Leo W. Buss

10.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
81 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

About

Leo W. Buss is a scholar working on Paleontology, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Leo W. Buss has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Paleontology, 35 papers in Ecology and 21 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Leo W. Buss's work include Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology (36 papers), Marine Ecology and Invasive Species (21 papers) and Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (14 papers). Leo W. Buss is often cited by papers focused on Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology (36 papers), Marine Ecology and Invasive Species (21 papers) and Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (14 papers). Leo W. Buss collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and France. Leo W. Buss's co-authors include Jeremy B. C. Jackson, Cliff Cunningham, Walter Fontana, Marcel Rejmánek, Robert E. Cook, Neil W. Blackstone, Bernd Schierwater, Stephen L. Dellaporta, Diane M. Bridge and Rob DeSalle and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Leo W. Buss

81 papers receiving 6.3k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

The Evolution of Individuality

1988 898 citations Leo W. Buss profile →
Population Biology and Evolution of Clonal Organisms.

1988 592 citations Leo W. Buss et al. profile →
Alleopathy and spatial competition among coral reef invertebrates

1975 454 citations Leo W. Buss et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Competitive Networks: Nontransitive Competitive Relationships in Cryptic Coral Reef Environments

1979 397 citations Leo W. Buss et al. profile →

Peers

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OCEAN

Michael T. Ghiselin United States

Rudolf A. Raff United States

James W. Valentine United States

Charles R. Marshall United States

David M. Raup United States

Douglas H. Erwin United States

David Jablonski United States

Steven H. D. Haddock United States

Gregory A. Wray United States

Alan R. Rogers United States

Michael T. Ghiselin United States

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1.6k ×0.7

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1.2k ×0.6

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1.1k ×0.6

PALEO

1000 ×0.6

MB

1.3k ×0.8

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Countries citing papers authored by Leo W. Buss

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Leo W. Buss

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Buss, Leo W., et al.. (2016). Control of Hydroid Colony Form by Surface Heterogeneity. PLoS ONE. 11(6). e0156249–e0156249. 1 indexed citations

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Buss, Leo W., et al.. (2015). Nutrient Distribution and Absorption in the Colonial Hydroid Podocoryna carnea Is Sequentially Diffusive and Directional. PLoS ONE. 10(9). e0136814–e0136814. 9 indexed citations

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Buss, Leo W., Christopher P. Anderson, & Edward W. Bolton. (2013). Muscular Anatomy of the Podocoryna carnea Hydrorhiza. PLoS ONE. 8(8). e72221–e72221. 5 indexed citations

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Rosengarten, Rafael D., Maria A. Moreno, Fadi G. Lakkis, Leo W. Buss, & Stephen L. Dellaporta. (2010). Genetic Diversity of the Allodeterminant alr2 in Hydractinia symbiolongicarpus. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 28(2). 933–947. 15 indexed citations

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Lakkis, Fadi G., Stephen L. Dellaporta, & Leo W. Buss. (2008). Allorecognition and chimerism in an invertebrate model organism. Organogenesis. 4(4). 236–240. 19 indexed citations

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Powell, Anahid E., et al.. (2007). Embryonic chimerism does not induce tolerance in an invertebrate model organism. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(11). 4559–4564. 15 indexed citations

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Buss, Leo W., et al.. (2007). Comparative Genomics of Large Mitochondria in Placozoans. PLoS Genetics. 3(1). e13–e13. 85 indexed citations

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Dellaporta, Stephen L., et al.. (2006). Caribbean Placozoan Phylogeography. Biological Bulletin. 211(2). 149–156. 29 indexed citations

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Cartwright, Paulyn, Bernd Schierwater, & Leo W. Buss. (2006). Expression of aGsx parahox gene,Cnox-2, in colony ontogeny inHydractinia (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B Molecular and Developmental Evolution. 306B(5). 460–469. 16 indexed citations

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Nicotra, Matthew L. & Leo W. Buss. (2005). A Test for Larval Kin Aggregations. Biological Bulletin. 208(3). 157–158. 12 indexed citations

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Cartwright, Paulyn & Leo W. Buss. (1999). Colony integration and the expression of theHox gene,Cnox-2, inHydractinia symbiolongicarpus (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). Journal of Experimental Zoology. 285(1). 57–62. 21 indexed citations

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Dudgeon, Steven R., Andreas Wagner, J. Rimas Vaišnys, & Leo W. Buss. (1999). Dynamics of Gastrovascular Circulation in the Hydrozoan Podocoryne carnea: the One-Polyp Case. Biological Bulletin. 196(1). 1–17. 36 indexed citations

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Bridge, Diane M., Cliff Cunningham, Rob DeSalle, & Leo W. Buss. (1995). Class-level relationships in the phylum Cnidaria: molecular and morphological evidence.. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 12(4). 679–89. 194 indexed citations

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Buss, Leo W. & Adolf Seilacher. (1994). The Phylum Vendobionta: a sister group of the Eumetazoa?. Paleobiology. 20(1). 1–4. 103 indexed citations

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Hadrys, Heike, Bernd Schierwater, S.L. Dellaporta, Robert DeSalle, & Leo W. Buss. (1993). Determination of paternity in dragonflies by Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA fingerprinting. Molecular Ecology. 2(2). 79–87. 64 indexed citations

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Cunningham, Cliff, Neil W. Blackstone, & Leo W. Buss. (1992). Evolution of king crabs from hermit crab ancestors. Nature. 355(6360). 539–542. 225 indexed citations

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Buss, Leo W. & Neil W. Blackstone. (1991). An experimental exploration of Waddington’s epigenetic landscape. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 332(1262). 49–58. 37 indexed citations

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Buss, Leo W.. (1990). Competition within and between encrusting clonal invertebrates. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 5(11). 352–356. 118 indexed citations

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Buss, Leo W.. (1988). Diversification and germ-line determination. Paleobiology. 14(4). 313–321. 18 indexed citations

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Buss, Leo W.. (1983). Somatic variation and evolution. Paleobiology. 9(1). 12–16. 16 indexed citations

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