Anne E. Magurran

47.9k total citations · 10 hit papers
241 papers, 34.9k citations indexed

About

Anne E. Magurran is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Anne E. Magurran has authored 241 papers receiving a total of 34.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 145 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 134 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 104 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Anne E. Magurran's work include Animal Behavior and Reproduction (104 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (95 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (62 papers). Anne E. Magurran is often cited by papers focused on Animal Behavior and Reproduction (104 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (95 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (62 papers). Anne E. Magurran collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Anne E. Magurran's co-authors include Brian J. McGill, T. J. Pitcher, María Dornelas, Peter A. Henderson, Benoni H. Seghers, Nicholas J. Gotelli, Jonathan P. Evans, S. W. Griffiths, Jennifer L. Kelley and Faye Moyes and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Anne E. Magurran

236 papers receiving 32.4k 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 Diversity and Its Measurement

1988 9.0k citations Anne E. Magurran profile →
Measuring biological diversity

2004 5.7k citations Anne E. Magurran profile →
Biological Diversity: Frontiers in Measurement and Assessment

2011 1.4k citations Anne E. Magurran, Brian J. McGill profile →
Species abundance distributions: moving beyond single prediction theories to integration within an ecological framework

2007 1.0k citations Brian J. McGill, María Dornelas et al. profile →
Assemblage Time Series Reveal Biodiversity Change but Not Systematic Loss

2014 913 citations María Dornelas, Nicholas J. Gotelli et al. Science profile →
Explaining the excess of rare species in natural species abundance distributions

2003 734 citations Anne E. Magurran, Peter A. Henderson profile →
Long-term datasets in biodiversity research and monitoring: assessing change in ecological communities through time

2010 680 citations Anne E. Magurran et al. profile →
Scientists’ warning to humanity on the freshwater biodiversity crisis

2020 574 citations Anne E. Magurran et al. profile →
Fifteen forms of biodiversity trend in the Anthropocene

2014 485 citations Brian J. McGill, María Dornelas et al. profile →
Fish in larger shoals find food faster

1982 430 citations Anne E. Magurran et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Anne E. Magurran	15.3k	14.7k	13.0k	8.1k	4.3k	241	34.9k
David M. Lodge	18.1k 1.2×	27.0k 1.8×	7.3k 0.6×	10.4k 1.3×	4.6k 1.1×	236	43.5k
Nicholas J. Gotelli	13.9k 0.9×	12.8k 0.9×	11.7k 0.9×	5.2k 0.6×	6.7k 1.6×	222	29.4k
Cristina G. Mittermeier	10.1k 0.7×	11.1k 0.8×	9.1k 0.7×	8.9k 1.1×	6.0k 1.4×	11	30.1k
Robert K. Colwell	15.7k 1.0×	16.5k 1.1×	13.2k 1.0×	6.2k 0.8×	9.3k 2.2×	136	37.2k
Tim M. Blackburn	12.7k 0.8×	17.0k 1.2×	9.5k 0.7×	5.0k 0.6×	8.3k 2.0×	293	29.0k
Alain F. Zuur	8.9k 0.6×	13.7k 0.9×	6.5k 0.5×	8.6k 1.1×	2.6k 0.6×	66	27.1k
Marti J. Anderson	13.0k 0.9×	21.8k 1.5×	7.1k 0.5×	11.0k 1.4×	3.0k 0.7×	134	43.4k
Gustavo A. B. da Fonseca	11.7k 0.8×	12.4k 0.8×	10.3k 0.8×	10.4k 1.3×	7.1k 1.7×	76	34.2k
Cajo J. F. ter Braak	14.0k 0.9×	18.8k 1.3×	8.1k 0.6×	7.1k 0.9×	3.0k 0.7×	197	44.6k
Robert E. Ricklefs	14.8k 1.0×	22.4k 1.5×	19.9k 1.5×	5.0k 0.6×	6.5k 1.5×	496	43.1k

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Ulrich, Werner, Simone Fattorini, Hans ter Steege, et al.. (2025). Species and trait abundance distributions as tools for understanding disturbance effects and community assembly in applied ecology. Journal of Applied Ecology. 62(9). 2096–2110.

