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Anthony Ricciardi

Anthony Ricciardi

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
70
Citations
25081
World Ranking
1347
National Ranking
77

Overview

Anthony Ricciardi is affiliated with McGill University in Canada and specializes in environmental science with a focus on ecology and related subfields. Their research extensively covers ecology, nature and landscape conservation, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, global and planetary change, and pollution.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology

Ricciardi's recent papers reflect a range of ecological and environmental issues and include:

  • "A conceptual map of invasion biology: Integrating hypotheses into a consensus network" (2020), published in Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • "Distribution, abundance, and diversity of microplastics in the upper St. Lawrence River" (2020), published in Environmental Pollution
  • "Four priority areas to advance invasion science in the face of rapid environmental change" (2020), published in Environmental Reviews
  • "Microplastics in lakes and rivers: an issue of emerging significance to limnology" (2021), published in Environmental Reviews
  • "The Invasion Ecology of Sleeper Populations: Prevalence, Persistence, and Abrupt Shifts" (2020), published in BioScience

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ricciardi include:

  • Ross N. Cuthbert
  • Philip E. Hulme
  • Daniel Simberloff
  • Laura A. Meyerson
  • Hugh J. MacIsaac

Ricciardi's body of work is often published in venues such as:

  • Biological Invasions
  • BioScience
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Environmental Reviews

Best Publications

  • Extinction rates of North American freshwater fauna

    Anthony Ricciardi;Joseph B. Rasmussen

  • Is invasion success explained by the enemy release hypothesis

    Robert I. Colautti;Anthony Ricciardi;Igor A. Grigorovich;Hugh J. MacIsaac

  • A Unified Classification of Alien Species Based on the Magnitude of their Environmental Impacts

    Tim M. Blackburn;Franz Essl;Thomas Evans;Philip E. Hulme

  • Progress toward understanding the ecological impacts of nonnative species

    Anthony Ricciardi;Martha F. Hoopes;Michael P. Marchetti;Julie L. Lockwood

  • Recent mass invasion of the North American Great Lakes by Ponto-Caspian species.

    Anthony Ricciardi;Hugh J. MacIsaac

  • Assisted colonization is not a viable conservation strategy

    Anthony Ricciardi;Daniel Simberloff

  • Facilitative interactions among aquatic invaders: is an "invasional meltdown" occurring in the Great Lakes?

    Anthony Ricciardi

  • Predicting the identity and impact of future biological invaders: a priority for aquatic resource management

    Anthony Ricciardi;Joseph B Rasmussen

  • Are modern biological invasions an unprecedented form of global change

    Anthony Ricciardi

  • Impending extinctions of North American freshwater mussels (Unionoida) following the zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) invasion

    Anthony Ricciardi;Richard J. Neves;Joseph B. Rasmussen

  • Overland dispersal of aquatic invasive species: a risk assessment of transient recreational boating.

    Ladd E. Johnson;Anthony Ricciardi;James T. Carlton

  • Defining the Impact of Non-Native Species

    Jonathan M Jeschke;Sven Bacher;Tim M Blackburn;Jaimie T A Dick

  • Patterns of invasion in the Laurentian Great Lakes in relation to changes in vector activity

    Anthony Ricciardi

  • Ecological Impacts of Alien Species: Quantification, Scope, Caveats, and Recommendations

    Sabrina Kumschick;Mirijam Gaertner;Montserrat Vilà;Franz Essl

  • Invasion Science: A Horizon Scan of Emerging Challenges and Opportunities

    Anthony Ricciardi;Tim M. Blackburn;Tim M. Blackburn;James T. Carlton;Jaimie T.A. Dick

  • Alien versus native species as drivers of recent extinctions

    Tim M Blackburn;Tim M Blackburn;Tim M Blackburn;Céline Bellard;Anthony Ricciardi;Anthony Ricciardi

  • The invasiveness of an introduced species does not predict its impact

    Anthony Ricciardi;Jill Cohen

  • Weight-to-weight conversion factors for marine benthic macroinvertebrates

    Anthony Ricciardi;Edwin Bourget

  • The role of the zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) in structuring macroinvertebrate communities on hard substrata

    Anthony Ricciardi;Fred G Whoriskey;Joseph B Rasmussen

  • Distinctiveness magnifies the impact of biological invaders in aquatic ecosystems

    Anthony Ricciardi;Susanna K. Atkinson

Frequent Co-Authors

Jaimie T. A. Dick
Jaimie T. A. Dick Queen's University Belfast
Hugh J. MacIsaac
Hugh J. MacIsaac University of Windsor
Jonathan M. Jeschke
Jonathan M. Jeschke Freie Universität Berlin
Daniel Simberloff
Daniel Simberloff University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Tim M. Blackburn
Tim M. Blackburn University College London
Petr Pyšek
Petr Pyšek Czech Academy of Sciences
David M. Richardson
David M. Richardson Stellenbosch University
Philip E. Hulme
Philip E. Hulme Lincoln University
Franz Essl
Franz Essl University of Vienna
Montserrat Vilà
Montserrat Vilà Spanish National Research Council

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