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Steven L. Chown

Steven L. Chown

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
113
Citations
48468
World Ranking
145
National Ranking
14

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2021 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science
  • 2020 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa

Overview

Steven L. Chown is a researcher affiliated with Monash University in Australia specializing in Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields including Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecological Modeling, Genetics, and Global and Planetary Change.

Their main research topics focus on Polar Research and Ecology, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Physiological and Biochemical Adaptations, Plant and Animal Studies, and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Grant A. Duffy, Chris Greening, Peter Convey, Mélodie A. McGeoch, and Rachael Lappan.

Publications by Steven L. Chown appear predominantly in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Functional Ecology, Nature Ecology & Evolution, Conservation Physiology, and Science.

Recent notable papers include:

  • "Scientists' warning on climate change and insects" (2022, Ecological Monographs)
  • "Global maps of soil temperature" (2021, Global Change Biology)
  • "Tracking of marine predators to protect Southern Ocean ecosystems" (2020, Nature)
  • "Open Science principles for accelerating trait-based science across the Tree of Life" (2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution)
  • "Multiple energy sources and metabolic strategies sustain microbial diversity in Antarctic desert soils" (2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)

Chown has been recognized through several fellowships, including being named a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 2021, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2020, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa.

Best Publications

  • Thermal tolerance, climatic variability and latitude.

    Abraham Addo-Bediako;Steven L. Chown;Kevin J. Gaston

  • Insect physiological ecology : mechanisms and patterns

    Steven L. Chown;Sue W. Nicolson

  • Heat freezes niche evolution

    Miguel Araujo;Miguel Araujo;Miguel Araujo;Francisco Ferri-Yanez;Francisco Bozinovic;Pablo Marquet;Pablo Marquet

  • Biological invasions in the Antarctic: extent, impacts and implications.

    Yves Frenot;Steven L. Chown;Jennie Whinam;Patricia M. Selkirk

  • Body size variation in insects: a macroecological perspective

    Steven Loudon Chown;Kevin J Gaston

  • Upper thermal limits in terrestrial ectotherms: how constrained are they?

    Ary A Hoffmann;Steven Loudon Chown;Steven Loudon Chown;Susana Clusella-Trullas

  • Physiological Diversity in Insects: Ecological and Evolutionary Contexts.

    Steven L. Chown;John S. Terblanche

  • Scientists' warning on climate change and insects

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  • Adapting to climate change: a perspective from evolutionary physiology

    Steven Loudon Chown;Ary Anthony Hoffmann;Torsten Nygaard Kristensen;Michael J Angilletta

  • Critical thermal limits depend on methodological context

    John S Terblanche;Jacques A Deere;Susana Clusella-Trullas;Charlene Janion

  • Insects at low temperatures: an ecological perspective

    Brent J. Sinclair;Philippe Vernon;C. Jaco Klok;Steven L. Chown

  • Climatic predictors of temperature performance curve parameters in ectotherms imply complex responses to climate change.

    Susana Clusella-Trullas;Tim M Blackburn;Steven Loudon Chown

  • Indirect effects of invasive species removal devastate World Heritage Island

    D M Bergstrom;Arko Lucieer;Kate Kiefer;Jane Wasley

  • What is conservation physiology? Perspectives on an increasingly integrated and essential science†

    Steven Cooke;Lawren Sack;Craig E Franklin;Anthony P Farrell

  • Ecologically relevant measures of tolerance to potentially lethal temperatures.

    John S Terblanche;Ary A Hoffmann;Katherine A Mitchell;L Rako

  • Vulnerability of South African animal taxa to climate change

    Barend F. N. Erasmus;Albert S. Van Jaarsveld;Steven L. Chown;Mrigesh Kshatriya

  • EXPLORING LINKS BETWEEN PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY AT MACRO-SCALES : THE ROLE OF RESPIRATORY METABOLISM IN INSECTS

    Steven L. Chown;Kevin J. Gaston

  • Handbook of protocols for standardized measurement of terrestrial invertebrate functional traits

    Marco Moretti;André T. C. Dias;Francesco de Bello;Francesco de Bello;Florian Altermatt;Florian Altermatt

  • Biodiversity Assessment and Conservation Strategies

    Albert S. van Jaarsveld;Stefanie Freitag;Steven L. Chown;Caron Muller

  • Mean mass-specific metabolic rates are strikingly similar across life's major domains: Evidence for life's metabolic optimum

    Anastassia M Makarieva;Victor G Gorshkov;Victor G Gorshkov;Bai-Lian Li;Steven Loudon Chown

  • Continent-wide risk assessment for the establishment of nonindigenous species in Antarctica

    Steven L. Chown;Ad H. L. Huiskes;Niek J. M. Gremmen;Jennifer E. Lee

  • Insect physiological ecology

    Steven L. Chown;Sue Nicolson

Frequent Co-Authors

Kevin J. Gaston
Kevin J. Gaston University of Exeter
Melodie A. McGeoch
Melodie A. McGeoch Monash University
Brent J. Sinclair
Brent J. Sinclair University of Western Ontario
Peter Convey
Peter Convey British Antarctic Survey
Aleks Terauds
Aleks Terauds Australian Antarctic Division
David J. Marshall
David J. Marshall Universiti Brunei Darussalam
Susana Clusella-Trullas
Susana Clusella-Trullas Stellenbosch University
Peter Christiaan le Roux
Peter Christiaan le Roux University of Pretoria
Hans Petter Leinaas
Hans Petter Leinaas University of Oslo
Catherine L. Parr
Catherine L. Parr University of Liverpool

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