Mark L. Taper

15.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
105 papers, 11.8k citations indexed

About

Mark L. Taper is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark L. Taper has authored 105 papers receiving a total of 11.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Ecology, 41 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 17 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Mark L. Taper's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (31 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (24 papers) and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (20 papers). Mark L. Taper is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (31 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (24 papers) and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (20 papers). Mark L. Taper collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Japan. Mark L. Taper's co-authors include Steven T. Kalinowski, Tristan Marshall, Ted J. Case, Brian Dennis, Pablo A. Marquet, Aaron P. Wagner, James H. Brown, Subhash R. Lele, José Miguel Ponciano and Peter Stacey and has published in prestigious journals such as Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Ecology and The American Naturalist.

In The Last Decade

Mark L. Taper

101 papers receiving 11.1k 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.

Revising how the computer program cervus accommodates genotyping error increases success in paternity assignment

2007 4.4k citations Steven T. Kalinowski, Mark L. Taper et al. Molecular Ecology profile →
ml‐relate: a computer program for maximum likelihood estimation of relatedness and relationship

2006 774 citations Steven T. Kalinowski, Mark L. Taper et al. profile →
Evolution of Body Size: Consequences of an Energetic Definition of Fitness

1993 523 citations James H. Brown, Mark L. Taper et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mark L. Taper United States	41	5.6k	4.6k	3.6k	3.5k	1.6k	105	11.8k
Oscar E. Gaggiotti United Kingdom	41	3.8k 0.7×	6.7k 1.5×	2.6k 0.7×	1.8k 0.5×	1.5k 0.9×	86	10.4k
Samuel M. Scheiner United States	47	4.0k 0.7×	2.9k 0.6×	4.4k 1.2×	4.8k 1.4×	2.1k 1.3×	131	11.3k
Peter Beerli United States	33	3.2k 0.6×	6.2k 1.4×	1.9k 0.5×	2.9k 0.8×	1.7k 1.0×	65	10.5k
Luke J. Harmon United States	49	3.1k 0.6×	4.7k 1.0×	4.0k 1.1×	5.1k 1.5×	2.2k 1.4×	114	13.0k
Steven T. Kalinowski United States	39	4.9k 0.9×	7.8k 1.7×	3.1k 0.9×	3.1k 0.9×	1.0k 0.6×	85	12.8k
Jonathan D. Ballou United States	32	4.1k 0.7×	5.6k 1.2×	1.9k 0.5×	2.1k 0.6×	844 0.5×	65	9.0k
Nicolas Perrin Switzerland	54	4.2k 0.8×	6.0k 1.3×	1.7k 0.5×	4.5k 1.3×	2.0k 1.3×	186	11.2k
Stéphanie Manel France	47	5.2k 0.9×	5.4k 1.2×	3.0k 0.8×	2.1k 0.6×	1.7k 1.1×	132	11.3k
Allan J. Baker Canada	56	5.7k 1.0×	8.0k 1.8×	2.5k 0.7×	3.4k 1.0×	1.4k 0.8×	190	14.4k
Michael W. Bruford United Kingdom	63	5.9k 1.0×	7.7k 1.7×	1.8k 0.5×	3.7k 1.0×	1.3k 0.8×	300	14.1k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Brittan, Gordon G. & Mark L. Taper. (2024). Meta-critical thinking, paradox, and probabilities. Frontiers in Education. 8.

Dennis, Brian, Mark L. Taper, & José Miguel Ponciano. (2024). Evidential Analysis: An Alternative to Hypothesis Testing in Normal Linear Models. Entropy. 26(11). 964–964.

