Steven J. Beaupré
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Also affiliated: Oklahoma State University (1998); CARE USA (1995); Fairleigh Dickinson University (2017); Arizona State University (1995–1998); University of Pennsylvania (1995); Stetson University (2015)
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Biography and Research Information
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Steven J. Beaupré's research program focuses on the physiological ecology of ectotherms, investigating how environmental factors influence their energy budgets and life history strategies. His work examines the metabolic costs and energetic consequences of essential biological processes, such as digestion and molting (ecdysis), in reptiles. Beaupré has published extensively on these topics, with recent work exploring the thermal sensitivity of digestion in prairie lizards (Sceloporus consobrinus) and the metabolic effort associated with ecdysis in timber rattlesnakes (Crotalus horridus).
His research also addresses the impacts of environmental change on animal populations. Beaupré's publications analyze time-energy constraints to understand how factors like temperature and prey availability can affect terrestrial ectotherm survival and contribute to local extinctions. He has investigated how nighttime warming and prey availability interact to influence physiology in lizards and has explored temperature manipulation as a means to induce ecdysis in rattlesnakes. Beaupré collaborates with researchers at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, including Allison R. Litmer and Maxwell D. Carnes-Mason, with whom he has co-authored multiple publications. His scholarly output is reflected in an h-index of 27, with over 1,800 citations across 55 publications.
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- h-index: 27
- Publications: 55
- Citations: 1,891
Selected Publications
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Nighttime warming and prey availability interact to influence physiology in prairie lizards (<i>Sceloporus consobrinus</i>) (2025)
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Temperature Manipulation Induces Ecdysis in Lab-Held Rattlesnakes (2025)
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Field-Based Observations of Strike-Induced Chemosensory Searching (SICS) in Timber Rattlesnakes (Crotalus horridus) Reveal a Potential Role for Olfaction via Ventilation Patterns (2024)
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The Metabolic Effort and Duration of Ecdysis in Timber Rattlesnakes: Implications for Time-Energy Budgets of Reptiles (2024)
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Thermal sensitivity of digestion in Sceloporus consobrinus, with comments on geographic variation (2024)
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Cycling temperature treatments affect estimates of digestive performance in prairie lizards (<i>Sceloporus consobrinus</i>) (2024)
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Frequency and Timing of Ecdysis in Free-Ranging Timber Rattlesnakes (2023)
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Analyzing Time-Energy Constraints to Understand the Links between Environmental Change and Local Extinctions in Terrestrial Ectotherms (2021)
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Integrating bioenergetics and conservation biology: thermal sensitivity of digestive performance in Eastern Collared Lizards (Crotaphytus collaris) may affect population persistence (2020)
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The effect of body posture on available habitat and activity-time in a lizard: Implications for thermal ecology studies (2019)
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Book Reviews (2018)
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Habitat Loss and Local Extinction: Linking Population Declines of Eastern Collared Lizards (<i>Crotaphytus collaris</i>) to Habitat Degradation in Ozark Glades (2018)
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Annual energy budgets of the timber rattlesnake: Advancements, refinements, and open questions (2017)3 citations OpenAlex
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The Mating System and Reproductive Life History of Female Timber Rattlesnakes in Northwestern Arkansas (2016)
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Population Genetics of the Copperhead at Its Most Northeastern Distribution (2016)
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- Frequency and Timing of Ecdysis in Free-Ranging Timber Rattlesnakes
- The Metabolic Effort and Duration of Ecdysis in Timber Rattlesnakes: Implications for Time-Energy Budgets of Reptiles
- Temperature Manipulation Induces Ecdysis in Lab-Held Rattlesnakes
- Cycling temperature treatments affect estimates of digestive performance in prairie lizards (<i>Sceloporus consobrinus</i>)
- Thermal sensitivity of digestion in Sceloporus consobrinus, with comments on geographic variation
- Nighttime warming and prey availability interact to influence physiology in prairie lizards (<i>Sceloporus consobrinus</i>)
- Analyzing Time-Energy Constraints to Understand the Links between Environmental Change and Local Extinctions in Terrestrial Ectotherms
- The Metabolic Effort and Duration of Ecdysis in Timber Rattlesnakes: Implications for Time-Energy Budgets of Reptiles
- Analyzing Time-Energy Constraints to Understand the Links between Environmental Change and Local Extinctions in Terrestrial Ectotherms
- Analyzing Time-Energy Constraints to Understand the Links between Environmental Change and Local Extinctions in Terrestrial Ectotherms
- Nighttime warming and prey availability interact to influence physiology in prairie lizards (<i>Sceloporus consobrinus</i>)
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