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Kenneth D. Whitney is affiliated with the University of New Mexico in the United States. Their research spans several interconnected fields primarily related to biological and environmental sciences, including Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Environmental Science.

The scientist has contributed significantly to subfields such as Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Ecology.

Their research covers a range of topics, focusing notably on Plant and Animal Studies, Genetic Diversity and Population Structure, Evolution and Genetic Dynamics, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions, Insect and Pesticide Research, and Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases.

Among recent publications, notable papers include:

  • Patterns, Predictors, and Consequences of Dominance in Hybrids (2020) in The American Naturalist
  • Heat and desiccation tolerances predict bee abundance under climate change (2024) in Nature
  • Standing variation rather than recent adaptive introgression probably underlies differentiation of the texanus subspecies of Helianthus annuus (2021) in Molecular Ecology
  • Limited evidence for a positive relationship between hybridization and diversification across seed plant families (2021) in Evolution
  • The value of long-term ecological research for evolutionary insights (2024) in Nature Ecology & Evolution

Kenneth D. Whitney frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Nora Mitchell, Loren H. Rieseberg, Jennifer A. Rudgers, Benjamin P. Gerstner, and Gregory L. Owens.

Publishing venues commonly associated with their work are bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Evolution, The American Naturalist, Nature, and Nature Ecology & Evolution, reflecting an engagement with both preprint archives and peer-reviewed journals in ecology and evolutionary biology.

Best Publications

  • Averting biodiversity collapse in tropical forest protected areas

    William F. Laurance;William F. Laurance;D. Carolina Useche;Julio Rendeiro;Margareta Kalka

  • Rapid evolution in introduced species, 'invasive traits' and recipient communities: challenges for predicting invasive potential

    Kenneth D. Whitney;Christopher A. Gabler

  • What we still don't know about invasion genetics.

    Dan G. Bock;Celine Caseys;Roger D. Cousens;Min A. Hahn

  • Hybridization and the colonization of novel habitats by annual sunflowers.

    Loren H. Rieseberg;Seung Chul Kim;Rebecca A. Randell;Kenneth D. Whitney

  • Patterns of hybridization in plants

    Kenneth D. Whitney;Jeffrey R. Ahern;Lesley G. Campbell;Loren P. Albert

  • Adaptive introgression of herbivore resistance traits in the weedy sunflower Helianthus annuus.

    Kenneth D. Whitney;Rebecca A. Randell;Loren H. Rieseberg

  • Population genetic diversity influences colonization success

    K. M. Crawford;K. D. Whitney

  • Adaptive introgression of abiotic tolerance traits in the sunflower Helianthus annuus

    Kenneth D. Whitney;Rebecca A. Randell;Loren H. Rieseberg;Loren H. Rieseberg

  • Hybridisation is associated with increased fecundity and size in invasive taxa: meta‐analytic support for the hybridisation‐invasion hypothesis

    Stephen M. Hovick;Kenneth D. Whitney

  • Shifts in plant functional composition following long‐term drought in grasslands

    Robert J. Griffin‐Nolan;Dana M. Blumenthal;Scott L. Collins;Timothy E. Farkas

  • Hybridization and genome size evolution: timing and magnitude of nuclear DNA content increases in Helianthus homoploid hybrid species.

    Eric J. Baack;Kenneth D. Whitney;Loren H. Rieseberg

  • Did genetic drift drive increases in genome complexity

    Kenneth D. Whitney;Theodore Garland

  • Does phylogeny matter? Assessing the impact of phylogenetic information in ecological meta‐analysis

    Scott A. Chamberlain;Stephen M. Hovick;Christopher J. Dibble;Nick L. Rasmussen

  • Seed dispersal by Ceratogymna hornbills in the Dja Reserve, Cameroon

    Kenneth D. Whitney;Mark K. Fogiel;Aaron M. Lamperti;Kimberly M. Holbrook

  • A ROLE FOR NONADAPTIVE PROCESSES IN PLANT GENOME SIZE EVOLUTION

    Kenneth D. Whitney;Eric J. Baack;James L. Hamrick;Mary Jo W. Godt

  • Genome scan of hybridizing sunflowers from Texas (Helianthus annuus and H. debilis) reveals asymmetric patterns of introgression and small islands of genomic differentiation

    M. Scascitelli;K. D. Whitney;R. A. Randell;Matthew King

  • Habitat use and resource tracking by African Ceratogymna hornbills: implications for seed dispersal and forest conservation

    Kenneth D. Whitney;Thomas B. Smith

  • Hybridization Alters Early Life-History Traits and Increases Plant Colonization Success in a Novel Region

    Stephen M. Hovick;Lesley G. Campbell;Allison A. Snow;Kenneth D. Whitney

  • Phylogenetic distance can predict susceptibility to attack by natural enemies

    J. H. Ness;E. J. Rollinson;K. D. Whitney

  • Herbivore diet breadth mediates the cascading effects of carnivores in food webs

    Michael S. Singer;Isaac H. Lichter-Marck;Timothy E. Farkas;Timothy E. Farkas;Eric Aaron

  • Responses of high-altitude graminoids and soil fungi to 20 years of experimental warming

    Jennifer A. Rudgers;Jennifer A. Rudgers;Stephanie N. Kivlin;Stephanie N. Kivlin;Kenneth D. Whitney;Kenneth D. Whitney;Mary V. Price;Mary V. Price

Frequent Co-Authors

Loren H. Rieseberg
Loren H. Rieseberg University of British Columbia
Jennifer A. Rudgers
Jennifer A. Rudgers University of New Mexico
Thomas B. Smith
Thomas B. Smith University of California, Los Angeles
V. Thomas Parker
V. Thomas Parker San Francisco State University
Britta Denise Hardesty
Britta Denise Hardesty CSIRO Ocean and Atmosphere
Theodore Garland
Theodore Garland University of California, Riverside
Fiona Maisels
Fiona Maisels Wildlife Conservation Society
John Harte
John Harte University of California, Berkeley
William T. Pockman
William T. Pockman University of New Mexico
Stephanie M. Carlson
Stephanie M. Carlson University of California, Berkeley

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