Chris S. Elphick

12.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
112 papers, 9.6k citations indexed

About

Chris S. Elphick is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecological Modeling. According to data from OpenAlex, Chris S. Elphick has authored 112 papers receiving a total of 9.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 94 papers in Ecology, 46 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 25 papers in Ecological Modeling. Recurrent topics in Chris S. Elphick's work include Avian ecology and behavior (44 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (44 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (34 papers). Chris S. Elphick is often cited by papers focused on Avian ecology and behavior (44 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (44 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (34 papers). Chris S. Elphick collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Chris S. Elphick's co-authors include Alain F. Zuur, Elena N. Ieno, Lewis W. Oring, Morgan W. Tingley, Carina Gjerdrum, Margaret A. Rubega, J. Michael Reed, Eliza M. Grames, Christopher R. Field and Andrew N. Stillman and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Chris S. Elphick

109 papers receiving 9.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A protocol for data exploration to avoid common statistical problems

2009 6.3k citations Alain F. Zuur, Elena N. Ieno et al. Methods in Ecology and Evolution profile →

Peers

Chris S. Elphick

ECOLO

NLC

GPC

EEBS

Colin J. McClean United Kingdom

Pedro J. Leitão Germany

Gudrun Carl Germany

John R. Poulsen United States

George V. N. Powell United States

Damaris Zurell Germany

Michael C. Runge United States

Patrick E. Osborne United Kingdom

Clarence Lehman United States

Gabriel Carré United Kingdom

Colin J. McClean United Kingdom

Chris S. Elphick

5.4k ×1.0

ECOLO

3.3k ×1.1

NLC

3.2k ×1.3

GPC

1.9k ×1.0

EEBS

3.3k ×2.3

Citations per year, relative to Chris S. Elphick Chris S. Elphick (= 1×) peers Colin J. McClean

Countries citing papers authored by Chris S. Elphick

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chris S. Elphick

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chris S. Elphick

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Chris S. Elphick. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Chris S. Elphick 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 Chris S. Elphick. Chris S. Elphick is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ibáñez, Carles, et al.. (2026). To what extent is coastal wetland biodiversity endangered by climate change? How can we boost the resilience of coastal ecosystems?. Nature Conservation. 62. 63–94. 4 indexed citations

Urban, Mark C., Chris S. Elphick, & Daniel I. Bolnick. (2026). Conservation should assume realistic adaptive capacities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 123(4). e2415291123–e2415291123.

Mickley, James, David L. Wagner, Leone M. Brown, et al.. (2025). Underrepresentation of dietary‐specialist larval Lepidoptera in small forest fragments: Testing alternative mechanisms. Journal of Animal Ecology. 94(4). 786–799. 2 indexed citations

Olsen, Brian J., Chris S. Elphick, Christopher R. Field, et al.. (2024). Positive correlation between Ammospiza caudacuta (Saltmarsh Sparrow) capture and productivity supports use of a novel rapid assessment monitoring protocol. Ornithological applications. 126(4). 1 indexed citations

Grames, Eliza M., Graham A. Montgomery, Casey Youngflesh, Morgan W. Tingley, & Chris S. Elphick. (2023). The effect of insect food availability on songbird reproductive success and chick body condition: Evidence from a systematic review and meta‐analysis. Ecology Letters. 26(4). 658–673. 39 indexed citations

Walsh, Jennifer, Chris S. Elphick, Jonathan B. Cohen, et al.. (2023). Surrounding landscape, habitat and hybridization dynamics drive population structure and genetic diversity in the Saltmarsh Sparrow. Ornithological applications. 125(4). 1 indexed citations

Grames, Eliza M., et al.. (2022). A systematic method for hypothesis synthesis and conceptual model development. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 13(9). 2078–2087. 4 indexed citations

Grames, Eliza M., Graham A. Montgomery, Douglas Boyes, et al.. (2022). A framework and case study to systematically identify long‐term insect abundance and diversity datasets. Conservation Science and Practice. 4(6). 10 indexed citations

Herring, Garth, Collin A. Eagles‐Smith, Chris S. Elphick, et al.. (2021). Mercury exposure of tidal marsh songbirds in the northeastern United States and its association with nest survival. Ecotoxicology. 31(2). 208–220. 2 indexed citations

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Steen, Valerie A., Morgan W. Tingley, Peter W. C. Paton, & Chris S. Elphick. (2020). Spatial thinning and class balancing: Key choices lead to variation in the performance of species distribution models with citizen science data. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 12(2). 216–226. 80 indexed citations

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Grames, Eliza M., et al.. (2019). elizagrames/litsearchr v0.1.0. Figshare. 3 indexed citations

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Grames, Eliza M., Andrew N. Stillman, Morgan W. Tingley, & Chris S. Elphick. (2019). An automated approach to identifying search terms for systematic reviews using keyword co‐occurrence networks. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 10(10). 1645–1654. 217 indexed citations

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Bagchi, Robert, Leone M. Brown, Chris S. Elphick, David L. Wagner, & Michael S. Singer. (2018). Anthropogenic fragmentation of landscapes: mechanisms for eroding the specificity of plant–herbivore interactions. Oecologia. 187(2). 521–533. 42 indexed citations

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Elphick, Chris S., et al.. (2017). Tidal flooding is associated with lower ectoparasite intensity in nests of the Saltmarsh Sparrow (Ammodramus caudacutus). The Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 129(1). 122–130. 1 indexed citations

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Etterson, Matthew A., Thomas P. Hodgman, Jonathan B. Cohen, et al.. (2016). Seasonal fecundity is not related to geographic position across a species’ global range despite a central peak in abundance. Oecologia. 183(1). 291–301. 21 indexed citations

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Anderson, Christopher B., Ricardo Rozzi, & Chris S. Elphick. (2009). Annual Variation of Abundance and Composition in Forest Bird Assemblages on Navarino Island, Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve, Chile. Ornitología Neotropical. 20. 231–245. 30 indexed citations

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Zuur, Alain F., Elena N. Ieno, & Chris S. Elphick. (2009). A protocol for data exploration to avoid common statistical problems. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 1(1). 3–14. 6286 indexed citations breakdown →

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Roberts, David L., Chris S. Elphick, & J. Michael Reed. (2009). Identifying Anomalous Reports of Putatively Extinct Species and Why It Matters. Conservation Biology. 24(1). 189–196. 57 indexed citations

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Vogel, Richard M., J. R. M. Hosking, Chris S. Elphick, David L. Roberts, & J. Michael Reed. (2009). Goodness of Fit of Probability Distributions for Sightings as Species Approach Extinction. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology. 71(3). 701–719. 28 indexed citations

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Elphick, Chris S. & Margaret A. Rubega. (1995). Prey choices and foraging efficiency of recently fledged California Gulls at Mono Lake, California. ScholarsArchive (Brigham Young University). 55(4). 9. 3 indexed citations

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