Standout Papers

The Problem of Pattern and Scale in Ecology: The Robert H. MacArthur Award Lecture 1992 2026 2003 2014 5.0k
  1. The Problem of Pattern and Scale in Ecology: The Robert H. MacArthur Award Lecture (1992)
    Simon A. Levin Ecology
  2. Global trends in antimicrobial use in food animals (2015)
    Thomas P. Van Boeckel, Charles Brower et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  3. Global increase and geographic convergence in antibiotic consumption between 2000 and 2015 (2018)
    Eili Klein, Thomas P. Van Boeckel et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  4. Effective leadership and decision-making in animal groups on the move (2005)
    Iain D. Couzin, Jens Krause et al. Nature
  5. Global antibiotic consumption 2000 to 2010: an analysis of national pharmaceutical sales data (2014)
    Thomas P. Van Boeckel, Sumanth Gandra et al. The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  6. Anticipating Critical Transitions (2012)
    Marten Scheffer, Stephen R. Carpenter et al. Science
  7. Economic Growth, Carrying Capacity, and the Environment (1995)
    Kenneth J. Arrow, Bert Bolin et al. Science
  8. Marine Taxa Track Local Climate Velocities (2013)
    Malin L. Pinsky, Boris Worm et al. Science
  9. Ecosystems and the Biosphere as Complex Adaptive Systems (1998)
    Simon A. Levin Ecosystems
  10. Diffusion and Ecological Problems: Modern Perspectives (2001)
    Akira Ōkubo, Simon A. Levin CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  11. The Global Extent and Determinants of Savanna and Forest as Alternative Biome States (2011)
    A. Carla Staver, Sally Archibald et al. Science
  12. Intertidal Landscapes: Disturbance and the Dynamics of Pattern (1981)
    Robert T. Paine, Simon A. Levin Ecological Monographs
  13. Dispersion and Population Interactions (1974)
    Simon A. Levin The American Naturalist
  14. Towards a general theory of adaptive walks on rugged landscapes (1987)
    Stuart Kauffman, Simon A. Levin Journal of Theoretical Biology
  15. The Importance of Being Discrete (and Spatial) (1994)
    Rick Durrett, Simon A. Levin Theoretical Population Biology
  16. Optimal nitrogen-to-phosphorus stoichiometry of phytoplankton (2004)
    Christopher A. Klausmeier, Elena Litchman et al. Nature
  17. The Value of Nature and the Nature of Value (2000)
    Gretchen C. Daily, Tore Söderqvist et al. Science
  18. Disturbance, Patch Formation, and Community Structure (1974)
    Simon A. Levin, Robert T. Paine Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  19. Influence of nonlinear incidence rates upon the behavior of SIRS epidemiological models (1986)
    Simon A. Levin, Yoh Iwasa et al. Journal of Mathematical Biology
  20. Trading-off fish biodiversity, food security, and hydropower in the Mekong River Basin (2012)
    Guy Ziv, Eric Baran et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  21. The Ecology and Evolution of Seed Dispersal: A Theoretical Perspective (2003)
    Simon A. Levin, Helene C. Muller‐Landau et al. Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics
  22. Dynamical behavior of epidemiological models with nonlinear incidence rates (1987)
    Weimin Liu, Herbert W. Hethcote et al. Journal of Mathematical Biology
  23. Economic growth, carrying capacity, and the environment (1995)
    Kenneth J. Arrow, Bert Bolin et al. Ecological Economics
  24. Ecology for bankers (2008)
    Robert M. May, Simon A. Levin et al. Nature
  25. Social-ecological systems as complex adaptive systems: modeling and policy implications (2012)
    Simon A. Levin, Anne‐Sophie Crépin et al. Environment and Development Economics
  26. Reducing antimicrobial use in food animals (2017)
    Thomas P. Van Boeckel, Emma E. Glennon et al. Science
  27. Niche, Habitat, and Ecotope (1973)
    R. H. Whittaker, Simon A. Levin et al. The American Naturalist
  28. Does aquaculture add resilience to the global food system? (2014)
    Max Troell, Rosamond L. Naylor et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  29. Community Equilibria and Stability, and an Extension of the Competitive Exclusion Principle (1970)
    Simon A. Levin The American Naturalist
  30. Strong latitudinal patterns in the elemental ratios of marine plankton and organic matter (2013)
    Adam C. Martiny, François Primeau et al. Nature Geoscience
  31. Dispersal strategies in patchy environments (1984)
    Simon A. Levin, Dan Cohen et al. Theoretical Population Biology
  32. Some mathematical questions in biology (1970)
    Simon A. Levin, Jack D. Cowan American Mathematical Society eBooks
  33. Looming Global-Scale Failures and Missing Institutions (2009)
    Brian Walker, Scott Barrett et al. Science

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The growth of finfish in global open-ocean aquaculture under climate change
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Author Peers

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Simon A. Levin 15917 7686 9891 15835 13021 581 63.2k
Robert M. May 9577 12084 20110 17438 11721 457 72.5k
Benjamin M. Bolker 10626 2661 8451 19559 14876 130 75.1k
Nils Chr. Stenseth 14079 1258 7610 24776 11644 765 42.7k
Robert D. Holt 7144 3032 10151 20603 16679 288 43.8k
C. S. Holling 18373 8955 3969 11062 7997 100 48.2k
Marten Scheffer 24766 4580 2218 17453 10855 306 54.2k
David Tilman 26556 3778 7197 43714 47463 292 119.4k
Trevor Hastie 9202 2313 10587 12491 8154 272 152.2k
Stephen R. Carpenter 36617 8518 2212 30077 19620 391 91.6k
Douglas M. Bates 10647 2820 7317 18051 14220 70 91.3k

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