| The ecological importance of crocodylians: towards evidence-based justification for their conservation R Somaweera, J Nifong, A Rosenblatt, ML Brien, X Combrink, RM Elsey, ... Biological Reviews, 2020 | 103 | 2020 |
| Factors affecting individual foraging specialization and temporal diet stability across the range of a large “generalist” apex predator AE Rosenblatt, JC Nifong, MR Heithaus, FJ Mazzotti, MS Cherkiss, ... Oecologia 178, 5-16, 2015 | 99 | 2015 |
| Field experiments and meta-analysis reveal wetland vegetation as a crucial element in the coastal protection paradigm BR Silliman, Q He, C Angelini, CS Smith, ML Kirwan, P Daleo, JJ Renzi, ... Current Biology 29 (11), 1800-1806. e3, 2019 | 79 | 2019 |
| Right on track? Performance of satellite telemetry in terrestrial wildlife research MPG Hofman, MW Hayward, M Heim, P Marchand, CM Rolandsen, ... PLoS One 14 (5), e0216223, 2019 | 79 | 2019 |
| Size, sex and individual‐level behaviour drive intrapopulation variation in cross‐ecosystem foraging of a top‐predator JC Nifong, CA Layman, BR Silliman Journal of Animal Ecology 84 (1), 35-48, 2015 | 71 | 2015 |
| Frugivory and seed dispersal by crocodilians: an overlooked form of saurochory? SG Platt, RM Elsey, H Liu, TR Rainwater, JC Nifong, AE Rosenblatt, ... Journal of Zoology 291 (2), 87-99, 2013 | 66 | 2013 |
| Are the ghosts of nature’s past haunting ecology today? BR Silliman, BB Hughes, LC Gaskins, Q He, MT Tinker, A Read, J Nifong, ... Current Biology 28 (9), R532-R537, 2018 | 63 | 2018 |
| The roles of large top predators in coastal ecosystems: new insights from long term ecological research AE Rosenblatt, MR Heithaus, ME Mather, P Matich, JC Nifong, WJ Ripple, ... Oceanography 26 (3), 156-167, 2013 | 61 | 2013 |
| Impacts of a large-bodied, apex predator (Alligator mississippiensis Daudin 1801) on salt marsh food webs JC Nifong, BR Silliman Journal of experimental marine biology and ecology 440, 185-191, 2013 | 54 | 2013 |
| Habitat use patterns of the invasive red lionfish Pterois volitans: a comparison between mangrove and reef systems in San Salvador, Bahamas C Pimiento, JC Nifong, ME Hunter, E Monaco, BR Silliman Marine Ecology 36 (1), 28-37, 2015 | 49 | 2015 |
| Animal-borne imaging reveals novel insights into the foraging behaviors and diel activity of a large-bodied apex predator, the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) JC Nifong, RL Nifong, BR Silliman, RH Lowers, LJ Guillette Jr, ... PloS one 9 (1), e83953, 2014 | 42 | 2014 |
| Evaluating environmental change and behavioral decision-making for sustainability policy using an agent-based model: A case study for the Smoky Hill River Watershed, Kansas G Granco, JLH Stamm, JS Bergtold, MD Daniels, MR Sanderson, ... Science of the Total Environment 695, 133769, 2019 | 31 | 2019 |
| American alligator digestion rate of blue crabs and its implications for stomach contents analysis JC Nifong, AE Rosenblatt, NA Johnson, W Barichivich, BR Silliman, ... Copeia 2012 (3), 419-423, 2012 | 29 | 2012 |
| Abiotic factors influence the dynamics of marine habitat use by a highly mobile “freshwater” top predator JC Nifong, B Silliman Hydrobiologia 802 (1), 155-174, 2017 | 25 | 2017 |
| Reproduction of the Burmese python (Python molurus bivittatus) in southern Florida K Krysko, J Nifong, F Mazzotti, R Snow, K Enge Applied Herpetology 5 (1), 93-95, 2008 | 21 | 2008 |
| First record of the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) as a host to the sea turtle barnacle (Chelonibia testudinaria) JC Nifong, MG Frick Southeastern Naturalist 10 (3), 557-560, 2011 | 18 | 2011 |
| Python molurus bivittatus (Burmese python). Diet M Rochford, KL Krysko, J Nifong, L Wilkins, RW Snow, MS Cherkiss Herpetol Rev 41, 97, 2010 | 17 | 2010 |
| Urinary iodine and stable isotope analysis to examine habitat influences on thyroid hormones among coastal dwelling American alligators ASP Boggs, HJ Hamlin, JC Nifong, BL Kassim, RH Lowers, TM Galligan, ... General and Comparative Endocrinology 226, 5-13, 2016 | 15 | 2016 |
| Living on the edge: trophic ecology of Alligator mississippiensis (American alligator) with access to a shallow estuarine impoundment JC Nifong Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 54 (2), 13-49, 2016 | 14 | 2016 |
| Reciprocal intraguild predation between American alligators, Alligator mississippiensis Daudin 1801, and Elasmobranchii in the southeastern United States JC Nifong, R Lowers Southeastern Naturalist 16 (3), 383-396, 2017 | 11* | 2017 |
Brian R. SillimanRachel Carson Distinguished Professor of Marine Biology and Conservation, Duke UniversityVerified email at duke.edu
