| 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 (1), 5-16, 2015 | 67 | 2015 |
| 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 | 46 | 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 | 45 | 2013 |
| 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 | 39 | 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 | 38 | 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 | 35 | 2015 |
| 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 | 29 | 2018 |
| 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 | 28 | 2014 |
| 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 | 23 | 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 | 23 | 2012 |
| 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 | 17 | 2019 |
| 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 | 17 | 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 | 13 | 2011 |
| 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 | 12 | 2020 |
| 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 | 11 | 2016 |
| Python molurus bivittatus (Burmese python). Diet M Rochford, KL Krysko, J Nifong, L Wilkins, RW Snow, MS Cherkiss Herpetol Rev 41, 97, 2010 | 11 | 2010 |
| 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 | 10 | 2017 |
| Gastric nematode diversity between estuarine and inland freshwater populations of the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis, Daudin 1802), and the prediction of … M Tellez, J Nifong International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 3 (3), 227-235, 2014 | 10 | 2014 |
| 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 | 9 | 2016 |
| Ninia pavimentata (Squamata: Colubridae): an addition to the snake fauna of Honduras JH Townsend, LD Wilson, TL Plenderleith, BL Talley, JC Nifong Caribbean Journal of Science 41 (4), 869-870, 2005 | 7 | 2005 |
Brian R. SillimanRachel Carson Distinguished Professor of Marine Biology and Conservation, Duke UniversityVerified email at duke.edu