Bolton, Mark, María Dornelas, Anne E. Magurran, et al.. (2024). Among‐species variation in six decades of changing migration timings explained through ecology, life‐history and local migratory abundance. Global Change Biology. 30(7). e17400–e17400.

Maliao, Ronald J., Asko Lõhmus, Petra Horká, et al.. (2023). Three major steps toward the conservation of freshwater and riparian biodiversity. Conservation Biology. 38(3). e14226–e14226. 10 indexed citations

Jenkins, David G., et al.. (2023). Geomorphological habitat type drives variation in temporal species turnover but not temporal nestedness in Amazonian fish assemblages. Oikos. 2023(11). 4 indexed citations

Castillo‐Escrivà, Andreu, Anne E. Magurran, Fabián Bonilla, et al.. (2023). Higher alpha and gamma, but not beta diversity in tropical than in Mediterranean temporary ponds: A multi‐taxon spatiotemporal approach. Limnology and Oceanography. 68(10). 2402–2414. 2 indexed citations

Dornelas, María, Jonathan M. Chase, Nicholas J. Gotelli, et al.. (2023). Looking back on biodiversity change: lessons for the road ahead. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 378(1881). 20220199–20220199. 45 indexed citations

Chao, Anne, Peter A. Henderson, Chun‐Huo Chiu, et al.. (2021). Measuring temporal change in alpha diversity: A framework integrating taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional diversity and the iNEXT.3D standardization. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 12(10). 1926–1940. 88 indexed citations

Gotelli, Nicholas J., Mark C. Urban, Werner Ulrich, et al.. (2021). Estimating species relative abundances from museum records. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 14(2). 431–443. 29 indexed citations

Gotelli, Nicholas J., Faye Moyes, Laura H. Antão, et al.. (2021). Long‐term changes in temperate marine fish assemblages are driven by a small subset of species. Global Change Biology. 28(1). 46–53. 19 indexed citations

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Jones, Faith A. M., María Dornelas, & Anne E. Magurran. (2020). Recent increases in assemblage rarity are linked to increasing local immigration. Royal Society Open Science. 7(7). 192045–192045. 5 indexed citations

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Jones, Faith A. M., et al.. (2019). Quantifying regional biodiversity in the tropics: A case study of freshwater fish in Trinidad and Tobago. Biotropica. 51(5). 700–708. 3 indexed citations

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Barbosa, Miguel, et al.. (2019). Me against who? Male guppies adjust mating behaviour according to their rival’s presence and attractiveness. Ethology. 125(6). 399–408. 3 indexed citations

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Radinger, Johannes, J. Robert Britton, Stephanie M. Carlson, et al.. (2019). Effective monitoring of freshwater fish. Fish and Fisheries. 20(4). 729–747. 133 indexed citations

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Jones, Faith A. M. & Anne E. Magurran. (2018). Dominance structure of assemblages is regulated over a period of rapid environmental change. Biology Letters. 14(6). 20180187–20180187. 8 indexed citations

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Radinger, Johannes, J. Robert Britton, Stephanie M. Carlson, et al.. (2018). Effective Monitoring Of Freshwater Fish. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research).

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Ojanguren, Alfredo F., et al.. (2018). How pre- and postcopulatory sexual selection influence male mating decisions in a promiscuous species. Animal Behaviour. 136. 147–157. 3 indexed citations

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Dornelas, María, Nicholas J. Gotelli, Brian J. McGill, et al.. (2014). Assemblage Time Series Reveal Biodiversity Change but Not Systematic Loss. Science. 344(6181). 296–299. 913 indexed citations breakdown →

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Magurran, Anne E., et al.. (2006). Gametic isolation in guppies ( Poecilia reticulata ). Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 273(1600). 2477–2482. 33 indexed citations

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Russell, Stephen T., et al.. (2004). Kin structure and shoal composition dynamics in the guppy, Poecilia reticulata. Oikos. 106(3). 520–526. 38 indexed citations

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Magurran, Anne E.. (1990). The adaptive significance of schooling as an anti-predator defense in fish. Annales Zoologici Fennici. 27(2). 51–66. 325 indexed citations

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