David L. Wagner

12.6k total citations · 7 hit papers
144 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

About

David L. Wagner is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, David L. Wagner has authored 144 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 95 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 65 papers in Genetics and 40 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in David L. Wagner's work include Plant and animal studies (74 papers), Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy (57 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (25 papers). David L. Wagner is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (74 papers), Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy (57 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (25 papers). David L. Wagner collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. David L. Wagner's co-authors include Peter H. Raven, Eliza M. Grames, Matthew L. Forister, David Stopak, May R. Berenbaum, Sheila R. Colla, John S. Ascher, Richard B. Primack, Amanda S. Gallinat and Rachael Winfree and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

David L. Wagner

139 papers receiving 6.9k citations

Hit Papers

Insect Declines in the Anthropocene 2011 2026 2016 2021 2019 2021 2015 2021 2013 250 500 750
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. Insect Declines in the Anthropocene
    2019 853 citations David L. Wagner profile →
  2. Insect decline in the Anthropocene: Death by a thousand cuts
    2021 840 citations David L. Wagner, Eliza M. Grames et al. profile →
  3. Climate change impacts on bumblebees converge across continents
    2015 565 citations Sheila R. Colla, David L. Wagner et al. profile →
  4. Agricultural intensification and climate change are rapidly decreasing insect biodiversity
    2021 474 citations David L. Wagner et al. profile →
  5. Historical changes in northeastern US bee pollinators related to shared ecological traits
    2013 430 citations David L. Wagner et al. profile →
  6. Autumn, the neglected season in climate change research
    2015 415 citations David L. Wagner et al. profile →
  7. Climate-associated phenological advances in bee pollinators and bee-pollinated plants
    2011 399 citations David L. Wagner, Sheila R. Colla et al. 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 L. Wagner United States 32 4.7k 2.6k 2.2k 1.9k 1.7k 144 7.2k
Yves Basset Panama 46 5.0k 1.1× 2.1k 0.8× 1.6k 0.7× 3.6k 1.9× 1.5k 0.9× 148 7.2k
Matthew L. Forister United States 38 4.4k 0.9× 1.7k 0.6× 2.5k 1.1× 2.4k 1.3× 1.7k 1.0× 154 8.1k
Laurence Packer Canada 45 6.4k 1.4× 4.2k 1.6× 3.5k 1.6× 1.8k 1.0× 1.1k 0.6× 174 8.1k
John T. Longino United States 33 4.1k 0.9× 1.3k 0.5× 2.8k 1.3× 2.0k 1.1× 1.7k 1.0× 98 7.1k
Michael C. Singer United States 45 3.6k 0.8× 1.8k 0.7× 1.6k 0.7× 2.1k 1.1× 946 0.6× 92 5.7k
Toomas Tammaru Estonia 37 3.4k 0.7× 1.7k 0.6× 1.9k 0.9× 1.9k 1.0× 1.4k 0.9× 131 5.8k
Paulo A. V. Borges Portugal 42 3.2k 0.7× 1.6k 0.6× 1.4k 0.6× 2.8k 1.5× 2.4k 1.5× 327 7.5k
James A. Fordyce United States 40 4.3k 0.9× 1.5k 0.6× 2.7k 1.2× 2.7k 1.4× 1.3k 0.8× 128 8.6k
Eelke Jongejans Netherlands 38 3.5k 0.8× 1.6k 0.6× 1.1k 0.5× 3.2k 1.7× 1.5k 0.9× 120 7.3k
Dries Bonte Belgium 44 3.3k 0.7× 1.2k 0.5× 2.1k 1.0× 2.5k 1.3× 1.5k 0.9× 282 7.0k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Mickley, James, David L. Wagner, Leone M. Brown, et al.. (2025). Underrepresentation of dietary‐specialist larval Lepidoptera in small forest fragments: Testing alternative mechanisms. Journal of Animal Ecology. 94(4). 786–799. 2 indexed citations
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Forister, Matthew L., Scott Black, Chris S. Elphick, et al.. (2023). Missing the bigger picture: Why insect monitoring programs are limited in their ability to document the effects of habitat loss. Conservation Letters. 16(3). 11 indexed citations
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Grames, Eliza M., Graham A. Montgomery, Douglas Boyes, et al.. (2022). A framework and case study to systematically identify long‐term insect abundance and diversity datasets. Conservation Science and Practice. 4(6). 10 indexed citations
