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Overview

Lauren B. Buckley is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science with notable contributions across several subfields including ecological modeling, ecology, genetics, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, and global and planetary change.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics related to species distribution and climate change, physiological and biochemical adaptations, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, animal behavior and reproduction, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, plant and animal studies, and Lepidoptera biology and taxonomy.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Lauren B. Buckley include Joel G. Kingsolver, Ofir Levy, César R. Nufio, Ilya M. D. Maclean, and Sylvain Pincebourde.

Publication venues where they have appeared most often include UNC Libraries, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Ecosphere, The American Naturalist, and Integrative and Comparative Biology.

Selected recent papers authored by or involving Lauren B. Buckley are:

  • Evolution of Thermal Sensitivity in Changing and Variable Climates (2021) in Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics
  • Ontogenetic variation in thermal sensitivity shapes insect ecological responses to climate change (2020) in Current Opinion in Insect Science
  • Mechanistic forecasts of species responses to climate change: The promise of biophysical ecology (2022) in Global Change Biology
  • Microclimate, an important part of ecology and biogeography (2024) in Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Interconnecting global threats: climate change, biodiversity loss, and infectious diseases (2024) in The Lancet Planetary Health

Best Publications

  • Global imprint of climate change on marine life

    Elvira S. Poloczanska;Christopher J. Brown;Christopher J. Brown;William J. Sydeman;Wolfgang Kiessling;Wolfgang Kiessling

  • Niche conservatism as an emerging principle in ecology and conservation biology.

    John J. Wiens;David D. Ackerly;Andrew P. Allen;Brian L. Anacker

  • The pace of shifting climate in marine and terrestrial ecosystems.

    Michael T. Burrows;David S. Schoeman;David S. Schoeman;Lauren B. Buckley;Pippa Moore;Pippa Moore

  • Can mechanism inform species’ distribution models?

    Lauren B. Buckley;Mark C. Urban;Michael J. Angilletta;Lisa G. Crozier

  • Geographical limits to species-range shifts are suggested by climate velocity

    Michael T. Burrows;David S. Schoeman;Anthony J. Richardson;Anthony J. Richardson;Jorge García Molinos

  • Complex life cycles and the responses of insects to climate change.

    Joel G. Kingsolver;H. Arthur Woods;Lauren B. Buckley;Kristen A. Potter

  • Heat stress and the fitness consequences of climate change for terrestrial ectotherms

    Joel G. Kingsolver;Sarah E. Diamond;Lauren B. Buckley

  • Environmental and historical constraints on global patterns of amphibian richness

    Lauren B Buckley;Walter Jetz

  • Fine-grain modeling of species’ response to climate change: holdouts, stepping-stones, and microrefugia

    Lee Hannah;Lorraine Flint;Alexandra D. Syphard;Max A. Moritz

  • Macrosystems ecology: understanding ecological patterns and processes at continental scales

    James B. Heffernan;James B. Heffernan;Patricia A. Soranno;Patricia A. Soranno;Michael J. Angilletta;Michael J. Angilletta;Lauren B. Buckley;Lauren B. Buckley

  • Broad-scale ecological implications of ectothermy and endothermy in changing environments

    Lauren B. Buckley;Allen Hartley Hurlbert;Walter Jetz

  • Linking global turnover of species and environments

    Lauren B. Buckley;Walter Jetz

  • Phylogeny, niche conservatism and the latitudinal diversity gradient in mammals

    Lauren B. Buckley;T. Jonathan Davies;T. Jonathan Davies;David D. Ackerly;Nathan J. B. Kraft

  • Linking Traits to Energetics and Population Dynamics to Predict Lizard Ranges in Changing Environments

    Lauren B. Buckley

  • Functional and Phylogenetic Approaches to Forecasting Species' Responses to Climate Change

    Lauren B. Buckley;Joel G. Kingsolver

  • Species' traits predict phenological responses to climate change in butterflies

    Sarah E. Diamond;Alicia M. Frame;Ryan A. Martin;Lauren B. Buckley

  • Thermoregulatory behaviour limits local adaptation of thermal niches and confers sensitivity to climate change

    Lauren B. Buckley;Joseph C. Ehrenberger;Michael J. Angilletta

  • Ecological and methodological drivers of species' distribution and phenology responses to climate change

    Christopher J. Brown;Mary I. O'Connor;Elvira S. Poloczanska;Elvira S. Poloczanska;David S. Schoeman

  • Temperature extremes: geographic patterns, recent changes, and implications for organismal vulnerabilities

    Lauren B. Buckley;Raymond B. Huey

  • Abiotic and biotic constraints across reptile and amphibian ranges

    Heather R. Cunningham;Leslie J. Rissler;Lauren B. Buckley;Mark C. Urban

Frequent Co-Authors

Joel G. Kingsolver
Joel G. Kingsolver University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Carlos M. Duarte
Carlos M. Duarte King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Anthony J. Richardson
Anthony J. Richardson University of Queensland
David S. Schoeman
David S. Schoeman University of the Sunshine Coast
Benjamin S. Halpern
Benjamin S. Halpern University of California, Santa Barbara
Pippa J. Moore
Pippa J. Moore Newcastle University
Camille Parmesan
Camille Parmesan The University of Texas at Austin
Elvira S. Poloczanska
Elvira S. Poloczanska Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Michael T. Burrows
Michael T. Burrows Scottish Association For Marine Science
Christopher J. Brown
Christopher J. Brown University of Tasmania

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