Michael McLeish

834 total citations
34 papers, 595 citations indexed

About

Michael McLeish is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael McLeish has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 595 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 18 papers in Plant Science and 13 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Michael McLeish's work include Plant and animal studies (18 papers), Plant Virus Research Studies (14 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (11 papers). Michael McLeish is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (18 papers), Plant Virus Research Studies (14 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (11 papers). Michael McLeish collaborates with scholars based in Spain, South Africa and Australia. Michael McLeish's co-authors include Simon van Noort, Fernando García‐Arenal, Aurora Fraile, Thomas Chapman, Michael P. Schwarz, Krystal A. Tolley, Soledad Sacristán, Bernard J. Crespi, Tom Chapman and Laurence A. Mound and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and New Phytologist.

In The Last Decade

Michael McLeish

32 papers receiving 583 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael McLeish Spain 15 361 276 155 138 111 34 595
Holly R. Prendeville United States 11 279 0.8× 113 0.4× 91 0.6× 85 0.6× 65 0.6× 24 457
Robyn Howitt New Zealand 13 222 0.6× 110 0.4× 77 0.5× 88 0.6× 53 0.5× 21 520
Samuel Pichon France 11 168 0.5× 238 0.9× 135 0.9× 357 2.6× 43 0.4× 11 571
Brian G. Rector United States 19 779 2.2× 401 1.5× 163 1.1× 642 4.7× 66 0.6× 70 1.3k
Wen‐Bin Yeh Taiwan 13 244 0.7× 145 0.5× 80 0.5× 173 1.3× 10 0.1× 46 421
Karl Suiter United States 7 430 1.2× 186 0.7× 124 0.8× 96 0.7× 131 1.2× 10 687
Todd R. Lewis United Kingdom 6 384 1.1× 262 0.9× 60 0.4× 439 3.2× 65 0.6× 27 663
Daniël J. P. Engelmoer Netherlands 9 261 0.7× 132 0.5× 130 0.8× 220 1.6× 47 0.4× 11 665
Schyler O. Nunziata United States 12 124 0.3× 84 0.3× 119 0.8× 49 0.4× 48 0.4× 38 380
Jiufeng Wei China 17 144 0.4× 348 1.3× 99 0.6× 317 2.3× 86 0.8× 60 734

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael McLeish

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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McLeish, Michael, Adrián Peláez, Israel Pagán, et al.. (2024). Plant virus community structuring is shaped by habitat heterogeneity and traits for host plant resource utilisation. New Phytologist. 244(4). 1585–1596.
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Fraile, Aurora, et al.. (2023). Tobamoviruses Show Broad Host Ranges and Little Genetic Diversity Among Four Habitat Types of a Heterogeneous Ecosystem. Phytopathology. 113(9). 1697–1707. 10 indexed citations
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Fraile, Aurora, et al.. (2023). Ecological Strategies for Resource Use by Three Bromoviruses in Anthropic and Wild Plant Communities. Viruses. 15(8). 1779–1779. 1 indexed citations
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McLeish, Michael, Adrián Peláez, Israel Pagán, et al.. (2021). Structuring of plant communities across agricultural landscape mosaics: the importance of connectivity and the scale of effect. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 21(1). 173–173. 7 indexed citations
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McLeish, Michael, Aurora Fraile, & Fernando García‐Arenal. (2020). Population Genomics of Plant Viruses: The Ecology and Evolution of Virus Emergence. Phytopathology. 111(1). 32–39. 21 indexed citations
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Bertin, Sabrina, et al.. (2020). Genetic variability of watermelon mosaic virus isolates infecting cucurbit crops in Italy. Archives of Virology. 165(4). 937–946. 15 indexed citations
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McLeish, Michael, Aurora Fraile, & Fernando García‐Arenal. (2018). Ecological Complexity in Plant Virus Host Range Evolution. Advances in virus research. 101. 293–339. 31 indexed citations
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McLeish, Michael, Soledad Sacristán, Aurora Fraile, & Fernando García‐Arenal. (2017). Scale dependencies and generalism in host use shape virus prevalence. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 284(1869). 20172066–20172066. 24 indexed citations
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McLeish, Michael, Joseph T. Miller, & Laurence A. Mound. (2013). Delayed colonisation of Acacia by thrips and the timing of host-conservatism and behavioural specialisation. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 13(1). 188–188. 8 indexed citations
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McLeish, Michael & Simon van Noort. (2012). Codivergence and multiple host species use by fig wasp populations of the Ficus pollination mutualism. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 12(1). 1–1. 81 indexed citations
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McLeish, Michael, et al.. (2012). Host-Plant Species Conservatism and Ecology of a Parasitoid Fig Wasp Genus (Chalcidoidea; Sycoryctinae; Arachonia). PLoS ONE. 7(9). e44804–e44804. 14 indexed citations
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McLeish, Michael, Danni Guo, Simon van Noort, & Guy F. Midgley. (2011). Life on the edge: rare and restricted episodes of a pan‐tropical mutualism adapting to drier climates. New Phytologist. 191(1). 210–222. 12 indexed citations
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McLeish, Michael. (2011). Speciation in gall-inducing thrips on Acacia in arid and non-arid areas of Australia. Journal of Arid Environments. 75(9). 793–801. 2 indexed citations
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McLeish, Michael, Simon van Noort, & Krystal A. Tolley. (2010). Parasitoid fig‐wasp evolutionary diversification and variation in ecological opportunity. Molecular Ecology. 19(7). 1483–1496. 20 indexed citations
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McLeish, Michael, Simon van Noort, & Krystal A. Tolley. (2010). African parasitoid fig wasp diversification is a function of Ficus species ranges. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 57(1). 122–134. 18 indexed citations
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McLeish, Michael, Bernard J. Crespi, Thomas Chapman, & Michael P. Schwarz. (2007). Parallel diversification of Australian gall-thrips on Acacia. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 43(3). 714–725. 24 indexed citations
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McLeish, Michael, Tom Chapman, & Bernard J. Crespi. (2006). Inbreeding Ancestors: The Role of Sibmating in the Social Evolution of Gall Thrips. Journal of Heredity. 97(1). 31–38. 16 indexed citations
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McLeish, Michael, Thomas Chapman, & Laurence A. Mound. (2006). Gall morpho-type corresponds to separate species of gall-inducing thrips (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 88(4). 555–563. 16 indexed citations
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McLeish, Michael, et al.. (2003). Dispersal patterns of an Australian gall‐forming thrips and its host tree ( Oncothrips tepperi and Acacia oswaldii  ). Ecological Entomology. 28(2). 243–246. 8 indexed citations

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