Nathan Muchhala

2.7k total citations
57 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Nathan Muchhala is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Nathan Muchhala has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 23 papers in Plant Science and 20 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Nathan Muchhala's work include Plant and animal studies (47 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (19 papers) and Plant Diversity and Evolution (19 papers). Nathan Muchhala is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (47 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (19 papers) and Plant Diversity and Evolution (19 papers). Nathan Muchhala collaborates with scholars based in United States, Ecuador and Canada. Nathan Muchhala's co-authors include James D. Thomson, W. Scott Armbruster, Theodore H. Fleming, Matthew D. Potts, Pablo Jarrín–V, Juan Isaac Moreira-Hernández, Laura P. Lagomarsino, Sönke Johnsen, Stacey D. Smith and Charles C. Davis and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Nathan Muchhala

56 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nathan Muchhala United States 25 1.9k 1.1k 812 441 267 57 2.1k
Kathleen M. Kay United States 23 1.6k 0.8× 894 0.8× 746 0.9× 525 1.2× 504 1.9× 52 1.9k
Kari A. Segraves United States 26 1.2k 0.6× 1.1k 1.0× 401 0.5× 535 1.2× 767 2.9× 65 2.1k
Atsushi Kawakita Japan 32 1.8k 0.9× 965 0.9× 554 0.7× 611 1.4× 640 2.4× 74 2.3k
Carlos Lara Mexico 20 1.0k 0.5× 701 0.7× 471 0.6× 160 0.4× 152 0.6× 97 1.3k
Boris Igić United States 21 2.0k 1.1× 1.4k 1.3× 570 0.7× 1.6k 3.7× 832 3.1× 38 2.8k
Anne Atlan France 24 1.4k 0.7× 734 0.7× 761 0.9× 440 1.0× 749 2.8× 56 2.2k
John H. Willis United States 23 1.6k 0.9× 1.1k 1.1× 629 0.8× 869 2.0× 1.3k 5.0× 30 2.6k
Jeremiah W. Busch United States 21 1.3k 0.7× 751 0.7× 541 0.7× 681 1.5× 546 2.0× 47 1.6k
Kim E. Steiner South Africa 25 2.1k 1.1× 1.5k 1.4× 730 0.9× 644 1.5× 269 1.0× 58 2.3k
Luc Gigord France 12 1.1k 0.6× 640 0.6× 659 0.8× 252 0.6× 234 0.9× 18 1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nathan Muchhala

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bagley, Justin C., et al.. (2025). Climbing Higher: Exploring Northern Andean Origin and Non‐Floral Trait Evolution in a Rapid, Recent Angiosperm Radiation. Journal of Biogeography. 52(8). 1 indexed citations
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Muchhala, Nathan, Juan Isaac Moreira-Hernández, & Alejandro Zuluaga. (2024). Making yourself heard: why well‐exposed flowers are an adaptation for bat pollination. New Phytologist. 244(4). 1137–1142.
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Muchhala, Nathan, et al.. (2024). Bat–flower trait matching: Extreme phenotypic specialization affects diet preferences but not diet breadth. Ecosphere. 15(4). 6 indexed citations
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Moreira-Hernández, Juan Isaac, et al.. (2023). Limited reproductive interference despite high rates of heterospecific pollen transfer among co‐occurring bat‐pollinated Burmeistera. American Journal of Botany. 110(6). e16199–e16199. 4 indexed citations
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Opedal, Øystein H., et al.. (2023). Pollen as the link between floral phenotype and fitness. American Journal of Botany. 110(6). e16200–e16200. 9 indexed citations
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Lagomarsino, Laura P., et al.. (2022). Increased resolution in the face of conflict: phylogenomics of the Neotropical bellflowers (Campanulaceae: Lobelioideae), a rapid plant radiation. Annals of Botany. 129(6). 723–736. 11 indexed citations
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Muchhala, Nathan, et al.. (2021). Morphology and genetics concur that Anoura carishina is a synonym of Anoura latidens (Chiroptera, Glossophaginae). Mammalia. 85(5). 471–481. 9 indexed citations
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Bagley, Justin C., et al.. (2021). Genome-wide ultraconserved elements resolve phylogenetic relationships and biogeographic history among Neotropical leaf-nosed bats in the genus Anoura (Phyllostomidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 167. 107356–107356. 10 indexed citations
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Pérez, Álvaro J., et al.. (2018). New species of Burmeistera (Campanulaceae: Lobelioideae) from Ecuador. Phytotaxa. 362(3). 2 indexed citations
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Lagomarsino, Laura P., Elisabeth J. Forrestel, Nathan Muchhala, & Charles C. Davis. (2017). Repeated evolution of vertebrate pollination syndromes in a recently diverged Andean plant clade. Evolution. 71(8). 1970–1985. 78 indexed citations
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Uribe‐Convers, Simon, Mónica M. Carlsen, Laura P. Lagomarsino, & Nathan Muchhala. (2016). Phylogenetic relationships of Burmeistera (Campanulaceae: Lobelioideae): Combining whole plastome with targeted loci data in a recent radiation. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 107. 551–563. 24 indexed citations
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Muchhala, Nathan, et al.. (2015). The Complexity of Background Clutter Affects Nectar Bat Use of Flower Odor and Shape Cues. PLoS ONE. 10(10). e0136657–e0136657. 23 indexed citations
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Lagomarsino, Laura P., Alexandre Antonelli, Nathan Muchhala, et al.. (2014). Phylogeny, classification, and fruit evolution of the species‐rich Neotropical bellflowers (Campanulaceae: Lobelioideae). American Journal of Botany. 101(12). 2097–2112. 35 indexed citations
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Muchhala, Nathan & James D. Thomson. (2012). Interspecific competition in pollination systems: costs to male fitness via pollen misplacement. Functional Ecology. 26(2). 476–482. 86 indexed citations
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Muchhala, Nathan, et al.. (2010). Fur versus Feathers: Pollen Delivery by Bats and Hummingbirds and Consequences for Pollen Production. The American Naturalist. 175(6). 717–726. 76 indexed citations
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Muchhala, Nathan, et al.. (2010). Competition Drives Specialization in Pollination Systems through Costs to Male Fitness. The American Naturalist. 176(6). 732–743. 65 indexed citations
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Muchhala, Nathan, et al.. (2009). A generalized pollination system in the tropics: bats, birds and Aphelandra acanthus. Annals of Botany. 103(9). 1481–1487. 72 indexed citations
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Muchhala, Nathan. (2007). Adaptive Trade‐Off in Floral Morphology Mediates Specialization for Flowers Pollinated by Bats and Hummingbirds. The American Naturalist. 169(4). 494–504. 126 indexed citations
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Muchhala, Nathan. (2006). The pollination biology of Burmeistera (Campanulaceae): specialization and syndromes. American Journal of Botany. 93(8). 1081–1089. 83 indexed citations
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Muchhala, Nathan. (2006). Nectar bat stows huge tongue in its rib cage. Nature. 444(7120). 701–702. 65 indexed citations

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