Michael R. Willig

24.7k citations
222 papers · 16.7k indexed · 6 hit papers · h-index 59

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Michael R. Willig

213 papers receiving 15.7k citations

Hit Papers

Leptospirosis: a zoonotic disease of global importance 2003 · 1.8k citations
1.8k199420262004201550010001.5k

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Michael R. Willig
Comparison fields: 5 of 186
  • Ecological Modeling 4.0k
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation 6.0k
  • Ecology 7.8k
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 5.8k
  • Parasitology 1.9k
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All Works

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The state of theory in ecology
20113
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Similarities in body size distributions of small-bodied flying vertebrates
200421
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Nuevos registros de Glironia venusta y Didelphis albiventris (Didelphimorphia) para Perú
200415
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BIRDS OF THE TAPAJOS NATIONAL FOREST, BRAZILIAN AMAZON: A PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT
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STRUCTURAL AND TAXONOMIC CORRELATES OF HABITAT SELECTION BY A PUERTO RICAN LAND SNAIL
199816
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Functional diversity of microbial communities: A quantitative approach
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19941048
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Movement and Home Range of the Puerto Rican Screech-Owl (Otus nudipes) in the Luquillo Experimental Forest
19932
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Diet of dome common insects in the South Llano River
19931

About Michael R. Willig

Michael R. Willig is a scholar working on Ecological Modeling, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology and Paleontology, having authored 222 papers that have together received 16.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Species Distribution and Climate Change (72 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (72 papers), Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (66 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (53 papers), Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (39 papers), Plant and animal studies (30 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (29 papers) and Mollusks and Parasites Studies (13 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ecological Modeling (4.0k citations), Nature and Landscape Conservation (6.0k citations), Ecology (7.8k citations), Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (5.8k citations) and Parasitology (1.9k citations). Michael R. Willig has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Puerto Rico and Brazil. Frequent co-authors include Richard D. Stevens, Dawn M. Kaufman, Steven J. Presley, Samuel M. Scheiner, Laura Gough, Gary G. Mittelbach, Daryl Moorhead, Robert B. Waide, Christopher F. Steiner and Stanley I. Dodson. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Mammalogy, Biotropica, Oikos, Ecology and Environmental Entomology.

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