Dylan Z. Childs

6.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
93 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Dylan Z. Childs is a scholar working on Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Dylan Z. Childs has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Ecology, 37 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 29 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Dylan Z. Childs's work include Plant and animal studies (27 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (27 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (21 papers). Dylan Z. Childs is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (27 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (27 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (21 papers). Dylan Z. Childs collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Dylan Z. Childs's co-authors include Mark Rees, Stephen P. Ellner, Tim Coulson, C. Jessica E. Metcalf, Shripad Tuljapurkar, Arpat Özgül, Kenneth B. Armitage, Daniel T. Blumstein, Madan K. Oli and Robert P. Freckleton and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Dylan Z. Childs

89 papers receiving 3.6k citations

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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.

Coupled dynamics of body mass and population growth in response to environmental change

2010 493 citations Arpat Özgül, Dylan Z. Childs et al. profile →
Revealing uncertainty in the status of biodiversity change

2024 36 citations Andrew P. Beckerman, Dylan Z. Childs et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Global genomic diversity of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in bronchiectasis 2024 ·Journal of Infection ·(unknown), (unknown), Kathleen A. Cagney, M. J. Shepherd, Elizabeth Grimsey, Tiwei Fu, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Dylan Z. Childs, Joanne L. Fothergill, James D. Chalmers, Michael A. Brockhurst, Steve Paterson	3
2	Nest‐site selection and reproductive success of a critically endangered parrot, the Great Green Macaw (Ara ambiguus), in an anthropogenic landscape 2023 ·Ibis ·T.C. Lewis, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Ben J. Hatchwell, Andrew P. Beckerman, Dylan Z. Childs	1
3	Rpadrino: An R package to access and use PADRINO , an open access database of Integral Projection Models 2022 ·Methods in Ecology and Evolution ·Sam Levin, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Dylan Z. Childs, Aldo Compagnoni, Tiffany M. Knight, Roberto Salguero‐Gómez	8
4	Indigenous lands in protected areas have high forest integrity across the tropics 2022 ·Current Biology ·(unknown), Dylan Z. Childs, L. Román Carrasco, David P. Edwards	34
5	Dissecting weed adaptation: Fitness and trait correlations in herbicide‐resistant Alopecurus myosuroides 2022 ·Pest Management Science ·David Comont, Dana R. MacGregor, Laura Crook, Richard Hull, (unknown), Robert P. Freckleton, Dylan Z. Childs, Paul Neve	8
6	Experimental evidence that local interactions select against selfish behaviour 2021 ·Ecology Letters ·Mike Boots, Dylan Z. Childs, (unknown), Hannah J. Tidbury, Volker H. W. Rudolf	2
7	ipmr: Flexible implementation of Integral Projection Models in R 2021 ·Methods in Ecology and Evolution ·Sam Levin, Dylan Z. Childs, Aldo Compagnoni, (unknown), Tiffany M. Knight, Roberto Salguero‐Gómez	8
8	The myriad of complex demographic responses of terrestrial mammals to climate change and gaps of knowledge: A global analysis 2021 ·Journal of Animal Ecology ·Maria Paniw, (unknown), C. Ruth Archer, Gesa Römer, Sam Levin, Aldo Compagnoni, Judy Che‐Castaldo, Joanne M. Bennett, Andrew Mooney, Dylan Z. Childs, Arpat Özgül, Owen R. Jones, Jean H. Burns, Andrew P. Beckerman, (unknown), (unknown), Tiffany M. Knight, Roberto Salguero‐Gómez	41
9	Characterizing the environmental drivers of the abundance and distribution of Alopecurus myosuroides on a national scale 2021 ·Pest Management Science ·Helen L. Hicks, (unknown), Richard F. Pywell, Lucy Hulmes, Sarah Hulmes, Kevin J. Walker, Dylan Z. Childs, Robert P. Freckleton	6
10	Environmental change reduces body condition, but not population growth, in a high‐arctic herbivore 2020 ·Ecology Letters ·(unknown), Vidar Grøtan, Brage Bremset Hansen, Maarten J. J. E. Loonen, Eva Fuglei, Dylan Z. Childs	7
11	Demographic performance of European tree species at their hot and cold climatic edges 2020 ·Journal of Ecology ·Georges Künstler, (unknown), Sophia Ratcliffe, Nadja Rüger, Paloma Ruiz‐Benito, Dylan Z. Childs, Jonas Dahlgren, Aleksi Lehtonen, Wilfried Thuiller, Christian Wirth, Miguel Á. Zavala, Roberto Salguero‐Gómez	36
12	Evolution of generalist resistance to herbicide mixtures reveals a trade-off in resistance management 2020 ·Nature Communications ·David Comont, C. C. Lowe, Richard Hull, Laura Crook, Helen L. Hicks, Nawaporn Onkokesung, Roland Beffa, Dylan Z. Childs, Robert Edwards, Robert P. Freckleton, Paul Neve	87
13	Evolutionary epidemiology predicts the emergence of glyphosate resistance in a major agricultural weed 2019 ·New Phytologist ·David Comont, Helen L. Hicks, Laura Crook, Richard Hull, (unknown), Jarrod D. Hadfield, Dylan Z. Childs, Robert P. Freckleton, Paul Neve	37
14	Exploring population responses to environmental change when there is never enough data: a factor analytic approach 2018 ·Methods in Ecology and Evolution ·(unknown), Mark Rees, A. W. Sheppard, Pedro F. Quintana‐Ascencio, Eric S. Menges, Dylan Z. Childs	6
15	The factors driving evolved herbicide resistance at a national scale 2018 ·Nature Ecology & Evolution ·Helen L. Hicks, David Comont, Shaun Coutts, Laura Crook, Richard Hull, Ken Norris, Paul Neve, Dylan Z. Childs, Robert P. Freckleton	106
16	Evaluating the potential of Unmanned Aerial Systems for mapping weeds at field scales: a case study with Alopecurus myosuroides 2017 ·Weed Research ·(unknown), Helen L. Hicks, Dylan Z. Childs, Robert P. Freckleton	38
17	Data-driven Modelling of Structured Populations A Practical Guide to the Integral Projection Model 2016 ·CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) ·Stephen P. Ellner, Dylan Z. Childs, Mark Rees	48
18	The ecological forecast horizon, and examples of its uses and determinants 2015 ·Ecology Letters ·Owen L. Petchey, Mikael Pontarp, Thomas M. Massie, Sonia Kéfi, Arpat Özgül, M. Weilenmann, Gian Marco Palamara, Florian Altermatt, Blake Matthews, Jonathan M. Levine, Dylan Z. Childs, Brian J. McGill, Michael E. Schaepman, Bernhard Schmid, Piet Spaak, Andrew P. Beckerman, Frank Pennekamp, Ian S. Pearse	207
19	Parasitic plant litter input: a novel indirect mechanism influencing plant community structure 2013 ·New Phytologist ·James Fisher, Gareth K. Phoenix, Dylan Z. Childs, Malcolm C. Press, Stuart W. Smith, Michael Pilkington, Duncan D. Cameron	53
20	The interaction of seasonal forcing and immunity and the resonance dynamics of malaria 2009 ·Journal of The Royal Society Interface ·Dylan Z. Childs, Michael Boots	24

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