Robert E. Ricklefs

60.5k total citations · 15 hit papers
496 papers, 43.1k citations indexed

About

Robert E. Ricklefs is a scholar working on Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert E. Ricklefs has authored 496 papers receiving a total of 43.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 260 papers in Ecology, 210 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 143 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Robert E. Ricklefs's work include Avian ecology and behavior (161 papers), Plant and animal studies (116 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (109 papers). Robert E. Ricklefs is often cited by papers focused on Avian ecology and behavior (161 papers), Plant and animal studies (116 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (109 papers). Robert E. Ricklefs collaborates with scholars based in United States, Panama and Brazil. Robert E. Ricklefs's co-authors include Hong Qian, Dolph Schluter, Eldredge Bermingham, Susanne S. Renner, Martin Wikelski, Jonathan B. Losos, Roger Earl Latham, Sylvia M. Fallon, J. Matthias Starck and Martin L. Cody and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Robert E. Ricklefs

487 papers receiving 38.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Species diversity in ecological communities: historical and geographical perspectives.

1993 1.8k citations Robert E. Ricklefs, Dolph Schluter University of Chicago Press eBooks profile →
Community Diversity: Relative Roles of Local and Regional Processes

1987 1.8k citations Robert E. Ricklefs Science profile →
An analysis of nesting mortality in birds

1969 1.5k citations Robert E. Ricklefs profile →
The physiology/life-history nexus

2002 1.2k citations Robert E. Ricklefs et al. Trends in Ecology & Evolution profile →
A comprehensive framework for global patterns in biodiversity

2003 1.0k citations Robert E. Ricklefs Ecology Letters profile →
Dioecy and its correlates in the flowering plants

1995 751 citations Susanne S. Renner, Robert E. Ricklefs profile →
Adaptation and diversification on islands

2009 722 citations Jonathan B. Losos, Robert E. Ricklefs profile →
PATTERNS OF GROWTH IN BIRDS

1968 700 citations Robert E. Ricklefs profile →
EARLY BURSTS OF BODY SIZE AND SHAPE EVOLUTION ARE RARE IN COMPARATIVE DATA

2010 667 citations Luke J. Harmon, Jonathan B. Losos et al. Evolution profile →
Competition and the Structure of Bird Communities

1975 623 citations Robert E. Ricklefs et al. Evolution profile →
A Graphical Method of Fitting Equations to Growth Curves

1967 586 citations Robert E. Ricklefs Ecology profile →
Large-scale processes and the Asian bias in species diversity of temperate plants

2000 559 citations Hong Qian, Robert E. Ricklefs profile →
Avian growth and development : evolution within the altricial-precocial spectrum

1998 501 citations J. Matthias Starck, Robert E. Ricklefs Oxford University Press eBooks profile →
Environmental Heterogeneity and Plant Species Diversity: A Hypothesis

1977 406 citations Robert E. Ricklefs profile →
PATTERNS OF GROWTH IN BIRDS. II. GROWTH RATE AND MODE OF DEVELOPMENT

