Andrew L. Sheldon

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Andrew L. Sheldon is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Andrew L. Sheldon has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Ecology, 23 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 6 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Andrew L. Sheldon's work include Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology (20 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (18 papers) and Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior (9 papers). Andrew L. Sheldon is often cited by papers focused on Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology (20 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (18 papers) and Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior (9 papers). Andrew L. Sheldon collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Canada. Andrew L. Sheldon's co-authors include Gary K. Meffe, Martin E. Gurtz, Hiram W. Li, Arthur V. Brown, Vincent H. Resh, Alan P. Covich, Robert C. Wissmar, J. Bruce Wallace, Seth R. Reice and G. Wayne Minshall and has published in prestigious journals such as Ecology, Conservation Biology and BioScience.

In The Last Decade

Andrew L. Sheldon

45 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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 Role of Disturbance in Stream Ecology

1988 1.3k citations Vincent H. Resh, Arthur V. Brown et al. Journal of the North American Benthological Society profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Andrew L. Sheldon United States	20	2.4k	2.1k	492	468	268	45	3.1k
Bruce Vondracek United States	28	1.9k 0.8×	1.8k 0.9×	733 1.5×	646 1.4×	461 1.7×	86	3.2k
Heikki Mykrä Finland	30	2.3k 1.0×	1.5k 0.7×	547 1.1×	583 1.2×	92 0.3×	78	3.2k
William J. Liss United States	19	2.7k 1.1×	2.3k 1.1×	430 0.9×	1.1k 2.4×	249 0.9×	41	3.5k
William L Hilsenhoff United States	14	2.4k 1.0×	1.5k 0.7×	450 0.9×	391 0.8×	85 0.3×	66	2.9k
Thomas F. Waters United States	29	2.9k 1.2×	2.7k 1.3×	520 1.1×	451 1.0×	302 1.1×	52	3.7k
Thomas P. Simon United States	22	1.8k 0.8×	1.5k 0.7×	414 0.8×	491 1.0×	274 1.0×	122	2.5k
H.B.N. Hynes Canada	4	2.3k 1.0×	1.6k 0.8×	592 1.2×	403 0.9×	187 0.7×	7	2.9k
Wyatt F. Cross United States	27	2.3k 1.0×	1.7k 0.8×	889 1.8×	315 0.7×	105 0.4×	62	3.0k
Charles F. Rabení United States	38	3.3k 1.4×	3.0k 1.4×	409 0.8×	522 1.1×	632 2.4×	92	4.5k
Tibor Erős Hungary	35	2.5k 1.1×	2.4k 1.1×	380 0.8×	311 0.7×	490 1.8×	134	3.5k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Baumann, Richard W., et al.. (2017). Stoneflies (Plecoptera) of Nevada. 10(1). 1–138. 4 indexed citations

Grubbs, Scott A., Richard W. Baumann, & Andrew L. Sheldon. (2015). A review of eastern Nearctic Zapada (Plecoptera, Nemouridae) with a new species from the Great Smoky Mountains. Freshwater Science. 34(4). 1312–1323. 5 indexed citations

Sheldon, Andrew L.. (2015). Mutualism (carpooling) of ecologists and taxonomists. Biodiversity and Conservation. 25(1). 187–191. 8 indexed citations

Cully, C. M., et al.. (2014). Early Results on Energetic Particle Precipitation Observed by the ABOVE Instrument Array. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2014. 1 indexed citations

Bond, Jason E., et al.. (2012). Phylogeography and species biogeography of montane Great Basin stoneflies. Molecular Ecology. 21(13). 3325–3340. 19 indexed citations

Sheldon, Andrew L.. (2012). Possible climate-induced shift of stoneflies in a southern Appalachian catchment. Freshwater Science. 31(3). 765–774. 44 indexed citations

Warren, Melvin L., Andrew L. Sheldon, & Wendell R. Haag. (2009). Constructed Microhabitat Bundles for Sampling Fishes and Crayfishes in Coastal Plain Streams. North American Journal of Fisheries Management. 29(2). 330–342. 10 indexed citations

Grubbs, Scott A. & Andrew L. Sheldon. (2008). Allocapnia Muskogee And A. Menawa, New Species Of Snowflies (Plecoptera: Capniidae) From The Talladega National Forest Region Of Eastern Alabama, U.S.A., Plus Four New State Records. Open MIND. 1 indexed citations

Hughes, Jane, Peter B. Mather, Andrew L. Sheldon, & Fred W. Allendorf. (1999). Genetic structure of the stonefly, Yoraperla brevis, populations: the extent of gene flow among adjacent montane streams. Freshwater Biology. 41(1). 63–72. 83 indexed citations

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Sheldon, Andrew L. & Gary K. Meffe. (1993). Multivariate analysis of feeding relationships of fishes in blackwater streams. Environmental Biology of Fishes. 37(2). 161–171. 29 indexed citations

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Meffe, Gary K. & Andrew L. Sheldon. (1990). Post‐Defaunation Recovery of Fish Assemblages in Southeastern Blackwater Streams. Ecology. 71(2). 657–667. 77 indexed citations

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Sheldon, Andrew L., et al.. (1989). A reconnaissance of crayfish populations in western Montana. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 9 indexed citations

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Meffe, Gary K., et al.. (1988). Selective Mortality of Post-Spawning Yellowfin Shiners, Notropis lutipinnis (Pisces: Cyprinidae). Copeia. 1988(4). 853–853. 11 indexed citations

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Resh, Vincent H., Arthur V. Brown, Alan P. Covich, et al.. (1988). The Role of Disturbance in Stream Ecology. Journal of the North American Benthological Society. 7(4). 433–455. 1286 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sheldon, Andrew L.. (1988). Conservation of Stream Fishes: Patterns of Diversity, Rarity, and Risk. Conservation Biology. 2(2). 149–156. 85 indexed citations

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Sheldon, Andrew L.. (1979). Stonefly (Plecoptera) records from the basin ranges of Nevada and Utah. ScholarsArchive (Brigham Young University). 39(3). 14. 7 indexed citations

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Sheldon, Andrew L. & Mark W. Oswood. (1977). Blackfly (Diptera: Simuliidae) abundance in a lake outlet: test of a predictive model. Hydrobiologia. 56(2). 113–120. 56 indexed citations

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Metzgar, Lee H. & Andrew L. Sheldon. (1974). An Index of Home Range Size. Journal of Wildlife Management. 38(3). 546–546. 15 indexed citations

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Sheldon, Andrew L.. (1969). Equitability Indices: Dependence on the Species Count. Ecology. 50(3). 466–467. 312 indexed citations

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Sheldon, Andrew L.. (1968). Species Diversity and Longitudinal Succession in Stream Fishes. Ecology. 49(2). 193–198. 282 indexed citations

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