Charles C.Y. Xu

1.7k citations

26 papers · 1.1k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 14

Ecology top 2%
Molecular Biology
Ecological Modeling top 5%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics top 5%
Genetics

Co-authors: Cameron R. Turner Stuart E. Jones Matthew A. Barnes David M. Lodge Christopher L. Jerde Rowan D. H. Barrett Douglas W. Yu Panu Somervuo
Topics: Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies (10 papers)Identification and Quantification in Food (7 papers)Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (6 papers)
Cited by: Ecological Modeling Ecology Nature and Landscape Conservation
Journals: Nature Science Nature Communications
Partner nations: Canada United States United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Charles C.Y. Xu

25 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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Particle size distribution and optimal capture of aqueous macrobial eDNA

2014 396 citations Cameron R. Turner, Matthew A. Barnes et al. Methods in Ecology and Evolution profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Pre-exposure to stress reduces loss of community and genetic diversity following severe environmental disturbance 2025 ·Current Biology ·Charles C.Y. Xu,Vincent Fugère,(unknown),Beatrix E. Beisner,Graham Bell,Melania E. Cristescu,Gregor F. Fussmann,Andrew Gonzalez,B. Jesse Shapiro,Rowan D. H. Barrett	0
2	Community assembly of the human piercing microbiome 2023 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Charles C.Y. Xu,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Rowan D. H. Barrett	5
3	A new multiplex qPCR assay to detect and differentiate big cat species in the illegal wildlife trade 2023 ·Scientific Reports ·(unknown),(unknown),Charles C.Y. Xu,(unknown),Heidi E. Kretser,Mary K. Burnham‐Curtis,Denise McAloose,Tracie A. Seimon	3
4	Estimating biodiversity across the tree of life on Mount Everest’s southern flank with environmental DNA 2022 ·iScience ·Marisa Lim,Anton Seimon,(unknown),Charles C.Y. Xu,Stephan Halloy,(unknown),(unknown),Steven K. Schmidt,Alexander M. Tait,Sandra Elvin,Aurora C. Elmore,Tracie A. Seimon	6
5	Measuring protected-area effectiveness using vertebrate distributions from leech iDNA 2022 ·Nature Communications ·Yinqiu Ji,Christopher C. M. Baker,Viorel D. Popescu,Jiaxin Wang,(unknown),(unknown),Yuanheng Li,Lin Wang,(unknown),(unknown),Chunyan Yang,Charles C.Y. Xu,(unknown),(unknown),Naomi E. Pierce,Douglas W. Yu	25
6	Resistance, resilience, and functional redundancy of freshwater bacterioplankton communities facing a gradient of agricultural stressors in a mesocosm experiment 2021 ·Molecular Ecology ·(unknown),Vincent Fugère,Marie‐Pier Hébert,Charles C.Y. Xu,Rowan D. H. Barrett,Beatrix E. Beisner,Graham Bell,Viviane Yargeau,Gregor F. Fussmann,Andrew Gonzalez,B. Jesse Shapiro	14
7	Promoting equity and inclusion with student-driven initiatives 2021 ·Trends in Ecology & Evolution ·(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Charles C.Y. Xu	2
8	Transgenes of genetically modified animals detected non-invasively via environmental DNA 2021 ·PLoS ONE ·Charles C.Y. Xu,Claire E. Ramsay,Mitra Cowan,(unknown),Paul Lasko,Rowan D. H. Barrett	1
9	Influence of breeding time, nest size, and egg size on the breeding success of the Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 2021 ·Acta Oecologica ·(unknown),(unknown),Charles C.Y. Xu	5
10	Community rescue in experimental phytoplankton communities facing severe herbicide pollution 2020 ·Nature Ecology & Evolution ·Vincent Fugère,Marie‐Pier Hébert,(unknown),Charles C.Y. Xu,Rowan D. H. Barrett,Beatrix E. Beisner,Graham Bell,Gregor F. Fussmann,B. Jesse Shapiro,Viviane Yargeau,Andrew Gonzalez	45
