Linda S. Rayor

2.2k total citations
31 papers, 783 citations indexed

About

Linda S. Rayor is a scholar working on Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Linda S. Rayor has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 783 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Genetics, 21 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 6 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Linda S. Rayor's work include Animal Behavior and Reproduction (17 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (16 papers) and Plant and animal studies (12 papers). Linda S. Rayor is often cited by papers focused on Animal Behavior and Reproduction (17 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (16 papers) and Plant and animal studies (12 papers). Linda S. Rayor collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Brazil. Linda S. Rayor's co-authors include George W. Uetz, Eric C. Yip, Cole Gilbert, Lisa A. Taylor, Ingi Agnarsson, Rachel E. Walsh, Kenneth B. Armitage, Sanford D. Eigenbrode, J. A. A. Renwick and Steven Clarke and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Oecologia and Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society.

In The Last Decade

Linda S. Rayor

30 papers receiving 727 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Linda S. Rayor United States 17 525 483 225 94 65 31 783
David Punzalan Canada 13 674 1.3× 404 0.8× 159 0.7× 76 0.8× 130 2.0× 23 834
Carlos Cordero Mexico 16 874 1.7× 611 1.3× 113 0.5× 183 1.9× 46 0.7× 46 987
Lisa M. Meffert United States 19 528 1.0× 639 1.3× 141 0.6× 250 2.7× 42 0.6× 35 969
Christopher D. Beatty United States 13 374 0.7× 211 0.4× 148 0.7× 49 0.5× 65 1.0× 35 522
Sami M. Kivelä Finland 18 553 1.1× 233 0.5× 369 1.6× 107 1.1× 64 1.0× 43 789
Iliana Medina Australia 17 510 1.0× 217 0.4× 375 1.7× 50 0.5× 121 1.9× 50 779
Alexander L. Wild United States 13 587 1.1× 518 1.1× 168 0.7× 296 3.1× 35 0.5× 23 816
Gislene L. Gonçalves Brazil 15 308 0.6× 330 0.7× 151 0.7× 134 1.4× 34 0.5× 72 647
G. B. Edwards United States 20 810 1.5× 753 1.6× 123 0.5× 328 3.5× 89 1.4× 75 1.2k
Johanna Rönn Sweden 16 769 1.5× 601 1.2× 249 1.1× 423 4.5× 60 0.9× 22 1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Linda S. Rayor

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All Works

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Tong, Chao, Leticia Avilés, Linda S. Rayor, Alexander S. Mikheyev, & Timothy A. Linksvayer. (2022). Genomic signatures of recent convergent transitions to social life in spiders. Nature Communications. 13(1). 6967–6967. 9 indexed citations
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Rheims, Cristina Anne, et al.. (2022). Huntsman spider phylogeny informs evolution of life history, egg sacs, and morphology. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 174. 107530–107530. 10 indexed citations
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Rayor, Linda S., et al.. (2021). Effects on running speed of changes in sexual size dimorphism at maturity on in the cursorial huntsman spider, Delena cancerides (Sparassidae). Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 207(2). 269–277. 2 indexed citations
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Agnarsson, Ingi & Linda S. Rayor. (2013). A molecular phylogeny of the Australian huntsman spiders (Sparassidae, Deleninae): Implications for taxonomy and social behaviour. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 69(3). 895–905. 26 indexed citations
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Hoogland, John L., et al.. (2012). Conflicting research on the demography, ecology, and social behavior of Gunnison's prairie dogs (Cynomys gunnisoni). Journal of Mammalogy. 93(4). 1075–1085. 4 indexed citations
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Rayor, Linda S., et al.. (2011). Preferential prey sharing among kin not found in the social huntsman spider, Delena cancerides (Araneae: Sparassidae). Journal of Arachnology. 39(2). 258–262. 6 indexed citations
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Yip, Eric C., Steven Clarke, & Linda S. Rayor. (2009). Aliens among us: nestmate recognition in the social huntsman spider, Delena cancerides. Insectes Sociaux. 56(3). 223–231. 15 indexed citations
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Walsh, Rachel E. & Linda S. Rayor. (2008). Kin discrimination in the amblypygid, Damon diadema. Journal of Arachnology. 36(2). 336–343. 20 indexed citations
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Rayor, Linda S., Larissa J. Mooney, & J. A. A. Renwick. (2007). Predatory Behavior of Polistes dominulus Wasps in Response to Cardenolides and Glucosinolates in Pieris napi Caterpillars. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 33(6). 1177–85. 14 indexed citations
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Rayor, Linda S. & George W. Uetz. (2000). Age-related sequential web building in the colonial spider Metepeira incrassata (Araneidae): an adaptive spacing strategy. Animal Behaviour. 59(6). 1251–1259. 11 indexed citations
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Eigenbrode, Sanford D., et al.. (2000). Effects of wax bloom variation in Brassica oleracea on foraging by a vespid wasp. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 97(2). 161–166. 25 indexed citations
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Rayor, Linda S.. (1996). Attack strategies of predatory wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae; Sphecidae) on colonial orb web-building spiders (Araneidae: Metepeira incrassata). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 69. 67–75. 33 indexed citations
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Rayor, Linda S. & George W. Uetz. (1993). Ontogenetic shifts within the selfish herd: predation risk and foraging trade-offs change with age in colonial web-building spiders. Oecologia. 95(1). 1–8. 55 indexed citations
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Rayor, Linda S. & Kenneth B. Armitage. (1991). Social behavior and space-use of young of ground-dwelling squirrel species with different levels of sociality. Ethology Ecology & Evolution. 3(3). 185–205. 20 indexed citations
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Rayor, Linda S. & George W. Uetz. (1990). Trade-offs in foraging success and predation risk with spatial position in colonial spiders. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 27(2). 77–85. 123 indexed citations
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Rayor, Linda S.. (1988). Social organization and space-use in Gunnison's prairie dog. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 22(1). 69–78. 54 indexed citations
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Gilbert, Cole & Linda S. Rayor. (1985). PREDATORY BEHAVIOR OF SPITTING SPIDERS (ARANEAE : SCYTODIDAE) AND THE EVOLUTION OF PREY WRAPPING I. Journal of Arachnology. 13(2). 231–241. 34 indexed citations
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Rayor, Linda S.. (1985). Effects of habitat quality on growth, age of first reproduction, and dispersal in Gunnison's prairie dogs (Cynomys gunnisoni). Canadian Journal of Zoology. 63(12). 2835–2840. 54 indexed citations
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Rayor, Linda S.. (1985). Dynamics of a Plague Outbreak in Gunnison's Prairie Dog. Journal of Mammalogy. 66(1). 194–196. 42 indexed citations

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