Dennis J. O’Dowd

6.3k citations

78 papers · 4.5k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 36

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics top 0.2%
Insect Science top 0.2%
Nature and Landscape Conservation top 0.5%
Ecology top 1%
Genetics top 1%

Co-authors: Peter T. Green P. S. Lake Peter R. Atsatt Mary F. Willson Mark E. Hay David Evans Walter A. Malcolm Gill Ralph Mac Nally
Topics: Plant and animal studies (46 papers)Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (29 papers)Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (19 papers)
Cited by: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics Insect Science Nature and Landscape Conservation
Journals: Science Trends in Ecology & Evolution Ecology
Partner nations: Australia United States Malaysia

In The Last Decade

Dennis J. O’Dowd

76 papers receiving 4.1k citations

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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.

Invasional ‘meltdown’ on an oceanic island

2003 537 citations Dennis J. O’Dowd, Peter T. Green et al. Ecology Letters profile →
Plant Defense Guilds

1976 468 citations Dennis J. O’Dowd et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Ant interceptions reveal roles of transport and commodity in identifying biosecurity risk pathways into Australia 2019 ·NeoBiota ·Elissa L. Suhr,Dennis J. O’Dowd,Andrew V. Suarez,Phillip Cassey,Talia A. Wittmann,Joshua V. Ross,(unknown)	25
2	Invasional meltdown: Invader–invader mutualism facilitates a secondary invasion 2011 ·Ecology ·Peter T. Green,Dennis J. O’Dowd,Kirsti L Abbott,(unknown),(unknown),Ralph Mac Nally	160
3	Genetic structure, behaviour and invasion history of the Argentine ant supercolony in Australia 2010 ·Evolutionary Applications ·Elissa L. Suhr,Dennis J. O’Dowd,Stephen W. McKechnie,Duncan A. Mackay	20
4	Impacts of an invasive willow (Salix × rubens) on riparian bird assemblages in south-eastern Australia 2010 ·Austral Ecology ·(unknown),Dennis J. O’Dowd,Ralph Mac Nally	30
5	Land crabs as key drivers in tropical coastal forest recruitment 2009 ·Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society ·(unknown),Ken W. Krauss,Peter T. Green,Dennis J. O’Dowd,Peter M. Sherman,Thomas J. Smith	80
6	Invasive ants disrupt frugivory by endemic island birds 2009 ·Biology Letters ·Naomi E. Davis,Dennis J. O’Dowd,Ralph Mac Nally,(unknown)	37
7	New mutualism for old: indirect disruption and direct facilitation of seed dispersal following Argentine ant invasion 2008 ·Oecologia ·(unknown),Dennis J. O’Dowd	50
8	Effects of an Alien Ant Invasion on Abundance, Behavior, and Reproductive Success of Endemic Island Birds 2008 ·Conservation Biology ·Naomi E. Davis,Dennis J. O’Dowd,Peter T. Green,Ralph Mac Nally	51
9	Issues and implications for research on disturbed oceanic islands illustrated through an ant survey of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands 2008 ·Journal of Insect Conservation ·Peter J. Neville,Dennis J. O’Dowd,Alan L. Yen	6
10	Recruitment dynamics in a rainforest seedling community: context-independent impact of a keystone consumer 2008 ·Oecologia ·(unknown),Dennis J. O’Dowd,P. S. Lake	30
11	Invasional ‘meltdown’ on an oceanic islandbreakdown → 2003 ·Ecology Letters ·Dennis J. O’Dowd,Peter T. Green,P. S. Lake	537
12	The good, the bad and the ugly: Which really inhabit leaf domatia? 1999 ·Inorganic Chemistry ·D. Walter,Dennis J. O’Dowd	1
13	Monopolization of litter processing by a dominant land crab on a tropical oceanic island 1999 ·Oecologia ·Peter T. Green,P. S. Lake,Dennis J. O’Dowd	47
14	Life on the forest phylloplane: hairs, little houses, and myriad mites. 1995 ·Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology ·D. E. Walter,Dennis J. O’Dowd,M. D. Lowman,Nalini M. Nadkarni	30
15	The forgotten arthropods: foliar mites in the forest canopy 1994 ·Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Nature ·(unknown),Dennis J. O’Dowd,(unknown)	35
16	Plants, mites and mutualism: leaf domatia and the abundance and reproduction of mites on Viburnum tinus (Caprifoliaceae) 1994 ·Oecologia ·(unknown),Dennis J. O’Dowd	99
17	Associations between mites and leaf domatia 1991 ·Trends in Ecology & Evolution ·Dennis J. O’Dowd,Mary F. Willson	83
18	The effect of nutrients and inflorescence damage by insects on fruit-set by Banksia spinulosa 1989 ·Oecologia ·(unknown),Dennis J. O’Dowd	36
19	Fruit color polymorphism in a bird-dispersed shrub (Rhagodia parabolica) in Australia 1989 ·Evolutionary Ecology ·Mary F. Willson,Dennis J. O’Dowd	41
20	Ants and extrafloral nectaries: no evidence for plant protection in Helichrysum spp. ? ant interactions 1983 ·Oecologia ·Dennis J. O’Dowd,E. A. Catchpole	92

About Dennis J. O’Dowd

Dennis J. O’Dowd is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science and Nature and Landscape Conservation, having authored 78 papers that have together received 4.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Plant and animal studies (46 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (29 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (19 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (2.8k citations), Insect Science (1.6k citations) and Nature and Landscape Conservation (1.5k citations). Dennis J. O’Dowd has collaborated with scholars based in Australia, United States and Malaysia. Frequent co-authors include Peter T. Green, P. S. Lake, Peter R. Atsatt, Mary F. Willson, Mark E. Hay, David Evans Walter, A. Malcolm Gill, Ralph Mac Nally, P. S. Lake and Gail A. Baker. Their work appears in journals such as Science, Trends in Ecology & Evolution and Ecology.

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