Thomas R. Van Devender is a scholar working on Plant Science, Ecology and Anthropology.
According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas R. Van Devender has authored 104 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Plant Science, 46 papers in Ecology and 43 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Thomas R. Van Devender's work include Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies (43 papers), Archaeology and Natural History (39 papers) and Rangeland and Wildlife Management (28 papers). Thomas R. Van Devender is often cited by papers focused on Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies (43 papers), Archaeology and Natural History (39 papers) and Rangeland and Wildlife Management (28 papers). Thomas R. Van Devender collaborates with scholars based in United States, Mexico and Canada. Thomas R. Van Devender's co-authors include W. Geoffrey Spaulding, Julio L. Betancourt, Paul S. Martin, Karl W. Butzer, Mitchel P. McClaran, Jim I. Mead, James E. King, R. Scott Anderson, Joseph R. McAuliffe and Scott A. Elias and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Phytochemistry.
In The Last Decade
Thomas R. Van Devender
92 papers
receiving
2.1k citations
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Development of Vegetation and Climate in the Southwestern United States
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Devender, Thomas R. Van, et al.. (2015). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plant flora of La Guásima, southern Sinaloa, northwestern Mexico. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution).4 indexed citations
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Devender, Thomas R. Van, et al.. (2015). Vegetation and vascular flora of Ironwood Forest National Monument, Pima and Pinal Counties, Arizona.. UA Campus Repository (The University of Arizona). 30(2). 3–71.2 indexed citations
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Spellenberg, Richard, Thomas R. Van Devender, & Paulina D. Jenkins. (2014). Astragalus martinii (Fabaceae), a new species from eastern Sonora and western Chihuahua, Mexico. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution).
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Felger, Richard S., et al.. (2013). Ajo Peak to Tinajas Altas: A flora of southwestern Arizona: Part 2. The checklist. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution).1 indexed citations
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Felger, Richard S., et al.. (2013). Ajo Peak to Tinajas Altas: Flora of southwestern Arizona: An introduction. 1–40.1 indexed citations
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Devender, Thomas R. Van, et al.. (2013). Biodiversity in the Madrean Archipelago of Sonora, Mexico. 67. 10–16.11 indexed citations
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Devender, Thomas R. Van & Guy L Nesom. (2012). Glandularia malpaisana (Verbenaceae), a new species from Sonora, Mexico. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution).1 indexed citations
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Felger, Richard S., et al.. (2012). FLora oF TinaJaS aLTaS, ariZona— a cenTUrY oF BoTanicaL ForaYS and ForTY THoUSand YearS oF NEOTOMA cHronicLeS. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas. 6(1). 157–257.2 indexed citations
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Devender, Thomas R. Van, et al.. (2010). Diversidad Biológica de Sonora. Diagnostic Cytopathology. 33(13). 15–15.17 indexed citations
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Hunter, Kimberly L., et al.. (2000). Ploidy race distributions since the Last Glacial Maximum in the North American desert shrub, Larrea tridentata. Geologia Sudetica. 33(2). 521–533.4 indexed citations
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Devender, Thomas R. Van & Frank G. Hawksworth. (1986). Fossil mistletoes in packrat middens from the southwestern United States.. Madroño. 33(2). 85–99.3 indexed citations
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