R. Zamudio

  • Latitude, elevational climatic zonation and speciation in New World vertebrates

    Carlos Daniel Cadena;Kenneth H. Kozak;Juan Pablo Gomez;Juan Luis Parra

  • Polygyny, mate-guarding, and posthumous fertilization as alternative male mating strategies

    Kelly R. Zamudio;Barry Sinervo

  • Roads, Interrupted Dispersal, and Genetic Diversity in Timber Rattlesnakes

    Rulon W. Clark;William S. Brown;Randy Stechert;Kelly R. Zamudio

  • Phenotypes in phylogeography: Species' traits, environmental variation, and vertebrate diversification.

    Kelly R. Zamudio;Rayna C. Bell;Nicholas A. Mason

  • Narrow thermal tolerance and low dispersal drive higher speciation in tropical mountains.

    Nicholas R. Polato;Brian A. Gill;Alisha A. Shah;Miranda M. Gray

  • Tropical amphibian populations experience higher disease risk in natural habitats

    C. Guilherme Becker;Kelly R. Zamudio

  • HISTORICAL ISOLATION, RANGE EXPANSION, AND SECONDARY CONTACT OF TWO HIGHLY DIVERGENT MITOCHONDRIAL LINEAGES IN SPOTTED SALAMANDERS (AMBYSTOMA MACULATUM)

    Kelly R. Zamudio;Wesley K. Savage

  • Bigger isn't always better: body size, developmental and parental temperature and male territorial success in Drosophila melanogaster

    Kelly R. Zamudio;Raymond B. Huey;Wayne D. Crill

  • Disentangling host, pathogen, and environmental determinants of a recently emerged wildlife disease: lessons from the first 15 years of amphibian chytridiomycosis research

    Timothy Y. James;L. Felipe Toledo;Dennis Rödder;Domingos da Silva Leite

Frequent Co-Authors

Célio F. B. Haddad
Célio F. B. Haddad Sao Paulo State University
Karen R. Lips
Karen R. Lips University of Maryland, College Park
Juan M. Guayasamin
Juan M. Guayasamin Universidad San Francisco de Quito
Timothy Y. James
Timothy Y. James University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
W. Chris Funk
W. Chris Funk Colorado State University
Alexander S. Flecker
Alexander S. Flecker Cornell University
N. LeRoy Poff
N. LeRoy Poff Colorado State University
Trenton W. J. Garner
Trenton W. J. Garner Zoological Society of London
Cameron K. Ghalambor
Cameron K. Ghalambor Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Frank Pasmans
Frank Pasmans Ghent University

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