Robert L. Minckley

6.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
53 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Robert L. Minckley is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert L. Minckley has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 25 papers in Insect Science and 22 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Robert L. Minckley's work include Plant and animal studies (47 papers), Insect and Pesticide Research (24 papers) and Plant Parasitism and Resistance (20 papers). Robert L. Minckley is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (47 papers), Insect and Pesticide Research (24 papers) and Plant Parasitism and Resistance (20 papers). Robert L. Minckley collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Robert L. Minckley's co-authors include Neal M. Williams, T’ai H. Roulston, James H. Cane, Bryan N. Danforth, Linda J. Kervin, Simon G. Potts, Laurence Packer, Elizabeth E. Crone, Gretchen LeBuhn and Fernando Amaral da Silveira and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Ecology and Ecology Letters.

In The Last Decade

Robert L. Minckley

53 papers receiving 4.3k 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.

  1. Pollination and other ecosystem services produced by mobile organisms: a conceptual framework for the effects of land‐use change
    2007 1.1k citations Claire Kremen, Neal M. Williams et al. Ecology Letters profile →
  2. Ecological and life-history traits predict bee species responses to environmental disturbances
    2010 570 citations Neal M. Williams, Elizabeth E. Crone et al. profile →
  3. A simple and distinctive microbiota associated with honey bees and bumble bees
    2010 456 citations Vincent G. Martinson, Bryan N. Danforth et al. Molecular Ecology profile →

Peers

Robert L. Minckley
T’ai H. Roulston United States
Sarah S. Greenleaf United States
Terry Griswold United States
Mike Edwards United Kingdom
Jason Gibbs Canada
Robbin W. Thorp United States
Menno Reemer Netherlands
Adam J. Vanbergen United Kingdom
Claire Carvell United Kingdom
Andreas Müller Switzerland
T’ai H. Roulston United States
Robert L. Minckley
Citations per year, relative to Robert L. Minckley Robert L. Minckley (= 1×) peers T’ai H. Roulston

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert L. Minckley

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert L. Minckley

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bossert, Silas, Thomas J. Wood, Sébastien Patiny, et al.. (2021). Phylogeny, biogeography and diversification of the mining bee family Andrenidae. Systematic Entomology. 47(2). 283–302. 51 indexed citations
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Danforth, Bryan N., Robert L. Minckley, & John L. Neff. (2019). The Solitary Bees. Princeton University Press eBooks. 147 indexed citations
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López‐Uribe, Margarita M., James H. Cane, Robert L. Minckley, & Bryan N. Danforth. (2016). Crop domestication facilitated rapid geographical expansion of a specialist pollinator, the squash beePeponapis pruinosa. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 283(1833). 20160443–20160443. 67 indexed citations
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Laport, Robert G., Robert L. Minckley, & Justin Ramsey. (2016). Ecological distributions, phenological isolation, and genetic structure in sympatric and parapatric populations of the Larrea tridentata polyploid complex. American Journal of Botany. 103(7). 1358–1374. 43 indexed citations
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Minckley, Robert L.. (2013). Maintenance of richness despite reduced abundance of desert bees ( H ymenoptera: A piformes) to persistent grazing. Insect Conservation and Diversity. 7(3). 263–273. 12 indexed citations
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Laport, Robert G. & Robert L. Minckley. (2012). Occupation of Active Xylocopa virginica Nests by the Recently Invasive Megachile sculpturalis in Upstate New York. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 85(4). 384–386. 40 indexed citations
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Martinson, Vincent G., Bryan N. Danforth, Robert L. Minckley, et al.. (2010). A simple and distinctive microbiota associated with honey bees and bumble bees. Molecular Ecology. 20(3). 619–628. 456 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kremen, Claire, Neal M. Williams, Marcelo A. Aizen, et al.. (2007). Pollination and other ecosystem services produced by mobile organisms: a conceptual framework for the effects of land‐use change. Ecology Letters. 10(4). 299–314. 1065 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cane, James H., Robert L. Minckley, Linda J. Kervin, T’ai H. Roulston, & Neal M. Williams. (2006). Complex Responses Within A Desert Bee Guild (Hymenoptera: Apiformes) To Urban Habitat Fragmentation. Ecological Applications. 16(2). 632–644. 305 indexed citations
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Cane, James H., Robert L. Minckley, Linda J. Kervin, & T’ai H. Roulston. (2005). Temporally persistent patterns of incidence and abundance in a pollinator guild at annual and decadal scales: the bees of Larrea tridentata. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 85(3). 319–329. 33 indexed citations
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Minckley, Robert L., James H. Cane, Linda J. Kervin, & Douglas Yanega. (2003). Biological Impediments to Measures of Competition Among Introduced Honey Bees and Desert Bees (Hymenoptera: Apiformes). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 76(2). 306–319. 21 indexed citations
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Cane, James H., Robert L. Minckley, & Linda J. Kervin. (2000). Sampling Bees (Hymenoptera: Apiformes) for Pollinator Community Studies: Pitfalls of Pan-trapping. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 73(4). 208–214. 210 indexed citations
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Minckley, Robert L., et al.. (1998). A cladistic analysis and classification of the subgenera and genera of the large carpenter bees, tribe Xylocopini (Hymenoptera: Apidae). KU ScholarWorks (The University of Kansas). 38 indexed citations
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Minckley, Robert L., et al.. (1996). Capture of the orchid bee, Eulaema polychroma (Friese) (Apidae: Euglossini) in Arizona, with notes on northern distributions of other Mesoamerican bees.. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 69(1). 102–104. 28 indexed citations
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Minckley, Robert L., et al.. (1994). Rates of parasitism by natural enemies of a solitary bee, Dieunomia triangulifera (Hymenoptera, Coleoptera and Diptera) in relation to phenologies.. Sociobiology. 23(3). 265–273. 20 indexed citations
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Alexander, Byron A., Robert L. Minckley, & Douglas Yanega. (1993). Nesting biology of Glenostictia pictifrons (F. Smith) (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae: Bembicini).. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 66(1). 108–120. 3 indexed citations
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Greenfield, Michael D. & Robert L. Minckley. (1993). Acoustic Dueling in Tarbush Grasshoppers: Settlement of Territorial Contests via Alternation of Reliable Signals. Ethology. 95(4). 309–326. 45 indexed citations
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Minckley, Robert L. & Stephen L. Buchmann. (1990). Territory site selection of male Xylocopa (Neoxylocopa) varipuncta Patton (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae).. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 63(2). 329–339. 12 indexed citations
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Minckley, Robert L.. (1989). Host records and biological notes for two Anthrax species in Arizona (Diptera: Bombyliidae).. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 62(2). 274–278. 3 indexed citations
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Andersen, John F., Stephen L. Buchmann, David Weisleder, Ronald D. Plattner, & Robert L. Minckley. (1988). Identification of thoracic gland constituents from maleXylocopa spp. latreille (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae) from arizona. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 14(4). 1153–1162. 22 indexed citations

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