Gary E. Belovsky

5.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
66 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Gary E. Belovsky is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Gary E. Belovsky has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Ecology, 37 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 11 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Gary E. Belovsky's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (28 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (18 papers) and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (10 papers). Gary E. Belovsky is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (28 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (18 papers) and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (10 papers). Gary E. Belovsky collaborates with scholars based in United States, Puerto Rico and Australia. Gary E. Belovsky's co-authors include Jennifer B. Slade, Todd A. Crowl, Peter A. Jordan, Ariel E. Lugo, Robert Parmenter, Thomas O. Crist, Chad A. Larson, Oswald J. Schmitz, Angela Laws and Brian A. Stockhoff and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Gary E. Belovsky

65 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

Diet optimization in a generalist herbivore: The moose 1978 2026 1994 2010 1978 100 200 300 400
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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. Diet optimization in a generalist herbivore: The moose
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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Gary E. Belovsky United States 32 2.5k 1.6k 1.2k 600 569 66 4.2k
Sipke E. van Wieren Netherlands 36 2.1k 0.8× 804 0.5× 1.1k 0.9× 531 0.9× 526 0.9× 78 3.7k
Zvika Abramsky Israel 41 3.0k 1.2× 2.2k 1.3× 2.1k 1.7× 555 0.9× 622 1.1× 117 4.8k
Kamil A. Bartoń Poland 19 2.5k 1.0× 1.5k 0.9× 1.4k 1.2× 939 1.6× 580 1.0× 30 4.6k
Javier A. Simonetti Chile 33 2.1k 0.8× 1.4k 0.9× 918 0.8× 802 1.3× 336 0.6× 189 3.4k
Brent J. Danielson United States 26 3.4k 1.4× 2.8k 1.7× 1.5k 1.3× 1.1k 1.8× 399 0.7× 50 5.1k
Bart A. Nolet Netherlands 41 4.1k 1.6× 1.5k 0.9× 1.3k 1.1× 697 1.2× 436 0.8× 166 5.8k
Nicholas J. Aebischer United Kingdom 39 6.0k 2.4× 2.2k 1.3× 1.7k 1.4× 1.1k 1.8× 568 1.0× 127 7.4k
David M. Forsyth Australia 35 3.2k 1.3× 1.5k 0.9× 602 0.5× 647 1.1× 596 1.0× 150 4.3k
Darren M. Evans United Kingdom 34 1.5k 0.6× 1.0k 0.6× 1.6k 1.3× 722 1.2× 468 0.8× 95 3.6k
Eric Duffey United States 42 3.3k 1.3× 1.9k 1.1× 1.8k 1.6× 935 1.6× 1.1k 1.9× 134 6.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Belovsky, Gary E., et al.. (2025). Environment and phytoplankton relative abundances in a hypersaline lake: 27 years in Great Salt Lake, USA and experiments. Aquatic Ecology. 59(2). 707–724. 1 indexed citations
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Belovsky, Gary E. & Jennifer B. Slade. (2024). Climate Change and Herbivores: Forty Years in a Bunchgrass Prairie. Animals. 14(18). 2647–2647.
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Belovsky, Gary E., et al.. (2024). Artemia selective grazing: survival value and nutritional intake. Hydrobiologia. 852(3). 735–749. 1 indexed citations
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Belovsky, Gary E., et al.. (2020). Impact of abiotic factors on microbialite growth (Great Salt Lake, Utah, USA): a tank experiment. Hydrobiologia. 847(9). 2113–2122. 8 indexed citations
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Belovsky, Gary E. & Jennifer B. Slade. (2020). Climate change and primary production: Forty years in a bunchgrass prairie. PLoS ONE. 15(12). e0243496–e0243496. 5 indexed citations
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Belovsky, Gary E., et al.. (2019). Overwinter survival of crustacean diapausing cysts: Brine shrimp (Artemia franciscana) in Great Salt Lake, Utah. Limnology and Oceanography. 64(6). 2538–2549. 3 indexed citations
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Belovsky, Gary E. & Jennifer B. Slade. (2019). Biotic Versus Abiotic Control of Primary Production Identified in a Common Garden Experiment. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 11961–11961. 1 indexed citations
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Prather, Chelse M. & Gary E. Belovsky. (2019). Herbivore and detritivore effects on rainforest plant production are altered by disturbance. Ecology and Evolution. 9(13). 7652–7659. 7 indexed citations
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Belovsky, Gary E., et al.. (2015). Natural and experimental tests of trophic cascades: gray wolves and white-tailed deer in a Great Lakes forest. Oecologia. 180(4). 1183–1194. 34 indexed citations
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Belovsky, Gary E. & Jennifer B. Slade. (2010). Observations on non-additive predation: birds and grasshoppers. Evolutionary ecology research. 12(6). 739–749. 4 indexed citations
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Laws, Angela & Gary E. Belovsky. (2010). How Will Species Respond to Climate Change? Examining the Effects of Temperature and Population Density on an Herbivorous Insect. Environmental Entomology. 39(2). 312–319. 49 indexed citations
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Bowyer, R. Terry, Dale R. McCullough, & Gary E. Belovsky. (2001). Causes and consequences of sociality in mule deer.. 37(2). 371–402. 39 indexed citations
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Belovsky, Gary E.. (1994). How good must models and data be in ecology?. Oecologia. 100(4). 475–480. 17 indexed citations
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Belovsky, Gary E.. (1986). Optimal foraging and community structure: implications for a guild of generalist grassland herbivores. Oecologia. 70(1). 35–52. 153 indexed citations
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Belovsky, Gary E.. (1986). Generalist Herbivore Foraging and Its Role in Competitive Interactions. American Zoologist. 26(1). 51–69. 154 indexed citations
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Belovsky, Gary E.. (1984). Herbivore Optimal Foraging: A Comparative Test of Three Models. The American Naturalist. 124(1). 97–115. 197 indexed citations
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Belovsky, Gary E.. (1984). Moose and snowshoe hare competition and a mechanistic explanation from foraging theory. Oecologia. 61(2). 150–159. 63 indexed citations
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Belovsky, Gary E.. (1981). A Possible Population Response of Moose to Sodium Availability. Journal of Mammalogy. 62(3). 631–633. 31 indexed citations

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