Deborah A. McLennan

5.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
83 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Deborah A. McLennan is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Deborah A. McLennan has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 32 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 21 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Deborah A. McLennan's work include Animal Behavior and Reproduction (25 papers), Plant and animal studies (23 papers) and Fish Ecology and Management Studies (18 papers). Deborah A. McLennan is often cited by papers focused on Animal Behavior and Reproduction (25 papers), Plant and animal studies (23 papers) and Fish Ecology and Management Studies (18 papers). Deborah A. McLennan collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Finland. Deborah A. McLennan's co-authors include Daniel R. Brooks, Brian I. Crother, Melissa Luckow, Eric P. Hoberg, J. D. McPhail, Michael J. Ryan, John Janovy, M.G.P. van Veller, Virginia León‐Régàgnon and Derek A. Zelmer and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Trends in Ecology & Evolution and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Deborah A. McLennan

82 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Phylogeny, Ecology, and Behavior. A Research Program in Comparative Biology

1991 651 citations Daniel R. Brooks, Deborah A. McLennan et al. Copeia profile →
Phylogeny, Ecology, and Behavior.

1991 445 citations Daniel R. Brooks, Deborah A. McLennan et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Deborah A. McLennan Canada	30	1.7k	1.6k	1.2k	1.0k	808	83	4.1k
Mats Björklund Sweden	39	1.7k 1.0×	1.9k 1.2×	1.7k 1.4×	845 0.8×	260 0.3×	136	4.0k
Alan de Queiroz United States	25	1.5k 0.9×	987 0.6×	1.0k 0.9×	540 0.5×	751 0.9×	39	3.3k
Conrad A. Matthee South Africa	41	1.2k 0.7×	2.0k 1.3×	2.0k 1.7×	698 0.7×	1.0k 1.2×	137	4.7k
Josef Bryja Czechia	37	1.2k 0.7×	2.2k 1.4×	1.6k 1.3×	646 0.6×	739 0.9×	184	4.0k
David S. Woodruff United States	38	1.2k 0.7×	2.4k 1.5×	2.1k 1.8×	612 0.6×	437 0.5×	95	5.0k
Tamaki Yuri United States	14	1.0k 0.6×	1.2k 0.8×	1.4k 1.2×	787 0.8×	1.1k 1.3×	16	3.3k
Márcio R. Pie Brazil	32	1.2k 0.7×	1.3k 0.8×	1.1k 0.9×	782 0.8×	256 0.3×	194	3.5k
Charles H. Daugherty New Zealand	36	1.1k 0.7×	2.2k 1.4×	1.4k 1.2×	1.1k 1.0×	354 0.4×	122	4.2k
Shannon J. Hackett United States	29	1.6k 0.9×	1.6k 1.0×	2.1k 1.7×	1.2k 1.2×	1.5k 1.9×	65	4.6k
David M. Lambert New Zealand	38	1.1k 0.7×	1.9k 1.2×	2.2k 1.8×	561 0.5×	544 0.7×	180	4.5k

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McLennan, Deborah A., et al.. (2014). Spawning Behaviour and the Softmouth Trout Dilemma. Archives of Polish Fisheries. 22(2). 159–165. 4 indexed citations

McLennan, Deborah A.. (2010). Sociobiology and the Comparative Approach: One Way to Study Ourselves. Evolution Education and Outreach. 3(4). 548–557. 2 indexed citations

McLennan, Deborah A., et al.. (2010). Sexual behaviour of a Masu salmon parr, with implications for the evolution of parr sexual behaviour in the salmonines. Ecology Of Freshwater Fish. 20(3). 492–494. 3 indexed citations

McLennan, Deborah A., et al.. (2010). Spawning behaviour of amemasu charr, Salvelinus leucomaenis leucomaenis, with a discussion of the macroevolutionary patterns of postspawning behaviour in the Salmoninae. Ecology Of Freshwater Fish. 20(3). 364–370. 5 indexed citations

