Claude Gascon

12.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
54 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Claude Gascon is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Claude Gascon has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 31 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 14 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Claude Gascon's work include Amphibian and Reptile Biology (23 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (20 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (12 papers). Claude Gascon is often cited by papers focused on Amphibian and Reptile Biology (23 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (20 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (12 papers). Claude Gascon collaborates with scholars based in Brazil, United States and Canada. Claude Gascon's co-authors include Thomas Ε. Lovejoy, William F. Laurance, Susan G. W. Laurance, Richard O. Bierregaard, Heraldo L. Vasconcelos, G. Bruce Williamson, Marcelo Tabarelli, Erica M. Sampaio, Philip C. Stouffer and Emilio M. Bruna and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Claude Gascon

54 papers receiving 5.2k citations

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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.

Ecosystem Decay of Amazonian Forest Fragments: a 22‐Year Investigation

2002 1.4k citations William F. Laurance, Heraldo L. Vasconcelos et al. Conservation Biology profile →
Matrix habitat and species richness in tropical forest remnants

1999 630 citations Claude Gascon, Jay R. Malcolm et al. profile →
Biomass Collapse in Amazonian Forest Fragments

1997 502 citations William F. Laurance, Judy M. Rankin-de Mérona et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Claude Gascon Brazil	28	3.0k	2.8k	2.2k	1.6k	1.0k	54	5.7k
Prashant Hedao United States	5	2.1k 0.7×	2.4k 0.8×	2.7k 1.2×	1.6k 1.0×	1.7k 1.7×	5	6.5k
Thomas F. Allnutt United States	10	2.2k 0.7×	2.7k 0.9×	2.7k 1.2×	1.8k 1.1×	1.8k 1.8×	15	6.9k
Holly Strand United States	7	2.1k 0.7×	2.5k 0.9×	2.6k 1.2×	1.6k 1.1×	1.7k 1.7×	9	6.5k
Richard O. Bierregaard United States	27	4.3k 1.5×	2.2k 0.8×	4.2k 1.9×	2.3k 1.5×	1.6k 1.6×	59	7.3k
John Terborgh United States	33	3.5k 1.2×	1.5k 0.5×	3.1k 1.4×	2.1k 1.4×	1.3k 1.2×	61	6.4k
Jay R. Malcolm Canada	37	2.8k 0.9×	1.9k 0.7×	3.1k 1.4×	1.6k 1.1×	1.3k 1.2×	92	6.1k
Renata Pardini Brazil	37	2.5k 0.8×	1.8k 0.7×	3.0k 1.4×	1.1k 0.7×	956 0.9×	85	5.5k
Alexandre Camargo Martensen Brazil	14	2.0k 0.7×	1.8k 0.6×	2.0k 0.9×	1.4k 0.9×	793 0.8×	20	4.7k
William E. Magnusson Brazil	50	4.0k 1.3×	2.9k 1.0×	3.6k 1.6×	2.4k 1.6×	1.5k 1.5×	300	8.2k
Denis A. Saunders Australia	28	3.4k 1.1×	1.8k 0.6×	3.8k 1.7×	1.4k 0.9×	917 0.9×	103	6.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Claude Gascon

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Werneck, Fernanda P., et al.. (2022). Amphibians and reptiles from a protected area in western Brazilian Amazonia (Reserva Extrativista do Baixo Juruá). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia. 62. e202262054–e202262054. 3 indexed citations

Gascon, Claude, Thomas M. Brooks, Topiltzin Contreras‐MacBeath, et al.. (2015). The Importance and Benefits of Species. Current Biology. 25(10). R431–R438. 86 indexed citations

Hoffmann, Michael, et al.. (2008). Conservation planning and the IUCN Red List. Endangered Species Research. 6. 113–125. 131 indexed citations

Mittermeier, R. A., et al.. (2008). A climate for life: meeting the global challenge.. 5 indexed citations

Gascon, Claude, James P. Collins, Robin D. Moore, et al.. (2007). Amphibian Conservation Action Plan. Proceedings IUCN/SSC Amphibian Conservation Summit 2005.. 59 indexed citations

Tabarelli, Marcelo & Claude Gascon. (2005). Lessons from Fragmentation Research: Improving Management and Policy Guidelines for Biodiversity Conservation. Conservation Biology. 19(3). 734–739. 96 indexed citations

Boshier, David, G. Schroth, Gustavo A. B. da Fonseca, et al.. (2004). Agroforestry systems: important components in conserving the genetic viability of native tropical tree species?. 290–313. 9 indexed citations

Hayek, Lee‐Ann C., W. Ronald Heyer, & Claude Gascon. (2001). Frog morphometrics : a cautionary tale. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 18. 153–177. 88 indexed citations

Gascon, Claude, Jay R. Malcolm, James L. Patton, et al.. (2000). Riverine barriers and the geographic distribution of Amazonian species. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 97(25). 13672–13677. 228 indexed citations

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Gascon, Claude, G. Bruce Williamson, & Gustavo A. B. da Fonseca. (2000). Receding Forest Edges and Vanishing Reserves. Science. 288(5470). 1356–1358. 370 indexed citations

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Laurance, William F., Claude Gascon, & Judy M. Rankin-de Mérona. (1999). PREDICTING EFFECTS OF HABITAT DESTRUCTION ON PLANT COMMUNITIES: A TEST OF A MODEL USING AMAZONIAN TREES. Ecological Applications. 9(2). 548–554. 24 indexed citations

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Laurance, William F., Claude Gascon, & Judy M. Rankin-de Mérona. (1999). Predicting Effects of Habitat Destruction on Plant Communities: A Test of a Model Using Amazonian Trees. Ecological Applications. 9(2). 548–548. 2 indexed citations

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Lougheed, Stephen C., Claude Gascon, D. A. Jones, James P. Bogart, & Peter T. Boag. (1999). Ridges and rivers: a test of competing hypotheses of Amazonian diversification using a dart-poison frog (Epipedobates femoralis). Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 266(1431). 1829–1835. 134 indexed citations

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Gascon, Claude & Barbara L. Zimmerman. (1998). Of Frogs & Ponds & Peccaries.. Natural history. 107(6). 43–45. 3 indexed citations

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Gascon, Claude, Stephen C. Lougheed, & James P. Bogart. (1998). Patterns of Genetic Population Differentiation in Four Species of Amazonian Frogs: A Test of the Riverine Barrier Hypothesis¹. Biotropica. 30(1). 104–119. 97 indexed citations

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Gascon, Claude. (1995). Tropical Larval Anuran Fitness in the Absence of Direct Effects of Predation and Competition. Ecology. 76(7). 2222–2229. 19 indexed citations

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Juncá, Flora Acuña, Ronald Altig, & Claude Gascon. (1994). Breeding Biology of Colostethus stepheni, a Dendrobatid Frog with a Nontransported Nidicolous Tadpole. Copeia. 1994(3). 747–747. 22 indexed citations

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Gascon, Claude & Joseph Travis. (1992). Does the Spatial Scale of Experimentation Matter? A Test with Tadpoles and Dragonflies. Ecology. 73(6). 2237–2243. 45 indexed citations

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Gascon, Claude. (1992). Spatial Distribution of Osteocephalus taurinus and Pipa arrabali in a Central Amazonian Forest. Copeia. 1992(3). 894–894. 4 indexed citations

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Gascon, Claude & J. Roger Bider. (1985). The effect of pH on Bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana, and Green Frog, Rana clamitans melanota, tadpoles. The Canadian Field-Naturalist. 99(2). 259–261. 6 indexed citations

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