William E. Peterman

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
92 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

William E. Peterman is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Ecological Modeling. According to data from OpenAlex, William E. Peterman has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 49 papers in Ecology and 35 papers in Ecological Modeling. Recurrent topics in William E. Peterman's work include Amphibian and Reptile Biology (52 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (35 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (32 papers). William E. Peterman is often cited by papers focused on Amphibian and Reptile Biology (52 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (35 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (32 papers). William E. Peterman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and France. William E. Peterman's co-authors include Raymond D. Semlitsch, John A. Crawford, Lori S. Eggert, Grant M. Connette, Joseph R. Milanovich, Thomas L. Anderson, Dana L. Drake, Brittany H. Ousterhout, John C. Maerz and Nathan P. Nibbelink and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Ecology and Global Change Biology.

In The Last Decade

William E. Peterman

86 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

ResistanceGA: An R package for the optimization of resistance surfaces using genetic algorithms

2018 244 citations William E. Peterman Methods in Ecology and Evolution profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
William E. Peterman United States	26	1.3k	1.1k	830	615	614	92	2.2k
Juan M. Pleguezuelos Spain	27	1.1k 0.8×	1.0k 0.9×	804 1.0×	480 0.8×	424 0.7×	109	2.0k
Claudia Corti Italy	22	681 0.5×	1.0k 0.9×	681 0.8×	391 0.6×	532 0.9×	102	1.7k
Michelle S. Koo United States	18	799 0.6×	670 0.6×	941 1.1×	543 0.9×	477 0.8×	39	1.8k
Gustavo A. Llorente Spain	31	1.3k 1.1×	1.7k 1.6×	891 1.1×	594 1.0×	397 0.6×	128	2.8k
Fernando Martínez‐Freiría Portugal	23	705 0.6×	684 0.6×	867 1.0×	311 0.5×	563 0.9×	96	1.6k
Guillermo Velo‐Antón Portugal	27	794 0.6×	930 0.8×	671 0.8×	491 0.8×	884 1.4×	119	1.9k
Giovanni Amori Italy	24	2.0k 1.5×	545 0.5×	835 1.0×	795 1.3×	727 1.2×	143	2.8k
Andrew A. Burbidge Australia	16	2.3k 1.8×	537 0.5×	829 1.0×	766 1.2×	662 1.1×	48	2.9k
Michael E. Dorcas United States	31	1.7k 1.4×	1.6k 1.4×	635 0.8×	1.1k 1.8×	262 0.4×	84	2.7k
Travis Ingram New Zealand	23	1.1k 0.9×	560 0.5×	346 0.4×	900 1.5×	692 1.1×	62	2.4k

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Crawford, John A., et al.. (2025). Spatio‐Temporal Comparisons Between Microclimate Species Distribution Models and Mechanistic Models of Potential Surface Activity. Ecology and Evolution. 15(7). e71813–e71813. 1 indexed citations

Peterman, William E., et al.. (2025). Three‐Dimensional Habitat Structure Drives Avian Functional and Trait Diversity Across North America. Ecology and Evolution. 15(4). e70988–e70988. 1 indexed citations

Fonseca, Emanuel M., Nathaniel S. Pope, William E. Peterman, et al.. (2024). Genetic structure and landscape effects on gene flow in the Neotropical lizard Norops brasiliensis (Squamata: Dactyloidae). Heredity. 132(6). 284–295.

Mason, Andrew J., et al.. (2024). Insights from the timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) genome for MHC gene architecture and evolution in threatened rattlesnakes. Journal of Heredity. 116(5). 591–602.

Peterman, William E., et al.. (2024). Impacts of Wildfire Burn Severity on Plethodontid Salamander Populations of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Herpetologica. 80(2).

Peterman, William E., et al.. (2024). Coexistence of Stream-Associated Salamanders: Disentangling Abiotic and Biotic Interactions in Desmognathus Salamander Communities. Herpetologica. 80(2).

Peterman, William E., et al.. (2024). Population viability analysis for the common mudpuppy: Assessing potential impacts of TFM lampricide bycatch. Animal Conservation. 28(3). 380–388.

Hoffman, Andrew, et al.. (2023). Demography and space‐use of Eastern Red‐backed Salamanders (Plethodon cinereus) between mature and successional forests. Ecology and Evolution. 13(1). e9764–e9764. 5 indexed citations

Peterman, William E.. (2023). One metric or many? Refining the analytical framework of landscape resistance estimation in individual‐based landscape genetic analyses. Molecular Ecology Resources. 24(1). e13876–e13876. 2 indexed citations

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Lulla, Vijay, William E. Peterman, Robert D. Denton, et al.. (2022). Linking genetic structure, landscape genetics, and species distribution modeling for regional conservation of a threatened freshwater turtle. Landscape Ecology. 37(4). 1017–1034. 13 indexed citations

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Peterman, William E., et al.. (2021). Small mammal daily activity periods derived using AHDriFT camera traps. Mammal Research. 66(2). 289–300.

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Peterman, William E., et al.. (2021). Evaluation of the AHDriFT Camera Trap System to Survey for Small Mammals and Herpetofauna. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management. 12(1). 197–207. 9 indexed citations

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Connette, Grant M., John A. Crawford, Daniel J. Hocking, et al.. (2020). Predicted alteration of surface activity as a consequence of climate change. Ecology. 101(11). e03154–e03154. 13 indexed citations

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Peterman, William E., et al.. (2019). A comparison of popular approaches to optimize landscape resistance surfaces. Landscape Ecology. 34(9). 2197–2208. 50 indexed citations

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Peterman, William E.. (2018). ResistanceGA: An R package for the optimization of resistance surfaces using genetic algorithms. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 9(6). 1638–1647. 244 indexed citations breakdown →

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Crawford, John A., et al.. (2017). Chytrid Infection Dynamics in Cricket Frogs on Military and Public Lands in the Midwestern United States. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management. 8(2). 344–352. 3 indexed citations

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Connette, Grant M., John A. Crawford, & William E. Peterman. (2015). Climate change and shrinking salamanders: alternative mechanisms for changes in plethodontid salamander body size. Global Change Biology. 21(8). 2834–2843. 47 indexed citations

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Semlitsch, Raymond D., William E. Peterman, Thomas L. Anderson, Dana L. Drake, & Brittany H. Ousterhout. (2015). Intermediate Pond Sizes Contain the Highest Density, Richness, and Diversity of Pond-Breeding Amphibians. PLoS ONE. 10(4). e0123055–e0123055. 79 indexed citations

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Peterman, William E. & Raymond D. Semlitsch. (2013). Fine-Scale Habitat Associations of a Terrestrial Salamander: The Role of Environmental Gradients and Implications for Population Dynamics. PLoS ONE. 8(5). e62184–e62184. 88 indexed citations

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Milanovich, Joseph R., William E. Peterman, Nathan P. Nibbelink, & John C. Maerz. (2010). Projected Loss of a Salamander Diversity Hotspot as a Consequence of Projected Global Climate Change. PLoS ONE. 5(8). e12189–e12189. 153 indexed citations

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