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Michael A. Patten

Michael A. Patten

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
42
Citations
6033
World Ranking
5632
National Ranking
85

Overview

Michael A. Patten is affiliated with Nord University in Norway and specializes primarily in Environmental Science. Their research output includes a significant focus on Ecology, with numerous publications spanning fields such as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Genetics, and Insect Science.

Their main topics of study encompass:

  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change

Patten has contributed regularly to a number of scientific venues, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • Birds of the World
  • Scientific Reports
  • Oikos
  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Patten include:

  • "A case for associational resistance: Apparent support for the stress gradient hypothesis varies with study system," 2021, Ecology Letters
  • "Towards Global Volunteer Monitoring of Odonate Abundance," 2020, BioScience
  • "American Robin (Turdus migratorius)," 2020, Birds of the World
  • "Predicting the distributions of regional endemic dragonflies using a combined model approach," 2020, Insect Conservation and Diversity
  • "Single Cell Mass Spectrometry Quantification of Anticancer Drugs: Proof of Concept in Cancer Patients," 2021, ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science

Frequent collaborators include researchers who have co-authored a significant number of works alongside Patten, specifically:

  • Louis R. Bevier
  • Curtis A. Marantz
  • Alexandre Luis Padovan Aleixo
  • Peter Pyle
  • Guy M. Kirwan

Best Publications

  • Phylogenetic niche conservatism and the evolutionary basis of ecological speciation

    R. Alexander Pyron;Gabriel C. Costa;Michael A. Patten;Frank T. Burbrink

  • DIAGNOSABILITY VERSUS MEAN DIFFERENCES OF SAGE SPARROW SUBSPECIES

    Michael A. Patten;Michael A. Patten;Philip Unitt

  • HABITAT SELECTION, ACOUSTIC ADAPTATION, AND THE EVOLUTION OF REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION

    Michael A. Patten;Michael A. Patten;John T. Rotenberry;Marlene Zuk

  • Avoidance Behavior by Prairie Grouse: Implications for Development of Wind Energy

    Christin L. Pruett;Christin L. Pruett;Michael A. Patten;Donald H. Wolfe

  • Avian reproductive failure in response to an extreme climatic event.

    Douglas T. Bolger;Michael A. Patten;Michael A. Patten;David C. Bostock

  • Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)

    Ian C. T. Nisbet;Jennifer M. Arnold;Stephen A. Oswald;Peter Pyle

  • Black-backed Woodpecker (Picoides arcticus)

    Junior A. Tremblay;Rita D. Dixon;Victoria A. Saab;Peter Pyle

  • Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)

    Ian C. T. Nisbet;D. V. Weseloh;Craig E. Hebert;Mark L. Mallory

  • Ecological traps in isodars: effects of tallgrass prairie management on bird nest success

    Eyal Shochat;Michael A. Patten;Douglas W. Morris;Dan L. Reinking

  • Subspecies and the philosophy of science

    Michael A. Patten

  • Habitat selection and the perceptual trap

    Michael A. Patten;Jeffrey F. Kelly

  • Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)

    Peter Arcese;Mark K. Sogge;Amy B. Marr;Michael A. Patten

  • Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus)

    Kevin R. Burgio;Charles B. van Rees;Kali E. Block;Peter Pyle

  • Habitat edge, land management, and rates of brood parasitism in tallgrass prairie.

    Michael A. Patten;Eyal Shochat;Dan L. Reinking;Donald H. Wolfe

  • Diversity, seasonality, and context of mammalian roadkills in the southern Great Plains.

    Brenda D. Smith-Patten;Michael A. Patten

  • Variation in top‐down control of avian reproductive success across a fragmentation gradient

    Michael A. Patten;Douglas T. Bolger

  • Causes and Patterns of Mortality in Lesser Prairie-chickens Tympanuchus pallidicinctus and Implications for Management

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  • Phylogeny, specialization, and brood parasite- host coevolution: some possible pitfalls of parsimony

    Stephen I. Rothstein;Michael A. Patten;Robert C. Fleischer

  • Habitat fragmentation, rapid evolution and population persistence

    Michael A. Patten;Donald H. Wolfe;Eyal Shochat;Steve K. Sherrod

  • Chapter 3: Null Expectations in Subspecies Diagnosis

    Michael A. Patten

  • EFFECTS OF MICROHABITAT AND MICROCLIMATE SELECTION ON ADULT SURVIVORSHIP OF THE LESSER PRAIRIE-CHICKEN

    Michael A. Patten;Donald H. Wolfe;Steve K. Sherrod;Eyal Shochat

  • American Robin (Turdus migratorius)

    Unknown

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexandre Aleixo
Alexandre Aleixo Instituto Tecnológico Vale
Peter Arcese
Peter Arcese University of British Columbia
John T. Rotenberry
John T. Rotenberry University of Minnesota
Lukas F. Keller
Lukas F. Keller University of Zurich
Kevin Winker
Kevin Winker University of Alaska Fairbanks
Douglas T. Bolger
Douglas T. Bolger Dartmouth College
Chris S. Elphick
Chris S. Elphick University of Connecticut
Jeffrey F. Kelly
Jeffrey F. Kelly University of Oklahoma
Christian A. Hagen
Christian A. Hagen Oregon State University
Samuel D. Fuhlendorf
Samuel D. Fuhlendorf Oklahoma State University

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