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Norman Owen‐Smith

University of the Witwatersrand ORCID

294

Works

17,127

Citations

68

h-index

167

i10-index

Research Topics

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology

Affiliations

University of Fort Hare2012–2012

South African National Parks1971–2005

University of Wisconsin–Madison1975–1975

University of Alaska Fairbanks1989–1989

University of the Witwatersrand1981–2025

Top Works

Norman Owen‐Smith

1988912 citations

Norman Owen‐Smith | Researchclopedia

Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies

Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock

Megaherbivores: The Influence of Very Large Body Size on Ecology

Norman Owen‐Smith

1988885 citations

Pleistocene extinctions: the pivotal role of megaherbivores

Norman Owen‐Smith

1987457 citations

Effects of plant spinescence on large mammalian herbivores

Susan M. Cooper,Norman Owen‐Smith

1986423 citations

What Should a Clever Ungulate Eat?

Norman Owen‐Smith,Peter Novellie

1982419 citations

Chapter 5 Empirical Evidence of Density‐Dependence in Populations of Large Herbivores

Christophe Bonenfant,Jean‐Michel Gaillard,et al.

2009385 citations

Foraging theory upscaled: the behavioural ecology of herbivore movement

Norman Owen‐Smith,John M. Fryxell,et al.

2010384 citations

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

Norman Owen‐Smith,M. G. L. Mills

2007356 citations

The functional roles of mammals in ecosystems

Thomas E. Lacher,Ana D. Davidson,et al.

2019306 citations