Kim Canavan

419 total citations
29 papers, 213 citations indexed

About

Kim Canavan is a scholar working on Insect Science, Plant Science and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Kim Canavan has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 213 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Insect Science, 17 papers in Plant Science and 16 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Kim Canavan's work include Biological Control of Invasive Species (18 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (15 papers) and Allelopathy and phytotoxic interactions (8 papers). Kim Canavan is often cited by papers focused on Biological Control of Invasive Species (18 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (15 papers) and Allelopathy and phytotoxic interactions (8 papers). Kim Canavan collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, Australia and United States. Kim Canavan's co-authors include Iain D. Paterson, Martin Hill, Guy F. Sutton, David M. Richardson, Michael Day, Carla Lambertini, Philip Ivey, Susan Canavan, Vernon Visser and Andrew J. McConnachie and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Applied Ecology, Aquatic Botany and Biological Control.

In The Last Decade

Kim Canavan

25 papers receiving 209 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kim Canavan South Africa 10 110 96 95 57 39 29 213
Guy F. Sutton South Africa 10 68 0.6× 129 1.3× 106 1.1× 48 0.8× 52 1.3× 34 239
El Aziz Djoudi France 7 58 0.5× 117 1.2× 82 0.9× 71 1.2× 108 2.8× 10 245
Christian Ristok Germany 8 135 1.2× 47 0.5× 108 1.1× 64 1.1× 121 3.1× 12 281
Linda Marín United States 9 64 0.6× 76 0.8× 114 1.2× 40 0.7× 129 3.3× 12 296
Helmut Meiss France 7 104 0.9× 62 0.6× 173 1.8× 48 0.8× 116 3.0× 9 272
J. G. Virtue Australia 11 148 1.3× 150 1.6× 155 1.6× 64 1.1× 99 2.5× 27 314
Alexander Wietzke Germany 5 86 0.8× 70 0.7× 108 1.1× 45 0.8× 121 3.1× 7 252
Fredric W. Pollnac United States 12 157 1.4× 43 0.4× 157 1.7× 95 1.7× 100 2.6× 14 330
Daniel R. Tekiela United States 10 198 1.8× 46 0.5× 118 1.2× 134 2.4× 94 2.4× 15 317
Catherine Fahey United States 8 133 1.2× 64 0.7× 233 2.5× 106 1.9× 72 1.8× 23 374

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kim Canavan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kim Canavan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kim Canavan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kim Canavan 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 Kim Canavan. Kim Canavan is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Smith, Melissa C., et al.. (2025). Preemptive and proactive application of biological control for weeds: An argument for swifter action to aid conservation efforts. Biological Control. 202. 105725–105725. 2 indexed citations
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Martin, G., Kim Canavan, Willem de Lange, et al.. (2024). Managing wilding pines in the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa: Progress and prospects. South African Journal of Botany. 177. 377–391. 2 indexed citations
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Lázaro‐Lobo, Adrián, Bianca Ott Andrade, Kim Canavan, et al.. (2024). Monographs on Invasive Plants in Europe N°8: Cortaderia selloana (Schult. & Schult. f.) Asch. & Graebn. Botany Letters. 171(4). 383–407. 1 indexed citations
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Goolsby, John A., Patrick Moran, Chenghai Yang, et al.. (2023). Biology of Invasive Plants 4. Arundo donax L.. Invasive Plant Science and Management. 16(2). 81–109. 4 indexed citations
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Canavan, Kim & Iain D. Paterson. (2023). Prioritization of alien plant targets for biological control in South Africa's offshore sub-Antarctic islands. Antarctic Science. 35(4). 235–242. 1 indexed citations
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Canavan, Kim, Susan Canavan, Vincent Ralph Clark, et al.. (2021). The Alien Plants That Threaten South Africa’s Mountain Ecosystems. Land. 10(12). 1393–1393. 9 indexed citations
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Canavan, Kim, Iain D. Paterson, Philip Ivey, Guy F. Sutton, & Martin Hill. (2021). Prioritisation of targets for weed biological control III: a tool to identify the next targets for biological control in South Africa and set priorities for resource allocation. Biocontrol Science and Technology. 31(6). 584–601. 14 indexed citations
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Paterson, Iain D., Martin Hill, Kim Canavan, & Paul Downey. (2021). Prioritisation of targets for weed biological control II: the South African Biological Control Target Selection system. Biocontrol Science and Technology. 31(6). 566–583. 10 indexed citations
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Canavan, Kim, et al.. (2021). Uncovering the phylogeography of Schinus terebinthifolia in South Africa to guide biological control. AoB Plants. 14(1). plab078–plab078. 5 indexed citations
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Sutton, Guy F., et al.. (2021). Progress and Prospects for the Biological Control of Invasive Alien Grasses Poaceae) in South Africa. African Entomology. 29(3). 7 indexed citations
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Canavan, Kim, et al.. (2020). The invasive grass genus Nassella in South Africa: A synthesis. South African Journal of Botany. 135. 336–348. 11 indexed citations
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Canavan, Kim, Susan Canavan, Nathan E. Harms, et al.. (2020). The potential for biological control on cryptic plant invasions. Biological Control. 144. 104243–104243. 7 indexed citations
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Sutton, Guy F., Kim Canavan, Michael Day, et al.. (2019). Grasses as suitable targets for classical weed biological control. BioControl. 64(6). 605–622. 25 indexed citations
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Canavan, Kim, Iain D. Paterson, Martin Hill, & Tom L. Dudley. (2018). Testing the Enemy Release Hypothesis on tall-statured grasses in South Africa, using Arundo donax, Phragmites australis, and Phragmites mauritianus as models. Bulletin of Entomological Research. 109(3). 287–299. 9 indexed citations
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Canavan, Kim, Julie A. Coetzee, Martin Hill, & Iain D. Paterson. (2014). Effect of water trophic level on the impact of the water hyacinth mothNiphograpta albiguttalisonEichhornia crassipes. African Journal of Aquatic Science. 39(2). 203–208. 4 indexed citations
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