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Zachary A. Cheviron

Zachary A. Cheviron

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
41
Citations
5801
World Ranking
5899
National Ranking
2003

Zachary A. Cheviron publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Zachary A. Cheviron sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 113 publications — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Zachary A. Cheviron D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Zachary A. Cheviron sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 41 D-Index — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Zachary A. Cheviron is affiliated with the University of Montana in the United States. Their research covers multiple fields including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Environmental Science, and Medicine. The work spans several subfields such as Genetics, Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Physiology, and the Endocrine and Autonomic Systems.

The scientist's research topics focus predominantly on adaptations to environmental challenges, with key areas including High Altitude and Hypoxia, Physiological and Biochemical Adaptations, Adipose Tissue and Metabolism, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Neuroscience of Respiration and Sleep, Avian Ecology and Behavior, and Bat Biology and Ecology Studies.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Zachary A. Cheviron illustrate a concentration on physiological responses and adaptations in animals, particularly related to high-altitude environments and temperature regulation. These publications include:

  • Physiological Genomics of Adaptation to High-Altitude Hypoxia, 2020, Annual Review of Animal Biosciences
  • Heat tolerances of temperate and tropical birds and their implications for susceptibility to climate warming, 2020, Functional Ecology
  • Coordinated changes across the O2 transport pathway underlie adaptive increases in thermogenic capacity in high-altitude deer mice, 2020, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Chronic cold exposure induces mitochondrial plasticity in deer mice native to high altitudes, 2020, The Journal of Physiology
  • Temperature heterogeneity correlates with intraspecific variation in physiological flexibility in a small endotherm, 2021, Nature Communications

Zachary A. Cheviron has published frequently in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Experimental Biology
  • The Journal of Physiology
  • Functional Ecology
  • Nature Communications

Collaborations have been prominent in their career, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Jay F. Storz
  • Graham R. Scott
  • Rena M. Schweizer
  • Catherine M. Ivy
  • Maria Stager

Best Publications

  • Phenotypic plasticity and genetic adaptation to high-altitude hypoxia in vertebrates

    Jay F. Storz;Graham R. Scott;Zachary A. Cheviron

  • Divergence and Functional Degradation of a Sex Chromosome-like Supergene

    Elaina M. Tuttle;Alan O. Bergland;Marisa L. Korody;Michael S. Brewer

  • Winter storms drive rapid phenotypic, regulatory, and genomic shifts in the green anole lizard.

    Shane C. Campbell-Staton;Shane C. Campbell-Staton;Zachary A. Cheviron;Nicholas Rochette;Julian Catchen

  • Repeated elevational transitions in hemoglobin function during the evolution of Andean hummingbirds.

    Joana Projecto-Garcia;Chandrasekhar Natarajan;Hideaki Moriyama;Roy E. Weber

  • Regulatory changes contribute to the adaptive enhancement of thermogenic capacity in high-altitude deer mice

    Zachary A. Cheviron;Gwendolyn C. Bachman;Alex D. Connaty;Grant B. McClelland

  • Migration-selection balance and local adaptation of mitochondrial haplotypes in rufous-collared sparrows (Zonotrichia capensis) along an elevational gradient.

    Zachary A. Cheviron;Zachary A. Cheviron;Robb T. Brumfield;Robb T. Brumfield

  • Complex evolutionary history of a Neotropical lowland forest bird (Lepidothrix coronata) and its implications for historical hypotheses of the origin of Neotropical avian diversity.

    Z. A. Cheviron;Shannon J. Hackett;Angelo P. Capparella

  • Genomic insights into adaptation to high-altitude environments

    Zachary Cheviron;R. T. Brumfield

  • Difference in Plumage Color Used in Species Recognition between Incipient Species Is Linked to a Single Amino Acid Substitution in the Melanocortin‐1 Receptor

    J. Albert C. Uy;Robert G. Moyle;Christopher E. Filardi;Zachary A. Cheviron;Zachary A. Cheviron

  • Phylogenetic conservatism and antiquity of a tropical specialization: Army-ant-following in the typical antbirds (Thamnophilidae)

    Robb T. Brumfield;Jose G. Tello;Jose G. Tello;Zachary Cheviron;Matthew D. Carling

  • Transcriptomic variation and plasticity in rufous-collared sparrows (Zonotrichia capensis) along an altitudinal gradient

    Zachary A. Cheviron;Andrew Whitehead;Robb T. Brumfield;Robb T. Brumfield

  • Understanding Evolutionary Impacts of Seasonality: An Introduction to the Symposium.

    Caroline M Williams;Gregory J Ragland;Gustavo Betini;Lauren B Buckley

  • Contribution of a mutational hot spot to hemoglobin adaptation in high-altitude Andean house wrens.

    Spencer C. Galen;Chandrasekhar Natarajan;Hideaki Moriyama;Roy E. Weber

  • Intraspecific Polymorphism, Interspecific Divergence, and the Origins of Function-Altering Mutations in Deer Mouse Hemoglobin

    Chandrasekhar Natarajan;Federico G. Hoffmann;Hayley C. Lanier;Cole J. Wolf

  • High-altitude ancestry and hypoxia acclimation have distinct effects on exercise capacity and muscle phenotype in deer mice

    Mikaela A. Lui;Sajeni Mahalingam;Paras Patel;Alex D. Connaty

  • Functional genomics of adaptation to hypoxic cold-stress in high-altitude deer mice: Transcriptomic plasticity and thermogenic performance

    Zachary A. Cheviron;Alex D. Connaty;Grant B. McClelland;Jay F. Storz

  • Adaptive Modifications of Muscle Phenotype in High-Altitude Deer Mice Are Associated with Evolved Changes in Gene Regulation

    Graham R. Scott;Todd S. Elogio;Mikaela A. Lui;Jay F. Storz

  • Physiological Genomics of Adaptation to High-Altitude Hypoxia.

    Jay F. Storz;Zachary A. Cheviron

  • Contributions of phenotypic plasticity to differences in thermogenic performance between highland and lowland deer mice

    Zachary A. Cheviron;Gwendolyn C. Bachman;Jay F. Storz

  • Spatial modelling and landscape‐level approaches for visualizing intra‐specific variation

    Henri A. Thomassen;Zachary A. Cheviron;Zachary A. Cheviron;Adam H. Freedman;Ryan J. Harrigan

  • Sequence variation in the coding region of the melanocortin-1 receptor gene (MC1R) is not associated with plumage variation in the blue-crowned manakin (Lepidothrix coronata)

    Z.A Cheviron;Shannon J Hackett;Robb T Brumfield

Frequent Co-Authors

Jay F. Storz
Jay F. Storz University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Robb T. Brumfield
Robb T. Brumfield Louisiana State University
Roy E. Weber
Roy E. Weber Aarhus University
Jeffrey D. Brawn
Jeffrey D. Brawn University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
David L. Swanson
David L. Swanson University of South Dakota
André A. Dhondt
André A. Dhondt Cornell University
Jonathan B. Losos
Jonathan B. Losos Washington University in St. Louis
Theunis Piersma
Theunis Piersma University of Groningen
Bret W. Tobalske
Bret W. Tobalske University of Montana
Willem Bouten
Willem Bouten University of Amsterdam

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