John Terborgh

13.0k citations

61 papers · 6.4k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 33

Impact in

Ecological Modeling top 0.2%
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
Nature and Landscape Conservation top 0.2%
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies

Papers in

Ecological Modeling 14
- Species Distribution and Climate Change 14
Nature and Landscape Conservation 36
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies 34

Co-authors: Nigel C. A. Pitman Mauro Galetti Yadvinder Malhi Miles R. Silman Egbert Giles Leigh Jens‐Christian Svenning Carlos A. Peres Percy Núñez V.
Journals: Ecology (8 papers)Journal of Tropical Ecology (5 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (5 papers)Conservation Biology (4 papers)BioScience (3 papers)
Partner nations: United States Peru United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

John Terborgh

60 papers receiving 6.0k citations

Hit Papers

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Megafauna and ecosystem function from the Pleistocene to the Anthropocene 2016 · 356 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2016 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2015 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2015 Science Advances
2002 Science

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

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1	Wood density variation across an Andes‐to‐Amazon elevational gradient Journal of Ecology ·William Farfán-Ríos, Sassan Saatchi, Imma Oliveras Menor, Yadvinder Malhi, 亮三島, Oliver L. Phillips, Guy Massart, Juan Francisco Gibaja, Christopher R. Koehn, Karina García‐Cabrera, Norma Salinas, John Terborgh, Nigel C. A. Pitman, Rodolfo Vásquez, Abel Monteagudo Mendoza, Percy Núñez Vargas, Craig A. Layman, Miles R. Silman	2025	0
2	Asian elephants as ecological filters in Sundaic forests Frontiers in Forests and Global Change ·Paola Rosero Realpe, Ranbanda Arachchi Dewayalage Heshani Gayesha Randunna, L. Davenport, Kim R. McConkey, LS de la Jordana, Ahimsa Campos‐Arceiz, John Terborgh	2023	10
3	Disappearance of an ecosystem engineer, the white-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari), leads to density compensation and ecological release Oecologia ·Andrew Whitworth, Christopher Beirne, Harnoor Chahal, Zaikuan Zhang, Mathias W. Tobler, George V. N. Powell, John Terborgh, Adrián Forsyth	2022	6
4	Where Have All the Birds Gone? Princeton University Press eBooks ·John Terborgh	2020	2
5	Tropical forests can maintain hyperdiversity because of enemies Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Taal Levi, Michael Barfield, 林武, Christopher M. Sullivan, Robert D. Holt, John Terborgh	2018	45
6	Do Community-Managed Forests Work? A Biodiversity Perspective Land ·John Terborgh, Carlos A. Peres	2017	30
7	ÁRBOLES COMUNES DE LOS BOSQUES INUNDADOS DE MADRE DE DIOS Nigel C. A. Pitman, Percy Núñez Vargas, John Terborgh	2017	1
8	Historical effects on beta diversity and community assembly in Amazonian trees Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Kyle G. Dexter, John Terborgh, Cliff Cunningham	2012	54
9	Enemies Maintain Hyperdiverse Tropical Forests The American Naturalist ·John Terborgh	2012	249
10	Elevational Ranges of Birds on a Tropical Montane Gradient Lag behind Warming Temperatures PLoS ONE ·Germán Forero‐Medina, John Terborgh, Jacob B. Socolar, Stuart L. Pimm	2011	127
11	HABITAT FRAGMENTATION AND EFFECTS OF HERBIVORE (HOWLER MONKEY) ABUNDANCES ON BIRD SPECIES RICHNESS Ecology ·Kenneth J. Feeley, John Terborgh	2006	24
12	Reflections of a Scientist on the World Parks Congress Conservation Biology ·John Terborgh	2004	54
13	Rodents on tropical land‐bridge islands Journal of Zoology ·Thomas D. Lambert, Gregory H. Adler, Carola Cabezas-Orellana, Lawrence Lopez, Rafael Ascanio, John Terborgh	2003	36
14	The Importance of Large Carnivores to Healthy Ecosystems Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis ·Brian J. Miller, R. Cheaib, Dave Foreman, Carlos Martı́nez del Rio, Reed F. Noss, Michael R. Phillips, J.A. Segura, Michael E. Soulé, John Terborgh, Louisa Willcox	2001	122
15	The Fate of Tropical Forests: a Matter of Stewardship Conservation Biology ·John Terborgh	2000	134
16	Where Have All the Birds Gone? Essays on the Biology and Conservation of Birds That Migrate to the American Tropics Journal of Wildlife Management ·M. Riski Imansyah Lubis, John Terborgh	1992	7
17	The Big Things that Run The World—A Sequel to E. O. Wilson Conservation Biology ·John Terborgh	1988	166
18	Elevation and the Morphology, Flight Energetics, and Foraging Ecology of Tropical Hummingbirds The American Naturalist ·Peter Feinsinger, Robert K. Colwell, John Terborgh, Susan B. Chaplin	1979	101
19	Potentiation of Photosynthetic Oxygen Evolution in Red Light by Small Quantities of Monochromatic Blue Light PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·John Terborgh	1966	26
20	The control of development in Acetabularia crenulata by light Planta ·John Terborgh, Kenneth V. Thimann	1965	11

About John Terborgh

John Terborgh is a scholar working on Ecological Modeling, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change, having authored 61 papers that have together received 6.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (34 papers), Plant and animal studies (22 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (15 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (14 papers), Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (10 papers), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (6 papers), Avian ecology and behavior (4 papers) and Land Use and Ecosystem Services (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ecological Modeling (1.3k citations), Nature and Landscape Conservation (3.5k citations), Ecology (3.1k citations), Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (2.1k citations) and Global and Planetary Change (1.5k citations). John Terborgh has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Peru and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Nigel C. A. Pitman, Mauro Galetti, Yadvinder Malhi, Miles R. Silman, Egbert Giles Leigh, Jens‐Christian Svenning, Carlos A. Peres, Percy Núñez V., Ellen Andresen and Christopher J. Sandom. Their work appears in journals such as Ecology, Journal of Tropical Ecology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Conservation Biology and BioScience.

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