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Seifert, Carlo L., Leonardo Ré Jorge, Martin Volf, et al.. (2021). Seasonality affects specialisation of a temperate forest herbivore community. Oikos. 130(9). 1450–1461. 11 indexed citations
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Seifert, Carlo L., Martin Volf, Leonardo Ré Jorge, et al.. (2020). Plant phylogeny drives arboreal caterpillar assemblages across the Holarctic. Ecology and Evolution. 10(24). 14137–14151. 10 indexed citations
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Seifert, Carlo L., Greg P. A. Lamarre, Martin Volf, et al.. (2019). Vertical stratification of a temperate forest caterpillar community in eastern North America. Oecologia. 192(2). 501–514. 11 indexed citations
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Dussourd, David E., et al.. (2019). A notodontid novelty: Theroa zethus caterpillars use behavior and anti-predator weaponry to disarm host plants. PLoS ONE. 14(7). e0218994–e0218994. 4 indexed citations
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Bagchi, Robert, Leone M. Brown, Chris S. Elphick, David L. Wagner, & Michael S. Singer. (2018). Anthropogenic fragmentation of landscapes: mechanisms for eroding the specificity of plant–herbivore interactions. Oecologia. 187(2). 521–533. 42 indexed citations
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Haber, William A., David L. Wagner, & Carlos De la Rosa. (2015). A new species of Erythrodiplax breeding in bromeliads in Costa Rica (Odonata: Libellulidae). Zootaxa. 3947(3). 386–96. 8 indexed citations
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Szabo, Nora D., Sheila R. Colla, David L. Wagner, Lawrence F. Gall, & Jeremy T. Kerr. (2012). Do pathogen spillover, pesticide use, or habitat loss explain recent North American bumblebee declines?. Conservation Letters. 5(3). 232–239. 81 indexed citations
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Kawahara, Akito Y., Issei Ohshima, Atsushi Kawakita, et al.. (2011). Increased gene sampling strengthens support for higher-level groups within leaf-mining moths and relatives (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). BMC Evolutionary Biology. 11(1). 182–182. 50 indexed citations
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Dyer, Lee A., Michael S. Singer, John T. Lill, et al.. (2007). Host specificity of Lepidoptera in tropical and temperate forests. Nature. 448(7154). 696–699. 388 indexed citations
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McLaughlin, Robert J., V. E. Langenheim, R. C. Jachens, et al.. (2006). Geologic constraints on long-term displacements along the Rodgers Creek, Healdsburg and Maacama fault zones, Northern California. Seismological Research Letters. 77(2). 201. 4 indexed citations
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Davis, Donald R. & David L. Wagner. (2002). Biology and systematics of the Neotropical leafminer genus Eucosmophora (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae).. Tropical lepidoptera research. 13. 1–40. 11 indexed citations
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Wagner, David L., et al.. (1995). Taxonomic review of apple-feeding species of Phyllonorycter Hübner (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae) in North America.. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 97(3). 603–625. 8 indexed citations
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Wagner, David L.. (1994). Using Digitized Video for Motion Analysis.. The Physics Teacher. 32(4). 4 indexed citations
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Wagner, David L., et al.. (1990). The Walker Lane in northeastern California. International Conference on Multimedia Information Networking and Security. 1 indexed citations
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Wagner, David L., et al.. (1990). The Honey Lake fault zone, northeastern California: Its nature, age, and displacement. International Conference on Multimedia Information Networking and Security. 1 indexed citations

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