R. M. Cowling

1.5k citations
31 papers · 937 indexed · h-index 15
Topics
Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (16 papers)Rangeland and Wildlife Management (4 papers)Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (4 papers)

In The Last Decade

R. M. Cowling

31 papers receiving 798 citations

Peers

R. M. Cowling
Comparison fields: 5 of 73
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation 549
  • Ecology 360
  • Global and Planetary Change 295
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 220
  • Plant Science 211
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of R. M. Cowling

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All Works

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#WorkIndexed citations
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3 9
4 109
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Succulent Karoo Ecosystem Plan
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6 26
7 41
8 105
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Accommodating problems of rarity definition and phylogeny in assessing common-rare differences in reproductive effort: opportunities provided by the Cape Flora.
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Namaqualand: A Succulent Desert
59
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Speciation in the Mesembryanthemaceae
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13 23
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Services supplied by South African fynbos ecosystems.
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16 22
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Fire and management of south-western Australian banksias
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Does microsymbiont-host specificity determine plant species turnover and speciation in Gondwanan shrublands? A hypothesis.
9
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syntaxonomic and synecological study in the Humansdorp region of the Fynbos Biome
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About R. M. Cowling

R. M. Cowling is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Forestry and Ecological Modeling, having authored 31 papers that have together received 937 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (16 papers), Rangeland and Wildlife Management (4 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nature and Landscape Conservation (549 citations), Ecological Modeling (139 citations) and Archeology (22 citations). R. M. Cowling has collaborated with scholars based in South Africa, United States and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Robert L. Pressey, Shirley M. Pierce, B. M. Campbell, C. Boucher, Graham I. H. Kerley, Philip Desmet, Allan G. Ellis, Byron B. Lamont, Neal J. Enright and Amrei von Hase. Their work appears in journals such as New Phytologist, Biological Conservation and EMBO Reports.

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