Allen Keast

10.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
107 papers, 8.2k citations indexed

About

Allen Keast is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Allen Keast has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 8.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Ecology, 42 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 23 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Allen Keast's work include Fish Ecology and Management Studies (31 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (24 papers) and Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior (15 papers). Allen Keast is often cited by papers focused on Fish Ecology and Management Studies (31 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (24 papers) and Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior (15 papers). Allen Keast collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Australia and Uganda. Allen Keast's co-authors include David Lack, D. W. Webb, John M. Eadie, James A. Hoyle, Barry Cox, Scott E. Miller, Michael G. Fox, Harry F. Recher, Christian Colombo and D. A. Saunders and has published in prestigious journals such as Evolution, Journal of Ecology and Oecologia.

In The Last Decade

Allen Keast

99 papers receiving 6.5k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Ecological Adaptations for Breeding in Birds

1970 3.3k citations Allen Keast et al. profile →
Mouth and Body Form Relative to Feeding Ecology in the Fish Fauna of a Small Lake, Lake Opinicon, Ontario

1966 388 citations Allen Keast et al. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Allen Keast Canada	37	5.4k	3.7k	3.0k	1.5k	1.0k	107	8.2k
Stephen D. Fretwell United States	17	6.2k 1.2×	4.5k 1.2×	4.3k 1.4×	2.1k 1.4×	237 0.2×	26	10.4k
Lauren J. Chapman Canada	55	5.5k 1.0×	4.4k 1.2×	2.6k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	1.8k 1.8×	254	9.7k
J. Whitfield Gibbons United States	61	6.5k 1.2×	6.5k 1.8×	2.8k 0.9×	6.8k 4.6×	433 0.4×	237	11.8k
Donald R. Strong United States	57	6.4k 1.2×	5.0k 1.3×	5.6k 1.9×	1.9k 1.3×	265 0.3×	184	13.5k
Christer Brönmark Sweden	55	5.8k 1.1×	5.0k 1.4×	2.0k 0.7×	2.6k 1.8×	1.2k 1.1×	165	9.7k
Mary F. Willson United States	68	6.1k 1.1×	8.0k 2.2×	8.2k 2.7×	1.7k 1.2×	181 0.2×	173	14.0k
Martin L. Cody United States	43	8.4k 1.6×	6.9k 1.9×	5.8k 2.0×	2.4k 1.6×	193 0.2×	104	14.1k
Thorsten B. H. Reusch Germany	63	6.4k 1.2×	1.4k 0.4×	2.4k 0.8×	2.6k 1.7×	810 0.8×	218	12.8k
Geoffrey Fryer United Kingdom	44	4.6k 0.9×	2.7k 0.7×	850 0.3×	936 0.6×	2.1k 2.0×	154	8.2k
Joseph Travis United States	53	3.4k 0.6×	3.9k 1.0×	4.8k 1.6×	3.1k 2.1×	654 0.6×	213	9.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Allen Keast

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All Works

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Keast, Allen. (2013). THE NEARCTIC-NEOTROPICAL BIRD MIGRATION SYSTEM. Israel Journal of Zoology. 41(3). 455–470.

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Keast, Allen. (2000). An Introduction to Applied Biogeography. Ian F. Spellerberg , John W. D. Sawyer. The Quarterly Review of Biology. 75(2). 205–205. 1 indexed citations

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Keast, Allen. (1995). DIEL TEMPORAL VOCALIZATION PATTERNS IN THE MISTLETOEBIRD (Dicaeum hirundinaceum) AND SEASONAL ABUNDANCE RELATIVE TO THE FLOWERING AND FRUITING OF THE MISTLETOE Dendrophthoe vitellina. 2–7. 2 indexed citations

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Keast, Allen. (1995). The Sydney ornithological fraternity, 1930s-1950: anecdotes of an admirer. Australian Zoologist. 30(1). 26–32. 1 indexed citations

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Keast, Allen. (1994). THE DAWN CHORUS IN A EUCALYPT FOREST BIRD COMMUNITY, SEASONAL SHIFTS IN TIMING AND CONTRIBUTION OF INDIVIDUAL SPECIES. 133–140. 3 indexed citations

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Keast, Allen. (1993). Song Structures and Characteristics: Members of a Eucalypt Forest Bird Community Compared. Emu - Austral Ornithology. 93(4). 259–268. 6 indexed citations

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Keast, Allen. (1990). Biogeography and ecology of forest bird communities. 251 indexed citations

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Chapleau, François & Allen Keast. (1988). A phylogenetic reassessment of the monophyletic status of the family Soleidae, with comments on the suborder Soleoidei (Pisces; Pleuronectiformes). Canadian Journal of Zoology. 66(12). 2797–2810. 39 indexed citations

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Keast, Allen. (1985). An introductory ecological biogeography of the Australo‐Pacific Meliphagidae. New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 12(4). 605–622. 12 indexed citations

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Eadie, John M. & Allen Keast. (1982). Do goldeneye and perch compete for food?. Oecologia. 55(2). 225–230. 90 indexed citations

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Keast, Allen & Eugene S. Morton. (1980). Migrant birds in the neotropics: ecology, behavior, distribution, and conservation : a symposium held at the Conservation and Research Center, National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution, October 27-29, 1977 [Latin America]. 71 indexed citations

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Keast, Allen. (1978). Zoogeography and Evolutionary History of the Scrubwren Genus Sericornis. Emu - Austral Ornithology. 78(3). 119–125. 12 indexed citations

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Keast, Allen. (1977). After the Australopithecines. Stratigraphy, Ecology, and Culture Change in the Middle Pleistocene. World Anthropology.Karl W. Butzer , Glunn L. Isaac. The Quarterly Review of Biology. 52(2). 229–231. 1 indexed citations

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Keast, Allen. (1971). Continental Drift and the Evolution of the Biota on Southern Continents. The Quarterly Review of Biology. 46(4). 335–378. 31 indexed citations

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Keast, Allen. (1968). Feeding of Some Great Lakes Fishes at Low Temperatures. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada. 25(6). 1199–1218. 79 indexed citations

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Mayr, Ernst, et al.. (1964). The name Cacatua Brisson, 1760 (Aves): proposed validation under the Plenary Powers. The Bulletin of zoological nomenclature. 21. 372–374. 1 indexed citations

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Keast, Allen. (1961). Bird speciation on the Australian Continent. 123. 303–495. 159 indexed citations

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Keast, Allen. (1958). The Influence of Ecology on Variation in the Mistletoe-bird ( Dicaeum birundinaceum ). Emu - Austral Ornithology. 58(3). 195–206. 17 indexed citations

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Keast, Allen. (1958). Seasonal Movements and Geographic Variations in the Australian Wood-Swallows (Artamidae). Emu - Austral Ornithology. 58(3). 207–218. 10 indexed citations

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Keast, Allen. (1958). Specialtion in the genus Amytornis Stejneger (Passeres: Muscicapidae, Malurinae) in Australia.. Australian Journal of Zoology. 6(1). 33–52. 10 indexed citations

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