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Michael E. Douglas
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High Impact
Professor/ Chair, Global Change Biology
Faculty Researcher
36 h-index
201 pubs
5,958 cited
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Biomedical Subjects
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Biography and Research Information
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Michael E. Douglas's research focuses on the application of genomic and phylogenetic methods to understand evolutionary processes and species delimitation, particularly in the context of North American fauna and aquatic ecosystems. His work often involves analyzing genetic variation to resolve taxonomic uncertainties and investigate patterns of hybridization. Douglas also explores the integration of computational approaches, such as machine learning, into ecological and evolutionary studies.
His recent publications demonstrate a broad scope, including studies on the phylogenomics of fish complexes in the Colorado River, the use of machine learning for species delimitation in box turtles, and the development of genomic tools for analyzing hybridization. Douglas has also contributed to reviews on exercise and brain health and explored interdisciplinary approaches involving Indigenous knowledge for adaptive decision-making. His scholarship metrics include an h-index of 36, over 200 publications, and more than 5,900 citations, designating him as a highly cited researcher.
Douglas collaborates extensively with researchers at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, including Tyler K. Chafin, Bradley T. Martin, Wade Louis, and Carson J. Neal, with whom he has multiple shared publications. He maintains an active lab website and has been recently active, with publications extending to 2025.
Metrics
- h-index: 36
- Publications: 201
- Citations: 5,958
Selected Publications
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Historic and contemporary selection define conservation units for a short-range endemic within an anthropogenically-altered riverscape (2025)
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Where are we going? And how do we get there? Strategic positioning AFS to navigate uncertain waters to future success (2025)
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GeoGenIE: a deep learning approach to predict geographic provenance of biodiversity samples from genomic SNPs (2024)
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Reducing DNA extraction costs through factorial design for the DNAdvance Kit (2024)
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Microcertification as an Avenue to Diversify Pathways and Opportunities for AFS Professional Certification (2024)
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AFS Second Vice President Candidate Statement: (2024)
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AdmixPipe v3: facilitating population structure delimitation from SNP data (2023)
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The Himalayan uplift and evolution of aquatic biodiversity across Asia: Snowtrout (Cyprininae: Schizothorax) as a test case (2023)
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autoStreamTree: Genomic variant data fitted to geospatial networks (2023)
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A community genomics approach to natural hybridization (2023)
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Riverscape community genomics: A comparative analytical approach to identify common drivers of spatial structure (2022)
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Trait-based predictors of genomic diversity within freshwater fish communities of the Ozarks (2022)
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A community genomics approach to natural hybridization (2022)
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Riverscape community genomics: A comparative analytical approach to identify common drivers of spatial structure (2022)
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Relictual Hybridization and Biogeography of Massasauga Rattlesnakes ( <i>Sistrurus</i> spp.) (2022)
Collaboration Network
Top Collaborators
Michael E. Douglas
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
23 shared publications
In database
- Taxonomic Uncertainty and the Anomaly Zone: Phylogenomics Disentangle a Rapid Radiation to Resolve Contentious Species ( <i>Gila robusta</i> Complex) in the Colorado River
- The choices we make and the impacts they have: Machine learning and species delimitation in North American box turtles ( <i>Terrapene</i> spp.)
- A community genomics approach to natural hybridization
- ClineHelpR: an R package for genomic cline outlier detection and visualization
- Riverscape community genomics: A comparative analytical approach to identify common drivers of spatial structure
Showing 5 of 23 shared publications
Tyler K. Chafin
Wellcome Sanger Institute
17 shared publications
In database
- Taxonomic Uncertainty and the Anomaly Zone: Phylogenomics Disentangle a Rapid Radiation to Resolve Contentious Species ( <i>Gila robusta</i> Complex) in the Colorado River
- The choices we make and the impacts they have: Machine learning and species delimitation in North American box turtles ( <i>Terrapene</i> spp.)
- A community genomics approach to natural hybridization
- ClineHelpR: an R package for genomic cline outlier detection and visualization
- Riverscape community genomics: A comparative analytical approach to identify common drivers of spatial structure
Showing 5 of 17 shared publications
Zachery D. Zbinden
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (US)
8 shared publications
- A community genomics approach to natural hybridization
- Riverscape community genomics: A comparative analytical approach to identify common drivers of spatial structure
- The Himalayan uplift and evolution of aquatic biodiversity across Asia: Snowtrout (Cyprininae: Schizothorax) as a test case
- A community genomics approach to natural hybridization
- Riverscape community genomics: A comparative analytical approach to identify common drivers of spatial structure
Showing 5 of 8 shared publications
Bradley T. Martin
Seton Hall University
6 shared publications
In database
- Taxonomic Uncertainty and the Anomaly Zone: Phylogenomics Disentangle a Rapid Radiation to Resolve Contentious Species ( <i>Gila robusta</i> Complex) in the Colorado River
- The choices we make and the impacts they have: Machine learning and species delimitation in North American box turtles ( <i>Terrapene</i> spp.)
