David S. Pilliod

9.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
133 papers, 6.8k citations indexed

About

David S. Pilliod is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, David S. Pilliod has authored 133 papers receiving a total of 6.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 107 papers in Ecology, 80 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 59 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in David S. Pilliod's work include Rangeland and Wildlife Management (58 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (49 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (33 papers). David S. Pilliod is often cited by papers focused on Rangeland and Wildlife Management (58 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (49 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (33 papers). David S. Pilliod collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and France. David S. Pilliod's co-authors include Robert S. Arkle, Caren S. Goldberg, Lisette P. Waits, Justin L. Welty, Matthew B. Laramie, Katherine M. Strickler, Charles R. Peterson, Paul Stephen Corn, Melanie A. Murphy and Erin Muths and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Environmental Science & Technology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

David S. Pilliod

128 papers receiving 6.5k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories

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.

Critical considerations for the application of environmental DNA methods to detect aquatic species

2016 754 citations Melanie A. Murphy, David S. Pilliod et al. Methods in Ecology and Evolution profile →
Estimating occupancy and abundance of stream amphibians using environmental DNA from filtered water samples

2013 476 citations David S. Pilliod, Robert S. Arkle et al. profile →
Molecular Detection of Vertebrates in Stream Water: A Demonstration Using Rocky Mountain Tailed Frogs and Idaho Giant Salamanders

2011 437 citations David S. Pilliod, Robert S. Arkle et al. profile →
Factors influencing detection of eDNA from a stream‐dwelling amphibian

2013 391 citations David S. Pilliod, Robert S. Arkle et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David S. Pilliod United States	40	5.4k	2.7k	2.3k	2.2k	1.2k	133	6.8k
Winsor H. Lowe United States	37	4.2k 0.8×	1.5k 0.6×	1.4k 0.6×	2.7k 1.2×	871 0.7×	96	6.2k
Sébastien Brosse France	48	4.6k 0.8×	1.2k 0.4×	776 0.3×	5.3k 2.4×	1.1k 0.9×	142	7.7k
Nicholas E. Mandrak Canada	38	3.7k 0.7×	931 0.3×	1.0k 0.4×	4.1k 1.8×	570 0.5×	216	5.8k
Gaël Grenouillet France	42	4.1k 0.8×	1.4k 0.5×	362 0.2×	4.8k 2.2×	2.2k 1.8×	123	7.2k
Sergej Olenin Lithuania	40	3.9k 0.7×	3.3k 1.2×	623 0.3×	1.3k 0.6×	384 0.3×	91	6.5k
Simon Creer United Kingdom	40	5.8k 1.1×	891 0.3×	4.3k 1.9×	835 0.4×	678 0.6×	128	8.0k
Gordon H. Copp United Kingdom	49	5.1k 0.9×	1.8k 0.7×	756 0.3×	6.2k 2.8×	362 0.3×	221	8.3k
Wayne P. Sousa United States	33	5.6k 1.0×	2.6k 1.0×	372 0.2×	2.4k 1.1×	632 0.5×	37	8.5k
Benjamin H. Letcher United States	43	3.1k 0.6×	1.3k 0.5×	542 0.2×	3.9k 1.8×	483 0.4×	124	5.5k
Robert B. Waide United States	30	3.0k 0.6×	1.7k 0.6×	369 0.2×	3.0k 1.4×	1.1k 0.9×	55	6.1k

Countries citing papers authored by David S. Pilliod

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of David S. Pilliod's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by David S. Pilliod with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites David S. Pilliod more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by David S. Pilliod

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by David S. Pilliod. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by David S. Pilliod. The network helps show where David S. Pilliod may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of David S. Pilliod

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

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

Pilliod, David S., et al.. (2025). A systematic review and meta‐analysis of post‐fire seeding and herbicide treatment effectiveness for controlling exotic annual grasses in the sagebrush biome. Restoration Ecology. 33(8).

