Howard B. Wilson

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Howard B. Wilson is a scholar working on Genetics, Ecology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Howard B. Wilson has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Genetics, 11 papers in Ecology and 10 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Howard B. Wilson's work include Plant and animal studies (9 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (9 papers) and Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (7 papers). Howard B. Wilson is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (9 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (9 papers) and Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (7 papers). Howard B. Wilson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Howard B. Wilson's co-authors include D.A.J. Rand, Douglas W. Yu, Matt J. Keeling, M. P. Hassell, Hugh P. Possingham, Bruce E. Kendall, Owen L. Petchey, John R. Turner, Andrew Gonzalez and I. Fagoonee and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Howard B. Wilson

28 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

Rapid population decline in migratory shorebirds relying ... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 100 200 300
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. Rapid population decline in migratory shorebirds relying on Yellow Sea tidal mudflats as stopover sites
    2017 376 citations Colin E. Studds, Bruce E. Kendall et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers

Howard B. Wilson
Joanna Gascoigne United Kingdom
David Claessen France
James D. Roth Canada
Elizabeth E. Holmes United States
Karen C. Abbott United States
Gregor F. Fussmann Canada
Gary R. Huxel United States
Ryan F. Hechinger United States
Spencer R. Hall United States
David Alonso Spain
Joanna Gascoigne United Kingdom
Howard B. Wilson
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Countries citing papers authored by Howard B. Wilson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Howard B. Wilson

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Howard B. Wilson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Howard B. Wilson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Howard B. Wilson 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 Howard B. Wilson. Howard B. Wilson 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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Dhanjal‐Adams, Kiran L., Richard A. Fuller, Nicholas Murray, et al.. (2019). Distinguishing local and global correlates of population change in migratory species. Diversity and Distributions. 25(5). 797–808. 7 indexed citations
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Studds, Colin E., Bruce E. Kendall, Nicholas Murray, et al.. (2017). Rapid population decline in migratory shorebirds relying on Yellow Sea tidal mudflats as stopover sites. Nature Communications. 8(1). 14895–14895. 376 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wilson, Howard B., Erik Meijaard, Oscar Venter, Marc Ancrenaz, & Hugh P. Possingham. (2014). Conservation Strategies for Orangutans: Reintroduction versus Habitat Preservation and the Benefits of Sustainably Logged Forest. PLoS ONE. 9(7). e102174–e102174. 25 indexed citations
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Wilson, Howard B., Bruce E. Kendall, & Hugh P. Possingham. (2011). Variability in Population Abundance and the Classification of Extinction Risk. Conservation Biology. 25(4). 747–757. 44 indexed citations
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Wilson, Howard B., Bruce E. Kendall, Richard A. Fuller, David A. Milton, & Hugh P. Possingham. (2011). Analyzing Variability and the Rate of Decline of Migratory Shorebirds in Moreton Bay, Australia. Conservation Biology. 25(4). 758–766. 76 indexed citations
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Wilson, Howard B.. (2001). The evolution of dispersal from source to sink populations. Evolutionary ecology research. 3(1). 15–25. 40 indexed citations
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Yu, Douglas W. & Howard B. Wilson. (2001). The Competition‐Colonization Trade‐off Is Dead; Long Live the Competition‐Colonization Trade‐off. The American Naturalist. 158(1). 49–63. 198 indexed citations
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Keeling, Matt J., Howard B. Wilson, & S. W. Pacala. (2000). Reinterpreting Space, Time Lags, and Functional Responses in Ecological Models. Science. 290(5497). 1758–1761. 81 indexed citations
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Holmes, Elizabeth E. & Howard B. Wilson. (1998). Running from Trouble: Long‐Distance Dispersal and the Competitive Coexistence of Inferior Species. The American Naturalist. 151(6). 578–586. 63 indexed citations
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Wilson, Howard B., M. P. Hassell, & Robert D. Holt. (1998). Persistence and Area Effects in a Stochastic Tritrophic Model. The American Naturalist. 151(6). 587–595. 15 indexed citations
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Wilson, Howard B. & M. P. Hassell. (1997). Host–parasitoid spatial models: the interplay of demographic stochasticity and dynamics. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 264(1385). 1189–1195. 37 indexed citations
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Weisser, Wolfgang W., Howard B. Wilson, & M. P. Hassell. (1997). Interference among Parasitoids: A Clarifying Note. Oikos. 79(1). 173–173. 6 indexed citations
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Wilson, Howard B., M. P. Hassell, & H. Charles J. Godfray. (1996). Host-Parasitoid Food Webs: Dynamics, Persistence, and Invasion. The American Naturalist. 148(5). 787–806. 31 indexed citations
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Rand, D.A.J. & Howard B. Wilson. (1995). Using spatio-temporal chaos and intermediate-scale determinism to quantify spatially extended ecosystems. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 259(1355). 111–117. 80 indexed citations
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Rand, D.A.J., Howard B. Wilson, & Jacqueline McGlade. (1994). Dynamics and Evolution: Evolutionarily Stable Attractors, Invasion Exponents and Phenotype Dynamics. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 343(1305). 261–283. 135 indexed citations
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Wilson, Howard B. & D.A.J. Rand. (1993). Detecting chaos in a noisy time series. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 253(1338). 239–244. 14 indexed citations
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Rand, D.A.J. & Howard B. Wilson. (1993). Evolutionary catastrophes, punctuated equilibria and gradualism in ecosystem evolution. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 253(1337). 137–141. 9 indexed citations
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Rand, D.A.J. & Howard B. Wilson. (1991). Chaotic stochasticity: a ubiquitous source of unpredictability in epidemics. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 246(1316). 179–184. 170 indexed citations
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Wilson, Howard B., et al.. (1967). Selection of Optimum Alignment Length, and Height of Breakwaters, New Buffalo Harbor, Michigan; Hydraulic Model Investigation.. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC).
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Hudson, Robert Y. & Howard B. Wilson. (1963). Improvement of Navigation Conditions, Conneaut Harbor, Ohio. Hydraulic Model Investigation.. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC).

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