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Presence Current · Arkansas
Last published 2026
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Grace E. Hirzel

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Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Postdoc Researcher

3 h-index 10 pubs 22 cited

  • Behavior, Animal
  • Butterflies
  • Pigmentation
  • Weather
  • Wings, Animal
  • Animals
  • Arkansas
  • Flowers

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Grace E. Hirzel's research investigates seasonal plasticity in butterfly coloration, behavior, and gene expression, focusing on wild populations. Her work examines how environmental factors, such as weather and wing patterns, influence butterfly behavior and community dynamics. Hirzel has also evaluated pesticide efficacy for agricultural pest control. She has co-authored publications with researchers from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, including Erica L. Westerman and Matthew J. Murphy.

Her scholarship metrics include an h-index of 3, with 10 total publications and 22 total citations. Hirzel's recent activity indicates ongoing engagement in her field, with publications extending into 2025.

Metrics

  • h-index: 3
  • Publications: 10
  • Citations: 22

Selected Publications

  • Synchronous seasonal plasticity in coloration, behaviour and visual gene expression in a wild butterfly population (2025)
    Functional Ecology DOI OpenAlex
  • Synchronous seasonal plasticity in colouration, behaviour, and visual gene expression in a wild butterfly population (2024)
    bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • One size does not fit all: Family specific differences in seasonal patterns of abundance and behavior in butterfly communities (2023)
    bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Engaging the Community in Pollinator Research: The Effect of Wing Pattern and Weather on Butterfly Behavior (2021)
    Integrative and Comparative Biology 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Evaluation of Seed Treatments and At-Plant Soil Insecticides for the Control of Wireworms (Coleoptera: Elateridae) in Field Corn, 2015 (2018)
    Arthropod management tests DOI OpenAlex

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Collaboration Network

9 Collaborators 4 Institutions 1 Country

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