Steven L. Chown

44.1k total citations · 8 hit papers
503 papers, 30.3k citations indexed

About

Steven L. Chown is a scholar working on Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Steven L. Chown has authored 503 papers receiving a total of 30.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 337 papers in Ecology, 178 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 167 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Steven L. Chown's work include Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (140 papers), Physiological and biochemical adaptations (134 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (128 papers). Steven L. Chown is often cited by papers focused on Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (140 papers), Physiological and biochemical adaptations (134 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (128 papers). Steven L. Chown collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, Australia and United Kingdom. Steven L. Chown's co-authors include Kevin J. Gaston, John S. Terblanche, Jaco Klok, Susana Clusella‐Trullas, Abraham Addo‐Bediako, Mélodie A. McGeoch, Brent J. Sinclair, Ary A. Hoffmann, Peter Convey and Sue W. Nicolson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Steven L. Chown

499 papers receiving 29.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Thermal tolerance, climatic variability and latitude

2000 889 citations Steven L. Chown, Kevin J. Gaston et al. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences profile →
Heat freezes niche evolution

2013 692 citations Steven L. Chown et al. profile →
Insect Physiological Ecology

2004 630 citations Steven L. Chown et al. profile →
Body size variation in insects: a macroecological perspective

2009 563 citations Steven L. Chown, Kevin J. Gaston profile →
Upper thermal limits in terrestrial ectotherms: how constrained are they?

2012 545 citations Steven L. Chown et al. profile →
Biological invasions in the Antarctic: extent, impacts and implications

2005 514 citations Steven L. Chown, Peter Convey et al. profile →
Low Temperature Biology of Insects

2010 468 citations Steven L. Chown, Peter Convey et al. profile →
Handbook of protocols for standardized measurement of terrestrial invertebrate functional traits

2016 310 citations Steven L. Chown et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Steven L. Chown

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Steven L. Chown. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Steven L. Chown 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 Steven L. Chown. Steven L. Chown 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	Antarctic Biosecurity Policy Effectively Manages the Rates of Alien Introductions 2025 ·Earth s Future ·Rachel I. Leihy, Mélodie A. McGeoch, David A. Clarke, (unknown), Yehezkel Buba, Jonathan Belmaker, Steven L. Chown	2
2	A dataset of Antarctic ecosystems in ice-free lands: classification, descriptions, and maps 2025 ·Scientific Data ·Anikó B. Tóth, Aleks Terauds, Steven L. Chown, Kevin A. Hughes, Peter Convey, Dominic A. Hodgson, Don A. Cowan, John A. E. Gibson, Rachel I. Leihy, Nicholas Murray, Sharon A. Robinson, Justine D. Shaw, Jonathan S. Stark, Mark I. Stevens, John van den Hoff, Jane Wasley, David A. Keith	5
3	Body size shapes song in honeyeaters 2024 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·(unknown), Matthew D. McGee, Craig R. White, Steven L. Chown	4
4	Biogeography and Genetic Diversity of Terrestrial Mites in the Ross Sea Region, Antarctica 2023 ·Genes ·(unknown), Monica R Young, Peter Convey, Steven L. Chown, S. Craig Cary, Byron J. Adams, Diana H. Wall, Ian D. Hogg	5
5	Using near‐ground leaf temperatures alters the projected climate change impacts on the historical range of a floristic biodiversity hotspot 2022 ·Diversity and Distributions ·Brittany T. Trew, Regan Early, James P. Duffy, Steven L. Chown, Ilya M. D. Maclean	4
6	Emerging biological archives can reveal ecological and climatic change in Antarctica 2022 ·Global Change Biology ·Jan M. Strugnell, Helen McGregor, Nerida G. Wilson, Karina Meredith, Steven L. Chown, (unknown), Sharon A. Robinson, Krystyna M. Saunders	14
7	Invasive species impacts on sub-Antarctic Collembola support the Antarctic climate-diversity-invasion hypothesis 2022 ·Soil Biology and Biochemistry ·Steven L. Chown, Dana M. Bergstrom, (unknown), Kate Kiefer, Aleks Terauds, Rachel I. Leihy	9
8	Antarctica’s wilderness fails to capture continent’s biodiversity 2020 ·Nature ·Rachel I. Leihy, Bernard W. T. Coetzee, Fraser Morgan, Ben Raymond, Justine D. Shaw, Aleks Terauds, Kees Bastmeijer, Steven L. Chown	48
9	Wind plays a major but not exclusive role in the prevalence of insect flight loss on remote islands 2020 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Rachel I. Leihy, Steven L. Chown	26
10	Rate dynamics of ectotherm responses to thermal stress 2019 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·(unknown), Guillaume Latombe, Steven L. Chown	35
11	Thermoregulatory traits combine with range shifts to alter the future of montane ant assemblages 2019 ·Global Change Biology ·Tom R. Bishop, Catherine L. Parr, Heloise Gibb, Berndt J. van Rensburg, Brigitte Braschler, Steven L. Chown, Stefan H. Foord, Kévin Lamy, Thinandavha C. Munyai, (unknown), (unknown), Victoria Werenkraut, Mark P. Robertson	17
12	Invasive species differ in key functional traits from native and non‐invasive alien plant species 2019 ·Journal of Vegetation Science ·(unknown), (unknown), Peter C. le Roux, (unknown), Steven L. Chown, Barnabas H. Daru, Brad S. Ripley, (unknown), Michelle Greve	93
13	A widespread thermodynamic effect, but maintenance of biological rates through space across life's major domains 2018 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Jesper Givskov Sørensen, Craig R. White, Grant A. Duffy, Steven L. Chown	27
14	High resolution temperature data for ecological research and management on the Southern Ocean Islands 2018 ·Scientific Data ·Rachel I. Leihy, Grant A. Duffy, (unknown), Steven L. Chown	30
15	Geothermal activity helps life survive glacial cycles 2014 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Ceridwen I. Fraser, Aleks Terauds, John L. Smellie, Peter Convey, Steven L. Chown	106
16	Indirect effects of invasive species removal devastate World Heritage Island 2009 ·Journal of Applied Ecology ·Dana M. Bergstrom, Arko Lucieer, Kate Kiefer, Jane Wasley, Lee Belbin, (unknown), Steven L. Chown	298
17	Patterns in procellariiform diversity as a test of species-energy theory in marine systems 1999 ·Evolutionary ecology research ·Steven L. Chown, Kevin J. Gaston	23
18	Throwing biodiversity out with the binary data 1998 ·South African Journal of Science ·A. S. van Jaarsveld, Kevin J. Gaston, Steven L. Chown, Stefanie Freitag	20
19	Body size and abundance in a dung beetle assemblage : optimal mass and the role of transients 1996 ·African Entomology ·Steven L. Chown, (unknown)	14
20	Description of the larva of Christensenia antarctica Brinck with implications for the phylogeny of Ectemnorhinini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). 1990 ·The Coleopterists Bulletin ·Steven L. Chown, (unknown)	5

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