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William A. Hopkins

William A. Hopkins

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
58
Citations
10275
World Ranking
2609
National Ranking
923

Overview

William A. Hopkins is affiliated with Virginia Tech in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Environmental Science, with focused subfields including Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Genetics, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The scientist's work covers several main topics related to biology and ecology. These include:

  • Amphibian and Reptile Biology
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Avian ecology and behavior

Hopkins has published in a range of journals, with frequent appearances in the following venues:

  • Integrative Organismal Biology
  • Functional Ecology
  • Herpetologica
  • Conservation Physiology
  • Ichthyology & Herpetology

Significant recent publications include:

  • Incubation temperature as a constraint on clutch size evolution, 2021, Functional Ecology
  • The Influence of Multiscale Habitat Variables and Population Density on Artificial Shelter Use by Hellbenders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis), 2020, Herpetologica
  • The second warning to humanity: contributions and solutions from conservation physiology, 2021, Conservation Physiology
  • Warmer incubation temperatures and later lay-orders lead to shorter telomere lengths in wood duck (Aix sponsa) ducklings, 2022, Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A Ecological and Integrative Physiology
  • Thermal Traits of Anurans Database for the Southeastern United States (TRAD): A Database of Thermal Trait Values for 40 Anuran Species, 2024, Ichthyology & Herpetology

Throughout their career, Hopkins has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Jordy Groffen
  • Sydney F. Hope
  • John J. Hallagan
  • Robert A. Kennamer
  • Brian F. Case

Best Publications

  • Modulators of mercury risk to wildlife and humans in the context of rapid global change

    Collin A. Eagles-Smith;Ellen K. Silbergeld;Niladri Basu;Paco Bustamante

  • Amphibians as models for studying environmental change.

    William A Hopkins

  • Ecological, evolutionary, and conservation implications of incubation temperature-dependent phenotypes in birds

    Sarah E. DuRant;Sarah E. DuRant;William A. Hopkins;Gary R. Hepp;J. R. Walters

  • The effects of anthropogenic global changes on immune functions and disease resistance

    Lynn B. Martin;William A. Hopkins;Laura D. Mydlarz;Jason R. Rohr

  • Selenium Toxicity to Aquatic Organisms

    David Janz;David DeForest;Marjorie Brooks;Peter Chapman

  • Ecotoxicological implications of aquatic disposal of coal combustion residues in the United States: a review.

    Christopher L Rowe;William A Hopkins;Justin D Congdon

  • ELEVATED TRACE ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS AND STANDARD METABOLIC RATE IN BANDED WATER SNAKES ( NERODIA FASCIATA ) EXPOSED TO COAL COMBUSTION WASTES

    William A. Hopkins;Christopher L. Rowe;Justin D. Congdon

  • Reptile toxicology: Challenges and opportunities on the last frontier in vertebrate ecotoxicology

    William A. Hopkins

  • Increased Circulating Levels of Testosterone and Corticosterone in Southern Toads,Bufo terrestris,Exposed to Coal Combustion Waste

    William A. Hopkins;Mary T. Mendonça;Justin D. Congdon

  • Suppressed adrenocortical responses and thyroid hormone levels in birds near a mercury-contaminated river.

    Haruka Wada;Daniel A. Cristol;F.M. Anne McNabb;William A. Hopkins

  • Resource allocation-based life histories: a conceptual basis for studies of ecological toxicology.

    Justin D. Congdon;Arthur E. Dunham;William A. Hopkins;William A. Hopkins;Christopher L. Rowe

  • Incidence and impact of axial malformations in larval bullfrogs (Rana catesbeiana) developing in sites polluted by a coal‐burning power plant

    William A. Hopkins;Justin Congdon;John K. Ray

  • Slight differences in incubation temperature affect early growth and stress endocrinology of wood duck (Aix sponsa) ducklings.

    S E Durant;G R Hepp;I T Moore;B C Hopkins

  • Bioaccumulation of trace elements in omnivorous amphibian larvae: implications for amphibian health and contaminant transport.

    Jason M. Unrine;William A. Hopkins;Christopher S. Romanek;Brian P. Jackson

  • Reproduction, embryonic development, and maternal transfer of contaminants in the amphibian Gastrophryne carolinensis.

    William Alexander Hopkins;William Alexander Hopkins;Sarah Elizabeth DuRant;Sarah Elizabeth DuRant;Brandon Patrick Staub;Christopher Lee Rowe

  • Metabolic costs incurred by crayfish (Procambarus acutus) in a trace element-polluted habitat: further evidence of similar responses among diverse taxonomic groups.

    Christopher L Rowe;William A Hopkins;Caralyn Zehnder;Justin D Congdon

  • Local variation in weather conditions influences incubation behavior and temperature in a passerine bird

    Brittney H. Coe;Michelle L. Beck;Stephanie Y. Chin;Catherine M. B. Jachowski

  • Failed recruitment of southern toads (Bufo terrestris) in a trace element-contaminated breeding habitat: direct and indirect effects that may lead to a local population sink.

    C. L. Rowe;W. A. Hopkins;V. R. Coffman

  • Nondestructive indices of trace element exposure in squamate reptiles.

    W.A. Hopkins;J.H. Roe;J.W. Snodgrass;B.P. Jackson

  • Elevated trace element concentrations in southern toads, Bufo terrestris, exposed to coal combustion waste.

    W. A. Hopkins;M. T. Mendonça;C. L. Rowe;J. D. Congdon

Frequent Co-Authors

Brian P. Jackson
Brian P. Jackson Dartmouth College
John H. Roe
John H. Roe University of North Carolina at Pembroke
Joel W. Snodgrass
Joel W. Snodgrass Virginia Tech
Jason M. Unrine
Jason M. Unrine University of Kentucky
Brian D. Todd
Brian D. Todd University of California, Davis
Gary R. Hepp
Gary R. Hepp Auburn University
Dana M. Hawley
Dana M. Hawley Virginia Tech
Ignacio T. Moore
Ignacio T. Moore Virginia Tech
Daniel A. Cristol
Daniel A. Cristol William & Mary
Lisa K. Belden
Lisa K. Belden Virginia Tech

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