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Ian T. Clifton
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Assistant Professor
Also affiliated: Florida International University (2023–2024); University of Toledo (2017–2024)
6 h-index
18 pubs
172 cited
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Biography and Research Information
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Ian T. Clifton investigates the physiological and behavioral adaptations of ectotherms, with a recent focus on lizards and snakes. His work examines how environmental factors, such as temperature variability and habitat urbanization, influence thermal tolerance, growth rates, and behavioral interactions. Clifton has explored the energetic costs associated with compensating for increased environmental temperatures in desert lizards and the potential evolutionary loss of male-specific coloration linked to androgen receptor expression. He also studies the plasticity of thermal tolerance in snakes and the impact of anthropogenic shifts in prey size on juvenile growth rates. Clifton has co-authored 18 publications, accumulating 164 citations and an h-index of 6. He collaborates with researchers from the University of Central Arkansas and Southern Arkansas University.
Metrics
- h-index: 6
- Publications: 18
- Citations: 172
Positions
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Assistant Professor 2024–presentUniversity of Arkansas at Little Rock Biology ORCID
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Postdoctoral Associate 2022–2023Florida International University Department of Biological Sciences ORCID
Selected Publications
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Ecological overlap and divergence in natural and urbanized habitats in two species of sympatric anoles (2026)
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Plasticity and regional heterothermy of upper thermal tolerance in the ring-necked snake (2025)
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Variable juvenile growth rates and offspring size: a response to anthropogenic shifts in prey size among populations (2024)
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Evolutionary Loss of Male-Specific Coloration Is Associated with the Loss of Androgen Receptor Expression in Skin of Sceloporus Lizards (2024)
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Here comes the sun: Thermoregulatory behavior in ectotherms illuminated by light‐level geolocators (2024)
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3D printed models are an accurate, cost-effective, and reproducible tool for quantifying terrestrial thermal environments (2023)
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Role of phenotypic plasticity in morphological differentiation between watersnake populations (2020)
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Influence of prey size on reproduction among populations of Diamond-backed Watersnakes (Nerodia rhombifer) (2017)
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Patterns of morphological variation following colonization of a novel prey environment (2017)
Collaboration Network
Top Collaborators
Matthew E. Gifford
University of Central Arkansas
5 shared publications
In database
- Role of phenotypic plasticity in morphological differentiation between watersnake populations
- 3D printed models are an accurate, cost-effective, and reproducible tool for quantifying terrestrial thermal environments
- Patterns of morphological variation following colonization of a novel prey environment
- Influence of prey size on reproduction among populations of Diamond-backed Watersnakes (Nerodia rhombifer)
- Variable juvenile growth rates and offspring size: a response to anthropogenic shifts in prey size among populations
Jeremy D. Chamberlain
Southern Arkansas University
3 shared publications
In database
- Role of phenotypic plasticity in morphological differentiation between watersnake populations
- Patterns of morphological variation following colonization of a novel prey environment
- Variable juvenile growth rates and offspring size: a response to anthropogenic shifts in prey size among populations
Christian L. Cox
Florida International University (US)
3 shared publications
- 3D printed models are an accurate, cost-effective, and reproducible tool for quantifying terrestrial thermal environments
- Plasticity and regional heterothermy of upper thermal tolerance in the ring-necked snake
- Ecological overlap and divergence in natural and urbanized habitats in two species of sympatric anoles
J. D. Chamberlain
University of Arkansas at Little Rock (US)
1 shared publication
- Influence of prey size on reproduction among populations of Diamond-backed Watersnakes (Nerodia rhombifer)
Karla Alujević
University of Nevada, Reno (US)
1 shared publication
- 3D printed models are an accurate, cost-effective, and reproducible tool for quantifying terrestrial thermal environments
Leah A. Bakewell
Florida International University (US)
1 shared publication
- 3D printed models are an accurate, cost-effective, and reproducible tool for quantifying terrestrial thermal environments
Luke O. Frishkoff
The University of Texas at Arlington (US)
1 shared publication
- 3D printed models are an accurate, cost-effective, and reproducible tool for quantifying terrestrial thermal environments
Eric J. Gangloff
Ohio Wesleyan University (US)
1 shared publication
- 3D printed models are an accurate, cost-effective, and reproducible tool for quantifying terrestrial thermal environments
Guillermo Garcia‐Costoya
University of Nevada, Reno (US)
1 shared publication
- 3D printed models are an accurate, cost-effective, and reproducible tool for quantifying terrestrial thermal environments
Madison Glenwinkel
University of Nevada, Reno (US)
1 shared publication
- 3D printed models are an accurate, cost-effective, and reproducible tool for quantifying terrestrial thermal environments
Samir A. K. Gulati
University of Nevada, Reno (US)
1 shared publication
- 3D printed models are an accurate, cost-effective, and reproducible tool for quantifying terrestrial thermal environments
Alyssa Head
Ohio Wesleyan University (US)
1 shared publication
- 3D printed models are an accurate, cost-effective, and reproducible tool for quantifying terrestrial thermal environments
Monica Miles
The University of Texas at Arlington (US)
1 shared publication
- 3D printed models are an accurate, cost-effective, and reproducible tool for quantifying terrestrial thermal environments
Ciara Pettit
Ohio Wesleyan University (US)
1 shared publication
- 3D printed models are an accurate, cost-effective, and reproducible tool for quantifying terrestrial thermal environments
Charles M. Watson
Texas A&M University – San Antonio (US)
1 shared publication
- 3D printed models are an accurate, cost-effective, and reproducible tool for quantifying terrestrial thermal environments
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