Richard A. Seigel

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
68 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Richard A. Seigel is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard A. Seigel has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Ecology, 39 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 39 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Richard A. Seigel's work include Amphibian and Reptile Biology (39 papers), Turtle Biology and Conservation (33 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (31 papers). Richard A. Seigel is often cited by papers focused on Amphibian and Reptile Biology (39 papers), Turtle Biology and Conservation (33 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (31 papers). Richard A. Seigel collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and China. Richard A. Seigel's co-authors include Neil B. Ford, Susan S. Novak, Joseph T. Collins, Harry W. Greene, Henry S. Fitch, Stephen C. Richter, Steven J. Beaupré, Douglas A. Rossman, Jeanne E. Young and C. Kenneth Dodd and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Ecology and The American Naturalist.

In The Last Decade

Richard A. Seigel

66 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Snakes: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

1987 990 citations Richard A. Seigel, Susan S. Novak et al. Copeia profile →

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Peter S. Harlow Australia

Gordon H. Rodda United States

Harold Heatwole Australia

Allison C. Alberts United States

Gabriel Blouin‐Demers Canada

Michael E. Dorcas United States

F. Harvey Pough United States

Marcio Roberto Martins Brazil

David A. Pike Australia

George R. Zug United States

Peter S. Harlow Australia

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406 ×1.0

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Richard A. Seigel

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Rautsaw, Rhett M., et al.. (2018). Stopped Dead in Their Tracks: The Impact of Railways on Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) Movement and Behavior. Copeia. 106(1). 135–143. 19 indexed citations

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Rautsaw, Rhett M., et al.. (2018). Estimating the response of wildlife communities to coastal dune construction. Ocean & Coastal Management. 161. 31–36. 3 indexed citations

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Rautsaw, Rhett M., et al.. (2017). Set AHDriFT: Applying game cameras to drift fences for surveying herpetofauna and small mammals. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 41(4). 804–809. 21 indexed citations

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Ford, Neil B. & Richard A. Seigel. (2014). The influence of female body size and shape on the trade‐off between offspring number and offspring size in two viviparous snakes. Journal of Zoology. 295(2). 154–158. 5 indexed citations

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Pike, David A. & Richard A. Seigel. (2011). Is Longevity Related to Body Size or Behavior in a Hatchling Turtle. Russian Journal of Herpetology. 14(2). 81–86.

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Sinclair, Colleen, Patrick Dawes, & Richard A. Seigel. (2010). Genetic structuring of Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) populations on the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA.. Herpetological conservation and biology. 5(2). 189–195. 4 indexed citations

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Mendonça, Mary T., et al.. (2000). Seasonal Variation in Reproductive Steroids of Male and Female Yellow-Blotched Map Turtles, Graptemys flavimaculata. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 119(1). 43–51. 30 indexed citations

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Seigel, Richard A., et al.. (2000). Problem Snake Management: The Habu and the Brown Treesnake. Copeia. 2000(1). 315–316. 2 indexed citations

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Seigel, Richard A., et al.. (2000). Ecology of an Aquatic Snake (Thamnophis marcianus) in a Desert Environment: Implications of Early Timing of Birth and Geographic Variation in Reproduction. The American Midland Naturalist. 143(2). 453–462. 10 indexed citations

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Seigel, Richard A., et al.. (1998). Occurrence of Upper Respiratory Tract Disease in Gopher Tortoise Populations in Florida and Mississippi. Journal of Herpetology. 32(3). 426–426. 24 indexed citations

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Seigel, Richard A., Christopher A. Sheil, & J. Sean Doody. (1998). Changes in a population of an endangered rattlesnake Sistrurus catenatus following a severe flood. Biological Conservation. 83(2). 127–131. 19 indexed citations

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Shine, Richard & Richard A. Seigel. (1996). A neglected life‐history trait: clutch‐size variance in snakes. Journal of Zoology. 239(2). 209–223. 20 indexed citations

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Seigel, Richard A. & Neil B. Ford. (1992). Effect of Energy Input on Variation in Clutch Size and Offspring Size in a Viviparous Reptile. Functional Ecology. 6(4). 382–382. 35 indexed citations

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Seigel, Richard A. & Neil B. Ford. (1991). PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY IN THE REPRODUCTIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF AN OVIPAROUS SNAKE, ELAPHE GUTTATA: IMPLICATIONS FOR LIFE HISTORY STUDIES. Herpetologica. 47(3). 301–307. 75 indexed citations

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Ford, Neil B. & Richard A. Seigel. (1989). RELATIONSHIPS AMONG BODY SIZE, CLUTCH SIZE, AND EGG SIZE IN THREE SPECIES OF OVIPAROUS SNAKES. Herpetologica. 45(1). 75–83. 126 indexed citations

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Seigel, Richard A., et al.. (1987). Reduction in locomotor ability as a cost of reproduction in gravid snakes. Oecologia. 73(4). 481–485. 178 indexed citations

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Novak, Susan S. & Richard A. Seigel. (1986). GRAM-NEGATIVE SEPTICEMIA IN AMERICAN ALLIGATORS (ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS). Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 22(4). 484–487. 32 indexed citations

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Seigel, Richard A.. (1986). Ecology and conservation of an endangered rattlesnake, Sistrurus catenatus, in Missouri, USA. Biological Conservation. 35(4). 333–346. 74 indexed citations

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Seigel, Richard A. & Henry S. Fitch. (1985). Annual Variation in Reproduction in Snakes in a Fluctuating Environment. Journal of Animal Ecology. 54(2). 497–497. 86 indexed citations

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Seigel, Richard A. & Henry S. Fitch. (1984). Ecological patterns of relative clutch mass in snakes. Oecologia. 61(3). 293–301. 117 indexed citations

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