1973 342 citations Robert E. Ricklefs profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	How exceptional are the classic adaptive radiations of passerine birds? 2023 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Donald B. Miles, Robert E. Ricklefs, Jonathan B. Losos	5
2	Haemosporidian parasites and incubation period influence plumage coloration in tanagers (Passeriformes: Thraupidae) 2022 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·(unknown), Fabrícius M. C. B. Domingos, Alan Fecchio, Jeffrey A. Bell, Jason D. Weckstein, Robert E. Ricklefs, Érika Martins Braga, (unknown), Letícia Soares, Steven C. Latta, (unknown), (unknown), Kleber Del‐Claro, Lilian Tonelli Manica	4
3	Host life-history traits predict haemosporidian parasite prevalence in tanagers (Aves: Thraupidae) 2022 ·Parasitology ·(unknown), Fabrícius M. C. B. Domingos, Alan Fecchio, Jeffrey A. Bell, Jason D. Weckstein, Robert E. Ricklefs, Érika Martins Braga, (unknown), Letícia Soares, Steven C. Latta, (unknown), (unknown), Kleber Del‐Claro, Lilian Tonelli Manica	7
4	Effects of climate and topography on the diversity anomaly of plants disjunctly distributed in eastern Asia and eastern North America 2021 ·Global Ecology and Biogeography ·Xue Yin, Hong Qian, Xinghua Sui, Minhua Zhang, Lingfeng Mao, Jens‐Christian Svenning, Robert E. Ricklefs, Fangliang He	6
5	Intrinsic dynamics of the regional community 2015 ·Ecology Letters ·Robert E. Ricklefs	63
6	Description, molecular characterization, and patterns of distribution of a widespread New World avian malaria parasite (Haemosporida: Plasmodiidae), Plasmodium (Novyella) homopolare sp. nov. 2014 ·Parasitology Research ·(unknown), Gediminas Valkiūnas, Angie D. González, Nubia E. Matta, Robert E. Ricklefs, Anthony J. Cornel, Ravinder N. M. Sehgal	34
7	Global Correlations in Tropical Tree Species Richness and Abundance Reject Neutrality 2012 ·Science ·Robert E. Ricklefs, Susanne S. Renner	80
8	Prevalence and Lineage Diversity of Avian Haemosporidians from Three Distinct Cerrado Habitats in Brazil 2011 ·PLoS ONE ·Nayara O. Belo, Renato Torres Pinheiro, (unknown), Robert E. Ricklefs, Érika Martins Braga	66
9	Embryo growth rates in birds and mammals 2010 ·Functional Ecology ·Robert E. Ricklefs	46
10	Domestic exotics and the perception of invasibility 2010 ·Diversity and Distributions ·Qinfeng Guo, Robert E. Ricklefs	38
11	EARLY BURSTS OF BODY SIZE AND SHAPE EVOLUTION ARE RARE IN COMPARATIVE DATA breakdown → 2010 ·Evolution ·Luke J. Harmon, Jonathan B. Losos, T. Jonathan Davies, Rosemary G. Gillespie, John L. Gittleman, W. Bryan Jennings, Kenneth H. Kozak, Mark A. McPeek, (unknown), Thomas J. Near, Andy Purvis, Robert E. Ricklefs, Dolph Schluter, James A. Schulte, Ole Seehausen, Brian L. Sidlauskas, Omar Torres‐Carvajal, Jason T. Weir, Arne Ø. Mooers	667
12	Lifespan is unrelated to investment in reproduction in populations of mammals and birds in captivity 2007 ·Ecology Letters ·Robert E. Ricklefs, Carlos Daniel Cadena	85
13	THE UNIFIED NEUTRAL THEORY OF BIODIVERSITY: DO THE NUMBERS ADD UP? 2006 ·Ecology ·Robert E. Ricklefs	113
14	Evolutionary Relationships, Cospeciation, and Host Switching in Avian Malaria Parasites 2004 ·Systematic Biology ·Robert E. Ricklefs, Sylvia M. Fallon, Eldredge Bermingham	224
15	Phylogeny and Historical Biogeography of Acer I－Study History of the Infrageneric Classification(1) 2002 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), Robert E. Ricklefs, Peter H. Raven	9
16	Molecular Systematics and Biogeography of Antillean Thrashers, Tremblers, and Mockingbirds (Aves: Mimidae) 2001 ·The Auk ·(unknown), Eldredge Bermingham, Robert E. Ricklefs	2
17	DENSITY DEPENDENCE, EVOLUTIONARY OPTIMIZATION, AND THE DIVERSIFICATION OF AVIAN LIFE HISTORIES 2000 ·Ornithological Applications ·Robert E. Ricklefs	179
18	Avian growth and development : evolution within the altricial-precocial spectrum breakdown → 1998 ·Oxford University Press eBooks ·J. Matthias Starck, Robert E. Ricklefs	501
19	Species diversity in ecological communities: historical and geographical perspectives. breakdown → 1993 ·University of Chicago Press eBooks ·Robert E. Ricklefs, Dolph Schluter	1845
20	Nest predation and the species diversity of birds 1989 ·Trends in Ecology & Evolution ·Robert E. Ricklefs	44

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