Josiah H. Townsend

600 total citations
42 papers, 446 citations indexed

About

Josiah H. Townsend is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecological Modeling and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Josiah H. Townsend has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 446 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 22 papers in Ecological Modeling and 21 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Josiah H. Townsend's work include Amphibian and Reptile Biology (37 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (22 papers) and Plant and animal studies (14 papers). Josiah H. Townsend is often cited by papers focused on Amphibian and Reptile Biology (37 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (22 papers) and Plant and animal studies (14 papers). Josiah H. Townsend collaborates with scholars based in United States, Honduras and Mexico. Josiah H. Townsend's co-authors include Larry David Wilson, Jerry D. Johnson, Erich Hofmann, James D. Austin, James R. McCranie, Robert C. Jadin, Matthew K. Fujita, Günther Köhler, Todd A. Castoe and Kirsten E Nicholson and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Molecular Ecology and Copeia.

In The Last Decade

Josiah H. Townsend

40 papers receiving 411 citations

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Josiah H. Townsend United States 12 300 188 157 151 85 42 446
Lilian G. Giugliano Brazil 14 270 0.9× 219 1.2× 164 1.0× 155 1.0× 76 0.9× 20 455
Shea M. Lambert United States 9 241 0.8× 192 1.0× 120 0.8× 121 0.8× 67 0.8× 15 402
José J. Núñez Chile 12 242 0.8× 113 0.6× 115 0.7× 152 1.0× 69 0.8× 45 461
Katarina Ljubisavljević Serbia 13 272 0.9× 131 0.7× 159 1.0× 167 1.1× 96 1.1× 36 459
Angela B. Marion United States 5 330 1.1× 130 0.7× 140 0.9× 116 0.8× 39 0.5× 5 399
José Cassimiro Brazil 12 298 1.0× 170 0.9× 144 0.9× 110 0.7× 43 0.5× 24 369
Claudio Correa Chile 10 231 0.8× 102 0.5× 135 0.9× 125 0.8× 45 0.5× 40 340
Peter Geißler Germany 13 311 1.0× 140 0.7× 152 1.0× 163 1.1× 30 0.4× 32 395
Fèlix Amat Spain 13 351 1.2× 225 1.2× 204 1.3× 260 1.7× 47 0.6× 37 548
Scott L. Travers United States 11 244 0.8× 152 0.8× 166 1.1× 227 1.5× 124 1.5× 19 505

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Josiah H. Townsend

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All Works

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Sessions, Stanley K., et al.. (2020). Integrative Systematic Revision of Bolitoglossa celaque (Caudata: Plethodontidae), with a new species from the Lenca Highlands of Honduras. Herpetological Monographs. 33(1). 48–48. 2 indexed citations
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Townsend, Josiah H., et al.. (2019). Evaluation of species boundaries in sympatric and parapatric populations of Mesoamerican toads. Zoologica Scripta. 48(4). 454–465. 4 indexed citations
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Hofmann, Erich & Josiah H. Townsend. (2018). A Cryptic New Species of Anole (Squamata: Dactyloidae) from the Lenca Highlands of Honduras, Previously Referred to as Norops crassulus (Cope, 1864). Annals of Carnegie Museum. 85(2). 91–91. 2 indexed citations
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Hofmann, Erich, et al.. (2017). Discovery of the first male specimen of Tantilla hendersoni Stafford, 2004 (Squamata: Colubridae), from a new locality in central Belize. Herpetology notes. 10. 53–57. 1 indexed citations
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Hofmann, Erich & Josiah H. Townsend. (2017). Origins and biogeography of the Anolis crassulus subgroup (Squamata: Dactyloidae) in the highlands of Nuclear Central America. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 17(1). 267–267. 10 indexed citations
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Townsend, Josiah H., et al.. (2013). A relict lineage and new species of green palm-pitviper (Squamata, Viperidae, Bothriechis) from the Chortís Highlands of Mesoamerica. ZooKeys. 298(298). 77–105. 12 indexed citations
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Townsend, Josiah H., et al.. (2011). Newly-discovered populations of four threatened endemic salamanders (Caudata: Plethodontidae) from the highlands of central Honduras.
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Wilson, Larry David, Josiah H. Townsend, & Jerry D. Johnson. (2010). 14. Conservation of Mesoamerican Amphibians and Reptiles. Herpetological Bulletin. 79 indexed citations
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Townsend, Josiah H., et al.. (2008). Significant range extension for the Central American Colubrid snake Ninia pavimentata (Bocourt 1883). Herpetological Bulletin. 15–17.
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Wilson, Larry David & Josiah H. Townsend. (2007). Biogeography and conservation of the herpetofauna of the Upland Pine-Oak Forests of Honduras. Biota Neopropica. 7(1). 131–142. 10 indexed citations
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Townsend, Josiah H. & Larry David Wilson. (2006). A new species of snake of the Geophis dubius group (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae) from the Sierra de Omoa of northwestern Honduras. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 119(1). 150–150. 5 indexed citations
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Townsend, Josiah H., et al.. (2005). Predation of a Tree Snail Drymaeus multilineatus (Gastropoda: Bulimulidae) by Iguana iguana (Reptilia: Iguanidae) on Key Biscayne, Florida. Southeastern Naturalist. 4(2). 361–364. 12 indexed citations
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Townsend, Josiah H., Henry C. Aldrich, Larry David Wilson, & James R. McCranie. (2005). First report of sporangia of a myxomycete (Physarum pusillum) on the body of a living animal, the lizard Corytophanes cristatus. Mycologia. 97(2). 346–348. 8 indexed citations
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Wilson, Larry David, et al.. (2003). Distributional comments on some members of the herpetofauna of the Mosquitia, Honduras. Herpetological Bulletin. 15–19. 3 indexed citations
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Townsend, Josiah H., et al.. (2000). Cuban treefrogs (Osteopilus septentrionalis) in Anguilla, Lesser Antilles.. Caribbean Journal of Science. 36. 326–328. 10 indexed citations

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