- ClineHelpR: an R package for genomic cline outlier detection and visualization
- Relictual Hybridization and Biogeography of Massasauga Rattlesnakes ( <i>Sistrurus</i> spp.)
- Historic and contemporary selection define conservation units for a short-range endemic within an anthropogenically-altered riverscape
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
David R. Edds
Emporia State University (US)
4 shared publications
- The Himalayan uplift and evolution of aquatic biodiversity across Asia: Snowtrout (Cyprininae: Schizothorax) as a test case
- Parallel introgression, not recurrent emergence, explains apparent elevational ecotypes of polyploid Himalayan snowtrout
- Parallel introgression, not recurrent emergence, explains apparent elevational ecotypes of polyploid Himalayan snowtrout
- Historic and contemporary selection define conservation units for a short-range endemic within an anthropogenically-altered riverscape
Steven M. Mussmann
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (US)
4 shared publications
- Taxonomic Uncertainty and the Anomaly Zone: Phylogenomics Disentangle a Rapid Radiation to Resolve Contentious Species ( <i>Gila robusta</i> Complex) in the Colorado River
- AdmixPipe v3: facilitating population structure delimitation from SNP data
- autoStreamTree: Genomic variant data fitted to geospatial networks
- Population connectivity in voles (Microtus sp.) as a gauge for tall grass prairie restoration in midwestern North America
Binod Regmi
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (US)
3 shared publications
- The Himalayan uplift and evolution of aquatic biodiversity across Asia: Snowtrout (Cyprininae: Schizothorax) as a test case
- Parallel introgression, not recurrent emergence, explains apparent elevational ecotypes of polyploid Himalayan snowtrout
- Parallel introgression, not recurrent emergence, explains apparent elevational ecotypes of polyploid Himalayan snowtrout
Karma Wangchuk
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (US)
3 shared publications
- The Himalayan uplift and evolution of aquatic biodiversity across Asia: Snowtrout (Cyprininae: Schizothorax) as a test case
- Parallel introgression, not recurrent emergence, explains apparent elevational ecotypes of polyploid Himalayan snowtrout
- Parallel introgression, not recurrent emergence, explains apparent elevational ecotypes of polyploid Himalayan snowtrout
Singye Tshering
Ministry of Agriculture and Forests (BT)
3 shared publications
- The Himalayan uplift and evolution of aquatic biodiversity across Asia: Snowtrout (Cyprininae: Schizothorax) as a test case
- Parallel introgression, not recurrent emergence, explains apparent elevational ecotypes of polyploid Himalayan snowtrout
- Parallel introgression, not recurrent emergence, explains apparent elevational ecotypes of polyploid Himalayan snowtrout
Julie E. Claussen
2 shared publications
- Are populations of economically important bonefish and queen conch 'open' or 'closed' in the northern caribbean basin?
- Best Practices for Communicating Climate Science for Fisheries Professionals
John S. Placyk
The University of Texas at Tyler (US)
2 shared publications
- The choices we make and the impacts they have: Machine learning and species delimitation in North American box turtles ( <i>Terrapene</i> spp.)
- Relictual Hybridization and Biogeography of Massasauga Rattlesnakes ( <i>Sistrurus</i> spp.)
Sonam Dorji
Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries (KH)
2 shared publications
- Parallel introgression, not recurrent emergence, explains apparent elevational ecotypes of polyploid Himalayan snowtrout
- Parallel introgression, not recurrent emergence, explains apparent elevational ecotypes of polyploid Himalayan snowtrout
Pema Norbu
Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries (KH)
2 shared publications
- Parallel introgression, not recurrent emergence, explains apparent elevational ecotypes of polyploid Himalayan snowtrout
- Parallel introgression, not recurrent emergence, explains apparent elevational ecotypes of polyploid Himalayan snowtrout
Sangay Norbu
Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries (KH)
2 shared publications
- Parallel introgression, not recurrent emergence, explains apparent elevational ecotypes of polyploid Himalayan snowtrout
- Parallel introgression, not recurrent emergence, explains apparent elevational ecotypes of polyploid Himalayan snowtrout
Changlu Changlu
Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries (KH)
2 shared publications
- Parallel introgression, not recurrent emergence, explains apparent elevational ecotypes of polyploid Himalayan snowtrout
- Parallel introgression, not recurrent emergence, explains apparent elevational ecotypes of polyploid Himalayan snowtrout
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