William A. Foster

7.1k citations
117 papers · 4.4k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 33
Topics
Plant and animal studies (51 papers)Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (41 papers)Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (20 papers)
Journals
NatureSHILAP Revista de lepidopterologíaJournal of the American College of Cardiology

In The Last Decade

William A. Foster

117 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

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William A. Foster
Comparison fields: 5 of 150
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2.3k
  • Ecology 1.5k
  • Genetics 1.4k
  • Insect Science 1.0k
  • Global and Planetary Change 817
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All Works

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Can cattle grazing in mature oil palm increase biodiversity and ecosystem service provision
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The Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function in Tropical Agriculture (BEFTA) Project.
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Assessing the influence of bird's nest ferns (Asplenium spp.) on the local microclimate across a range of habitat disturbances in Sabah, Malaysia.
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Line Insertion Techniques for the Study of High Forest Canopies
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About William A. Foster

William A. Foster is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science and Nature and Landscape Conservation, having authored 117 papers that have together received 4.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Plant and animal studies (51 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (41 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (20 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (2.3k citations), Insect Science (1.0k citations) and Nature and Landscape Conservation (807 citations). William A. Foster has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Malaysia. Frequent co-authors include J. E. Treherne, Edgar C. Turner, M. D. Farnon Ellwood, Jake L. Snaddon, David L. Stern, Tom M. Fayle, Jeremy Field, Tim G. Benton, Nathan Pike and Andrea Manica. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

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