Brian Dennis

9.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
86 papers, 7.1k citations indexed

About

Brian Dennis is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian Dennis has authored 86 papers receiving a total of 7.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Ecology, 29 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 22 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Brian Dennis's work include Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (31 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (22 papers) and Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models (20 papers). Brian Dennis is often cited by papers focused on Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (31 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (22 papers) and Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models (20 papers). Brian Dennis collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Saudi Arabia. Brian Dennis's co-authors include Mark L. Taper, R. F. Costantino, J. M. Cushing, Robert A. Desharnais, Anthony R. Ives, James M. Scott, Subhash R. Lele, Shandelle M. Henson, José Miguel Ponciano and William P. Kemp and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Brian Dennis

85 papers receiving 6.6k citations

Hit Papers

ALLEE EFFECTS: POPULATION GROWTH, CRITICAL DENSITY, AND T... 1989 2026 2001 2013 1989 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. ALLEE EFFECTS: POPULATION GROWTH, CRITICAL DENSITY, AND THE CHANCE OF EXTINCTION
    1989 673 citations Brian Dennis Natural Resource Modeling profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Brian Dennis United States 40 3.4k 2.4k 1.8k 1.8k 1.4k 86 7.1k
Veijo Kaitala Finland 45 3.4k 1.0× 2.1k 0.9× 1.5k 0.9× 1.9k 1.1× 612 0.4× 215 6.7k
Philip A. Stephens United Kingdom 37 4.0k 1.2× 2.2k 0.9× 1.5k 0.8× 1.5k 0.9× 844 0.6× 114 7.9k
Peter Turchin United States 45 4.1k 1.2× 2.3k 0.9× 1.5k 0.9× 1.5k 0.9× 1.0k 0.8× 114 8.0k
Per Lundberg Sweden 47 3.9k 1.1× 2.1k 0.9× 1.3k 0.7× 1.4k 0.8× 527 0.4× 165 6.8k
Philip H. Crowley United States 34 2.3k 0.7× 1.9k 0.8× 937 0.5× 1.1k 0.6× 767 0.6× 120 5.4k
André M. de Roos Netherlands 52 3.7k 1.1× 3.4k 1.4× 3.4k 1.9× 2.5k 1.4× 2.0k 1.5× 184 9.7k
R. V. O’Neill United States 36 3.9k 1.1× 3.2k 1.3× 4.5k 2.5× 1.2k 0.7× 1.4k 1.0× 78 10.1k
Martha F. Hoopes United States 11 3.8k 1.1× 3.3k 1.3× 1.1k 0.6× 1.0k 0.6× 404 0.3× 19 6.7k
Michael E. Gilpin United States 38 4.7k 1.4× 3.7k 1.5× 1.6k 0.9× 2.8k 1.6× 1.5k 1.1× 80 9.8k
Steinar Engen Norway 54 5.6k 1.6× 3.3k 1.4× 1.8k 1.0× 2.4k 1.4× 592 0.4× 208 9.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Brian Dennis

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Fields of papers citing papers by Brian Dennis

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brian Dennis

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Dennis, Brian, Mark L. Taper, & José Miguel Ponciano. (2024). Evidential Analysis: An Alternative to Hypothesis Testing in Normal Linear Models. Entropy. 26(11). 964–964.
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Dennis, Brian, José Miguel Ponciano, Mark L. Taper, & Subhash R. Lele. (2019). Errors in Statistical Inference Under Model Misspecification: Evidence, Hypothesis Testing, and AIC. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 7. 49 indexed citations
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Ponciano, José Miguel, Mark L. Taper, & Brian Dennis. (2018). Ecological change points: The strength of density dependence and the loss of history. Theoretical Population Biology. 121. 45–59. 4 indexed citations
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Dennis, Brian & William P. Kemp. (2016). How Hives Collapse: Allee Effects, Ecological Resilience, and the Honey Bee. PLoS ONE. 11(2). e0150055–e0150055. 37 indexed citations
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Livadiotis, G., Laila M Assas, Brian Dennis, Saber Elaydi, & Eddy Kwessi. (2015). KAPPA FUNCTION AS A UNIFYING FRAMEWORK FOR DISCRETE POPULATION MODELING. Natural Resource Modeling. 29(1). 130–144. 18 indexed citations
6.
Stevens, Bryan S. & Brian Dennis. (2013). Wildlife mortality from infrastructure collisions: statistical modeling of count data from carcass surveys. Ecology. 94(9). 2087–2096. 15 indexed citations
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Dennis, Brian, José Miguel Ponciano, & Mark L. Taper. (2010). Replicated sampling increases efficiency in monitoring biological populations. Ecology. 91(2). 610–620. 58 indexed citations
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Dennis, Brian, et al.. (2010). Lateral spread of invasive Spartina alterniflora in uncrowded environments. Biological Invasions. 13(2). 401–411. 16 indexed citations
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Ponciano, José Miguel, Mark L. Taper, Brian Dennis, & Subhash R. Lele. (2009). Hierarchical models in ecology: confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, and model selection using data cloning. Ecology. 90(2). 356–362. 50 indexed citations
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Ellison, Aaron M. & Brian Dennis. (2009). Paths to statistical fluency for ecologists. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 8(7). 362–370. 29 indexed citations
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Lele, Subhash R., Brian Dennis, & Frithjof Lutscher. (2007). Data cloning: easy maximum likelihood estimation for complex ecological models using Bayesian Markov chain Monte Carlo methods. Ecology Letters. 10(7). 551–563. 176 indexed citations
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Preisser, Evan L., Christopher J. Dugaw, Brian Dennis, & Donald R. Strong. (2006). PLANT FACILITATION OF A BELOWGROUND PREDATOR. Ecology. 87(5). 1116–1123. 20 indexed citations
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Cushing, J. M., Shandelle M. Henson, Robert A. Desharnais, et al.. (2001). A chaotic attractor in ecology: theory and experimental data. Chaos Solitons & Fractals. 12(2). 219–234. 33 indexed citations
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Dennis, Brian, Robert A. Desharnais, J. M. Cushing, Shandelle M. Henson, & R. F. Costantino. (2001). ESTIMATING CHAOS AND COMPLEX DYNAMICS IN AN INSECT POPULATION. Ecological Monographs. 71(2). 277–303. 140 indexed citations
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Cushing, J. M., R. F. Costantino, Brian Dennis, Robert A. Desharnais, & Shandelle M. Henson. (1998). Nonlinear Population Dynamics: Models, Experiments and Data. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 194(1). 1–9. 59 indexed citations
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Dennis, Brian, Robert A. Desharnais, J. M. Cushing, & R. F. Costantino. (1995). Nonlinear Demographic Dynamics: Mathematical Models, Statistical Methods, and Biological Experiments. Ecological Monographs. 65(3). 261–282. 187 indexed citations
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Wolda, Henk, Brian Dennis, & Mark L. Taper. (1994). Density dependence tests, and largely futile comments: Answers to Holyoak and Lawton (1993) and Hanski, Woiwod and Perry (1993). Oecologia. 98(2). 229–234. 23 indexed citations
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Kemp, William P. & Brian Dennis. (1993). Density dependence in rangeland grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Oecologia. 96(1). 1–8. 40 indexed citations
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Wolda, Henk & Brian Dennis. (1993). Density dependence tests, are they?. Oecologia. 95(4). 581–591. 99 indexed citations
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Kemp, William P., Brian Dennis, & Roy C. Beckwith. (1986). Stochastic Phenology Model for the Western Spruce Budworm (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Environmental Entomology. 15(3). 547–554. 17 indexed citations

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