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James W. Petranka

JW

54

Publications

6.3K

Citations

39

H-Index

1979

Active since

Affiliations

University of North Carolina at Asheville(Current)

High Point University

University of Kentucky

James W. Petranka is an author at University of North Carolina at Asheville specializing in biology, evolutionary biology, and natural sciences.

Top concepts

BiologyEvolutionary BiologyNatural SciencesAnimal BehaviorConservation BiologyEngineeringBiodiversityMedicineReproductive BiologyForestry

Publications per year

1979–2013

54

Publications

54

Salamanders of the United States and Canada

David E. Scott, James W. Petranka · Copeia · 1999 · 1.5K citations

United States, Morphological Evidence, Evolutionary Biology

Antipredator Defenses and the Persistence of Amphibian Larvae With Fishes

Lee B. Kats, James W. Petranka, Andrew Sih · Ecology · 1988 · 489 citations

Biology, Predation Risk, Antipredator Defenses +9

Predator-prey interactions among fish and larval amphibians: use of chemical cues to detect predatory fish

James W. Petranka, Lee B. Kats, Andrew Sih · Animal Behaviour · 1987 · 387 citations

Biology, Predator-prey Interactions, Predator-prey Interaction +4

Effects of Timber Harvesting on Southern Appalachian Salamanders

James W. Petranka, Matthew E. Eldridge, Katherine E. Haley · Conservation Biology · 1993 · 283 citations

Biodiversity, Engineering, Wildlife Ecology +12

The Dynamics of Prey Refuge Use: A Model and Tests with Sunfish and Salamander Larvae

Andrew Sih, James W. Petranka, Lee B. Kats · The American Naturalist · 1988 · 184 citations

Biology, High Predation Rates, Salamander Larvae +10

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