Thomas W. Schoener

38.6k total citations · 13 hit papers
143 papers, 27.0k citations indexed

About

Thomas W. Schoener is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology and Ecological Modeling. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas W. Schoener has authored 143 papers receiving a total of 27.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 88 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 44 papers in Ecology and 41 papers in Ecological Modeling. Recurrent topics in Thomas W. Schoener's work include Plant and animal studies (75 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (41 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (35 papers). Thomas W. Schoener is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (75 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (41 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (35 papers). Thomas W. Schoener collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Spain. Thomas W. Schoener's co-authors include David A. Spiller, Jonathan B. Losos, Amy Schoener, Daniel H. Janzen, George C. Gorman, Marguerite A. Butler, Catherine A. Toft, Jason J. Kolbe, Manuel Leal and Jonah Piovia‐Scott and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Thomas W. Schoener

143 papers receiving 22.7k citations

Hit Papers

Resource Partitioning in ... 1967 2026 1986 2006 1974 1971 1983 1974 1968 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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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.

  1. Resource Partitioning in Ecological Communities
    1974 3.3k citations Thomas W. Schoener Science profile →
  2. Theory of Feeding Strategies
    1971 2.9k citations Thomas W. Schoener profile →
  3. Field Experiments on Interspecific Competition
    1983 1.9k citations Thomas W. Schoener The American Naturalist profile →
  4. STABILITY AND COMPLEXITY IN MODEL ECOSYSTEMS
    1974 1.7k citations Thomas W. Schoener Evolution profile →
  5. The Anolis Lizards of Bimini: Resource Partitioning in a Complex Fauna
    1968 1.7k citations Thomas W. Schoener Ecology profile →
  6. Nonsynchronous Spatial Overlap of Lizards in Patchy Habitats
    1970 1.4k citations Thomas W. Schoener Ecology profile →
  7. Stability and Complexity in Model Ecosystems.
    1974 1.2k citations Thomas W. Schoener et al. Evolution profile →
  8. The Newest Synthesis: Understanding the Interplay of Evolutionary and Ecological Dynamics
    2011 663 citations Thomas W. Schoener Science profile →
  9. Sizes of Feeding Territories among Birds
    1968 561 citations Thomas W. Schoener Ecology profile →
  10. Food Webs From the Small to the Large: The Robert H. MacArthur Award Lecture
    1989 492 citations Thomas W. Schoener Ecology profile →
  11. Differences in Insect Abundance and Diversity Between Wetter and Drier Sites During a Tropical Dry Season
    1968 379 citations Thomas W. Schoener et al. Ecology profile →
  12. The Ecological Significance of Sexual Dimorphism in Size in the Lizard Anolis conspersus
    1967 355 citations Thomas W. Schoener Science profile →
  13. Models of Optimal Size for Solitary Predators
    1969 335 citations Thomas W. Schoener The American Naturalist profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thomas W. Schoener United States 69 13.0k 11.2k 9.4k 7.4k 5.4k 143 27.0k
Stuart L. Pimm United States 86 14.7k 1.1× 7.6k 0.7× 10.8k 1.2× 8.4k 1.1× 3.6k 0.7× 280 29.7k
Richard Levins United States 48 8.4k 0.6× 6.7k 0.6× 7.2k 0.8× 4.1k 0.5× 4.4k 0.8× 173 22.8k
Andrew Sih United States 87 14.9k 1.1× 20.8k 1.9× 9.3k 1.0× 9.1k 1.2× 6.5k 1.2× 277 35.0k
Eric L. Charnov United States 68 11.9k 0.9× 12.8k 1.1× 8.1k 0.9× 5.4k 0.7× 5.9k 1.1× 165 30.5k
Tim G. Benton United Kingdom 63 11.8k 0.9× 10.1k 0.9× 7.1k 0.8× 6.0k 0.8× 4.3k 0.8× 195 27.0k
Stephen P. Hubbell United States 90 9.9k 0.8× 13.5k 1.2× 21.9k 2.3× 8.5k 1.1× 4.1k 0.8× 208 33.8k
Paul Harvey United Kingdom 87 13.7k 1.1× 14.3k 1.3× 6.7k 0.7× 3.3k 0.4× 7.7k 1.4× 338 33.3k
Michael L. Rosenzweig United States 55 8.5k 0.7× 5.1k 0.5× 7.4k 0.8× 2.9k 0.4× 3.8k 0.7× 141 17.2k
Peter Kareiva United States 75 9.9k 0.8× 4.8k 0.4× 7.9k 0.8× 11.2k 1.5× 2.4k 0.4× 210 26.5k
Nils Chr. Stenseth Norway 102 25.5k 2.0× 7.2k 0.6× 11.9k 1.3× 14.5k 2.0× 7.9k 1.4× 776 44.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Schoener, Thomas W., et al.. (2023). Differential genotype response to increased resource abundance helps explain parallel evolution of Daphnia populations in the wild. Ecology and Evolution. 13(3). e9896–e9896. 3 indexed citations