11	Linking a mutation to survival in wild mice 2019 ·Science ·Rowan D. H. Barrett,Stefan Laurent,Ricardo Mallarino,Susanne P. Pfeifer,Charles C.Y. Xu,Matthieu Foll,Kazumasa Wakamatsu,Jonathan S. Duke‐Cohan,Jeffrey D. Jensen,Hopi E. Hoekstra	115
12	An efficient and robust laboratory workflow and tetrapod database for larger scale environmental DNA studies 2019 ·GigaScience ·Jan Axtner,Alex Crampton‐Platt,(unknown),Azlan Mohamed,Charles C.Y. Xu,Douglas W. Yu,Andreas Wilting	36
13	One‐locus‐several‐primers: A strategy to improve the taxonomic and haplotypic coverage in diet metabarcoding studies 2019 ·Ecology and Evolution ·Emmanuel Corse,Christelle Tougard,Gaït Archambaud‐Suard,Jean‐François Agnèse,(unknown),Charles Félix Bilong Bilong,David Duneau,Lucie Zinger,Rémi Chappaz,Charles C.Y. Xu,Emese Meglécz,Vincent Dubut	58
14	Predator-induced collapse of niche structure and species coexistence 2019 ·Nature ·Robert M. Pringle,Tyler R. Kartzinel,Todd M. Palmer,Timothy J. Thurman,Kena Fox‐Dobbs,Charles C.Y. Xu,Matthew C. Hutchinson,Tyler C. Coverdale,Joshua H. Daskin,Dominic A. Evangelista,Kiyoko M. Gotanda,(unknown),(unknown),Jason J. Kolbe,Thomas W. Schoener,David A. Spiller,Jonathan B. Losos,Rowan D. H. Barrett	116
15	A Review of Dynamic Thermal Line Rating Methods With Forecasting 2019 ·IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery ·D.A. Douglass,I. S. Grant,José Antônio Jardini,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Jake Gentle,Huu-Minh Nguyen,William A. Chisholm,Charles C.Y. Xu,(unknown),Chen Hong,(unknown),(unknown)	89
16	Keystone Genes 2018 ·Trends in Ecology & Evolution ·(unknown),Charles C.Y. Xu,Maria R. Servedio,Patrik Nosil,Rowan D. H. Barrett,Andrew P. Hendry	23
17	Quantifying uncertainty of taxonomic placement in DNA barcoding and metabarcoding 2017 ·Methods in Ecology and Evolution ·Panu Somervuo,Douglas W. Yu,Charles C.Y. Xu,Yinqiu Ji,Jenni Hultman,Helena Wirta,Otso Ovaskainen	61
18	Carrion fly‐derived DNA metabarcoding is an effective tool for mammal surveys: Evidence from a known tropical mammal community 2017 ·Molecular Ecology Resources ·Torrey W. Rodgers,Charles C.Y. Xu,(unknown),Karen M. Kapheim,Kristin Saltonstall,(unknown),Douglas W. Yu,Panu Somervuo,W. Owen McMillan,Patrick A. Jansen	55
19	Spider Web DNA: A New Spin on Noninvasive Genetics of Predator and Prey 2015 ·PLoS ONE ·Charles C.Y. Xu,(unknown),(unknown),Cameron R. Turner	38
20	Particle size distribution and optimal capture of aqueous macrobial eDNAbreakdown → 2014 ·Methods in Ecology and Evolution ·Cameron R. Turner,Matthew A. Barnes,Charles C.Y. Xu,Stuart E. Jones,Christopher L. Jerde,David M. Lodge	396

About Charles C.Y. Xu

Charles C.Y. Xu is a scholar working on Ecological Modeling, Ecology and Nature and Landscape Conservation, having authored 26 papers that have together received 1.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies (10 papers), Identification and Quantification in Food (7 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ecological Modeling (189 citations), Ecology (778 citations) and Nature and Landscape Conservation (138 citations). Charles C.Y. Xu has collaborated with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Cameron R. Turner, Stuart E. Jones, Matthew A. Barnes, David M. Lodge, Christopher L. Jerde, Rowan D. H. Barrett, Douglas W. Yu, Panu Somervuo, Stefan Laurent and Kazumasa Wakamatsu. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

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