Frances C. James

8.1k citations

75 papers · 6.3k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 31

Impact in

Ecological Modeling top 0.5%
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
Nature and Landscape Conservation top 0.5%
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies

Papers in

Ecological Modeling 15
- Species Distribution and Climate Change 15
Ecology 45
- Avian ecology and behavior 22
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation 15
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies 8
- Rangeland and Wildlife Management 7

Co-authors: Charles E. McCulloch James E. Mosimann Stephen L. Rathbun David A. Wiedenfeld G. J. M. Hirons C. M. Perrins Jean‐Dominique Lebreton Warren P. Porter
Journals: The Auk (13 papers)Ecological Applications (5 papers)Ecology (5 papers)BioScience (3 papers)Science (3 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Frances C. James

73 papers receiving 5.4k citations

Hit Papers

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Multivariate Analysis in Ecology and Systematics: Panacea or Pandora's Box? 1990 · 887 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

1990 Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics
1984 The Auk
1970 A quantitative method of habitat description
1970 Ecology

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1	Spatial working memory in immersive virtual reality foraging: Path organization, traveling distance and search efficiency in humans (Homo sapiens) American Journal of Primatology ·Carlo De Lillo, Melissa Kirby, Frances C. James	2013	13
2	Spatial working memory for clustered and linear configurations of sites in a virtual reality foraging task Cognitive Processing ·Carlo De Lillo, Frances C. James	2012	14
3	Quantifying Purported Competition with Individual‐ and Population‐Level Metrics Conservation Biology ·Eric L. Walters, Frances C. James	2010	1
4	Cladistics and the Origin of Birds: A Review and Two New Analyses Ornithological Monographs ·Frances C. James, John A. Pourtless	2009	20
5	A Review of the Population Estimation Approach of the North American Landbird Conservation Plan The Auk ·Wayne E. Thogmartin, Franklyn A. Howe, Frances C. James, Douglas H. Johnson, Eric T. Reed, John R. Sauer, Frank R. Thompson	2006	18
6	A REVIEW OF THE POPULATION ESTIMATION APPROACH OF THE NORTH AMERICAN LANDBIRD CONSERVATION PLAN The Auk ·Wayne E. Thogmartin, Franklyn A. Howe, Frances C. James, Douglas H. Johnson, Eric T. Reed, John R. Sauer, Frank R. Thompson	2006	57
7	Geographic Variation in Size and Shape of Savannah Sparrows (Passerculus sandwichensis). The Auk ·Frances C. James, Jason G. Mezey	2004	25
8	Hatcheries and Endangered Salmon Science ·Ransom A. Myers, Simon A. Levin, Russell Lande, Frances C. James, William W. Murdoch, Robert T. Paine	2004	63
9	Evolution, Ecology, Conservation, and Management of Hawaiian Birds: A Vanishing Avifauna M. Scott S. Conant C. van Riper, III The Auk ·Frances C. James	2002	10
10	Lessons Learned from a Study of Habitat Conservation Planning BioScience ·Frances C. James	1999	9
11	SPECIES-CENTERED ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS: INDIRECT EFFECTS OF FIRE HISTORY ON RED-COCKADED WOODPECKERS Ecological Applications ·Frances C. James, Charles A. Hess, Dubravka Kufrin	1997	100
12	The Strength of Inferences About Causes of Trends in Bird Populations eCommons (Cornell University) ·Frances C. James, Charles E. McCulloch	1994	14
13	Analysis of Population Trends in Warblers Using Two Nonlinear Methods eCommons (Cornell University) ·Frances C. James, David A. Wiedenfeld, Charles E. McCulloch	1993	0
14	ECOGEOGRAPHIC VARIATION IN THE AMERICAN ROBIN (TURDUS MIGRATORIUS) John W. Aldrich, Frances C. James	1991	56
15	An evaluation of methods used in the breeding bird census Digital Commons - University of South Florida (University of South Florida) ·R. Todd Engstrom, Frances C. James	1984	5
16	Relationships between Temperate Forest Bird Communities and Vegetation Structure Ecology ·Frances C. James, Noel O. Wamer	1982	293
17	Rarefaction, Relative Abundance, and Diversity of Avian Communities Frances C. James, Stephen L. Rathbun	1981	231
18	A Symposium on Ecosystematics Taxon ·Robert T. Allen, Frances C. James	1973	2
19	A Symposium on Ecosystematics Journal of Animal Ecology ·G. S. Oxford, Robert T. Allen, Frances C. James	1973	4
20	A quantitative method of habitat description Frances C. James Hit paper breakdown →	1970	645

About Frances C. James

Frances C. James is a scholar working on Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change and Geometry and Topology, having authored 75 papers that have together received 6.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Avian ecology and behavior (22 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (16 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (15 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (15 papers), Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (8 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (7 papers), Rangeland and Wildlife Management (7 papers) and Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ecological Modeling (1.1k citations), Nature and Landscape Conservation (2.4k citations), Ecology (3.8k citations), Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (1.8k citations) and Developmental Biology (158 citations). Frances C. James has collaborated with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Charles E. McCulloch, James E. Mosimann, Stephen L. Rathbun, David A. Wiedenfeld, G. J. M. Hirons, C. M. Perrins, Jean‐Dominique Lebreton, Warren P. Porter, Daphne G. Fautin and John C. Avise. Their work appears in journals such as The Auk, Ecological Applications, Ecology, BioScience and Science.

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