Robert Muscarella

8.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
49 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Robert Muscarella is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Muscarella has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 22 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 16 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Robert Muscarella's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (28 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (16 papers) and Plant and animal studies (13 papers). Robert Muscarella is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (28 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (16 papers) and Plant and animal studies (13 papers). Robert Muscarella collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Denmark. Robert Muscarella's co-authors include María Uriarte, Robert P. Anderson, Jamie M. Kass, Peter J. Galante, Robert A. Boria, Mariano Soley‐Guardia, Theodore H. Fleming, Jess K. Zimmerman, Nathan G. Swenson and Gonzalo E. Pinilla‐Buitrago and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Robert Muscarella

45 papers receiving 4.0k citations

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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.

ENMeval: An R package for conducting spatially independent evaluations and estimating optimal model complexity for Maxent ecological niche models

2014 1.5k citations Robert Muscarella, Peter J. Galante et al. Methods in Ecology and Evolution profile →
ENMeval 2.0: Redesigned for customizable and reproducible modeling of species’ niches and distributions

2021 430 citations Jamie M. Kass, Robert Muscarella et al. Methods in Ecology and Evolution profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Muscarella

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Robert Muscarella. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Robert Muscarella based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Robert Muscarella. Robert Muscarella is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Tropical forest trees with higher thermal optima of photosynthesis exhibit lower PSII heat stability 2026 ·Rakesh Tiwari, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Robert Muscarella, Deepak Barua, (unknown), Christine H. Foyer, (unknown)	0
2	Contrasting Seasonal Variation of Photosynthesis in Evergreen and Deciduous Tree Species From a Tropical Forest 2025 ·Physiologia Plantarum ·Rakesh Tiwari, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Caroline Greiser, Robert Muscarella, Deepak Barua, David Galbraith, Emanuel Gloor	0
3	Height–diameter allometry for a dominant palm to improve understanding of carbon and forest dynamics in forests of Puerto Rico 2024 ·Biotropica ·(unknown), (unknown), Jill Thompson, María Uriarte, Jess K. Zimmerman, Robert Muscarella	1
4	Drone microrelief analysis to predict the presence of naturally regenerated seedlings 2024 ·Frontiers in Forests and Global Change ·(unknown), Robert Muscarella, Peter Surový	2
5	Functional traits mediate seedling survival response to climate in a temperate forest 2023 ·Fundamental Research ·(unknown), Robert Muscarella, (unknown), Shuai Fang, Ji Ye, (unknown), (unknown), Zhanqing Hao, Xugao Wang	1
6	Shifts in wood anatomical traits after a major hurricane 2023 ·Functional Ecology ·Kasia Ziemińska, (unknown), (unknown), Jill Thompson, María Uriarte, Emanuele Ziaco, Jess K. Zimmerman, Robert Muscarella	3
7	Climate biogeography of Arabidopsis thaliana : Linking distribution models and individual variation 2023 ·Journal of Biogeography ·(unknown), Emily S. Bellis, (unknown), (unknown), Robert Muscarella, Jesse R. Lasky	11
8	Hydraulic variability of tropical forests is largely independent of water availability 2023 ·Ecology Letters ·Chris M. Smith‐Martin, Robert Muscarella, William M. Hammond, Steven Jansen, Timothy J. Brodribb, Brendan Choat, Daniel M. Johnson, German Vargas G., María Uriarte	10
9	Ten simple rules for managing communications with a large number of coauthors 2022 ·PLoS Computational Biology ·Robert Muscarella, Lourens Poorter	1
10	ENMeval 2.0: Redesigned for customizable and reproducible modeling of species’ niches and distributions breakdown → 2021 ·Methods in Ecology and Evolution ·Jamie M. Kass, Robert Muscarella, Peter J. Galante, (unknown), Gonzalo E. Pinilla‐Buitrago, Robert A. Boria, Mariano Soley‐Guardia, Robert P. Anderson	430
11	History as grounds for interdisciplinarity: promoting sustainable woodlands via an integrative ecological and socio-cultural perspective 2021 ·One Earth ·Heather Anne Swanson, Jens‐Christian Svenning, (unknown), Robert Muscarella, Janet Franklin, Matteo Garbelotto, Andrew S. Mathews, Osamu Saitô, Annik Schnitzler, Josep M. Serra‐Diaz, Anna Tsing	18
12	Edaphic heterogeneity and the evolutionary trajectory of Amazonian plant communities 2021 ·Ecology and Evolution ·Samuli Lehtonen, Robert Muscarella, Gabriel M. Moulatlet, Henrik Balslev, Hanna Tuomisto	2
13	Hurricane-Induced Rainfall is a Stronger Predictor of Tropical Forest Damage in Puerto Rico Than Maximum Wind Speeds 2020 ·Scientific Reports ·(unknown), Robert Muscarella, (unknown), Gabriel Arellano, Jill Thompson, Jess K. Zimmerman, María Uriarte	65
14	Effects of topography on tropical forest structure depend on climate context 2019 ·Journal of Ecology ·Robert Muscarella, (unknown), Douglas C. Morton, Jess K. Zimmerman, María Uriarte	89
15	Soil fertility and flood regime are correlated with phylogenetic structure of Amazonian palm communities 2018 ·Annals of Botany ·Robert Muscarella, Christine D. Bacon, Søren Faurby, Alexandre Antonelli, Søren Munch Kristiansen, Jens‐Christian Svenning, Henrik Balslev	20
16	Wallace: A flexible platform for reproducible modeling of species niches and distributions built for community expansion 2017 ·Methods in Ecology and Evolution ·Jamie M. Kass, Bruno Vilela, Matthew E. Aiello‐Lammens, Robert Muscarella, Cory Merow, Robert P. Anderson	193
17	Do community-weighted mean functional traits reflect optimal strategies? 2016 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Robert Muscarella, María Uriarte	173
18	A Well-Resolved Phylogeny of the Trees of Puerto Rico Based on DNA Barcode Sequence Data 2014 ·PLoS ONE ·Robert Muscarella, María Uriarte, David L. Erickson, Nathan G. Swenson, Jess K. Zimmerman, W. John Kress	173
19	Exploring Demographic, Physical, and Historical Explanations for the Genetic Structure of Two Lineages of Greater Antillean Bats 2011 ·PLoS ONE ·Robert Muscarella, Kevin L. Murray, (unknown), Amy Russell, Theodore H. Fleming	24
20	The Role of Frugivorous Bats in Tropical Forest Succession 2007 ·Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society ·Robert Muscarella, Theodore H. Fleming	302

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