Michael W. Belitz

1.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
35 papers, 811 citations indexed

About

Michael W. Belitz is a scholar working on Ecological Modeling, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael W. Belitz has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 811 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Ecological Modeling, 22 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 19 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Michael W. Belitz's work include Species Distribution and Climate Change (29 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (21 papers) and Plant and animal studies (18 papers). Michael W. Belitz is often cited by papers focused on Species Distribution and Climate Change (29 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (21 papers) and Plant and animal studies (18 papers). Michael W. Belitz collaborates with scholars based in United States, Colombia and Netherlands. Michael W. Belitz's co-authors include Robert Guralnick, Vijay Barve, Brian J. Stucky, Morgan W. Tingley, Rob Guralnick, Graham A. Montgomery, Allen H. Hurlbert, Grace J. Di Cecco, Elise A. Larsen and Leslie Ries and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Trends in Ecology & Evolution and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Michael W. Belitz

33 papers receiving 782 citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Observing the Observers: How Participants Contribute Data to iNaturalist and Implications for Biodiversity Science

2021 171 citations Grace J. Di Cecco, Vijay Barve et al. BioScience profile →
Standards and Best Practices for Monitoring and Benchmarking Insects

2021 138 citations Michael W. Belitz, Morgan W. Tingley et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael W. Belitz United States	16	507	348	319	250	125	35	811
Alexander Harpke Germany	15	450 0.9×	410 1.2×	186 0.6×	378 1.5×	139 1.1×	28	729
Niklas Wengström Sweden	8	371 0.7×	318 0.9×	310 1.0×	352 1.4×	104 0.8×	12	789
Viviane Gianluppi Ferro Brazil	14	351 0.7×	497 1.4×	208 0.7×	354 1.4×	232 1.9×	36	905
Colin Harrower United Kingdom	17	432 0.9×	521 1.5×	402 1.3×	375 1.5×	131 1.0×	30	1.0k
Graham A. Montgomery United States	13	243 0.5×	439 1.3×	279 0.9×	177 0.7×	199 1.6×	21	733
Natalie J. Briscoe Australia	17	634 1.3×	318 0.9×	642 2.0×	295 1.2×	134 1.1×	27	1.0k
Megan J. Hirst Australia	4	349 0.7×	289 0.8×	320 1.0×	309 1.2×	108 0.9×	11	679
Eduardas Budrys Lithuania	10	252 0.5×	241 0.7×	195 0.6×	178 0.7×	150 1.2×	31	561
Javier Gutiérrez Illán United States	13	555 1.1×	409 1.2×	294 0.9×	417 1.7×	169 1.4×	24	857
Hiromitsu Samejima Japan	13	222 0.4×	158 0.5×	639 2.0×	241 1.0×	112 0.9×	37	955

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael W. Belitz

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Belitz, Michael W., Caitlin J. Campbell, Ryan G. Drum, et al.. (2025). A case for assemblage-level conservation to address the biodiversity crisis. 1(2). 134–143. 2 indexed citations

Li, Daijiang, Michael W. Belitz, Lindsay P. Campbell, & Robert Guralnick. (2025). Extreme weather events have strong but different impacts on plant and insect phenology. Nature Climate Change. 15(3). 321–328. 6 indexed citations

Belitz, Michael W., Elise A. Larsen, Allen H. Hurlbert, et al.. (2025). Potential for bird–insect phenological mismatch in a tri‐trophic system. Journal of Animal Ecology. 94(4). 717–728. 2 indexed citations

Belitz, Michael W., et al.. (2025). Long-term population dynamics of an endangered butterfly are influenced by hurricane-mediated disturbance. Biological Conservation. 302. 110969–110969.

Folk, Ryan A., Carolina M. Siniscalchi, Heather R. Kates, et al.. (2024). Phylogenetic diversity and regionalization in the temperate arid zone. Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 62(6). 1201–1217. 1 indexed citations

Larsen, Elise A., Michael W. Belitz, Grace J. Di Cecco, et al.. (2024). Overwintering strategy regulates phenological sensitivity and consequences for ecological services in a clade of temperate North American insects. Functional Ecology. 38(5). 1075–1088. 6 indexed citations

Folk, Ryan A., Joseph L. M. Charboneau, Michael W. Belitz, et al.. (2024). Anatomy of a mega‐radiation: Biogeography and niche evolution in Astragalus. American Journal of Botany. 111(3). e16299–e16299. 15 indexed citations

Folk, Ryan A., Carolina M. Siniscalchi, Heather R. Kates, et al.. (2024). Spatial phylogenetics of Fagales: Investigating drivers of temperate forest distributions. Journal of Biogeography. 51(8). 1518–1532. 1 indexed citations

Belitz, Michael W., et al.. (2024). Substantial urbanization‐driven declines of larval and adult moths in a subtropical environment. Global Change Biology. 30(3). e17241–e17241. 4 indexed citations

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Bybee, Seth, Jessica L. Ware, John C. Abbott, et al.. (2024). Interactions between sexual signaling and wing size drive ecology and evolution of wing colors in Odonata. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 25034–25034. 2 indexed citations

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McCleery, Robert A., et al.. (2023). Uniting Experiments and Big Data to advance ecology and conservation. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 38(10). 970–979. 14 indexed citations

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Guralnick, Robert, Lindsay P. Campbell, & Michael W. Belitz. (2023). Weather anomalies more important than climate means in driving insect phenology. Communications Biology. 6(1). 490–490. 10 indexed citations

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Shirey, Vaughn, Elise A. Larsen, Michael W. Belitz, et al.. (2022). LepTraits 1.0 A globally comprehensive dataset of butterfly traits. Scientific Data. 9(1). 382–382. 35 indexed citations

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Larsen, Elise A., Michael W. Belitz, Robert Guralnick, & Leslie Ries. (2022). Consistent trait-temperature interactions drive butterfly phenology in both incidental and survey data. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 13370–13370. 13 indexed citations

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Belitz, Michael W., Elise A. Larsen, Vaughn Shirey, Daijiang Li, & Robert Guralnick. (2022). Phenological research based on natural history collections: Practical guidelines and a lepidopteran case study. Functional Ecology. 37(2). 234–247. 19 indexed citations

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Belitz, Michael W., Vijay Barve, Maggie M. Hantak, et al.. (2021). Climate drivers of adult insect activity are conditioned by life history traits. Ecology Letters. 24(12). 2687–2699. 18 indexed citations

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Cecco, Grace J. Di, Vijay Barve, Michael W. Belitz, et al.. (2021). Observing the Observers: How Participants Contribute Data to iNaturalist and Implications for Biodiversity Science. BioScience. 71(11). 1179–1188. 171 indexed citations breakdown →

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Earl, Chandra, Michael W. Belitz, Shawn W. Laffan, et al.. (2021). Spatial phylogenetics of butterflies in relation to environmental drivers and angiosperm diversity across North America. iScience. 24(4). 102239–102239. 28 indexed citations

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Belitz, Michael W., Elise A. Larsen, Leslie Ries, & Robert Guralnick. (2020). The accuracy of phenology estimators for use with sparsely sampled presence‐only observations. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 11(10). 1273–1285. 39 indexed citations

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Barve, Vijay, Laura Brenskelle, Daijiang Li, et al.. (2020). Methods for broad‐scale plant phenology assessments using citizen scientists’ photographs. Applications in Plant Sciences. 8(1). e11315–e11315. 52 indexed citations

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