A. Cole Burton

5.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
63 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

A. Cole Burton is a scholar working on Ecology, Ecological Modeling and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, A. Cole Burton has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Ecology, 24 papers in Ecological Modeling and 11 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in A. Cole Burton's work include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (51 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (24 papers) and Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation (12 papers). A. Cole Burton is often cited by papers focused on Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (51 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (24 papers) and Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation (12 papers). A. Cole Burton collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. A. Cole Burton's co-authors include Jason T. Fisher, Justin S. Brashares, Stan Boutin, Robin Steenweg, Eric W. Neilson, Erin M. Bayne, George Wittemyer, Paul R. Elsen, William T. Bean and Andrew Ladle and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

A. Cole Burton

57 papers receiving 3.3k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

REVIEW: Wildlife camera trapping: a review and recommendations for linking surveys to ecological processes

2015 822 citations A. Cole Burton, Andrew Ladle et al. profile →
Accelerated Human Population Growth at Protected Area Edges

2008 534 citations A. Cole Burton, Justin S. Brashares et al. profile →
Scaling‐up camera traps: monitoring the planet's biodiversity with networks of remote sensors

2016 301 citations Jason T. Fisher, A. Cole Burton et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Importance of connectivity for carnivore richness and occupancy in fragmented biodiversity hotspots 2025 ·Conservation Biology ·Cindy M. Hurtado, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Txomin Hermosilla, Diego J. Lizcano, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Ana Benítez‐López, Angela Brennan, A. Cole Burton	0
2	Affirming Indigenous data sovereignty in collaborative wildlife conservation in the era of open data 2025 ·People and Nature ·(unknown), Warren Cardinal‐McTeague, Isla H. Myers‐Smith, Deborah A. Jenkins, A. Cole Burton	0
3	Disturbance‐mediated changes to boreal mammal spatial networks in industrializing landscapes 2024 ·Ecological Applications ·(unknown), (unknown), Chris Sutherland, Christopher Beirne, Emily Herdman, (unknown), Joanna M. Burgar, Jason T. Fisher, A. Cole Burton	3
4	Grey wolves (Canis lupus) shift selection of anthropogenic landscape features following predator control in the Nearctic boreal forest 2024 ·Biological Conservation ·(unknown), John P. Volpe, A. Cole Burton, Jason T. Fisher	4
5	How landscape traits affect boreal mammal responses to anthropogenic disturbance 2023 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·(unknown), Andrew Ladle, Joanna M. Burgar, A. Cole Burton, Mark S. Boyce, (unknown), (unknown), Nicole Heim, John Paczkowski, Frances E. C. Stewart, (unknown), Jason T. Fisher	3
6	Mammalian predator and prey responses to recreation and land use across multiple scales provide limited support for the human shield hypothesis 2023 ·Ecology and Evolution ·Alys Granados, Catherine Sun, Jason T. Fisher, Andrew Ladle, (unknown), Christopher Beirne, Mark S. Boyce, (unknown), Nicole Heim, (unknown), (unknown), Robin Naidoo, (unknown), Frances E. C. Stewart, A. Cole Burton	14
7	Comparing wildlife habitat suitability models based on expert opinion with camera trap detections 2023 ·Conservation Biology ·Cindy M. Hurtado, Victoria Hemming, A. Cole Burton	2
8	Assessing the impacts of recreation on the spatial and temporal activity of mammals in an isolated alpine protected area 2023 ·Ecology and Evolution ·(unknown), Adam T. Ford, Tara G. Martin, A. Cole Burton	8
9	Human presence and infrastructure impact wildlife nocturnality differently across an assemblage of mammalian species 2023 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown), Robin Naidoo, Valerie LeMay, A. Cole Burton	13
10	Using habitat suitability information from across a species range to inform understudied ecosystems 2022 ·Journal of Mammalogy ·Cindy M. Hurtado, A. Cole Burton	2
11	Attitudes towards the Sri Lankan leopard Panthera pardus kotiya in two rural communities 2021 ·Oryx ·(unknown), Shannon Hagerman, (unknown), (unknown), Andrew M. Kittle, A. Cole Burton	5
12	Relative effects of recreational activities on a temperate terrestrial wildlife assemblage 2020 ·Conservation Science and Practice ·Robin Naidoo, A. Cole Burton	60
13	Effects of scent lure on camera trap detections vary across mammalian predator and prey species 2020 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown), Joanna M. Burgar, A. Cole Burton	39
14	Density‐dependent space use affects interpretation of camera trap detection rates 2019 ·Ecology and Evolution ·(unknown), A. Cole Burton, Tal Avgar, Stan Boutin	50
15	Mammal responses to the human footprint vary across species and stressors 2018 ·Journal of Environmental Management ·(unknown), Francis Juanes, A. Cole Burton	26
16	A review of camera trapping for conservation behaviour research 2017 ·Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation ·Anthony Caravaggi, Peter B. Banks, A. Cole Burton, (unknown), Peter M. Haswell, Matt W. Hayward, J. Marcus Rowcliffe, Michael D. Wood	223
17	A framework for adaptive monitoring of the cumulative effects of human footprint on biodiversity 2014 ·Environmental Monitoring and Assessment ·A. Cole Burton, David J. Huggard, Erin M. Bayne, Jim Schieck, Péter Sólymos, Tyler B. Muhly, (unknown), Stan Boutin	47
18	The Lion in West Africa Is Critically Endangered 2014 ·PLoS ONE ·Philipp Henschel, Lauren Coad, A. Cole Burton, (unknown), Andrew Dunn, David W. Macdonald, Yohanna Saidu, Luke Hunter	106
19	Hierarchical Multi-Species Modeling of Carnivore Responses to Hunting, Habitat and Prey in a West African Protected Area 2012 ·PLoS ONE ·A. Cole Burton, Moses Sam, (unknown), Justin S. Brashares	115
20	Population genetic structure of the cyclic snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus) in southwestern Yukon, Canada 2002 ·Molecular Ecology ·A. Cole Burton, Charles J. Krebs, Eric B. Taylor	36

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