John Terborgh
Impact in
- Nature and Landscape Conservation top 0.02%
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Forest ecology and management
- Ecology top 0.02%
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Avian ecology and behavior
Papers in
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- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies 113
- Forest ecology and management 38
- Ecology 76
- Avian ecology and behavior 37
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation 28
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies 12
- Co-authors
- Percy Núñez (12 shared papers)Stuart Joseph Wright (6 shared papers)Carel P. van Schaik (18 shared papers)Nigel C. A. Pitman (14 shared papers)Scott K. Robinson (7 shared papers)Miles R. Silman (9 shared papers)Charles A. Munn (2 shared papers)Michael E. Soulé (4 shared papers)
- Journals
- Ecology (26 papers)Science (13 papers)Biotropica (10 papers)Journal of Ecology (10 papers)Journal of Tropical Ecology (10 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesUnited KingdomBrazil
In The Last Decade
John Terborgh
252 papers receiving 32.9k citations
John Terborgh's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 174
- Nature and Landscape Conservation 13.2k
- Ecology 11.3k
- Ecological Modeling 1.1k
- Global and Planetary Change 7.1k
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 4.2k
Countries citing papers authored by John Terborgh
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Co-authors
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All Works
Showing the 20 most-cited of 258 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trophic Downgrading of Planet Earth Hit paper breakdown → | 2011 | 3301 |
| 2 | Drought Sensitivity of the Amazon Rainforest Hit paper breakdown → | 2009 | 1507 |
| 3 | Ecological Meltdown in Predator-Free Forest Fragments Hit paper breakdown → | 2001 | 1298 |
| 4 | Beta-Diversity in Tropical Forest Trees Hit paper breakdown → | 2002 | 1201 |
| 5 | Hyperdominance in the Amazonian Tree Flora Hit paper breakdown → | 2013 | 1115 |
| 6 | Five New World Primates: A Study in Comparative Ecology Hit paper breakdown → | 1984 | 1084 |
| 7 | The Phenology of Tropical Forests: Adaptive Significance and Consequences for Primary Consumers Hit paper breakdown → | 1993 | 1079 |
| 8 | Averting biodiversity collapse in tropical forest protected areas Hit paper breakdown → | 2012 | 968 |
| 9 | Collapse of the world’s largest herbivores Hit paper breakdown → | 2015 | 917 |
| 10 | Basin-wide variations in Amazon forest structure and function are mediated by both soils and climate Hit paper breakdown → | 2012 | 648 |
| 11 | Oddity and the ‘confusion effect’ in predation Hit paper breakdown → | 1986 | 605 |
| 12 | Structure and Organization of an Amazonian Forest Bird Community Hit paper breakdown → | 1990 | 552 |
| 13 | 2006 | 528 | |
| 14 | 2001 | 501 | |
| 15 | 1984 | 497 | |
| 16 | Science for a wilder Anthropocene: Synthesis and future directions for trophic rewilding research Hit paper breakdown → | 2015 | 495 |
| 17 | Bird Species Diversity on an Andean Elevational Gradient Hit paper breakdown → | 1977 | 443 |
| 18 | 2004 | 443 | |
| 19 | Megafauna and ecosystem function from the Pleistocene to the Anthropocene Hit paper breakdown → | 2016 | 415 |
| 20 | 2004 | 406 |
About John Terborgh
John Terborgh is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Social Psychology, having authored 258 papers that have together received 35.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (113 papers), Forest ecology and management (38 papers), Avian ecology and behavior (37 papers), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (37 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (28 papers), Plant and animal studies (17 papers), Primate Behavior and Ecology (15 papers) and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (12 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nature and Landscape Conservation (13.2k citations), Ecology (11.3k citations), Ecological Modeling (1.1k citations), Global and Planetary Change (7.1k citations) and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (4.2k citations). John Terborgh has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Brazil. Frequent co-authors include Percy Núñez, Stuart Joseph Wright, Carel P. van Schaik, Nigel C. A. Pitman, Scott K. Robinson, Miles R. Silman, Charles A. Munn, Michael E. Soulé, Charles H. Janson and John S. Weske. Their work appears in journals such as Ecology, Science, Biotropica, Journal of Ecology and Journal of Tropical Ecology.
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