Peter Feinsinger

6.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
53 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Peter Feinsinger is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Feinsinger has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 27 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 27 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Peter Feinsinger's work include Plant and animal studies (32 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (26 papers) and Plant Parasitism and Resistance (24 papers). Peter Feinsinger is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (32 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (26 papers) and Plant Parasitism and Resistance (24 papers). Peter Feinsinger collaborates with scholars based in United States, Chile and Argentina. Peter Feinsinger's co-authors include Marcelo A. Aizen, Robert K. Colwell, E. Eugene Spears, Robert W. Poole, Alan B. Bolten, William H. Busby, Harry M. Tiebout, Yan B. Linhart, Susan B. Chaplin and Jaime E. Jiménez and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Trends in Ecology & Evolution and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Peter Feinsinger

51 papers receiving 4.2k citations

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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.

Forest Fragmentation, Pollination, and Plant Reproduction in a Chaco Dry Forest, Argentina

1994 636 citations Peter Feinsinger et al. Ecology profile →
A Simple Measure of Niche Breadth

1981 526 citations Peter Feinsinger et al. Ecology profile →
Community Organization Among Neotropical Nectar-Feeding Birds

1978 365 citations Peter Feinsinger, Robert K. Colwell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peter Feinsinger United States	36	3.7k	2.5k	2.1k	1.4k	553	53	4.9k
Paul A. Opler United States	21	2.9k 0.8×	1.8k 0.7×	1.3k 0.6×	1.1k 0.8×	371 0.7×	35	3.9k
F. Gary Stiles Colombia	30	3.3k 0.9×	1.8k 0.7×	1.4k 0.7×	1.6k 1.1×	197 0.4×	94	4.3k
Carol C. Horvitz United States	38	3.1k 0.8×	2.9k 1.2×	1.8k 0.9×	1.3k 1.0×	607 1.1×	84	4.8k
Pedro J. Rey Spain	34	2.8k 0.8×	2.7k 1.1×	1.8k 0.8×	1.4k 1.0×	413 0.7×	119	4.6k
Gordon W. Frankie United States	31	4.2k 1.1×	1.8k 0.7×	2.1k 1.0×	797 0.6×	1.5k 2.7×	92	5.2k
Rodrigo Medel Chile	29	2.3k 0.6×	1.2k 0.5×	1.4k 0.7×	685 0.5×	593 1.1×	86	3.2k
Pavel Kindlmann Czechia	34	2.5k 0.7×	1.3k 0.5×	1.6k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	1.6k 3.0×	183	4.4k
Jochen Fründ Germany	17	3.5k 0.9×	2.0k 0.8×	2.1k 1.0×	831 0.6×	1.0k 1.8×	28	4.3k
Jeffrey K. Conner United States	45	4.6k 1.2×	2.3k 0.9×	2.8k 1.4×	683 0.5×	870 1.6×	104	6.0k
Stephen G. Compton United Kingdom	39	4.1k 1.1×	2.2k 0.9×	2.4k 1.2×	605 0.4×	933 1.7×	202	5.0k

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Feinsinger, Peter, et al.. (2020). The Inquiry Cycle and Applied Inquiry Cycle: Integrated Frameworks for Field Studies in the Environmental Sciences. BioScience. 70(12). 1065–1081. 1 indexed citations

Feinsinger, Peter. (2012). Lo que es, lo que podría ser y el análisis e interpretación de los datos de un estudio de campo. 47(1). 1–6. 1 indexed citations

Feinsinger, Peter, et al.. (2010). Research, conservation, and protected areas in Latin America: an incomplete store.. Ecosistemas. 19(2). 97–111. 3 indexed citations

Feinsinger, Peter, et al.. (2009). Principios y práctica de la enseñanza de ecología en el patio de la escuela.

Vargas-Mendoza, Carlos Fabián, et al.. (2006). Genetic Diversity and Structure in Fragmented Populations of the Tropical Orchid Myrmecophila christinae var christinae¹. Biotropica. 38(6). 754–763. 15 indexed citations

Feinsinger, Peter, et al.. (2002). Frogs and a Cloud‐Forest Edge in Ecuador. Conservation Biology. 16(3). 735–744. 35 indexed citations

Feinsinger, Peter. (1997). School yards and nature trails: ecology education outside the university. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 12(3). 115–120. 37 indexed citations

Feinsinger, Peter. (1996). Biodiversity knowledge in Chile: diagnosis and the first prescription. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 11(11). 451–452. 2 indexed citations

Jaksić, Fabián M., Peter Feinsinger, & Jaime E. Jiménez. (1996). Ecological Redundancy and Long‐Term Dynamics of Vertebrate Predators in Semiarid Chile. Conservation Biology. 10(1). 252–262. 44 indexed citations

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Jiménez, Jaime E., et al.. (1992). Numerical and functional response of predators to a long-term decline in mammalian prey at a semi-arid Neotropical site. Oecologia. 89(1). 90–101. 73 indexed citations

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Feinsinger, Peter & Harry M. Tiebout. (1991). Competition Among Plants Sharing Hummingbird Pollinators: Laboratory Experiments on a Mechanism. Ecology. 72(6). 1946–1952. 60 indexed citations

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Feinsinger, Peter, et al.. (1988). Effects of indiscriminate foraging by tropical hummingbirds on pollination and plant reproductive success: experiments with two tropical treelets (Rubiaceae). Oecologia. 76(3). 471–474. 38 indexed citations

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Feinsinger, Peter. (1987). Approaches to nectarivore - plant interactions in the new world. Revista chilena de historia natural. 60(2). 285–319. 57 indexed citations

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Feinsinger, Peter. (1987). Professional ecologists and the education of young children. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 2(2). 51–52. 14 indexed citations

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Feinsinger, Peter. (1987). Effects of plant species on each other's pollination: Is community structure influenced?. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 2(5). 123–126. 153 indexed citations

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Feinsinger, Peter & William H. Busby. (1987). Pollen carryover: experimental comparisons between morphs of Palicourea lasiorrachis (Rubiaceae), a distylous, bird-pollinated, tropical treelet. Oecologia. 73(2). 231–235. 60 indexed citations

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Feinsinger, Peter, K. Greg Murray, Sharon Kinsman, & William H. Busby. (1986). Floral Neighborhood and Pollination Success in Four Hummingbird‐Pollinated Cloud Forest Plant Species. Ecology. 67(2). 449–464. 124 indexed citations

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Feinsinger, Peter, et al.. (1982). Island Ecology: Reduced Hummingbird Diversity and the Pollination Biology of Plants, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies. Ecology. 63(2). 494–506. 80 indexed citations

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Bolten, Alan B., Peter Feinsinger, Herbert G. Baker, & Irene Baker. (1979). On the calculation of sugar concentration in flower nectar. Oecologia. 41(3). 301–304. 267 indexed citations

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Feinsinger, Peter, Robert K. Colwell, John Terborgh, & Susan B. Chaplin. (1979). Elevation and the Morphology, Flight Energetics, and Foraging Ecology of Tropical Hummingbirds. The American Naturalist. 113(4). 481–497. 101 indexed citations

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