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Maria R. Servedio

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
43
Citations
8338
World Ranking
5261
National Ranking
1800

Maria R. Servedio publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 107 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Maria R. Servedio 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 Maria R. Servedio sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 43 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Maria R. Servedio is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these broader areas, their work is especially focused on subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and Sociology and Political Science.

The scientist's research topics center around plant and animal studies, animal behavior and reproduction, evolution and genetic dynamics, genetic diversity and population structure, evolutionary psychology and human behavior, evolutionary game theory and cooperation, and animal ecology and behavior studies.

Recent publications from Maria R. Servedio illustrate the scope of their research interests. These include:

  • "Same-sex sexual behaviour and selection for indiscriminate mating," 2020, published in Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "Coupling of Barriers to Gene Exchange: Causes and Consequences," 2024, published in Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology
  • "Homage to Felsenstein 1981, or why are there so few/many species?" 2021, published in Evolution
  • "Inferred Attractiveness: A generalized mechanism for sexual selection that can maintain variation in traits and preferences over time," 2023, published in PLoS Biology
  • "The effectiveness of pseudomagic traits in promoting divergence and enhancing local adaptation," 2020, published in Evolution

The scientist collaborates frequently with colleagues such as Brian A. Lerch, Kuangyi Xu, Reinhard Bürger, Roger K. Butlin, and Carole M. Smadja.

Regular publication venues for their work include UNC Libraries, Evolution, The American Naturalist, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and PLoS Biology.

Best Publications

  • The role of reinforcement in speciation: Theory and data

    Maria R. Servedio;Mohamed A.F. Noor

  • Magic traits in speciation: 'magic' but not rare?

    Maria R. Servedio;G. Sander Van Doorn;Michael Kopp;Alicia M. Frame

  • Species delimitation in systematics: inferring diagnostic differences between species.

    John J. Wiens;Maria R. Servedio

  • The impact of learning on sexual selection and speciation.

    Machteld N. Verzijden;Carel ten Cate;Maria R. Servedio;Genevieve M. Kozak

  • Not just a theory--the utility of mathematical models in evolutionary biology.

    Maria R. Servedio;Yaniv J Brandvain;Sumit Dhole;Courtney L. Fitzpatrick

  • Sex Chromosome-Linked Species Recognition and Evolution of Reproductive Isolation in Flycatchers

    Stein A. Sæther;Stein A. Sæther;Glenn Peter Sætre;Thomas Borge;Thomas Borge;Chris Wiley;Chris Wiley

  • The Role of Sexual Selection in Local Adaptation and Speciation

    Maria R. Servedio;Janette W. Boughman

  • Song learning accelerates allopatric speciation.

    R. F. Lachlan;M. R. Servedio

  • THE EFFECTS OF GENE FLOW ON REINFORCEMENT.

    Maria R. Servedio;Mark Kirkpatrick

  • Mechanisms of assortative mating in speciation with gene flow: Connecting theory and empirical research

    Michael Kopp;Maria R Servedio;Tamra C Mendelson;Rebecca J Safran

  • REINFORCEMENT AND THE GENETICS OF NONRANDOM MATING

    Maria R. Servedio

  • POPULATION GENETIC MODELS OF MALE AND MUTUAL MATE CHOICE

    Maria R. Servedio;Russell Lande

  • Beyond reinforcement: The evolution of premating isolation by direct selection on preferences and postmating, prezygotic incompatibilities

    Maria R. Servedio

  • The Reinforcement of Mating Preferences on an Island

    Mark Kirkpatrick;Maria R. Servedio

  • Frequency-Dependent Selection and the Evolution of Assortative Mating

    Sarah P. Otto;Maria R. Servedio;Scott L. Nuismer

  • The counterintuitive role of sexual selection in species maintenance and speciation.

    Maria R. Servedio;Reinhard Bürger

  • The evolution of premating isolation: local adaptation and natural and sexual selection against hybrids.

    Maria R. Servedio

  • Phylogenetic analysis and intraspecific variation: performance of parsimony, likelihood, and distance methods.

    John J. Wiens;Maria R. Servedio

  • Female mate-choice behavior and sympatric speciation.

    Machteld N. Verzijden;Machteld N. Verzijden;Robert F. Lachlan;Robert F. Lachlan;Maria R. Servedio

  • Accuracy of Phylogenetic Analysis Including and Excluding Polymorphic Characters

    John J. Wiens;Maria R. Servedio

Frequent Co-Authors

Glenn-Peter Sætre
Glenn-Peter Sætre University of Oslo
Reinhard Bürger
Reinhard Bürger University of Vienna
Russell Lande
Russell Lande Imperial College London
Mark Kirkpatrick
Mark Kirkpatrick The University of Texas at Austin
Mohamed A. F. Noor
Mohamed A. F. Noor Duke University
David W. Pfennig
David W. Pfennig University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Anna Qvarnström
Anna Qvarnström Uppsala University
Joachim Hermisson
Joachim Hermisson University of Vienna
John J. Wiens
John J. Wiens University of Arizona
Carel ten Cate
Carel ten Cate Leiden University

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