Michaela Ecker

591 total citations
18 papers, 229 citations indexed

About

Michaela Ecker is a scholar working on Anthropology, Paleontology and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Michaela Ecker has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 229 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Anthropology, 13 papers in Paleontology and 10 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Michaela Ecker's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (15 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (10 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (10 papers). Michaela Ecker is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (15 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (10 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (10 papers). Michaela Ecker collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Canada and United Kingdom. Michaela Ecker's co-authors include Julia A. Lee‐Thorp, Liora Kolska Horwitz, James S. Brink, Michael Chazan, Hervé Bocherens, Marie-Anne Julien, Jean‐Paul Raynal, Florent Rivals, Marie‐Hélène Moncel and Lloyd Rossouw and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Scientific Reports and Quaternary Science Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Michaela Ecker

16 papers receiving 221 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michaela Ecker Germany 8 192 163 89 54 51 18 229
Sibeli Aparecida Viana Brazil 7 173 0.9× 143 0.9× 46 0.5× 17 0.3× 14 0.3× 21 248
Marina Pagli France 6 173 0.9× 149 0.9× 85 1.0× 21 0.4× 10 0.2× 16 259
Ashley Lemke United States 9 175 0.9× 200 1.2× 45 0.5× 50 0.9× 23 0.5× 27 272
Jonathan C. Lothrop United States 7 164 0.9× 150 0.9× 86 1.0× 38 0.7× 10 0.2× 10 216
Bonnie L. Pitblado United States 10 163 0.8× 196 1.2× 76 0.9× 35 0.6× 24 0.5× 25 290
Lisa Janz United States 8 143 0.7× 146 0.9× 51 0.6× 20 0.4× 19 0.4× 14 228
Rafael Suárez Uruguay 10 268 1.4× 245 1.5× 37 0.4× 32 0.6× 10 0.2× 23 313
Kane Ditchfield Australia 11 181 0.9× 154 0.9× 100 1.1× 39 0.7× 33 0.6× 20 253
Birgitta Stephenson Australia 10 204 1.1× 195 1.2× 73 0.8× 33 0.6× 40 0.8× 20 304
Joshua Keene United States 5 178 0.9× 185 1.1× 96 1.1× 40 0.7× 7 0.1× 8 250

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All Works

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Kelley, Douglas I., et al.. (2024). Niche-dependent forest and savanna fragmentation in Tropical South America during the Last Glacial Maximum. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 3 indexed citations
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Ecker, Michaela, et al.. (2023). Archaeological survey near Tsabong, Kgalagadi District, southwestern Botswana. Azania Archaeological Research in Africa. 58(4). 517–535. 2 indexed citations
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Ecker, Michaela, et al.. (2023). Herbivore enamel carbon and oxygen isotopes demonstrate both Homo sapiens and Neanderthals exploited similar habitats in the Zagros Mountains. Journal of Quaternary Science. 38(8). 1279–1288. 3 indexed citations
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Goldberg, Paul, et al.. (2021). Exploring the Later Stone Age at a micro-scale: New high-resolution excavations at Wonderwerk Cave. Quaternary International. 614. 126–145. 5 indexed citations
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Ecker, Michaela, et al.. (2021). Pleistocene environments in the southern Kalahari of South Africa. Quaternary International. 614. 50–58. 10 indexed citations
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Ecker, Michaela, et al.. (2020). Modelling the effects of CO2 on C3 and C4 grass competition during the mid-Pleistocene transition in South Africa. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 16234–16234. 6 indexed citations
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Chazan, Michael, Francesco Berna, James S. Brink, et al.. (2020). Archeology, Environment, and Chronology of the Early Middle Stone Age Component of Wonderwerk Cave. Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology. 3(3). 302–335. 30 indexed citations
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Ecker, Michaela, James S. Brink, Lloyd Rossouw, et al.. (2018). The palaeoecological context of the Oldowan–Acheulean in southern Africa. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 2(7). 1080–1086. 30 indexed citations
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Ecker, Michaela & Julia A. Lee‐Thorp. (2018). The dietary ecology of the extinct springbok Antidorcas bondi. Quaternary International. 495. 136–143. 5 indexed citations
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Ecker, Michaela, James S. Brink, Michael Chazan, Liora Kolska Horwitz, & Julia A. Lee‐Thorp. (2017). Radiocarbon Dates Constrain the Timing of Environmental and Cultural Shifts in the Holocene Strata of Wonderwerk Cave, South Africa. Radiocarbon. 59(4). 1067–1086. 18 indexed citations
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Ecker, Michaela, James S. Brink, Liora Kolska Horwitz, Louis Scott, & Julia A. Lee‐Thorp. (2017). A 12,000 year record of changes in herbivore niche separation and palaeoclimate (Wonderwerk Cave, South Africa). Quaternary Science Reviews. 180. 132–144. 20 indexed citations
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Chazan, Michael, et al.. (2017). Renewed excavations at Wonderwerk Cave, South Africa. Evolutionary Anthropology Issues News and Reviews. 26(6). 258–260. 7 indexed citations
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Ecker, Michaela. (2016). Two million years of environmental change: a case study from Wonderwerk Cave, Northern Cape, South Africa, 2016 University of Oxford 2016. Azania Archaeological Research in Africa. 51(3). 413–413. 2 indexed citations
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Lee‐Thorp, Julia A. & Michaela Ecker. (2015). Holocene Environmental Change at Wonderwerk Cave, South Africa: Insights from Stable Light Isotopes in Ostrich Eggshell. African Archaeological Review. 32(4). 793–811. 26 indexed citations
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Scott, Louis, D. Margaret Avery, Marion K. Bamford, et al.. (2014). The Late Pleistocene and Holocene palaeoenvironmental context of Wonderwerk Cave in the southern Kalahari, South Africa. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 8166. 1 indexed citations
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Ecker, Michaela, Hervé Bocherens, Marie-Anne Julien, et al.. (2013). Middle Pleistocene ecology and Neanderthal subsistence: Insights from stable isotope analyses in Payre (Ardèche, southeastern France). Journal of Human Evolution. 65(4). 363–373. 61 indexed citations

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