David Cundall

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

David Cundall is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, David Cundall has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 21 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 15 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in David Cundall's work include Amphibian and Reptile Biology (38 papers), Turtle Biology and Conservation (15 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (10 papers). David Cundall is often cited by papers focused on Amphibian and Reptile Biology (38 papers), Turtle Biology and Conservation (15 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (10 papers). David Cundall collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Canada. David Cundall's co-authors include Howard K. Reinert, Douglas A. Rossman, Lauretta M. Bushar, Carl Gans, Frances Irish, Van Wallach, Susan E. Erdman, Frank T. Burbrink, J. Scott Keogh and R. Alexander Pyron and has published in prestigious journals such as Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, Systematic Biology and Journal of Experimental Biology.

In The Last Decade

David Cundall

44 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

An Improved Surgical Implantation Method for Radio-Tracking Snakes

1982 344 citations Howard K. Reinert, David Cundall Copeia profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Cundall United States	22	1.3k	618	609	493	311	45	1.6k
George R. Zug United States	25	1.6k 1.3×	815 1.3×	914 1.5×	759 1.5×	308 1.0×	121	2.4k
Javier A. Rodríguez‐Robles United States	25	919 0.7×	835 1.4×	356 0.6×	405 0.8×	106 0.3×	53	1.5k
Gordon W. Schuett United States	28	1.4k 1.1×	1.2k 2.0×	577 0.9×	777 1.6×	134 0.4×	81	2.3k
Kate L. Sanders Australia	22	886 0.7×	521 0.8×	421 0.7×	342 0.7×	310 1.0×	81	1.7k
Harold G. Cogger Australia	17	694 0.5×	356 0.6×	296 0.5×	325 0.7×	100 0.3×	36	1.0k
Kurt Schwenk United States	23	1.1k 0.8×	919 1.5×	356 0.6×	340 0.7×	180 0.6×	47	1.8k
Peter S. Harlow Australia	30	1.8k 1.5×	1.4k 2.3×	989 1.6×	1.2k 2.4×	122 0.4×	71	2.7k
Carl H. Ernst United States	22	1.5k 1.2×	493 0.8×	1.9k 3.2×	1.3k 2.6×	179 0.6×	94	2.5k
Marco A. L. Zuffi Italy	21	793 0.6×	600 1.0×	297 0.5×	419 0.8×	63 0.2×	124	1.3k
Julio A. Lemos‐Espinal United States	20	1.3k 1.0×	877 1.4×	286 0.5×	537 1.1×	216 0.7×	119	1.8k

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Cundall, David, et al.. (2024). How anatomy influences measurements of snakes. Journal of Morphology. 285(8). e21758–e21758.

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Cundall, David, et al.. (2022). Dorsal root ganglia, neural crest migration, and spinal cord form in snakes. Journal of Morphology. 283(6). 867–874. 2 indexed citations

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Perni, Stefano, et al.. (2014). Highly extensible skeletal muscle in snakes. Journal of Experimental Biology. 217(Pt 14). 2445–8. 15 indexed citations

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Cundall, David, et al.. (2012). Mammals as prey: Estimating ingestible size. Journal of Morphology. 273(9). 1042–1049. 6 indexed citations

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Cundall, David, et al.. (2011). Foraging Time Investment in an Urban Population of Watersnakes (Nerodia sipedon). Journal of Herpetology. 45(2). 174–177. 2 indexed citations

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Cundall, David, et al.. (2009). Functional morphology of the palato‐maxillary apparatus in “Palatine dragging” snakes (Serpentes: Elapidae: Acanthophis, Oxyuranus). Journal of Morphology. 271(1). 73–85. 3 indexed citations

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Cundall, David. (2008). Viper Fangs: Functional Limitations of Extreme Teeth. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 82(1). 63–79. 24 indexed citations

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Cundall, David, et al.. (2007). Dynamic changes in body form during swimming in the water snake Nerodia sipedon. Zoology. 111(1). 48–61. 22 indexed citations

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Cundall, David, et al.. (2003). Feeding in Atractaspis (Serpentes: Atractaspididae): a study in conflicting functional constraints. Zoology. 106(1). 43–61. 25 indexed citations

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Cundall, David, et al.. (2003). Prey transport in “palatine‐erecting” elapid snakes. Journal of Morphology. 258(3). 358–375. 12 indexed citations

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Cundall, David. (2000). Drinking in Snakes: Kinematic Cycling and Water Transport. Journal of Experimental Biology. 203(14). 2171–2185. 21 indexed citations

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Cundall, David, et al.. (1995). Rhinokinetic snout of thamnophiine snakes. Journal of Morphology. 225(1). 31–50. 25 indexed citations

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Cundall, David. (1995). Feeding behaviour in Cylindrophis and its bearing on the evolution of alethinophidian snakes. Journal of Zoology. 237(3). 353–376. 41 indexed citations

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Cundall, David, et al.. (1994). Morphology and behavior of the feeding apparatus in Cryptobranchus alleganiensis (Amphibia: Caudata). Journal of Morphology. 220(1). 47–70. 55 indexed citations

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Cundall, David & Richard Shine. (1993). Australian Snakes: A Natural History. Copeia. 1993(3). 908–908. 23 indexed citations

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Cundall, David. (1993). Cephalic anatomy of the rare Indonesian snake Anomochilus weberi. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 109(3). 235–273. 3 indexed citations

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Cundall, David. (1986). Variations of the cephalic muscles in the colubrid snake genera Entechinus, Opheodrys, and Symphimus. Journal of Morphology. 187(1). 1–21. 17 indexed citations

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Erdman, Susan E. & David Cundall. (1984). The feeding apparatus of the salamander Amphiuma tridactylum: Morphology and behavior. Journal of Morphology. 181(2). 175–204. 43 indexed citations

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Cundall, David. (1983). Activity of Head Muscles During Feeding by Snakes: A Comparative Study. American Zoologist. 23(2). 383–396. 76 indexed citations

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Reinert, Howard K. & David Cundall. (1982). An Improved Surgical Implantation Method for Radio-Tracking Snakes. Copeia. 1982(3). 702–702. 344 indexed citations breakdown →

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