Evon Hekkala

907 total citations
35 papers, 648 citations indexed

About

Evon Hekkala is a scholar working on Genetics, Ecology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Evon Hekkala has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 648 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Genetics, 17 papers in Ecology and 13 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Evon Hekkala's work include Genetic diversity and population structure (22 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (10 papers) and Identification and Quantification in Food (10 papers). Evon Hekkala is often cited by papers focused on Genetic diversity and population structure (22 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (10 papers) and Identification and Quantification in Food (10 papers). Evon Hekkala collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Evon Hekkala's co-authors include George Amato, Michael J. Blum, Rob DeSalle, Jan A. Randall, Robert W. Meredith, John Gatesy, Matthew H. Shirley, John B. Thorbjarnarson, Kent A. Vliet and Marlys L. Houck and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The Science of The Total Environment and Molecular Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Evon Hekkala

34 papers receiving 625 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Evon Hekkala United States 15 257 235 216 198 108 35 648
Mia J. Hillyer Australia 15 111 0.4× 247 1.1× 262 1.2× 176 0.9× 78 0.7× 35 520
Alexandre Mendes Fernandes Brazil 12 123 0.5× 181 0.8× 242 1.1× 219 1.1× 76 0.7× 20 513
Denim M. Jochimsen United States 6 197 0.8× 229 1.0× 245 1.1× 180 0.9× 87 0.8× 6 627
Tonya A. Penkrot United States 4 150 0.6× 163 0.7× 276 1.3× 99 0.5× 127 1.2× 7 621
Elizabeth Christina Miller United States 13 80 0.3× 196 0.8× 180 0.8× 145 0.7× 125 1.2× 21 590
João F. R. Tonini United States 13 159 0.6× 212 0.9× 222 1.0× 193 1.0× 119 1.1× 32 798
PR Baverstock Australia 17 217 0.8× 328 1.4× 214 1.0× 103 0.5× 129 1.2× 33 653
Edgar Benavides United States 15 70 0.3× 175 0.7× 327 1.5× 197 1.0× 124 1.1× 25 603
Natalie A. Wright United States 9 161 0.6× 265 1.1× 105 0.5× 105 0.5× 70 0.6× 15 507
Péricles Sena do Rêgo Brazil 16 64 0.2× 119 0.5× 222 1.0× 243 1.2× 133 1.2× 43 474

Countries citing papers authored by Evon Hekkala

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Fields of papers citing papers by Evon Hekkala

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Evon Hekkala

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

All Works

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Wright, Patricia C., et al.. (2023). Leech‐derived iDNA complements traditional surveying methods, enhancing species detections for rapid biodiversity sampling in the tropics. Environmental DNA. 5(6). 1557–1573. 5 indexed citations
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Hekkala, Evon, et al.. (2023). Life on the edge—a changing genetic landscape within an iconic American pika metapopulation over the last half century. PeerJ. 11. e15962–e15962. 5 indexed citations
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Hekkala, Evon, John Gatesy, Apurva Narechania, et al.. (2021). Paleogenomics illuminates the evolutionary history of the extinct Holocene “horned” crocodile of Madagascar, Voay robustus. Communications Biology. 4(1). 505–505. 25 indexed citations
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Hekkala, Evon, John Gatesy, Apurva Narechania, et al.. (2021). Author Correction: Paleogenomics illuminates the evolutionary history of the extinct Holocene “horned” crocodile of Madagascar, Voay robustus. Communications Biology. 4(1). 648–648. 1 indexed citations
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Tessler, Michael, et al.. (2020). Multilocus Metabarcoding of Terrestrial Leech Bloodmeal iDNA Increases Species Richness Uncovered in Surveys of Vertebrate Host Biodiversity. Journal of Parasitology. 106(6). 843–853. 8 indexed citations
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Amato, George, et al.. (2020). Phylogenomics reveals novel relationships among Neotropical crocodiles (Crocodylus spp.). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 152. 106924–106924. 14 indexed citations
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Hekkala, Evon, Matthew L. Aardema, Apurva Narechania, et al.. (2020). The secrets of Sobek – A crocodile mummy mitogenome from ancient Egypt. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports. 33. 102483–102483. 8 indexed citations
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Siddall, Mark E., et al.. (2019). Ideating iDNA: Lessons and limitations from leeches in legacy collections. PLoS ONE. 14(2). e0212226–e0212226. 14 indexed citations
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Hekkala, Evon, et al.. (2019). Biological inventory of Ranomafana National Park tetrapods using leech-derived iDNA. European Journal of Wildlife Research. 65(5). 14 indexed citations
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Russello, Michael A., Vikas Kumar, Frank J. Mazzotti, et al.. (2018). Genetic evidence supports a distinct lineage of American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) in the Greater Antilles. PeerJ. 6. e5836–e5836. 14 indexed citations
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Peacock, Mary M., et al.. (2016). Native fishes in the Truckee River: Are in-stream structures and patterns of population genetic structure related?. The Science of The Total Environment. 563-564. 221–236. 13 indexed citations
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Buffrénil, Vivian de, et al.. (2015). Fine-scale genetic analysis of the exploited Nile monitor (Varanus niloticus) in Sahelian Africa. BMC Genetics. 16(1). 32–32. 11 indexed citations
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Portik, Daniel M., Vivian de Buffrénil, Ivan Ineich, et al.. (2015). Molecular data from contemporary and historical collections reveal a complex story of cryptic diversification in the Varanus (Polydaedalus) niloticus Species Group. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 94(Pt B). 591–604. 23 indexed citations
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Hekkala, Evon, Matthew H. Shirley, George Amato, et al.. (2011). An ancient icon reveals new mysteries: mummy DNA resurrects a cryptic species within the Nile crocodile. Molecular Ecology. 20(20). 4199–4215. 124 indexed citations
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Meredith, Robert W., Evon Hekkala, George Amato, & John Gatesy. (2011). A phylogenetic hypothesis for Crocodylus (Crocodylia) based on mitochondrial DNA: Evidence for a trans-Atlantic voyage from Africa to the New World. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 60(1). 183–191. 72 indexed citations
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Randall, Jan A., et al.. (2002). Familiarity and flexible mating strategies of a solitary rodent, Dipodomys ingens. Animal Behaviour. 64(1). 11–21. 35 indexed citations
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Randall, Jan A., et al.. (1995). Inter-specific variation in anti-predator behavior in sympatric species of kangaroo rat. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 36(4). 243–250. 3 indexed citations

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