David R. Towns

5.4k citations
80 papers · 3.6k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 31
Topics
Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (37 papers)Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (35 papers)Isotope Analysis in Ecology (17 papers)

In The Last Decade

David R. Towns

79 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Peers

David R. Towns
Comparison fields: 5 of 101
  • Ecology 2.9k
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation 1.1k
  • Genetics 799
  • Global and Planetary Change 582
  • Ecological Modeling 562
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Fields of papers citing papers by David R. Towns

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David R. Towns

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David R. Towns. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David R. Towns based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with David R. Towns. David R. Towns is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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#WorkIndexed citations
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2 19
3 6
4 293
5 242
6 24
7 44
8 152
9 16
10 66
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12 15
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14 65
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About David R. Towns

David R. Towns is a scholar working on Ecological Modeling, Ecology and Geography, Planning and Development, having authored 80 papers that have together received 3.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (37 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (35 papers) and Isotope Analysis in Ecology (17 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ecological Modeling (562 citations), Ecology (2.9k citations) and Nature and Landscape Conservation (1.1k citations). David R. Towns has collaborated with scholars based in New Zealand, United States and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Charles H. Daugherty, Ian A.E. Atkinson, Keith Broome, Christa P. H. Mulder, Mick N. Clout, Peter J. Bellingham, David A. Wardle, James C. Russell, Karen I. Bonner and G. W. Yeates. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Trends in Ecology & Evolution and Ecology Letters.

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