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Anton D. Tucker

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
32
Citations
3431
World Ranking
8133
National Ranking
2694

Anton D. Tucker publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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This scientist: 107 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Anton D. Tucker D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Anton D. Tucker sits on this spectrum.

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5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Anton D. Tucker is affiliated with the Mote Marine Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily concentrates on environmental science, with a significant focus on nature and landscape conservation, ecology, and global and planetary change. Their work also touches on molecular biology and aspects of ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

The core topics of Tucker's research include turtle biology and conservation, marine animal studies, amphibian and reptile biology, avian ecology and behavior, and wildlife ecology and conservation. Additional interests extend to ichthyology and marine biology as well as wildlife conservation and criminology analyses.

Among recent publications, Tucker has contributed to research papers such as:

  • Diverse aging rates in ectothermic tetrapods provide insights for the evolution of aging and longevity, 2022, Science
  • Plastic Pollution and Small Juvenile Marine Turtles: A Potential Evolutionary Trap, 2021, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • RETRACTED: Age prediction of green turtles with an epigenetic clock, 2022, Molecular Ecology Resources
  • Phylogeography, genetic stocks, and conservation implications for an Australian endemic marine turtle, 2020, Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
  • Multiple satellite tracking datasets inform green turtle conservation at a regional scale, 2020, Diversity and Distributions

Tucker frequently collaborates with other researchers in their field, including Scott D. Whiting, Sabrina Fossette, Kellie Pendoley, Mathew A. Vanderklift, and Michele Thums.

Their work appears regularly in venues such as Endangered Species Research, Frontiers in Marine Science, Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, PLoS ONE, and Remote Sensing.

Best Publications

  • Nest site fidelity and clutch frequency of loggerhead turtles are better elucidated by satellite telemetry than by nocturnal tagging efforts: Implications for stock estimation

    Anton D. Tucker

  • The Use of Coverboards in Estimating Patterns of Reptile and Amphibian Biodiversity

    Bruce W. Grant;Anton D. Tucker;Jeffrey E. Lovich;Anthony M. Mills

  • Demographic and ecological factors affecting conservation and management of the diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) in South Carolina

    J.W. Gibbons;J.E. Lovich;A.D. Tucker;N.N. FitzSimmons

  • RESOURCE PARTITIONING BY THE ESTUARINE TURTLE MALACLEMYS TERRAPIN: TROPHIC, SPATIAL, AND TEMPORAL FORAGING CONSTRAINTS

    A D Tucker;N N FitzSimmons;J W Gibbon

  • Diverse aging rates in ectothermic tetrapods provide insights for the evolution of aging and longevity

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  • Post-nesting migrations of loggerhead sea turtles in the Gulf of Mexico: dispersal in highly dynamic conditions

    Charlotte Girard;Anton D. Tucker;Beatriz Calmettes

  • Perceptions of species abundance, distribution, and diversity: Lessons from four decades of sampling on a government-managed reserve

    J. Whitfield Gibbons;Vincent J. Burke;Jefferey E. Lovich;Raymond D. Semlitsch

  • Ontogenetic Dietary Partitioning by Crocodylus johnstoni during the Dry Season

    Anton D. Tucker;Colin J. Limpus;Hamish I. McCallum;Keith R. McDonald

  • Expanded mitochondrial control region sequences increase resolution of stock structure among North Atlantic loggerhead turtle rookeries

    Brian M. Shamblin;Alan B. Bolten;Karen A. Bjorndal;Peter H. Dutton

  • Density-dependent nest destruction and population fluctuations of Guianan leatherback turtles

    M. Girondot;A. D. Tucker;P. Rivalan;M. H. Godfrey

  • Determining origin in a migratory marine vertebrate: a novel method to integrate stable isotopes and satellite tracking

    Hannah B. Vander Zanden;Hannah B. Vander Zanden;Anton D. Tucker;Kristen M. Hart;Margaret M. Lamont

  • Validation of skeletochronology to determine age of freshwater crocodiles (Crocodylus johnstoni)

    Anton D. Tucker

  • Genetic structure of the southeastern United States loggerhead turtle nesting aggregation: evidence of additional structure within the peninsular Florida recovery unit

    Brian M. Shamblin;Mark G. Dodd;Dean A. Bagley;Llewellyn M. Ehrhart

  • Common coastal foraging areas for loggerheads in the Gulf of Mexico: Opportunities for marine conservation

    Kristen M. Hart;Margaret M. Lamont;Ikuko Fujisaki;Anton D. Tucker

  • Estimates of adult survival and migration for diamondback terrapins: conservation insight from local extirpation within a metapopulation

    Anton D Tucker;J Whitfield Gibbons;Judith L Greene

  • Underwater hearing in the loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta): a comparison of behavioral and auditory evoked potential audiograms

    Kelly J Martin;Sarah C Alessi;Joseph C Gaspard;Joseph C Gaspard;Anton D Tucker

  • Interactions between ecology, demography, capture stress, and profiles of corticosterone and glucose in a free-living population of Australian freshwater crocodiles

    Tim S Jessop;Anton D Tucker;Colin J Limpus;Joan M Whittier

  • Time-geographic density estimation for home range analysis

    Joni A. Downs;Mark W. Horner;Anton D. Tucker

  • Reproductive variation in leatherback turtles, Dermochelys coriacea, at Culebra National Wildlife Refuge, Puerto Rico

    A. D. Tucker;N. B. Frazer

  • Foraging site fidelity and stable isotope values of loggerhead turtles tracked in the Gulf of Mexico and northwest Caribbean

    Anton D. Tucker;Bradley D. MacDonald;Jeffrey A. Seminoff

  • Inter-nesting migrations by leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) in the west indies

    Karen L. Eckert;Scott A. Eckert;Thomas W. Adams;Anton D. Tucker

  • Sex-biased dispersal in a long-lived polygynous reptile (Crocodylus johnstoni )

    A. D. Tucker;H. I. McCallum;C. J. Limpus;K. R. McDonald

Frequent Co-Authors

Colin J. Limpus
Colin J. Limpus Queensland Government
Hamish McCallum
Hamish McCallum Griffith University
Karen A. Bjorndal
Karen A. Bjorndal University of Florida
Alan B. Bolten
Alan B. Bolten University of Florida
J. Whitfield Gibbons
J. Whitfield Gibbons University of Georgia
Kristen M. Hart
Kristen M. Hart United States Geological Survey
Sabrina Fossette
Sabrina Fossette University of Western Australia
Shaun K. Wilson
Shaun K. Wilson Australian Institute of Marine Science
Michele Thums
Michele Thums Australian Institute of Marine Science
Ming Feng
Ming Feng Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

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