Debra S. Finn

3.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
43 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Debra S. Finn is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecological Modeling. According to data from OpenAlex, Debra S. Finn has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Ecology, 27 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 12 papers in Ecological Modeling. Recurrent topics in Debra S. Finn's work include Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology (27 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (26 papers) and Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies (16 papers). Debra S. Finn is often cited by papers focused on Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology (27 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (26 papers) and Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies (16 papers). Debra S. Finn collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Ecuador. Debra S. Finn's co-authors include N. LeRoy Poff, Julian D. Olden, Jane Hughes, Boris C. Kondratieff, Nicole K. M. Vieira, Mark P. Simmons, David A. Lytle, Daniel J. Schmidt, Cesc Múrria and Núria Bonada‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬ and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Debra S. Finn

41 papers receiving 2.8k 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.

Functional trait niches of North American lotic insects: traits-based ecological applications in light of phylogenetic relationships

2006 687 citations N. LeRoy Poff, Julian D. Olden et al. profile →
The role of dispersal in river network metacommunities: Patterns, processes, and pathways

2017 295 citations Jonathan D. Tonkin, Florian Altermatt et al. Freshwater Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Debra S. Finn United States	22	2.3k	1.7k	499	401	241	43	2.9k
Wolfram Graf Austria	29	2.2k 1.0×	1.1k 0.7×	482 1.0×	564 1.4×	755 3.1×	167	2.7k
Olivier Beauchard Belgium	29	1.8k 0.8×	1.9k 1.2×	432 0.9×	205 0.5×	192 0.8×	54	3.0k
Lise Comte United States	24	1.5k 0.7×	1.5k 0.9×	907 1.8×	203 0.5×	325 1.3×	39	2.5k
Dénes Schmera Hungary	28	1.9k 0.8×	1.8k 1.1×	600 1.2×	175 0.4×	748 3.1×	108	3.1k
Hamish S. Greig United States	21	1.6k 0.7×	958 0.6×	539 1.1×	354 0.9×	552 2.3×	40	2.4k
Michelle C. Jackson United Kingdom	24	1.9k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	247 0.5×	153 0.4×	245 1.0×	55	2.7k
Daniel M. Perkins United Kingdom	17	1.2k 0.5×	918 0.6×	293 0.6×	87 0.2×	163 0.7×	35	1.8k
Stuart Halse Australia	26	1.6k 0.7×	782 0.5×	132 0.3×	160 0.4×	208 0.9×	85	2.2k
Tibor Erős Hungary	35	2.5k 1.1×	2.4k 1.4×	338 0.7×	121 0.3×	182 0.8×	134	3.5k
Nathaniel P. Hitt United States	24	1.2k 0.5×	1.5k 0.9×	172 0.3×	302 0.8×	54 0.2×	64	2.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Debra S. Finn

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Hotaling, Scott, et al.. (2024). Hydrology and trophic flexibility structure alpine stream food webs in the Teton Range, Wyoming, USA. Ecosphere. 15(10). 2 indexed citations

Finn, Debra S., et al.. (2023). Odonata as Indicators? Dragonflies and Damselflies Respond to Riparian Conditions along Ozark Spring Streams. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). 260–276. 4 indexed citations

Lancaster, Jill, et al.. (2023). Connected headwaters: Indelible field evidence of dispersal by a diverse caddisfly assemblage up stream valleys to dry catchment boundaries. Freshwater Biology. 69(1). 1–14. 5 indexed citations

LeRoy, Carri J., et al.. (2023). Canopy development influences early successional stream ecosystem function but not biotic assemblages. Aquatic Sciences. 85(3). 1 indexed citations

Tronstad, Lusha M., J. Joseph Giersch, Alisha A. Shah, et al.. (2022). Stoneflies in the genus Lednia (Plecoptera: Nemouridae): sentinels of climate change impacts on mountain stream biodiversity. Biodiversity and Conservation. 31(2). 353–377. 8 indexed citations

Brighenti, Stefano, Scott Hotaling, Debra S. Finn, et al.. (2021). Rock glaciers and related cold rocky landforms: Overlooked climate refugia for mountain biodiversity. Global Change Biology. 27(8). 1504–1517. 74 indexed citations

Hotaling, Scott, Alisha A. Shah, Michael E. Dillon, et al.. (2021). Cold Tolerance of Mountain Stoneflies (Plecoptera: Nemouridae) from the High Rocky Mountains. Western North American Naturalist. 81(1). 8 indexed citations

Hotaling, Scott, Alisha A. Shah, Lusha M. Tronstad, et al.. (2020). Mountain stoneflies may tolerate warming streams: Evidence from organismal physiology and gene expression. Global Change Biology. 26(10). 5524–5538. 19 indexed citations

Williams, Jeffrey J., et al.. (2020). A low-water crossing impacts Northern Hog Sucker Hypentelium nigricans movement in an Ozark stream. Journal of Freshwater Ecology. 35(1). 157–171. 2 indexed citations

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Finn, Debra S., et al.. (2019). Hyporheic secondary production and life history of a common Ozark stonefly. Hydrobiologia. 847(2). 443–456. 12 indexed citations

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Tonkin, Jonathan D., Florian Altermatt, Debra S. Finn, et al.. (2017). The role of dispersal in river network metacommunities: Patterns, processes, and pathways. Freshwater Biology. 63(1). 141–163. 295 indexed citations breakdown →

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Crook, David A., Winsor H. Lowe, Tibor Erős, et al.. (2015). Human effects on ecological connectivity in aquatic ecosystems: Integrating scientific approaches to support management and mitigation. The Science of The Total Environment. 534. 52–64. 147 indexed citations

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Tullos, Desirèe, et al.. (2014). Geomorphic and Ecological Disturbance and Recovery from Two Small Dams and Their Removal. PLoS ONE. 9(9). e108091–e108091. 55 indexed citations

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Daly‐Engel, Toby S., et al.. (2012). 17 novel polymorphic microsatellite markers for the giant water bug, Abedus herberti (Belostomatidae). Conservation Genetics Resources. 4(4). 979–981. 3 indexed citations

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Finn, Debra S., Michael T. Bogan, & David A. Lytle. (2009). Demographic Stability Metrics for Conservation Prioritization of Isolated Populations. Conservation Biology. 23(5). 1185–1194. 20 indexed citations

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Finn, Debra S., Michael S. Blouin, & David A. Lytle. (2007). Population genetic structure reveals terrestrial affinities for a headwater stream insect. Freshwater Biology. 52(10). 1881–1897. 92 indexed citations

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Finn, Debra S. & Peter H. Adler. (2006). Population genetic structure of a rare high‐elevation black fly,Metacnephia coloradensis, occupying Colorado lake outlet streams. Freshwater Biology. 51(12). 2240–2251. 50 indexed citations

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Finn, Debra S., David M. Theobald, William C. Black, & N. LeRoy Poff. (2006). Spatial population genetic structure and limited dispersal in a Rocky Mountain alpine stream insect. Molecular Ecology. 15(12). 3553–3566. 120 indexed citations

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Finn, Debra S. & N. LeRoy Poff. (2005). Variability and convergence in benthic communities along the longitudinal gradients of four physically similar Rocky Mountain streams. Freshwater Biology. 50(2). 243–261. 127 indexed citations

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Cook, Rosamonde R., et al.. (2004). Geographic variation in patterns of nestedness among local stream fish assemblages in Virginia. Oecologia. 140(4). 639–649. 38 indexed citations

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