William M. Schaffer

83 papers receiving 5.1k citations

William M. Schaffer's Hit Papers

Optimal Reproductive Effort in Fluctuating Environments 1974 · 587 citations
5870+17+35Years since publication200400600

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William M. Schaffer
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  • Nature and Landscape Conservation 1.7k
  • Modeling and Simulation 520
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2.0k
  • Ecology 1.9k
  • Genetics 1.9k
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Lewi Stone Israel
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Selection for Optimal Life Histories: The Effects of Age Structure
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1974604
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Optimal Reproductive Effort in Fluctuating Environments
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1974587
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Life-History Consequences of Natural Selection: Cole's Result Revisited
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1973434
4 1993296
5 1975264
6 1990264
7 1986238
8 1985226
9 1985201
10 1988174
11 1983157
12 1979145
13 1984139
14 1981137
15 1986132
16 1985129
17 1979128
18 1983121
19 1985111
20 197796

About William M. Schaffer

William M. Schaffer is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Genetics, Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Computer Networks and Communications, having authored 85 papers that have together received 6.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models (28 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (18 papers), Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (15 papers), Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation (15 papers), Plant and animal studies (13 papers), COVID-19 epidemiological studies (10 papers), Chaos control and synchronization (9 papers) and Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nature and Landscape Conservation (1.7k citations), Modeling and Simulation (520 citations), Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (2.0k citations), Ecology (1.9k citations) and Genetics (1.9k citations). William M. Schaffer has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Denmark and India. Frequent co-authors include Mark Kot, Lars Folke Olsen, Eric L. Charnov, M. Valentine Schaffer, Paul F. Elson, Michael L. Rosenzweig, Jeffrey C. Allen, Aaron A. King, Stephen L. Buchmann and Richard S. Inouye. Their work appears in journals such as Ecology, The American Naturalist, Theoretical Population Biology, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B and Evolution.

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