A. W. Illius

8.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
90 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

A. W. Illius is a scholar working on Ecology, Agronomy and Crop Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, A. W. Illius has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Ecology, 30 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science and 26 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in A. W. Illius's work include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (29 papers), Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (24 papers) and Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (23 papers). A. W. Illius is often cited by papers focused on Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (29 papers), Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (24 papers) and Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (23 papers). A. W. Illius collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. A. W. Illius's co-authors include Iain J. Gordon, T.G. O’Connor, A.B. Lawrence, N.S. Jessop, Claudia Terlouw, Clare D. Fitzgibbon, David A. Elston, J. D. G. Milne, John Hodgson and Wendy Wright and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Ecology and The American Naturalist.

In The Last Decade

A. W. Illius

85 papers receiving 5.1k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The Allometry of Food Intake in Grazing Ruminants

1987 433 citations A. W. Illius, Iain J. Gordon profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
A. W. Illius United Kingdom	42	3.4k	1.5k	1.5k	1.4k	1.4k	90	5.8k
Charles T. Robbins United States	51	5.7k 1.7×	948 0.6×	1.3k 0.9×	1.2k 0.9×	408 0.3×	107	7.8k
David M. Swift United States	26	2.7k 0.8×	524 0.4×	1.6k 1.1×	646 0.5×	1.5k 1.1×	53	4.6k
Patrick Duncan France	42	3.6k 1.1×	820 0.5×	1.3k 0.9×	444 0.3×	626 0.5×	71	4.7k
Graham I. H. Kerley South Africa	48	6.8k 2.0×	1.3k 0.9×	2.5k 1.7×	271 0.2×	1.4k 1.0×	259	8.8k
Rolf Langvatn Norway	45	5.0k 1.5×	1.4k 0.9×	1.1k 0.7×	501 0.4×	675 0.5×	82	6.2k
R. Terry Bowyer United States	51	7.6k 2.2×	1.8k 1.2×	1.7k 1.2×	708 0.5×	860 0.6×	197	8.8k
Rudi J. van Aarde South Africa	40	3.3k 1.0×	764 0.5×	1.1k 0.7×	304 0.2×	521 0.4×	167	4.5k
Steeve D. Côté Canada	52	7.7k 2.3×	2.1k 1.4×	2.3k 1.5×	574 0.4×	799 0.6×	245	9.9k
J. D. Skinner South Africa	32	3.0k 0.9×	817 0.5×	618 0.4×	208 0.2×	372 0.3×	139	4.8k
Bogumiła Jędrzejewska Poland	57	8.3k 2.4×	2.2k 1.5×	2.1k 1.4×	334 0.2×	543 0.4×	149	10.0k

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Illius, A. W. & Nicholas J. Savill. (2024). Maternal transmission of Small Ruminant Lentivirus has no epidemiological importance. Preventive Veterinary Medicine. 230. 106297–106297. 3 indexed citations

Illius, A. W., Karianne Lievaart‐Peterson, Tom N. McNeilly, & Nicholas J. Savill. (2020). Epidemiology and control of maedi-visna virus: Curing the flock. PLoS ONE. 15(9). e0238781–e0238781. 17 indexed citations

Illius, A. W.. (2010). Book review Resource Ecology: Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Foraging By Herbert HT Prins and Frank van Langevelde (2008). African Journal of Range and Forage Science. 27(1). 1 indexed citations

Tolkamp, B.J., Jon M. Yearsley, Iain J. Gordon, et al.. (2007). Predicting the effects of body fatness on food intake and performance of sheep. British Journal Of Nutrition. 97(6). 1206–1215. 7 indexed citations

Johnston, Sarah, B.J. Tolkamp, Iain J. Gordon, et al.. (2007). Intake Compensates for Resting Metabolic Rate Variation in Female C57BL/6J Mice Fed High‐fat Diets. Obesity. 15(3). 600–606. 41 indexed citations

Yearsley, Jon M., Juan J. Villalba, Iain J. Gordon, et al.. (2006). A Theory of Associating Food Types with Their Postingestive Consequences. The American Naturalist. 167(5). 705–716. 47 indexed citations

Wang, Guiming, N. Thompson Hobbs, Randall B. Boone, et al.. (2006). SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY MODIFY DENSITY DEPENDENCE IN POPULATIONS OF LARGE HERBIVORES. Ecology. 87(1). 95–102. 119 indexed citations

Garine-Wichatitsky, Michel De, Hervé Fritz, Iain J. Gordon, & A. W. Illius. (2004). Bush selection along foraging pathways by sympatric impala and greater kudu. Oecologia. 141(1). 66–75. 23 indexed citations

Pettorelli, Nathalie, Stéphane Dray, Jean‐Michel Gaillard, et al.. (2003). Spatial variation in springtime food resources influences the winter body mass of roe deer fawns. Oecologia. 137(3). 363–369. 58 indexed citations

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Yearsley, Jon M., Ian M. Hastings, Iain J. Gordon, I. Kyriazakis, & A. W. Illius. (2002). A Lifetime Perspective on Foraging and Mortality. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 215(4). 385–397. 14 indexed citations

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Fritz, Hervé, Patrick Duncan, Iain J. Gordon, & A. W. Illius. (2002). Megaherbivores influence trophic guilds structure in African ungulate communities. Oecologia. 131(4). 620–625. 144 indexed citations

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Farnsworth, Keith D. & A. W. Illius. (1996). Large grazers back in the fold : Generalizing the prey model to incorporate mammalian herbivores. Functional Ecology. 10(5). 678–680. 27 indexed citations

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Illius, A. W. & N.S. Jessop. (1996). Metabolic constraints on voluntary intake in ruminants.. Journal of Animal Science. 74(12). 3052–3052. 153 indexed citations

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Illius, A. W. & N.S. Jessop. (1995). Modeling metabolic costs of allelochemical ingestion by foraging herbivores. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 21(6). 693–719. 97 indexed citations

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Illius, A. W. & Iain J. Gordon. (1992). Modelling the nutritional ecology of ungulate herbivores: evolution of body size and competitive interactions. Oecologia. 89(3). 428–434. 330 indexed citations

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Terlouw, Claudia, A.B. Lawrence, & A. W. Illius. (1991). Relationship between agonistic behaviour and propensity to develop excessive drinking and chain manipulation in pigs. Physiology & Behavior. 50(3). 493–498. 17 indexed citations

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Gordon, Iain J. & A. W. Illius. (1989). Resource partitioning by ungulates on the Isle of Rhum. Oecologia. 79(3). 383–389. 124 indexed citations

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Illius, A. W.. (1989). Matching ruminant production systems with available resources in the tropics and sub-tropics. Agricultural Systems. 30(2). 200–201. 12 indexed citations

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Illius, A. W., et al.. (1987). A study of the foraging behaviour of cattle grazing patchy swards. 12(1). 33–44. 26 indexed citations

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Illius, A. W., et al.. (1975). The effect of ewe proximity on testis size in developing rams. Veterinary Record. 97(15). 281–282. 3 indexed citations

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