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, William J. Ripple, Arian D. Wallach, Michael Nelson, Euan G. Ritchie, Douglas W. Smith, Aaron J. Wirsing and Oswald J. Schmitz 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

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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 →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Beneficial Spillover Effects of Antipredation Interventions Support Human–Carnivore Coexistence 2025 ·Conservation Letters ·Jonathan Salerno, Rekha R. Warrier, Stewart W. Breck, Neil Carter, Joël Berger, Brendan J. Barrett, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Amy Dickman, Kevin R. Crooks	1
2	Play is a privilege in both humans and animals: how our recreation influences wildlife 2024 ·Journal of Wildlife Management ·Joël Berger, Kira A. Cassidy	1
3	Mountain sentinels in a changing world: Review and conservation implications of weather and climate effects on mountain goats (Oreamnos americanus) 2024 ·Global Ecology and Conservation ·Kevin S. White, (unknown), Steeve D. Côté, Tabitha A. Graves, Sandra Hamel, Richard B. Harris, (unknown), (unknown), Karen Hurley, (unknown), (unknown), Erich Peitzsch, (unknown), Helen Schwantje, Joël Berger	0
4	Snow patch refugia benefits for species of periglacial zones—Evidence from a high-elevation obligate 2023 ·PNAS Nexus ·(unknown), Joël Berger	4
5	Habituation and tolerance in coyotes (Canis latrans), a flexible urban predator 2023 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), Joël Berger, Stewart W. Breck, Christopher J. Schell, Joanna E. Lambert	1
6	Climate Degradation and Extreme Icing Events Constrain Life in Cold-Adapted Mammals 2018 ·Scientific Reports ·Joël Berger, Cynthia Hartway, (unknown), (unknown)	39
7	A Retrospective Assessment of a Failed Collaborative Process in Conservation 2018 ·Environmental Management ·Heidi E. Kretser, Jon P. Beckmann, Joël Berger	13
8	Legacies of Past Exploitation and Climate affect Mammalian Sexes Differently on the Roof of the World - The Case of Wild Yaks 2015 ·Scientific Reports ·Joël Berger, George B. Schaller, (unknown), Aili Kang, (unknown), (unknown), Mark Hebblewhite	11
9	Status and Ecological Effects of the World’s Largest Carnivores breakdown → 2014 ·Science ·William J. Ripple, James A. Estes, Robert L. Beschta, Christopher C. Wilmers, Euan G. Ritchie, Mark Hebblewhite, Joël Berger, Bodil Elmhagen, Mike Letnic, Michael Nelson, Oswald J. Schmitz, Douglas W. Smith, Arian D. Wallach, Aaron J. Wirsing	2623
10	Estimation of Body‐Size Traits by Photogrammetry in Large Mammals to Inform Conservation 2012 ·Conservation Biology ·Joël Berger	38
11	Climate change intensification of herbivore impacts on tree recruitment 2011 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Jedediah F. Brodie, Eric Post, Fred Watson, Joël Berger	49
12	Protecting Migration Corridors: Challenges and Optimism for Mongolian Saiga 2008 ·PLoS Biology ·Joël Berger, Julie K. Young, Kim Murray Berger	55
13	Carnivore Repatriation and Holarctic Prey: Narrowing the Deficit in Ecological Effectiveness 2007 ·Conservation Biology ·Joël Berger	49
14	Pleistocene Rewilding: An Optimistic Agenda for Twenty‐First Century Conservation 2006 ·The American Naturalist ·C. Josh Donlan, Joël Berger, Carl E. Bock, Jane H. Bock, David A. Burney, James A. Estes, Dave Foreman, Paul S. Martin, Gary W. Roemer, Felisa A. Smith, Michael E. Soulé, Harry W. Greene	245
15	Pronghorn hypersensitivity to avian scavengers following Golden Eagle predation 2005 ·Western North American Naturalist ·Jon P. Beckmann, Joël Berger	3
16	Low Seroprevalence Among Farmers from Nebraska and Vicinity Suggests Low Level of Human Exposure to Sin Nombre Virus 2005 ·Journal of Agromedicine ·Scott Lyell Gardner, Susanna Von Essen, Joël Berger, Brian Hjelle	6
17	Rapid ecological and behavioural changes in carnivores: the responses of black bears (Ursus americanus) to altered food 2003 ·Journal of Zoology ·Jon P. Beckmann, Joël Berger	256
18	Pregnancy incentives, predation constraints and habitat shifts: experimental and field evidence for wild bighorn sheep 1991 ·Animal Behaviour ·Joël Berger	197
19	Wild horses of the Great Basin 1986 ·Joël Berger	181
20	CHEMICAL RESTRAINT OF WILD HORSES: EFFECTS ON REPRODUCTION AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE 1983 ·Journal of Wildlife Diseases ·Joël Berger, Michael Andreas Kock, Carol Cunningham, (unknown)	12

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