Merlin D. Tuttle

4.0k total citations
46 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Merlin D. Tuttle is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Merlin D. Tuttle has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 15 papers in Ecology and 12 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Merlin D. Tuttle's work include Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (32 papers), Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (11 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (8 papers). Merlin D. Tuttle is often cited by papers focused on Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (32 papers), Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (11 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (8 papers). Merlin D. Tuttle collaborates with scholars based in United States, Panama and Belgium. Merlin D. Tuttle's co-authors include Michael J. Ryan, A. Stanley Rand, Wallace P. Erickson, Gregory D. Johnson, Thomas Kunz, R. W. Thresher, Ronald P. Larkin, Edward B. Arnett, M. Dale Strickland and Stephen L. Buchmann and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Merlin D. Tuttle

45 papers receiving 2.5k citations

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All Works

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Simon, Ralph, et al.. (2023). An ultrasound-absorbing inflorescence zone enhances echo-acoustic contrast of bat-pollinated cactus flowers. Journal of Experimental Biology. 226(5). 6 indexed citations
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Tuttle, Merlin D., et al.. (2017). Fear of Bats and its Consequences. 10(1). 10 indexed citations
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Tuttle, Merlin D., et al.. (1999). BATS IN AMERICAN BRIDGES. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 24 indexed citations
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Tuttle, Merlin D.. (1995). Saving North America's beleaguered bats. National geographic/˜The œcomplete National geographic/˜The œNational geographic magazine. 188(2). 36–57. 3 indexed citations
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Fleming, Theodore H., Sandrine Maurice, Stephen L. Buchmann, & Merlin D. Tuttle. (1994). Reproductive biology and relative male and female fitness in a trioecious cactus, Pachycereus pringlei (Cactaceae). American Journal of Botany. 81(7). 858–867. 92 indexed citations
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Fleming, Theodore H., Sandrine Maurice, Stephen L. Buchmann, & Merlin D. Tuttle. (1994). Reproductive Biology and Relative Male and Female Fitness in a Trioecious Cactus, Pachycereus pringlei (Cactaceae). American Journal of Botany. 81(7). 858–858. 28 indexed citations
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Tuttle, Merlin D.. (1991). Bats: the cactus connection. National geographic/˜The œcomplete National geographic/˜The œNational geographic magazine. 179(6). 131–140. 8 indexed citations
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Tuttle, Merlin D., et al.. (1991). Flying foxes: threatened animals of key ecological and economic importance. Smithsonian Digital Repository (Smithsonian Institution). 1 indexed citations
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Tuttle, Merlin D.. (1986). Gentle fliers of the african night. National geographic/˜The œcomplete National geographic/˜The œNational geographic magazine. 169(4). 540–558. 4 indexed citations
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Tuttle, Merlin D.. (1982). The amazing frog-eating bat. National geographic/˜The œcomplete National geographic/˜The œNational geographic magazine. 161(1). 78–90. 1 indexed citations
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Rabinowitz, Alan & Merlin D. Tuttle. (1982). A test of the validity of two currently used methods of determining bat prey preferences. ACTA THERIOLOGICA. 27. 283–293. 50 indexed citations
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Tuttle, Merlin D., et al.. (1982). Evasive behaviour of a frog in response to bat predation. Animal Behaviour. 30(2). 393–397. 80 indexed citations
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Clark, D. R., Christine M. Bunck, Eugene Cromartie, Richard К. LaVal, & Merlin D. Tuttle. (1981). Gray bats and pollution in Missouri and northern Alabama. 22(4).
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Tuttle, Merlin D.. (1979). Status, Causes of Decline, and Management of Endangered Gray Bats. Journal of Wildlife Management. 43(1). 1–1. 100 indexed citations
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Tuttle, Merlin D.. (1976). Population ecology of the gray bat (Myotis grisescens). Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 8 indexed citations
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Tuttle, Merlin D.. (1975). Population ecology of the gray bat (Myotis grisescens): factors influencing early growth and development. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 64 indexed citations
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Tuttle, Merlin D. & Lawrence R. Heaney. (1974). Maternity Habits of Myotis leibii in South Dakota. Occidental College Scholar (Occidental College). 73(2). 80–83. 12 indexed citations
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Tuttle, Merlin D.. (1970). Distribution and zoogeography of Peruvian bats, with comments on natural history. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 49(2). 45–45. 100 indexed citations
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Tuttle, Merlin D.. (1964). Myotis subulatus in Tennessee. Journal of Mammalogy. 45(1). 148–148. 7 indexed citations
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Tuttle, Merlin D.. (1964). Observation of Sorex cinereus. Journal of Mammalogy. 45(1). 148–148. 5 indexed citations

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