John Pedlar

6.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
77 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

John Pedlar is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, John Pedlar has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 32 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 28 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in John Pedlar's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (20 papers), Forest Insect Ecology and Management (18 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (14 papers). John Pedlar is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (20 papers), Forest Insect Ecology and Management (18 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (14 papers). John Pedlar collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Australia. John Pedlar's co-authors include Daniel W. McKenney, Michael F. Hutchinson, Kevin Lawrence, K Campbell, Pia Papadopol, Lenore Fahrig, Lisa Venier, Philip Taylor, John Wegner and Shealagh E. Pope and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports and Global Change Biology.

In The Last Decade

John Pedlar

70 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Effect of road traffic on amphibian density

1995 527 citations John Pedlar et al. profile →
Anticipating the consequences of climate change for Canada’s boreal forest ecosystems

2013 449 citations Daniel W. McKenney, John Pedlar et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
John Pedlar Canada	30	2.5k	1.9k	1.7k	1.0k	995	77	4.8k
Linda A. Joyce United States	31	3.8k 1.5×	2.1k 1.1×	2.0k 1.1×	897 0.9×	470 0.5×	76	6.0k
Daniel W. McKenney Canada	46	4.2k 1.7×	2.3k 1.2×	2.5k 1.4×	1.7k 1.6×	1.3k 1.3×	165	7.6k
Thomas Dirnböck Austria	27	1.1k 0.4×	1.3k 0.7×	1.9k 1.1×	764 0.7×	1.4k 1.4×	70	3.8k
Jeremy W. Lichstein United States	34	2.2k 0.9×	1.8k 0.9×	2.5k 1.5×	606 0.6×	753 0.8×	68	4.8k
Robert M. Scheller United States	43	3.8k 1.5×	1.7k 0.9×	2.8k 1.6×	508 0.5×	661 0.7×	120	5.1k
Sean M. McMahon United States	32	1.6k 0.6×	1.4k 0.7×	2.2k 1.3×	531 0.5×	1.3k 1.3×	72	3.9k
Nathan L. Stephenson United States	34	6.5k 2.6×	2.6k 1.4×	4.3k 2.5×	2.1k 2.1×	1.0k 1.1×	72	8.4k
Heike Lischke Switzerland	31	1.6k 0.6×	752 0.4×	1.6k 1.0×	805 0.8×	816 0.8×	77	3.1k
Jüergen Kreyling Germany	49	3.1k 1.2×	2.1k 1.1×	2.8k 1.6×	1.6k 1.5×	1.1k 1.1×	136	7.1k
Pieter De Frenne Belgium	41	2.0k 0.8×	1.7k 0.9×	3.1k 1.8×	562 0.5×	1.5k 1.5×	196	6.3k

Countries citing papers authored by John Pedlar

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Pedlar

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Pedlar

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20 of 20 papers shown

D’Orangeville, Loïc, Nelson Thiffault, John Pedlar, et al.. (2025). Correction: Challenges and opportunities for the operationalization of forest-assisted migration in Canada. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 55. 1–1.

Lu, Pengxin, Jean Beaulieu, John Pedlar, et al.. (2024). Assessing assisted population migration (seed transfer) for eastern white pine at northern planting sites. Forest Ecology and Management. 572. 122309–122309. 2 indexed citations

Pedlar, John, et al.. (2024). Assisted migration outcomes for oak species and seed sources in southern Ontario, Canada. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. 7.

McKenney, Daniel W., et al.. (2024). Spatial datasets of CMIP6 climate change projections for Canada and the United States. Data in Brief. 58. 111246–111246.

Turgeon, Jean, et al.. (2024). Characteristics of logs with signs of oviposition by the polyphagous xylophage Asian longhorned beetle (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Environmental Entomology. 54(4). 699–709.

Pedlar, John, et al.. (2023). Effect of tree species and seed origin on climate change trial outcomes in Southern Ontario. New Forests. 55(1). 63–79. 4 indexed citations

Pedlar, John, et al.. (2023). Heating degree day spatial datasets for Canada. Data in Brief. 49. 109450–109450. 4 indexed citations

Elliott, Ken A., et al.. (2022). Enhancing forest resilience: Advances in Ontario’s wild tree seed transfer policy. The Forestry Chronicle. 98(1). 44–53. 5 indexed citations

Pedlar, John, Daniel W. McKenney, & Pengxin Lu. (2021). Critical seed transfer distances for selected tree species in eastern North America. Journal of Ecology. 109(6). 2271–2283. 26 indexed citations

10.

McKenney, Daniel W., et al.. (2021). A compilation of North American tree provenance trials and relevant historical climate data for seven species. Scientific Data. 8(1). 29–29. 21 indexed citations

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Pedlar, John, et al.. (2020). Assessing the climate suitability and potential economic impacts of Oak wilt in Canada. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 19391–19391. 23 indexed citations

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McKenney, Daniel W., et al.. (2020). North American historical monthly spatial climate dataset, 1901–2016. Scientific Data. 7(1). 411–411. 16 indexed citations

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Ng, Victoria, Philippe Gachon, Abla Mawudeku, et al.. (2019). Risk assessment strategies for early detection and prediction of infectious disease outbreaks associated with climate change. Canada Communicable Disease Report. 45(5). 119–126. 21 indexed citations

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Stralberg, Diana, Carlos Carroll, John Pedlar, et al.. (2018). Macrorefugia for North American trees and songbirds: Climatic limiting factors and multi‐scale topographic influences. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 27(6). 690–703. 52 indexed citations

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Pedlar, John & Daniel W. McKenney. (2017). Assessing the anticipated growth response of northern conifer populations to a warming climate. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 43881–43881. 63 indexed citations

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McKenney, Daniel W., et al.. (2016). Wildfire Suppression Costs for Canada under a Changing Climate. PLoS ONE. 11(8). e0157425–e0157425. 62 indexed citations

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McKenney, Daniel W., et al.. (2015). HARDINESS ZONES AND BIOCLIMATIC MODELLING OF PLANT SPECIES DISTRIBUTIONS IN NORTH AMERICA©. Acta Horticulturae. 139–148. 2 indexed citations

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Yemshanov, Denys, Daniel W. McKenney, Peter de Groot, et al.. (2010). A harvest failure approach to assess the threat from an invasive species. Journal of Environmental Management. 92(1). 205–213. 6 indexed citations

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McKenney, Daniel W., John Pedlar, & Gregory A. O’Neill. (2009). Climate change and forest seed zones: Past trends, future prospects and challenges to ponder. The Forestry Chronicle. 85(2). 258–266. 62 indexed citations

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McKenney, Daniel W., John Pedlar, Kevin Lawrence, K Campbell, & Michael F. Hutchinson. (2007). Beyond Traditional Hardiness Zones: Using Climate Envelopes to Map Plant Range Limits. BioScience. 57(11). 929–937. 80 indexed citations

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