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D-Index
41
Citations
7316
World Ranking
5801
National Ranking
1976

Michael D. Weiser publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael D. Weiser sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 533+

This scientist: 78 publications — 6th percentile

6% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 533 publications or more.

Michael D. Weiser 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 Michael D. Weiser sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 122+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 122 D-Index or more.

Overview

Michael D. Weiser is a researcher affiliated with the University of Oklahoma in the United States. Their academic work primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with a significant number of publications also contributing to Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

The scientist's research explores numerous specialized areas including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Genetics, and Nature and Landscape Conservation. These subfields reflect the multidisciplinary approach adopted in their studies.

Key topics covered in Michael D. Weiser's work include Species Distribution and Climate Change, Plant and Animal Studies, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, and Isotope Analysis in Ecology.

The research output of Michael D. Weiser is published frequently in several venues, among which Ecology, Controlling, Ecosphere, Ecology and Evolution, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) are notable.

The following recent papers illustrate the range and focus of their studies:

  • The global distribution of known and undiscovered ant biodiversity, 2022, Science Advances
  • Biogeographic patterns of microbial co-occurrence ecological networks in six American forests, 2020, Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Thermal diversity of North American ant communities: Cold tolerance but not heat tolerance tracks ecosystem temperature, 2020, Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Thermal traits predict the winners and losers under climate change: an example from North American ant communities, 2021, Ecosphere
  • Robust and simplified machine learning identification of pitfall trap-collected ground beetles at the continental scale, 2020, Ecology and Evolution

Throughout their career, Michael D. Weiser has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Michael Kaspari, Kirsten M. de Beurs, Cameron D. Siler, Katie E. Marshall, and Karl A. Roeder. These collaborations have contributed to a range of publications and research initiatives.

Best Publications

  • Temperature mediates continental-scale diversity of microbes in forest soils

    Jizhong Zhou;Jizhong Zhou;Jizhong Zhou;Ye Deng;Ye Deng;Lina Shen;Chongqing Wen

  • Empirical evaluation of neutral theory.

    Brian J. McGill;Brian A. Maurer;Michael D. Weiser

  • The size–grain hypothesis and interspecific scaling in ants

    M. Kaspari;M. D. Weiser

  • Climatic drivers of hemispheric asymmetry in global patterns of ant species richness

    Robert R. Dunn;Donat Agosti;Alan N. Andersen;Xavier Arnan;Xavier Arnan

  • The biogeography and filtering of woody plant functional diversity in North and South America

    Nathan G. Swenson;Brian J. Enquist;Brian J. Enquist;Brian J. Enquist;Jason Pither;Andrew J. Kerkhoff

  • Variation in above-ground forest biomass across broad climatic gradients

    James C. Stegen;James C. Stegen;Nathan G. Swenson;Brian J. Enquist;Brian J. Enquist;Ethan P. White;Ethan P. White

  • The latitudinal species richness gradient in New World woody angiosperms is consistent with the tropical conservatism hypothesis

    Andrew J. Kerkhoff;Pamela E. Moriarty;Pamela E. Moriarty;Michael D. Weiser

  • The energetic and carbon economic origins of leaf thermoregulation

    Sean T. Michaletz;Sean T. Michaletz;Michael D. Weiser;Nate G. McDowell;Jizhong Zhou;Jizhong Zhou;Jizhong Zhou

  • Macroecology and macroevolution of the latitudinal diversity gradient in ants.

    Evan P. Economo;Nitish Narula;Nicholas R. Friedman;Michael D. Weiser

  • Ant Activity along Moisture Gradients in a Neotropical Forest1

    Michael Kaspari;Michael D. Weiser

  • The global distribution of known and undiscovered ant biodiversity

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  • Ecological morphospace of New World ants

    Michael D. Weiser;Michael Kaspari

  • Plant Thermoregulation: Energetics, Trait-Environment Interactions, and Carbon Economics.

    Sean T. Michaletz;Sean T. Michaletz;Michael D. Weiser;Jizhong Zhou;Jizhong Zhou;Jizhong Zhou;Michael Kaspari;Michael Kaspari

  • Functional beta‐diversity patterns reveal deterministic community assembly processes in eastern North American trees

    Andrew Siefert;Catherine Ravenscroft;Michael D. Weiser;Nathan G. Swenson

  • GlobalAnts: a new database on the geography of ant traits (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

    Catherine L. Parr;Catherine L. Parr;Robert R. Dunn;Nathan J. Sanders;Michael D. Weiser

  • Tree height–diameter allometry across the United States

    Catherine M. Hulshof;Nathan G. Swenson;Michael D. Weiser

  • Urban areas may serve as habitat and corridors for dry-adapted, heat tolerant species; an example from ants

    Sean B. Menke;Benoît S. Guénard;Joseph O. Sexton;Michael D. Weiser

  • Plant geography upon the basis of functional traits: an example from eastern North American trees

    Nathan G. Swenson;Michael D. Weiser

  • Strong influence of regional species pools on continent-wide structuring of local communities

    Jean-Philippe Lessard;Jean-Philippe Lessard;Michael K. Borregaard;James A. Fordyce;Carsten Rahbek

  • Extreme genetic differences between queens and workers in hybridizing Pogonomyrmex harvester ants

    Sara Helms Cahan;Joel D Parker;Steven W Rissing;Robert A Johnson

  • Forecasting the future of biodiversity: a test of single- and multi-species models for ants in North America

    Matthew C. Fitzpatrick;Nathan J. Sanders;Nathan J. Sanders;Simon Ferrier;John T. Longino

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Kaspari
Michael Kaspari University of Oklahoma
Jizhong Zhou
Jizhong Zhou University of Oklahoma
Brian J. Enquist
Brian J. Enquist University of Arizona
Sean T. Michaletz
Sean T. Michaletz University of British Columbia
Benoit Guénard
Benoit Guénard University of Hong Kong
Robert R. Dunn
Robert R. Dunn North Carolina State University
Ye Deng
Ye Deng Chinese Academy of Sciences
Nathan J. Sanders
Nathan J. Sanders University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Zhili He
Zhili He Sun Yat-sen University
Nathan G. Swenson
Nathan G. Swenson University of Notre Dame

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