Ellen O. Aikens

2.5k total citations
25 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Ellen O. Aikens is a scholar working on Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Small Animals. According to data from OpenAlex, Ellen O. Aikens has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Ecology, 5 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 4 papers in Small Animals. Recurrent topics in Ellen O. Aikens's work include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (17 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (5 papers) and Ecology and biodiversity studies (4 papers). Ellen O. Aikens is often cited by papers focused on Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (17 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (5 papers) and Ecology and biodiversity studies (4 papers). Ellen O. Aikens collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Ellen O. Aikens's co-authors include Matthew J. Kauffman, Jerod A. Merkle, Kevin L. Monteith, Samantha P. H. Dwinnell, Briana Abrahms, Gary L. Fralick, Hall Sawyer, Arthur D. Middleton, Jacob R. Goheen and Brendan Oates and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Ellen O. Aikens

25 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ellen O. Aikens United States 14 1.1k 282 260 233 182 25 1.4k
Johannes Signer Germany 16 1.0k 0.9× 269 1.0× 255 1.0× 217 0.9× 152 0.8× 41 1.2k
Barry A. Nickel United States 14 987 0.9× 405 1.4× 239 0.9× 165 0.7× 219 1.2× 20 1.4k
Dean P. Anderson New Zealand 19 1.0k 0.9× 227 0.8× 357 1.4× 207 0.9× 203 1.1× 68 1.4k
Manuela Panzacchi Norway 23 1.4k 1.2× 155 0.5× 363 1.4× 275 1.2× 214 1.2× 46 1.6k
Sarah M. Karpanty United States 22 1.3k 1.2× 285 1.0× 264 1.0× 236 1.0× 280 1.5× 93 1.6k
Martin Šálek Czechia 23 1.2k 1.1× 362 1.3× 461 1.8× 256 1.1× 191 1.0× 72 1.6k
Brian D. Gerber United States 22 1.3k 1.2× 278 1.0× 305 1.2× 425 1.8× 306 1.7× 70 1.6k
George A. Gale Thailand 23 1.3k 1.1× 347 1.2× 409 1.6× 398 1.7× 274 1.5× 120 1.6k
Justin P. Suraci United States 18 1.3k 1.2× 349 1.2× 204 0.8× 212 0.9× 178 1.0× 42 1.7k
Scott LaPoint Germany 15 1.1k 1.0× 219 0.8× 212 0.8× 279 1.2× 275 1.5× 21 1.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ellen O. Aikens

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Aikens, Ellen O., Jerod A. Merkle, Wenjing Xu, & Hall Sawyer. (2025). Pronghorn movements and mortality during extreme weather highlight the critical importance of connectivity. Current Biology. 35(8). 1927–1934.e2. 1 indexed citations
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Brand, Jack A., Tal Avgar, Michael G. Bertram, et al.. (2025). A call for increased integration of experimental approaches in movement ecology. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 100(5). 1813–1828. 1 indexed citations
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Fattebert, Julien, Ellen O. Aikens, Scott Bergen, et al.. (2024). Estimating ungulate migration corridors from sparse movement data. Ecosphere. 15(9). 1 indexed citations
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Aikens, Ellen O., et al.. (2024). Origin stories: how does learned migratory behaviour arise in populations?. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 100(2). 996–1014. 2 indexed citations
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Aikens, Ellen O., et al.. (2024). Challenging conventional views on the elevational limits of pronghorn habitat. Ecology. 105(11). e4422–e4422. 1 indexed citations
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Aikens, Ellen O., Elham Nourani, Wolfgang Fiedler, Martin Wikelski, & Andrea Flack. (2024). Learning shapes the development of migratory behavior. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(12). e2306389121–e2306389121. 23 indexed citations
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Ortega, Anna C., Ellen O. Aikens, Jerod A. Merkle, Kevin L. Monteith, & Matthew J. Kauffman. (2023). Migrating mule deer compensate en route for phenological mismatches. Nature Communications. 14(1). 2008–2008. 12 indexed citations
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Flack, Andrea, Ellen O. Aikens, Andrea Kölzsch, et al.. (2022). New frontiers in bird migration research. Current Biology. 32(20). R1187–R1199. 55 indexed citations
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Aikens, Ellen O., et al.. (2022). Industrial energy development decouples ungulate migration from the green wave. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 6(11). 1733–1741. 10 indexed citations
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Aikens, Ellen O., et al.. (2022). Viewing animal migration through a social lens. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 37(11). 985–996. 50 indexed citations
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Aikens, Ellen O., Samantha P. H. Dwinnell, Tayler N. LaSharr, et al.. (2021). Migration distance and maternal resource allocation determine timing of birth in a large herbivore. Ecology. 102(6). e03334–e03334. 23 indexed citations
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Morrison, Thomas A., Jerod A. Merkle, J. Grant C. Hopcraft, et al.. (2021). Drivers of site fidelity in ungulates. Journal of Animal Ecology. 90(4). 955–966. 60 indexed citations
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Kauffman, Matthew J., Ellen O. Aikens, Petra Kaczensky, et al.. (2021). Causes, Consequences, and Conservation of Ungulate Migration. Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics. 52(1). 453–478. 59 indexed citations
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Ortega, Anna C., Samantha P. H. Dwinnell, Tayler N. LaSharr, et al.. (2020). Effectiveness of Partial Sedation to Reduce Stress in Captured Mule Deer. Journal of Wildlife Management. 84(8). 1445–1456. 9 indexed citations
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Abrahms, Briana, Ellen O. Aikens, Jonathan B. Armstrong, et al.. (2020). Emerging Perspectives on Resource Tracking and Animal Movement Ecology. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 36(4). 308–320. 144 indexed citations
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Aikens, Ellen O., Kevin L. Monteith, Jerod A. Merkle, et al.. (2020). Drought reshuffles plant phenology and reduces the foraging benefit of green‐wave surfing for a migratory ungulate. Global Change Biology. 26(8). 4215–4225. 43 indexed citations
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Aikens, Ellen O., et al.. (2019). Accuracy of de novo assembly of DNA sequences from double‐digest libraries varies substantially among software. Molecular Ecology Resources. 20(2). 360–370. 12 indexed citations
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Abrahms, Briana, Elliott L. Hazen, Ellen O. Aikens, et al.. (2019). Memory and resource tracking drive blue whale migrations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(12). 5582–5587. 182 indexed citations
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Jenks, Kate E., Ellen O. Aikens, Nucharin Songsasen, et al.. (2015). Comparative movement analysis for a sympatric dhole and golden jackal in a human-dominated landscape. ˜The œRaffles bulletin of zoology. 63. 546–554. 10 indexed citations

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