Richard J. Abbott

17.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
207 papers, 11.3k citations indexed

About

Richard J. Abbott is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard J. Abbott has authored 207 papers receiving a total of 11.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 119 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 90 papers in Plant Science and 76 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Richard J. Abbott's work include Genetic diversity and population structure (73 papers), Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics (50 papers) and Plant and animal studies (42 papers). Richard J. Abbott is often cited by papers focused on Genetic diversity and population structure (73 papers), Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics (50 papers) and Plant and animal studies (42 papers). Richard J. Abbott collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, China and United States. Richard J. Abbott's co-authors include Christian Brochmann, Jianquan Liu, Hans Peter Comes, Richard I. Milne, Simon J. Hiscock, Andrew J. Lowe, Adrian C. Brennan, Matthew Hegarty, Mark A. Chapman and David Marshall and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Richard J. Abbott

207 papers receiving 10.8k citations

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History and evolution of the arctic flora: in the footsteps of Eric Hultén

2003 1.3k citations Richard J. Abbott et al. Molecular Ecology profile →

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Pär K. Ingvarsson Sweden

Peter Tiffin United States

Peter J. Morin United States

Silvia Fineschi Italy

Julian Catchen United States

T. Hefin Jones United Kingdom

Jake M. Alexander Switzerland

S. K. Jain United States

Harald Schneider China

Kenneth D. Whitney United States

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Brown, Max R., Richard J. Abbott, & Alex D. Twyford. (2024). The emerging importance of cross‐ploidy hybridisation and introgression. Molecular Ecology. 33(8). e17315–e17315. 18 indexed citations

Liu, Xinfeng, Wenyu Liu, Johannes A. Lenstra, et al.. (2023). Evolutionary origin of genomic structural variations in domestic yaks. Nature Communications. 14(1). 5617–5617. 27 indexed citations

Abbott, Richard J.. (2023). Edaphic ecotypic divergence in Senecio vulgaris and the evolutionary potential of predominantly self-fertilising species. Plant Ecology & Diversity. 16(1-2). 29–44. 1 indexed citations

Affenzeller, Matthias, et al.. (2022). Plant speciation in the Namib Desert: potential origin of a widespread derivative species from a narrow endemic. Plant Ecology & Diversity. 15(5-6). 329–353. 5 indexed citations

Picó, F. Xavier, et al.. (2022). Introduction to special issue: the ecology and evolution of plants in extreme environments. Plant Ecology & Diversity. 15(5-6). 179–182. 1 indexed citations

Walter, Greg M., Richard J. Abbott, Adrian C. Brennan, et al.. (2020). Senecio as a model system for integrating studies of genotype, phenotype and fitness. New Phytologist. 226(2). 326–344. 28 indexed citations

Abbott, Richard J.. (2020). Can resilience engineering and deep learning neural networks anticipate disruptions in the NAS. 1 indexed citations

Cheng, Fangyun, Liping Peng, Xian‐Ge Hu, et al.. (2019). Late Pleistocene speciation of three closely related tree peonies endemic to the Qinling–Daba Mountains, a major glacial refugium in Central China. Ecology and Evolution. 9(13). 7528–7548. 24 indexed citations

Brennan, Adrian C., Simon J. Hiscock, & Richard J. Abbott. (2014). Interspecific crossing and genetic mapping reveal intrinsic genomic incompatibility between two Senecio species that form a hybrid zone on Mount Etna, Sicily. Heredity. 113(3). 195–204. 34 indexed citations

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Brennan, Adrian C., Guy Woodward, Ole Seehausen, et al.. (2014). Hybridization due to changing species distributions: adding problems or solutions to conservation of biodiversity during global change?. Evolutionary ecology research. 16(6). 475–491. 49 indexed citations

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Li, Jing, Qian Wan, Richard J. Abbott, & Guang‐Yuan Rao. (2012). Geographical distribution of cytotypes in the Chrysanthemum indicum complex as evidenced by ploidy level and genome‐size variation. Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 51(2). 196–204. 19 indexed citations

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Xu, Tingting, Richard J. Abbott, Richard I. Milne, et al.. (2010). Phylogeography and allopatric divergence of cypress species (Cupressus L.) in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and adjacent regions. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 10(1). 194–194. 144 indexed citations

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Chapman, Mark A. & Richard J. Abbott. (2009). Introgression of fitness genes across a ploidy barrier. New Phytologist. 186(1). 63–71. 105 indexed citations

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Kim, Minsung, Pilar Cubas, Amanda Gillies, et al.. (2008). Regulatory Genes Control a Key Morphological and Ecological Trait Transferred Between Species. Science. 322(5904). 1116–1119. 218 indexed citations

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Abbott, Richard J.. (2008). History, evolution and future of arctic and alpine flora: overview. Plant Ecology & Diversity. 1(2). 129–133. 24 indexed citations

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Abbott, Richard J., et al.. (2000). Hybrid origin of the Oxford Ragwort Senecio squalidus L. New Journal of Botany. 23(1). 123–138. 51 indexed citations

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Lowe, Andrew J. & Richard J. Abbott. (1996). Origins of the new allopolyploid species Senecio cambrensis (asteraceae) and its relationship to the canary islands endemic Senecio teneriffae. American Journal of Botany. 83(10). 1365–1372. 51 indexed citations

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Hughes, Colin E., et al.. (1994). Genetic variation in Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit. (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae).. Silvae genetica. 43. 159–167. 13 indexed citations

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Abbott, Richard J., et al.. (1992). Seed dormancy and germination in Mediterranean Senecio vulgaris.. Acta Botanica Yunnanica. 14(1). 80–86. 1 indexed citations

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Abbott, Richard J.. (1986). Cantharus multangulus new subspecies grandanus from northwest Florida (Buccinidae). The Nautilus. 100. 120–121. 1 indexed citations

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