Alan Channing

5.6k citations

92 papers · 2.8k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 19

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Ecological Modeling top 0.5%
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
Global and Planetary Change top 0.5%
- Amphibian and Reptile Biology

Papers in ⓘ

Ecological Modeling 47
- Species Distribution and Climate Change 47
Global and Planetary Change 78
- Amphibian and Reptile Biology 78

Co-authors: Robert C. Drewes (6 shared papers)Rafael O. de Sá (2 shared papers)Ronald A. Nussbaum (2 shared papers)David M. Green (2 shared papers)Raoul H. Bain (2 shared papers)Taran Grant (2 shared papers)Célio F. B. Haddad (2 shared papers)Boris L. Blotto (2 shared papers)
Journals: African Journal of Herpetology (19 papers)Zootaxa (15 papers)Journal of Herpetology (5 papers)Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (4 papers)Journal of Biogeography (3 papers)
Partner nations: South Africa Germany United States

In The Last Decade

Alan Channing

89 papers receiving 2.6k citations

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THE AMPHIBIAN TREE OF LIFE 2006 · 1.7k citations

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it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2006 Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

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1	THE AMPHIBIAN TREE OF LIFE Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History ·Darrel R. Frost, Taran Grant, Julián Faivovich, Raoul H. Bain, Alexander Haas, Célio F. B. Haddad, Rafael O. de Sá, Alan Channing, Mark Wilkinson, Stephen C. Donnellan, Christopher J. Raxworthy, Jonathan A. Campbell, Boris L. Blotto, Paul E. Moler, Robert C. Drewes, Ronald A. Nussbaum, John D. Lynch, David M. Green, Ward C. Wheeler Hit paper breakdown →	2006	1668
2	Nuclear gene phylogeny of narrow-mouthed toads (Family: Microhylidae) and a discussion of competing hypotheses concerning their biogeographical origins Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Arie van der Meijden, Miguel Vences, Simone Hoegg, Renaud Boistel, Alan Channing, Axel Meyer	2007	116
3	Phylogeography ofPtychadena mascareniensissuggests transoceanic dispersal in a widespread African‐Malagasy frog lineage Journal of Biogeography ·Miguel Vences, Joachim Kosuch, Mark‐Oliver Rödel, Stefan Lötters, Alan Channing, Frank Glaw, Wolfgang Böhme	2004	103
4	A re-evaluation of the phylogeny of Old World Treefrogs South African Journal of Zoology ·Alan Channing	1989	50
5	No ecological opportunity signal on a continental scale? Diversification and life-history evolution of African true toads (Anura: Bufonidae) Evolution ·H. Christoph Liedtke, Hendrik Müller, Mark‐Oliver Rödel, Michele Menegon, Legrand Nono Gonwouo, Michael F. Barej, Václav Gvoždík, Andreas Schmitz, Alan Channing, Peter Nagel, Simon P. Loader	2016	45
6	Amphibians of Central and Southern Africa Cornell University Press eBooks ·Alan Channing	2019	43
7	Overseas dispersal of Hyperolius reed frogs from Central Africa to the oceanic islands of São Tomé and Príncipe Journal of Biogeography ·Rayna C. Bell, Robert C. Drewes, Alan Channing, Václav Gvoždík, Jos Kielgast, Stefan Lötters, Bryan L. Stuart, Kelly R. Zamudio	2014	40
8	Leapfrogging into new territory: How Mascarene ridged frogs diversified across Africa and Madagascar to maintain their ecological niche Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Breda M. Zimkus, Lucinda P. Lawson, Michael F. Barej, Christopher D. Barratt, Alan Channing, Katrina M. Dash, J. Maximilian Dehling, Louis Du Preez, Philip‐Sebastian Gehring, Eli Greenbaum, Václav Gvoždík, James T. Harvey, Jos Kielgast, Chifundera Kusamba, Zoltán T. Nagy, Maciej Pabijan, Johannes Penner, Mark‐Oliver Rödel, Miguel Vences, Stefan Lötters	2016	38
9	THE BIOLOGY AND RECENT HISTORY OF THE CRITICALLY ENDANGERED KIHANSI SPRAY TOAD NECTOPHRYNOIDES ASPERGINIS IN TANZANIA Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum ·Alan Channing, K. Siobain Finlow-Bates, Svein Erik Haarklau, Peter G. Hawkes	2006	35
