Donald M. Windsor

6.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
99 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Donald M. Windsor is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Donald M. Windsor has authored 99 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 33 papers in Insect Science and 32 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Donald M. Windsor's work include Plant and animal studies (34 papers), Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution (23 papers) and Forest Insect Ecology and Management (22 papers). Donald M. Windsor is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (34 papers), Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution (23 papers) and Forest Insect Ecology and Management (22 papers). Donald M. Windsor collaborates with scholars based in Panama, United States and Belgium. Donald M. Windsor's co-authors include John H. Werren, Egbert Giles Leigh, A. Stanley Rand, Edward Broadhead, Pamela J. Edwards, Sally C. Levings, Edward Allen Herre, Francis E. Putz, Douglas W. Morrison and Lora A. Richards and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, PLoS ONE and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Donald M. Windsor

98 papers receiving 4.6k 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.

  1. Wolbachiainfection frequencies in insects: evidence of a global equilibrium?
    2000 632 citations Donald M. Windsor et al. profile →
  2. The Ecology of a Tropical Rain Forest: Seasonal Rhythms and Long Term Changes.
    1984 578 citations Egbert Giles Leigh, A. Stanley Rand et al. profile →
  3. The Ecology of a Tropical Forest.
    1985 446 citations Egbert Giles Leigh, A. Stanley Rand 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
Donald M. Windsor Panama 33 2.6k 1.5k 1.2k 1.2k 984 99 5.0k
Clarke H. Scholtz South Africa 38 2.3k 0.9× 882 0.6× 1.5k 1.2× 1.4k 1.1× 879 0.9× 201 4.9k
Steph B. J. Menken Netherlands 33 1.4k 0.6× 857 0.6× 669 0.5× 756 0.6× 975 1.0× 126 3.5k
Bryan Shorrocks United Kingdom 27 2.4k 0.9× 1.6k 1.0× 1.6k 1.3× 2.0k 1.7× 932 0.9× 62 4.8k
Martin H. Villet South Africa 34 1.6k 0.6× 2.1k 1.3× 584 0.5× 945 0.8× 1.1k 1.1× 184 3.8k
William E. Bradshaw United States 37 2.2k 0.8× 1.0k 0.7× 788 0.6× 2.1k 1.8× 1.8k 1.8× 92 5.3k
Chris C. Nice United States 33 2.2k 0.8× 975 0.6× 1.1k 0.9× 882 0.7× 1.9k 2.0× 93 4.0k
James R. Bell United Kingdom 31 1.5k 0.6× 1.2k 0.8× 925 0.7× 1.2k 1.0× 724 0.7× 82 3.6k
William A. Foster United Kingdom 33 2.3k 0.9× 1.0k 0.6× 807 0.6× 1.5k 1.2× 1.4k 1.4× 117 4.4k
Arthur M. Shapiro United States 32 3.1k 1.2× 1.1k 0.7× 1.5k 1.2× 1.0k 0.9× 2.1k 2.1× 223 5.0k
Anthony J. Zera United States 38 3.5k 1.3× 1.8k 1.2× 648 0.5× 1.7k 1.4× 2.5k 2.5× 97 5.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Donald M. Windsor

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Donald M. Windsor

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kirsch, Roy, Benjamin Weiß, Kayoko Fukumori, et al.. (2025). Symbiosis and horizontal gene transfer promote herbivory in the megadiverse leaf beetles. Current Biology. 35(3). 640–654.e7. 7 indexed citations
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Henzler, Christine, Inès Pons, Aileen Berasategui, et al.. (2024). Paleocene origin of a streamlined digestive symbiosis in leaf beetles. Current Biology. 34(8). 1621–1634.e9. 6 indexed citations
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Windsor, Donald M., et al.. (2022). Variation in contact chemical cues may mediate differential predator response in the colour polymorphic tortoise beetle, Chelymorpha alternans. Ecological Entomology. 47(6). 1032–1043. 1 indexed citations
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Fuller, Rebecca C., et al.. (2021). A potential role for overdominance in the maintenance of colour variation in the Neotropical tortoise beetle, Chelymorpha alternans. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 34(5). 779–791. 3 indexed citations
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Bede, Jacqueline C., et al.. (2014). Preemptive Circular Defence of Immature Insects: Definition and Occurrences of Cycloalexy Revisited. Psyche A Journal of Entomology. 2014. 1–13. 17 indexed citations
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Beran, Franziska, et al.. (2014). Cuticular Extracts from Acromis sparsa (Coleoptera: Cassidinae) Mediate Arrestment Behavior of the Commensal Canestriniid Mite Grandiella rugosita. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 40(9). 996–1002. 7 indexed citations
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Windsor, Donald M., et al.. (2014). Cladispa B aly: revision, biology and reassignment of the genus to the tribe S pilophorini ( C oleoptera: C hrysomelidae: C assidinae). Systematic Entomology. 39(3). 518–530. 4 indexed citations
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Carvalho, Mónica R., Peter Wilf, Héctor Barrios, et al.. (2014). Insect Leaf-Chewing Damage Tracks Herbivore Richness in Modern and Ancient Forests. PLoS ONE. 9(5). e94950–e94950. 89 indexed citations
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Nedvěd, Oldřich & Donald M. Windsor. (2013). Supercooling ability, fat and water contents in diapausing tropical beetle, Stenotarsus rotundus (Coleoptera: Endomychidae). European Journal of Entomology. 91(3). 307–312. 9 indexed citations
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Azpurua, Jorge, et al.. (2010). Lutzomyia Sand Fly Diversity and Rates of Infection by Wolbachia and an Exotic Leishmania Species on Barro Colorado Island, Panama. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 4(3). e627–e627. 91 indexed citations
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Windsor, Donald M., et al.. (2008). Immature Stages ofAsteriza flavicornis(Olivier) andPhysonota alutaceaBoheman (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Annales Zoologici. 58(3). 641–665. 6 indexed citations
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Pasteels, Jean Jules, et al.. (2008). Potential and Realized Feeding Niches of Neotropical Hispine Beetles (Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae, Cephaloleiini). Environmental Entomology. 37(1). 224–229. 7 indexed citations
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Kaspari, Michael, John Pickering, & Donald M. Windsor. (2001). The reproductive flight phenology of a neotropical ant assemblage. Ecological Entomology. 26(3). 245–257. 47 indexed citations
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Braekman, J. C., et al.. (2000). Triterpene Saponins in the Defensive Secretion of a Chrysomelid Beetle, Platyphora ligata. Journal of Natural Products. 63(5). 646–649. 14 indexed citations
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Suzuki, Kunio & Donald M. Windsor. (1999). The Internal Reproductive System of Panamanian Aulacoscelis sp. (Coleoptera : Chrysomelidae, Aulacoscelinae) and Comments on the Systematic Position of the Subfamily. Entomological Science. 2(3). 391–398. 7 indexed citations
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Leigh, Egbert Giles, A. Stanley Rand, & Donald M. Windsor. (1997). Brief Notices: The Ecology of a Tropical Forest: Seasonal Rhythms and Long-Term Changes (Second Edition). Forest Science. 43(1). 154–154. 2 indexed citations
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Downhower, Jerry F. & Donald M. Windsor. (1971). Use of Landmarks in Orientation by Bank Swallows. BioScience. 21(12). 570–572. 6 indexed citations

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