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Steven M. Vamosi

Steven M. Vamosi

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
30
Citations
3499
World Ranking
8353
National Ranking
519

Overview

Steven M. Vamosi is affiliated with the University of Calgary in Canada and focuses primarily on environmental science. Their research encompasses several subfields including ecology, nature and landscape conservation, management, monitoring, policy and law, atmospheric science, and mechanical engineering.

Their work covers a range of topics related to environmental science, with notable emphasis on fish ecology and management studies, landslides and related hazards, cryospheric studies and observations, tree root and stability studies, wildlife ecology and conservation, genetic diversity and population structure, and environmental DNA in biodiversity studies.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Steven M. Vamosi include:

  • Graham McDowell
  • Madison Stevens
  • Shawn J. Marshall
  • Eric Higgs
  • Aerin L. Jacob

They have published in a variety of scientific venues, with multiple contributions in the following journals and publication series:

  • Ecology and Evolution
  • The School of Public Policy Publications
  • Communications Biology
  • Nature
  • Biodiversity Observations

Recent papers by Steven M. Vamosi include:

  • "Population genetics of Bull Trout ( Salvelinus confluentus ) in the upper Athabasca River basin", 2021, Ecology and Evolution
  • "Experimental evolution of competing bean beetle species reveals long-term reversals of short-term evolution, but no consistent character displacement", 2020, Ecology and Evolution
  • "Species and Areas Under Protection: Challenges and Opportunities for the Canadian Northern Corridor", 2023, The School of Public Policy Publications
  • "Studying Chinook salmon in northern river ecosystems through ecological methods and Indigenous, Teslin Tlingit knowledge", 2024, Communications Biology
  • "Don't let COVID stop your fieldwork: three tips for successful collaborations", 2020, Nature

In addition to journal articles, Steven M. Vamosi has contributed to book publications through the University of Calgary Press. Notably, they have published works titled "Canadian Mountain Assessment" in 2023, with at least one edition of the book cited in other scholarly works.

Best Publications

  • Emerging patterns in the comparative analysis of phylogenetic community structure

    S. M. Vamosi;S. B. Heard;J. C. Vamosi;C. O. Webb

  • On the role of enemies in divergence and diversification of prey: a review and synthesis

    Steven M Vamosi

  • Experimental test of predation's effect on divergent selection during character displacement in sticklebacks.

    Howard D. Rundle;Steven M. Vamosi;Dolph Schluter

  • SEXUAL SELECTION AGAINST HYBRIDS BETWEEN SYMPATRIC STICKLEBACK SPECIES: EVIDENCE FROM A FIELD EXPERIMENT.

    Steven M. Vamosi;Dolph Schluter

  • Key innovations within a geographical context in flowering plants: towards resolving Darwin's abominable mystery.

    Jana C. Vamosi;Steven M. Vamosi

  • Using Phylogenies to Test Macroevolutionary Hypotheses of Trait Evolution in Cranes (Gruinae)

    Arne Ø. Mooers;Steven M. Vamosi;Dolph Schluter

  • Questioning species realities

    Andrew P. Hendry;Steven M. Vamosi;Stephen J. Latham;Jana C. Heilbuth

  • CHARACTER SHIFTS IN THE DEFENSIVE ARMOR OF SYMPATRIC STICKLEBACKS

    Steven M. Vamosi;Dolph Schluter

  • Impacts of trout predation on fitness of sympatric sticklebacks and their hybrids.

    Steven M Vamosi;Dolph Schluter

  • The role of diversification in causing the correlates of dioecy.

    Jana C. Vamosi;Steven M. Vamosi

  • Present day risk of extinction may exacerbate the lower species richness of dioecious clades

    Jana C. Vamosi;Steven M. Vamosi

  • The presence of other fish species affects speciation in threespine sticklebacks

    Steven M. Vamosi

  • Body size, rarity, and phylogenetic community structure: insights from diving beetle assemblages of Alberta

    Jana C. Vamosi;Steven M. Vamosi

  • Factors influencing diversification in angiosperms: At the crossroads of intrinsic and extrinsic traits

    Jana C. Vamosi;Steven M. Vamosi

  • Predation sharpens the adaptive peaks: survival trade-offs in sympatric sticklebacks

    Steven M. Vamosi

  • Adaptive genomic divergence under high gene flow between freshwater and brackish-water ecotypes of prickly sculpin (Cottus asper) revealed by Pool-Seq.

    Stefan Dennenmoser;Stefan Dennenmoser;Steven M. Vamosi;Arne W. Nolte;Sean M. Rogers

  • A test of ecological selection against young‐of‐the‐year hybrids of sympatric sticklebacks

    S. M. Vamosi;T. Hatfield;D. Schluter

  • Extinction Risk Escalates in the Tropics

    Jana C. Vamosi;Steven M. Vamosi

  • Effects of intraspecific phenotypic variation on species coexistence

    Stephen Hausch;Steven M. Vamosi;Jeremy W. Fox

  • Seed mass, abundance and breeding system among tropical forest species: do dioecious species exhibit compensatory reproduction or abundances?

    Simon A. Queenborough;Susan J. Mazer;Steven M. Vamosi;Nancy C. Garwood

  • Biodiversity: past, present and future

    Emily M. Rubidge;A. Cole Burton;Steven M. Vamosi

Frequent Co-Authors

Jana C. Vamosi
Jana C. Vamosi University of Calgary
Sean M. Rogers
Sean M. Rogers University of Calgary
Dolph Schluter
Dolph Schluter University of British Columbia
Arne Ø. Mooers
Arne Ø. Mooers Simon Fraser University
Jeremy T. Kerr
Jeremy T. Kerr University of Ottawa
Amy L. Angert
Amy L. Angert University of British Columbia
Howard D. Rundle
Howard D. Rundle University of Ottawa
Steven W. Kembel
Steven W. Kembel University of Quebec at Montreal
Susan J. Mazer
Susan J. Mazer University of California, Santa Barbara
Andrew P. Hendry
Andrew P. Hendry McGill University

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