D. Bruce Means

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

D. Bruce Means is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecological Modeling and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, D. Bruce Means has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 20 papers in Ecological Modeling and 14 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in D. Bruce Means's work include Amphibian and Reptile Biology (30 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (20 papers) and Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy (7 papers). D. Bruce Means is often cited by papers focused on Amphibian and Reptile Biology (30 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (20 papers) and Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy (7 papers). D. Bruce Means collaborates with scholars based in United States, Belgium and Canada. D. Bruce Means's co-authors include Philippe J. R. Kok, Reed F. Noss, Brice P. Noonan, Célio F. B. Haddad, Bruce A. Sorrie, Jennifer Costanza, Robert K. Peet, Alan S. Weakley, William Platt and Janalee P. Caldwell and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Conservation Biology and Journal of Biogeography.

In The Last Decade

D. Bruce Means

45 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

  1. How global biodiversity hotspots may go unrecognized: lessons from the North American Coastal Plain
    2014 365 citations Reed F. Noss, William Platt et al. Diversity and Distributions profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
D. Bruce Means United States 15 1.1k 536 492 439 432 47 1.5k
Kim M. Howell Tanzania 16 513 0.5× 560 1.0× 525 1.1× 659 1.5× 515 1.2× 63 1.5k
Donald B. Shepard United States 18 655 0.6× 450 0.8× 363 0.7× 612 1.4× 387 0.9× 42 1.4k
Adrian Antonio Garda Brazil 24 990 0.9× 545 1.0× 432 0.9× 335 0.8× 410 0.9× 92 1.4k
Diego Baldo Argentina 21 1.3k 1.2× 554 1.0× 312 0.6× 401 0.9× 581 1.3× 116 1.7k
Claudia Corti Italy 22 1.0k 0.9× 517 1.0× 391 0.8× 681 1.6× 681 1.6× 102 1.7k
João Alexandrino Brazil 17 598 0.6× 403 0.8× 345 0.7× 399 0.9× 555 1.3× 32 1.3k
Juan M. Pleguezuelos Spain 27 1.0k 1.0× 674 1.3× 480 1.0× 1.1k 2.4× 804 1.9× 109 2.0k
Marianna Dixo Brazil 17 987 0.9× 537 1.0× 742 1.5× 785 1.8× 388 0.9× 30 1.8k
Jelka Crnobrnja‐Isailović Serbia 19 991 0.9× 551 1.0× 250 0.5× 604 1.4× 640 1.5× 70 1.8k
Martha Patricia Ramírez‐Pinilla Colombia 21 778 0.7× 466 0.9× 321 0.7× 308 0.7× 170 0.4× 99 1.2k

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All Works

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Means, D. Bruce, Matthew P. Heinicke, S. Blair Hedges, Ross D. MacCulloch, & Amy Lathrop. (2023). Exceptional diversity of Pristimantis Landfrogs (Anura: Terraranae) on the Wokomung Massif, Guyana, with descriptions of three new species. Deep Blue (University of Michigan). 72(23026). 1 indexed citations
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Noss, Reed F., William Platt, Bruce A. Sorrie, et al.. (2014). How global biodiversity hotspots may go unrecognized: lessons from the North American Coastal Plain. Diversity and Distributions. 21(2). 236–244. 365 indexed citations breakdown →
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Means, D. Bruce, Gilson A. Rivas, & Philippe J. R. Kok. (2013). First record of the genus Anadia (Reptilia: Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from Guyana based on an enigmatic specimen from Mount Kopinang, Wokomung Massif. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations
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Kok, Philippe J. R., Bert Willaert, & D. Bruce Means. (2013). A New Diagnosis and Description of Anomaloglossus roraima (La Marca, 1998) (Anura: Aromobatidae: Anomaloglossinae), with Description of Its Tadpole and Call. South American Journal of Herpetology. 8(1). 29–29. 9 indexed citations
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Brown, Donald J., John T. Baccus, D. Bruce Means, & Michael R. J. Forstner. (2011). Potential Positive Effects of Fire on Juvenile Amphibians in a Southern USA Pine Forest. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management. 2(2). 135–145. 15 indexed citations
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Means, D. Bruce. (2010). Ophidism by the Green Palmsnake. Wilderness and Environmental Medicine. 21(1). 46–49. 5 indexed citations
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Magalhães, Célio, Michael Türkay, & D. Bruce Means. (2009). The status of Kunziana Pretzmann, 1971 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Pseudothelphusidae), with a redescription of the holotype of K. irengis Pretzmann, 1971. Zootaxa. 2276(1). 3 indexed citations
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Stapleton, Seth, et al.. (2008). Eastern kingsnake (Lampropeltis g. getula) population decline in northern Florida and southern Georgia. Herpetological review. 39(1). 33–35. 7 indexed citations
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Means, D. Bruce & Joseph Travis. (2007). Declines in Ravine-inhabiting Dusky Salamanders of the Southeastern US Coastal Plain. Southeastern Naturalist. 6(1). 83–96. 25 indexed citations
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Grant, Taran, Darrel R. Frost, Janalee P. Caldwell, et al.. (2006). Phylogenetic systematics of dart-poison frogs and their relatives (Amphibia, Athesphatanura, Dendrobatidae). Bulletin of the AMNH ; no. 299. American Museum Novitates.
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Means, D. Bruce & Kenneth L. Krysko. (2001). BIOGEOGRAPHY AND PATTERN VARIATION OF KINGSNAKES, LAMPROPELTIS GETULA, IN THE APALACHICOLA REGION OF FLORIDA. 1–9. 5 indexed citations
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Karlin, Alvan A. & D. Bruce Means. (1994). Genetic Variation in the Aquatic Salamander genus Amphiuma. The American Midland Naturalist. 132(1). 1–1. 5 indexed citations
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Karlin, Alvan A., Sheldon I. Guttman, & D. Bruce Means. (1993). Population Structure in the Ouachita Mountain Dusky Salamander, Desmognathus brimleyorum (Caudata: Plethodontidae). The Southwestern Naturalist. 38(1). 36–36. 2 indexed citations
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Means, D. Bruce, et al.. (1988). An ecological characterization of the Florida Panhandle. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 31 indexed citations
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Means, D. Bruce. (1975). Competitive Exclusion Along a Habitat Gradient Between Two Species of Salamanders (Desmognathus) in Western Florida. Journal of Biogeography. 2(4). 253–253. 35 indexed citations
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Means, D. Bruce. (1974). The Status of Desmognathus brimleyorum Stejneger and an analysis of the genus Desmognathus (Amphibia: Urodela) in Florida. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History. 18(1). 1–100. 11 indexed citations
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Means, D. Bruce. (1972). Comments on Undivided Teeth in Urodeles. Copeia. 1972(3). 586–586. 26 indexed citations

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