Peter A. Abrams

24.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
215 papers, 17.0k citations indexed

About

Peter A. Abrams is a scholar working on Genetics, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter A. Abrams has authored 215 papers receiving a total of 17.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 105 papers in Genetics, 82 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 77 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Peter A. Abrams's work include Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (103 papers), Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models (82 papers) and Plant and animal studies (70 papers). Peter A. Abrams is often cited by papers focused on Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (103 papers), Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models (82 papers) and Plant and animal studies (70 papers). Peter A. Abrams collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Japan. Peter A. Abrams's co-authors include Hiroyuki Matsuda, Lev R. Ginzburg, Locke Rowe, Robert D. Holt, Brian J. Shuter, James D. Roth, Nigel P. Lester, Olof Leimar, Yasushi Harada and Michel Loreau and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Trends in Ecology & Evolution and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Peter A. Abrams

213 papers receiving 15.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The Evolution of Predator-Prey Interactions: Theory and Evidence

2000 615 citations Peter A. Abrams profile →
The interaction between predation and competition: a review and synthesis

2002 573 citations Peter A. Abrams et al. profile →
The nature of predation: prey dependent, ratio dependent or neither?

2000 570 citations Peter A. Abrams, Lev R. Ginzburg Trends in Ecology & Evolution profile →
The Theory of Limiting Similarity

1983 445 citations Peter A. Abrams profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Further evidence that Antarctic toothfish are important to Weddell seals 2020 ·Antarctic Science ·David G. Ainley, (unknown), Nadav Nur, Jay J. Rotella, Joseph T. Eastman, Michelle LaRue, Ian Stirling, Peter A. Abrams	16
2	A study of children’s classroom questions in relation to elementary science teaching. 2018 ·Durham Research Online (Durham University) ·Douglas P. Newton, Lynn D. Newton, Peter A. Abrams	0
3	THE ECO-EVOLUTIONARY RESPONSES OF A GENERALIST CONSUMER TO RESOURCE COMPETITION 2012 ·Evolution ·Peter A. Abrams	16
4	The implications of using multiple resources for consumer density dependence 2009 ·Evolutionary ecology research ·Peter A. Abrams	9
5	Coexistence and limiting similarity of consumer species competing for a linear array of resources 2009 ·Ecology ·Peter A. Abrams, Claus Rueffler	34
6	Determining the Functional Form of Density Dependence: Deductive Approaches for Consumer‐Resource Systems Having a Single Resource 2009 ·The American Naturalist ·Peter A. Abrams	27
7	Measuring the population-level consequences of predator-induced prey movement 2008 ·Evolutionary ecology research ·Peter A. Abrams	12
8	Eco‐evolutionary dynamics of communities and ecosystems 2007 ·Functional Ecology ·Gregor F. Fussmann, Michel Loreau, Peter A. Abrams	408
9	The impact of mortality on predator population size and stability in systems with stage-structured prey 2005 ·Theoretical Population Biology ·Peter A. Abrams, Christopher Quince	66
10	Adaptation, density dependence and the responses of trophic level abundances to mortality 2003 ·Evolutionary ecology research ·Peter A. Abrams, Matthijs Vos	40
11	The effect of competition between prey species on the evolution of their vulnerabilities to a shared predator 2002 ·Evolutionary ecology research ·Peter A. Abrams, Xin Chen	17
12	Will Small Population Sizes Warn Us of Impending Extinctions? 2002 ·The American Naturalist ·Peter A. Abrams	66
13	Adaptationism and Optimality 2001 ·Cambridge University Press eBooks ·Steven Hecht Orzack, David Baum, H. Kern Reeve, Joel S. Brown, Ilan Eshel, Edward Allen Herre, George W. Gilchrist, (unknown), Peter A. Abrams, Ron Amundson, Peter Godfrey‐Smith, Egbert Giles Leigh	178
14	Adaptive dynamics: Neither F nor G 2001 ·Evolutionary ecology research ·Peter A. Abrams	6
15	The nature of predation: prey dependent, ratio dependent or neither? breakdown → 2000 ·Trends in Ecology & Evolution ·Peter A. Abrams, Lev R. Ginzburg	570
16	The effect of risk of mortality on the foraging behaviour of animals faced with time and digestive capacity constraints 1999 ·Evolutionary ecology research ·Peter A. Abrams, Oswald J. Schmitz	19
17	Why are equally sized gametes so rare? The instability of isogamy and the cost of anisogamy 1999 ·Evolutionary ecology research ·Hiroyuki Matsuda, Peter A. Abrams	27
18	Character displacement mediated by the accumulation of mutations affecting resource consumption abilities 1999 ·Evolutionary ecology research ·Tadeusz J. Kawecki, Peter A. Abrams	4
19	Possible indirect interactions between transient and resident killer whales: implications for the evolution of foraging specializations in the genus Orcinus 1992 ·Oecologia ·Robin W. Baird, Peter A. Abrams, Lawrence M. Dill	89
20	Resource partitioning and competition for shells between intertidal hermit crabs on the outer coast of Washington 1987 ·Oecologia ·Peter A. Abrams	32

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