William E. Bradshaw

7.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
92 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

William E. Bradshaw is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, William E. Bradshaw has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 47 papers in Genetics and 36 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in William E. Bradshaw's work include Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (44 papers), Plant and animal studies (41 papers) and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (27 papers). William E. Bradshaw is often cited by papers focused on Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (44 papers), Plant and animal studies (41 papers) and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (27 papers). William E. Bradshaw collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Spain. William E. Bradshaw's co-authors include Christina M. Holzapfel, Christina Holzapfel, Kevin J. Emerson, L. Philip Lounibos, Peter Armbruster, Jeffrey J. Hard, William A. Cresko, Julian Catchen, Peter A. Zani and Paul A. Hohenlohe and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

William E. Bradshaw

92 papers receiving 5.0k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Evolutionary Response to Rapid Climate Change

2006 593 citations William E. Bradshaw, Christina M. Holzapfel profile →
Low Temperature Biology of Insects

2010 468 citations David L. Denlinger, William E. Bradshaw et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
William E. Bradshaw United States	37	2.2k	2.1k	1.8k	1.0k	907	92	5.3k
Christina M. Holzapfel United States	28	1.3k 0.6×	1.3k 0.6×	1.1k 0.6×	524 0.5×	529 0.6×	64	3.4k
George W. Gilchrist United States	32	2.2k 1.0×	2.3k 1.1×	2.0k 1.1×	904 0.9×	391 0.4×	53	4.8k
H. V. Danks Canada	35	1.8k 0.8×	2.5k 1.2×	1.3k 0.8×	1.7k 1.7×	517 0.6×	76	4.6k
Patricia Gibert France	37	2.6k 1.2×	2.5k 1.2×	2.3k 1.3×	2.1k 2.0×	842 0.9×	90	6.0k
Catherine A. Tauber United States	32	3.5k 1.6×	2.5k 1.2×	1.7k 0.9×	3.3k 3.2×	930 1.0×	164	6.5k
Wolfgang Nentwig Switzerland	45	2.8k 1.3×	2.4k 1.2×	2.4k 1.4×	2.4k 2.3×	1.3k 1.4×	168	7.5k
David K. Yeates Australia	38	3.2k 1.5×	1.2k 0.6×	1.7k 0.9×	2.4k 2.3×	686 0.8×	175	6.0k
Maurice J. Tauber United States	33	3.4k 1.5×	2.5k 1.2×	1.6k 0.9×	3.6k 3.5×	1.1k 1.2×	144	6.5k
J. S. Bale United Kingdom	44	2.4k 1.1×	3.3k 1.6×	2.1k 1.1×	3.8k 3.7×	2.0k 2.3×	179	7.6k
Klaus Fischer Germany	41	3.0k 1.4×	2.0k 1.0×	2.3k 1.3×	1.7k 1.7×	541 0.6×	196	5.2k

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Holzapfel, Christina M., et al.. (2024). Phenotypic variation in biting behavior associated with differences in expression of olfactory genes in the vector mosquito, Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae). Journal of Medical Entomology. 61(2). 367–376. 1 indexed citations

Holzapfel, Christina M., et al.. (2023). MicroRNA Expression Prior to Biting in a Vector Mosquito Anticipates Physiological Processes Related to Energy Utilization, Reproduction and Immunity. Insects. 14(8). 700–700. 1 indexed citations

Denlinger, David L., Daniel A. Hahn, Christine Merlin, Christina M. Holzapfel, & William E. Bradshaw. (2017). Keeping time without a spine: what can the insect clock teach us about seasonal adaptation?. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 372(1734). 20160257–20160257. 70 indexed citations

Bradshaw, William E., Joshua Burkhart, John K. Colbourne, et al.. (2017). Evolutionary transition from blood feeding to obligate nonbiting in a mosquito. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(5). 1009–1014. 21 indexed citations

O’Brien, Conor S., William E. Bradshaw, & Christina M. Holzapfel. (2011). Testing for causality in covarying traits: genes and latitude in a molecular world. Molecular Ecology. 20(12). 2471–2476. 14 indexed citations

Emerson, Kevin J., et al.. (2009). Environmental control of ovarian dormancy in natural populations of Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 195(9). 825–829. 42 indexed citations

Emerson, Kevin J., William E. Bradshaw, & Christina M. Holzapfel. (2008). CONCORDANCE OF THE CIRCADIAN CLOCK WITH THE ENVIRONMENT IS NECESSARY TO MAXIMIZE FITNESS IN NATURAL POPULATIONS. Evolution. 62(4). 979–983. 62 indexed citations

Bradshaw, William E., Peter A. Zani, & Christina M. Holzapfel. (2004). ADAPTATION TO TEMPERATE CLIMATES. Evolution. 58(8). 1748–1762. 133 indexed citations

Holzapfel, Christina M. & William E. Bradshaw. (2002). PROTANDRY: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EMERGENCE TIME AND MALE FITNESS IN THE PITCHER-PLANT MOSQUITO. Ecology. 83(3). 607–611. 23 indexed citations

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Armbruster, Peter, et al.. (2001). GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION AND THE EVOLUTION OF REPRODUCTIVE ALLOCATION IN THE PITCHER-PLANT MOSQUITO, WYEOMYIA SMITHII. Evolution. 55(2). 439–444. 43 indexed citations

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Bradshaw, William E., et al.. (1994). Body Size and Flight Activity Effects on Male Reproductive Success in the Pitcherplant Mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 87(3). 331–336. 31 indexed citations

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Bradshaw, William E. & Christina M. Holzapfel. (1992). Reproductive Consequences of Density-Dependent Size Variation in the Pitcherplant Mosquito, Wyeomyia smithii (Diptera: Culicidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 85(3). 274–281. 43 indexed citations

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Bradshaw, William E., et al.. (1990). Fitness and Its Correlates Assessed by Intra- And Interspecific Interactions among Tree-Hole Mosquitoes. Journal of Animal Ecology. 59(3). 819–819. 28 indexed citations

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Hard, Jeffrey J., et al.. (1989). Resource- and Density-Dependent Development in Tree-Hole Mosquitoes. Oikos. 54(2). 137–137. 66 indexed citations

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Bradshaw, William E.. (1980). Blood-feeding and Capacity for Increase in the Pitcher-plant Mosquito,Wyeomyia smithii. Environmental Entomology. 9(1). 86–89. 19 indexed citations

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Bradshaw, William E.. (1980). Thermoperiodism and the thermal environment of the pitcher-plant mosquito, Wyeomyia smithii. Oecologia. 46(1). 13–17. 54 indexed citations

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Bradshaw, William E. & L. Philip Lounibos. (1977). EVOLUTION OF DORMANCY AND ITS PHOTOPERIODIC CONTROL IN PITCHER‐PLANT MOSQUITOES. Evolution. 31(3). 546–567. 132 indexed citations

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Holzapfel, Christina M. & William E. Bradshaw. (1976). Rearing of Toxorhynchites rutilus septentrionalis (Diptera: Culicidae) from Florida and Pennsylvania with Notes on Their Pre-diapause and Pupal Development. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 69(6). 1062–1064. 7 indexed citations

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Bradshaw, William E.. (1974). PHOTOPERIODIC CONTROL OF DEVELOPMENT INCHAOBORUS AMERICANUSWITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO PHOTOPERIODIC ACTION SPECTRA. Biological Bulletin. 146(1). 11–19. 21 indexed citations

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Bradshaw, William E.. (1972). Photoperioclic Control in the Initiation of Diapause by Chaoborus americanus (Diptera: Culicidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 65(3). 755–756. 5 indexed citations

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