Ximena E. Bernal

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
73 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Ximena E. Bernal is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change and Developmental Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ximena E. Bernal has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 41 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 39 papers in Developmental Biology. Recurrent topics in Ximena E. Bernal's work include Animal Behavior and Reproduction (48 papers), Amphibian and Reptile Biology (41 papers) and Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (39 papers). Ximena E. Bernal is often cited by papers focused on Animal Behavior and Reproduction (48 papers), Amphibian and Reptile Biology (41 papers) and Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (39 papers). Ximena E. Bernal collaborates with scholars based in United States, Panama and Japan. Ximena E. Bernal's co-authors include Michael J. Ryan, A. Stanley Rand, Rachel A. Page, Taegan A. McMahon, Jason R. Rohr, Brian C. Leavell, C. Miguel Pinto, Karin L. Akre, Alexander T. Baugh and Carlos E. Guarnizo and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Ximena E. Bernal

67 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ximena E. Bernal United States	23	1.0k	676	628	308	169	73	1.7k
Peter A. Cotton United Kingdom	30	1.5k 1.4×	222 0.3×	426 0.7×	1.4k 4.7×	202 1.2×	52	3.6k
Alecia J. Carter United Kingdom	21	1.3k 1.3×	310 0.5×	261 0.4×	667 2.2×	296 1.8×	48	1.9k
Robert Ziemba United States	12	1.4k 1.4×	159 0.2×	405 0.6×	598 1.9×	392 2.3×	18	2.0k
Julien G. A. Martin Canada	26	1.5k 1.4×	212 0.3×	339 0.5×	1.2k 3.9×	423 2.5×	72	2.3k
Harry H. Marshall United Kingdom	22	1.3k 1.2×	265 0.4×	257 0.4×	724 2.4×	296 1.8×	51	2.1k
Renée A. Duckworth United States	21	1.7k 1.6×	131 0.2×	252 0.4×	1.1k 3.5×	470 2.8×	37	2.2k
Raoul A. Mulder Australia	31	1.7k 1.6×	713 1.1×	191 0.3×	1.4k 4.5×	391 2.3×	98	3.0k
Patrik Lindenfors Sweden	23	664 0.6×	129 0.2×	109 0.2×	544 1.8×	330 2.0×	55	1.8k
José P. Veiga Spain	28	1.6k 1.6×	171 0.3×	332 0.5×	1.2k 3.9×	208 1.2×	62	2.1k
Kathrin F. Stanger‐Hall United States	18	462 0.4×	93 0.1×	123 0.2×	201 0.7×	382 2.3×	27	1.4k

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Leavell, Brian C., et al.. (2025). Variation in sexual signals and defensive strategies elicits receiver-dependent shifts in attractiveness. Journal of Experimental Biology. 228(15). 1 indexed citations

O’Mara, M. Teague, et al.. (2025). The ontogeny of decision-making in an eavesdropping predator. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 292(2045). 20250450–20250450. 1 indexed citations

Pinho, Luiz Carlos, et al.. (2025). The Diverse and Intricate Interactions Between Flies and Amphibians: A Systematic Review of Their Host-Use Patterns and Strategies. Annual Review of Entomology. 71(1). 577–595.

Bernal, Ximena E., et al.. (2025). The unsupported claim that ‘Global online trade is driving poison dart frogs (family: Dendrobatidae) towards extinction’. Biodiversity. 26(2). 107–111.

Bernal, Ximena E., et al.. (2024). Mechanistic insights into mosquito antennal architecture for auditory adaptations. Acta Biomaterialia. 192. 165–174. 1 indexed citations

Bernal, Ximena E., Brian C. Leavell, & Rachel A. Page. (2023). Assessing patterns of eavesdropper risk on sexual signals and the use of meta-analysis in behavioural ecology: a comment on: ‘The exploitation of sexual signals by predators: a meta-analysis' White et al . (2022). Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 290(1998). 20221866–20221866. 1 indexed citations

DeWoody, J. Andrew, et al.. (2023). Establishment and Occurrence History of Three Invasive Anuran Species Across the Florida Peninsula. Journal of Herpetology. 57(4).

Malisch, Jessica L., Breanna N. Harris, Shanen M. Sherrer, et al.. (2020). Opinion: In the wake of COVID-19, academia needs new solutions to ensure gender equity.. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 15378–15381. 18 indexed citations

Gridi‐Papp, Marcos, et al.. (2019). Laryngeal Demasculinization in Wild Cane Toads Varies with Land Use. EcoHealth. 16(4). 682–693. 2 indexed citations

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Leavell, Brian C. & Ximena E. Bernal. (2019). The Cognitive Ecology of Stimulus Ambiguity: A Predator–Prey Perspective. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 34(11). 1048–1060. 36 indexed citations

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Kvifte, Gunnar Mikalsen & Ximena E. Bernal. (2018). A new species of frog-biting midge from Papua New Guinea with a key to the described Corethrellidae of the Australopapuan region (Diptera, Corethrellidae, Corethrella). ZooKeys. 795(795). 39–48. 6 indexed citations

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Bernal, Ximena E., et al.. (2018). Anuran predators overcome visual illusion: dazzle coloration does not protect moving prey. Animal Cognition. 21(5). 729–733. 5 indexed citations

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Halfwerk, Wouter, Ximena E. Bernal, Rachel A. Page, et al.. (2018). Adaptive changes in sexual signalling in response to urbanization. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 3(3). 374–380. 83 indexed citations

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Bernal, Ximena E. & C. Miguel Pinto. (2016). Sexual differences in prevalence of a new species of trypanosome infecting túngara frogs. International Journal for Parasitology Parasites and Wildlife. 5(1). 40–47. 40 indexed citations

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Baugh, Alexander T., Michael J. Ryan, Ximena E. Bernal, A. Stanley Rand, & Mark A. Bee. (2015). Female túngara frogs do not experience the continuity illusion.. Behavioral Neuroscience. 130(1). 62–74. 2 indexed citations

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Bulbert, Matthew, Rachel A. Page, & Ximena E. Bernal. (2015). Danger Comes from All Fronts: Predator-Dependent Escape Tactics of Túngara Frogs. PLoS ONE. 10(4). e0120546–e0120546. 29 indexed citations

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Page, Rachel A., et al.. (2012). Sequential assessment of prey through the use of multiple sensory cues by an eavesdropping bat. Die Naturwissenschaften. 99(6). 505–509. 20 indexed citations

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Ryan, Michael J., Ximena E. Bernal, & A. Stanley Rand. (2007). Patterns of mating call preferences in túngara frogs, Physalaemus pustulosus. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 20(6). 2235–2247. 22 indexed citations

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Pauly, Gregory B., Ximena E. Bernal, A. Stanley Rand, & Michael J. Ryan. (2006). The Vocal Sac Increases Call Rate in the Túngara FrogPhysalaemus pustulosus. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 79(4). 708–719. 50 indexed citations

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Page, Rachel A. & Ximena E. Bernal. (2006). Túngara frogs. Current Biology. 16(23). R979–R980. 2 indexed citations

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