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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.
Habitat Structural Complexity and the Interaction Between Bluegills and Their Prey
19821.1k citationsWilliam E. Cooper et al.profile →
AN EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH TO THE PRODUCTION DYNAMICS AND STRUCTURE OF FRESHWATER ANIMAL COMMUNITIES1
1970518 citationsWilliam E. Cooper et al.profile →
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Cooper, William E., Keiko Watanabe, Hiroaki Yamamoto, Kōichi Tanaka, & Kazuyoshi Takayama. (2011). Shear Stress Measurements During High-Speed Impacts with Sand and Glass Beads. Bulletin of the American Physical Society.1 indexed citations
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Castañeda‐Gaytán, Gamaliel, et al.. (2011). Incidencia de autotomía caudal en la lagartija de arena de Chihuahua Uma paraphygas (Sauria: Phrynosomatidae). Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad. 82(1). 193–198.1 indexed citations
Cooper, William E. & Martin J. Whiting. (2007). Effects of Risk on Flight Initiation Distance and Escape Tactics in two Southern African Lizard Species. Current Zoology. 53(3). 446–453.14 indexed citations
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Cooper, William E.. (2005). Lizard Foraging Modes: Global Need for Data, Methods for Data Collection and Call for Data. Herpetological review. 36(4).5 indexed citations
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Cooper, William E., et al.. (2005). Antipredatory Threat Displays and Aggressive Defenses by the Acrodont Lizard Uromastyx aegyptius (Acrodonta: Agamidae: Uromasticinae) when Cornered and in Crevices. Russian Journal of Herpetology. 12(1). 69–73.2 indexed citations
Cooper, William E., Gordon M. Burghardt, & William S. Brown. (2000). Chemical Stimuli from potential prey and predators: behavioural responses by hatchling racers (Coluber constrictor) from two geographically distinct populations. Amphibia-Reptilia. 21(1).2 indexed citations
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Cooper, William E., et al.. (1994). Tree and substrate selection in the semi-arboreal scincid lizard Eumeces laticeps. Herpetological Journal. 4(1). 20–23.7 indexed citations
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Cooper, William E. & Stanley E. Trauth. (1992). DISCRIMINATION OF CONSPECIFIC MALE AND FEMALE CLOACAL CHEMICAL STIMULI BY MALES AND POSSESSION OF A PROBABLE PHEROMONE GLAND BY FEMALES IN A CORDYLID) LIZARD, GERRHOSAURUS NIGROLINVEATUS. Herpetologica. 48(2). 229–236.27 indexed citations
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Cooper, William E. & Allison C. Alberts. (1990). Responses to chemical food stimuli by an herbivorous actively foraging lizard, Dipsosaurus dorsalis. Herpetologica. 46(3). 259–266.57 indexed citations
Cooper, William E.. (1957). THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TENSILE TEST TO PRESSURE VESSEL DESIGN. Welding Journal.30 indexed citations
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