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Presence Current · Arkansas
Last published 2025
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Wade A. Boys

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Researcher

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3 h-index 7 pubs 53 cited

  • Predatory Behavior
  • Selection, Genetic
  • Odonata
  • Animals
  • Food Chain
  • Ecosystem
  • Lakes
  • Adaptation, Physiological
  • Fishes
  • Life Cycle Stages
  • Population Growth
  • Reproduction
  • Digestion
  • Larva

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Wade A. Boys is a PhD student at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville whose research focuses on freshwater ecology. His work investigates the role of phenotypic plasticity in adaptation to rapid environmental change, particularly in the context of climate change. Boys' publications explore how different fitness components across an organism's life cycle can influence species coexistence. He also studies the impact of predators on prey behavior, examining how selection pressures drive adaptive plasticity in defense mechanisms and physiological adaptations. His research network includes collaborators from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, such as Adam M. Siepielski, Tara L. Lanzer, Taylor Ping, and Simon P. Tye, with whom he has co-authored multiple publications.

Metrics

  • h-index: 3
  • Publications: 7
  • Citations: 53

Selected Publications

  • Cheating death: selection on digestive physiology overcomes expected growth costs of antipredator defences (2025)
    Journal of Evolutionary Biology DOI OpenAlex
  • Predators drive selection for adaptive plasticity in prey defense behavior (2025)
    Evolution 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Interactions between fitness components across the life cycle constrain competitor coexistence (2023)
    Journal of Animal Ecology 15 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Insect Species Coexistence and Conservation Amidst Global Change (2021)
    Elsevier eBooks 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Predicting the distributions of regional endemic dragonflies using a combined model approach (2020)
    Insect Conservation and Diversity 29 citations DOI OpenAlex

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Collaboration Network

7 Collaborators 3 Institutions 2 Countries

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