Israel Del Toro

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 998 citations indexed

About

Israel Del Toro is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics and Ecological Modeling. According to data from OpenAlex, Israel Del Toro has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 998 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 17 papers in Genetics and 6 papers in Ecological Modeling. Recurrent topics in Israel Del Toro's work include Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (17 papers), Plant and animal studies (16 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (6 papers). Israel Del Toro is often cited by papers focused on Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (17 papers), Plant and animal studies (16 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (6 papers). Israel Del Toro collaborates with scholars based in United States, Denmark and United Kingdom. Israel Del Toro's co-authors include Shannon L. Pelini, Relena R. Ribbons, Aaron M. Ellison, Sarah E. Diamond, Daniela Magdalena Sorger, Robert R. Dunn, Jiří Hulcr, Angela Laws, Anthony Joern and Christopher P. Bloch and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Ecology and Environmental Pollution.

In The Last Decade

Israel Del Toro

23 papers receiving 981 citations

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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.

Research trends in ecosystem services provided by insects

2017 251 citations Jorge Ari Noriega, Joaquín Hortal et al. Basic and Applied Ecology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Israel Del Toro United States	12	551	434	316	308	264	23	998
Shannon L. Pelini United States	20	745 1.4×	655 1.5×	511 1.6×	351 1.1×	518 2.0×	31	1.4k
Hannah M. Griffiths United Kingdom	15	553 1.0×	360 0.8×	434 1.4×	464 1.5×	302 1.1×	21	1.2k
Elizabeth Franklin Brazil	17	431 0.8×	311 0.7×	183 0.6×	291 0.9×	178 0.7×	37	734
Katharine L. Stuble United States	20	613 1.1×	382 0.9×	411 1.3×	571 1.9×	206 0.8×	44	1.2k
Julien Pétillon France	22	393 0.7×	332 0.8×	590 1.9×	472 1.5×	270 1.0×	85	1.2k
Claudia Drees Germany	17	356 0.6×	160 0.4×	304 1.0×	276 0.9×	211 0.8×	47	739
Roseli Pellens France	19	621 1.1×	398 0.9×	250 0.8×	201 0.7×	144 0.5×	37	1.1k
Milton de Souza Mendonça Brazil	19	695 1.3×	306 0.7×	289 0.9×	296 1.0×	99 0.4×	79	1.0k
Glauco Machado Brazil	19	339 0.6×	255 0.6×	472 1.5×	314 1.0×	161 0.6×	44	1.1k
Tom R. Bishop South Africa	16	625 1.1×	522 1.2×	209 0.7×	319 1.0×	242 0.9×	30	895

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Israel Del Toro

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ribbons, Relena R. & Israel Del Toro. (2024). No Mow May: Generating buzz and community science action to manage yards for bees and other pollinators. Urban Ecosystems. 27(6). 2213–2221. 3 indexed citations

Anderson, Maggie, et al.. (2023). B.Y.O. Bees: Managing wild bee biodiversity in urban greenspaces. PLoS ONE. 18(4). e0281468–e0281468. 9 indexed citations

Toro, Israel Del, Relena R. Ribbons, & Shannon L. Pelini. (2023). The little things that run the world revisited: a review of ant-mediated ecosystem services and disservices (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Österreichische Gesellschaft für Entomofaunistik (OEGEF). 56 indexed citations

Pérez, Jaime A., Lacy D. Chick, Sean B. Menke, et al.. (2022). Urbanisation dampens the latitude‐diversity cline in ants. Insect Conservation and Diversity. 15(6). 763–771. 5 indexed citations

Ribbons, Relena R., Israel Del Toro, Andrew R. Smith, et al.. (2022). Roots and rhizospheric soil microbial community responses to tree species mixtures. Applied Soil Ecology. 176. 104509–104509. 2 indexed citations

Toro, Israel Del & Relena R. Ribbons. (2019). Variation in ant-mediated seed dispersal along elevation gradients. PeerJ. 7. e6686–e6686. 6 indexed citations

Toro, Israel Del, et al.. (2018). Are stacked species distribution models accurate at predicting multiple levels of diversity along a rainfall gradient?. Austral Ecology. 44(1). 105–113. 19 indexed citations

Toro, Israel Del, et al.. (2017). Nests of red wood ants ( Formica rufa -group) are positively associated with tectonic faults: a double-blind test. PeerJ. 5. e3903–e3903. 6 indexed citations

Noriega, Jorge Ari, Joaquín Hortal, Francisco M. Azcárate, et al.. (2017). Research trends in ecosystem services provided by insects. Basic and Applied Ecology. 26. 8–23. 251 indexed citations breakdown →

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Andersen, Alan N., Israel Del Toro, & Catherine L. Parr. (2015). Savanna ant species richness is maintained along a bioclimatic gradient of increasing latitude and decreasing rainfall in northern Australia. Journal of Biogeography. 42(12). 2313–2322. 37 indexed citations

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Toro, Israel Del, et al.. (2015). HYMENOPTERA: Hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) de Tabasco: explorando la diversidad de la mirmecofauna en las selvas tropicales de baja altitud. 16(1). 2 indexed citations

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Toro, Israel Del, Rogério Rosa da Silva, & Aaron M. Ellison. (2015). Predicted impacts of climatic change on ant functional diversity and distributions in eastern North American forests. Diversity and Distributions. 21(7). 781–791. 37 indexed citations

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Toro, Israel Del, Relena R. Ribbons, & Aaron M. Ellison. (2015). Ant‐mediated ecosystem functions on a warmer planet: effects on soil movement, decomposition and nutrient cycling. Journal of Animal Ecology. 84(5). 1233–1241. 39 indexed citations

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Toro, Israel Del, et al.. (2013). Insect mutualisms buffer warming effects on multiple trophic levels. Ecology. 95(1). 9–13. 24 indexed citations

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Toro, Israel Del. (2013). Diversity of Eastern North American Ant Communities along Environmental Gradients. PLoS ONE. 8(7). e67973–e67973. 12 indexed citations

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Toro, Israel Del, et al.. (2013). Community Structure and Ecological and Behavioral Traits of Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Massachusetts Open and Forested Habitats. Northeastern Naturalist. 20(1). 103–114. 10 indexed citations

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Prather, Chelse M., Shannon L. Pelini, Angela Laws, et al.. (2012). Invertebrates, ecosystem services and climate change. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 88(2). 327–348. 220 indexed citations

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Toro, Israel Del, et al.. (2011). Characterization of the thermal tolerances of forest ants of New England. Insectes Sociaux. 59(2). 167–174. 34 indexed citations

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Toro, Israel Del, et al.. (2010). Heavy metal distribution and bioaccumulation in Chihuahuan Desert Rough Harvester ant (Pogonomyrmex rugosus) populations. Environmental Pollution. 158(5). 1281–1287. 31 indexed citations

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Toro, Israel Del, et al.. (2009). Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Tabasco: exploring the diversity of ants in lowland tropical rainforests.. 16(1). 1–14. 4 indexed citations

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