Desley A. Whisson

1.7k total citations
75 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Desley A. Whisson is a scholar working on Ecology, Ecological Modeling and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Desley A. Whisson has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Ecology, 20 papers in Ecological Modeling and 14 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Desley A. Whisson's work include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (50 papers), Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (22 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (20 papers). Desley A. Whisson is often cited by papers focused on Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (50 papers), Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (22 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (20 papers). Desley A. Whisson collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Ireland. Desley A. Whisson's co-authors include Michael A. Weston, Richard M. Engeman, Anthony R. Rendall, Kate M. Scow, Rebecca E. Drenovsky, Chuck Ingels, Alistair Melzer, Darcy J. Watchorn, Greg J. Holland and Benjamin D. Charlton and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Biological Conservation.

In The Last Decade

Desley A. Whisson

70 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Desley A. Whisson Australia 21 878 241 229 188 170 75 1.2k
Jesús T. García Spain 23 1.2k 1.3× 218 0.9× 305 1.3× 331 1.8× 544 3.2× 89 1.7k
Dean P. Anderson New Zealand 19 1.0k 1.2× 183 0.8× 207 0.9× 357 1.9× 227 1.3× 68 1.4k
Seth B. Magle United States 23 1.1k 1.3× 395 1.6× 264 1.2× 195 1.0× 249 1.5× 62 1.7k
Cristián Bonacic Chile 22 858 1.0× 318 1.3× 246 1.1× 266 1.4× 220 1.3× 87 1.3k
Thomas S. Jung Canada 21 1.2k 1.4× 190 0.8× 314 1.4× 173 0.9× 494 2.9× 144 1.5k
Iván Castro-Arellano United States 20 457 0.5× 137 0.6× 168 0.7× 134 0.7× 480 2.8× 52 1.2k
Brian L. Cypher United States 22 1.3k 1.5× 416 1.7× 195 0.9× 266 1.4× 293 1.7× 102 1.7k
Tharmalingam Ramesh South Africa 23 1.2k 1.4× 272 1.1× 331 1.4× 310 1.6× 225 1.3× 82 1.5k
Peter J. Pekins United States 19 854 1.0× 185 0.8× 191 0.8× 241 1.3× 366 2.2× 67 1.3k
Jader Marinho‐Filho Brazil 22 1.0k 1.2× 225 0.9× 326 1.4× 293 1.6× 515 3.0× 63 1.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Whisson, Desley A., et al.. (2025). Bellowing for habitat on private land: distribution of koalas in a complex landscape. Landscape Ecology. 40(10).
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Wittmer, Heiko U., et al.. (2024). A global assessment of large terrestrial carnivore kill rates. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 100(1). 327–350. 3 indexed citations
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Whisson, Desley A., et al.. (2023). Systematic acoustic surveys inform priority conservation areas for koalas in a modified landscape. Landscape Ecology. 38(5). 1279–1290. 3 indexed citations
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Whisson, Desley A., et al.. (2020). History of Australian plant and vertebrate pests: introductions and impacts. The Victorian naturalist. 137(6). 162–169. 2 indexed citations
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Whisson, Desley A., et al.. (2020). Developing guidelines for the use of traps to capture koalas. Australian Mammalogy. 42(3). 380–384. 2 indexed citations
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Whisson, Desley A., Kasun B. Ekanayake, Michael A. Weston, & Thomas A. Schlacher. (2018). Urban corvids on the move: habitat use and movement ecology of the Little Raven Corvus mellori at a peri-urban wetland. 42. 29–37. 1 indexed citations
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Rendall, Anthony R., et al.. (2018). Passive acoustic surveys for predicting species’ distributions: Optimising detection probability. PLoS ONE. 13(7). e0199396–e0199396. 33 indexed citations
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Shannon, Kelly, et al.. (2014). Sex bias in captured little ravens corvus mellori varies with entry aperture size in a modified Australian crow trap. Deakin Research Online (Deakin University). 38(1). 22–23. 2 indexed citations
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Whisson, Desley A., et al.. (2014). The influence of cover on nesting red-capped plovers: A trade-off between thermoregulation and predation risk?. The Victorian naturalist. 131(4). 115–127. 20 indexed citations
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Fleming, Peter J. S., Limin Hua, & Desley A. Whisson. (2013). Impacts and Management of Invasive Burrowing Herbivores in Grasslands. UKnowledge (University of Kentucky). 1600–1608. 2 indexed citations
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Whisson, Desley A., et al.. (2013). Activity Patterns of Free-Ranging Koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) Revealed by Accelerometry. PLoS ONE. 8(11). e80366–e80366. 30 indexed citations
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Charlton, Benjamin D., Desley A. Whisson, & David Reby. (2013). Free-Ranging Male Koalas Use Size-Related Variation in Formant Frequencies to Assess Rival Males. PLoS ONE. 8(7). e70279–e70279. 25 indexed citations
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Cristescu, Romane, et al.. (2012). Inbreeding and testicular abnormalities in a bottlenecked population of koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) (vol 36, pg 299, 2009). Wildlife Research. 39(4). 1 indexed citations
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Whisson, Desley A., et al.. (2005). Developing relative abundance techniques (RATs) for monitoring rodent populations. Wildlife Research. 32(3). 239–244. 45 indexed citations
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Gorenzel, W. Paul, Paul R. Kelly, & Desley A. Whisson. (2004). The Office of Spill Prevention and Response -- Applying bird hazing techniques in oil spill situations. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 21(21). 1 indexed citations
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Whisson, Desley A. & Terrell P. Salmon. (2002). Effect of diphacinone on blood coagulation in Spermophilus beecheyi as a basis for determining optimal timing of field bait applications. Pest Management Science. 58(7). 736–738. 5 indexed citations
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Whisson, Desley A. & John Y. Takekawa. (2000). Testing the effectiveness of an aquatic hazing device on waterbirds in the San Francisco Bay estuary of California. Waterbirds. 23(1). 56–63. 5 indexed citations
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Whisson, Desley A., et al.. (1996). The pocket gopher as a pest in Mexico. Insecta mundi. 17(17). 151–153.
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Whisson, Desley A., et al.. (1994). Activity patterns of the pocket gopher Pappogeomys merriami merriami in a Mexican rangeland. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 16(16). 87–91. 1 indexed citations

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