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81
Citations
30335
World Ranking
780
National Ranking
283

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Michael R. Willig is affiliated with the University of Connecticut in the United States and focuses primarily on Environmental Science. Their research spans several specialized subfields including Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecological Modeling, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's work covers a variety of topics, emphasizing:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Plant and Animal Studies
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Frequent coauthors include Steven J. Presley, Andreas Stracke, Julissa Rojas-Sandoval, Jess K. Zimmerman, and Paul Béguelin.

The scientist has published extensively in notable journals, with frequent venues such as Ecosphere, Biotropica, Biological Conservation, Oecologia, and Freshwater Biology.

Recent publications by Michael R. Willig and collaborators include:

  • Arthropods are not declining but are responsive to disturbance in the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico (2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Disturbance and resilience in the Luquillo Experimental Forest (2020, Biological Conservation)
  • Chemical Geodynamics Insights From a Machine Learning Approach (2022, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems)
  • Constraints on mantle evolution from Ce-Nd-Hf isotope systematics (2020, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta)
  • Resistance, resilience, and vulnerability of social-ecological systems to hurricanes in Puerto Rico (2020, Ecosphere)

Michael R. Willig has received recognition as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), awarded in 2016.

Best Publications

  • Leptospirosis: a zoonotic disease of global importance

    Ajay R Bharti;Jarlath E Nally;Jessica N Ricaldi;Michael A Matthias

  • LATITUDINAL GRADIENTS OF BIODIVERSITY:Pattern,Process,Scale,and Synthesis

    M.R. Willig;D.M. Kaufman;R.D. Stevens

  • Functional diversity of microbial communities: A quantitative approach

    John C. Zak;Michael R. Willig;Daryl L. Moorhead;Howard G. Wildman

  • The Relationship Between Productivity and Species Richness

    R. B. Waide;M. R. Willig;C. F. Steiner;G. Mittelbach

  • WHAT IS THE OBSERVED RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SPECIES RICHNESS AND PRODUCTIVITY

    Gary G. Mittelbach;Christopher F. Steiner;Samuel M. Scheiner;Katherine L. Gross

  • Carpe noctem: the importance of bats as bioindicators

    G Jones;DS Jacobs;TH Kunz;Willig

  • Impacts of Extreme Weather and Climate on Terrestrial Biota

    Camille Parmesan;Terry L. Root;Michael R. Willig

  • Randomness, Area, and Species Richness

    Bernard D. Coleman;Michael A. Mares;Michael R. Willig;Ying-Hen Hsieh

  • Creation of forest edges has a global impact on forest vertebrates

    M. Pfeifer;M. Pfeifer;V. Lefebvre;C.A. Peres;C. Banks-Leite

  • Does species diversity limit productivity in natural grassland communities

    James B. Grace;T. Michael Anderson;Melinda D. Smith;Eric W. Seabloom

  • BioTIME: A database of biodiversity time series for the Anthropocene

    Maria Dornelas;Laura H. Antão;Laura H. Antão;Faye Moyes;Amanda E. Bates;Amanda E. Bates

  • Relationships Among Indices Suggest that Richness Is an Incomplete Surrogate for Grassland Biodiversity

    Brian J. Wilsey;David R. Chalcraft;David R. Chalcraft;Christy M. Bowles;Michael R. Willig

  • LANDSCAPE RESPONSES OF BATS TO HABITAT FRAGMENTATION IN ATLANTIC FOREST OF PARAGUAY

    P. Marcos Gorresen;Michael R. Willig

  • A comprehensive framework for the evaluation of metacommunity structure

    Steven J. Presley;Christopher L. Higgins;Michael R. Willig

  • Patterns and causes of species richness: a general simulation model for macroecology

    Nicholas J. Gotelli;Marti J. Anderson;Hector T. Arita;Anne Chao

  • Patterns of species density and productivity at different spatial scales in herbaceous plant communities

    Katherine L. Gross;Michael R. Willig;Laura Gough;Richard Inouye

  • Species richness, species-area curves and Simpson's paradox

    Samuel M. Scheiner;Stephen B. Cox;Michael Willig;Gary G. Mittelbach

  • The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project

    Lawrence N. Hudson;Tim Newbold;Tim Newbold;Sara Contu;Samantha L.L. Hill;Samantha L.L. Hill

  • The PREDICTS database: a global database of how local terrestrial biodiversity responds to human impacts

    Lawrence N Hudson;Tim Newbold;Tim Newbold;Sara Contu;Samantha L L Hill;Samantha L L Hill

  • Similarity of mammalian body size across the taxonomic hierarchy and across space and time.

    Felisa A. Smith;Felisa A. Smith;James H. Brown;John P. Haskell;S. Kathleen Lyons

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven J. Presley
Steven J. Presley University of Connecticut
Samuel M. Scheiner
Samuel M. Scheiner National Science Foundation
Jess K. Zimmerman
Jess K. Zimmerman University of Puerto Rico
Robert B. Waide
Robert B. Waide University of New Mexico
Jason M. Tylianakis
Jason M. Tylianakis University of Canterbury
Tom M. Fayle
Tom M. Fayle Queen Mary University of London
Matthew J. Struebig
Matthew J. Struebig University of Kent
Tim Diekötter
Tim Diekötter Kiel University
Alain Dejean
Alain Dejean Paul Sabatier University
Jos Barlow
Jos Barlow Lancaster University

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