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59
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13606
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2416
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73

Overview

Rampal S. Etienne is affiliated with the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. The scientific work encompasses diverse topics within environmental science and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

The main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Subfields of specialization cover:

  • Genetics
  • Paleontology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Ecology
  • Molecular Biology

The research addresses key topics such as:

  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Rampal S. Etienne span from 2020 to 2023 and are published in notable scientific journals:

  • "A simple dynamic model explains the diversity of island birds worldwide", 2020, Nature
  • "A unified model of species abundance, genetic diversity, and functional diversity reveals the mechanisms structuring ecological communities", 2021, Molecular Ecology Resources
  • "Detecting Lineage-Specific Shifts in Diversification: A Proper Likelihood Approach", 2020, Systematic Biology
  • "Social modulation of oogenesis and egg laying in Drosophila melanogaster", 2023, Current Biology
  • "Branching patterns in phylogenies cannot distinguish diversity-dependent diversification from time-dependent diversification", 2020, Evolution

Frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Systematic Biology
  • Evolution
  • Nature Communications

Collaboration is a component of this scientific output, with frequent coauthors being:

  • Luís Valente
  • Joshua W. Lambert
  • Karen Bisschop
  • Dries Bonte
  • Pedro Santos Neves

Best Publications

  • Species abundance distributions: moving beyond single prediction theories to integration within an ecological framework

    Brian J. McGill;Rampal S. Etienne;John S. Gray;David Alonso

  • The Unified Neutral Theory of Biodiversity and Biogeography at Age Ten

    James Rosindell;James Rosindell;Stephen P. Hubbell;Stephen P. Hubbell;Rampal S. Etienne;Rampal S. Etienne

  • The merits of neutral theory.

    David Alonso;Rampal S. Etienne;Alan J. McKane

  • Diversity-dependence brings molecular phylogenies closer to agreement with the fossil record

    Rampal S. Etienne;Bart Haegeman;Tanja Stadler;Tracy Aze

  • The case for ecological neutral theory

    James Rosindell;James Rosindell;James Rosindell;Stephen P. Hubbell;Stephen P. Hubbell;Fangliang He;Fangliang He;Luke J. Harmon

  • A new sampling formula for neutral biodiversity

    Rampal S. Etienne

  • Interactions between macroparasites and microparasites drive infection patterns in free-ranging African buffalo.

    Anna E. Jolles;Vanessa O. Ezenwa;Rampal S. Etienne;Wendy C. Turner

  • Experimental evidence for a phylogenetic Janzen–Connell effect in a subtropical forest

    Xubing Liu;Minxia Liang;Rampal S. Etienne;Yongfan Wang

  • Hidden Consequences of Living in a Wormy World: Nematode‐Induced Immune Suppression Facilitates Tuberculosis Invasion in African Buffalo

    Vanessa O. Ezenwa;Rampal S. Etienne;Gordon Luikart;Gordon Luikart;Albano Beja-Pereira

  • Protracted speciation revitalizes the neutral theory of biodiversity

    James Rosindell;Stephen J. Cornell;Stephen P. Hubbell;Rampal S. Etienne

  • The Latitudinal Diversity Gradient: Novel Understanding through Mechanistic Eco-evolutionary Models

    Mikael Pontarp;Lynsey Bunnefeld;Juliano Sarmento Cabral;Rampal S. Etienne

  • Prolonging the Past Counteracts the Pull of the Present: Protracted Speciation Can Explain Observed Slowdowns in Diversification

    Rampal S. Etienne;James Rosindell;James Rosindell

  • Testing the metabolic theory of ecology

    Charles A. Price;Joshua S Weitz;Van M. Savage;Van M. Savage;James Stegen

  • Ecological and evolutionary determinants for the adaptive radiation of the Madagascan vangas.

    Knud A. Jonsson;Pierre-Henri Fabre;Susanne A. Fritz;Rampal S. Etienne

  • A novel genealogical approach to neutral biodiversity theory

    Rampal S. Etienne;Han Olff

  • Reconciling neutral community models and environmental filtering: theory and an empirical test

    Franck Jabot;Franck Jabot;Rampal S. Etienne;Jerome Chave

  • A dispersal-limited sampling theory for species and alleles

    Rampal S. Etienne;David Alonso

  • A neutral sampling formula for multiple samples and an 'exact' test of neutrality.

    Rampal S. Etienne

  • Phenology drives mutualistic network structure and diversity

    Francisco Encinas-Viso;Tomás A. Revilla;Rampal S. Etienne

  • A Conceptual and Statistical Framework for Adaptive Radiations with a Key Role for Diversity Dependence

    Rampal S. Etienne;Bart Haegeman

  • Unified neutral theory of biodiversity and biogeography

    Egbert Giles Leigh;James Rosindell;Rampal S. Etienne

Frequent Co-Authors

Han Olff
Han Olff University of Groningen
Dries Bonte
Dries Bonte Ghent University
Albert B. Phillimore
Albert B. Phillimore University of Edinburgh
Hélène Morlon
Hélène Morlon École Normale Supérieure
Vanessa O. Ezenwa
Vanessa O. Ezenwa Yale University
Menno Schilthuizen
Menno Schilthuizen Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Lia Hemerik
Lia Hemerik Wageningen University & Research
Stephen P. Hubbell
Stephen P. Hubbell University of California, Los Angeles
Allen H. Hurlbert
Allen H. Hurlbert University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Brian J. Enquist
Brian J. Enquist University of Arizona

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