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  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Stevan J. Arnold is affiliated with Oregon State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions across these disciplines.

The scientist's work encompasses several specialized subfields, including Genetics, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Ecology specifically. Their research interests address key topics such as Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Turtle Biology and Conservation, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Genetic diversity and population structure, Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals, and Animal Behavior and Reproduction.

Stevan J. Arnold has authored and contributed to numerous scientific papers published in various venues. Notable recent publications include:

  • Correlational selection in the age of genomics, 2021, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Detecting patterns of correlational selection with sampling error: A simulation study, 2021, Evolution
  • Princes and Paupers: Effects of Annual and Early-Life Resource Variability on Demography in Populations of Common Garter Snakes, Thamnophis sirtalis, 2024, Journal of Herpetology
  • Effects of environmental variability on demography in populations of Common Garter Snakes-Thamnophis sirtalis, 2023, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Food availability has direct and delayed effects on structural growth and body reserves in garter snakes, 2025, Ecology

Their collaborative work includes frequent coauthors such as Carli Dinsmore, Anne M. Bronikowski, Amanda M. Sparkman, David Muñóz, and Courtney L. Davis. This collaboration network reflects consistent partnerships in topics related to ecology and evolutionary biology.

Stevan J. Arnold's research has been published in a range of scientific journals and venues, including Nature Ecology & Evolution, Evolution, Journal of Herpetology, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), and Ecology.

They have been recognized with the award of Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2009, acknowledging their contributions to scientific research without specific citation details.

Best Publications

  • THE MEASUREMENT OF SELECTION ON CORRELATED CHARACTERS

    Russell Lande;Stevan J. Arnold

  • Morphology, Performance and Fitness

    Stevan J. Arnold

  • ON THE MEASUREMENT OF NATURAL AND SEXUAL SELECTION: THEORY.

    Stevan J. Arnold;Michael J. Wade

  • ON THE MEASUREMENT OF NATURAL AND SEXUAL SELECTION: APPLICATIONS.

    Stevan J. Arnold;Michael J. Wade

  • Constraints on phenotypic evolution.

    Stevan J. Arnold

  • Directional selection and the evolution of breeding date in birds

    Trevor Price;Mark Kirkpatrick;Steven J. Arnold

  • The adaptive landscape as a conceptual bridge between micro- and macroevolution.

    Stevan J. Arnold;Michael E. Pfrender;Adam G. Jones

  • VISUALIZING MULTIVARIATE SELECTION.

    Patrick C. Phillips;Stevan J. Arnold

  • Hot Rocks and Not-So-Hot Rocks: Retreat-Site Selection by Garter Snakes and Its Thermal Consequences

    Raymond B. Huey;Charles R. Peterson;Stevan J. Arnold;Warren P. Porter

  • Estimating Nonlinear Selection Gradients Using Quadratic Regression Coefficients: Double Or Nothing?

    John R. Stinchcombe;Aneil F. Agrawal;Paul A. Hohenlohe;Paul A. Hohenlohe;Stevan J. Arnold

  • The intensity of sexual selection in relation to male sexual behaviour, female choice, and sperm precedence

    Michael J. Wade;Stevan J. Arnold

  • ANIMAL MATING SYSTEMS: A SYNTHESIS BASED ON SELECTION THEORY

    Stevan J. Arnold;David Duvall

  • Resolving the paradox of stasis: models with stabilizing selection explain evolutionary divergence on all timescales.

    Suzanne Estes;Stevan J. Arnold

  • Understanding the evolution and stability of the G-matrix.

    Stevan J. Arnold;Reinhard Bürger;Paul A. Hohenlohe;Beverley C. Ajie

  • Quantitative genetic models of sexual selection

    Louise S. Mead;Stevan J. Arnold

  • BEHAVIORAL VARIATION IN NATURAL POPULATIONS. I. PHENOTYPIC, GENETIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL CORRELATIONS BETWEEN CHEMORECEPTIVE RESPONSES TO PREY IN THE GARTER SNAKE, THAMNOPHIS ELEGANS.

    Stevan J. Arnold

  • Bateman's Principles and the Measurement of Sexual Selection in Plants and Animals

    Stevan J. Arnold

  • HIERARCHICAL COMPARISON OF GENETIC VARIANCE-COVARIANCE MATRICES. I. USING THE FLURY HIERARCHY.

    Patrick C. Phillips;Stevan J. Arnold

  • The million-year wait for macroevolutionary bursts

    Josef C. Uyeda;Thomas F. Hansen;Stevan J. Arnold;Jason Pienaar

  • Sexual Behavior, Sexual Interference and Sexual Defense in the Salamanders Ambystoma maculatum, Ambystoma tigrinum and Plethodon jordani

    Stevan J. Arnold;Stevan J. Arnold

  • Snakes, the evolution of mystery in nature

    Stevan J. Arnold

Frequent Co-Authors

Lynne D. Houck
Lynne D. Houck Oregon State University
Adam Jones
Adam Jones University of Idaho
Reinhard Bürger
Reinhard Bürger University of Vienna
Paul A. Hohenlohe
Paul A. Hohenlohe University of Idaho
Patrick C. Phillips
Patrick C. Phillips University of Oregon
Mark Kirkpatrick
Mark Kirkpatrick The University of Texas at Austin
Russell Lande
Russell Lande Imperial College London
Michael J. Wade
Michael J. Wade Indiana University
Trevor D. Price
Trevor D. Price University of Chicago
Craig Moritz
Craig Moritz Australian National University

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