Ian MacGregor‐Fors

7.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
141 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Ian MacGregor‐Fors is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Ian MacGregor‐Fors has authored 141 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Ecology, 54 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 43 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Ian MacGregor‐Fors's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (47 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (41 papers) and Urban Green Space and Health (33 papers). Ian MacGregor‐Fors is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (47 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (41 papers) and Urban Green Space and Health (33 papers). Ian MacGregor‐Fors collaborates with scholars based in Mexico, Finland and United States. Ian MacGregor‐Fors's co-authors include Jorge E. Schondube, Rubén Ortega‐Álvarez, Mark E. Payton, Mark J. McDonnell, Diego Santiago‐Alarcón, Rubén Ortega‐Álvarez, Javier Quesada, Michelle García‐Arroyo, Ina Falfán and Morelia Camacho‐Cervantes and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Ian MacGregor‐Fors

130 papers receiving 3.6k 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.

Urban biodiversity: State of the science and future directions

2022 130 citations Christine C. Rega‐Brodsky, Myla F. J. Aronson et al. Urban Ecosystems profile →

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ian MacGregor‐Fors

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ian MacGregor‐Fors

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Contrasting patterns of land use by resident and migratory bird assemblages in a tropical working landscape 2025 ·Oikos ·(unknown), Michael A. Patten, Paula L. Enríquez, Adolfo G. Navarro‐Sigüenza, (unknown), Rodolfo Dirzo, Ian MacGregor‐Fors, Gretchen C. Daily	2
2	The importance of biome in shaping urban biodiversity 2025 ·Trends in Ecology & Evolution ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Kevin J. Gaston, Ian MacGregor‐Fors, Oded Berger‐Tal, Uri Roll	2
3	Chirping across continents: variation in urban house sparrow (Passer domesticus) vocalizations across North America and Europe 2025 ·Biological Invasions ·Fernando González‐García, Christine C. Rega‐Brodsky, Michelle García‐Arroyo, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Marcus Hedblom, Rúben Heleno, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Nancy E. McIntyre, Diego Pavón‐Jordán, (unknown), Ian MacGregor‐Fors	0
4	Urban gradient resolution matters! Avian diversity patterns in a boreal green city 2025 ·Urban Ecosystems ·Michelle García‐Arroyo, (unknown), (unknown), Heikki Setälä, Ian MacGregor‐Fors	0
5	Bird‐mediated ecosystem services and disservices in cities and towns 2025 ·Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment ·Liba Pejchar, Christine C. Rega‐Brodsky, Luis‐Bernardo Vázquez, Ian MacGregor‐Fors	1
6	Disentangling the complexity of plant-bird relationships: From monolayer to multilayer network perspectives 2024 ·Food Webs ·(unknown), Ian MacGregor‐Fors, (unknown), Roger Guevara, Rafael Villegas‐Patraca, Wesley Dáttilo	0
7	Unveiling urban ecological integrity: spatially explicit assessment in contrasting environments 2024 ·Urban Ecosystems ·Richard Lemoine-Rodríguez, Michelle García‐Arroyo, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Ian MacGregor‐Fors	5
8	Where economic parity meets ecology: Neither biodiversity nor ecosystem integrity values relate to wealth in the context of a medium-sized Finnish city 2023 ·AMBIO ·(unknown), Ian MacGregor‐Fors	3
9	House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) escape behavior is triggered faster in smaller settlements 2023 ·Scientific Reports ·Michelle García‐Arroyo, Ian MacGregor‐Fors, Javier Quesada, Antoni Borràs, (unknown), Juan Carlos Señar	5
10	Functional-group approach with scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae): a low-cost alternative for monitoring biodiversity in El Salvador 2022 ·Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N S ) ·(unknown), Cuauhtémoc Deloya, Ian MacGregor‐Fors, José Luís Navarrete-Heredia, Alejandro Espinosa de los Monteros	3
11	Urban biodiversity: State of the science and future directions breakdown → 2022 ·Urban Ecosystems ·Christine C. Rega‐Brodsky, Myla F. J. Aronson, Max R. Piana, (unknown), Amy K. Hahs, Adriana Herrera-Montes, Sonja Knapp, D. Johan Kotze, Christopher A. Lepczyk, Marco Moretti, Allyson B. Salisbury, Nicholas S. G. Williams, Kirsten Jung, Madhusudan Katti, Ian MacGregor‐Fors, J. Scott MacIvor, Frank A. La Sorte, (unknown), (unknown), Charles H. Nilon	130
12	Nota sobre la distribución de Philortyx fasciatus, una especie endémica de México 2022 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Ian MacGregor‐Fors	0
13	Neotropical bird communities in a human-modified landscape recently affected by two major hurricanes 2021 ·Avian Conservation and Ecology ·(unknown), Ian MacGregor‐Fors	5
14	Drivers of the structure of plant–hummingbird interaction networks at multiple temporal scales 2020 ·Oecologia ·(unknown), Jeferson Vizentin‐Bugoni, Diego P. Vázquez, Ian MacGregor‐Fors, Wesley Dáttilo, Raúl Ortiz‐Pulido	27
15	Cities and pandemics: urban areas are ground zero for the transmission of emerging human infectious diseases 2020 ·Journal of Urban Ecology ·Diego Santiago‐Alarcón, Ian MacGregor‐Fors	22
16	The phylogenetic and functional diversity of regional breeding bird assemblages is reduced and constricted through urbanization 2018 ·Diversity and Distributions ·Frank A. La Sorte, Christopher A. Lepczyk, Myla F. J. Aronson, Mark A. Goddard, Marcus Hedblom, Madhusudan Katti, Ian MacGregor‐Fors, Ulla Mörtberg, Charles H. Nilon, Paige S. Warren, Nicholas S. G. Williams, Jun Yang	108
17	New records and an annotated list of the avifauna of Xalapa city, Veracruz, Mexico 2016 ·ACTA ZOOLÓGICA MEXICANA (N S ) ·Fernando González‐García, (unknown), (unknown), Ian MacGregor‐Fors, (unknown)	1
18	Pretty, but dangerous! Records of non-native Monk Parakeets (Myiopsitta monachus) in Mexico 2011 ·Redalyc (Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México) ·Ian MacGregor‐Fors, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jorge E. Schondube	34
19	Avian community responses to the establishment of small garden allotments within a Mediterranean habitat mosaic 2010 ·Animal Biodiversity and Conservation ·Javier Quesada, Ian MacGregor‐Fors	4
20	Does size really matter? Species-area relationships in human settlements 2010 ·Diversity and Distributions ·Ian MacGregor‐Fors, (unknown), Jorge E. Schondube	40

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