Peter Chesson

22.9k total citations · 9 hit papers
117 papers, 16.1k citations indexed

About

Peter Chesson is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Chesson has authored 117 papers receiving a total of 16.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 64 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 48 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Peter Chesson's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (60 papers), Plant and animal studies (52 papers) and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (30 papers). Peter Chesson is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (60 papers), Plant and animal studies (52 papers) and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (30 papers). Peter Chesson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Taiwan. Peter Chesson's co-authors include Robert R. Warner, Nancy J. Huntly, William W. Murdoch, Jessica J. Kuang, Robin E. Snyder, Jean Chesson, Brett A. Melbourne, D. Lawrence Venable, Amy L. Angert and Travis E. Huxman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Peter Chesson

116 papers receiving 15.1k citations

Hit Papers

Mechanisms of Maintenance of Species Diversity 1981 2026 1996 2011 2000 1981 2000 1997 1985 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Mechanisms of Maintenance of Species Diversity
    2000 4.8k citations Peter Chesson profile →
  2. Environmental Variability Promotes Coexistence in Lottery Competitive Systems
    1981 948 citations Peter Chesson et al. The American Naturalist profile →
  3. General Theory of Competitive Coexistence in Spatially-Varying Environments
    2000 691 citations Peter Chesson Theoretical Population Biology profile →
  4. The Roles of Harsh and Fluctuating Conditions in the Dynamics of Ecological Communities
    1997 642 citations Peter Chesson, Nancy J. Huntly The American Naturalist profile →
  5. Coexistence Mediated by Recruitment Fluctuations: A Field Guide to the Storage Effect
    1985 596 citations Peter Chesson et al. The American Naturalist profile →
  6. Resource pulses, species interactions, and diversity maintenance in arid and semi-arid environments
    2004 587 citations Peter Chesson, Nancy J. Huntly et al. Oecologia profile →
  7. The interaction between predation and competition: a review and synthesis
    2002 573 citations Peter Chesson et al. profile →
  8. Multispecies Competition in Variable Environments
    1994 510 citations Peter Chesson Theoretical Population Biology profile →
  9. Biological Control in Theory and Practice
    1985 457 citations Peter Chesson et al. The American Naturalist profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Peter Chesson United States 47 8.9k 7.1k 6.5k 3.3k 3.2k 117 16.1k
Ilkka Hanski Finland 73 9.3k 1.0× 6.8k 1.0× 10.4k 1.6× 3.5k 1.1× 4.0k 1.3× 173 20.8k
Michael L. Rosenzweig United States 55 7.4k 0.8× 5.1k 0.7× 8.5k 1.3× 2.9k 0.9× 3.8k 1.2× 141 17.2k
Ilkka Hanski Finland 57 6.9k 0.8× 5.6k 0.8× 7.5k 1.2× 2.5k 0.8× 3.9k 1.2× 111 15.3k
John Vandermeer United States 61 6.9k 0.8× 6.0k 0.8× 5.9k 0.9× 6.1k 1.8× 2.6k 0.8× 299 21.1k
William F. Fagan United States 64 5.8k 0.7× 4.0k 0.6× 8.5k 1.3× 3.7k 1.1× 2.2k 0.7× 270 16.5k
Andrew Gonzalez Canada 63 10.0k 1.1× 6.6k 0.9× 10.4k 1.6× 7.2k 2.2× 2.6k 0.8× 181 23.9k
Gary A. Polis United States 45 5.5k 0.6× 5.6k 0.8× 9.2k 1.4× 3.8k 1.1× 3.2k 1.0× 71 16.6k
Mauro Galetti Brazil 61 8.9k 1.0× 6.4k 0.9× 9.5k 1.5× 3.3k 1.0× 1.7k 0.5× 255 18.4k
Jonathan M. Levine United States 61 13.2k 1.5× 10.2k 1.4× 8.7k 1.3× 3.9k 1.2× 2.6k 0.8× 151 22.4k
Priyanga Amarasekare United States 35 4.9k 0.6× 4.6k 0.7× 5.1k 0.8× 1.6k 0.5× 2.0k 0.6× 70 10.8k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Chesson, Peter, et al.. (2021). Character displacement in the presence of multiple trait differences: Evolution of the storage effect in germination and growth. Theoretical Population Biology. 140. 54–66. 4 indexed citations
2.
Liu, Jian Wei, et al.. (2020). Uncovering the mechanisms of novel foliar variegation patterns caused by structures and pigments. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 9 indexed citations
3.
