Aurélien G. Besnard

748 total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 546 citations indexed

About

Aurélien G. Besnard is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecological Modeling. According to data from OpenAlex, Aurélien G. Besnard has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 546 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Ecology, 6 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 6 papers in Ecological Modeling. Recurrent topics in Aurélien G. Besnard's work include Species Distribution and Climate Change (6 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (6 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (6 papers). Aurélien G. Besnard is often cited by papers focused on Species Distribution and Climate Change (6 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (6 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (6 papers). Aurélien G. Besnard collaborates with scholars based in France, Sweden and Germany. Aurélien G. Besnard's co-authors include Jean Secondi, Yoan Fourcade, Jan O. Engler, Dennis Rödder, Isabelle La Jeunesse, Olivier Pays, Aurélie Davranche, Jan‐Bernard Bouzillé and Alain Vian and has published in prestigious journals such as Biological Conservation, Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment and Ecological Indicators.

In The Last Decade

Aurélien G. Besnard

8 papers receiving 534 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Paintings predict the distribution of species, or the challenge of selecting environmental predictors and evaluation statistics

2017 375 citations Yoan Fourcade, Aurélien G. Besnard et al. Global Ecology and Biogeography profile →

Peers

Aurélien G. Besnard

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ECOLO

NLC

GPC

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Marcelo M. Weber Brazil

Giovanni Rapacciuolo United States

Carmen Cianfrani Switzerland

Narkis S. Morales Chile

Christine Howard United Kingdom

Dani Villero Spain

Mary Beth Kolozsvary United States

Maria Bobrowski Germany

Sonia Hugh Australia

Mariana Munguía‐Carrara Mexico

Marcelo M. Weber Brazil

Aurélien G. Besnard

246 ×0.7

EM

258 ×0.8

ECOLO

159 ×0.7

NLC

138 ×1.3

GPC

165 ×1.6

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Citations per year, relative to Aurélien G. Besnard Aurélien G. Besnard (= 1×) peers Marcelo M. Weber

Countries citing papers authored by Aurélien G. Besnard

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Fields of papers citing papers by Aurélien G. Besnard

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Aurélien G. Besnard

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Aurélien G. Besnard. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Aurélien G. Besnard based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Aurélien G. Besnard. Aurélien G. Besnard is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Fourcade, Yoan, et al.. (2018). Habitat selection in a dynamic seasonal environment: Vegetation composition drives the choice of the breeding habitat for the community of passerines in floodplain grasslands. Biological Conservation. 228. 301–309. 8 indexed citations

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Fourcade, Yoan, Aurélien G. Besnard, & Jean Secondi. (2017). Paintings predict the distribution of species, or the challenge of selecting environmental predictors and evaluation statistics. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 27(2). 245–256. 375 indexed citations breakdown →

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Fourcade, Yoan, Aurélien G. Besnard, & Jean Secondi. (2016). Evaluating interspecific niche overlaps in environmental and geographic spaces to assess the value of umbrella species. Journal of Avian Biology. 48(12). 1563–1574. 16 indexed citations

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Besnard, Aurélien G., Yoan Fourcade, & Jean Secondi. (2016). Measuring difference in edge avoidance in grassland birds: the Corncrake is less sensitive to hedgerow proximity than passerines. Journal für Ornithologie. 157(2). 515–523. 11 indexed citations

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Besnard, Aurélien G., et al.. (2015). Vegetation maps based on remote sensing are informative predictors of habitat selection of grassland birds across a wetness gradient. Ecological Indicators. 58. 47–54. 21 indexed citations

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Besnard, Aurélien G. & Jean Secondi. (2014). Hedgerows diminish the value of meadows for grassland birds: Potential conflicts for agri-environment schemes. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 189. 21–27. 29 indexed citations

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Besnard, Aurélien G., Isabelle La Jeunesse, Olivier Pays, & Jean Secondi. (2013). Topographic wetness index predicts the occurrence of bird species in floodplains. Diversity and Distributions. 19(8). 955–963. 36 indexed citations

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Fourcade, Yoan, Jan O. Engler, Aurélien G. Besnard, Dennis Rödder, & Jean Secondi. (2013). Confronting expert-based and modelled distributions for species with uncertain conservation status: A case study from the corncrake (Crex crex). Biological Conservation. 167. 161–171. 50 indexed citations

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