Wade A. Boys Data-verified

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Researcher

Last publication 2025 Last refreshed 2026-05-16

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3 h-index 7 pubs 50 cited

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: 50

Selected Publications

  • Cheating death: selection on digestive physiology overcomes expected growth costs of antipredator defences (2025)
  • Predators drive selection for adaptive plasticity in prey defense behavior (2025)
    1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Interactions between fitness components across the life cycle constrain competitor coexistence (2023)
    13 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Insect Species Coexistence and Conservation Amidst Global Change (2021)
    2 citations DOI OpenAlex

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Collaboration Network

7 Collaborators 3 Institutions 2 Countries

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