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Overview

Mark C. Belk is affiliated with Brigham Young University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of Environmental Science, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research spans several subfields including Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Insect Science, Molecular Biology, and Genetics.

Their work covers multiple main topics such as Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Genetic Diversity and Population Structure, Morphological Variations and Asymmetry, Insect Utilization and Effects, Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies, and Animal Behavior and Reproduction.

Mark C. Belk's research has appeared in various scientific venues. Notable publication outlets where they have frequently published include Diversity, Ecology and Evolution, PLoS ONE, Water, and Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution.

Recent papers by Mark C. Belk and collaborators demonstrate a focus on behavioral, ecological, and evolutionary studies. Selected recent publications include:

  • Life History Divergence in Livebearing Fishes in Response to Predation: Is There a Microevolution to Macroevolution Barrier? (2020, Diversity)
  • Revisiting the Ecology and Evolution of Burying Beetle Behavior (Staphylinidae: Silphinae) (2024, Ecology and Evolution)
  • Predators as Agents of Selection and Diversification (2020, Diversity)
  • Beyond Pairwise Interactions: Multispecies Character Displacement in Mexican Freshwater Fish Communities (2020, The American Naturalist)
  • Behavioral Constraints on Local Adaptation and Counter-gradient Variation: Implications for Climate Change (2020, Ecology and Evolution)

Collaboration is a significant aspect of their work. Frequent co-authors include Jerald B. Johnson, Peter C. Searle, Dennis K. Shiozawa, J. Curtis Creighton, and Andrew D. Suchomel.

Best Publications

  • Complex interactions between native and invasive fish: the simultaneous effects of multiple negative interactions

    Michael D. Mills;Russell B. Rader;Mark C. Belk

  • Cost of reproduction, resource quality, and terminal investment in a burying beetle.

    J. Curtis Creighton;Nicholas D. Heflin;Mark C. Belk

  • Bergmann's rule in ectotherms: a test using freshwater fishes.

    Mark C. Belk;Derek D. Houston

  • Predation environment predicts divergent life-history phenotypes among populations of the livebearing fish Brachyrhaphis rhabdophora

    Jerald B. Johnson;Mark C. Belk

  • Risk assessment in western mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis): do multiple cues have additive effects?

    Michael E. Smith;Mark C. Belk

  • Changes in the distribution of native fishes in response to introduced species and other anthropogenic effects

    Evelyn Habit;Priscila Piedra;Daniel Eduardo Ruzzante;Sandra J. Walde

  • Response of the fish community to human‐induced changes in the Biobío River in Chile

    Evelyn Habit;Mark C. Belk;R. Cary Tuckfield;Oscar Parra

  • Response of the riverine fish community to the construction and operation of a diversion hydropower plant in central Chile

    Evelyn Habit;Mark C. Belk;Oscar Parra

  • Predation-Induced Differences in Growth and Reproduction of Bluegills (Lepomis macrochirus)

    Mark C. Belk;L. Stanton Hales Jr.

  • Ground-truthing the impact of invasive species: spatio-temporal overlap between native least chub and introduced western mosquitofish

    Jill R. Ayala;Russell B. Rader;Mark C. Belk;G. Bruce Schaalje

  • Neglected Taxonomy of Rare Desert Fishes: Congruent Evidence for Two Species of Leatherside Chub

    Jerald B. Johnson;Thomas E. Dowling;Mark C. Belk

  • Morphological convergence during pregnancy among predator and nonpredator populations of the livebearing fish Brachyrhaphis rhabdophora (Teleostei: Poeciliidae)

    Jeff S. Wesner;Eric J. Billman;Adam Meier;Mark C. Belk

  • Empirical tests for ecological exchangeability

    Russell B. Rader;Mark C. Belk;Dennis K. Shiozawa;Keith A. Crandall

  • Ontogeny and sex alter the effect of predation on body shape in a livebearing fish: sexual dimorphism, parallelism, and costs of reproduction

    Elizabeth M. A. Hassell;Peter J. Meyers;Eric J. Billman;Josh E. Rasmussen

  • Predator-induced delayed maturity in bluegill sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus): variation among populations

    Mark C. Belk

  • Variation in growth and age at maturity in bluegill sunfish: genetic or environmental effects?

    Unknown

  • Effect of Gambusia holbrooki on a Similar-Sized, Syntopic Poeciliid, Heterandria formosa: Competitor or Predator?

    Mark C. Belk;Charles Lydeard

  • PATTERNS OF HABITAT USE BY BATS ALONG A RIPARIAN CORRIDOR IN NORTHERN UTAH

    Duke S. Rogers;Mark C. Belk;Malinda W. González;Brent L. Coleman

  • Morphological Divergence Driven by Predation Environment within and between Species of Brachyrhaphis Fishes

    Spencer J. Ingley;Eric J. Billman;Mark C. Belk;Jerald B. Johnson

  • Individual Movement of Stream Fishes: Linking Ecological Drivers with Evolutionary Processes

    Josh E. Rasmussen;Mark C. Belk

  • Shape variation in a benthic stream fish across flow regimes

    Peter J. Meyers;Mark C. Belk

  • The Introduction of an Invasive Snail ( Melanoides tuberculata ) to Spring Ecosystems of the Bonneville Basin, Utah

    Russell B. Rader;Mark C. Belk;M. Jane Keleher

Frequent Co-Authors

Robin B. Foster
Robin B. Foster Field Museum of Natural History
Stephen P. Hubbell
Stephen P. Hubbell University of California, Los Angeles
Michael H. Smith
Michael H. Smith University of Georgia
Perry L. Wood
Perry L. Wood Auburn University
Mark V. Lomolino
Mark V. Lomolino SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Jani Radebaugh
Jani Radebaugh Brigham Young University
Eric H. Christiansen
Eric H. Christiansen Brigham Young University
Keith A. Crandall
Keith A. Crandall George Washington University
Richard A. Heckmann
Richard A. Heckmann Brigham Young University
Rodney A. Bray
Rodney A. Bray Natural History Museum

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