Joël Berger

17.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
144 papers, 9.6k citations indexed

About

Joël Berger is a scholar working on Ecology, Genetics and Small Animals. According to data from OpenAlex, Joël Berger has authored 144 papers receiving a total of 9.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 114 papers in Ecology, 29 papers in Genetics and 22 papers in Small Animals. Recurrent topics in Joël Berger's work include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (105 papers), Ecology and biodiversity studies (24 papers) and Rangeland and Wildlife Management (22 papers). Joël Berger is often cited by papers focused on Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (105 papers), Ecology and biodiversity studies (24 papers) and Rangeland and Wildlife Management (22 papers). Joël Berger collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Mongolia. Joël Berger's co-authors include James A. Estes, Jon P. Beckmann, Mark Hebblewhite, Robert L. Beschta, Oswald J. Schmitz, Mike Letnic, Michael Nelson, Aaron J. Wirsing, William J. Ripple and Arian D. Wallach and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Joël Berger

140 papers receiving 8.8k 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.

Status and Ecological Effects of the World’s Largest Carnivores

2014 2.6k citations William J. Ripple, James A. Estes et al. Science profile →
An inconvenient misconception: Climate change is not the principal driver of biodiversity loss

2022 119 citations Joël Berger et al. Conservation Letters profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Joël Berger	7.8k	1.8k	1.6k	1.5k	1.5k	144	9.6k
Graham I. H. Kerley	6.8k 0.9×	1.3k 0.7×	2.5k 1.5×	1.3k 0.8×	1.4k 0.9×	259	8.8k
Bogumiła Jędrzejewska	8.3k 1.1×	2.2k 1.2×	2.1k 1.3×	1.1k 0.8×	1.4k 1.0×	149	10.0k
Todd K. Fuller	6.9k 0.9×	1.5k 0.8×	1.5k 0.9×	1.1k 0.7×	1.3k 0.9×	177	8.1k
Christopher C. Wilmers	7.7k 1.0×	1.5k 0.8×	1.8k 1.2×	1.6k 1.1×	1.5k 1.0×	103	9.5k
Steeve D. Côté	7.7k 1.0×	2.1k 1.2×	2.3k 1.4×	1.1k 0.7×	1.8k 1.2×	245	9.9k
Kevin R. Crooks	8.4k 1.1×	2.1k 1.1×	1.8k 1.1×	1.5k 1.0×	2.0k 1.3×	172	11.4k
Matt W. Hayward	6.6k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	1.6k 1.0×	1.5k 1.0×	1.0k 0.7×	180	8.0k
J. Marcus Rowcliffe	6.3k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	1.4k 0.9×	1.9k 1.3×	2.0k 1.3×	160	9.3k
Jon E. Swenson	11.0k 1.4×	2.9k 1.6×	1.7k 1.1×	1.7k 1.1×	2.4k 1.6×	268	13.0k
John D. C. Linnell	11.5k 1.5×	2.5k 1.4×	2.1k 1.3×	2.0k 1.3×	1.4k 0.9×	302	13.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joël Berger

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Salerno, Jonathan, Rekha R. Warrier, Stewart W. Breck, et al.. (2025). Beneficial Spillover Effects of Antipredation Interventions Support Human–Carnivore Coexistence. Conservation Letters. 18(2). 1 indexed citations

Berger, Joël, et al.. (2024). Inadvertent climate refugia. Conservation Letters. 17(6). 1 indexed citations

Berger, Joël, et al.. (2023). Habituation and tolerance in coyotes (Canis latrans), a flexible urban predator. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(4). 153–162. 1 indexed citations

Berger, Joël, et al.. (2023). Snow patch refugia benefits for species of periglacial zones—Evidence from a high-elevation obligate. PNAS Nexus. 2(11). pgad339–pgad339. 4 indexed citations

Sawyer, Hall, Jon P. Beckmann, Renee G. Seidler, & Joël Berger. (2019). Long‐term effects of energy development on winter distribution and residency of pronghorn in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Conservation Science and Practice. 1(9). 21 indexed citations

Berger, Joël, et al.. (2019). Seeking snow and breathing hard – Behavioral tactics in high elevation mammals to combat warming temperatures. PLoS ONE. 14(12). e0225456–e0225456. 13 indexed citations

Berger, Joël, et al.. (2018). Climate Degradation and Extreme Icing Events Constrain Life in Cold-Adapted Mammals. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 1156–1156. 39 indexed citations

Kretser, Heidi E., Jon P. Beckmann, & Joël Berger. (2018). A Retrospective Assessment of a Failed Collaborative Process in Conservation. Environmental Management. 62(3). 415–428. 13 indexed citations

Berger, Joël, et al.. (2015). Legacies of Past Exploitation and Climate affect Mammalian Sexes Differently on the Roof of the World - The Case of Wild Yaks. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 8676–8676. 11 indexed citations

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Ripple, William J., James A. Estes, Robert L. Beschta, et al.. (2014). Status and Ecological Effects of the World’s Largest Carnivores. Science. 343(6167). 1241484–1241484. 2623 indexed citations breakdown →

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Berger, Joël. (2012). Estimation of Body‐Size Traits by Photogrammetry in Large Mammals to Inform Conservation. Conservation Biology. 26(5). 769–777. 38 indexed citations

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Brodie, Jedediah F., Eric Post, Fred Watson, & Joël Berger. (2011). Climate change intensification of herbivore impacts on tree recruitment. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 279(1732). 1366–1370. 49 indexed citations

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Berger, Joël & Jon P. Beckmann. (2010). Sexual Predators, Energy Development, and Conservation in Greater Yellowstone. Conservation Biology. 24(3). 891–896. 20 indexed citations

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Berger, Kim Murray, Eric M. Gese, & Joël Berger. (2008). INDIRECT EFFECTS AND TRADITIONAL TROPHIC CASCADES: A TEST INVOLVING WOLVES, COYOTES, AND PRONGHORN. Ecology. 89(3). 818–828. 156 indexed citations

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Berger, Joël, Julie K. Young, & Kim Murray Berger. (2008). Protecting Migration Corridors: Challenges and Optimism for Mongolian Saiga. PLoS Biology. 6(7). e165–e165. 55 indexed citations

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Donlan, C. Josh, Joël Berger, Carl E. Bock, et al.. (2006). Pleistocene Rewilding: An Optimistic Agenda for Twenty‐First Century Conservation. The American Naturalist. 168(5). 660–681. 245 indexed citations

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Beckmann, Jon P. & Joël Berger. (2005). Pronghorn hypersensitivity to avian scavengers following Golden Eagle predation. Western North American Naturalist. 65(1). 18. 3 indexed citations

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Gardner, Scott Lyell, Susanna Von Essen, Joël Berger, & Brian Hjelle. (2005). Low Seroprevalence Among Farmers from Nebraska and Vicinity Suggests Low Level of Human Exposure to Sin Nombre Virus. Journal of Agromedicine. 10(1). 59–61. 6 indexed citations

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Berger, Joël. (1986). Wild horses of the Great Basin. 181 indexed citations

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Berger, Joël, et al.. (1983). CHEMICAL RESTRAINT OF WILD HORSES: EFFECTS ON REPRODUCTION AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 19(3). 265–268. 12 indexed citations

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