Meldrum, James R., et al.. (2025). Costs of Land Treatments on Public Lands in the Western United States. Rangeland Ecology & Management. 100. 99–110. 2 indexed citations

Kumar, Alexander V., David E. Naugle, Elissa M. Olimpi, et al.. (2024). Closing the Conservation Gap: Spatial Targeting and Coordination are Needed for Conservation to Keep Pace with Sagebrush Losses. Rangeland Ecology & Management. 97. 12–24. 11 indexed citations

Monroe, Adrian P., Justin L. Welty, Michael S. O’Donnell, et al.. (2024). Leveraging extensive soil, vegetation, fire, and land treatment data to inform restoration across the sagebrush biome. Landscape Ecology. 39(11). 2 indexed citations

Caughlin, T. Trevor, Jennyffer Cruz, David S. Pilliod, et al.. (2024). Propagating observation errors to enable scalable and rigorous enumeration of plant population abundance with aerial imagery. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 15(11). 2074–2086. 2 indexed citations

Cayuela, Hugo, Jean‐François Lemaître, Erin Muths, et al.. (2021). Thermal conditions predict intraspecific variation in senescence rate in frogs and toads. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(49). 19 indexed citations

Cayuela, Hugo, Yann Dorant, Brenna R. Forester, et al.. (2021). Genomic signatures of thermal adaptation are associated with clinal shifts of life history in a broadly distributed frog. Journal of Animal Ecology. 91(6). 1222–1238. 18 indexed citations

Grant, Gordon E., Susan Charnley, Jason B. Dunham, et al.. (2020). Great Expectations: Deconstructing the Process Pathways Underlying Beaver-Related Restoration. BioScience. 71(3). 249–267. 25 indexed citations

Carter, Sarah K., David S. Pilliod, Cameron L. Aldridge, et al.. (2020). Bridging the research-management gap: landscape science in practice on public lands in the western United States. Landscape Ecology. 35(3). 545–560. 33 indexed citations

10.

Pyke, David A., Robert K. Shriver, Robert S. Arkle, et al.. (2020). Postfire growth of seeded and planted big sagebrush—strategic designs for restoring greater sage‐grouse nesting habitat. Restoration Ecology. 28(6). 1495–1504. 27 indexed citations

11.

Katzner, Todd E., Jay D. Carlisle, Sharon A. Poessel, et al.. (2020). Illegal killing of nongame wildlife and recreational shooting in conservation areas. Conservation Science and Practice. 2(11). 9 indexed citations

12.

Ashrafzadeh, Mohammad Reza, et al.. (2019). Effects of climate change on habitat and connectivity for populations of a vulnerable, endemic salamander in Iran. Global Ecology and Conservation. 19. e00637–e00637. 63 indexed citations

13.

Pilliod, David S., et al.. (2018). Identification of bees in southwest Idaho—A guide for beginners. U.S. Geological Survey circular.

14.

Robertson, Jeanne M., Melanie A. Murphy, Christopher A. Pearl, et al.. (2018). Regional variation in drivers of connectivity for two frog species (Rana pretiosa and R. luteiventris) from the U.S. Pacific Northwest. Molecular Ecology. 27(16). 3242–3256. 20 indexed citations

15.

Pilliod, David S., Justin L. Welty, & Robert Stafford. (2013). Terrestrial movement patterns of western pond turtles (Actinemys marmorata) in central California. Herpetological conservation and biology. 8(1). 207–221. 9 indexed citations

16.

Finn, Sean P., Matthew L. Brooks, Alan L. Flint, et al.. (2010). Great Basin Integrated Landscape Monitoring Pilot Summary Report. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. 2 indexed citations

17.

Pyke, David A., et al.. (2009). A Chronosequence Feasibility Assessment of EmergencyFire Rehabilitation Records within the IntermountainWestern United States. Insecta mundi. 2 indexed citations

18.

Jain, Theresa B., William A. Gould, Russell T. Graham, et al.. (2008). A Soil Burn Severity Index for Understanding Soil-fire Relations in Tropical Forests. AMBIO. 37(7). 563–568. 24 indexed citations

19.

Karraker, Nancy E., David S. Pilliod, Michael J. Adams, et al.. (2006). TAXONOMIC VARIATION IN OVIPOSITION BY TAILED FROGS (ASCAPHUS SPP). Northwestern Naturalist. 87(2). 87–97. 16 indexed citations

20.

Pilliod, David S. & Charles R. Peterson. (2000). Evaluating effects of fish stocking on amphibian populations in wilderness lakes. PubMed Central. 15(5). 328–335. 7 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact