Matthew E. Gifford Source Confirmed

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Researcher

University of Central Arkansas

faculty

17 h-index 65 pubs 1,275 cited

Research Areas

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Diet and metabolism studies Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior Species Distribution and Climate Change Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies

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OverviewAI-generated summary

Matthew E. Gifford's research investigates ecological and physiological constraints on animal populations, with a recent focus on terrestrial ectotherms. His work examines how environmental changes, such as variations in temperature and nutrient availability, influence local extinction events and reproductive success. Gifford has published on topics including genome assembly for model reptile species, the impact of predation on insect communities, and the use of 3D printing for environmental data collection. His scholarship metrics include an h-index of 17, 65 total publications, and 1,275 total citations. Gifford collaborates with researchers from the University of Central Arkansas and the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.

Metrics

  • h-index: 17
  • Publications: 65
  • Citations: 1,275

Selected Publications

  • Live birth in lizards: A process-based model for the roles of temperature, behavior, and life-history (2025) DOI
  • Feeding status impacts thermoregulation and its repeatability across day and night in a diurnal lizard (2025) DOI
  • Intraspecific interactions and thermal refuge availability interactively influence ectotherm thermoregulation but not energy dynamics (2025) DOI
  • Variable juvenile growth rates and offspring size: a response to anthropogenic shifts in prey size among populations (2024) DOI
  • 3D printed models are an accurate, cost-effective, and reproducible tool for quantifying terrestrial thermal environments (2023) DOI
  • 3D printed models are an accurate, cost-effective, and reproducible tool for quantifying terrestrial thermal environments (2023) DOI
  • Seasonal and taxonomic variation in arthropod macronutrient content (2023) DOI
  • 3D printed models are an accurate, cost-effective, and reproducible tool for quantifying terrestrial thermal environments (2023) DOI
  • Plastic juvenile growth rates and offspring size: A response to anthropogenic shifts in prey size among populations (2023) DOI
  • Within‐individual covariation masks an among‐individual performance tradeoff in the prairie lizard (2023) DOI
  • Senescence and Differential Size-Based Survival in Puerto Rican Giant Groundlizards, Pholidoscelis exsul (Squamata: Teiidae), on Guana Island, British Virgin Islands (2022) DOI
  • Variable stoichiometric and macronutrient responses to lizard predation in Ozark glade grasshopper communities (2022) DOI
  • Behavioral Response to Simulated Environmental Conditions in a Montane Salamander (2022) DOI
  • The Effect of an Insectivorous Lizard Predator (Crotaphytus collaris) on Ozark Glade Orthopteran Assemblages (2022) DOI
  • A chromosome-level genome assembly for the eastern fence lizard ( <i>Sceloporus undulatus</i> ), a reptile model for physiological and evolutionary ecology (2021) DOI

Collaborators

Researchers in the database who share publications

Joseph M. Redinger University of Central Arkansas 2 shared publications Casey L. Brewster University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 1 shared publication Steven J. Beaupré University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 1 shared publication Halvor M. Halvorson University of Central Arkansas 1 shared publication Tanner Senti University of Central Arkansas 1 shared publication David E. Dussourd University of Central Arkansas 1 shared publication K. L. Lang University of Central Arkansas 1 shared publication

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