François Feer

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

François Feer is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, François Feer has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 24 papers in Ecology and 17 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in François Feer's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (24 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (15 papers) and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (13 papers). François Feer is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (24 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (15 papers) and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (13 papers). François Feer collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Gabon. François Feer's co-authors include Pierre‐Michel Forget, Sylvain Pincebourde, Louise H. Emmons, Olivier Henry, G. Dubost, René Quris, Christian Érard, Jean‐Marc Thiollay, Jean-Marc Duplantier and P Hecketsweiler and has published in prestigious journals such as Conservation Biology, Oecologia and Ecological Applications.

In The Last Decade

François Feer

41 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

Fruit characters as a basis of fruit choice and seed disp... 1985 2026 1998 2012 1985 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. Fruit characters as a basis of fruit choice and seed dispersal in a tropical forest vertebrate community
    1985 517 citations Jean-Marc Duplantier, René Quris et al. Oecologia profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
François Feer France 20 862 817 700 332 184 41 1.5k
Kevina Vulinec United States 18 991 1.1× 751 0.9× 630 0.9× 153 0.5× 390 2.1× 36 1.6k
Timothy C. Moermond United States 20 846 1.0× 773 0.9× 1.0k 1.5× 282 0.8× 53 0.3× 44 1.7k
Laurence Culot Brazil 17 529 0.6× 506 0.6× 481 0.7× 317 1.0× 75 0.4× 51 1000
Thomas D. Lambert United States 15 723 0.8× 1.1k 1.4× 455 0.7× 173 0.5× 102 0.6× 19 1.6k
Rosamond Coates Mexico 26 1.2k 1.4× 1.5k 1.9× 1.5k 2.1× 616 1.9× 413 2.2× 64 2.9k
Jeremiah S. Lwanga Uganda 19 558 0.6× 643 0.8× 468 0.7× 635 1.9× 33 0.2× 25 1.5k
Christian Érard France 9 345 0.4× 322 0.4× 380 0.5× 173 0.5× 67 0.4× 26 701
N. Smythe Panama 9 414 0.5× 518 0.6× 472 0.7× 93 0.3× 77 0.4× 11 872
Dennis A. Meritt United States 14 362 0.4× 581 0.7× 389 0.6× 93 0.3× 136 0.7× 41 991
Andrew Taber United States 15 192 0.2× 962 1.2× 222 0.3× 337 1.0× 75 0.4× 26 1.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by François Feer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of François Feer

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Feer, François, et al.. (2022). Roads Disrupt Frugivory and Seed Removal in Tropical Animal-Dispersed Plants in French Guiana. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 10. 5 indexed citations
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Feer, François, et al.. (2020). Modifications of the rain forest frugivore community are associated with reduced seed removal at the community level. Ecological Applications. 30(4). e02086–e02086. 19 indexed citations
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Mendoza, Irene, et al.. (2014). Rapid Assessment of Seed Removal and Frugivore Activity as a Tool for Monitoring the Health Status of Tropical Forests. Biotropica. 46(5). 633–641. 16 indexed citations
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Feer, François. (2013). Variations in dung beetles assemblages (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) within two rain forest habitats in French Guiana. Revista de Biología Tropical. 61(2). 753–68. 12 indexed citations
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Feer, François, et al.. (2009). The impact of red howler monkey latrines on the distribution of main nutrients and on topsoil profiles in a tropical rain forest. Austral Ecology. 35(5). 549–559. 25 indexed citations
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Feer, François, et al.. (2009). The latrine effect: impact of howler monkeys on the distribution of small seeds in a tropical rain-forest soil. Journal of Tropical Ecology. 25(3). 239–248. 20 indexed citations
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Feer, François, et al.. (2008). Topsoil as Affected by Dung Deposition Under Resting Places of Red Howler Monkey (Alouatta seniculus. Pedosphere. 18(6). 691–698. 11 indexed citations
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Feer, François & Philippe Cerdan. (2006). Variations saisonnières d’activité dans un assemblage de coléoptères nécrophages (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) en forêt tropicale humide. Revue d Écologie (La Terre et La Vie). 61(3). 247–260. 2 indexed citations
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Feer, François & Sylvain Pincebourde. (2005). Diel flight activity and ecological segregation within an assemblage of tropical forest dung and carrion beetles. Journal of Tropical Ecology. 21(1). 21–30. 78 indexed citations
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Hingrat, Yves & François Feer. (2002). Effets de la fragmentation forestière sur l’activité des coléoptères coprophages : dispersion secondaire des graines en Guyane française. Persée (Ministère de lEnseignement supérieur et de la Recherche). 57(8). 165–179. 7 indexed citations
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Feer, François. (2000). Dung and carrion beetles of the rain forest of French Guiana: composition and structure of the guild. Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N S ). 36. 4 indexed citations
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Feer, François. (2000). Dung and carrion beetles (Scarabaeidae s. str. et Aphodiidae) of the rain forest of French Guiana: species composition and structure of populations.. Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N S ). 36(1). 29–43. 7 indexed citations
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Feer, François. (1999). Effects of dung beetles (Scarabaeidae) on seeds dispersed by howler monkeys (Alouatta seniculus) in the French Guianan rain forest. Journal of Tropical Ecology. 15(2). 129–142. 80 indexed citations
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Forget, Pierre‐Michel, T. Milleron, & François Feer. (1998). Patterns in post-dispersal seed removal by neotropical rodents and seed fate in relation to seed size.. 25–49. 88 indexed citations
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Chardonnet, Philippe, et al.. (1995). Faune sauvage africaine : la ressource oubliée. Tome 1 : synthèse. Tome 2 : monographies. Agritrop (Cirad). 4 indexed citations
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Feer, François. (1989). Occupation de l'espace par deux bovidés sympatriques de la forêt dense africaine (Cephalophus callipygus et C. dorsalis): influence du rythme d'activité. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 44(3). 225–248. 9 indexed citations
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Duplantier, Jean-Marc, René Quris, François Feer, et al.. (1985). Fruit characters as a basis of fruit choice and seed dispersal in a tropical forest vertebrate community. Oecologia. 65(3). 324–337. 517 indexed citations breakdown →
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