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

Species diversity in ecol... 1967 2026 1986 2006 1993 1987 1969 2002 2003 500 1000 1.5k
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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.

  1. Species diversity in ecological communities: historical and geographical perspectives.
    1993 1.8k citations Robert E. Ricklefs, Dolph Schluter University of Chicago Press eBooks profile →
  2. Community Diversity: Relative Roles of Local and Regional Processes
    1987 1.8k citations Robert E. Ricklefs Science profile →
  3. An analysis of nesting mortality in birds
    1969 1.5k citations Robert E. Ricklefs profile →
  4. The physiology/life-history nexus
    2002 1.2k citations Robert E. Ricklefs et al. profile →
  5. A comprehensive framework for global patterns in biodiversity
    2003 1.0k citations Robert E. Ricklefs Ecology Letters profile →
  6. Dioecy and its correlates in the flowering plants
    1995 751 citations Susanne S. Renner, Robert E. Ricklefs profile →
  7. Adaptation and diversification on islands
    2009 722 citations Jonathan B. Losos, Robert E. Ricklefs profile →
  8. PATTERNS OF GROWTH IN BIRDS
    1968 700 citations Robert E. Ricklefs profile →
  9. EARLY BURSTS OF BODY SIZE AND SHAPE EVOLUTION ARE RARE IN COMPARATIVE DATA
    2010 667 citations Jonathan B. Losos, Robert E. Ricklefs et al. profile →
  10. Competition and the Structure of Bird Communities
    1975 623 citations Robert E. Ricklefs et al. profile →
  11. A Graphical Method of Fitting Equations to Growth Curves
    1967 586 citations Robert E. Ricklefs profile →
  12. Large-scale processes and the Asian bias in species diversity of temperate plants
    2000 559 citations Hong Qian, Robert E. Ricklefs profile →
  13. Avian growth and development : evolution within the altricial-precocial spectrum
    1998 501 citations J. Matthias Starck, Robert E. Ricklefs Oxford University Press eBooks profile →
  14. Environmental Heterogeneity and Plant Species Diversity: A Hypothesis
    1977 406 citations Robert E. Ricklefs profile →
  15. PATTERNS OF GROWTH IN BIRDS. II. GROWTH RATE AND MODE OF DEVELOPMENT
    1973 342 citations Robert E. Ricklefs profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Robert E. Ricklefs 22.4k 19.9k 14.8k 6.6k 6.5k 496 43.1k
Anders Pape Møller 28.6k 1.3× 31.3k 1.6× 6.2k 0.4× 7.2k 1.1× 3.7k 0.6× 863 52.4k
Robert D. Holt 21.2k 0.9× 15.0k 0.8× 17.1k 1.2× 10.4k 1.6× 7.3k 1.1× 300 45.3k
David W. Macdonald 33.5k 1.5× 9.1k 0.5× 7.1k 0.5× 9.3k 1.4× 5.8k 0.9× 1.1k 47.7k
John L. Gittleman 12.7k 0.6× 7.2k 0.4× 5.7k 0.4× 5.0k 0.8× 4.8k 0.7× 121 28.2k
Theunis Piersma 23.3k 1.0× 10.7k 0.5× 5.4k 0.4× 6.2k 0.9× 3.0k 0.5× 696 33.6k
Keith A. Crandall 19.6k 0.9× 13.2k 0.7× 8.3k 0.6× 20.9k 3.2× 3.6k 0.6× 377 57.3k
Walter Jetz 16.9k 0.8× 9.6k 0.5× 13.2k 0.9× 3.8k 0.6× 13.3k 2.1× 201 33.0k
Tim M. Blackburn 17.0k 0.8× 9.5k 0.5× 12.7k 0.9× 3.8k 0.6× 8.3k 1.3× 293 29.0k
Robert K. Colwell 16.5k 0.7× 13.2k 0.7× 15.7k 1.1× 5.0k 0.8× 9.3k 1.4× 136 37.2k
Nils Chr. Stenseth 25.5k 1.1× 7.2k 0.4× 11.9k 0.8× 7.9k 1.2× 5.5k 0.8× 776 44.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Miles, Donald B., Robert E. Ricklefs, & Jonathan B. Losos. (2023). How exceptional are the classic adaptive radiations of passerine birds?. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(35). e1813976120–e1813976120. 5 indexed citations
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Domingos, Fabrícius M. C. B., Alan Fecchio, Jeffrey A. Bell, et al.. (2022). Haemosporidian parasites and incubation period influence plumage coloration in tanagers (Passeriformes: Thraupidae). Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 289(1987). 20221283–20221283. 4 indexed citations
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Domingos, Fabrícius M. C. B., Alan Fecchio, Jeffrey A. Bell, et al.. (2022). Host life-history traits predict haemosporidian parasite prevalence in tanagers (Aves: Thraupidae). Parasitology. 150(1). 32–41. 7 indexed citations
