Cara A. Gallagher

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 668 citations indexed

About

Cara A. Gallagher is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Cara A. Gallagher has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 668 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Ecology, 3 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 3 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Cara A. Gallagher's work include Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (5 papers), Marine animal studies overview (4 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (3 papers). Cara A. Gallagher is often cited by papers focused on Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (5 papers), Marine animal studies overview (4 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (3 papers). Cara A. Gallagher collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Denmark and United Kingdom. Cara A. Gallagher's co-authors include Volker Grimm, Jacob Nabe‐Nielsen, Uta Berger, Marie‐Sophie Rohwäder, Viktoriia Radchuk, Bruce Edmonds, Christian E. Vincenot, Alice S. A. Johnston, Jürgen Groeneveld and Gary Polhill and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Trends in Ecology & Evolution and The American Naturalist.

In The Last Decade

Cara A. Gallagher

10 papers receiving 652 citations

Hit Papers

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The ODD Protocol for Describing Agent-Based and Other Simulation Models: A Second Update to Improve Clarity, Replication, and Structural Realism

2020 502 citations Volker Grimm, Steven F. Railsback et al. Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation profile →

Peers

Cara A. Gallagher

ECOLO

GPC

NLC

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MSOR

Andrew Thomas Canada

Marie‐Sophie Rohwäder Germany

Winfried Kurth Germany

Christian E. Vincenot Japan

Jiska van Dijk Norway

Christopher Bone Canada

Kazuyuki Moriya Japan

Mitchell J. Eaton United States

Sharon Kingsland United States

Andrés Baeza United States

Andrew Thomas Canada

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189 ×0.9

ECOLO

128 ×0.8

GPC

149 ×1.4

NLC

69 ×0.7

EEBS

76 ×0.9

MSOR

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Countries citing papers authored by Cara A. Gallagher

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Fields of papers citing papers by Cara A. Gallagher

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cara A. Gallagher

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13 of 13 papers shown

Railsback, Steven F., Cara A. Gallagher, Volker Grimm, Matthew A. McCary, & Bret C. Harvey. (2025). Empirical ecology to support mechanistic modelling: Different objectives, better approaches and unique benefits. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 16(8). 1564–1573.

Bull, Sarah, Sarah Cubaynes, Katrina Davis, et al.. (2025). Understanding and Predicting Population Response to Anthropogenic Disturbance: Current Approaches and Novel Opportunities. Ecology Letters. 28(8). e70198–e70198.

Jeltsch, Florian, et al.. (2025). From metabolism to coexistence: Understanding animal movement and community dynamics through energy. 1.

Rohwäder, Marie‐Sophie, Cara A. Gallagher, & Florian Jeltsch. (2024). Variations in risk‐taking behaviour mediate matrix mortality's impact on biodiversity under fragmentation. Ecography. 2024(12). 2 indexed citations

Rohwäder, Marie‐Sophie, et al.. (2024). Visual ODD: A Standardised Visualisation Illustrating the Narrative of Agent-Based Models. Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation. 27(4). 4 indexed citations

Gallagher, Cara A., et al.. (2024). Individual energetics scale up to community coexistence: Movement, metabolism and biodiversity dynamics in fragmented landscapes. Journal of Animal Ecology. 93(8). 1065–1077. 5 indexed citations

Banitz, Thomas, Karin Frank, Cara A. Gallagher, et al.. (2023). Local buffer mechanisms for population persistence. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 38(11). 1051–1059. 5 indexed citations

Roeleke, Manuel, Ulrike E. Schlägel, Cara A. Gallagher, et al.. (2022). Insectivorous bats form mobile sensory networks to optimize prey localization: The case of the common noctule bat. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(33). e2203663119–e2203663119. 23 indexed citations

Gallagher, Cara A., et al.. (2021). From theory to practice in pattern‐oriented modelling: identifying and using empirical patterns in predictive models. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 96(5). 1868–1888. 52 indexed citations

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Gallagher, Cara A., Marianna Chimienti, Volker Grimm, & Jacob Nabe‐Nielsen. (2021). Energy‐mediated responses to changing prey size and distribution in marine top predator movements and population dynamics. Journal of Animal Ecology. 91(1). 241–254. 22 indexed citations

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Grimm, Volker, Steven F. Railsback, Christian E. Vincenot, et al.. (2020). The ODD Protocol for Describing Agent-Based and Other Simulation Models: A Second Update to Improve Clarity, Replication, and Structural Realism. Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation. 23(2). 502 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gallagher, Cara A., et al.. (2020). Movement and Seasonal Energetics Mediate Vulnerability to Disturbance in Marine Mammal Populations. The American Naturalist. 197(3). 296–311. 33 indexed citations

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Gallagher, Cara A., et al.. (2018). The metabolic cost of swimming and reproduction in harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) as predicted by a bioenergetic model. Marine Mammal Science. 34(4). 875–900. 20 indexed citations

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