10	Taxonomy of the super-cryptic Hyperolius nasutus group of long reed frogs of Africa (Anura: Hyperoliidae), with descriptions of six new species Zootaxa ·Alan Channing, Annika Hillers, Stefan Lötters, Mark‐Oliver Rödel, S. Schick, Werner Conradie, Dennis Rödder, Vincenzo Mercurio, Philipp Wagner, J. Maximilian Dehling, Louis H. du Preez, Jos Kielgast, Marius Burger	2013	34
11	Species boundaries and taxonomy of the African river frogs (Amphibia: Pyxicephalidae: Amietia) Zootaxa ·Alan Channing, J. Maximilian Dehling, Stefan Lötters, Raffael Ernst	2016	29
12	A Molecular Phylogeny of the Frog Genus Tomopterna in Southern Africa: Examining Species Boundaries with Mitochondrial 12S rRNA Sequence Data Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Abeda Dawood, Alan Channing, James P. Bogart	2002	27
13	DNA sequencing resolves species ofSpongites(Corallinales, Rhodophyta) in the Northeast Pacific and South Africa, includingS. agulhensis sp. nov. Phycologia ·Elizabeth van der Merwe, Kevin Miklasz, Alan Channing, Gavin W. Maneveldt, Paul W. Gabrielson	2015	27
14	Biogeography and evolutionary history of Hyperolius species: application of molecular phylogeny Journal of Biogeography ·Ania M. Wieczorek, Robert C. Drewes, Alan Channing	2000	26
15	IsThe Amphibian Tree of Lifereally fatally flawed? Cladistics ·Darrel R. Frost, Taran Grant, Julián Faivovich, Raoul H. Bain, Alexander Haas, Célio F. B. Haddad, Rafael O. de, Alan Channing, Mark Wilkinson, Stephen C. Donnellan, Christopher J. Raxworthy, Jonathan A. Campbell, Boris L. Blotto, Paul E. Moler, Robert C. Drewes, Ronald A. Nussbaum, John D. Lynch, David M. Green, Ward C. Wheeler	2007	25
16	Comparison of toe pads of some southern African climbing frogs South African Journal of Zoology ·McAllister Wendy, Alan Channing	1983	23
17	A New Species of Callulina (Anura: Microhylidae) from the West Usambara Mountains, Tanzania Journal of Herpetology ·Rafael O. de Sá, Simon P. Loader, Alan Channing	2004	21
18	The phylogenetic position and diversity of the enigmatic mongrel frog Nothophryne Poynton, 1963 (Amphibia, Anura) Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Gabriela B. Bittencourt-Silva, Werner Conradie, Karen Siu-Ting, Krystal A. Tolley, Alan Channing, Michael J. Cunningham, Harith Farooq, Michele Menegon, Simon P. Loader	2016	20
19	Cryptic species of sharp-nosed reed frogs in the Hyperolius nasutus complex: advertisement call differences African Zoology ·Alan Channing, David Moyer, Marius Burger	2002	18
20	The biogeography of the Anura of sub-equatorial Africa and the prioritisation of areas for their conservation Biodiversity and Conservation ·Colleen L. Seymour, Helen M. de Klerk, Alan Channing, Timothy M. Crowe	2001	17

About Alan Channing

Alan Channing is a scholar working on Ecological Modeling, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics and Developmental Biology, having authored 92 papers that have together received 2.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Amphibian and Reptile Biology (78 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (47 papers), Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy (26 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (14 papers), Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (14 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (12 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (11 papers) and Animal and Plant Science Education (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ecological Modeling (938 citations), Global and Planetary Change (2.4k citations), Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (915 citations), Nature and Landscape Conservation (559 citations) and Paleontology (238 citations). Alan Channing has collaborated with scholars based in South Africa, Germany and United States. Frequent co-authors include Robert C. Drewes, Rafael O. de Sá, Ronald A. Nussbaum, David M. Green, Raoul H. Bain, Taran Grant, Célio F. B. Haddad, Boris L. Blotto, John D. Lynch and Jonathan A. Campbell. Their work appears in journals such as African Journal of Herpetology, Zootaxa, Journal of Herpetology, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution and Journal of Biogeography.

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