David C. Lahti

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

David C. Lahti is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology and Developmental Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, David C. Lahti has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 22 papers in Ecology and 11 papers in Developmental Biology. Recurrent topics in David C. Lahti's work include Animal Behavior and Reproduction (19 papers), Plant and animal studies (17 papers) and Avian ecology and behavior (13 papers). David C. Lahti is often cited by papers focused on Animal Behavior and Reproduction (19 papers), Plant and animal studies (17 papers) and Avian ecology and behavior (13 papers). David C. Lahti collaborates with scholars based in United States, Austria and Canada. David C. Lahti's co-authors include Daniel T. Blumstein, Norman Johnson, Andrew P. Hendry, Sarah P. Otto, Kathleen Donohue, Susan A. Foster, Richard G. Coss, Jeffrey Podos, Dana L. Moseley and Daniel R. Ardia and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

In The Last Decade

David C. Lahti

47 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

  1. Relaxed selection in the wild
    2009 447 citations David C. Lahti, Norman Johnson et al. Trends in Ecology & Evolution profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David C. Lahti United States 18 900 825 288 284 192 47 1.6k
Donald Blomqvist Sweden 24 1.3k 1.5× 1.2k 1.4× 338 1.2× 276 1.0× 125 0.7× 63 2.1k
Deseada Parejo Spain 24 1.1k 1.3× 1.2k 1.4× 221 0.8× 220 0.8× 180 0.9× 82 1.7k
Mark T. Stanback United States 20 1.5k 1.7× 1.3k 1.5× 231 0.8× 601 2.1× 109 0.6× 59 2.0k
Lyanne Brouwer Netherlands 24 1.1k 1.3× 1.4k 1.6× 297 1.0× 270 1.0× 158 0.8× 49 1.9k
Anders Pape M⊘ller Denmark 12 763 0.8× 981 1.2× 216 0.8× 143 0.5× 107 0.6× 18 1.3k
Tom A. Langen United States 23 987 1.1× 782 0.9× 273 0.9× 421 1.5× 157 0.8× 62 1.8k
Stein Are Sæther Norway 19 551 0.6× 879 1.1× 695 2.4× 204 0.7× 102 0.5× 32 1.5k
Julia Schroeder United Kingdom 23 902 1.0× 935 1.1× 187 0.6× 170 0.6× 210 1.1× 70 1.6k
Vittorio Baglione Spain 22 771 0.9× 1.0k 1.2× 473 1.6× 127 0.4× 165 0.9× 49 1.5k
Richard A. Pettifor United Kingdom 20 1.0k 1.1× 1.1k 1.3× 342 1.2× 261 0.9× 138 0.7× 28 1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by David C. Lahti

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Fields of papers citing papers by David C. Lahti

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David C. Lahti

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All Works

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Lahti, David C., et al.. (2023). A Longitudinal Assessment of Benthic Macroinvertebrate Diversity and Water Quality along the Bronx River. Northeastern Naturalist. 29(4). 1 indexed citations
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Weckel, Mark, et al.. (2022). Predictors of Mammalian Diversity in the New York Metropolitan Area. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 10. 5 indexed citations
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Lahti, David C., et al.. (2022). Content bias in the cultural evolution of house finch song. Animal Behaviour. 185. 37–48. 13 indexed citations
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Lahti, David C.. (2021). Analysis of Egg Variation and Foreign Egg Rejection in Rüppell’s Weaver (Ploceus galbula). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 9. 1 indexed citations
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Mann, Dan C., et al.. (2020). House finches learn canary trills. Bioacoustics. 30(2). 215–231. 9 indexed citations
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Ju, Chenghui, et al.. (2019). Four decades of cultural evolution in House Finch songs. The Auk. 136(1). 18 indexed citations
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Lahti, David C., et al.. (2018). A bibliometric analysis of the interdisciplinary field of cultural evolution. Palgrave Communications. 4(1). 55 indexed citations
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Lahti, David C., et al.. (2018). Correction: A bibliometric analysis of the interdisciplinary field of cultural evolution. Palgrave Communications. 4(1). 1 indexed citations
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Podos, Jeffrey, et al.. (2016). A fine-scale, broadly applicable index of vocal performance: frequency excursion. Animal Behaviour. 116. 203–212. 36 indexed citations
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Lahti, David C., et al.. (2014). Light Dulls and Darkens Bird Eggs. PLoS ONE. 9(12). e116112–e116112. 10 indexed citations
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Mundinger, Paul C. & David C. Lahti. (2014). Quantitative integration of genetic factors in the learning and production of canary song. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 281(1781). 20132631–20132631. 18 indexed citations
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Habig, Bobby & David C. Lahti. (2014). Heterospecific intrusions, synchronous fleeing, and nest attendance in a weaverbird colony. Journal für Ornithologie. 156(2). 551–555. 3 indexed citations
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Lahti, David C., Norman Johnson, Sarah P. Otto, et al.. (2009). Relaxed selection in the wild. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 24(9). 487–496. 447 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lahti, David C.. (2008). POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION AND RAPID EVOLUTION OF EGG COLOR IN ACCORDANCE WITH SOLAR RADIATION. The Auk. 125(4). 796–802. 59 indexed citations
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Lahti, David C.. (2005). Evolution of bird eggs in the absence of cuckoo parasitism. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(50). 18057–18062. 103 indexed citations
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Lahti, David C., et al.. (2005). The better angels of our nature: group stability and the evolution of moral tension. Evolution and Human Behavior. 26(1). 47–63. 26 indexed citations
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Lahti, David C.. (2003). A case study of species assessment in invasion biology: the Village Weaverbird Ploceus cucullatus. Animal Biodiversity and Conservation. 26(1). 45–55. 12 indexed citations
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Lahti, David C., et al.. (2002). How precise is egg discrimination in weaverbirds?. Animal Behaviour. 63(6). 1135–1142. 129 indexed citations

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