Colin R. Townsend

30.7k total citations · 9 hit papers
216 papers, 23.8k citations indexed

About

Colin R. Townsend is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Colin R. Townsend has authored 216 papers receiving a total of 23.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 148 papers in Ecology, 129 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 41 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Colin R. Townsend's work include Fish Ecology and Management Studies (121 papers), Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology (86 papers) and Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior (59 papers). Colin R. Townsend is often cited by papers focused on Fish Ecology and Management Studies (121 papers), Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology (86 papers) and Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior (59 papers). Colin R. Townsend collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, United Kingdom and United States. Colin R. Townsend's co-authors include Michael Begon, John L. Harper, Alan G. Hildrew, Christoph D. Matthaei, Walter P. Carson, Steward T. A. Pickett, Mike R. Scarsbrook, Jeremy J. Piggott, Ross M. Thompson and Sylvain Dolédec and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, PLoS ONE and Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Colin R. Townsend

215 papers receiving 21.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Ecology: Individuals, Populations and Communities.

1987 2.5k citations Michael Begon, John L. Harper et al. profile →
Ecology: From Individuals to Ecosystems

2005 1.2k citations Michael Begon, Colin R. Townsend et al. profile →
Species traits in relation to a habitat templet for river systems

1994 956 citations Colin R. Townsend, Alan G. Hildrew profile →
Ecology: Individuals, Populations and Communities.

1997 760 citations Michael Begon, John L. Harper et al. profile →
The Patch Dynamics Concept of Stream Community Ecology

1989 722 citations Colin R. Townsend profile →
Ecology: Individuals, Populations and Communities.

1987 581 citations Michael Begon, John L. Harper et al. profile →
Physiological Ecology: An Evolutionary Approach to Resource Use

1983 521 citations Colin R. Townsend et al. Journal of Animal Ecology profile →
Multiple stressors in freshwater ecosystems

2010 502 citations Alan G. Hildrew, Colin R. Townsend et al. profile →
Reconceptualizing synergism and antagonism among multiple stressors

2015 499 citations Colin R. Townsend, Christoph D. Matthaei et al. profile →

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Colin R. Townsend

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Colin R. Townsend

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Colin R. Townsend. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Colin R. Townsend based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Colin R. Townsend. Colin R. Townsend is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Effects of a natural flood disturbance on species richness and beta diversity of stream benthic diatom communities 2017 ·Aquatic Ecology ·Fabiana Schneck, Katharina Lange, Adriano S. Melo, Colin R. Townsend, Christoph D. Matthaei	10
2	Longitudinal changes in biota along four New Zealand streams: Declines and improvements in stream health related to land use 2007 ·New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research ·Dev Niyogi, (unknown), Chris J. Arbuckle, Colin R. Townsend	28
3	Ecology: from individuals to ecosystems. 4th edition 2006 ·Michael Begon, Colin R. Townsend, John L. Harper	233
4	Land‐use influences on New Zealand stream communities: Effects on species composition, functional organisation, and food‐web structure 2004 ·New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research ·Ross M. Thompson, Colin R. Townsend	55
5	Impacts of riparian afforestation on stream biofilms: An exotic forest‐native grassland comparison 2004 ·New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research ·Ross M. Thompson, Colin R. Townsend	7
6	Integration of Ecology and Health Research at the Catchment Scale: The Taieri River Catchment, New Zealand 2004 ·UWA Profiles and Research Repository (University of Western Australia) ·Margot W. Parkes, (unknown), George L Benwell, Ruth Panelli, Colin R. Townsend, Philip Weinstein	5
7	Headwater stream response to grassland agricultural development in New Zealand 2003 ·New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research ·Ralph H. Riley, Colin R. Townsend, Dev Niyogi, (unknown), Kathi A. Peacock	47
8	Diet of the crayfish Paranephrops zealandicus in bush and pasture streams: Insights from stable isotopes and stomach analysis 2002 ·New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research ·(unknown), Colin R. Townsend, Kevin J. Collier	54
9	Influence of reach geomorphology on hyporheic communities in a gravel‐bed stream 2001 ·New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research ·(unknown), Colin R. Townsend, Christoph D. Matthaei	18
10	Abundance, diversity, and structure of freshwater invertebrates and fish communities: An artificial neural network approach 2001 ·New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research ·Sébastien Brosse, Sovan Lek, Colin R. Townsend	30
11	(Further) links from rocks to plants [1] (multiple letters) 2001 ·Trends in Ecology & Evolution ·Ross M. Thompson, Colin R. Townsend, (unknown), Russell Frew, (unknown), Ellis Hoffland, (unknown), (unknown), N. van Breemen	2
12	Inundated floodplain gravels in a stream with an unstable bed: Temporary shelter or true invertebrate refugium? 2000 ·New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research ·Christoph D. Matthaei, Colin R. Townsend	23
13	Distribution of the New Zealand crayfish Paranephrops zealandicus in relation to stream physico‐chemistry, predatory fish, and invertebrate prey 2000 ·New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research ·Nisikawa Usio, Colin R. Townsend	51
14	Spawning site selection by two galaxiid fishes, Galaxias anomalus and G. depressiceps , in tributaries of the Taieri River, South Island, New Zealand 1999 ·New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research ·(unknown), Richard M. Allibone, Colin R. Townsend	17
15	Comparative dietary analysis of a recently described fish species complex (Galaxiidae) in a New Zealand river 1998 ·New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research ·Richard M. Allibone, Colin R. Townsend	10
16	Characterising food‐webs in two New Zealand streams 1998 ·New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research ·(unknown), (unknown), Colin R. Townsend, Ross M. Thompson, Eric D. Edwards	42
17	Size‐related impacts of introduced brown trout on the distribution of native common river galaxias 1994 ·New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research ·Angus R. McIntosh, Todd A. Crowl, Colin R. Townsend	59
18	Distribution and abundance of coarse woody debris in some southern New Zealand streams from contrasting forest catchments 1993 ·New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research ·(unknown), Colin R. Townsend, Todd A. Crowl	54
19	Investigating anti‐predator behaviour in three genetically differentiated populations of non‐rnigratory galaxiid fishes in a New Zealand river 1993 ·New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research ·(unknown), Colin R. Townsend, Todd A. Crowl	31
20	Persistence of Stream Invertebrate Communities in Relation to Environmental Variability 1987 ·Journal of Animal Ecology ·Colin R. Townsend, Alan G. Hildrew, (unknown)	110

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