Alexandra van der Geer

Leiden University — Netherlands

Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physical Sciences

23h-index1.9kcitations168works0.92yr avg
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Research Topics

Evolution and Paleontology Studies(60), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation(36), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology(32), Bat Biology and Ecology Studies(20), Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies(20)

Publications165 total

Virtual endocast of the Late Miocene <i>Hoplitomeryx matthei</i> (Artiodactyla, Hoplitomerycidae) and brain evolution in insular ruminants
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Unusually high prevalence of cervical ribs in an 18th-Century Hungarian town: The impact of a tuberculosis epidemic
Developmental Biology·2025Open Access
Author response for "Virtual endocast of the Late Miocene &lt;i&gt;Hoplitomeryx matthei&lt;/i&gt; (Artiodactyla, Hoplitomerycidae) and brain evolution in insular ruminants"
2025
A dwarf Megantereon from the Sangiran complex of Java (Indonesia; late Early Pleistocene) and its biogeographic implications
Journal of Mammalian Evolution·2025
Author response for "Virtual endocast of the Late Miocene &lt;i&gt;Hoplitomeryx matthei&lt;/i&gt; (Artiodactyla, Hoplitomerycidae) and brain evolution in insular ruminants"
2025
Stegodon SEA-crossing: Swim, shrink, and disperse
Earth history and biodiversity.·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Rib remodelling in fossil insular dwarf and mainland elephants from Greece
Evolutionary Journal of the Linnean Society·2025Open Access
The first late middle Pleistocene Stegodon (Proboscidea, Stegodontidae) evidence found in Peninsular Malaysia
Palaeontologia Electronica·2025Open Access
Increased incidences of cervical ribs in deer indicate extinction risk
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Eugène Dubois’ work in Sumatra
ANU Press eBooks·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Concluding remarks: Continuing the work in Sumatran connections
ANU Press eBooks·2024Open Access
Quaternary Palaeontology and Archaeology of Sumatra
ANU Press eBooks·2024· 6 citedOpen Access
The origin of the Malesian fossil turtle diversity: Fossil versus molecular data
Annales de Paléontologie·2024· 1 cited
Rib remodelling changes with body size in fossil hippopotamuses from Cyprus and Greece
Journal of Mammalian Evolution·2023· 1 citedOpen Access
The paradox of anthropogenic enrichment: homogenization and downsizing of insular mammals
Frontiers of Biogeography·2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Fossil brains provide evidence of underwater feeding in early seals
Communications Biology·2023· 5 citedOpen Access
Dwarfism and gigantism drive human-mediated extinctions on islands
Science·2023· 51 citedOpen Access
The macroevolutionary impact of recent and imminent mammal extinctions on Madagascar
Nature Communications·2023· 44 citedOpen Access
Fossil hippopotamus rib histology data
Figshare·2023Open Access
Paleoneurology of Carnivora
2022· 10 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

George Lyras(22), Mark V. Lomolino(7), John De Vos(6), Michael Dermitzakis(5), Lars W. van den Hoek Ostende(4), María Rita Palombo(3), Dov F. Sax(3), Hara Drınıa(3), R. D. E. MacPhee(3), Hanneke J. M. Meijer(3), Rebekka Volmer(3), Roberto Rozzi(2), Gerrit D. van den Bergh(2), Julien Louys(2), Masaki Fujita(2), Athanassios Athanassiou(2), Miranta Kouvari(2), Christian Kolb(1), Torsten M. Scheyer(1), Kristof Veitschegger(1)