David Pinaud

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
60 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

David Pinaud is a scholar working on Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, David Pinaud has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Ecology, 18 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 13 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in David Pinaud's work include Avian ecology and behavior (32 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (28 papers) and Marine animal studies overview (26 papers). David Pinaud is often cited by papers focused on Avian ecology and behavior (32 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (28 papers) and Marine animal studies overview (26 papers). David Pinaud collaborates with scholars based in France, United Kingdom and Australia. David Pinaud's co-authors include Henri Weimerskirch, Charles‐André Bost, Yves Cherel, Susanne Åkesson, Vincent Bretagnolle, Karine Delord, Jean-Baptiste Thiébot, Mathieu Le Corre, Pascal Monestiez and Joël Bêty and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The American Naturalist and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

David Pinaud

59 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

At‐sea distribution and scale‐dependent foraging behaviour of petrels and albatrosses: a comparative study

2006 1.5k citations David Pinaud, Henri Weimerskirch Journal of Animal Ecology profile →

Peers

David Pinaud

ECOLO

GENET

EEBS

GPC

NLC

Ralph Tiedemann Germany

Krystal A. Tolley South Africa

Samraat Pawar United Kingdom

Bernhard Hausdorf Germany

François Massol France

V. A. Drake Australia

Michael L. Collyer United States

Caz M. Taylor United States

Luis‐Miguel Chevin France

Phillip C. Watts United Kingdom

Ralph Tiedemann Germany

David Pinaud

2.0k ×0.8

ECOLO

1.2k ×1.3

GENET

938 ×1.1

EEBS

661 ×0.8

GPC

963 ×1.4

NLC

Citations per year, relative to David Pinaud David Pinaud (= 1×) peers Ralph Tiedemann

Countries citing papers authored by David Pinaud

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Pinaud

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Pinaud

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Pinaud, David, et al.. (2025). Modelling connectivity at a regional scale during seasonal movements of the greater horseshoe bat. Journal of Applied Ecology. 62(9). 2163–2176. 1 indexed citations

Pinaud, David, Loı̈c Bollache, Niels Martin Schmidt, et al.. (2025). Intraseasonal variations in the spatial behaviour of an Arctic predator. Movement Ecology. 13(1). 13–13. 1 indexed citations

Kéry, Marc, et al.. (2021). Spatio-temporal variation in post-recovery dynamics in a large Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) population in the Jura mountains 2000–2020. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 2 indexed citations

Fort, Jérôme, et al.. (2021). Nycthemeral Movements of Wintering Shorebirds Reveal Important Differences in Habitat Uses of Feeding Areas and Roosts. Estuaries and Coasts. 44(5). 1454–1468. 8 indexed citations

Galan, Maxime, et al.. (2020). eDNA metabarcoding reveals a core and secondary diets of the greater horseshoe bat with strong spatio‐temporal plasticity. Environmental DNA. 3(1). 277–296. 29 indexed citations

Delord, Karine, et al.. (2019). Individual consistency in the non-breeding behavior of a long-distance migrant seabird, the Grey Petrel Procellaria cinerea. Marine ornithology. 47(1). 3 indexed citations

Delord, Karine, Christophe Barbraud, David Pinaud, et al.. (2019). Movements of three alcid species breeding sympatrically in Saint Pierre and Miquelon, northwestern Atlantic Ocean. Journal für Ornithologie. 161(2). 359–371. 13 indexed citations

Hébert, Christian, et al.. (2018). Temporal dynamics in animal community assembly during post-logging succession in boreal forest. PLoS ONE. 13(9). e0204445–e0204445. 15 indexed citations

Patrick, Samantha C., David Pinaud, & Henri Weimerskirch. (2017). Boldness predicts an individual's position along an exploration–exploitation foraging trade‐off. Journal of Animal Ecology. 86(5). 1257–1268. 57 indexed citations

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Pinaud, David, et al.. (2017). Climatic influences on the breeding biology of the agile frog (Rana dalmatina). Die Naturwissenschaften. 105(1-2). 5–5. 6 indexed citations

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Lormée, Hervé, et al.. (2016). Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturmigration routes and wintering areas revealed using satellite telemetry. Bird Study. 63(3). 425–429. 24 indexed citations

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Chambault, Philippine, David Pinaud, Vincent Vantrepotte, et al.. (2015). Dispersal and Diving Adjustments of the Green Turtle Chelonia mydas in Response to Dynamic Environmental Conditions during Post-Nesting Migration. PLoS ONE. 10(9). e0137340–e0137340. 19 indexed citations

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Thiébot, Jean-Baptiste, Yves Cherel, Robert J. M. Crawford, et al.. (2013). A Space Oddity: Geographic and Specific Modulation of Migration in Eudyptes Penguins. PLoS ONE. 8(8). e71429–e71429. 19 indexed citations

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Poisbleau, Maud, et al.. (2009). Looking like mother makes mallard ducklings dominant over their siblings. Behavioural Processes. 83(1). 127–129. 1 indexed citations

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Weimerskirch, Henri, Matthieu Le Corre, David Pinaud, et al.. (2009). Relationship between reversed sexual dimorphism, breeding investment and foraging ecology in a pelagic seabird, the masked booby. Oecologia. 161(3). 637–649. 52 indexed citations

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Bailleul, Frédéric, David Pinaud, Mark A. Hindell, J.-B. Charrassin, & Christophe Guinet. (2008). Assessment of scale‐dependent foraging behaviour in southern elephant seals incorporating the vertical dimension: a development of the First Passage Time method. Journal of Animal Ecology. 77(5). 948–957. 76 indexed citations

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Weimerskirch, Henri, et al.. (2007). Does Prey Capture Induce Area‐Restricted Search? A Fine‐Scale Study Using GPS in a Marine Predator, the Wandering Albatross. The American Naturalist. 170(5). 734–743. 210 indexed citations

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Pinaud, David & Henri Weimerskirch. (2006). At‐sea distribution and scale‐dependent foraging behaviour of petrels and albatrosses: a comparative study. Journal of Animal Ecology. 76(1). 9–19. 1486 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pinaud, David & Henri Weimerskirch. (2005). Scale‐dependent habitat use in a long‐ranging central place predator. Journal of Animal Ecology. 74(5). 852–863. 152 indexed citations

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Chamaillé‐Jammes, Simon, David Pinaud, Henri Weimerskirch, & Francesco Bonadonna. (2003). MAGNETIC CUES: ARE THEY IMPORTANT IN BLACK-BROWED ALBATROSS DIOMEDEA MELANOPHRIS ORIENTATION?. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 2 indexed citations

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