Robert S. Feranec

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
61 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Robert S. Feranec is a scholar working on Ecology, Paleontology and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert S. Feranec has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Ecology, 38 papers in Paleontology and 29 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Robert S. Feranec's work include Isotope Analysis in Ecology (32 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (29 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (23 papers). Robert S. Feranec is often cited by papers focused on Isotope Analysis in Ecology (32 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (29 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (23 papers). Robert S. Feranec collaborates with scholars based in United States, Spain and Canada. Robert S. Feranec's co-authors include Scott L. Wing, Paul L. Koch, Alan B. Shabel, Anthony D. Barnosky, Bruce J. MacFadden, Elizabeth A. Hadly, Adina Paytan, Larisa R.G. DeSantis, Nuria Garcı́a and Juan Luís Arsuaga and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Robert S. Feranec

59 papers receiving 2.0k citations

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Assessing the Causes of Late Pleistocene Extinctions on the Continents

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Examining potential drivers of variation in the carbonate-collagen stable carbon isotope offset of modern and Late Pleistocene ungulates from C3-dominant ecosystems 2025 ·Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology ·(unknown), Robert S. Feranec	0
2	Juan Labranz cave: a Quaternary deposit in the central Iberian Peninsula 2022 ·Historical Biology ·Nuria Garcı́a, (unknown), (unknown), Santiago Prieto, César Laplana, María Ángeles Galindo-Pellicena, Rosa Huguet, (unknown), (unknown), Héctor Del Valle, Sebastián Pérez Díaz, Robert S. Feranec, Arantza Aranburu, Paloma Sevilla, (unknown)	2
3	Dietary ecology of the scimitar-toothed cat Homotherium serum 2021 ·Current Biology ·Larisa R.G. DeSantis, Robert S. Feranec, Mauricio Antón, Ernest L. Lundelius	21
4	Using Maize δ15N values to assess soil fertility in fifteenth- and sixteenth-century ad Iroquoian agricultural fields 2020 ·PLoS ONE ·John P. Hart, Robert S. Feranec	16
5	Fish and maize: Bayesian mixing models of fourteenth- through seventeenth-century AD ancestral Wendat diets, Ontario, Canada 2019 ·Scientific Reports ·Robert S. Feranec, John P. Hart	10
6	Freshwater reservoir offsets on radiocarbon-dated dog bone from the headwaters of the St. Lawrence River, USA 2019 ·PeerJ ·John P. Hart, Robert S. Feranec, (unknown), (unknown)	6
7	Causes and Consequences of Pleistocene Megafaunal Extinctions as Revealed from Rancho La Brea Mammals 2019 ·Current Biology ·Larisa R.G. DeSantis, (unknown), Robert S. Feranec, Kena Fox‐Dobbs, (unknown), John Harris, Gary T. Takeuchi, Thure E. Cerling	36
8	Hypsodonty, horses, and the spread of C 4 grasses during the middle Miocene in southern California 2017 ·Evolutionary ecology research ·Robert S. Feranec, (unknown)	9
9	Trace element analysis provides insight into the diets of early Late Miocene ungulates from the Rudabánya II locality (Hungary) 2017 ·Geologica Acta ·(unknown), Robert S. Feranec, David R. Begun	3
10	A PROPOSED TIME-STRATIGRAPHIC PARADIGM FOR LATE QUATERNARY EVENTS IN THE CENTRAL FINGER LAKES OF NEW YORK STATE 2016 ·Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America ·(unknown), Shannon A. Mahan, (unknown), Robert S. Feranec	2
11	Using a Novel Absolute Ontogenetic Age Determination Technique to Calculate the Timing of Tooth Eruption in the Saber-Toothed Cat, Smilodon fatalis 2015 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown), Robert S. Feranec, Z. Jack Tseng, Christopher S. Bjornsson	11
12	Brooktrout Lake Case Study: Biotic Recovery from Acid Deposition 20 Years after the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments 2015 ·Environmental Science & Technology ·James W. Sutherland, (unknown), Jay A. Bloomfield, Charles W. Boylen, Donald F. Charles, Robert A. Daniels, Lawrence W. Eichler, (unknown), Robert S. Feranec, Matthew P. Hare, Sharon L. Kanfoush, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), William H. Shaw, Clifford A. Siegfried, Timothy J. Sullivan, David A. Winkler, Sandra A. Nierzwicki‐Bauer	22
13	Exploring the Potential of Laser Ablation Carbon Isotope Analysis for Examining Ecology during the Ontogeny of Middle Pleistocene Hominins from Sima de los Huesos (Northern Spain) 2015 ·PLoS ONE ·Nuria Garcı́a, Robert S. Feranec, Benjamin H. Passey, Thure E. Cerling, Juan Luís Arsuaga	13
14	The Sporormiella proxy and end-Pleistocene megafaunal extinction: A perspective 2011 ·Quaternary International ·Robert S. Feranec, Norton G. Miller, Jonathan C. Lothrop, Russell W. Graham	50
15	Utilización de isótopos estables como una herramienta adicional para el conocimiento de ambientes humanos del pasado 2009 ·Robert S. Feranec	1
16	Isotopes reveal limited effects of middle Pleistocene climate change on the ecology of mid-sized mammals 2009 ·Quaternary International ·Robert S. Feranec, Elizabeth A. Hadly, Adina Paytan	14
17	Ecological generalization during adaptive radiation: evidence from Neogene mammals 2007 ·Evolutionary ecology research ·Robert S. Feranec	38
18	Isotopic discrimination of resource partitioning among ungulates in C ₃ -dominated communities from the miocene of Florida and California 2006 ·Paleobiology ·Robert S. Feranec, Bruce J. MacFadden	83
19	Growth Rate and Duration of Growth in the Adult Canine of Smilodon gracilis and Inferences on Diet Through Stable Isotope Analysi 2005 ·Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History ·Robert S. Feranec	4
20	Stable isotopes, hypsodonty, and the paleodiet of Hemiauchenia (Mammalia: Camelidae): a morphological specialization creating ecological generalization 2003 ·Paleobiology ·Robert S. Feranec	22

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