Scott L. Travers

769 total citations
19 papers, 505 citations indexed

About

Scott L. Travers is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecological Modeling and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Scott L. Travers has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 505 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 10 papers in Ecological Modeling and 9 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Scott L. Travers's work include Amphibian and Reptile Biology (13 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (10 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (6 papers). Scott L. Travers is often cited by papers focused on Amphibian and Reptile Biology (13 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (10 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (6 papers). Scott L. Travers collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Germany. Scott L. Travers's co-authors include Rafe M. Brown, Carl H. Oliveros, Michael J. Andersen, Robert G. Moyle, Peter A. Hosner, Brant C. Faircloth, Aaron M. Bauer, Joseph D. Manthey, Brett W. Benz and Cameron D. Siler and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Evolution and Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Scott L. Travers

19 papers receiving 493 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Scott L. Travers United States 11 244 227 166 152 124 19 505
Damien Esquerré Australia 11 248 1.0× 174 0.8× 158 1.0× 173 1.1× 75 0.6× 26 486
Ian G. Brennan Australia 11 250 1.0× 207 0.9× 167 1.0× 140 0.9× 83 0.7× 32 459
Tonya A. Penkrot United States 4 191 0.8× 276 1.2× 118 0.7× 228 1.5× 127 1.0× 7 621
Amanda L. Talaba United States 9 204 0.8× 195 0.9× 182 1.1× 205 1.3× 67 0.5× 10 525
Boris S. Tuniyev Russia 10 417 1.7× 331 1.5× 178 1.1× 204 1.3× 127 1.0× 44 654
Edgar Benavides United States 15 212 0.9× 327 1.4× 188 1.1× 178 1.2× 124 1.0× 25 603
Edward A. Myers United States 16 347 1.4× 425 1.9× 237 1.4× 168 1.1× 167 1.3× 46 703
Maria A. Tonione United States 9 163 0.7× 289 1.3× 200 1.2× 138 0.9× 112 0.9× 12 472
Lauren M. Chan United States 13 144 0.6× 245 1.1× 179 1.1× 219 1.4× 112 0.9× 29 530
David A. Beamer United States 12 196 0.8× 210 0.9× 173 1.0× 116 0.8× 101 0.8× 32 455

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Scott L. Travers

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All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Travers, Scott L., Carl R. Hutter, Christopher C. Austin, et al.. (2024). VenomCap: An exon‐capture probe set for the targeted sequencing of snake venom genes. Molecular Ecology Resources. 24(8). e14020–e14020. 1 indexed citations
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Röll, Beate, Aaron M. Bauer, Scott L. Travers, et al.. (2023). Phylogeny of dwarf geckos of the genus Lygodactylus (Gekkonidae) in the Western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa. 5311(2). 232–250. 3 indexed citations
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Oliver, Paul M., Deborah S. Bower, Peter J. McDonald, et al.. (2022). Melanesia holds the world’s most diverse and intact insular amphibian fauna. Communications Biology. 5(1). 1182–1182. 19 indexed citations
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Hutter, Carl R., et al.. (2021). FrogCap: A modular sequence capture probe‐set for phylogenomics and population genetics for all frogs, assessed across multiple phylogenetic scales. Molecular Ecology Resources. 22(3). 1100–1119. 24 indexed citations
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Travers, Scott L., Mark D. Scherz, Timothy J. Colston, et al.. (2021). A comprehensive phylogeny of dwarf geckos of the genus Lygodactylus, with insights into their systematics and morphological variation. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 165. 107311–107311. 9 indexed citations
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Wood, Perry L., Xianguang Guo, Scott L. Travers, et al.. (2020). Parachute geckos free fall into synonymy: Gekko phylogeny, and a new subgeneric classification, inferred from thousands of ultraconserved elements. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 146. 106731–106731. 36 indexed citations
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Mapel, Xena Marie, et al.. (2019). Notes on the birds of Isabel, Solomon Islands, including the first record since 1927 of Island Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus maforensis. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists Club. 139(4). 311–311. 2 indexed citations
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Oliver, Paul M., Rafe M. Brown, Fred Kraus, et al.. (2018). Lizards of the lost arcs: mid-Cenozoic diversification, persistence and ecological marginalization in the West Pacific. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 285(1871). 20171760–20171760. 42 indexed citations
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Oliver, Paul M., Scott L. Travers, Jonathan Q. Richmond, Patrick Pikacha, & Robert N. Fisher. (2017). At the end of the line: independent overwater colonizations of the Solomon Islands by a hyperdiverse trans-Wallacean lizard lineage (Cyrtodactylus: Gekkota: Squamata). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 182(3). 681–694. 17 indexed citations
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Moyle, Robert G., Carl H. Oliveros, Michael J. Andersen, et al.. (2016). Tectonic collision and uplift of Wallacea triggered the global songbird radiation. Nature Communications. 7(1). 12709–12709. 166 indexed citations
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Grismer, Jesse L., James A. Schulte, Alana Alexander, et al.. (2016). The Eurasian invasion: phylogenomic data reveal multiple Southeast Asian origins for Indian Dragon Lizards. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 16(1). 43–43. 51 indexed citations
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Moyle, Robert G., Carl H. Oliveros, Michael J. Andersen, et al.. (2015). Data from: Tectonic collision and uplift of Wallacea triggered the global songbird radiation. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 3 indexed citations
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Welton, Luke J., Scott L. Travers, Cameron D. Siler, & Rafe M. Brown. (2014). Integrative taxonomy and phylogeny-based species delimitation of Philippine water monitor lizards (Varanus salvator Complex) with descriptions of two new cryptic species. Zootaxa. 3881(3). 201–27. 25 indexed citations
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Travers, Scott L., Todd R. Jackman, & Aaron M. Bauer. (2014). A molecular phylogeny of Afromontane dwarf geckos (Lygodactylus) reveals a single radiation and increased species diversity in a South African montane center of endemism. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 80. 31–42. 23 indexed citations
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Portik, Daniel M., Scott L. Travers, Aaron M. Bauer, & William R. Branch. (2013). <p class="HeadingRunIn"><strong>A new species of <em>Lygodactylus</em> (Squamata: Gekkonidae) endemic to Mount Namuli, an isolated ‘sky island’ of northern Mozambique</strong></p>. Zootaxa. 3710(5). 415–415. 29 indexed citations
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Wake, David B., Josiah H. Townsend, Scott L. Travers, et al.. (2010). A new species of worm salamander (Caudata: Plethodontidae: Oedipina) in the subgenus Oeditriton from the highlands of northern Nicaragua. Zootaxa. 2613(1). 7 indexed citations

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