Rebecca Leaper

1.5k total citations
21 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Rebecca Leaper is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Rebecca Leaper has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Ecology, 11 papers in Oceanography and 10 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Rebecca Leaper's work include Marine Biology and Ecology Research (8 papers), Marine and fisheries research (8 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (5 papers). Rebecca Leaper is often cited by papers focused on Marine Biology and Ecology Research (8 papers), Marine and fisheries research (8 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (5 papers). Rebecca Leaper collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and Ireland. Rebecca Leaper's co-authors include Nova Mieszkowska, A. P. Worby, Stephen Nicol, A. J. Southward, N.J. Hardman-Mountford, S.J. Hawkins, Phillip Williamson, Elvira S. Poloczanska, Pippa J. Moore and A. J. Southward and has published in prestigious journals such as Ecology, Journal of Animal Ecology and Journal of Applied Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Rebecca Leaper

21 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rebecca Leaper Australia 15 744 707 509 119 90 21 1.1k
Jenny A. Huggett South Africa 22 778 1.0× 874 1.2× 965 1.9× 177 1.5× 79 0.9× 36 1.5k
R. G. Hughes United Kingdom 20 570 0.8× 709 1.0× 383 0.8× 130 1.1× 101 1.1× 35 1.2k
Benjamin Payne United Kingdom 6 917 1.2× 846 1.2× 879 1.7× 114 1.0× 194 2.2× 7 1.5k
Anthony W. Walne United Kingdom 15 897 1.2× 645 0.9× 567 1.1× 209 1.8× 77 0.9× 22 1.4k
Tanya J. Compton Netherlands 17 461 0.6× 633 0.9× 415 0.8× 113 0.9× 38 0.4× 18 876
Mélanie Abécassis United States 8 564 0.8× 693 1.0× 534 1.0× 212 1.8× 79 0.9× 14 1.1k
Peter Enderlein United Kingdom 19 548 0.7× 642 0.9× 582 1.1× 170 1.4× 88 1.0× 26 1.0k
Virginie Raybaud France 16 364 0.5× 512 0.7× 402 0.8× 94 0.8× 38 0.4× 25 794
S.J. Hawkins United Kingdom 19 653 0.9× 566 0.8× 389 0.8× 76 0.6× 45 0.5× 35 1.1k
SJ Hawkins United Kingdom 10 782 1.1× 587 0.8× 304 0.6× 57 0.5× 33 0.4× 12 980

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rebecca Leaper

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rebecca Leaper

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Leaper, Rebecca, et al.. (2020). Exploring the assumptions of multi-stock assessment models for humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the Southern Hemisphere: using Breeding Stocks D and E as an example. ˜The œjournal of cetacean research and management. Special issue. 119–128. 1 indexed citations
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Leaper, Rebecca, Piers K. Dunstan, Scott D. Foster, NS Barrett, & Graham J. Edgar. (2014). Do communities exist? Complex patterns of overlapping marine species distributions. Ecology. 95(7). 2016–2025. 14 indexed citations
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Thomson, Russell, Nicole Hill, Rebecca Leaper, et al.. (2013). Congruence in demersal fish, macroinvertebrate, and macroalgal community turnover on shallow temperate reefs. Ecological Applications. 24(2). 287–299. 20 indexed citations
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Leaper, Rebecca, Piers K. Dunstan, Scott D. Foster, NS Barrett, & Graham J. Edgar. (2012). Comparing large‐scale bioregions and fine‐scale community‐level biodiversity predictions from subtidal rocky reefs across south‐eastern Australia. Journal of Applied Ecology. 49(4). 851–860. 9 indexed citations
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Leaper, Rebecca, et al.. (2011). Management of Antarctic baleen whales amid past exploitation, current threats and complex marine ecosystems. Antarctic Science. 23(6). 503–529. 43 indexed citations
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Hill, Nicole, Marji Puotinen, Michael G. Hughes, et al.. (2010). Quantifying wave exposure in shallow temperate reef systems: applicability of fetch models for predicting algal biodiversity. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 417. 83–95. 58 indexed citations
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Burrows, Michael T., Robin Harvey, Linda Robb, et al.. (2009). Spatial scales of variance in abundance of intertidal species: effects of region, dispersal mode, and trophic level. Ecology. 90(5). 1242–1254. 36 indexed citations
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Wienecke, Bárbara, Rebecca Leaper, Ian Hay, & John van den Hoff. (2009). Retrofitting historical data in population studies: southern giant petrels in the Australian Antarctic Territory. Endangered Species Research. 8. 157–164. 7 indexed citations
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Hawkins, SJ, Nova Mieszkowska, Pippa J. Moore, et al.. (2009). Consequences of climate-driven biodiversity changes for ecosystem functioning of North European rocky shores . Marine Ecology Progress Series. 396. 245–259. 216 indexed citations
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Nicol, Stephen, A. P. Worby, & Rebecca Leaper. (2008). Changes in the Antarctic sea ice ecosystem: potential effects on krill and baleen whales. Marine and Freshwater Research. 59(5). 361–382. 84 indexed citations
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Southward, A. J., Olivia Langmead, Nicholas J. Hardman-Mountford, et al.. (2005). A review of long-term research in the western English Channel. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 2 indexed citations
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Simkanin, Christina, Anne Power, David McGrath, et al.. (2005). Using historical data to detect temporal changes in the abundances of intertidal species on Irish shores. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 85(6). 1329–1340. 76 indexed citations
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Mieszkowska, Nova, S.J. Hawkins, Rebecca Leaper, et al.. (2005). Changes in the Range of Some Common Rocky Shore Species in Britain – A Response to Climate Change?. Hydrobiologia. 555(1). 241–251. 179 indexed citations
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Mieszkowska, Nova, Rebecca Leaper, Pippa J. Moore, et al.. (2005). Marine biodiversity and climate change: assessing and predicting the influence of climatic change using intertidal rocky shore biota. eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania). 20(2005). 1–53. 37 indexed citations
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Southward, A. J., Olivia Langmead, Nicholas J. Hardman-Mountford, et al.. (2004). Long-Term Oceanographic and Ecological Research in the Western English Channel. Advances in marine biology. 47. 1–105. 244 indexed citations
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Leaper, Rebecca, et al.. (2004). Recovery of a Biodiversity Action Plan species in northwest England: possible role of climate change, artificial habitat and water quality amelioration. eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania). 9 indexed citations
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Cannell, M. G. R., Tommy L. Brown, Tim H. Sparks, et al.. (2003). Review of UK Climate change Indicators. eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania). 13 indexed citations
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Leaper, Rebecca & Mark Huxham. (2002). Size constraints in a real food web: predator, parasite and prey body‐size relationships. Oikos. 99(3). 443–456. 26 indexed citations
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Leaper, Rebecca, Dave Raffaelli, Chas Emes, & Bryan Manly. (2001). Constraints on body‐size distributions: an experimental test of the habitat architecture hypothesis. Journal of Animal Ecology. 70(2). 248–259. 27 indexed citations
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Leaper, Rebecca, Dave Raffaelli, Chas Emes, & Bryan Manly. (2001). Constraints on body-size distributions: an experimental test of the habitat architecture hypothesis. Journal of Animal Ecology. 70(2). 248–259. 20 indexed citations

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