Lin Cao

597 total citations
26 papers, 458 citations indexed

About

Lin Cao is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Lin Cao has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 458 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 20 papers in Ecology and 8 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Lin Cao's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (20 papers), Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (19 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (8 papers). Lin Cao is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (20 papers), Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (19 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (8 papers). Lin Cao collaborates with scholars based in China, Kazakhstan and United States. Lin Cao's co-authors include Zhibin Zhang, Cong Guo, Chuan Yan, Bo Wang, Jin Chen, Zhishu Xiao, Zhenyu Wang, Zhenyu Wang, Zhenyu Wang and Xianfeng Yi and has published in prestigious journals such as Ecology, Oecologia and Animal Behaviour.

In The Last Decade

Lin Cao

25 papers receiving 454 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lin Cao China 12 334 321 199 85 47 26 458
Pablo Corcuera Mexico 10 97 0.3× 106 0.3× 122 0.6× 41 0.5× 41 0.9× 30 253
Caio Graco Machado Brazil 10 139 0.4× 177 0.6× 285 1.4× 142 1.7× 8 0.2× 23 415
Maurício Lopes de Faria Brazil 12 120 0.4× 108 0.3× 288 1.4× 113 1.3× 188 4.0× 33 384
Martin Šlachta Czechia 9 159 0.5× 56 0.2× 92 0.5× 49 0.6× 125 2.7× 32 379
João Custódio Fernandes Cardoso Brazil 11 42 0.1× 111 0.3× 301 1.5× 154 1.8× 73 1.6× 52 375
Robert B. Carlson United States 11 123 0.4× 58 0.2× 86 0.4× 136 1.6× 151 3.2× 24 327
Marion Le Gall United States 10 63 0.2× 64 0.2× 127 0.6× 93 1.1× 173 3.7× 17 350
Paul Manning Canada 11 117 0.4× 113 0.4× 92 0.5× 63 0.7× 118 2.5× 24 305
Ronny Steen Norway 12 173 0.5× 63 0.2× 231 1.2× 85 1.0× 50 1.1× 25 347
Annette Heisswolf Finland 10 114 0.3× 104 0.3× 214 1.1× 120 1.4× 201 4.3× 13 339

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lin Cao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lin Cao

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cao, Lin, et al.. (2024). Effects of cache distribution and size on cache foraging by animals. Animal Behaviour. 211. 91–98.
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Wang, Zhenyu, et al.. (2024). Impact of delayed seed drop on rodent‐mediated seed dispersal and predation of pine. Integrative Zoology. 20(4). 755–762. 1 indexed citations
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Cao, Lin, et al.. (2022). A global evaluation of the associations between long‐term dynamics of seed falls and rodents. Integrative Zoology. 18(5). 831–842. 11 indexed citations
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Cao, Lin, Patrick A. Jansen, Bo Wang, et al.. (2021). Mutual cheating strengthens a tropical seed dispersal mutualism. Ecology. 103(1). 10 indexed citations
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Cao, Lin, et al.. (2021). Cloning capacity helps seeds of Garcinia xanthochymus counter animal predation. Ecology and Evolution. 11(18). 12639–12650. 4 indexed citations
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Wang, Zhenyu, et al.. (2020). Neighborhood effects on the tannin‐related foraging decisions of two rodent species under semi‐natural conditions. Integrative Zoology. 15(6). 569–577. 6 indexed citations
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Wang, Zhenyu, Bo Wang, Xianfeng Yi, et al.. (2019). Re-caching behaviour of rodents improves seed dispersal effectiveness: Evidence from seedling establishment. Forest Ecology and Management. 444. 207–213. 11 indexed citations
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Cao, Lin, Bo Wang, Chuan Yan, et al.. (2018). Risk of cache pilferage determines hoarding behavior of rodents and seed fate. Behavioral Ecology. 29(4). 984–991. 23 indexed citations
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Wang, Zhenyu, Bo Wang, Xianfeng Yi, et al.. (2018). Scatter-hoarding rodents are better pilferers than larder-hoarders. Animal Behaviour. 141. 151–159. 26 indexed citations
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Wang, Bo, et al.. (2017). Directed seed dispersal by scatter-hoarding rodents into areas with a low density of conspecific seeds in the absence of pilferage. Journal of Mammalogy. 98(6). 1682–1687. 11 indexed citations
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Chen, Qiong, Kyle W. Tomlinson, Lin Cao, & Bo Wang. (2017). Effects of fragmentation on the seed predation and dispersal by rodents differ among species with different seed size. Integrative Zoology. 12(6). 468–476. 35 indexed citations
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Zhang, Zhibin, Zhenyu Wang, Gang Chang, et al.. (2016). Trade-off between seed defensive traits and impacts on interaction patterns between seeds and rodents in forest ecosystems. Plant Ecology. 217(3). 253–265. 50 indexed citations
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Cao, Lin, Cong Guo, & Jin Chen. (2016). Fluctuation in seed abundance has contrasting effects on the fate of seeds from two rapidly germinating tree species in an Asian tropical forest. Integrative Zoology. 12(1). 2–11. 36 indexed citations
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Cao, Lin. (2013). The Comparison of Salt Tolerance in Major Vegetable Crops. Acta Agriculturae Boreali-Sinica. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Zhenyu, Lin Cao, & Zhibin Zhang. (2013). Seed traits and taxonomic relationships determine the occurrence of mutualisms versus seed predation in a tropical forest rodent and seed dispersal system. Integrative Zoology. 9(3). 309–319. 50 indexed citations
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Cao, Lin. (2011). Effectiveness of small rodents dispersing seeds of Castanopsis indica in Xishuangbanna tropical seasonal rain forest. Acta Theriologica Sinica. 2 indexed citations
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Cao, Lin, Zhishu Xiao, Cong Guo, & Jin Chen. (2011). Scatter‐hoarding rodents as secondary seed dispersers of a frugivore‐dispersed tree Scleropyrum wallichianum in a defaunated Xishuangbanna tropical forest, China. Integrative Zoology. 6(3). 227–234. 26 indexed citations
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Cao, Lin, Zhishu Xiao, Zhenyu Wang, et al.. (2011). High regeneration capacity helps tropical seeds to counter rodent predation. Oecologia. 166(4). 997–1007. 40 indexed citations
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Cao, Lin, et al.. (2010). Frugivorous birds and its impacts on seed dispersal of wild cherry (Prunus pseudocerasus) in a Dujiangyan forest, China.. Dongwuxue zazhi. 45(1). 27–34. 5 indexed citations

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