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Kolbe, Jason J., Sean T. Giery, Oriol Lapiedra, et al.. (2023). Experimentally simulating the evolution-to-ecology connection: Divergent predator morphologies alter natural food webs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(24). e2221691120–e2221691120. 6 indexed citations
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Schoener, Thomas W., et al.. (2021). Effects of size selection versus density dependence on life histories: A first experimental probe. Ecology Letters. 24(7). 1467–1473. 3 indexed citations
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Pruitt, Jonathan N., Alex G. Little, Sharanya J. Majumdar, Thomas W. Schoener, & David N. Fisher. (2019). Call-to-Action: A Global Consortium for Tropical Cyclone Ecology. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 34(7). 588–590. 25 indexed citations
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López‐Darias, Marta, Thomas W. Schoener, David A. Spiller, & Jonathan B. Losos. (2012). Predators determine how weather affects the spatial niche of lizard prey: exploring niche dynamics at a fine scale. Ecology. 93(12). 2512–2518. 22 indexed citations
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Piovia‐Scott, Jonah, David A. Spiller, & Thomas W. Schoener. (2011). Effects of Experimental Seaweed Deposition on Lizard and Ant Predation in an Island Food Web. Science. 331(6016). 461–463. 38 indexed citations
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Legendre, Stéphane, Thomas W. Schoener, Jean Clobert, & David A. Spiller. (2008). How Is Extinction Risk Related to Population‐Size Variability over Time? A Family of Models for Species with Repeated Extinction and Immigration. The American Naturalist. 172(2). 282–298. 18 indexed citations
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Schoener, Thomas W. & David A. Spiller. (2006). Nonsynchronous recovery of community characteristics in island spiders after a catastrophic hurricane. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(7). 2220–2225. 42 indexed citations
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Schoener, Thomas W., Jonathan B. Losos, & David A. Spiller. (2005). Island Biogeography of Populations: An Introduced Species Transforms Survival Patterns. Science. 310(5755). 1807–1809. 31 indexed citations
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Losos, Jonathan B., Thomas W. Schoener, & David A. Spiller. (2003). Effect of immersion in seawater on egg survival in the lizard Anolis sagrei. Oecologia. 137(3). 360–362. 31 indexed citations
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Losos, Jonathan B., Thomas W. Schoener, Kenneth I. Warheit, & Douglas A. Creer. (2001). Experimental studies of adaptive differentiation in Bahamian Anolis lizards. Genetica. 112-113(1). 399–415. 66 indexed citations
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Losos, Jonathan B., Duncan J. Irschick, & Thomas W. Schoener. (1994). ADAPTATION AND CONSTRAINT IN THE EVOLUTION OF SPECIALIZATION OF BAHAMIANANOLISLIZARDS. Evolution. 48(6). 1786–1798. 105 indexed citations
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Losos, Jonathan B., Jane C. Marks, & Thomas W. Schoener. (1993). Habitat use and ecological interactions of an introduced and a native species of Anolis lizard on Grand Cayman, with a review of the outcomes of anole introductions. Oecologia. 95(4). 525–532. 101 indexed citations
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Schoener, Thomas W.. (1990). The geographical distribution of rarity: misinterpretation of atlas methods affects some empirical conclusions. Oecologia. 82(4). 567–568. 6 indexed citations
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Spiller, David A. & Thomas W. Schoener. (1990). Lizards reduce food consumption by spiders: mechanisms and consequences. Oecologia. 83(2). 150–161. 61 indexed citations
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Schoener, Thomas W.. (1987). Time Budgets and Territory Size: Some Simultaneous Optimization Models for Energy Maximizers. American Zoologist. 27(2). 259–291. 72 indexed citations
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Schoener, Thomas W.. (1982). The Controversy over Interspecific Competition. American Scientist. 70(6). 586–595. 479 indexed citations
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Schoener, Thomas W.. (1976). Alternatives to Lotka-Volterra competition: Models of intermediate complexity. Theoretical Population Biology. 10(3). 309–333. 172 indexed citations

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