Eric Vander Wal

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
95 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Eric Vander Wal is a scholar working on Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Eric Vander Wal has authored 95 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Ecology, 33 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 23 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Eric Vander Wal's work include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (70 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (27 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (21 papers). Eric Vander Wal is often cited by papers focused on Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (70 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (27 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (21 papers). Eric Vander Wal collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and France. Eric Vander Wal's co-authors include Quinn M. R. Webber, Philip D. McLoughlin, Ryan K. Brook, Michel P. Laforge, Floris M. van Beest, Fanie Pelletier, Adrienne L. Contasti, Arthur Rodgers, Marco Festa‐Bianchet and Maegwin Bonar and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Eric Vander Wal

90 papers receiving 2.1k 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.

Behavioural ecology at the spatial–social interface

2023 65 citations Quinn M. R. Webber, Eric Vander Wal et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Eric Vander Wal Canada	29	1.6k	641	394	332	330	95	2.2k
Jerod A. Merkle United States	27	2.1k 1.3×	419 0.7×	401 1.0×	289 0.9×	205 0.6×	79	2.5k
Fredrik Dalerum South Africa	26	1.8k 1.1×	475 0.7×	375 1.0×	320 1.0×	295 0.9×	93	2.3k
Dirk H. Van Vuren United States	25	1.8k 1.1×	656 1.0×	528 1.3×	446 1.3×	192 0.6×	85	2.3k
Arthur D. Middleton United States	25	2.2k 1.4×	425 0.7×	457 1.2×	282 0.8×	130 0.4×	54	2.6k
Robert A. Gitzen United States	16	2.1k 1.3×	401 0.6×	579 1.5×	268 0.8×	148 0.4×	61	2.4k
A. J. Mark Hewison France	30	2.1k 1.3×	624 1.0×	535 1.4×	522 1.6×	127 0.4×	59	2.6k
Kevin L. Monteith United States	29	2.6k 1.6×	425 0.7×	435 1.1×	471 1.4×	124 0.4×	110	3.0k
Joseph M. Northrup Canada	23	2.2k 1.3×	304 0.5×	470 1.2×	258 0.8×	178 0.5×	57	2.6k
J. Grant C. Hopcraft United Kingdom	24	2.3k 1.4×	399 0.6×	740 1.9×	290 0.9×	269 0.8×	57	3.0k
Nova J. Silvy United States	30	2.4k 1.5×	425 0.7×	492 1.2×	521 1.6×	176 0.5×	197	3.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Eric Vander Wal

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Eric Vander Wal

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Avgar, Tal, et al.. (2025). One size does not fit all: A novel approach for determining the Realised Viewshed Size for remote camera traps. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 16(4). 786–800. 2 indexed citations

Leroux, Shawn, et al.. (2025). Zoogeochemical niche construction: how animal-mediated biogeochemistry affects evolution. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 40(10). 995–1009.

Prokopenko, Christina M., et al.. (2025). Movement‐integrated habitat selection reveals wolves balance ease of travel with human avoidance in a risk–reward trade‐off. Journal of Applied Ecology. 62(5). 1091–1103. 1 indexed citations

Mastromonaco, Gabriela F., et al.. (2024). Associations between glucocorticoids and habitat selection reflect daily and seasonal energy requirements. Movement Ecology. 12(1). 30–30. 1 indexed citations

Webber, Quinn M. R., et al.. (2024). Effects of the social environment on movement-integrated habitat selection. Movement Ecology. 12(1). 61–61. 2 indexed citations

Webber, Quinn M. R., et al.. (2023). Environmental, social and morphological drivers of fission–fusion dynamics in a social ungulate. Animal Behaviour. 207. 267–276. 4 indexed citations

Webber, Quinn M. R., et al.. (2023). Uncertainty during migration: the role of predictable resources in unpredictable conditions in determining movement in Woodland Caribou (Rangifer tarandus). Journal of Mammalogy. 104(6). 1290–1301. 2 indexed citations

Peers, Michael J. L., Eric Vander Wal, Yasmine N. Majchrzak, et al.. (2022). Coat color mismatch improves survival of a keystone boreal herbivore: Energetic advantages exceed lost camouflage. Ecology. 104(2). e3882–e3882. 5 indexed citations

Michaud, Robert, et al.. (2021). Prospective evolutionary drivers of allocare in wild belugas. Behaviour. 158(8-9). 727–756. 6 indexed citations

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Northrup, Joseph M., Eric Vander Wal, Maegwin Bonar, et al.. (2021). Conceptual and methodological advances in habitat‐selection modeling: guidelines for ecology and evolution. Ecological Applications. 32(1). e02470–e02470. 116 indexed citations

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Strønen, Astrid Vik, Anita J. Norman, Eric Vander Wal, & Paul C. Paquet. (2021). The relevance of genetic structure in ecotype designation and conservation management. Evolutionary Applications. 15(2). 185–202. 21 indexed citations

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Leroux, Shawn, et al.. (2021). Integrating plant stoichiometry and feeding experiments: state-dependent forage choice and its implications on body mass. Oecologia. 198(3). 579–591. 7 indexed citations

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Leroux, Shawn, et al.. (2020). Temporal variation and its drivers in the elemental traits of four boreal plant species. Journal of Plant Ecology. 14(3). 398–413. 5 indexed citations

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Webber, Quinn M. R., et al.. (2019). Conducting social network analysis with animal telemetry data: Applications and methods using spatsoc. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 10(8). 1203–1211. 62 indexed citations

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Bonar, Maegwin, E. Hance Ellington, Keith P. Lewis, & Eric Vander Wal. (2018). Implementing a novel movement-based approach to inferring parturition and neonate caribou calf survival. PLoS ONE. 13(2). e0192204–e0192204. 27 indexed citations

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Webber, Quinn M. R., et al.. (2018). Consistent individual differences and population plasticity in network-derived sociality: An experimental manipulation of density in a gregarious ungulate. PLoS ONE. 13(3). e0193425–e0193425. 13 indexed citations

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Beest, Floris M. van, Philip D. McLoughlin, Eric Vander Wal, & Ryan K. Brook. (2014). Density-dependent habitat selection and partitioning between two sympatric ungulates. Oecologia. 175(4). 1155–1165. 50 indexed citations

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Beest, Floris M. van, Antonio Uzal, Eric Vander Wal, et al.. (2013). Increasing density leads to generalization in both coarse‐grained habitat selection and fine‐grained resource selection in a large mammal. Journal of Animal Ecology. 83(1). 147–156. 78 indexed citations

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Wal, Eric Vander, Floris M. van Beest, & Ryan K. Brook. (2013). Density-Dependent Effects on Group Size Are Sex-Specific in a Gregarious Ungulate. PLoS ONE. 8(1). e53777–e53777. 41 indexed citations

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Beest, Floris M. van, Eric Vander Wal, Astrid Vik Strønen, Paul C. Paquet, & Ryan K. Brook. (2013). Temporal variation in site fidelity: scale-dependent effects of forage abundance and predation risk in a non-migratory large herbivore. Oecologia. 173(2). 409–420. 41 indexed citations

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