Alan N Costa

744 total citations
15 papers, 443 citations indexed

About

Alan N Costa is a scholar working on Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan N Costa has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 443 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Genetics, 9 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 7 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Alan N Costa's work include Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (10 papers), Plant and animal studies (9 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (6 papers). Alan N Costa is often cited by papers focused on Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (10 papers), Plant and animal studies (9 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (6 papers). Alan N Costa collaborates with scholars based in Brazil, United States and Australia. Alan N Costa's co-authors include Heraldo L. Vasconcelos, Emilio M. Bruna, Cauê T. Lopes, Ernane H. M. Vieira‐Neto, Scott Powell, Fabiane M. Mundim, Renata Pacheco, Frederico Gemesio Lemos, Fernanda Cavalcanti de Azevedo and Carlos Eduardo Fragoso and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Journal of Ecology and Journal of Animal Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Alan N Costa

13 papers receiving 424 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alan N Costa Brazil 9 323 289 161 91 76 15 443
Gabriela I. Pirk Argentina 13 364 1.1× 333 1.2× 151 0.9× 76 0.8× 122 1.6× 33 476
José Domingos Ribeiro‐Neto Brazil 10 272 0.8× 206 0.7× 178 1.1× 61 0.7× 56 0.7× 18 390
Leandro Sousa‐Souto Brazil 12 250 0.8× 196 0.7× 103 0.6× 60 0.7× 128 1.7× 38 414
Karine S. Carvalho Brazil 7 213 0.7× 173 0.6× 176 1.1× 96 1.1× 55 0.7× 17 384
Sébastien Lacau Brazil 9 269 0.8× 241 0.8× 77 0.5× 59 0.6× 62 0.8× 27 410
Jonas Maravalhas Brazil 9 236 0.7× 209 0.7× 154 1.0× 81 0.9× 46 0.6× 15 352
Olivier Blight France 16 363 1.1× 317 1.1× 86 0.5× 74 0.8× 195 2.6× 35 509
Petr Klimeš Czechia 12 418 1.3× 303 1.0× 218 1.4× 106 1.2× 159 2.1× 25 564
Ernane H. M. Vieira‐Neto Brazil 9 257 0.8× 237 0.8× 112 0.7× 50 0.5× 96 1.3× 13 345
Ricardo I. Campos Brazil 14 430 1.3× 353 1.2× 190 1.2× 70 0.8× 104 1.4× 30 526

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All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Costa, Alan N, et al.. (2025). Ant assemblages (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and spatial patterns of diversity along Cerrado remnants in Central-West Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Biology. 85. e290806–e290806.
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Cardoso, João Custódio Fernandes, et al.. (2025). Herbivory intensity and plant species traits interact with tree canopy cover to drive seedling survival in Neotropical savannas. Plant Ecology. 226(5). 473–484.
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Costa, Alan N, et al.. (2020). Linking the spatiotemporal variation of litterfall to standing vegetation biomass in Brazilian savannas. Journal of Plant Ecology. 13(5). 517–524. 10 indexed citations
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Costa, Alan N, et al.. (2020). Annual litter production in a Brazilian Cerrado woodland savanna. Southern Forests a Journal of Forest Science. 82(1). 65–69. 7 indexed citations
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Costa, Alan N, Heraldo L. Vasconcelos, Ernane H. M. Vieira‐Neto, & Emilio M. Bruna. (2018). Adaptive foraging of leaf‐cutter ants to spatiotemporal changes in resource availability in Neotropical savannas. Ecological Entomology. 44(2). 227–238. 8 indexed citations
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Costa, Alan N, Heraldo L. Vasconcelos, & Emilio M. Bruna. (2016). Biotic drivers of seedling establishment in Neotropical savannas: selective granivory and seedling herbivory by leaf‐cutter ants as an ecological filter. Journal of Ecology. 105(1). 132–141. 29 indexed citations
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Azevedo, Fernanda Cavalcanti de, et al.. (2016). New-record of the bush dog speothos venaticus in a human-altered landscape in west Minas Gerais, Brazil. Bioscience Journal. 32(5). 1324–1330. 5 indexed citations
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Costa, Alan N & Ernane H. M. Vieira‐Neto. (2015). Species turnover regulates leaf‐cutter ant densities in environmental gradients across the Brazilian Cerrado. Journal of Applied Entomology. 140(6). 474–478. 11 indexed citations
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Costa, Alan N. (2013). Efeitos diretos e indiretos das formigas cortadeiras de folha (Atta) sobre a dinâmica da vegetação em uma savana neotropical. 1 indexed citations
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Powell, Scott, Alan N Costa, Cauê T. Lopes, & Heraldo L. Vasconcelos. (2010). Canopy connectivity and the availability of diverse nesting resources affect species coexistence in arboreal ants. Journal of Animal Ecology. 80(2). 352–360. 112 indexed citations
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Vasconcelos, Heraldo L., et al.. (2009). Dynamics of the Leaf-Litter Arthropod Fauna Following Fire in a Neotropical Woodland Savanna. PLoS ONE. 4(11). e7762–e7762. 84 indexed citations
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Mundim, Fabiane M., Alan N Costa, & Heraldo L. Vasconcelos. (2008). Leaf nutrient content and host plant selection by leaf‐cutter ants, Atta laevigata, in a Neotropical savanna. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 130(1). 47–54. 45 indexed citations
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Costa, Alan N, Heraldo L. Vasconcelos, Ernane H. M. Vieira‐Neto, & Emilio M. Bruna. (2008). Do herbivores exert top‐down effects in Neotropical savannas? Estimates of biomass consumption by leaf‐cutter ants. Journal of Vegetation Science. 19(6). 849–854. 113 indexed citations

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