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Yin, Xue, Hong Qian, Xinghua Sui, et al.. (2021). Effects of climate and topography on the diversity anomaly of plants disjunctly distributed in eastern Asia and eastern North America. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 30(10). 2029–2042. 6 indexed citations
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Ricklefs, Robert E., et al.. (2019). Population structure of avian malaria parasites. Ecology and Evolution. 9(13). 7741–7751. 3 indexed citations
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Ricklefs, Robert E.. (2017). Intrinsic and extrinsic influences on ecological communities. Estudis Romànics (Institut d'Estudis Catalans). 12(1). 27–34. 2 indexed citations
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Ricklefs, Robert E.. (2015). Intrinsic dynamics of the regional community. Ecology Letters. 18(6). 497–503. 63 indexed citations
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Valkiūnas, Gediminas, Angie D. González, Nubia E. Matta, et al.. (2014). Description, molecular characterization, and patterns of distribution of a widespread New World avian malaria parasite (Haemosporida: Plasmodiidae), Plasmodium (Novyella) homopolare sp. nov.. Parasitology Research. 113(9). 3319–3332. 34 indexed citations
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Ricklefs, Robert E. & Susanne S. Renner. (2012). Global Correlations in Tropical Tree Species Richness and Abundance Reject Neutrality. Science. 335(6067). 464–467. 80 indexed citations
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Ricklefs, Robert E.. (2010). Embryo growth rates in birds and mammals. Functional Ecology. 24(3). 588–596. 46 indexed citations
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Guo, Qinfeng & Robert E. Ricklefs. (2010). Domestic exotics and the perception of invasibility. Diversity and Distributions. 16(6). 1034–1039. 38 indexed citations
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Ricklefs, Robert E.. (2009). Insights from comparative analyses of aging in birds and mammals. Aging Cell. 9(2). 273–284. 82 indexed citations
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Ricklefs, Robert E., Qinfeng Guo, & Hong Qian. (2007). Growth form and distribution of introduced plants in their native and non‐native ranges in Eastern Asia and North America. Diversity and Distributions. 14(2). 381–386. 37 indexed citations
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Ricklefs, Robert E., Sylvia M. Fallon, & Eldredge Bermingham. (2004). Evolutionary Relationships, Cospeciation, and Host Switching in Avian Malaria Parasites. Systematic Biology. 53(1). 111–119. 224 indexed citations
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Ricklefs, Robert E., et al.. (2002). Phylogeny and Historical Biogeography of Acer I－Study History of the Infrageneric Classification(1). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 9 indexed citations
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Bermingham, Eldredge, et al.. (2001). Molecular Systematics and Biogeography of Antillean Thrashers, Tremblers, and Mockingbirds (Aves: Mimidae). The Auk. 118(1). 35–55. 2 indexed citations
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Hawkins, Kim, et al.. (2001). The molecular basis of an avian plumage polymorphism in the wild. Current Biology. 11(8). 550–557. 245 indexed citations
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Ricklefs, Robert E.. (2000). DENSITY DEPENDENCE, EVOLUTIONARY OPTIMIZATION, AND THE DIVERSIFICATION OF AVIAN LIFE HISTORIES. Ornithological Applications. 102(1). 9–9. 179 indexed citations
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Starck, J. Matthias & Robert E. Ricklefs. (1998). Avian growth and development : evolution within the altricial-precocial spectrum. Oxford University Press eBooks. 501 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ricklefs, Robert E. & Dolph Schluter. (1993). Species diversity in ecological communities: historical and geographical perspectives.. University of Chicago Press eBooks. 1845 indexed citations breakdown →

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