Lawrence B. Slobodkin

10.4k citations

118 papers · 7.1k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 33

Ecology top 0.5%
Nature and Landscape Conservation top 0.5%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics top 0.5%
Global and Planetary Change top 1%
Genetics top 2%

Co-authors: Frederick E. Smith Nelson G. Hairston W. E. Ricker David E. Davis Howard L. Sanders Anatol Rapoport Sumner Richman Ing‐Nang Wang
Topics: Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (13 papers)Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (10 papers)Sustainability and Ecological Systems Analysis (9 papers)
Cited by: Nature and Landscape Conservation Ecology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Journals: Nature Science Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Partner nations: United States Italy Israel

In The Last Decade

Lawrence B. Slobodkin

79 papers receiving 5.4k 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.

Community Structure, Population Control, and Competition

1960 2.5k citations Lawrence B. Slobodkin et al. The American Naturalist profile →
Handbook of Computations for Biological Statistics of Fish Populations

1960 600 citations Lawrence B. Slobodkin et al. profile →
Growth and Regulation of Animal Populations

1963 488 citations Lawrence B. Slobodkin et al. profile →
Growth and Regulation of Animal Populations

1962 386 citations Lawrence B. Slobodkin et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	My complete works and more 2009 ·Evolutionary ecology research ·Lawrence B. Slobodkin	3
2	Why Does the World Stay Green? Nutrition and Survival of Plant-Eaters, T.C.R. White. CSIRO Publishing (2005), £15.95, pbk (128 pages), ISBN: 0643091580 2006 ·Trends in Ecology & Evolution ·Lawrence B. Slobodkin,Manuel Lerdau	1
3	Just before Watson and Crick 2003 ·Nature Genetics ·Lawrence B. Slobodkin	1
4	The good, the bad and the reified 2001 ·Evolutionary ecology research ·Lawrence B. Slobodkin	76
5	An "Audience Effect" for Ecological Terminology: Use and Misuse of Jargon 1997 ·Oikos ·Dean C. Adams,Mario S. Di Bitetti,Charles H. Janson,Lawrence B. Slobodkin,Nicole Valenzuela	15
6	How to Be Important The Third Culture: Beyond the Scientific Revolution John Brockman 1996 ·BioScience ·Lawrence B. Slobodkin	1
7	Discordant harmonies 1993 ·Trends in Ecology & Evolution ·Lawrence B. Slobodkin	1
8	A review of some physiological and evolutionary aspects of body size and bud size of Hydra 1991 ·Hydrobiologia ·Lawrence B. Slobodkin,(unknown),Carlo Matessi,Marino Gatto	7
9	Natural Philosophy Rampant - Ecological Communities: Conceptual Issues and the Evidence. Edited by D. R. StrongJr., D. Simberloff, L. G. Abele, and A. B. Thistle. Princeton University Press; Princeton. 1984. x + 613 pp. 1986 ·Paleobiology ·Lawrence B. Slobodkin	2
10	Toward a Global Perspective 1984 ·BioScience ·Lawrence B. Slobodkin	4
11	European Ecosystems. Biogeographica, Volume 15.Giorgio Marcuzzi 1981 ·The Quarterly Review of Biology ·Lawrence B. Slobodkin	1
12	CLOSED REGENERATIVE LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS FOR SPACE TRAVEL: THEIR DEVELOPMENT POSES FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS FOR ECOLOGICAL SCIENCE 1979 ·Elsevier eBooks ·Daniel B. Botkin,(unknown),Bassett Maguire,Berrien Moore,Harold J. Morowitz,Lawrence B. Slobodkin	2
13	Evolution is no help 1977 ·World Archaeology ·Lawrence B. Slobodkin	7
14	The effect of grazing by the detritivore Orchestia grillus on Spartina litter and its associated microbial community 1977 ·Oecologia ·Glenn R. Lopez,Jeffrey S. Levinton,Lawrence B. Slobodkin	146
15	The adaptive significance of cultural behavior: Comments and reply 1977 ·Human Ecology ·(unknown),F. T. Cloak,Lawrence B. Slobodkin,William H. Durham	22
16	Prudent Predation Does Not Require Group Selection 1974 ·The American Naturalist ·Lawrence B. Slobodkin	85
17	The Effect of the Cleaner-Fish Labroides dimidiatus on the Point Diversity of Fishes on the Reef Front at Eilat 1974 ·The American Naturalist ·Lawrence B. Slobodkin,Lev Fishelson	48
18	Scientific Sterility in Middle Age 1971 ·American Scientist ·Lawrence B. Slobodkin	2
19	A Reply to Jordan 1969 ·BioScience ·Lawrence B. Slobodkin	1
20	How To Be a Predator 1968 ·American Zoologist ·Lawrence B. Slobodkin	83

About Lawrence B. Slobodkin

Lawrence B. Slobodkin is a scholar working on History and Philosophy of Science, Ecological Modeling and Archeology, having authored 118 papers that have together received 7.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (13 papers), Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (10 papers) and Sustainability and Ecological Systems Analysis (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nature and Landscape Conservation (2.4k citations), Ecology (3.2k citations) and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (1.7k citations). Lawrence B. Slobodkin has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Italy and Israel. Frequent co-authors include Frederick E. Smith, Nelson G. Hairston, W. E. Ricker, David E. Davis, Howard L. Sanders, Anatol Rapoport, Sumner Richman, Ing‐Nang Wang, Daniel E. Dykhuizen and Mark A. Davis. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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