Charles J. Krebs

32.3k total citations · 7 hit papers
345 papers, 23.5k citations indexed

About

Charles J. Krebs is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Charles J. Krebs has authored 345 papers receiving a total of 23.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 289 papers in Ecology, 128 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 70 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Charles J. Krebs's work include Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (212 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (186 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (120 papers). Charles J. Krebs is often cited by papers focused on Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (212 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (186 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (120 papers). Charles J. Krebs collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Australia. Charles J. Krebs's co-authors include Rudy Boonstra, Stan Boutin, A. R. E. Sinclair, Michael J. Sheriff, Robert H. Tamarin, Barry L. Keller, William J. Sutherland, Grant R. Singleton, James N. Smith and Alice J. Kenney and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Charles J. Krebs

335 papers receiving 19.6k citations

Hit Papers

Ecology: The Experimental Analysis of Distribution and Ab... 1966 2026 1986 2006 1973 2006 1966 1995 2005 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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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.

  1. Ecology: The Experimental Analysis of Distribution and Abundance
    1973 3.3k citations Charles J. Krebs profile →
  2. Ecological Census Techniques
    2006 881 citations Charles J. Krebs et al. profile →
  3. Demographic Changes in Fluctuating Populations of Microtus californicus
    1966 686 citations Charles J. Krebs profile →
  4. Impact of Food and Predation on the Snowshoe Hare Cycle
    1995 558 citations Charles J. Krebs, Stan Boutin et al. profile →
  5. One hundred years of eruptions of house mice in Australia - a natural biological curio
    2005 536 citations Charles J. Krebs et al. profile →
  6. Microtus Population Biology: Demographic Changes in Fluctuating Populations of M. Ochrogaster and M. Pennsylvanicus in Southern Indiana
    1969 473 citations Charles J. Krebs et al. Ecology profile →
  7. The sensitive hare: sublethal effects of predator stress on reproduction in snowshoe hares
    2009 409 citations Charles J. Krebs, Rudy Boonstra et al. Journal of Animal Ecology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Charles J. Krebs Canada 78 17.3k 8.0k 5.8k 3.3k 3.1k 345 23.5k
Mark S. Boyce Canada 79 21.0k 1.2× 6.5k 0.8× 4.1k 0.7× 4.5k 1.4× 2.7k 0.9× 299 26.6k
H. Ronald Pulliam United States 37 10.4k 0.6× 6.9k 0.9× 6.3k 1.1× 3.2k 1.0× 2.1k 0.7× 58 17.3k
Oswald J. Schmitz United States 60 10.1k 0.6× 5.8k 0.7× 5.5k 1.0× 3.2k 1.0× 2.5k 0.8× 194 16.5k
Stan Boutin Canada 77 16.4k 0.9× 4.7k 0.6× 6.1k 1.1× 3.3k 1.0× 2.2k 0.7× 383 21.0k
Nigel G. Yoccoz Norway 71 16.5k 1.0× 6.4k 0.8× 4.9k 0.9× 4.0k 1.2× 3.4k 1.1× 352 23.7k
David R. Anderson United States 46 18.7k 1.1× 7.8k 1.0× 3.9k 0.7× 4.8k 1.5× 2.0k 0.7× 120 25.5k
Andy Purvis United Kingdom 74 10.3k 0.6× 6.8k 0.9× 7.9k 1.4× 4.1k 1.2× 4.4k 1.4× 196 23.6k
William F. Fagan United States 64 8.5k 0.5× 5.8k 0.7× 4.0k 0.7× 3.7k 1.1× 2.2k 0.7× 270 16.5k
Chris R. Dickman Australia 76 15.9k 0.9× 5.0k 0.6× 3.8k 0.7× 3.5k 1.1× 4.7k 1.5× 424 19.9k
A. R. E. Sinclair Canada 69 13.3k 0.8× 6.0k 0.8× 3.0k 0.5× 2.9k 0.9× 2.2k 0.7× 175 17.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Charles J. Krebs

