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Michael R. Kearney

Michael R. Kearney

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
72
Citations
30181
World Ranking
1217
National Ranking
101

Overview

Michael R. Kearney is affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia and specializes in Environmental Science with a significant focus on Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Genetics.

The research topics of Kearney encompass Species Distribution and Climate Change, Physiological and Biochemical Adaptations, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Bat Biology and Ecology Studies, and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior.

Recent publications include:

  • Open Science principles for accelerating trait-based science across the Tree of Life, 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Mechanistic forecasts of species responses to climate change: The promise of biophysical ecology, 2022, Global Change Biology
  • Where do functional traits come from? The role of theory and models, 2021, Functional Ecology
  • The roles of acclimation and behaviour in buffering climate change impacts along elevational gradients, 2020, Journal of Animal Ecology
  • Three questions about the eco-physiology of overwintering underground, 2020, Ecology Letters

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated extensively with Kearney include:

  • Ilya M. D. Maclean
  • Ary A. Hoffmann
  • Steven L. Chown
  • Hiromi Yagui
  • Shane D. Morris

Publication venues frequently featuring Kearney's work include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Methods in Ecology and Evolution
  • Global Change Biology
  • Science
  • Global Ecology and Biogeography

In addition to journal articles, Kearney has contributed to book publications, including:

  • A Communication Ethic of Dialogic Reformation, published by Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, expected in 2025

Best Publications

  • The art of modelling range-shifting species

    Jane Elith;Michael Kearney;Steven Phillips

  • Mechanistic niche modelling: combining physiological and spatial data to predict species' ranges.

    Michael Kearney;Warren Porter

  • Predicting species distributions for conservation decisions

    A. Guisan;R. Tingley;J. B. Baumgartner;I. Naujokaitis-Lewis

  • Predicting organismal vulnerability to climate warming: roles of behaviour, physiology and adaptation

    Raymond B. Huey;Michael R. Kearney;Andrew Krockenberger;Joseph A. M. Holtum

  • Declining body size: a third universal response to warming?

    Janet L. Gardner;Anne Peters;Michael R. Kearney;Leo Joseph

  • Thermal-safety margins and the necessity of thermoregulatory behavior across latitude and elevation

    Jennifer M. Sunday;Jennifer M. Sunday;Amanda E. Bates;Amanda E. Bates;Michael R. Kearney;Robert K. Colwell;Robert K. Colwell

  • The potential for behavioral thermoregulation to buffer “cold-blooded” animals against climate warming

    Michael Kearney;Richard Shine;Warren P. Porter

  • Correlation and process in species distribution models: bridging a dichotomy

    Carsten F. Dormann;Carsten F. Dormann;Stanislaus J. Schymanski;Juliano Cabral;Isabelle Chuine

  • Birth of a biome: insights into the assembly and maintenance of the Australian arid zone biota.

    M. Byrne;D.K. Yeates;L. Joseph;M. Kearney

  • Habitat, environment and niche: what are we modelling?

    M. Kearney

  • MAPPING THE FUNDAMENTAL NICHE: PHYSIOLOGY, CLIMATE, AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF A NOCTURNAL LIZARD

    Michael Kearney;Warren P. Porter

  • Biological responses to the press and pulse of climate trends and extreme events

    R.M.B. Harris;R.M.B. Harris;L.J. Beaumont;T.R. Vance;C.R. Tozer;C.R. Tozer

  • Correlative and mechanistic models of species distribution provide congruent forecasts under climate change.

    Michael R. Kearney;Brendan A. Wintle;Warren P. Porter

  • Integrating biophysical models and evolutionary theory to predict climatic impacts on species’ ranges: the dengue mosquito Aedes aegypti in Australia

    Michael Kearney;Warren P. Porter;Craig Williams;Scott Ritchie;Scott Ritchie

  • A Rapid Shift in a Classic Clinal Pattern in Drosophila Reflecting Climate Change

    Paul Anthony Umina;Andrew R Weeks;Andrew R Weeks;Michael R Kearney;Michael R Kearney;Stephen William McKechnie;Stephen William McKechnie

  • Modelling species distributions without using species distributions: the cane toad in Australia under current and future climates

    Michael Kearney;Ben L. Phillips;Christopher R. Tracy;Keith A. Christian

  • Modelling the ecological niche from functional traits

    Michael Kearney;Stephen J. Simpson;David Raubenheimer;Brian Helmuth

  • Hybridization, glaciation and geographical parthenogenesis

    Michael Kearney

  • Realized niche shift during a global biological invasion

    Reid Tingley;Marcelo Vallinoto;Fernando Sequeira;Michael R. Kearney

  • NicheMapR – an R package for biophysical modelling: the microclimate model

    Michael R. Kearney;Warren P. Porter

  • Size, shape, and the thermal niche of endotherms

    Warren P. Porter;Michael Kearney

Frequent Co-Authors

Warren P. Porter
Warren P. Porter University of Wisconsin–Madison
Richard Shine
Richard Shine Macquarie University
Ary A. Hoffmann
Ary A. Hoffmann University of Melbourne
Sebastiaan A.L.M. Kooijman
Sebastiaan A.L.M. Kooijman Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Roberto Salguero-Gómez
Roberto Salguero-Gómez University of Oxford
Reid Tingley
Reid Tingley University of Melbourne
Steven L. Chown
Steven L. Chown Monash University
Craig R. White
Craig R. White Monash University
Brendan A. Wintle
Brendan A. Wintle University of Melbourne
Raymond B. Huey
Raymond B. Huey University of Washington

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