Peter Carr

846 total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 426 citations indexed

About

Peter Carr is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography and Geography, Planning and Development. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Carr has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 426 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Ecology, 3 papers in Oceanography and 3 papers in Geography, Planning and Development. Recurrent topics in Peter Carr's work include Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (7 papers), Avian ecology and behavior (5 papers) and Marine animal studies overview (4 papers). Peter Carr is often cited by papers focused on Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (7 papers), Avian ecology and behavior (5 papers) and Marine animal studies overview (4 papers). Peter Carr collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. Peter Carr's co-authors include Nicholas A. J. Graham, Shaun K. Wilson, Andrew S. Hoey, Simon Jennings, M. Aaron MacNeil, Cassandra E. Benkwitt, Matthieu Le Corre, Michael J. Moore, Brenda A. Jensen and Victoria J. Rowntree and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Current Biology and Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Peter Carr

14 papers receiving 419 citations

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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.

Seabirds enhance coral reef productivity and functioning in the absence of invasive rats

2018 223 citations Nicholas A. J. Graham, Shaun K. Wilson et al. Nature profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peter Carr United Kingdom	9	381	170	123	57	35	14	426
S. Pinca France	9	303 0.8×	227 1.3×	139 1.1×	73 1.3×	8 0.2×	28	421
John R. Brandon United States	6	384 1.0×	118 0.7×	77 0.6×	110 1.9×	67 1.9×	11	452
S. J. Chivers United States	9	440 1.2×	174 1.0×	147 1.2×	52 0.9×	97 2.8×	12	479
George G. Esslinger United States	11	287 0.8×	113 0.7×	62 0.5×	54 0.9×	22 0.6×	28	359
Mark G. R. Miller Australia	10	396 1.0×	134 0.8×	54 0.4×	65 1.1×	14 0.4×	19	438
Line Bang Christensen Canada	4	228 0.6×	135 0.8×	81 0.7×	47 0.8×	34 1.0×	4	284
Alexander J. Forde United States	2	369 1.0×	85 0.5×	108 0.9×	52 0.9×	57 1.6×	3	423
Sarah Joy Bittick United States	12	298 0.8×	175 1.0×	223 1.8×	70 1.2×	7 0.2×	15	406
Sally Poncet Falkland Islands	13	392 1.0×	99 0.6×	41 0.3×	86 1.5×	46 1.3×	28	449
KE Erikstad Norway	11	367 1.0×	206 1.2×	49 0.4×	74 1.3×	46 1.3×	14	411

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter Carr

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14 of 14 papers shown

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Hoctor, Thomas, Eve Bohnett, Michael O’Brien, et al.. (2025). Refining the Florida ecological greenways network for improved landscape planning and conservation prioritization. Landscape Ecology. 40(2). 1 indexed citations

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Trevail, Alice M., Ruth E. Dunn, Peter Carr, et al.. (2025). Large marine protected areas can encompass movements of diverse megafauna. Journal of Applied Ecology. 62(9). 2454–2463. 1 indexed citations

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Steibl, Sebastian, et al.. (2024). Atolls are globally important sites for tropical seabirds. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 8(10). 1907–1915. 9 indexed citations

4.

Hunter, Susan, et al.. (2024). Conservation management of an abandoned copra plantation at Palmyra Atoll, Northern Line Islands, Pacific Ocean. 21. 1–5. 1 indexed citations

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Dunn, Ruth E., Cassandra E. Benkwitt, Olivier Maury, et al.. (2024). Island restoration to rebuild seabird populations and amplify coral reef functioning. Conservation Biology. 39(1). e14313–e14313. 8 indexed citations

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Trevail, Alice M., Malcolm A. C. Nicoll, Peter Carr, et al.. (2024). Comparable foraging effort and habitat use between two geographically proximate tropical seabird colonies. Marine Biology. 171(8). 1 indexed citations

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Carr, Peter, Alice M. Trevail, Heather J. Koldewey, et al.. (2022). Marine Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas in the Chagos Archipelago. Bird Conservation International. 33. 5 indexed citations

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Benkwitt, Cassandra E., Peter Carr, Shaun K. Wilson, & Nicholas A. J. Graham. (2022). Seabird diversity and biomass enhance cross-ecosystem nutrient subsidies. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 289(1974). 20220195–20220195. 25 indexed citations

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Benkwitt, Cassandra E., et al.. (2021). Rat eradication restores nutrient subsidies from seabirds across terrestrial and marine ecosystems. Current Biology. 31(12). 2704–2711.e4. 47 indexed citations

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Carr, Peter, Alice M. Trevail, Colin Clubbe, et al.. (2021). Potential benefits to breeding seabirds of converting abandoned coconut plantations to native habitats after invasive predator eradication. Restoration Ecology. 29(5). 15 indexed citations

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Carr, Peter, et al.. (2020). Climate oscillation and the invasion of alien species influence the oceanic distribution of seabirds. Ecology and Evolution. 10(17). 9339–9357. 9 indexed citations

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Graham, Nicholas A. J., Shaun K. Wilson, Peter Carr, et al.. (2018). Seabirds enhance coral reef productivity and functioning in the absence of invasive rats. Nature. 559(7713). 250–253. 223 indexed citations breakdown →

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Roche, Ronan, Morgan S. Pratchett, Peter Carr, et al.. (2015). Localized outbreaks of Acanthaster planci at an isolated and unpopulated reef atoll in the Chagos Archipelago. Marine Biology. 162(8). 1695–1704. 29 indexed citations

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Moore, Michael J., Simon Berrow, Brenda A. Jensen, et al.. (1999). RELATIVE ABUNDANCE OF LARGE WHALES AROUND SOUTH GEORGIA (1979–1998)¹. Marine Mammal Science. 15(4). 1287–1302. 52 indexed citations

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