McLennan, Deborah A., et al.. (2007). The Phylogeny of Oncorhynchus (Euteleostei: Salmonidae) Based on Behavioral and Life History Characters. Copeia. 2007(3). 520–533. 13 indexed citations

Brooks, Daniel R., Jaret Bilewitch, David C. Evans, et al.. (2007). Quantitative Phylogenetic Analysis in the 21st Century. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 78(2). 225–252. 22 indexed citations

McLennan, Deborah A. & Jessica L. Ward. (2006). The relative influences of sexual and natural selection upon the evolution of male nuptial colouration in the brook stickleback, Culaea inconstans. Behaviour. 143(4). 483–510. 7 indexed citations

Brooks, Daniel R., Virginia León‐Régàgnon, Deborah A. McLennan, & Derek A. Zelmer. (2006). ECOLOGICAL FITTING AS A DETERMINANT OF THE COMMUNITY STRUCTURE OF PLATYHELMINTH PARASITES OF ANURANS. Ecology. 87(sp7). S76–S85. 141 indexed citations

McLennan, Deborah A., et al.. (2004). Total evidence phylogeny of Gasterosteidae: combining molecular, morphological and behavioral data. Cladistics. 20(1). 14–22. 23 indexed citations

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McLennan, Deborah A., et al.. (2002). RESOURCE TRACKING IN NORTH AMERICAN TELORCHIS SPP. (DIGENEA: PLAGIORCHIFORMES: TELORCHIDAE). Journal of Parasitology. 88(5). 874–879. 12 indexed citations

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Brooks, Daniel R. & Deborah A. McLennan. (2002). The Nature of Diversity: An Evolutionary Voyage of Discovery. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 227 indexed citations

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McLennan, Deborah A., et al.. (2001). The Phylogeny of the Gasterosteidae: Combining Behavioral and Morphological Data Sets. Cladistics. 17(1). 11–27. 30 indexed citations

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McLennan, Deborah A., et al.. (2000). Phylogeny and Speciation of Felids. Cladistics. 16(2). 232–253. 103 indexed citations

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McLennan, Deborah A., et al.. (1999). Macroevolutionary Patterns of Male Reproductive Investment in a Clade of Parasitic Hermaphrodites. Journal of Parasitology. 85(3). 540–540. 4 indexed citations

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McLennan, Deborah A. & Jonathan B. Losos. (1996). Integrating Phylogenetic and Experimental Analyses: The Evolution of Male and Female Nuptial Coloration in the Stickleback Fishes (Gasterosteidae). Systematic Biology. 45(3). 261–277. 44 indexed citations

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Blair, David, Daniel R. Brooks, & Deborah A. McLennan. (1994). So Many Parasites and so Little Time!. Systematic Biology. 43(2). 296–296. 2 indexed citations

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Brooks, Daniel R. & Deborah A. McLennan. (1993). Comparative Study of Adaptive Radiations with an Example Using Parasitic Flatworms (Platyhelminthes: Cercomeria). The American Naturalist. 142(5). 755–778. 47 indexed citations

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Brooks, Daniel R. & Deborah A. McLennan. (1993). MACROEVOLUTIONARY PATTERNS OF MORPHOLOGICAL DIVERSIFICATION AMONG PARASITIC FLATWORMS (PLATYHELMINTHES: CERCOMERIA). Evolution. 47(2). 495–509. 45 indexed citations

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Brooks, Daniel R. & Deborah A. McLennan. (1993). Macroevolutionary Patterns of Morphological Diversification among Parasitic Flatworms (Platyhelminthes: Cercomeria). Evolution. 47(2). 495–495. 19 indexed citations

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McLennan, Deborah A.. (1991). INTEGRATING PHYLOGENY AND EXPERIMENTAL ETHOLOGY: FROM PATTERN TO PROCEs. Evolution. 45(8). 1773–1789. 51 indexed citations

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