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5960
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5886
National Ranking
467

Overview

Mark I. Stevens is affiliated with the South Australian Museum in Australia and has contributed extensively to multiple fields related to biological and environmental sciences. Their research spans Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Environmental Science, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these broader fields, Stevens focuses on subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology, Genetics, Insect Science, and Plant Science.

Their scholarly work addresses a range of topics such as Plant and animal studies, Insect and Pesticide Research, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Polar Research and Ecology, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, and Lepidoptera biology and taxonomy.

Stevens has published frequently in scientific journals and venues including:

  • Zootaxa (7 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (4 publications)
  • arXiv (Cornell University) (3 publications)
  • Journal of Experimental Biology (2 publications)
  • Genome (2 publications)

Their recent academic papers encompass several topics and years of publication:

  • Climate change and invasive species: a physiological performance comparison of invasive and endemic bees in Fiji, 2020, Journal of Experimental Biology
  • Biogeographic survey of soil bacterial communities across Antarctica, 2024, Microbiome
  • An ancient, Antarctic-specific species complex: large divergences between multiple Antarctic lineages of the tardigrade genus Mesobiotus, 2022, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • Radiation of tropical island bees and the role of phylogenetic niche conservatism as an important driver of biodiversity, 2020, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Extreme host range in an insular bee supports the super-generalist hypothesis with implications for both weed invasion and crop pollination, 2021, Arthropod-Plant Interactions

Mark I. Stevens frequently collaborates with other researchers, with notable coauthors including:

  • Michael P. Schwarz (19 joint publications)
  • James B. Dorey (11 joint publications)
  • Alejandro Velasco-Castrillón (8 joint publications)
  • Ben A. Parslow (7 joint publications)
  • ETHAN P. BEAVER (7 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • Diversity and distribution of Victoria Land biota

    Byron J. Adams;Richard D. Bardgett;Edward Ayres;Diana H. Wall

  • Antarctic terrestrial life--challenging the history of the frozen continent?

    Peter Convey;John A E Gibson;Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand;Dominic A Hodgson

  • Ecology. Antarctic biodiversity.

    Peter Convey;Mark I Stevens

  • Biotic interactions in Antarctic terrestrial ecosystems: are they a factor?

    Ian D. Hogg;S. Craig Cary;Pete Convey;Kevin K. Newsham

  • Southern Hemisphere Springtails: Could Any Have Survived Glaciation of Antarctica?

    Mark Ian Stevens;Penelope Greenslade;Ian D Hogg;Paul James Sunnucks

  • Exploring biological constraints on the glacial history of Antarctica

    Peter Convey;Mark I. Stevens;Mark I. Stevens;Dominic A. Hodgson;John L. Smellie

  • Evaluating a multigene environmental DNA approach for biodiversity assessment.

    Alexei J. Drummond;Richard D. Newcomb;Richard D. Newcomb;Thomas R. Buckley;Thomas R. Buckley;Dong Xie

  • Long-term isolation and recent range expansion from glacial refugia revealed for the endemic springtail Gomphiocephalus hodgsoni from Victoria Land, Antarctica

    Mark I. Stevens;Ian D. Hogg

  • Challenging species delimitation in Collembola: cryptic diversity among common springtails unveiled by DNA barcoding

    D. Porco;A. Bedos;Penelope Greenslade;C. Janion

  • Haplotype networks can be misleading in the presence of missing data

    Simon Joly;Mark Ian Stevens;Mark Ian Stevens;Bettine Jansen van Vuuren

  • Contrasting phylogeographical patterns for springtails reflect different evolutionary histories between the Antarctic Peninsula and continental Antarctica.

    Angela McGaughran;Giulia Torricelli;Giulia Torricelli;Antonio Carapelli;Francesco Frati

  • Abiotic factors influence microbial diversity in permanently cold soil horizons of a maritime-associated Antarctic Dry Valley

    Francesca Stomeo;Thulani P. Makhalanyane;Angel Valverde;Stephen B. Pointing

  • Contrasting levels of mitochondrial DNA variability between mites (Penthalodidae) and springtails (Hypogastruridae) from the Trans-Antarctic Mountains suggest long-term effects of glaciation and life history on substitution rates, and speciation processes

    Mark Ian Stevens;Ian D Hogg

  • House mouse colonization patterns on the sub-Antarctic Kerguelen Archipelago suggest singular primary invasions and resilience against re-invasion

    Emilie A Hardouin;Jean-Louis Chapuis;Mark I Stevens;Mark I Stevens;Jansen Bettine van Vuuren

  • Discrete colour polymorphism in the tawny dragon lizard (Ctenophorus decresii) and differences in signal conspicuousness among morphs

    L. C. Teasdale;M. Stevens;M. Stevens;D. Stuart-Fox

  • The diverse origins of New Zealand house mice

    Jeremy B Searle;Paul M Jamieson;İslam Gündüz;Mark I Stevens

  • Population genetic structure of New Zealand's endemic corophiid amphipods: evidence for allopatric speciation

    Mark I. Stevens;Ian D. Hogg

  • Expanded distributional records of Collembola and Acari in southern Victoria Land, Antarctica

    Mark I. Stevens;Ian D. Hogg

  • Distribution and abiotic influences on hypolithic microbial communities in an Antarctic Dry Valley

    Don A. Cowan;Stephen B. Pointing;Mark I. Stevens;Mark I. Stevens;S. Craig Cary;S. Craig Cary

  • Molecular phylogeny reveals independent origins of body scales in Entomobryidae (Hexapoda: Collembola).

    Feng Zhang;Zhen Chen;Rui-Rui Dong;Louis Deharveng

  • Of Mice and ‘Convicts’: Origin of the Australian House Mouse, Mus musculus

    Sofia I. Gabriel;Sofia I. Gabriel;Mark I. Stevens;Maria da Luz Mathias;Jeremy B. Searle;Jeremy B. Searle

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Schwarz
Michael Schwarz Flinders University
Ian D. Hogg
Ian D. Hogg University of Waikato
Peter Convey
Peter Convey British Antarctic Survey
William F. Humphreys
William F. Humphreys Australian Museum
Penelope Greenslade
Penelope Greenslade Federation University Australia
John A. E. Gibson
John A. E. Gibson University of Tasmania
Thomas R. Buckley
Thomas R. Buckley Landcare Research
Richard D. Newcomb
Richard D. Newcomb Plant & Food Research
S. Craig Cary
S. Craig Cary University of Waikato
Steven J. B. Cooper
Steven J. B. Cooper University of Adelaide

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