Paul W. Webala

1.8k total citations
60 papers, 957 citations indexed

About

Paul W. Webala is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecological Modeling and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul W. Webala has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 957 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 27 papers in Ecological Modeling and 24 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Paul W. Webala's work include Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (46 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (27 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (18 papers). Paul W. Webala is often cited by papers focused on Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (46 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (27 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (18 papers). Paul W. Webala collaborates with scholars based in Kenya, United States and United Kingdom. Paul W. Webala's co-authors include Bruce D. Patterson, Terrence C. Demos, Julian C. Kerbis Peterhans, Steven M. Goodman, Holly L. Lutz, Simon Musila, Michael Craig, Adrian F. Wayne, Bradley Law and J. Stuart Bradley and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Conservation Biology.

In The Last Decade

Paul W. Webala

55 papers receiving 931 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Paul W. Webala Kenya 20 552 321 278 258 131 60 957
Jakob Fahr Germany 21 811 1.5× 589 1.8× 457 1.6× 267 1.0× 141 1.1× 69 1.4k
Ricardo Moratelli Brazil 20 781 1.4× 368 1.1× 329 1.2× 272 1.1× 97 0.7× 79 1.2k
Iván Castro-Arellano United States 20 480 0.9× 457 1.4× 168 0.6× 337 1.3× 137 1.0× 52 1.2k
Vương Tân Tú Vietnam 16 348 0.6× 177 0.6× 105 0.4× 327 1.3× 117 0.9× 54 712
Tatyana Lobova United States 4 980 1.8× 575 1.8× 377 1.4× 174 0.7× 147 1.1× 7 1.2k
Pavel Hulva Czechia 21 586 1.1× 527 1.6× 264 0.9× 129 0.5× 473 3.6× 57 1.1k
M. Corrie Schoeman South Africa 22 1.0k 1.9× 636 2.0× 526 1.9× 447 1.7× 214 1.6× 70 1.6k
Wagner André Pedro Brazil 18 567 1.0× 494 1.5× 145 0.5× 134 0.5× 88 0.7× 42 976
Wilson Uieda Brazil 17 531 1.0× 273 0.9× 87 0.3× 189 0.7× 212 1.6× 52 987
Henri A. Thomassen United States 17 272 0.5× 432 1.3× 243 0.9× 191 0.7× 436 3.3× 37 1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Paul W. Webala

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Fields of papers citing papers by Paul W. Webala

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paul W. Webala

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Abrahams, Carlos, et al.. (2025). The role of ecoacoustics in monitoring ecosystem degradation and restoration. Restoration Ecology. 33(8). 1 indexed citations
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Budinski, Ivana, Paul W. Webala, Theresa M. Laverty, et al.. (2025). Underrepresentation of bats in Africa's protected areas. Conservation Biology. 40(1). e70108–e70108.
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Morales, Ariadna E., Frank T. Burbrink, Paul W. Webala, et al.. (2024). Distinct Genes with Similar Functions Underlie Convergent Evolution in Myotis Bat Ecomorphs. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 41(9). 2 indexed citations
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Lunn, Tamika J., et al.. (2024). Frequent and intense human-bat interactions occur in buildings of rural Kenya. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 18(2). e0011988–e0011988. 4 indexed citations
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Lunn, Tamika J., et al.. (2024). Modern building structures are a landscape‐level driver of bat–human exposure risk in Kenya. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 23(1).
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Webala, Paul W., et al.. (2023). Roost selection by synanthropic bats in rural Kenya: implications for human–wildlife conflict and zoonotic pathogen spillover. Royal Society Open Science. 10(9). 230578–230578. 8 indexed citations
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Alves‐Martins, Fernanda, Ana M. C. Santos, Amir Lewin, et al.. (2023). Eponyms have no place in 21st-century biological nomenclature. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 7(8). 1157–1160. 46 indexed citations
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Dick, Carl W., et al.. (2023). Nycteribiid bat flies (Arthropoda, Insecta, Diptera, Nycteribiidae) of Kenya. ZooKeys. 1169. 65–85. 1 indexed citations
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Rainho, Ana, et al.. (2023). Guild Vertical Stratification and Drivers of Bat Foraging in a Semi-Arid Tropical Region, Kenya. Biology. 12(8). 1116–1116. 3 indexed citations
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Webala, Paul W., et al.. (2023). Efficacy of Bomas (Kraals) in Mitigating Livestock Depredation in Maasai Mara Conservancies, Kenya. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 199–213. 6 indexed citations
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Flanders, Jon, Winifred F. Frick, Julius Nziza, et al.. (2022). Rediscovery of the critically endangered Hill's horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus hilli) and other new records of bat species in Rwanda. ZooKeys. 10. e83546–e83546. 1 indexed citations
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Webala, Paul W., et al.. (2019). Echolocation calls of high-duty-cycle bats (Hipposideridae and Rhinonycteridae) from Kenya. 12(1). 16 indexed citations
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Lutz, Holly L., Elliot W. Jackson, Paul W. Webala, et al.. (2019). Ecology and Host Identity Outweigh Evolutionary History in Shaping the Bat Microbiome. mSystems. 4(6). 70 indexed citations
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Demos, Terrence C., et al.. (2019). Molecular phylogenetics of the African horseshoe bats (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae): expanded geographic and taxonomic sampling of the Afrotropics. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 19(1). 166–166. 37 indexed citations
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Phillips, Caleb D., John D. Hanson, Jeremy E. Wilkinson, et al.. (2017). Microbiome Structural and Functional Interactions across Host Dietary Niche Space. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 57(4). 743–755. 32 indexed citations
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López‐Baucells, Adrià, Ricardo Rocha, Paul W. Webala, et al.. (2016). Rapid assessment of bat diversity in the Taita Hills Afromontane cloud forests, southeastern Kenya. Työväentutkimus Vuosikirja. 9(1). 11 indexed citations
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Lutz, Holly L., Bruce D. Patterson, Julian C. Kerbis Peterhans, et al.. (2016). Diverse sampling of East African haemosporidians reveals chiropteran origin of malaria parasites in primates and rodents. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 99. 7–15. 43 indexed citations
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Webala, Paul W., et al.. (2010). Diversity in small mammals from eastern Lake Turkana, Kenya. Tropical Zoology. 23(1). 9–20. 4 indexed citations

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