David C. Blackburn

6.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
138 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

David C. Blackburn is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecological Modeling and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, David C. Blackburn has authored 138 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 98 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 56 papers in Ecological Modeling and 41 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in David C. Blackburn's work include Amphibian and Reptile Biology (97 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (56 papers) and Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (24 papers). David C. Blackburn is often cited by papers focused on Amphibian and Reptile Biology (97 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (56 papers) and Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (24 papers). David C. Blackburn collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. David C. Blackburn's co-authors include Edward L. Stanley, David C. Cannatella, Daniel M. Portik, David B. Wake, Rafe M. Brown, Mark‐Oliver Rödel, Arvin C. Diesmos, Peng Zhang, David M. Hillis and Dan Liang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

David C. Blackburn

128 papers receiving 3.0k citations

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Phylogenomics reveals rapid, simultaneous diversification of three major clades of Gondwanan frogs at the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary

2017 276 citations David C. Blackburn, David C. Cannatella et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The Diffusion Diaries: Diffusible Iodine-Based Contrast-Enhanced Computed Tomography for Vertebrate Natural History Specimens 2025 ·Integrative Organismal Biology ·(unknown), Edward L. Stanley, Coleman M. Sheehy, Zachary S. Randall, Gregory J. Watkins‐Colwell, David C. Blackburn	0
2	Continent-wide recent emergence of a global pathogen in African amphibians 2023 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), (unknown), Allison Q. Byrne, Hasan Sulaeman, Erica Bree Rosenblum, (unknown), (unknown), Eli Greenbaum, Michelle S. Koo, (unknown), (unknown), Denise McAloose, (unknown), (unknown), Daniel M. Portik, (unknown), Andrew G. Zink, David C. Blackburn, Vance T. Vredenburg	7
3	Fossil frogs (Eleutherodactylidae: Eleutherodactylus) from Florida suggest overwater dispersal from the Caribbean by the Late Oligocene 2023 ·Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society ·(unknown), Edward L. Stanley, Jonathan I. Bloch, David C. Blackburn	2
4	A new slippery frog (Amphibia, Conrauidae, Conraua Nieden, 1908) from the Fouta Djallon Highlands, west-central Guinea 2022 ·Zoosystematics and Evolution ·(unknown), (unknown), Annika Hillers, (unknown), (unknown), Christian Brede, (unknown), David C. Blackburn, Michael F. Barej, Mark‐Oliver Rödel	0
5	XROMM Analysis of Feeding Mechanics in Toads: Interactions of the Tongue, Hyoid, and Pectoral Girdle 2022 ·Integrative Organismal Biology ·(unknown), Richard W. Blob, David C. Blackburn, Christopher J. Mayerl	2
6	State of the Amphibia 2020: A Review of Five Years of Amphibian Research and Existing Resources 2022 ·Ichthyology & Herpetology ·Molly C. Womack, (unknown), David C. Blackburn, David C. Cannatella, Alessandro Catenazzi, Jing Che, Michelle S. Koo, Jimmy A. McGuire, Santiago R. Ron, Carol Spencer, Vance T. Vredenburg, Rebecca D. Tarvin	30
7	Rampant tooth loss across 200 million years of frog evolution 2021 ·eLife ·Daniel J. Paluh, (unknown), Catherine Early, Maggie M. Hantak, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Stuart V. Nielsen, (unknown), Edward L. Stanley, David C. Blackburn	14
8	Discovering and Applying the Urban Rules of Life to Design Sustainable and Healthy Cities 2021 ·Integrative and Comparative Biology ·Tom A. Langen, Charles H. Cannon, David C. Blackburn, Eric Lease Morgan, Paola E. Mera	2
9	State of the Amphibia 2020: A review of five years of amphibian research and existing resources 2021 ·Figshare ·Molly C. Womack, (unknown), David C. Blackburn, David C. Cannatella, Alessandro Catenazzi, (unknown), Michelle S. Koo, Jimmy A. McGuire, Santiago R. Ron, Carol Spencer	7
10	A new critically endangered slippery frog (Amphibia, Conrauidae, Conraua) from the Atewa Range, central Ghana 2021 ·Zootaxa ·(unknown), Caleb Ofori‐Boateng, (unknown), David C. Blackburn, Gabriel Hoinsoudé Segniagbeto, Annika Hillers, Michael F. Barej, Adam D. Leaché, Mark‐Oliver Rödel	2
11	Size, microhabitat, and loss of larval feeding drive cranial diversification in frogs 2021 ·Nature Communications ·Carla Bardua, Anne‐Claire Fabre, Julien Clavel, (unknown), (unknown), Edward L. Stanley, David C. Blackburn, Anjali Goswami	36
12	Evolution of hyperossification expands skull diversity in frogs 2020 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Daniel J. Paluh, Edward L. Stanley, David C. Blackburn	54
13	Metamorphosis shapes cranial diversity and rate of evolution in salamanders 2020 ·Nature Ecology & Evolution ·Anne‐Claire Fabre, Carla Bardua, (unknown), Julien Clavel, Ryan N. Felice, Jeffrey W. Streicher, (unknown), Edward L. Stanley, David C. Blackburn, Anjali Goswami	59
14	Evolution of the African slippery frogs (Anura: Conraua), including the world’s largest living frog 2020 ·Zoologica Scripta ·David C. Blackburn, Stuart V. Nielsen, Michael F. Barej, (unknown), Mareike Hirschfeld, N’Goran G. Kouamé, Dwight P. Lawson, Simon P. Loader, Caleb Ofori‐Boateng, Edward L. Stanley, Mark‐Oliver Rödel	5
15	Evolutionary integration of the frog cranium 2020 ·Evolution ·Carla Bardua, Anne‐Claire Fabre, (unknown), (unknown), Edward L. Stanley, David C. Blackburn, Anjali Goswami	28
16	The distribution of the Bururi Long-fingered Frog (Cardioglossa cyaneospila, family Arthroleptidae), a poorly known Albertine Rift endemic 2016 ·Zootaxa ·David C. Blackburn, (unknown), Eli Greenbaum, Marissa Fabrezi, Danny Meirte, Andrew J. Plumptre, Edward L. Stanley	3
17	Osteology and chondrocranial morphology of Gastrophryne carolinensis (Anura: Microhylidae), with a review of the osteological diversity of New World microhylids 2011 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Linda Trueb, Raúl E. Díaz, David C. Blackburn	1
18	The phylogenetic relationship of geographically separated "Flectonotus" (Anura: Hemiphractidae), as revealed by molecular, behavioral, and morphological data 2011 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·William E. Duellman, Karl‐Heinz Jungfer, David C. Blackburn	1
19	Osteologia e morfologia do condrocrânio de Gastrophryne carolinensis (Anura: Microhylidae), com uma revisão da diversidade osteológica dos Microhylidae do Novo Mundo. 2011 ·Phyllomedusa Journal of Herpetology ·Linda Trueb, Raúl E. Díaz, David C. Blackburn	25
20	A new puddle frog (Phrynobatrachidae: Phrynobatrachus) from the Mambilla Plateau in eastern Nigeria : original article 2010 ·African Journal of Herpetology ·David C. Blackburn	5

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