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65
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14846
World Ranking
1809
National Ranking
220

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2001 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

W. Scott Armbruster is affiliated with the University of Portsmouth in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research primarily spans subfields such as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Molecular Biology, and Ecological Modeling.

Their recent publications include the following works:

  • "New calculations indicate that 90% of flowering plant species are animal-pollinated" (2023, National Science Review)
  • "Global gradients in intraspecific variation in vegetative and floral traits are partially associated with climate and species richness" (2020, Global Ecology and Biogeography)
  • "Evolvability and trait function predict phenotypic divergence of plant populations" (2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • "Global analysis of floral longevity reveals latitudinal gradients and biotic and abiotic correlates" (2022, New Phytologist)
  • "Floral reorientation: the restoration of pollination accuracy after accidents" (2020, New Phytologist)

Armbruster collaborates frequently with fellow researchers including Shuang-Quan Huang, Huihui Feng, André Rodrigo Rech, Ze-Yu Tong, and Øystein H. Opedal.

The venues where Armbruster has published the most include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • New Phytologist
  • Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Evolution
  • American Journal of Botany

Their work centers on several main topics, notably:

  • Plant and animal studies
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant Diversity and Evolution
  • Plant Reproductive Biology
  • Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change

In 2001, Armbruster was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Best Publications

  • Pollination Syndromes and Floral Specialization

    Charles B. Fenster;W. Scott Armbruster;Paul Wilson;Michele R. Dudash

  • Improving assessment and modelling of climate change impacts on global terrestrial biodiversity

    Sean M. McMahon;Sandy P. Harrison;W. Scott Armbruster;W. Scott Armbruster;W. Scott Armbruster;Patrick J. Bartlein

  • Integrated phenotypes: understanding trait covariation in plants and animals

    W. Scott Armbruster;W. Scott Armbruster;W. Scott Armbruster;Christophe Pélabon;Geir H. Bolstad;Thomas F. Hansen

  • Floral Character Displacement Generates Assemblage Structure of Western Australian Triggerplants (Stylidium)

    W. Scott Armbruster;Mary E. Edwards;Edward M. Debevec

  • THE ROLE OF RESIN IN ANGIOSPERM POLLINATION: ECOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL CONSIDERATIONS

    W. Scott Armbruster

  • Local temperatures inferred from plant communities suggest strong spatial buffering of climate warming across Northern Europe

    Jonathan Lenoir;Bente Jessen Graae;Per Arild Aarrestad;Inger Greve Alsos

  • Covariance and decoupling of floral and vegetative traits in nine Neotropical plants: a re-evaluation of Berg's correlation-pleiades concept.

    W. Scott Armbruster;Vero´nica S. Di Stilio;John D. Tuxill;T. Christopher Flores

  • Causes of covariation of phenotypic traits among populations

    W. S. Armbruster;K. E. Schwaegerle

  • EVOLUTION OF PLANT POLLINATION SYSTEMS: HYPOTHESES AND TESTS WITH THE NEOTROPICAL VINE DALECHAMPIA.

    W. Scott Armbruster

  • EXAPTATIONS LINK EVOLUTION OF PLANT–HERBIVORE AND PLANT–POLLINATOR INTERACTIONS: A PHYLOGENETIC INQUIRY

    W. Scott Armbruster

  • A multivariate search for pollination syndromes among penstemons

    Paul Wilson;Maria Clara Castellanos;James N. Hogue;James D. Thomson

  • Comparative analysis of late floral development and mating-system evolution in tribe Collinsieae (Scrophulariaceae s.l.)

    W. Scott Armbruster;W. Scott Armbruster;Christa P. H. Mulder;Bruce G. Baldwin;Susan Kalisz

  • The specialization continuum in pollination systems: diversity of concepts and implications for ecology, evolution and conservation

    William Scott Armbruster;William Scott Armbruster

  • Stay or go - how topographic complexity influences alpine plant population and community responses to climate change

    Bente Jessen Graae;Vigdis Vandvik;W. Scott Armbruster;Wolf L. Eiserhardt;Wolf L. Eiserhardt

  • Associations between floral specialization and species diversity: cause, effect, or correlation?

    W. Scott Armbruster;W. Scott Armbruster;W. Scott Armbruster;Nathan Muchhala

  • Floral specialization and angiosperm diversity: phenotypic divergence, fitness trade-offs and realized pollination accuracy

    W. Scott Armbruster;W. Scott Armbruster;W. Scott Armbruster

  • Thermoregulatory abilities of Alaskan bees: effects of size, phylogeny and ecology

    J. A. Bishop;W. S. Armbruster

  • Transcriptional responses of Arabidopsis thaliana ecotypes with different glucosinolate profiles after attack by polyphagous Myzus persicae and oligophagous Brevicoryne brassicae

    Anna Kusnierczyk;Per Winge;Herman Midelfart;W. Scott Armbruster

  • Linking small-scale topography with microclimate, plant species diversity and intra-specific trait variation in an alpine landscape

    Øystein H. Opedal;W. Scott Armbruster;Bente J. Graae

  • Pollination ecology in the 21st Century: Key questions for future research

    Carolin Mayer;Lynn Adler;W. Scott Armbruster;Amots Dafni

  • Switch from specialized to generalized pollination

    W. Scott Armbruster;Bruce G. Baldwin

  • Partitioning and sharing of pollinators by four sympatric species of Dalechampia (Euphorbiaceae) in Panama.

    W. Scott. Armbruster;Ann L Herzig

  • Multilevel Comparative Analysis of the Morphology, Function, and Evolution of Dalechampia Blossoms

    W. Scott Armbruster

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas F. Hansen
Thomas F. Hansen University of Oslo
Mary E. Edwards
Mary E. Edwards University of Southampton
Bruce G. Baldwin
Bruce G. Baldwin University of California, Berkeley
Bente J. Graae
Bente J. Graae Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Vigdis Vandvik
Vigdis Vandvik University of Bergen
Ann Milbau
Ann Milbau Research Institute for Nature and Forest
Kari Anne Bråthen
Kari Anne Bråthen University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Hans Henrik Bruun
Hans Henrik Bruun University of Copenhagen
Rasmus Ejrnæs
Rasmus Ejrnæs Aarhus University
James D. M. Speed
James D. M. Speed Norwegian University of Science and Technology

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