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Norman Owen‐Smith

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141

Publications

12.6K

Citations

62

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1971

Active since

Affiliations

University of the Witwatersrand(Current)

South African National Parks

Norman Owen‐Smith is an author at University of the Witwatersrand specializing in evolutionary biology, engineering, and animal behavior.

Top concepts

Evolutionary BiologyEngineeringConservation BiologyAnimal BehaviorSocial SciencesGeographyBiodiversityAgricultural EconomicsMammalogyNatural Resource Management

Publications per year

1971–2023

141

Publications

141

Pleistocene extinctions: the pivotal role of megaherbivores

Norman Owen‐Smith · Paleobiology · 1987 · 456 citations

Range Shift, Biodiversity Loss, Biodiversity +13

Effects of plant spinescence on large mammalian herbivores

Susan M. Cooper, Norman Owen‐Smith · Oecologia · 1986 · 419 citations

Biology, Botany, Plant-insect Interaction +6

What Should a Clever Ungulate Eat?

Norman Owen‐Smith, Peter Novellie · The American Naturalist · 1982 · 419 citations

Nutrition, Foraging, Engineering +11

Foraging theory upscaled: the behavioural ecology of herbivore movement

Norman Owen‐Smith, John M. Fryxell, Evelyn H. Merrill · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2010 · 379 citations

Engineering, Movement Ecology, Food Patch Selection +16

Predator–prey size relationships in an African large‐mammal food web

Norman Owen‐Smith, M. G. L. Mills · Journal of Animal Ecology · 2007 · 355 citations · Full text

Predator–prey Size Relationships, Biodiversity, Body Mass +10

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