Ignace, Danielle D., Nancy J. Huntly, & Peter Chesson. (2018). The Role of Climate in the Dynamics of Annual Plants in a Chihuahuan Desert Ecosystem. Evolutionary ecology research. 19(3). 279–297. 2 indexed citations
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Chesson, Peter, et al.. (2016). Leaf structure affects a plant’s appearance: combined multiple-mechanisms intensify remarkable foliar variegation. Journal of Plant Research. 130(2). 311–325. 20 indexed citations
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Sommers, Pacifica & Peter Chesson. (2016). Caching rodents disproportionately disperse seed beneath invasive grass. Ecosphere. 7(12). 7 indexed citations
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Sheue, Chiou‐Rong, et al.. (2012). Natural foliar variegation without costs? The case of Begonia. Annals of Botany. 109(6). 1065–1074. 54 indexed citations
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Mathias, Andrea & Peter Chesson. (2012). Coexistence and evolutionary dynamics mediated by seasonal environmental variation in annual plant communities. Theoretical Population Biology. 84. 56–71. 43 indexed citations
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Kang, Yun & Peter Chesson. (2010). Relative nonlinearity and permanence. Theoretical Population Biology. 78(1). 26–35. 26 indexed citations
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Kuang, Jessica J. & Peter Chesson. (2009). Interacting coexistence mechanisms in annual plant communities: Frequency-dependent predation and the storage effect. Theoretical Population Biology. 77(1). 56–70. 44 indexed citations
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Chesson, Peter. (2008). Scale transition theory with special reference to species coexistence in a variable environment. Journal of Biological Dynamics. 3(2-3). 149–163. 30 indexed citations
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Chesson, Peter & Jessica J. Kuang. (2008). The interaction between predation and competition. Nature. 456(7219). 235–238. 382 indexed citations
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Facelli, José M., et al.. (2005). DIFFERENCES IN SEED BIOLOGY OF ANNUAL PLANTS IN ARID LANDS: A KEY INGREDIENT OF THE STORAGE EFFECT. Ecology. 86(11). 2998–3006. 165 indexed citations
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Melbourne, Brett A. & Peter Chesson. (2005). Scaling up population dynamics: integrating theory and data. Oecologia. 145(2). 178–186. 52 indexed citations
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Chesson, Peter, et al.. (2002). The quantitative assessment of the benefits of physiological integration in clonal plants. Evolutionary ecology research. 4(8). 1153–1176. 21 indexed citations
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Chesson, Peter & Nancy J. Huntly. (1997). The Roles of Harsh and Fluctuating Conditions in the Dynamics of Ecological Communities. The American Naturalist. 150(5). 519–553. 642 indexed citations breakdown →
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Marschall, Elizabeth A., Peter Chesson, & Roy A. Stein. (1989). Foraging in a patchy environment: prey-encounter rate and residence time distributions. Animal Behaviour. 37. 444–454. 43 indexed citations
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Chesson, Peter & Nancy J. Huntly. (1988). Community consequences of life-history traits in a variable environment. Annales Zoologici Fennici. 25(1). 5–16. 75 indexed citations
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Tallis, G. M. & Peter Chesson. (1982). Identifiability of mixtures. Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society Series A Pure Mathematics and Statistics. 32(3). 339–348. 13 indexed citations
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Chesson, Peter. (1976). The canonical decomposition of bivariate distributions. Journal of Multivariate Analysis. 6(4). 526–537. 6 indexed citations
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Chesson, Peter, et al.. (1976). THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A CLASS OF ASYMPTOTICALLY NORMAL ESTIMATORS AND GOODNESS OF FIT TESTS1. Australian Journal of Statistics. 18(1-2). 53–61. 2 indexed citations

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