Edgar Benavides

921 total citations
25 papers, 603 citations indexed

About

Edgar Benavides is a scholar working on Genetics, Global and Planetary Change and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Edgar Benavides has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 603 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Genetics, 12 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 10 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Edgar Benavides's work include Genetic diversity and population structure (17 papers), Amphibian and Reptile Biology (12 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (9 papers). Edgar Benavides is often cited by papers focused on Genetic diversity and population structure (17 papers), Amphibian and Reptile Biology (12 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (9 papers). Edgar Benavides collaborates with scholars based in United States, Ecuador and Canada. Edgar Benavides's co-authors include Jack W. Sites, Juan Carlos Ortiz, Adalgisa Caccone, Michael A. Russello, Washington Tapia, James P. Gibbs, Ryan C. Garrick, Jonathon C. Marshall, Byron J. Adams and Elisabeth Arévalo and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, PLoS ONE and Current Biology.

In The Last Decade

Edgar Benavides

25 papers receiving 589 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Edgar Benavides United States 15 327 212 197 188 178 25 603
Marius Burger South Africa 13 308 0.9× 391 1.8× 146 0.7× 246 1.3× 158 0.9× 33 688
Joseph J. Apodaca United States 10 249 0.8× 197 0.9× 166 0.8× 328 1.7× 209 1.2× 19 677
Danielle Rivera United States 6 258 0.8× 175 0.8× 150 0.8× 186 1.0× 182 1.0× 9 500
Johannes Dambach Germany 10 167 0.5× 178 0.8× 163 0.8× 180 1.0× 141 0.8× 12 650
Jared A. Grummer United States 12 412 1.3× 218 1.0× 135 0.7× 151 0.8× 177 1.0× 21 688
Kathleen Semple Delaney United States 10 307 0.9× 135 0.6× 120 0.6× 150 0.8× 194 1.1× 14 618
Boris S. Tuniyev Russia 10 331 1.0× 417 2.0× 95 0.5× 178 0.9× 204 1.1× 44 654
Edward A. Myers United States 16 425 1.3× 347 1.6× 132 0.7× 237 1.3× 168 0.9× 46 703
Andreia Miraldo Finland 11 321 1.0× 166 0.8× 99 0.5× 199 1.1× 178 1.0× 24 592
Maria Tereza C. Thomé Brazil 13 296 0.9× 328 1.5× 176 0.9× 232 1.2× 250 1.4× 29 624

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Fields of papers citing papers by Edgar Benavides

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Edgar Benavides

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Edgar Benavides. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Edgar Benavides 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 Edgar Benavides. Edgar Benavides is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Blanton, Rebecca E., Daniel J. MacGuigan, Daemin Kim, et al.. (2025). Comparative species delimitation of a biological conservation icon. Current Biology. 35(2). 398–406.e4. 1 indexed citations
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Hervías‐Parejo, Sandra, Rúben Heleno, Beatriz Rumeu, et al.. (2018). Small size does not restrain frugivory and seed dispersal across the evolutionary radiation of Galápagos lava lizards. Current Zoology. 65(4). 353–361. 8 indexed citations
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Spriggs, Elizabeth L., Edgar Benavides, Michael J. Landis, et al.. (2018). Sterile marginal flowers increase visitation and fruit set in the hobblebush (Viburnum lantanoides, Adoxaceae) at multiple spatial scales. Annals of Botany. 123(2). 381–390. 8 indexed citations
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Near, Thomas J., et al.. (2017). A New Species of Logperch Endemic to Tennessee (Percidae: Etheostomatinae:Percina). 58(2). 287–309. 8 indexed citations
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Poulakakis, Nikos, Danielle L. Edwards, Ylenia Chiari, et al.. (2015). Description of a New Galapagos Giant Tortoise Species (Chelonoidis; Testudines: Testudinidae) from Cerro Fatal on Santa Cruz Island. PLoS ONE. 10(10). e0138779–e0138779. 46 indexed citations
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Garrick, Ryan C., Michael A. Russello, Edgar Benavides, et al.. (2015). Naturally rare versus newly rare: demographic inferences on two timescales inform conservation of Galápagos giant tortoises. Ecology and Evolution. 5(3). 676–694. 23 indexed citations
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Garrick, Ryan C., Edgar Benavides, Michael A. Russello, et al.. (2014). Lineage fusion inGalápagos giant tortoises. Molecular Ecology. 23(21). 5276–5290. 46 indexed citations
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Harrington, Richard, Edgar Benavides, & Thomas J. Near. (2012). PHYLOGENETIC INFERENCE OF NUPTIAL TRAIT EVOLUTION IN THE CONTEXT OF ASYMMETRICAL INTROGRESSION IN NORTH AMERICAN DARTERS (TELEOSTEI). Evolution. 67(2). 388–402. 17 indexed citations
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Edwards, Danielle L., Edgar Benavides, Ryan C. Garrick, et al.. (2012). The genetic legacy of Lonesome George survives: Giant tortoises with Pinta Island ancestry identified in Galápagos. Biological Conservation. 157. 225–228. 26 indexed citations
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Benavides, Edgar, Michael A. Russello, Donal M. Boyer, et al.. (2011). Lineage Identification and Genealogical Relationships Among Captive Galápagos Tortoises. Zoo Biology. 31(1). 107–120. 15 indexed citations
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Lanterbecq, Déborah, Scott Glaberman, Maren N. Vitousek, et al.. (2010). Genetic Differentiation between Marine Iguanas from Different Breeding Sites on the Island of Santa Fé (Galápagos Archipelago). Journal of Heredity. 101(6). 663–675. 9 indexed citations
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Russello, Michael A., Nikos Poulakakis, James P. Gibbs, et al.. (2010). DNA from the Past Informs Ex Situ Conservation for the Future: An “Extinct” Species of Galápagos Tortoise Identified in Captivity. PLoS ONE. 5(1). e8683–e8683. 32 indexed citations
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Benavides, Edgar, et al.. (2009). ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY OF GALÁPAGOS LAVA LIZARDS (TROPIDURIDAE:MICROLOPHUS): SPECIES DIVERSITY AND COLONIZATION OF THE ARCHIPELAGO. Evolution. 63(6). 1606–1626. 55 indexed citations
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Victoriano, Pedro F., Juan Carlos Ortiz, Edgar Benavides, Byron J. Adams, & Jack W. Sites. (2008). Comparative phylogeography of codistributed species of ChileanLiolaemus(Squamata: Tropiduridae) from the central‐southern Andean range. Molecular Ecology. 17(10). 2397–2416. 65 indexed citations
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Benavides, Edgar, et al.. (2007). Molecular Phylogenetics of the Lizard Genus Microlophus (Squamata:Tropiduridae): Aligning and Retrieving Indel Signal from Nuclear Introns. Systematic Biology. 56(5). 776–797. 52 indexed citations
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Benavides, Edgar, Juan Carlos Ortiz, & Jack W. Sites. (2002). SPECIES BOUNDARIES AMONG THE TELMATOBIUS (ANURA: LEPTODACTYLIDAE) OF THE LAKE TITICACA BASIN: ALLOZYME AND MORPHOLOGICAL EVIDENCE. Herpetologica. 58(1). 31–55. 22 indexed citations
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Benavides, Edgar, et al.. (2002). A NEW SPECIES OF TELMATOBIUS (ANURA: LEPTODACTYLIDAE) FROM NORTHERN CHILE. Herpetologica. 58(2). 210–220. 10 indexed citations

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