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Thomas R. Buckley

Thomas R. Buckley

Landcare Research
New Zealand

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
50
Citations
14876
World Ranking
3740
National Ranking
40

Thomas R. Buckley 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 Thomas R. Buckley sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 126 publications — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Thomas R. Buckley 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 Thomas R. Buckley sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Thomas R. Buckley is affiliated with the University of Auckland in New Zealand. Their research spans multiple disciplines within agricultural and biological sciences, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and environmental science. The scientist's work frequently intersects with fields such as ecology, evolution, behavior, systematics, genetics, molecular biology, and cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

Their main research topics cover plant and animal studies, genetic diversity and population structure, species distribution and climate change, environmental DNA in biodiversity studies, fossil insects in amber, Coleoptera taxonomy and distribution, and cardiac health and mental health.

Coauthors frequently collaborating with Thomas R. Buckley include:

  • Richard A. B. Leschen
  • Talia Brav-Cubitt
  • Richard D. Newcomb
  • Victoria Twort
  • Clive Stone

Common publication venues for Buckley's work include:

  • Heart Lung and Circulation
  • Molecular Ecology Resources
  • Nature
  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Systematic Entomology

Recent papers featuring Thomas R. Buckley's research are:

  • "The tuatara genome reveals ancient features of amniote evolution," 2020, Nature
  • "A Systematic Review of Sources of Variability and Uncertainty in eDNA Data for Environmental Monitoring," 2020, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • "Reconstructing the nonadaptive radiation of an ancient lineage of ground-dwelling stick insects (Phasmatodea: Heteropterygidae)," 2021, Systematic Entomology
  • "Multiple lineages of hyper-diverse Zopheridae beetles survived the New Zealand Oligocene Drowning," 2020, Journal of Biogeography
  • "Environmental DNA sampling detects between-habitat variation in soil arthropod communities, but is a poor indicator of fine-scale spatial and seasonal variation," 2022, Ecological Indicators

Best Publications

  • Model Selection and Model Averaging in Phylogenetics: Advantages of Akaike Information Criterion and Bayesian Approaches Over Likelihood Ratio Tests

    David Posada;Thomas R. Buckley

  • Phylogenomics resolves the timing and pattern of insect evolution

    Bernhard Misof;Shanlin Liu;Karen Meusemann;Ralph S. Peters

  • Incorporating molecular evolution into phylogenetic analysis, and a new compilation of conserved polymerase chain reaction primers for animal mitochondrial DNA

    Chris Simon;Thomas R. Buckley;Francesco Frati;James B. Stewart

  • Model selection and model averaging in phylogenetics: advantages of the AIC and Bayesian approaches over likelihood ratio tests

    David Posada;T. R. Buckley

  • Model misspecification and probabilistic tests of topology: Evidence from empirical data sets

    Thomas R. Buckley

  • Differentiating between Hypotheses of Lineage Sorting and Introgression in New Zealand Alpine Cicadas (Maoricicada Dugdale)

    Thomas R. Buckley;Michael Cordeiro;David C. Marshall;Chris Simon

  • Combined data, Bayesian phylogenetics, and the origin of the New Zealand cicada genera.

    Thomas R. Buckley;Peter Arensburger;Chris Simon;Chris Simon;Geoffrey K. Chambers

  • Methods for the extraction, storage, amplification and sequencing of DNA from environmental samples

    Gavin Lear;Ian Dickie;Jonathan C. Banks;Stephane Boyer

  • Evaluating a multigene environmental DNA approach for biodiversity assessment.

    Alexei J. Drummond;Richard D. Newcomb;Richard D. Newcomb;Thomas R. Buckley;Thomas R. Buckley;Dong Xie

  • Evolutionary history of Polyneoptera and its implications for our understanding of early winged insects.

    Benjamin Wipfler;Harald Letsch;Paul B Frandsen;Paschalia Kapli

  • The tuatara genome reveals ancient features of amniote evolution

    Neil J. Gemmell;Kim Rutherford;Stefan Prost;Marc Tollis;Marc Tollis

  • Accurate branch length estimation in partitioned Bayesian analyses requires accommodation of among-partition rate variation and attention to branch length priors.

    David C. Marshall;Chris Simon;Chris Simon;Thomas R. Buckley

  • Secondary structure and conserved motifs of the frequently sequenced domains IV and V of the insect mitochondrial large subunit rRNA gene.

    T. R. Buckley;C. Simon;C. Simon;P. K. Flook;B. Misof

  • Extreme convergence in stick insect evolution: phylogenetic placement of the Lord Howe Island tree lobster

    Thomas R Buckley;Dilini Attanayake;Sven Bradler

  • Improved resolution on the phylogenetic relationships among Pseudomonas by the combined analysis of atp D, car A, rec A and 16S rDNA.

    Elena Hilario;Thomas R. Buckley;John M. Young

  • Structural organization of the human MS4A gene cluster on Chromosome 11q12

    Yinghua Liang;Thomas R. Buckley;LiLi Tu;Scott D. Langdon

  • Exploring among-site rate variation models in a maximum likelihood framework using empirical data: effects of model assumptions on estimates of topology, branch lengths, and bootstrap support.

    Thomas R. Buckley;Chris Simon;Geoffrey K. Chambers

  • The Effects of Nucleotide Substitution Model Assumptions on Estimates of Nonparametric Bootstrap Support

    Thomas R. Buckley;Clifford W. Cunningham

  • A living fossil tale of Pangaean biogeography

    Jerome Murienne;Jerome Murienne;Savel R. Daniels;Savel R. Daniels;Thomas R. Buckley;Georg Mayer

  • The potential for the use of gene drives for pest control in New Zealand: a perspective

    Peter K. Dearden;Neil J. Gemmell;Ocean R. Mercier;Philip J. Lester

  • Marsupials and Eutherians reunited: genetic evidence for the Theria hypothesis of mammalian evolution.

    JK Killian;TR Buckley;NJ Stewart;BL Munday

  • Multistate Characters and Diet Shifts: Evolution of Erotylidae (Coleoptera)

    Richard A. B. Leschen;Thomas R. Buckley

  • Evaluating Hypotheses on the Origin and Evolution of the New Zealand Alpine Cicadas (Maoricicada) Using Multiple-Comparison Tests of Tree Topology

    Thomas R. Buckley;Chris Simon;Hidetoshi Shimodaira;Geoffrey K. Chambers

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard D. Newcomb
Richard D. Newcomb Plant & Food Research
Chris Simon
Chris Simon University of Connecticut
Richard A. B. Leschen
Richard A. B. Leschen Landcare Research
Karen Meusemann
Karen Meusemann University of Freiburg
Mark I. Stevens
Mark I. Stevens South Australian Museum
Neil J. Gemmell
Neil J. Gemmell University of Otago
Gregory I. Holwell
Gregory I. Holwell University of Auckland
Nicola J. Nelson
Nicola J. Nelson Victoria University of Wellington
Dianne M. Gleeson
Dianne M. Gleeson University of Canberra
Brent J. Sinclair
Brent J. Sinclair University of Western Ontario

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Rolf G. Beutel

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Oliver Niehuis

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Marcos Pérez-Losada

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