William G. Chaloner

4.7k total citations
89 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

William G. Chaloner is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, William G. Chaloner has authored 89 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 30 papers in Plant Science and 28 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in William G. Chaloner's work include Plant Diversity and Evolution (42 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (28 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (27 papers). William G. Chaloner is often cited by papers focused on Plant Diversity and Evolution (42 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (28 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (27 papers). William G. Chaloner collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. William G. Chaloner's co-authors include Geoffrey T. Creber, David J. Beerling, Timothy Peter Jones, Jennifer C. McElwain, Colin P. Osborne, Michael J. Cope, Andrew C. Scott, D. B. O. Savile, Peter G. Kevan and Margaret E. Collinson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

In The Last Decade

William G. Chaloner

87 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William G. Chaloner United Kingdom 34 1.9k 1.2k 1.2k 915 763 89 3.7k
Tom L. Phillips United States 33 2.2k 1.2× 1.4k 1.1× 1.0k 0.9× 795 0.9× 596 0.8× 78 3.6k
Leo Hickey United States 31 4.0k 2.1× 1.1k 0.9× 1.2k 1.0× 1.8k 2.0× 1.9k 2.6× 74 5.9k
Jack A. Wolfe United States 35 3.5k 1.9× 2.2k 1.8× 1.7k 1.4× 1.3k 1.4× 1.4k 1.8× 62 6.0k
David R. Greenwood Canada 34 2.2k 1.2× 2.4k 1.9× 1.5k 1.3× 551 0.6× 634 0.8× 107 4.5k
Dieter Uhl Germany 30 1.4k 0.8× 1.4k 1.1× 1.1k 1.0× 470 0.5× 540 0.7× 177 3.6k
Dianne Edwards United Kingdom 40 3.0k 1.6× 1.3k 1.0× 1.8k 1.5× 1.6k 1.8× 1.5k 1.9× 116 4.9k
Volker Wilde Germany 29 1.3k 0.7× 776 0.6× 696 0.6× 528 0.6× 799 1.0× 116 2.8k
Garland R. Upchurch United States 24 1.2k 0.7× 707 0.6× 861 0.7× 399 0.4× 613 0.8× 49 2.2k
Henk Visscher Netherlands 40 1.2k 0.6× 2.8k 2.3× 3.0k 2.5× 481 0.5× 374 0.5× 86 5.2k
David J. Cantrill Australia 40 2.9k 1.6× 1.4k 1.1× 1.7k 1.4× 596 0.7× 1.2k 1.6× 132 4.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by William G. Chaloner

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William G. Chaloner

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Roos, Christopher I., Andrew C. Scott, Claire M. Belcher, et al.. (2016). Living on a flammable planet: interdisciplinary, cross-scalar and varied cultural lessons, prospects and challenges. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 371(1696). 20150469–20150469. 45 indexed citations
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Osborne, Colin P., David J. Beerling, Barry H. Lomax, & William G. Chaloner. (2004). Biophysical constraints on the origin of leaves inferred from the fossil record. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(28). 10360–10362. 57 indexed citations
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Chen, Li‐Qun, Cheng‐Sen Li, William G. Chaloner, et al.. (2001). Assessing the potential for the stomatal characters of extant and fossil Ginkgo leaves to signal atmospheric CO2 change. American Journal of Botany. 88(7). 1309–1315. 99 indexed citations
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Beerling, David J., Colin P. Osborne, & William G. Chaloner. (2001). Evolution of leaf-form in land plants linked to atmospheric CO2 decline in the Late Palaeozoic era. Nature. 410(6826). 352–354. 171 indexed citations
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Chaloner, William G. & Jennifer C. McElwain. (1997). The fossil plant record and global climatic change. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 95(1-4). 73–82. 58 indexed citations
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Beerling, David J., William G. Chaloner, Brian Huntley, et al.. (1992). Variations in the stomatal density of salix herbacea L. under the changing atmospheric CO2 concentrations of late- and post-glacial time. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 336(1277). 215–224. 23 indexed citations
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Jones, Timothy Peter & William G. Chaloner. (1991). Fossil charcoal, its recognition and palaeoatmospheric significance. Global and Planetary Change. 5(1-2). 39–50. 24 indexed citations
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Chaloner, William G.. (1989). Fossil charcoal as an indicator of palaeoatmospheric oxygen level. Journal of the Geological Society. 146(1). 171–174. 104 indexed citations
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Chaloner, William G.. (1986). Elecrostatic forces in insect pollination and their significance in exine ornament. 103–108. 4 indexed citations
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Chaloner, William G. & J. D. Lawson. (1985). Evolution and environment in the late Silurian and early Devonian : proceedings of a Royal Society discussion meeting held on 2 and 3 May 1984. 1 indexed citations
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Cope, Michael J. & William G. Chaloner. (1980). Fossil charcoal as evidence of past atmospheric composition. Nature. 283(5748). 647–649. 126 indexed citations
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Chaloner, William G., et al.. (1977). Paleoecology of Terrestrial Plants: Basic Principles and Techniques.. Journal of Ecology. 65(1). 332–332. 22 indexed citations
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Chaloner, William G., et al.. (1973). Scanning electron microscopy of latex casts of fossil plant impressions. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 18 indexed citations
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Alvin, K. L. & William G. Chaloner. (1970). Parallel Evolution in Leaf Venation: an Alternative View of Angiosperm Origins. Nature. 226(5246). 662–663. 15 indexed citations
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Chaloner, William G. & Maurice Streel. (1968). Lower Devonian spores from South Wales.. Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège). 13 indexed citations
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Banks, Harlan P., William G. Chaloner, & William S. Lacey. (1967). Chapter 4 Pteridophyta—1. Geological Society London Special Publications. 2(1). 219–231.
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Chaloner, William G.. (1958). Polysporia mirabilis Newberry, a fossil lycopod cone. Journal of Paleontology. 32(1). 199–209. 28 indexed citations
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Chaloner, William G.. (1954). Mississippian Megaspores from Michigan and Adjacent States. Deep Blue (University of Michigan). 12 indexed citations
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Chaloner, William G.. (1953). On the Megaspores of Four Species of Lepidostrobus. Annals of Botany. 17(2). 263–294. 55 indexed citations
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Chaloner, William G.. (1951). LXXXIII.—OnSpencerisporites,gen. nov., andS. karczewskii (Zerndt),the isolated spores ofSpencerites insignisScott. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 4(45). 861–873. 19 indexed citations

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