Brian A. Maurer

9.0k citations

74 papers · 6.6k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 35

Ecology top 0.2%
Nature and Landscape Conservation top 0.2%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics top 0.5%
Ecological Modeling top 0.2%
Global and Planetary Change top 1%

Co-authors: James H. Brown Brian J. McGill Michael L. Rosenzweig Michael D. Weiser Elizabeth A. Hadly Mark L. Taper Brian J. Enquist Marc‐André Villard
Topics: Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (38 papers)Plant and animal studies (19 papers)Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (17 papers)
Cited by: Ecological Modeling Nature and Landscape Conservation Ecology
Journals: Nature Science Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Partner nations: United States Canada United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Brian A. Maurer

72 papers receiving 6.0k 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.

Species abundance distributions: moving beyond single prediction theories to integration within an ecological framework

2007 1.0k citations Brian J. McGill, Rampal S. Etienne et al. Ecology Letters profile →
A hierarchical concept of ecosystems

1987 809 citations Brian A. Maurer profile →
Macroecology: The Division of Food and Space Among Species on Continents

1989 574 citations James H. Brown, Brian A. Maurer profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Who is a thinker? With age, higher SES American children increasingly associate social status with divisions in labour 2022 ·Infant and Child Development ·Shaylene E. Nancekivell,(unknown),Brian A. Maurer	0
2	American Robins ( Turdus migratorius ) and Cedar Waxwings ( Bombycilla cedrorum ) vary in use of cultivated cherry orchards 2016 ·The Wilson Journal of Ornithology ·(unknown),Catherine A. Lindell,H. Jeffrey Homan,George M. Linz,Brian A. Maurer	2
3	Landscape fragmentation affects responses of avian communities to climate change 2015 ·Global Change Biology ·Marta A. Jarzyna,William F. Porter,Brian A. Maurer,Benjamin Zuckerberg,Andrew O. Finley	37
4	Estimating metacommunity extent using data on species abundances, environmental variation, and phylogenetic relationships across geographic space 2012 ·Ecological Informatics ·Brian A. Maurer,Steven W. Kembel,Andrew J. Rominger,Brian J. McGill	12
5	Habitat correlates with the spatial distribution of ectoparasites on Peromyscus leucopus in southern Michigan 2011 ·Journal of Vector Ecology ·(unknown),Jean I. Tsao,Brian A. Maurer	13
6	Lemurs in a complex landscape: mapping species density in subtropical dry forests of southwestern Madagascar using data at multiple levels 2010 ·American Journal of Primatology ·Anne C. Axel,Brian A. Maurer	31
7	Relationship between cystic fibrosis respiratory tract bacterial communities and age, genotype, antibiotics and Pseudomonas aeruginosa 2010 ·Environmental Microbiology ·Vanja Klepac‐Ceraj,Katherine P. Lemon,Thomas R. Martin,Martin Allgaier,Steven W. Kembel,Alixandra A. Knapp,Stephen Lory,Eoin Brodie,Susan V. Lynch,Brendan J. M. Bohannan,Jessica L. Green,Brian A. Maurer,Roberto Kolter	170
8	Spatial dependence of predictions from image segmentation: A variogram-based method to determine appropriate scales for producing land-management information 2010 ·Ecological Informatics ·Jason W. Karl,Brian A. Maurer	54
9	Taking species abundance distributions beyond individuals 2009 ·Ecology Letters ·Hélène Morlon,Ethan P. White,Rampal S. Etienne,Jessica L. Green,Annette Ostling,David Alonso,Brian J. Enquist,Fangliang He,Allen H. Hurlbert,Anne E. Magurran,Brian A. Maurer,Brian J. McGill,Han Olff,David Štorch,Tommaso Zillio	71
10	EMPIRICAL EVALUATION OF NEUTRAL THEORY 2006 ·Ecology ·Brian J. McGill,Brian A. Maurer,Michael D. Weiser	288
11	Community inertia of Quaternary small mammal assemblages in North America 2005 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Brian J. McGill,Elizabeth A. Hadly,Brian A. Maurer	101
12	Similarities in body size distributions of small-bodied flying vertebrates 2004 ·Evolutionary ecology research ·Brian A. Maurer,James H. Brown,Tamar Dayan,Brian J. Enquist,Elizabeth A. Hadly,John P. Haskell,David Jablonski,Kate E. Jones,Dawn M. Kaufman,S. Kathleen Lyons,Karl J. Niklas,Warren P. Porter,Kaustuv Roy,Felisa A. Smith,Bruce H. Tiffney,Michael R. Willig	21
13	Similarity of Mammalian Body Size across the Taxonomic Hierarchy and across Space and Time 2004 ·The American Naturalist ·Felisa A. Smith,James H. Brown,John P. Haskell,S. Kathleen Lyons,John Alroy,Eric L. Charnov,Tamar Dayan,Brian J. Enquist,S. K. Morgan Ernest,Elizabeth A. Hadly,Kate E. Jones,Dawn M. Kaufman,Pablo A. Marquet,Brian A. Maurer,Karl J. Niklas,Warren P. Porter,Bruce H. Tiffney,Michael R. Willig	161
14	Evidence for non‐uniform dispersal in the biological invasions of two naturalized North American bird species 2002 ·Global Ecology and Biogeography ·David E. Gammon,Brian A. Maurer	23
15	A Primer of Conservation Biology Richard B. Primack Conservation and Biodiversity Andrew P. Dobson Conservation Biology George W. Cox Conservation Biology in Theory and Practice Graeme Caughley Anne Gunn Essentials of Conservation Biology Richard B. Primack Fundamentals of Conservation Biology Malcom L. Hunter, Jr. Principles of Conservation Biology Gary K. Meffe C. Ronald Carroll 1997 ·Ornithological Applications ·Brian A. Maurer	0
16	Effects of chronic pesticide stress on wildlife populations in complex landscapes: Processes at multiple scales 1996 ·Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry ·Brian A. Maurer,Robert D. Holt	23
17	Population Variability of Sparrows in Space and Time 1996 ·Oikos ·John L. Curnutt,Stuart L. Pimm,Brian A. Maurer	98
18	Geostatistics as a Tool for Examining Hypothesized Declines in Migratory Songbirds 1996 ·Ecology ·Marc‐André Villard,Brian A. Maurer	59
19	Diversity-dependent species dynamics: incorporating the effects of population-level processes on species dynamics 1989 ·Paleobiology ·Brian A. Maurer	28
20	Scaling of biological community structure: A systems approach to community complexity 1987 ·Journal of Theoretical Biology ·Brian A. Maurer	9

About Brian A. Maurer

Brian A. Maurer is a scholar working on Ecological Modeling, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology, having authored 74 papers that have together received 6.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (38 papers), Plant and animal studies (19 papers) and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (17 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ecological Modeling (1.6k citations), Nature and Landscape Conservation (3.0k citations) and Ecology (3.6k citations). Brian A. Maurer has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include James H. Brown, Brian J. McGill, Michael L. Rosenzweig, Michael D. Weiser, Elizabeth A. Hadly, Mark L. Taper, Brian J. Enquist, Marc‐André Villard, Pablo A. Marquet and Ethan P. White. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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