Roy W. McDiarmid

6.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
112 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Roy W. McDiarmid is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecological Modeling and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Roy W. McDiarmid has authored 112 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 67 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 44 papers in Ecological Modeling and 29 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Roy W. McDiarmid's work include Amphibian and Reptile Biology (65 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (44 papers) and Animal and Plant Science Education (17 papers). Roy W. McDiarmid is often cited by papers focused on Amphibian and Reptile Biology (65 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (44 papers) and Animal and Plant Science Education (17 papers). Roy W. McDiarmid collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and Ecuador. Roy W. McDiarmid's co-authors include W. Ronald Heyer, Mercedes S. Foster, Maureen A. Donnelly, Lee‐Ann C. Hayek, Jeffrey R. Parmelee, Ronald Altig, John D. Krenz, Diana L. Weigmann, Diego F. Cisneros‐Heredia and Harry W. Greene and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, PLoS ONE and Oecologia.

In The Last Decade

Roy W. McDiarmid

107 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.

Measuring and Monitoring Biological Diversity: Standard Methods for Amphibians.

1995 1.1k citations Roy W. McDiarmid, Mercedes S. Foster et al. profile →
Measuring and Monitoring Biological Diversity: Standard Methods for Amphibians

1995 789 citations Roy W. McDiarmid, Mercedes S. Foster et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	First report on the reproductive biology and diet of two Coral Snake species ( Micrurus ) from the Western Amazon of Peru and Ecuador (Serpentes: Elapidae) using x-radiography 2018 ·Herpetology notes ·Justin L. Lee, (unknown), Roy W. McDiarmid	1
2	A history of herpetologists and herpetology in the U.S. Department of the Interior 2012 ·Herpetological conservation and biology ·Jeffrey E. Lovich, Norman J. Scott, R. Bruce Bury, C. Kenneth Dodd, Roy W. McDiarmid	0
3	A new species of Hyla (Anura: Hylidae) from the Sierra Mixes, Oaxaca, Mexico, with comments on ontogenetic variation in the tadpoles 2000 ·Herpetologica ·(unknown), Joseph R. Mendelson, Roy W. McDiarmid, Jonathan A. Campbell	9
4	A new species of Bachia (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) with pleisomorphic limb morphology 1998 ·Herpetologica ·David Kizirian, Roy W. McDiarmid	14
5	A new anoline lizard (Phenacosaurus) from the highland of Cerro de la Neblina, Southern Venezuela 1993 ·American Museum Novitates ·Charles W. Myers, Ernest E. Williams, Roy W. McDiarmid	20
6	Ontogenetic changes in habitat use by juvenile turtles, Chelydra serpentina and Chrysemys picta 1992 ·The Canadian Field-Naturalist ·Justin D. Congdon, (unknown), Roy W. McDiarmid	10
7	Two new species of Centrolenella (Anura : Centrolenidae) from northwestern Peru 1990 ·Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington ·John E. Cadle, Roy W. McDiarmid	32
8	Description of a bufonid and two hylid tadpoles from western Ecuador 1990 ·Smithsonian Digital Repository (Smithsonian Institution) ·Roy W. McDiarmid, Ronald Altig	21
9	Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. 1987 ·Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens Kew) ·Richard C. Banks, Roy W. McDiarmid, Alfred L. Gardner	14
10	Fire adaptation in Neblinaria celiae (Theaceae), a high-elevation rosette shrub endemic to a wet equatorial tepui 1986 ·Oecologia ·Thomas J. Givnish, Roy W. McDiarmid, William R. Buck	23
11	ESTIMATING PREY SIZE AND NUMBER IN CRAYFISH-EATING SNAKES, GENUS REGINA 1984 ·Herpetologica ·(unknown), Roy W. McDiarmid, (unknown)	23
12	Stemmadenia donnell-smithii (Huevos de Caballo, Cojones de Chancho) 1983 ·Smithsonian Digital Repository (Smithsonian Institution) ·Mercedes S. Foster, Roy W. McDiarmid	1
13	Large-scale operations management test of use of the white amur for control of problem aquatic plants : the herpetofauna of Lake Conway : species accounts 1983 ·US Army Corps of Engineers: Engineer Research and Development Center (Knowledge Core) ·G. Thomas Bancroft, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Roy W. McDiarmid	7
14	STUDY OF AGGREGATIVE BEHAVIOR OF RHINOPHRYNUS DORSALIS TADPOLES: DESIGN AND ANALYSIS 1982 ·Herpetologica ·Mercedes S. Foster, Roy W. McDiarmid	14
15	ARTHROPOD PREDATORS OF LEPTODACTYLID FROG FOAM NESTS 1982 ·Smithsonian Digital Repository (Smithsonian Institution) ·Jaime Villa, Roy W. McDiarmid, José Manuel Gallardo	28
16	Evolution of parental care in frogs 1978 ·General and Comparative Endocrinology ·Roy W. McDiarmid	83
17	Unusual Sites for Two Neotropical Tadpoles 1975 ·Journal of Herpetology ·Roy W. McDiarmid, Mercedes S. Foster	1
18	Notes on territorial and vocal behaviour of neotropical frogs of the genus Centrolenella 1974 ·Herpetologica ·Roy W. McDiarmid, (unknown)	43
19	Comparative morphology and evolution of frogs of the neotropical genera Atelopus, Dendrophryniscus, Melanophryniscus, and Oreophrynella 1971 ·Smithsonian Digital Repository (Smithsonian Institution) ·Roy W. McDiarmid	63
20	Variation, distribution and systematic status of the black-headed snake Tantilla yaquia Smith 1968 ·Bulletin Southern California Academy of Sciences ·Roy W. McDiarmid	1

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