David J. Currie

16.1k total citations · 5 hit papers
112 papers, 11.6k citations indexed

About

David J. Currie is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Ecological Modeling. According to data from OpenAlex, David J. Currie has authored 112 papers receiving a total of 11.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 56 papers in Ecology and 42 papers in Ecological Modeling. Recurrent topics in David J. Currie's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (55 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (42 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (24 papers). David J. Currie is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (55 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (42 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (24 papers). David J. Currie collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United Kingdom and United States. David J. Currie's co-authors include Jeremy T. Kerr, Robin L. Mackey, Eileen M. O’Brien, Thierry Oberdorff, Jean‐François Guégan, Dawn M. Kaufman, Bradford A. Hawkins, Richard Field, Howard V. Cornell and Gary G. Mittelbach and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

David J. Currie

109 papers receiving 10.8k citations

Hit Papers

ENERGY, WATER, AND BROAD-SCALE GEOGRAPHIC PATTERNS ... 1987 2026 2000 2013 2003 1991 2004 1987 2008 500 1000 1.5k
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. ENERGY, WATER, AND BROAD-SCALE GEOGRAPHIC PATTERNS OF SPECIES RICHNESS
    2003 1.9k citations Bradford A. Hawkins, Richard Field et al. Ecology profile →
  2. Energy and Large-Scale Patterns of Animal- and Plant-Species Richness
    1991 1.4k citations David J. Currie profile →
  3. Predictions and tests of climate‐based hypotheses of broad‐scale variation in taxonomic richness
    2004 976 citations David J. Currie, Gary G. Mittelbach et al. Ecology Letters profile →
  4. Large-scale biogeographical patterns of species richness of trees
    1987 575 citations David J. Currie et al. profile →
  5. Spatial species‐richness gradients across scales: a meta‐analysis
    2008 565 citations Richard Field, Bradford A. Hawkins et al. profile →

Peers

David J. Currie
Luis Maurício Bini Brazil
Stephen T. Jackson United States
Nicolas Mouquet France
Sébastien Villéger France
Brian J. McGill United States
Owen L. Petchey Switzerland
Mathew A. Leibold United States
Nathan J. B. Kraft United States
Diane S. Srivastava Canada
Juan J. Armestó Chile
Luis Maurício Bini Brazil
David J. Currie
Citations per year, relative to David J. Currie David J. Currie (= 1×) peers Luis Maurício Bini

Countries citing papers authored by David J. Currie

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Fields of papers citing papers by David J. Currie

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David J. Currie

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hooper, Chantelle, Partho Pratim Debnath, Ronny van Aerle, et al.. (2020). A Novel RNA Virus, Macrobrachium rosenbergii Golda Virus (MrGV), Linked to Mass Mortalities of the Larval Giant Freshwater Prawn in Bangladesh. Viruses. 12(10). 1120–1120. 17 indexed citations
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Boucher‐Lalonde, Véronique, et al.. (2018). At the landscape level, birds respond strongly to habitat amount but weakly to fragmentation. Diversity and Distributions. 24(5). 629–639. 59 indexed citations
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Desrochers, Rachelle E., David J. Currie, & Jeremy T. Kerr. (2016). Using regional patterns for predicting local temporal change: a test by natural experiment in the Great Lakes bioregion, Ontario, Canada. Diversity and Distributions. 23(3). 261–271. 3 indexed citations
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Boucher‐Lalonde, Véronique & David J. Currie. (2016). Spatial Autocorrelation Can Generate Stronger Correlations between Range Size and Climatic Niches Than the Biological Signal — A Demonstration Using Bird and Mammal Range Maps. PLoS ONE. 11(11). e0166243–e0166243. 14 indexed citations
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Currie, David J., et al.. (2012). Protecting Endangered Species: Do the Main Legislative Tools Work?. PLoS ONE. 7(5). e35730–e35730. 40 indexed citations
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Currie, David J., et al.. (2010). The completeness of the continental fossil record and its impact on patterns of diversification. Paleobiology. 36(1). 51–60. 35 indexed citations
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Algar, Adam C., Jeremy T. Kerr, & David J. Currie. (2010). Quantifying the importance of regional and local filters for community trait structure in tropical and temperate zones. Ecology. 92(4). 903–914. 49 indexed citations
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Mackey, Robin L., et al.. (2008). Human land use, agriculture, pesticides and losses of imperiled species. Diversity and Distributions. 15(2). 242–253. 114 indexed citations
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Fuchs, Jérôme, Jean‐Marc Pons, Steven M. Goodman, et al.. (2008). Tracing the colonization history of the Indian Ocean scops-owls (Strigiformes: Otus) with further insight into the spatio-temporal origin of the Malagasy avifauna. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 8(1). 197–197. 35 indexed citations
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Houlahan, Jeff E., David J. Currie, Karl Cottenie, et al.. (2007). Compensatory dynamics are rare in natural ecological communities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(9). 3273–3277. 238 indexed citations
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Currie, David J., et al.. (2007). A UNIFIED MODEL OF AVIAN SPECIES RICHNESS ON ISLANDS AND CONTINENTS. Ecology. 88(5). 1309–1321. 37 indexed citations
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Kilpatrick, A. Marm, William A. Mitchell, Warren P. Porter, & David J. Currie. (2006). Testing a mechanistic explanation for the latitudinal gradient in mammalian species richness across North America. Evolutionary ecology research. 8(2). 333–344. 6 indexed citations
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Currie, David J., Gary G. Mittelbach, Howard V. Cornell, et al.. (2004). Predictions and tests of climate‐based hypotheses of broad‐scale variation in taxonomic richness. Ecology Letters. 7(12). 1121–1134. 976 indexed citations breakdown →
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Currie, David J.. (2003). Conservation of endangered species and the patterns and propensities of biodiversity. Comptes Rendus Biologies. 326(S1). 98–103. 3 indexed citations
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Currie, David J., et al.. (2003). Does climate determine broad‐scale patterns of species richness? A test of the causal link by natural experiment. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 12(6). 461–473. 90 indexed citations
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Eeva, Tapio, et al.. (2002). Different responses to cold weather in two pied flycatcher populations. Ecography. 25(6). 705–713. 46 indexed citations
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Nour, Nadia, David J. Currie, Erik Matthysen, Raoul Van Damme, & André A. Dhondt. (1998). Effects of habitat fragmentation on provisioning rates, diet and breeding success in two species of tit (great tit and blue tit). Oecologia. 114(4). 522–530. 101 indexed citations
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Richardson, G. Mark & David J. Currie. (1993). Estimating fish consumption rates for Ontario Amerindians.. PubMed. 3(1). 23–38. 23 indexed citations
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Steele, Gillian L., David J. Currie, Basil Ho Yuen, & Peter C. K. Leung. (1993). Characterization of Cell Types within a Chorionic Gonadotropin-Secreting, Mechanically Dissociated Human Placental Cell Population in Perifusion. Neurosignals. 2(3). 155–165. 3 indexed citations
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Currie, David J., et al.. (1978). Stem volume loss due to severe Diplodia infection in a young Pinus radiata stand.. 23(1). 143–148. 13 indexed citations

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