Michael B. Usher

9.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
136 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

Michael B. Usher is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael B. Usher has authored 136 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 39 papers in Ecology and 31 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Michael B. Usher's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (30 papers), Collembola Taxonomy and Ecology Studies (13 papers) and Botany and Plant Ecology Studies (12 papers). Michael B. Usher is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (30 papers), Collembola Taxonomy and Ecology Studies (13 papers) and Botany and Plant Ecology Studies (12 papers). Michael B. Usher collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Switzerland. Michael B. Usher's co-authors include Graeme Caughley, D. B. A. Thompson, C. R. Margules, Brian Huntley, M. P. Hassell, R. G. Booth, David Walton, J. M. Anderson, A.D.M. Rayner and E. O. Wilson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Biometrics and New Phytologist.

In The Last Decade

Michael B. Usher

130 papers receiving 6.0k citations

Hit Papers

Analysis of Vertebrate Po... 1978 2026 1994 2010 1978 250 500 750

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Michael B. Usher 3.2k 2.6k 2.0k 1.4k 1.3k 136 6.9k
James A. MacMahon 3.0k 0.9× 3.1k 1.2× 1.9k 1.0× 2.0k 1.5× 1.2k 1.0× 92 6.8k
Pekka Niemelä 3.1k 1.0× 2.5k 1.0× 2.3k 1.2× 1.2k 0.9× 1.4k 1.1× 168 6.5k
Eric Duffey 3.3k 1.0× 1.9k 0.7× 1.8k 0.9× 935 0.7× 652 0.5× 134 6.2k
Françoise Burel 3.0k 0.9× 3.3k 1.3× 2.8k 1.4× 2.0k 1.4× 1.3k 1.0× 98 7.1k
Lloyd L. Loope 2.5k 0.8× 2.4k 0.9× 2.1k 1.1× 1.2k 0.9× 1.3k 1.0× 86 5.7k
Charles Elton 3.4k 1.1× 3.3k 1.3× 2.6k 1.3× 1.5k 1.1× 1.5k 1.2× 30 7.5k
Calvin Dytham 2.6k 0.8× 2.4k 0.9× 2.3k 1.2× 1.0k 0.7× 1.3k 1.0× 94 6.7k
Walter P. Carson 3.3k 1.0× 5.4k 2.1× 2.9k 1.5× 2.4k 1.7× 1.9k 1.5× 101 8.5k
Robert B. Waide 3.0k 0.9× 3.0k 1.2× 1.5k 0.8× 1.7k 1.2× 787 0.6× 55 6.1k
J. Bastow Wilson 3.1k 1.0× 5.0k 1.9× 2.9k 1.5× 1.6k 1.2× 2.6k 2.0× 243 8.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bardgett, Richard D., et al.. (2005). Biological Diversity and Function in Soils. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 198 indexed citations
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Usher, Michael B., et al.. (2002). The state of Scotland's environment and natural heritage. 8 indexed citations
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Usher, Michael B.. (2000). The nativeness and non-nativeness of species. New Journal of Botany. 23(2). 323–326. 10 indexed citations
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Shaw, Peter & Michael B. Usher. (1996). Edaphic Collembola of lodgepole pine Pinus contorta plantations in Cumbria, UK. European Journal of Soil Biology. 32(2). 89–97. 11 indexed citations
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Baxter, J. M. & Michael B. Usher. (1994). The islands of Scotland : a living marine heritage. OpenGrey (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique). 11 indexed citations
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Usher, Michael B. & D. B. A. Thompson. (1993). Variation in the upland heathlands of Great Britain: Conservation importance. Biological Conservation. 66(1). 69–81. 69 indexed citations
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Usher, Michael B., et al.. (1989). Egg production related to food quality in Folsomia candida (Collembola: Isotomidae): effects on life history strategies. Pedobiologia. 33(1). 61–67. 24 indexed citations
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Usher, Michael B. & D. B. A. Thompson. (1988). Ecological change in the uplands.. 112 indexed citations
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Usher, Michael B., et al.. (1987). The Antarctic predatory mite Gamasellus racovitzai (Trouessart) (Mesostigmata) - A morphometric study of two subspecies. Acarologia. 28(1). 15–26. 5 indexed citations
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Lister, Adrian M., Michael B. Usher, & William Block. (1987). Description and quantification of field attack rates by predatory mites: An example using an electrophoresis method with a species of Antarctic mite. Oecologia. 72(2). 185–191. 25 indexed citations
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Usher, Michael B.. (1986). Invasibility and wildlife conservation: invasive species on nature reserves. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 314(1167). 695–710. 77 indexed citations
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Usher, Michael B. & Michaël Edwards. (1986). Two new species of tydeid mite acarina prostigmata from the maritime antarctic. NERC Open Research Archive (Natural Environment Research Council). 73(73). 1–7. 3 indexed citations
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Usher, Michael B. & Marion Edwards. (1986). A biometrical study of the family Tydeidae (Acari, Prostigmata) in the maritime Antarctic, with descriptions of three new taxa. Journal of Zoology. 209(3). 355–383. 8 indexed citations
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Usher, Michael B. & Marion Edwards. (1984). The terrestrial arthropods of the grass sward of Lynch Island, a specially protected area in Antarctica. Oecologia. 63(1). 143–144. 12 indexed citations
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Usher, Michael B. & Peter Davis. (1983). The biology of Hypoaspis aculeifer (Canestrini) (Mesostigmata). Is there a tendency towards social behavior. Acarologia. 24(3). 243–250. 19 indexed citations
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Margules, C. R., et al.. (1980). Management plans for nature conservation.. 4–10. 2 indexed citations
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Usher, Michael B. & Graeme Caughley. (1978). Analysis of Vertebrate Populations.. Journal of Applied Ecology. 15(1). 343–343. 916 indexed citations breakdown →
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Usher, Michael B. & Terence W. Parr. (1977). Are there successional changes in arthropod decomposer communities. Journal of Environmental Management. 5(2). 151–160. 13 indexed citations
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Usher, Michael B.. (1977). Ecological modeling in a resource management framework. Applied Mathematical Modelling. 1(5). 286–286. 20 indexed citations
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Usher, Michael B., et al.. (1971). Studies on populations of Folsomia candida (Insecta: Collembola). Oecologia. 7(1). 68–79. 24 indexed citations

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