John R. G. Turner

5.6k citations

18 papers · 4.4k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 12

Nature and Landscape Conservation top 0.2%
Ecological Modeling top 0.1%
Ecology top 0.5%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics top 0.5%
Global and Planetary Change top 2%

Co-authors: Howard V. Cornell Eileen M. O’Brien Jeremy T. Kerr David J. Currie Bradford A. Hawkins Jean‐François Guégan Dawn M. Kaufman Gary G. Mittelbach
Topics: Plant and animal studies (8 papers)Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (7 papers)Species Distribution and Climate Change (4 papers)
Cited by: Ecological Modeling Nature and Landscape Conservation Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Journals: Nature Ecology Ecology Letters
Partner nations: United Kingdom Canada France

In The Last Decade

John R. G. Turner

18 papers receiving 4.1k 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.

ENERGY, WATER, AND BROAD-SCALE GEOGRAPHIC PATTERNS OF SPECIES RICHNESS

2003 1.9k citations Bradford A. Hawkins, Richard Field et al. Ecology profile →
Predictions and tests of climate‐based hypotheses of broad‐scale variation in taxonomic richness

2004 976 citations David J. Currie, Gary G. Mittelbach et al. Ecology Letters profile →
Spatial species‐richness gradients across scales: a meta‐analysis

2008 565 citations Richard Field, Bradford A. Hawkins et al. Journal of Biogeography profile →

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18 of 18 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The flexible lek:Phymatopus hectathe gold swift demonstrates the evolution of leking and male swarming via a hotspot (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) 2014 ·Biological Journal of the Linnean Society ·John R. G. Turner	7
2	The dawn flight of the gold swiftHepialus hecta: predator avoidance and the integration of complex lek behaviour (Lepidoptera, Hepialidae) 2013 ·Biological Journal of the Linnean Society ·John R. G. Turner	4
3	How range shifts induced by climate change affect neutral evolution 2009 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Greg McInerny,John R. G. Turner,(unknown),Justin M. J. Travis,Tim G. Benton	58
4	Spatial species‐richness gradients across scales: a meta‐analysisbreakdown → 2008 ·Journal of Biogeography ·Richard Field,Bradford A. Hawkins,Howard V. Cornell,David J. Currie,José Alexandre Felizola Diniz‐Filho,Jean‐François Guégan,Dawn M. Kaufman,Jeremy T. Kerr,Gary G. Mittelbach,Thierry Oberdorff,Eileen M. O’Brien,John R. G. Turner	565
5	Predictions and tests of climate‐based hypotheses of broad‐scale variation in taxonomic richnessbreakdown → 2004 ·Ecology Letters ·David J. Currie,Gary G. Mittelbach,Howard V. Cornell,Richard Field,Jean‐François Guégan,Bradford A. Hawkins,Dawn M. Kaufman,Jeremy T. Kerr,Thierry Oberdorff,Eileen M. O’Brien,John R. G. Turner	976
6	Explaining the global biodiversity gradient: energy, area, history and natural selection 2004 ·Basic and Applied Ecology ·John R. G. Turner	87
7	ENERGY, WATER, AND BROAD-SCALE GEOGRAPHIC PATTERNS OF SPECIES RICHNESSbreakdown → 2003 ·Ecology ·Bradford A. Hawkins,Richard Field,Howard V. Cornell,David J. Currie,Jean‐François Guégan,Dawn M. Kaufman,Jeremy T. Kerr,Gary G. Mittelbach,Thierry Oberdorff,Eileen M. O’Brien,Eric E. Porter,John R. G. Turner	1885
8	Bird diversity and environmental gradients in Britain: a test of the species–energy hypothesis 2000 ·Journal of Animal Ecology ·Jack J. Lennon,Jeremy J. D. Greenwood,John R. G. Turner	145
9	Eat or be eaten 1998 ·Nature ·John R. G. Turner	4
10	A Metapopulation Model of Species Boundaries 1997 ·Oikos ·Jack J. Lennon,John R. G. Turner,(unknown)	76
11	Predicting the Spatial Distribution of Climate: Temperature in Great Britain 1995 ·Journal of Animal Ecology ·Jack J. Lennon,John R. G. Turner	85
12	Species richness and the energy theory 1989 ·Nature ·John R. G. Turner,Jack J. Lennon	15
13	British bird species distributions and the energy theory 1988 ·Nature ·John R. G. Turner,Jack J. Lennon,(unknown)	150
14	Does Solar Energy Control Organic Diversity? Butterflies, Moths and the British Climate 1987 ·Oikos ·John R. G. Turner,(unknown),(unknown)	271
15	Heliconius Erato Aurivillius, 1882 (Insecta, Lepidoptera): Proposed Conservation Under The Plenary Powers. Z.n.(S.) 1759 1984 ·Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution) ·John R. G. Turner	1
16	Sexual behaviour: female swift moth is not the aggressive partner 1976 ·Animal Behaviour ·John R. G. Turner	10
17	Chromosome numbers of heliconiine butterflies from Trinidad, West Indies (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) 1972 ·Zoologica scientific contributions of the New York Zoological Society ·Esko Suomalainen,Laurence M. Cook,John R. G. Turner	10
18	Mimicry: a study in behaviour, genetics, ecology and biochemistry. 1970 ·PubMed ·John R. G. Turner	14

About John R. G. Turner

John R. G. Turner is a scholar working on Ecological Modeling, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, having authored 18 papers that have together received 4.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Plant and animal studies (8 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (7 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ecological Modeling (2.2k citations), Nature and Landscape Conservation (2.8k citations) and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (1.6k citations). John R. G. Turner has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, Canada and France. Frequent co-authors include Howard V. Cornell, Eileen M. O’Brien, Jeremy T. Kerr, David J. Currie, Bradford A. Hawkins, Jean‐François Guégan, Dawn M. Kaufman, Gary G. Mittelbach, Thierry Oberdorff and Richard Field. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Ecology and Ecology Letters.

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