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Michael J. Angilletta

Michael J. Angilletta

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
53
Citations
17584
World Ranking
3220
National Ranking
1136

Overview

Michael J. Angilletta is affiliated with Arizona State University in the United States. Their research spans various fields including Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a significant focus on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Ecological Modeling, and Genetics.

The primary research topics covered by Michael J. Angilletta involve Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Crustacean biology and ecology, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Physiological and biochemical adaptations, Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Plant and animal studies, as well as Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research.

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored include:

  • A chromosome-level genome assembly for the eastern fence lizard ( Sceloporus undulatus ), a reptile model for physiological and evolutionary ecology (2021), published in GigaScience
  • Virile crayfish escalate aggression according to body size instead of weapon size (2020), published in Animal Behaviour
  • Climate change expected to improve digestive rate and trigger range expansion in outbreaking locusts (2022), published in Ecological Monographs
  • Claw size predicts dominance within and between invasive species of crayfish (2020), published in Animal Behaviour
  • The Future of Invasion Science Needs Physiology (2022), published in BioScience

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Jacob P. Youngblood
  • Zackary A. Graham
  • Dylan J. Padilla Pérez
  • Arianne Cease
  • John M. VandenBrooks

Michael J. Angilletta publishes frequently in a range of venues, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Functional Ecology
  • Journal of Insect Physiology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Animal Behaviour

Best Publications

  • Thermal Adaptation: A Theoretical and Empirical Synthesis

    Michael J. Angilletta

  • The evolution of thermal physiology in ectotherms

    Michael J. Angilletta;Peter H. Niewiarowski;Carlos A. Navas

  • Temperature, Growth Rate, and Body Size in Ectotherms: Fitting Pieces of a Life-History Puzzle

    Michael J. Angilletta;Todd D. Steury;Michael W. Sears

  • The temperature-size rule in ectotherms: Simple evolutionary explanations may not be general

    Michael J. Angilletta;Arthur E. Dunham

  • Can mechanism inform species’ distribution models?

    Lauren B. Buckley;Mark C. Urban;Michael J. Angilletta;Lisa G. Crozier

  • Tradeoffs and the evolution of thermal reaction norms

    Michael J. Angilletta;Robbie S. Wilson;Carlos A. Navas;Rob S. James

  • Adapting to climate change: a perspective from evolutionary physiology

    Steven Loudon Chown;Ary Anthony Hoffmann;Torsten Nygaard Kristensen;Michael J Angilletta

  • Estimating and comparing thermal performance curves

    Michael J. Angilletta

  • Macrosystems ecology: understanding ecological patterns and processes at continental scales

    James B. Heffernan;James B. Heffernan;Patricia A. Soranno;Patricia A. Soranno;Michael J. Angilletta;Michael J. Angilletta;Lauren B. Buckley;Lauren B. Buckley

  • Thermodynamic Effects on Organismal Performance: Is Hotter Better?

    Michael J. Angilletta;Raymond B. Huey;Melanie R. Frazier;Melanie R. Frazier

  • Coadaptation: A Unifying Principle in Evolutionary Thermal Biology*

    Michael J. Angilletta;Albert F. Bennett;Helga Guderley;Carlos A. Navas

  • The evolution of thermal physiology in endotherms.

    Michael J. Angilletta;Brandon S. Cooper;Matthew S. Schuler;Justin G. Boyles

  • Is physiological performance optimized by thermoregulatory behavior?: a case study of the eastern fence lizard, Sceloporus undulatus

    Michael J. Angilletta;Tracy Hill;Michael A. Robson

  • The World Is not Flat: Defining Relevant Thermal Landscapes in the Context of Climate Change

    Michael W. Sears;Evan Raskin;Michael J. Angilletta

  • Configuration of the thermal landscape determines thermoregulatory performance of ectotherms

    Michael W. Sears;Michael J. Angilletta;Matthew S. Schuler;Jason Borchert

  • Thermal and physiological constraints on energy assimilation in a widespread lizard (Sceloporus undulatus)

    Michael J. Angilletta

  • Predicting the physiological performance of ectotherms in fluctuating thermal environments.

    Amanda C. Niehaus;Michael J. Angilletta;Michael W. Sears;Craig E. Franklin

  • The mean and variance of environmental temperature interact to determine physiological tolerance and fitness.

    Francisco Bozinovic;Daniel A. Bastías;Francisca Boher;Sabrina Clavijo-Baquet

  • Thermoregulatory behaviour limits local adaptation of thermal niches and confers sensitivity to climate change

    Lauren B. Buckley;Joseph C. Ehrenberger;Michael J. Angilletta

  • Bergmann's Clines in Ectotherms: Illustrating a Life-History Perspective with Sceloporine Lizards

    Michael J. Angilletta;Peter H. Niewiarowski;Arthur E. Dunham;Adam D. Leache

Frequent Co-Authors

Robbie S. Wilson
Robbie S. Wilson University of Queensland
Lauren B. Buckley
Lauren B. Buckley University of Washington
Carlos A. Navas
Carlos A. Navas Universidade de São Paulo
Timothy H. Keitt
Timothy H. Keitt The University of Texas at Austin
Adam D. Leaché
Adam D. Leaché University of Washington
Craig R. White
Craig R. White Monash University
Arthur E. Dunham
Arthur E. Dunham University of Pennsylvania
Frank Seebacher
Frank Seebacher University of Sydney
William H. McDowell
William H. McDowell University of New Hampshire
Rodrigo Vargas
Rodrigo Vargas University of Delaware

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