Michael F. Benard

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Michael F. Benard is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecological Modeling. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael F. Benard has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 24 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 13 papers in Ecological Modeling. Recurrent topics in Michael F. Benard's work include Amphibian and Reptile Biology (23 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (17 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (13 papers). Michael F. Benard is often cited by papers focused on Amphibian and Reptile Biology (23 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (17 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (13 papers). Michael F. Benard collaborates with scholars based in United States and Canada. Michael F. Benard's co-authors include Daniel I. Bolnick, Evan L. Preisser, Shannon J. McCauley, Thomas J. Near, James A. Fordyce, David J. Burke, John M. Parker, Carlos Davidson, J. Michael Conlon and H. Bradley Shaffer and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, PLoS ONE and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Michael F. Benard

37 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

1 papers align trajectories

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SCARED TO DEATH? THE EFFECTS OF INTIMIDATION AND CONSUMPTION IN PREDATOR–PREY INTERACTIONS

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael F. Benard United States	20	1.4k	1.4k	1.2k	902	475	37	3.2k
James R. Vonesh United States	29	1.6k 1.1×	1.4k 1.0×	1.6k 1.3×	1.0k 1.1×	404 0.9×	69	3.4k
Márcio R. Pie Brazil	32	1.3k 0.9×	1.2k 0.9×	1.1k 0.9×	782 0.9×	1.1k 2.3×	194	3.5k
Sipke E. van Wieren Netherlands	36	2.1k 1.4×	1.1k 0.8×	531 0.4×	804 0.9×	526 1.1×	78	3.7k
Craig Guyer United States	27	1.0k 0.7×	1.0k 0.7×	1.4k 1.2×	635 0.7×	470 1.0×	91	2.7k
Helena Godoy Bergallo Brazil	30	1.7k 1.2×	1.2k 0.8×	793 0.7×	497 0.6×	404 0.9×	177	2.8k
Gary M. Fellers United States	30	975 0.7×	841 0.6×	1.9k 1.6×	602 0.7×	367 0.8×	99	3.5k
Sérgio F. dos Reis Brazil	27	925 0.6×	791 0.6×	554 0.5×	501 0.6×	497 1.0×	83	2.4k
Douglas E. Gill United States	22	961 0.7×	1.3k 1.0×	1.2k 1.0×	748 0.8×	397 0.8×	42	2.6k
Juan Carlos Señar Spain	37	2.4k 1.7×	2.3k 1.7×	432 0.4×	669 0.7×	422 0.9×	198	3.9k
Emerson Monteiro Vieira Brazil	28	1.7k 1.2×	690 0.5×	531 0.4×	929 1.0×	275 0.6×	97	2.5k

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Benard, Michael F., et al.. (2024). Longer days, larger grays: carryover effects of photoperiod and temperature in gray treefrogs, Hyla versicolor. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 291(2026). 20241336–20241336. 2 indexed citations

Benard, Michael F., et al.. (2024). Effects of amphibian genetic diversity on ecological communities. Oecologia. 205(3-4). 655–667. 1 indexed citations

Benard, Michael F., et al.. (2023). Environmental Drivers of Amphibian Breeding Phenology across Multiple Sites. Diversity. 15(2). 253–253. 5 indexed citations

Burke, David J., et al.. (2023). Response of American Toads and Their Invertebrate Prey to Experimentally Elevated Soil pH. Ichthyology & Herpetology. 111(1). 128–137. 1 indexed citations

Benard, Michael F., et al.. (2023). Female treefrog preference for breeding sites matches offspring performance in the presence of two anuran competitors. Ecology. 104(11). e4164–e4164. 2 indexed citations

Benard, Michael F., et al.. (2023). Photoperiod effects in a freshwater community: Amphibian larvae develop faster and zooplankton abundance increases under an early‐season photoperiod. Ecology and Evolution. 13(8). e10400–e10400. 5 indexed citations

Benard, Michael F., et al.. (2020). Challenges in predicting the outcome of competition based on climate change-induced phenological and body size shifts. Oecologia. 193(3). 749–759. 5 indexed citations

Schook, Mandi W., et al.. (2020). Exposure to artificial light at night during the larval stage has delayed effects on juvenile corticosterone concentration in American toads, Anaxyrus americanus. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 295. 113508–113508. 10 indexed citations

Benard, Michael F., et al.. (2018). Artificial light at night decreases metamorphic duration and juvenile growth in a widespread amphibian. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 285(1882). 20180367–20180367. 44 indexed citations

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Amburgey, Staci M., David A. Miller, Evan H. Campbell Grant, et al.. (2017). Range position and climate sensitivity: The structure of among‐population demographic responses to climatic variation. Global Change Biology. 24(1). 439–454. 47 indexed citations

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Burke, David J., et al.. (2015). Larval Environment Alters Amphibian Immune Defenses Differentially across Life Stages and Populations. PLoS ONE. 10(6). e0130383–e0130383. 28 indexed citations

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Benard, Michael F.. (2014). Warmer winters reduce frog fecundity and shift breeding phenology, which consequently alters larval development and metamorphic timing. Global Change Biology. 21(3). 1058–1065. 84 indexed citations

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Werner, Earl E., Christopher J. Davis, David K. Skelly, et al.. (2014). Cross-Scale Interactions and the Distribution-Abundance Relationship. PLoS ONE. 9(5). e97387–e97387. 9 indexed citations

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Benard, Michael F. & Jessica Middlemis Maher. (2011). Consequences of intraspecific niche variation: phenotypic similarity increases competition among recently metamorphosed frogs. Oecologia. 166(3). 585–592. 19 indexed citations

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Benard, Michael F. & Shannon J. McCauley. (2008). Synthesis Integrating across Life-History Stages: Consequences of Natal Habitat Effects on Dispersal. 1 indexed citations

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Benard, Michael F. & Shannon J. McCauley. (2008). Integrating across Life‐History Stages: Consequences of Natal Habitat Effects on Dispersal. The American Naturalist. 171(5). 553–567. 154 indexed citations

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Benard, Michael F., et al.. (2008). Attachment of the Freshwater LimpetLaevapex fuscusto the Hemelytra of the Water BugBelostoma flumineum. Journal of Freshwater Ecology. 23(2). 337–339. 10 indexed citations

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Benard, Michael F.. (2006). SURVIVAL TRADE-OFFS BETWEEN TWO PREDATOR-INDUCED PHENOTYPES IN PACIFIC TREEFROGS (PSEUDACRIS REGILLA). Ecology. 87(2). 340–346. 119 indexed citations

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Near, Thomas J. & Michael F. Benard. (2004). RAPID ALLOPATRIC SPECIATION IN LOGPERCH DARTERS (PERCIDAE: PERCINA). Evolution. 58(12). 2798–2808. 107 indexed citations

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Fitzpatrick, Benjamin M., Michael F. Benard, & James A. Fordyce. (2003). Morphology and escape performance of tiger salamander larvae (Ambystoma tigrinum mavortium). Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A Comparative Experimental Biology. 297A(2). 147–159. 39 indexed citations

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