Standout Papers

Optimal foraging, the marginal value theorem 1976 2026 1992 2009 3.8k
  1. Optimal foraging, the marginal value theorem (1976)
    Eric L. Charnov Theoretical Population Biology
  2. Effects of Size and Temperature on Metabolic Rate (2001)
    James F. Gillooly, James H. Brown et al. Science
  3. Optimal Foraging: A Selective Review of Theory and Tests (1977)
    Graham H. Pyke, H. Ronald Pulliam et al. The Quarterly Review of Biology
  4. The theory of sex allocation. (1982)
    Eric L. Charnov PubMed
  5. Optimal Foraging: Attack Strategy of a Mantid (1976)
    Eric L. Charnov The American Naturalist
  6. Grandmothering, menopause, and the evolution of human life histories (1998)
    Kristen Hawkes, Jerome O’Connell et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  7. Effects of size and temperature on developmental time (2002)
    James F. Gillooly, Eric L. Charnov et al. Nature
  8. Effects of Body Size and Temperature on Population Growth (2004)
    Van M. Savage, James H. Brown et al. The American Naturalist
  9. Simultaneous hermaphroditism and sexual selection (1979)
    Eric L. Charnov Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  10. Life History Invariants: Some Explorations of Symmetry in Evolutionary Ecology (1993)
    Eric L. Charnov Medical Entomology and Zoology
  11. When is sex environmentally determined? (1977)
    Eric L. Charnov, James J. Bull Nature
  12. Sex ratio evolution in a variable environment (1981)
    Eric L. Charnov, W. Thomas Jones et al. Nature
  13. Ecological Implications of Resource Depression (1976)
    Eric L. Charnov, Gordon H. Orians et al. The American Naturalist
  14. Hunting by expectation or optimal foraging? A study of patch use by chickadees (1974)
    John R. Krebs, John Ryan et al. Animal Behaviour
  15. Optimal prey selection in the great tit (Parus major) (1977)
    John R. Krebs, Jonathan T. Erichsen et al. Animal Behaviour
  16. Life-History Consequences of Natural Selection: Cole's Result Revisited (1973)
    Eric L. Charnov, William M. Schaffer The American Naturalist
  17. Why be an hermaphrodite? (1976)
    Eric L. Charnov, James J. Bull et al. Nature

Immediate Impact

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Citing Papers

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Works of Eric L. Charnov being referenced

Similarity of Mammalian Body Size across the Taxonomic Hierarchy and across Space and Time
2004
Effects of Size and Temperature on Metabolic Rate
2001 StandoutScience
and 2 more

Author Peers

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Eric L. Charnov 12389 11277 5633 7694 163 28.8k
Shinichi Nakagawa 13187 12759 4978 6947 371 37.3k
Tim G. Benton 9941 11515 4204 6991 182 26.1k
Andrew Sih 20420 14517 6388 9155 271 34.2k
Edward O. Wilson 16122 8363 14247 7170 267 37.8k
John A. Endler 18525 8282 8765 5751 185 27.9k
William R. Rice 13107 8911 17554 6187 114 31.0k
Paul Harvey 12228 12124 6726 5633 316 28.8k
Anne E. Magurran 10538 10684 2963 11291 237 25.1k
Jordi Bascompte 13856 7224 4496 9767 175 26.6k
David N. Reznick 10541 8653 6694 9015 228 22.3k

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