Ben Smit

Ben Smit

Rhodes University

H-index: 24

Africa-South Africa

About Ben Smit

Ben Smit, With an exceptional h-index of 24 and a recent h-index of 20 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Rhodes University, specializes in the field of Thermal Biology, Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Caves, crevices and cooling capacity: roost microclimate predicts heat tolerance in bats

Differences in the use of surface water resources by desert birds are revealed using isotopic tracers (vol 136, 1, 2019)

Seasonal metabolic adjustments in an avian evolutionary relict restricted to mountain habitat

Higher temperatures are associated with reduced nestling body condition in a range‐restricted mountain bird

Body mass and condition of a fynbos bird community: investigating impacts of time, weather and raptor abundance from long-term citizen-science datasets

Heat dissipation behaviour of birds in seasonally hot arid‐zones: are there global patterns?

Increasing temperatures increase the risk of reproductive failure in a near threatened alpine ground‐nesting bird, the Cape Rockjumper Chaetops frenatus

No evidence of genetic structure in a sky island endemic: implications for population persistence under a shrinking thermal niche

Ben Smit Information

University

Position

Associate Professor

Citations(all)

1868

Citations(since 2020)

1224

Cited By

1181

hIndex(all)

24

hIndex(since 2020)

20

i10Index(all)

36

i10Index(since 2020)

33

Email

University Profile Page

Rhodes University

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Ben Smit Skills & Research Interests

Thermal Biology

Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology

Top articles of Ben Smit

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Caves, crevices and cooling capacity: roost microclimate predicts heat tolerance in bats

Functional Ecology

Zenon J Czenze

Ben Smit

Barry van Jaarsveld

Marc T Freeman

Andrew E McKechnie

2022/1

Differences in the use of surface water resources by desert birds are revealed using isotopic tracers (vol 136, 1, 2019)

The Auk

Ben Smit

Stephan Woodborne

Blair O Wolf

Andrew E McKechnie

2019/1/1

Seasonal metabolic adjustments in an avian evolutionary relict restricted to mountain habitat

Journal of Thermal Biology

Krista N Oswald

Alan TK Lee

Ben Smit

2021/1/1

Higher temperatures are associated with reduced nestling body condition in a range‐restricted mountain bird

Journal of Avian Biology

Krista N Oswald

Ben Smit

Alan TK Lee

Ceili L Peng

Cameryn Brock

...

2021/8

Body mass and condition of a fynbos bird community: investigating impacts of time, weather and raptor abundance from long-term citizen-science datasets

Ostrich

Alan Tristram Kenneth Lee

Phoebe Barnard

Mike Fraser

Chris Lennard

Ben Smit

...

2020/4/2

Heat dissipation behaviour of birds in seasonally hot arid‐zones: are there global patterns?

Journal of Avian Biology

Nicholas B Pattinson

Michelle L Thompson

Michael Griego

Grace Russell

Nicola J Mitchell

...

2020/2

Increasing temperatures increase the risk of reproductive failure in a near threatened alpine ground‐nesting bird, the Cape Rockjumper Chaetops frenatus

Ibis

Krista N Oswald

Elizabeth F Diener

John P Diener

Susan J Cunningham

Ben Smit

...

2020/10

No evidence of genetic structure in a sky island endemic: implications for population persistence under a shrinking thermal niche

Authorea Preprints

Krista Oswald

Shelley Edwards

Alan Lee

Susan Cunningham

Ben Smit

2020/1/14

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