Charles W. O’Brien

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
109 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Charles W. O’Brien is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Charles W. O’Brien has authored 109 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 74 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 61 papers in Ecology and 42 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Charles W. O’Brien's work include Forest Insect Ecology and Management (59 papers), Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution (50 papers) and Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies (35 papers). Charles W. O’Brien is often cited by papers focused on Forest Insect Ecology and Management (59 papers), Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution (50 papers) and Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies (35 papers). Charles W. O’Brien collaborates with scholars based in United States, Mexico and Argentina. Charles W. O’Brien's co-authors include Guillermo J. Wibmer, Edward Branigan, David Bordwell, Adriana E. Marvaldi, Andrea S. Sequeira, Brian D. Farrell, Nico M. Franz, Haytham Kubba, William Tang and M. Tremlett and has published in prestigious journals such as Conservation Biology, Systematic Biology and eLife.

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Charles W. O’Brien

103 papers receiving 1.6k citations

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Two species of Compsus Schoenherr, new citrus pests from Colombia (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae) 2012 ·Publication Server of Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (Goethe University Frankfurt) ·Charles W. O’Brien, (unknown)	7
2	0179. An Annotated List of the Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) of Dominica (Excluding Scolytinae and Platypodidae) 2011 ·Insecta mundi ·Charles W. O’Brien, (unknown)	4
3	Nuevos registros de Curculionidae y Apionidae (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) para México 2003 ·Folia entomológica mexicana ·Robert W. Jones, (unknown), Charles W. O’Brien	2
4	Foveolus maculatus, a new species of palm weevil on Euterpe Mart. (Palmae) (Coleoptera, Dryophthoridae, Rhynchophorinae). 2003 ·Transactions of the American Entomological Society ·Charles W. O’Brien	0
5	Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) from the state of Guanajuato, Mexico. 2001 ·Insecta mundi ·(unknown), Charles W. O’Brien, Jesús Romero–Nápoles	16
6	Revision and phylogeny of Perelleschus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), with notes on its association with Carludovica (Cyclanthaceae). 2001 ·Transactions of the American Entomological Society ·Nico M. Franz, Charles W. O’Brien	16
7	Systematics and evolution of weevils of the genus Bagous. 6. Taxonomic treatment of the species of the western Palearctic Region (Coleoptera Curculionidae) 1997 ·Roberto Caldara, Charles W. O’Brien	5
8	Lixellus Leconte, a new synonym of Listronotus Jekel (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) 1995 ·Entomological News ·Juan J. Morrone, Adriana E. Marvaldi, Charles W. O’Brien	7
9	Two New Species in the Cholus spinipes Group (Cholini, Curculioninae, Curculionidae) 1994 ·Transactions of the American Entomological Society ·Charles W. O’Brien	1
10	Systematics and evolution of weevils of the genus Bagous Germar (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) I. Species of Australia. 1992 ·Transactions of the American Entomological Society ·Charles W. O’Brien, (unknown)	17
11	Neobagoidus carlsoni, new genus, new species of aquatic weevil from Florida. 1990 ·Southwestern Entomologist ·Charles W. O’Brien	3
12	Revision of the weevil genus Pissodes in Mexico with notes on Neotropical Pissodini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) 1989 ·Transactions of the American Entomological Society ·Charles W. O’Brien	10
13	Two new South American species of the weevil genus Argentinorhynchus Brèthes. 1989 ·Southwestern Entomologist ·Charles W. O’Brien, Guillermo J. Wibmer	3
14	Two new neotropical genera in the weevil tribe Stenopelmini. 1989 ·Southwestern Entomologist ·Guillermo J. Wibmer, Charles W. O’Brien	2
15	Annotated checklist of the weevils (Curculionidae sensu lato) of South America (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea) 1986 ·Guillermo J. Wibmer, Charles W. O’Brien	171
16	Annotated checklist of the weevils (Curculionidae sensu lato) of North America, Central America, and the West Indies (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) /by Charles W. O'Brien and Guillermo J. Wibmer. 1982 ·Charles W. O’Brien, Guillermo J. Wibmer	144
17	The Use of Trend Curves of Rates of Species Descriptions: Examples from the Curculionidae (Coleoptera) 1979 ·The Coleopterists Bulletin ·Charles W. O’Brien, Guillermo J. Wibmer	11
18	Hyperodes, new synonym of Listronotus, with a checklist of Latin American species (Cylindrorhininae: Curculionidae: Coleoptera). 1979 ·Southwestern Entomologist ·Charles W. O’Brien	8
19	A Review of the Mexican and Central American Genus Trachyphloeomimus, with New Species and New Synonymy (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Otiorhynchinae) 1972 ·The Coleopterists Bulletin ·Charles W. O’Brien	2
20	Taxonomic revision of the genus Dorytomus in North America (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) 1970 ·Charles W. O’Brien	9

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