Emma Despland

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
81 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Emma Despland is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Emma Despland has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 33 papers in Genetics and 31 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Emma Despland's work include Plant and animal studies (45 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (30 papers) and Forest Insect Ecology and Management (27 papers). Emma Despland is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (45 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (30 papers) and Forest Insect Ecology and Management (27 papers). Emma Despland collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United Kingdom and United States. Emma Despland's co-authors include Stephen J. Simpson, David J. T. Sumpter, Camille Buhl, Iain D. Couzin, Elizabeth R. Miller, M. J. Collett, Mélanie McClure, Gilles Houle, Tim Dodgson and Bernd F. Hägele and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Emma Despland

77 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

From Disorder to Order in Marching Locusts 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 250 500 750
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. From Disorder to Order in Marching Locusts
    2006 772 citations Camille Buhl, David J. T. Sumpter et al. Science profile →

Peers

Emma Despland
Thomas J. Walker United States
Camille Buhl Australia
Ka S. Lim United Kingdom
Vlastimil Křivan Czechia
Gregory A. Sword United States
Claire Detrain Belgium
Thomas L. Daniel United States
Andrew Reynolds United Kingdom
J. R. Riley United Kingdom
Blaine J. Cole United States
Thomas J. Walker United States
Emma Despland
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Countries citing papers authored by Emma Despland

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Fields of papers citing papers by Emma Despland

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Emma Despland

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

All Works

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Pureswaran, Deepa S., et al.. (2024). Host plant phenology drives risky larval dispersal in an outbreaking insect defoliator. Ecological Entomology. 50(2). 373–384.
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Despland, Emma, et al.. (2024). Vertical stratification of leaf physical traits exerts bottom–up pressures on insect herbivory in a sugar maple temperate forest. Insect Conservation and Diversity. 18(1). 1–15. 2 indexed citations
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Handa, I. Tanya, et al.. (2023). Forest Tent Caterpillar Outbreaks Drive Change in Ant Communities in Boreal Forests. Forests. 14(6). 1147–1147. 1 indexed citations
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Despland, Emma, et al.. (2023). Newly introduced butterfly species’ urban habitat use driven by shorter vegetation and exotic plants. Biological Invasions. 25(6). 1767–1777. 3 indexed citations
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Despland, Emma, et al.. (2020). Top-down and bottom-up controls on an herbivore on a native and introduced plant in a tropical agricultural landscape. PeerJ. 8. e8782–e8782. 2 indexed citations
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Despland, Emma. (2020). Ontogenetic shift from aposematism and gregariousness to crypsis in a Romaleid grasshopper. PLoS ONE. 15(8). e0237594–e0237594. 3 indexed citations
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Bauce, Éric, et al.. (2019). Detoxification of host plant phenolic aglycones by the spruce budworm. PLoS ONE. 14(5). e0208288–e0208288. 6 indexed citations
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Pureswaran, Deepa S., et al.. (2017). How does synchrony with host plant affect the performance of an outbreaking insect defoliator?. Oecologia. 184(4). 847–857. 41 indexed citations
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Rogers, Stephen M., Darron A. Cullen, Malcolm Burrows, et al.. (2014). Rapid behavioural gregarization in the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria entails synchronous changes in both activity and attraction to conspecifics. Journal of Insect Physiology. 65. 9–26. 53 indexed citations
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Despland, Emma. (2014). Butterflies of the high-altitude Atacama Desert: habitat use and conservation. Frontiers in Genetics. 5. 334–334. 15 indexed citations
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Despland, Emma. (2013). Plasticity of collective behavior in a nomadic early spring folivore. Frontiers in Physiology. 4. 54–54. 18 indexed citations
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McClure, Mélanie & Emma Despland. (2011). Defensive responses by a social caterpillar are tailored to different predators and change with larval instar and group size. Die Naturwissenschaften. 98(5). 425–434. 43 indexed citations
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Despland, Emma, et al.. (2011). Effects of polymorphic melanism and larval diet on life history traits of Malacosoma disstria moths. Journal of Insect Physiology. 58(1). 67–74. 9 indexed citations
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Nicolis, Stamatios C., Emma Despland, & Audrey Dussutour. (2008). Collective decision-making and behavioral polymorphism in group living organisms. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 254(3). 580–586. 14 indexed citations
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Despland, Emma, et al.. (2007). Influence of dietary nutritional composition on caterpillar salivary enzyme activity. Journal of Insect Physiology. 54(1). 286–296. 38 indexed citations
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Buhl, Camille, David J. T. Sumpter, Iain D. Couzin, et al.. (2006). From Disorder to Order in Marching Locusts. Science. 312(5778). 1402–1406. 772 indexed citations breakdown →
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Despland, Emma, et al.. (2004). Ontogenetic changes in social behaviour in the forest tent caterpillar, Malacosoma disstria. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 56(2). 177–184. 28 indexed citations

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