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Oli, Madan K., Alice J. Kenney, Rudy Boonstra, et al.. (2025). Demographic mechanisms of snowshoe hare population cycles in Yukon, Canada. Journal of Animal Ecology. 95(1). 21–38. 1 indexed citations
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Miller, Hannah A., Melanie R. Boudreau, Charles J. Krebs, et al.. (2024). Cyclic dynamics drive summer movement ecology of snowshoe hares (Lepus americanus). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 12.
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Kenney, Alice J., Stan Boutin, Thomas S. Jung, et al.. (2024). Motion‐sensitive cameras track population abundance changes in a boreal mammal community in southwestern Yukon, Canada. Journal of Wildlife Management. 88(4). 11 indexed citations
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Krebs, Charles J., Alice J. Kenney, Benjamin Gilbert, & Rudy Boonstra. (2023). Long‐term monitoring of cycles in Clethrionomys rutilus in the Yukon boreal forest. Integrative Zoology. 19(1). 27–36. 11 indexed citations
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Hone, Jim, V. A. Drake, & Charles J. Krebs. (2023). Evaluation Options for Wildlife Management and Strengthening of Causal Inference. BioScience. 73(1). 48–58. 8 indexed citations
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Krebs, Charles J., Rudy Boonstra, Alice J. Kenney, et al.. (2023). Trends in groundberry cover under climate change in the southern and central Yukon, 1997–2022. Botany. 102(1). 1–9.
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Krebs, Charles J., Stan Boutin, Rudy Boonstra, et al.. (2023). Long-term monitoring in the boreal forest reveals high spatio-temporal variability among primary ecosystem constituents. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 11. 11 indexed citations
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Oli, Madan K., Alice J. Kenney, Rudy Boonstra, et al.. (2023). Does coat colour influence survival? A test in a cyclic population of snowshoe hares. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 290(1996). 20221421–20221421. 8 indexed citations
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Peers, Michael J. L., Eric Vander Wal, Yasmine N. Majchrzak, et al.. (2022). Coat color mismatch improves survival of a keystone boreal herbivore: Energetic advantages exceed lost camouflage. Ecology. 104(2). e3882–e3882. 5 indexed citations
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O’Donoghue, Mark, Brian G. Slough, Kim G. Poole, et al.. (2022). Snow track counts for density estimation of mammalian predators in the boreal forest. Wildlife Research. 50(6). 425–434. 9 indexed citations
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Wan, Xinru, Marcel Holyoak, Chuan Yan, et al.. (2022). Broad‐scale climate variation drives the dynamics of animal populations: a global multi‐taxa analysis. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 97(6). 2174–2194. 25 indexed citations
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Li, Guoliang, Xinrong Wan, Baofa Yin, et al.. (2021). Timing outweighs magnitude of rainfall in shaping population dynamics of a small mammal species in steppe grassland. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(42). 11 indexed citations
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Kenney, Alice J., Charles J. Krebs, Clayton T. Lamb, et al.. (2021). Density estimates for Canada lynx vary among estimation methods. Ecosphere. 12(10). 17 indexed citations
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Peers, Michael J. L., Clayton T. Lamb, Yasmine N. Majchrzak, et al.. (2020). Prey availability and ambient temperature influence carrion persistence in the boreal forest. Journal of Animal Ecology. 89(9). 2156–2167. 21 indexed citations
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Krebs, Charles J., Rudy Boonstra, Alice J. Kenney, & Benjamin Gilbert. (2018). Hares and Small Rodent Cycles: a 45-year Perspective on Predator-prey Dynamics in the Yukon Boreal Forest. Australian Zoologist. 39(4). 724–732. 18 indexed citations
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Krebs, Charles J.. (2014). 10 Possible Limitations of Current Ecological Theory. Australian Zoologist. 38(3). 267–271. 1 indexed citations
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Hinds, Lyn A., et al.. (2003). Rats, Mice, and People: Rodent Biology and Management. 289 indexed citations
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Krebs, Charles J., Stan Boutin, & Rudy Boonstra. (2001). Ecosystem dynamics of the boreal forest: the Kluane project.. Oxford University Press eBooks. 239 indexed citations
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Morris, Douglas W., et al.. (2000). Measuring the ghost of competition: Insights from density-dependent habitat selection on the co-existence and dynamics of lemmings. Evolutionary ecology research. 2(1). 69–80. 129 indexed citations

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