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1583
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Sharon Y. Strauss 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 Sharon Y. Strauss sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 147 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Sharon Y. Strauss 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 Sharon Y. Strauss sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 67 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2009 - George Mercer Award, The Ecological Society of America

Overview

Sharon Y. Strauss is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within agricultural and biological sciences as well as environmental science.

The main fields of study in their work include:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Environmental Science

Within these broad disciplines, the subfields of study cover:

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Plant Science
  • Ecological Modeling
  • Genetics

Their research topics focus on:

  • Plant and animal studies
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy

Recent publications by Sharon Y. Strauss include:

  • Evolutionary origins for ecological patterns in space, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Generalists are more specialized in low-resource habitats, increasing stability of ecological network structure, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Two centuries of monarch butterfly collections reveal contrasting effects of range expansion and migration loss on wing traits, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Genome size evolution is associated with climate seasonality and glucosinolates, but not life history, soil nutrients or range size, across a clade of mustards, 2021, Annals of Botany
  • Macroevolution of protective coloration across caterpillars reflects relationships with host plants, 2023, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Ecology
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • The American Naturalist

Collaborations are a notable component of their scientific output, with frequent coauthors being:

  • Julin Maloof
  • Jennifer R. Gremer
  • Samantha J. Worthy
  • Johanna Schmitt
  • N. Ivalú Cacho

Among distinctions received by Sharon Y. Strauss are:

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2015
  • George Mercer Award, The Ecological Society of America, 2009

Best Publications

  • The ecology and evolution of plant tolerance to herbivory.

    Sharon Y. Strauss;Anurag A. Agrawal

  • Direct and ecological costs of resistance to herbivory

    Sharon Y. Strauss;Jennifer A. Rudgers;Jennifer A. Lau;Rebecca E. Irwin

  • Evolutionary responses of natives to introduced species: what do introductions tell us about natural communities?

    Sharon Y. Strauss;Jennifer A. Lau;Scott P. Carroll

  • Ecological and Evolutionary Consequences of Multispecies Plant-Animal Interactions

    Sharon Y. Strauss;Rebecca E. Irwin

  • Filling key gaps in population and community ecology

    Anurag A. Agrawal;David D. Ackerly;Fred Adler;A. Elizabeth Arnold

  • Exotic taxa less related to native species are more invasive

    Sharon Y. Strauss;Campbell O. Webb;Nicolas Salamin

  • Indirect effects in community ecology: Their definition, study and importance.

    Sharon Y. Strauss

  • More closely related species are more ecologically similar in an experimental test

    Jean H. Burns;Sharon Y. Strauss

  • Mutual feedbacks maintain both genetic and species diversity in a plant community.

    Richard A. Lankau;Sharon Y. Strauss

  • COSTS OF INDUCED RESPONSES AND TOLERANCE TO HERBIVORY IN MALE AND FEMALE FITNESS COMPONENTS OF WILD RADISH.

    Anurag A. Agrawal;Sharon Y. Strauss;Michael J. Stout

  • Foliar Herbivory Affects Floral Characters and Plant Attractiveness to Pollinators: Implications for Male and Female Plant Fitness

    Sharon Y. Strauss;Jeffrey K. Conner;Scott L. Rush

  • The evolutionary ecology of metacommunities.

    Mark C. Urban;Mathew A. Leibold;Priyanga Amarasekare;Luc De Meester

  • FLORAL CHARACTERS LINK HERBIVORES, POLLINATORS, AND PLANT FITNESS

    Sharon Y. Strauss

  • Applying evolutionary biology to address global challenges.

    Scott P. Carroll;Peter Søgaard Jørgensen;Michael T. Kinnison;Carl T. Bergstrom

  • Evolutionary principles and their practical application

    Andrew P. Hendry;Michael T. Kinnison;Mikko Heino;Mikko Heino;Troy Day

  • The geography and ecology of plant speciation: range overlap and niche divergence in sister species.

    Brian L. Anacker;Sharon Y. Strauss

  • Empirical and theoretical challenges in aboveground-belowground ecology

    Wim H. van der Putten;R. D. Bardgett;P. C. de Ruiter;W. H. G. Hol

  • Mutualist-mediated effects on species' range limits across large geographic scales

    Michelle E. Afkhami;Patrick J. McIntyre;Sharon Y. Strauss

  • Genetic Structure and Local Adaptation in Natural Insect Populations

    Susan Mopper;Sharon Y. Strauss

  • THE ROLE OF HERBIVORES IN THE MAINTENANCE OF A FLOWER COLOR POLYMORPHISM IN WILD RADISH

    Rebecca E. Irwin;Sharon Y. Strauss;Shonna Storz;Aimee Emerson

  • Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning

    Gary G. Mittelbach;Brian J. McGill

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard Karban
Richard Karban University of California, Davis
Jennifer A. Lau
Jennifer A. Lau Indiana University
Eric J. B. von Wettberg
Eric J. B. von Wettberg University of Vermont
Rebecca E. Irwin
Rebecca E. Irwin North Carolina State University
Jennifer A. Rudgers
Jennifer A. Rudgers University of New Mexico
Luc De Meester
Luc De Meester Freie Universität Berlin
Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra
Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra University of California, Davis
Anurag A. Agrawal
Anurag A. Agrawal Cornell University
Daniel J. Kliebenstein
Daniel J. Kliebenstein University of California, Davis
Sergey V. Nuzhdin
Sergey V. Nuzhdin University of Southern California

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