Steven J. Beaupré Data-verified

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Researcher

Last publication 2025 Last refreshed 2026-05-16

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27 h-index 55 pubs 1,877 cited

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.

Metrics

  • h-index: 27
  • Publications: 55
  • Citations: 1,877

Selected Publications

  • Nighttime warming and prey availability interact to influence physiology in prairie lizards (<i>Sceloporus consobrinus</i>) (2025)
  • Temperature Manipulation Induces Ecdysis in Lab-Held Rattlesnakes (2025)
  • The Metabolic Effort and Duration of Ecdysis in Timber Rattlesnakes: Implications for Time-Energy Budgets of Reptiles (2024)
    3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Thermal sensitivity of digestion in Sceloporus consobrinus, with comments on geographic variation (2024)
    2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Cycling temperature treatments affect estimates of digestive performance in prairie lizards (<i>Sceloporus consobrinus</i>) (2024)
    3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Frequency and Timing of Ecdysis in Free-Ranging Timber Rattlesnakes (2023)
    7 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Analyzing Time-Energy Constraints to Understand the Links between Environmental Change and Local Extinctions in Terrestrial Ectotherms (2021)
    13 citations DOI OpenAlex

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