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59
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31294
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2349
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835

Peter Chesson publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Peter Chesson sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 148 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Peter Chesson 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 Peter Chesson sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA)
  • 1987 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Peter Chesson is affiliated with the University of Arizona in the United States. Their research spans several areas within biological and environmental sciences, focusing notably on evolutionary biology, ecology, and plant sciences.

Chesson's recent publications include the following papers:

  • Gigantic chloroplasts, including bizonoplasts, are common in shade-adapted species of the ancient vascular plant family Selaginellaceae, 2020, American Journal of Botany
  • Invasive buffel grass (Cenchrus ciliaris) increases water stress and reduces success of native perennial seedlings in southeastern Arizona, 2022, Biological Invasions
  • Uncovering the mechanisms of novel foliar variegation patterns caused by structures and pigments, 2020, DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)
  • A general theory of coexistence and extinction for stochastic ecological communities, 2021, Journal of Mathematical Biology
  • Character displacement in the presence of multiple trait differences: Evolution of the storage effect in germination and growth, 2021, Theoretical Population Biology

Frequent coauthors in Chesson's work include:

  • Chiou-Rong Sheue
  • Jian-Wei Liu
  • Jia-Fang Ho
  • Chun-Lin Huang
  • Iván A. Valdespino

Their publications are often featured in journals such as:

  • Flora
  • American Journal of Botany
  • Biological Invasions
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)
  • Journal of Mathematical Biology

Chesson's research addresses topics including:

  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Fern and Epiphyte Biology
  • Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
  • Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models
  • Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies

Their main fields of study are:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Environmental Science

Within these fields, subfields of research include:

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Genetics
  • Molecular Biology
  • Plant Science
  • Ecology

Peter Chesson has received recognition as a Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA) since 2015 and as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 1987.

Best Publications

  • Mechanisms of Maintenance of Species Diversity

    Peter Chesson

  • Community ecology theory as a framework for biological invasions

    Katriona Shea;Peter Chesson

  • Environmental Variability Promotes Coexistence in Lottery Competitive Systems

    Peter L. Chesson;Robert R. Warner

  • General Theory of Competitive Coexistence in Spatially-Varying Environments

    Peter Chesson

  • The Roles of Harsh and Fluctuating Conditions in the Dynamics of Ecological Communities

    Peter Chesson;Nancy Huntly

  • Multispecies Competition in Variable Environments

    Peter Chesson

  • Coexistence mediated by recruitment fluctuations: a field guide to the storage effect

    Robert R. Warner;Peter L. Chesson

  • Resource pulses, species interactions and diversity maintenance in arid and semi-arid environments

    Peter Chesson;Renate L. E. Gebauer;Susan Schwinning;Nancy Huntly

  • The interaction between predation and competition: a review and synthesis

    Jonathan M. Chase;Peter A. Abrams;James P. Grover;Sebastian Diehl

  • Biological Control in Theory and Practice

    William W. Murdoch;Jean Chesson;Peter L. Chesson

  • Forecasting the Effects of Global Warming on Biodiversity

    Daniel B. Botkin;Henrik Saxe;Miguel B. Araújo;Richard Betts

  • The interaction between predation and competition

    Peter Chesson;Jessica J. Kuang

  • Coexistence of Competitors in Spatially and Temporally Varying Environments: A Look at the Combined Effects of Different Sorts of Variability

    Peter L. Chesson

  • SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY EXPLAINS THE SCALE DEPENDENCE OF THE NATIVE-EXOTIC DIVERSITY RELATIONSHIP

    Kendi F. Davies;Peter Chesson;Susan Harrison;Brian D. Inouye

  • Functional tradeoffs determine species coexistence via the storage effect.

    Amy L. Angert;Travis E. Huxman;Peter Chesson;D. Lawrence Venable

  • Aggregation of risk: relationships among host-parasitoid models

    Peter L. Chesson;William W. Murdoch

  • MacArthur's consumer-resource model

    Peter Chesson

  • Updates on mechanisms of maintenance of species diversity

    Peter Chesson;Peter Chesson

  • THE PERSISTENCE OF HOST-PARASITOID ASSOCIATIONS IN PATCHY ENVIRONMENTS. I. A GENERAL CRITERION

    M. P. Hassell;R. M. May;Stephen Wilson Pacala;P. L. Chesson

  • A need for niches

    Peter Chesson

Frequent Co-Authors

Nancy J. Huntly
Nancy J. Huntly Utah State University
José M. Facelli
José M. Facelli University of Adelaide
Brett A. Melbourne
Brett A. Melbourne University of Colorado Boulder
Stephen H. Roxburgh
Stephen H. Roxburgh Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Roy A. Stein
Roy A. Stein The Ohio State University
D. Lawrence Venable
D. Lawrence Venable University of Arizona
Fangliang He
Fangliang He University of Alberta
Hugh P. Possingham
Hugh P. Possingham University of Queensland
Stephen W. Pacala
Stephen W. Pacala Princeton University
Robert R. Warner
Robert R. Warner University of California, Santa Barbara

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