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38
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6947
World Ranking
6565
National Ranking
2221

Overview

Leslie Ries is affiliated with Georgetown University in the United States and has a body of research that spans environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences. Their work engages primarily with topics around plant and animal studies, species distribution and climate change, and ecology and vegetation dynamics.

The scientist's recent publications reflect a focus on ecological relationships and biodiversity, particularly concerning Lepidoptera. Notable papers include:

  • A global phylogeny of butterflies reveals their evolutionary history, ancestral hosts and biogeographic origins, 2023, published in Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Changes in climate drive recent monarch butterfly dynamics, 2021, published in Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • LepTraits 1.0 A globally comprehensive dataset of butterfly traits, 2022, published in Scientific Data
  • The accuracy of phenology estimators for use with sparsely sampled presence-only observations, 2020, published in Methods in Ecology and Evolution
  • Towards Global Volunteer Monitoring of Odonate Abundance, 2020, published in BioScience

Ries's publication record indicates extensive collaboration with several frequent co-authors. These collaborators include Elise A. Larsen, Robert Guralnick, Naresh Neupane, Michael W. Belitz, and Vaughn Shirey.

Their research outputs appear regularly in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Ecology & Evolution, PLoS ONE, Methods in Ecology and Evolution, and Scientific Reports. These platforms highlight a consistent contribution to ecological and evolutionary research forums.

The main fields of study within Ries's research underscore a blend of environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, complemented by subfields including ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, ecological modeling, nature and landscape conservation, genetics, and general ecology.

The breadth of scientific topics covered spans:

  • Plant and animal studies
  • Species distribution and climate change
  • Ecology and vegetation dynamics studies
  • Lepidoptera: biology and taxonomy
  • Animal behavior and reproduction
  • Insect and arachnid ecology and behavior
  • Animal and plant science education

This extensive thematic scope illustrates a strong engagement with understanding biological interactions and environmental factors influencing species and ecosystems, particularly within insect and butterfly research domains.

Best Publications

  • Ecological Responses to Habitat Edges: Mechanisms, Models, and Variability Explained

    Leslie Ries;Robert J. Fletcher;James Battin;Thomas D. Sisk

  • Is habitat fragmentation good for biodiversity

    Robert J. Fletcher;Raphael K. Didham;Raphael K. Didham;Cristina Banks-Leite;Jos Barlow

  • A PREDICTIVE MODEL OF EDGE EFFECTS

    Leslie Ries;Thomas D. Sisk

  • Butterfly responses to habitat edges in the highly fragmented prairies of Central Iowa

    Leslie Ries;Diane M. Debinski

  • Conservation Value of Roadside Prairie Restoration to Butterfly Communities

    Leslie Ries;Diane M. Debinski;Michelle L. Wieland

  • Butterfly Abundance Declines Over 20 Years of Systematic Monitoring in Ohio, USA

    Tyson Wepprich;Jeffrey R. Adrion;Leslie Ries;Jerome Wiedmann

  • The role of habitat area and edge in fragmented landscapes: definitively distinct or inevitably intertwined?This review is one of a series dealing with some aspects of the impact of habitat fragmentation on animals and plants. This series is one of several virtual symposia focussing on ecological topics that will be published in the Journal from time to time.

    Jr.R.J. Fletcher Robert J. Fletcher;Leslie RiesL. Ries;James BattinJ. Battin;Anna D. ChalfounA.D. Chalfoun

  • Joint dynamic species distribution models: a tool for community ordination and spatio‐temporal monitoring

    James T. Thorson;James N. Ianelli;Elise A. Larsen;Leslie Ries

  • A global phylogeny of butterflies reveals their evolutionary history, ancestral hosts and biogeographic origins

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  • A trans‐national monarch butterfly population model and implications for regional conservation priorities

    Karen Oberhauser;Ruscena Wiederholt;James E. Diffendorfer;Darius J. Semmens

  • Do growing degree days predict phenology across butterfly species

    Heather L. Cayton;Nick M. Haddad;Kevin Gross;Sarah E. Diamond

  • Habitat edges as a potential ecological trap for an insect predator

    Leslie Ries;William F. Fagan

  • Tracking climate impacts on the migratory monarch butterfly

    Elise F. Zipkin;Elise F. Zipkin;Leslie Ries;Rick Reeves;James Regetz

  • A Citizen Army for Science: Quantifying the Contributions of Citizen Scientists to our Understanding of Monarch Butterfly Biology

    Leslie Ries;Karen S Oberhauser

  • What is an edge species? The implications of sensitivity to habitat edges

    Leslie Ries;Thomas D. Sisk

  • Unexpected phenological responses of butterflies to the interaction of urbanization and geographic temperature

    Sarah E. Diamond;Sarah E. Diamond;Sarah E. Diamond;Heather Cayton;Tyson Wepprich;Clinton N. Jenkins

  • Closing Persistent Gaps in Knowledge About Edge Ecology

    Leslie Ries;Shannon M. Murphy;Gina M. Wimp;Robert J. Fletcher

  • National Valuation of Monarch Butterflies Indicates an Untapped Potential for Incentive‐Based Conservation

    Jay E. Diffendorfer;John B. Loomis;Leslie Ries;Karen S Oberhauser

  • Changes in climate drive recent monarch butterfly dynamics.

    Erin R Zylstra;Leslie Ries;Naresh Neupane;Sarah P Saunders;Sarah P Saunders

  • Reproductive asynchrony in natural butterfly populations and its consequences for female matelessness

    Justin M. Calabrese;Leslie Ries;Stephen F. Matter;Diane M. Debinski

  • Butterfly edge effects are predicted by a simple model in a complex landscape

    Leslie Ries;Leslie Ries;Thomas D. Sisk

  • Do edge responses cascade up or down a multi-trophic food web?

    Gina M. Wimp;Shannon M. Murphy;Danny Lewis;Leslie Ries

  • A rare model limits the distribution of its more common mimic: a twist on frequency-dependent Batesian mimicry.

    Leslie Ries;Sean P. Mullen

Frequent Co-Authors

Elise F. Zipkin
Elise F. Zipkin Michigan State University
Karen S. Oberhauser
Karen S. Oberhauser University of Wisconsin–Madison
Thomas D. Sisk
Thomas D. Sisk Northern Arizona University
Nick M. Haddad
Nick M. Haddad Michigan State University
Wayne E. Thogmartin
Wayne E. Thogmartin United States Geological Survey
Robert P. Guralnick
Robert P. Guralnick Florida Museum of Natural History
Sarah E. Diamond
Sarah E. Diamond Case Western Reserve University
William F. Fagan
William F. Fagan University of Maryland, College Park
Brice X. Semmens
Brice X. Semmens University of California, San Diego
Robert J. Fletcher
Robert J. Fletcher University of Florida

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