Marthán N Bester

5.6k total citations
182 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Marthán N Bester is a scholar working on Ecology, Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Marthán N Bester has authored 182 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 172 papers in Ecology, 72 papers in Atmospheric Science and 35 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Marthán N Bester's work include Marine animal studies overview (160 papers), Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (71 papers) and Avian ecology and behavior (40 papers). Marthán N Bester is often cited by papers focused on Marine animal studies overview (160 papers), Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (71 papers) and Avian ecology and behavior (40 papers). Marthán N Bester collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, Australia and Poland. Marthán N Bester's co-authors include Clive R. McMahon, P J Nico de Bruyn, Harry R. Burton, Pierre Pistorius, G. J. Greg Hofmeyr, Stephen P. Kirkman, Mark A. Hindell, Cheryl Ann Tosh, W. Chris Oosthuizen and Trevor McIntyre and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Marthán N Bester

180 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Marthán N Bester South Africa	33	3.2k	1.1k	996	517	451	182	3.7k
Christina Lockyer Denmark	33	2.7k 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	867 0.9×	236 0.5×	624 1.4×	90	3.3k
Simon Goldsworthy Australia	37	3.2k 1.0×	549 0.5×	1.2k 1.2×	716 1.4×	300 0.7×	139	3.8k
Sascha K. Hooker United Kingdom	28	2.4k 0.7×	493 0.5×	700 0.7×	344 0.7×	811 1.8×	53	2.7k
Aleta A. Hohn United States	36	2.8k 0.9×	631 0.6×	951 1.0×	288 0.6×	373 0.8×	109	3.7k
W. Don Bowen Canada	35	3.5k 1.1×	509 0.5×	1.4k 1.4×	727 1.4×	380 0.8×	76	4.3k
Robert Suydam United States	32	2.7k 0.8×	1.1k 1.1×	538 0.5×	457 0.9×	630 1.4×	109	3.4k
Donald B. Siniff United States	35	2.5k 0.8×	632 0.6×	763 0.8×	436 0.8×	401 0.9×	83	2.9k
Keith Reid United Kingdom	41	3.8k 1.2×	1.0k 1.0×	2.6k 2.6×	549 1.1×	843 1.9×	101	5.0k
Robert L. Brownell United States	35	3.6k 1.1×	826 0.8×	933 0.9×	560 1.1×	1.3k 2.9×	168	4.2k
Douglas P. DeMaster United States	32	2.7k 0.8×	756 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	403 0.8×	577 1.3×	91	3.2k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Bester, Marthán N & Michael J. Somers. (2025). Monitoring of vagrant seals on mid-oceanic islands of the South Atlantic Ocean. Polar Biology. 48(3). 1 indexed citations

Bester, Marthán N & G. J. Rossouw. (2024). Territoriality in adult male sub-Antarctic fur seals at Gough Island. Polar Biology. 48(1).

McIntyre, Trevor, W. Chris Oosthuizen, Marthán N Bester, et al.. (2023). Tracking the foraging migrations of Marion Island southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) during their first year of life. Marine Mammal Science. 40(2).

Oliveira, Marcelo Zagonel de, Márcio Borges Martins, Daniel Danilewicz, et al.. (2023). Patterns of occurrence of the sub-Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus tropicalis (Gray 1872) in Southern Brazil: climatic and environmental associations. Polar Biology. 47(1). 53–71. 1 indexed citations

Oosthuizen, W. Chris, et al.. (2023). Density-related reproductive costs and natal conditions predict male life history in a highly polygynous mammal. Animal Behaviour. 200. 183–197. 3 indexed citations

Wege, Mia, Horst Bornemann, & Marthán N Bester. (2023). The nightlife of a Ross seal: diving and haul-out behaviour from the eastern Weddell Sea. Antarctic Science. 35(1). 31–42. 1 indexed citations

Bester, Marthán N, et al.. (2023). Aspects of the skin morphology in the sub-Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus tropicalis. Zoomorphology. 142(4). 519–525. 1 indexed citations

Bester, Marthán N, et al.. (2022). Dispersion of a southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina to Possession Island, Namibia. Polar Biology. 45(5). 951–958. 1 indexed citations

Bester, Marthán N. (2021). Status of pinnipeds on mid-Atlantic ridge islands, South Atlantic Ocean. Polar Biology. 44(4). 865–871. 7 indexed citations

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Bester, Marthán N. (2021). Vagrant sub-Antarctic fur seal at tropical Ascension Island, South Atlantic Ocean. Polar Biology. 44(2). 451–454. 8 indexed citations

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Hooker, Sascha K., Russel D. Andrews, John P. Y. Arnould, et al.. (2021). Fur seals do, but sea lions don't — cross taxa insights into exhalation during ascent from dives. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 376(1830). 20200219–20200219. 6 indexed citations

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Bester, Marthán N, et al.. (2020). Sub-Antarctic fur seals depredate northern rockhopper penguins at Nightingale Island, Tristan da Cunha. Polar Biology. 43(7). 925–927. 4 indexed citations

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Oosthuizen, W. Chris, et al.. (2020). Selective disappearance of frail juveniles: consequences for understanding social dominance in adult male elephant seals. Oikos. 129(10). 1566–1578. 7 indexed citations

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Reisinger, Ryan R, et al.. (2020). Seal bites at sub-Antarctic Marion Island : incidence, outcomes and treatment recommendations. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association. 91(1). 1–6. 3 indexed citations

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Chinsamy, Anusuya, et al.. (2019). Microanatomy and histology of bone pathologies of extant and extinct phocid seals. Historical Biology. 33(8). 1231–1246. 12 indexed citations

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Bester, Marthán N, et al.. (2019). First record of a leucistic sub-Antarctic fur seal. Polar Biology. 42(6). 1217–1220. 5 indexed citations

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Bester, Marthán N, Mia Wege, W. Chris Oosthuizen, & Horst Bornemann. (2019). Ross seal distribution in the Weddell Sea: fact and fallacy. Polar Biology. 43(1). 35–41. 7 indexed citations

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Wege, Mia, P J Nico de Bruyn, Mark A. Hindell, Mary‐Anne Lea, & Marthán N Bester. (2019). Preferred, small-scale foraging areas of two Southern Ocean fur seal species are not determined by habitat characteristics. BMC Ecology. 19(1). 36–36. 11 indexed citations

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McMahon, Clive R., Harry R. Burton, & Marthán N Bester. (2003). A demographic comparison of two southern elephant seal populations. Journal of Animal Ecology. 72(1). 61–74. 113 indexed citations

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Ramdohr, Sven, Horst Bornemann, Joachim Plötz, & Marthán N Bester. (2001). Immobilization of free-ranging adult male southern elephant seals with Immobilon(tm) (etorphine/acepromacine) and ketamine. African Journal of Wildlife Research. 31. 135–140. 7 indexed citations

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