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Daniel Hughes
PeerJ Editor, Author & Reviewer
515 Points

Contributions by role

Reviewer 15
Editor 500

Contributions by subject area

Computational Biology
Developmental Biology
Ecology
Mathematical Biology
Zoology
Biodiversity
Conservation Biology
Population Biology
Data Mining and Machine Learning
Evolutionary Studies
Anatomy and Physiology
Freshwater Biology
Ecosystem Science
Natural Resource Management

Daniel F Hughes

PeerJ Editor, Author & Reviewer

Summary

Dr. Daniel Hughes is an Assistant Professor of Biology at Coe College, where he studies how organisms, species, and entire communities respond to change, both in the past and present. His research begins with natural history observations and then leverages comparative approaches from diverse fields to study ecological and evolutionary processes, mostly in reptiles and amphibians. Dr. Hughes' work stems from the interrelated aims of tracking the impacts of global changes and improving the conservation of species.

Biodiversity Conservation Biology Ecology Evolutionary Studies

Editorial Board Member

PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences

Past or current institution affiliations

Coe College
Tarleton State University

Work details

Assistant Professor

Coe College
August 2021
Department of Biology

Websites

  • Research Website
  • Google Scholar

PeerJ Contributions

  • Articles 3
  • Edited 5
August 12, 2025
Road ecology of a Chihuahuan Desert snake community: size-based mortality sets the stage for evolutionary change in a widespread pitviper
Daniel F. Hughes
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.19871 PubMed 40821980
January 2, 2025
How many reptile and amphibian species are in Uganda, and why it matters for global biodiversity conservation
Daniel F. Hughes, Mathias Behangana
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18704 PubMed 39763708
April 17, 2024
Citizen science initiatives document biodiversity baselines at an urban lake
Alyssah Ahern, Daniel F. Hughes
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17209 PubMed 38646485

Academic Editor on

January 29, 2025
Leveraging machine learning to uncover multi-pathogen infection dynamics across co-distributed frog families
Daniele L. F. Wiley, Kadie N. Omlor, Ariadna S. Torres López, Celina M. Eberle, Anna E. Savage, Matthew S. Atkinson, Lisa N. Barrow
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18901 PubMed 39897487
September 16, 2024
Small population size and possible extirpation of the threatened Malagasy poison frog Mantella cowanii
Devin Edmonds, Raphali Rodlis Andriantsimanarilafy, Angelica Crottini, Michael J. Dreslik, Jade Newton-Youens, Andoniana Ramahefason, Christian Joseph Randrianantoandro, Franco Andreone
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17947 PubMed 39301061
July 19, 2024
Physiological thermal responses of three Mexican snakes with distinct lifestyles
Ricardo Figueroa-Huitrón, Anibal Díaz de la Vega-Pérez, Melissa Plasman, Hibraim Adán Pérez-Mendoza
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17705 PubMed 39040933
January 11, 2024
Species composition, relative abundance, and habitat association of birds in Dodola dry evergreen afro-montane forest and sub-afro-alpine scrubland vegetation, southeast Ethiopia
Zenebe Ageru Yilma, Girma Mengesha, Zerihun Girma
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16775 PubMed 38223764
December 21, 2023
Validating osteological correlates for the hepatic piston in the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
Clinton A. Grand Pré, William Thielicke, Raul E. Diaz Jr, Brandon P. Hedrick, Ruth M. Elsey, Emma R. Schachner
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16542 PubMed 38144194