Heather Bird Jackson

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Heather Bird Jackson is a scholar working on Insect Science, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Heather Bird Jackson has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Insect Science, 10 papers in Ecology and 10 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Heather Bird Jackson's work include Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (8 papers), Economic and Environmental Valuation (7 papers) and Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (7 papers). Heather Bird Jackson is often cited by papers focused on Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (8 papers), Economic and Environmental Valuation (7 papers) and Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (7 papers). Heather Bird Jackson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Australia. Heather Bird Jackson's co-authors include Lenore Fahrig, Nathan D. Jackson, Amanda E. Martin, Paul Miguet, R. D. Eikenbary, James T. Cronin, Paul R. Armsworth, C. E. Rogers, Emily Wood and Kristen A. Baum and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Oecologia and Biological Conservation.

In The Last Decade

Heather Bird Jackson

26 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

Are ecologists conducting research at the optimal scale?

2014 472 citations Heather Bird Jackson, Lenore Fahrig Global Ecology and Biogeography profile →

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Chase D. Mendenhall United States

A. S. van Jaarsveld South Africa

M. Isabel Bellocq Argentina

Darren J. Bender Canada

Theresa M. Nogeire United States

Oskar Kindvall Sweden

Thomas Evans United Kingdom

Thomas A. Contreras United States

Roger William Hutchings Brazil

Cristián F. Estades Chile

Chase D. Mendenhall United States

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692 ×1.2

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581 ×1.4

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494 ×1.2

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402 ×1.4

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Countries citing papers authored by Heather Bird Jackson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Heather Bird Jackson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heather Bird Jackson

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20 of 20 papers shown

Armsworth, Paul R., Bistra Dilkina, Heather Bird Jackson, Kailin Kroetz, & Charles Sims. (2025). Multilevel Decision‐Making and Protected Area Prioritization. Natural Resource Modeling. 38(3).

Kroetz, Kailin, Hanna L. Breetz, Alexandra Thompson, et al.. (2023). Partnerships between organizations that manage protected land in California are associated with groups with environmentally oriented missions. Conservation Science and Practice. 5(8). 2 indexed citations

Jackson, Heather Bird, Kailin Kroetz, James N. Sanchirico, Alexandra Thompson, & Paul R. Armsworth. (2021). Protected area, easement, and rental contract data reveal five communities of land protection in the United States. Ecological Applications. 31(5). e02322–e02322. 7 indexed citations

Jackson, Heather Bird, Kailin Kroetz, James N. Sanchirico, Alexandra Thompson, & Paul R. Armsworth. (2021). Protected Area, Easement, and Rental Contract Data Reveal Five Communities of Land Protection in the United States. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America. 102(3). 1 indexed citations

Armsworth, Paul R., et al.. (2020). Allocating resources for land protection using continuous optimization: biodiversity conservation in the United States. Ecological Applications. 30(6). e02118–e02118. 23 indexed citations

Armsworth, Paul R., Heather Bird Jackson, Melissa Clark, et al.. (2018). Is conservation right to go big? Protected area size and conservation return-on-investment. Biological Conservation. 225. 229–236. 34 indexed citations

Armsworth, Paul R., Heather Bird Jackson, Melissa Clark, et al.. (2017). Factoring economic costs into conservation planning may not improve agreement over priorities for protection. Nature Communications. 8(1). 2253–2253. 27 indexed citations

Jackson, Heather Bird & Lenore Fahrig. (2014). Are ecologists conducting research at the optimal scale?. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 24(1). 52–63. 472 indexed citations breakdown →

Jackson, Heather Bird, et al.. (2013). Mechanisms driving the density–area relationship in a saproxylic beetle. Oecologia. 173(4). 1237–1247. 8 indexed citations

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Jackson, Heather Bird, Kristen A. Baum, & James T. Cronin. (2012). From logs to landscapes: determining the scale of ecological processes affecting the incidence of a saproxylic beetle. Ecological Entomology. 37(3). 233–243. 8 indexed citations

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Jackson, Heather Bird, et al.. (2009). Habitat-Specific Movement and Edge-Mediated Behavior of the Saproxylic InsectOdontotaenius disjunctus(Coleoptera: Passalidae). Environmental Entomology. 38(5). 1411–1422. 22 indexed citations

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Haynes, Kyle J., et al.. (2006). Landscape context outweighs local habitat quality in its effects on herbivore dispersal and distribution. Oecologia. 151(3). 431–441. 46 indexed citations

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Jackson, Heather Bird, et al.. (2005). Lichen flora of the eastern Mojave Desert: Blackrock Arizona, Mojave County, Arizona, USA. Evansia. 22(1). 30–38. 6 indexed citations

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Jackson, Heather Bird, C. E. Rogers, R. D. Eikenbary, K. J. Starks, & R. W. McNew. (1974). Biology ofEphedrus plagiator1on Different Aphid Hosts and at Various Temperatures2. Environmental Entomology. 3(4). 618–620. 9 indexed citations

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Rogers, C. E., Heather Bird Jackson, R. D. Eikenbary, & K. J. Starks. (1972). Host-Parasitoid Interaction of Aphis helianthi1 on Sunflowers with Introduced Aphelinus asychis2, Ephedrus plagiator3 and Praon gallicum3 and Native Aphelinus nigritus2 and Lysiphlebus testaceipes3,4. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 65(1). 38–41. 8 indexed citations

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Rogers, C. E., et al.. (1972). Biology and Life History of Propylea 14-punctata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), an Exotic Predator of Aphids1,2. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 65(3). 648–650. 5 indexed citations

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Rogers, C. E., Heather Bird Jackson, & R. D. Eikenbary. (1972). Voracity and Survival of Propylea 14-punctata Preying upon Green bugs123. Journal of Economic Entomology. 65(5). 1313–1316.

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Jackson, Heather Bird, C. E. Rogers, & R. D. Eikenbary. (1971). Colonization and Release of Aphelinus asychis an Imported Parasite of the Green bug123. Journal of Economic Entomology. 64(6). 1435–1438. 9 indexed citations

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Jackson, Heather Bird & R. D. Eikenbary. (1971). Bionomics of Aphelinus asychis (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) an Introduced Parasite of the Sorghum Greenbug1,2. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 64(1). 81–85. 19 indexed citations

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Jackson, Heather Bird, et al.. (1970). Parasites Reared from the Greenbug and Corn Leaf Aphid in Oklahoma in 1968 and 196912. Journal of Economic Entomology. 63(3). 733–736. 33 indexed citations

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