Kalinowski, Steven T., et al.. (2023). Evidence of an Absence of Inbreeding Depression in a Wild Population of Weddell Seals (Leptonychotes weddellii). Entropy. 25(3). 403–403. 2 indexed citations

Jerde, Christopher L., et al.. (2019). Strong Evidence for an Intraspecific Metabolic Scaling Coefficient Near 0.89 in Fish. Frontiers in Physiology. 10. 1166–1166. 55 indexed citations

Dennis, Brian, José Miguel Ponciano, Mark L. Taper, & Subhash R. Lele. (2019). Errors in Statistical Inference Under Model Misspecification: Evidence, Hypothesis Testing, and AIC. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 7. 49 indexed citations

Ponciano, José Miguel, Mark L. Taper, & Brian Dennis. (2018). Ecological change points: The strength of density dependence and the loss of history. Theoretical Population Biology. 121. 45–59. 4 indexed citations

Brittan, Gordon G., et al.. (2016). Belief, evidence, and uncertainty : problems of epistemic inference. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 10 indexed citations

Lenssen, Andrew W., et al.. (2010). Regional Assemblages of Lygus (Heteroptera: Miridae) in Montana Canola Fields. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 83(4). 297–305. 11 indexed citations

Dennis, Brian, José Miguel Ponciano, & Mark L. Taper. (2010). Replicated sampling increases efficiency in monitoring biological populations. Ecology. 91(2). 610–620. 58 indexed citations

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Ponciano, José Miguel, Mark L. Taper, Brian Dennis, & Subhash R. Lele. (2009). Hierarchical models in ecology: confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, and model selection using data cloning. Ecology. 90(2). 356–362. 50 indexed citations

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Kalinowski, Steven T. & Mark L. Taper. (2007). The Effect of Seat Location on Exam Grades and Student Perceptions in an Introductory Biology Class. The journal of college science teaching. 36(4). 54–57. 44 indexed citations

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Kalinowski, Steven T., Mark L. Taper, & Tristan Marshall. (2007). Revising how the computer program cervus accommodates genotyping error increases success in paternity assignment. Molecular Ecology. 16(5). 1099–1106. 4367 indexed citations breakdown →

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Taper, Mark L., et al.. (2007). Effects of Tourists on Behavior and Demography of Olympic Marmots. Conservation Biology. 21(4). 1070–1081. 56 indexed citations

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Rotella, Jay J., et al.. (2007). Extending Methods for Modeling Heterogeneity in Nest-survival Data Using Generalized Mixed Models. Digital Commons - University of South Florida (University of South Florida). 17 indexed citations

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Jerde, Christopher L. & Mark L. Taper. (2004). Preparing Undergraduates for Professional Writing: Evidence Supporting the Benefits of Scientific Writing within the Biology Curriculum.. The journal of college science teaching. 33(7). 34–37. 20 indexed citations

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Rotella, Jay J., Mark L. Taper, & Andrew J. Hansen. (2000). Correcting Nesting-Success Estimates for Observer Effects: Maximum-Likelihood Estimates of Daily Survival Rates With Reduced Bias. The Auk. 117(1). 92–109. 14 indexed citations

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Rotella, Jay J., Mark L. Taper, & Andrew J. Hansen. (2000). CORRECTING NESTING-SUCCESS ESTIMATES FOR OBSERVER EFFECTS: MAXIMUM-LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATES OF DAILY SURVIVAL RATES WITH REDUCED BIAS. The Auk. 117(1). 92–92. 58 indexed citations

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Taper, Mark L., et al.. (1995). Individualistic responses of bird species to environmental change. Oecologia. 101(4). 478–486. 44 indexed citations

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Wolda, Henk, Brian Dennis, & Mark L. Taper. (1994). Density dependence tests, and largely futile comments: Answers to Holyoak and Lawton (1993) and Hanski, Woiwod and Perry (1993). Oecologia. 98(2). 229–234. 23 indexed citations

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Taper, Mark L., Eric Zimmerman, & Ted J. Case. (1986). Sources of mortality for a cynipid gall-wasp (Dryocosmus dubiosus (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae)): The importance of the Tannin/Fungus interaction. Oecologia. 68(3). 437–445. 58 indexed citations

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