John Piccolo

3.0k citations

62 papers · 1.5k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 22

Impact in

Nature and Landscape Conservation top 2%
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Environmental Philosophy and Ethics
Ecology top 5%
- Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
- Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Papers in ⓘ

Nature and Landscape Conservation 54
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies 42
- Environmental Philosophy and Ethics 13
Ecology 36
- Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes 10
- Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior 7
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation 6

Co-authors: Helen Kopnina (11 shared papers)Haydn Washington (9 shared papers)Bron Taylor (6 shared papers)Eva Bergman (15 shared papers)Johan Watz (15 shared papers)Larry Greenberg (11 shared papers)Mason D. Bryant (3 shared papers)Nicholas F. Hughes (3 shared papers)
Journals: Ecology Of Freshwater Fish (7 papers)River Research and Applications (4 papers)Conservation Biology (4 papers)Biological Conservation (4 papers)Fish and Fisheries (3 papers)
Partner nations: Sweden United States United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

John Piccolo

59 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

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Anthropocentrism: More than Just a Misunderstood Problem 2018 · 215 citations

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it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2018 Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics

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1	Anthropocentrism: More than Just a Misunderstood Problem Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics ·Helen Kopnina, Haydn Washington, Bron Taylor, John Piccolo Hit paper breakdown →	2018	215
2	Why ecocentrism is the key pathway to sustainability Leiden Repository (Leiden University) ·Warren M. Washington, Ben Taylor, Helen Kopnina, Paul Cryer, John Piccolo	2017	108
3	Intrinsic values in nature: Objective good or simply half of an unhelpful dichotomy? Journal for Nature Conservation ·John Piccolo	2017	83
4	Foregrounding ecojustice in conservation Biological Conservation ·Haydn Washington, Guillaume Chapron, Helen Kopnina, Patrick Curry, Joe Gray, John Piccolo	2018	78
5	The need for ecocentrism in biodiversity conservation Conservation Biology ·Bron Taylor, Guillaume Chapron, Helen Kopnina, Ewa H. Orlikowska, Joe Gray, John Piccolo	2020	74
6	Food and space revisited: The role of drift-feeding theory in predicting the distribution, growth, and abundance of stream salmonids Environmental Biology of Fishes ·John Piccolo, Béatrice Frank, John W. Hayes	2014	65
7	Water velocity influences prey detection and capture by drift-feeding juvenile coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) and steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss irideus) Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences ·John Piccolo, Nicholas F. Hughes, Mason D. Bryant	2008	59
8	MULTIPLICATIVE LOSS OF LANDLOCKED ATLANTIC SALMON Salmo salar L. SMOLTS DURING DOWNSTREAM MIGRATION TROUGH MULTIPLE DAMS River Research and Applications ·Johnny Norrgård, Larry Greenberg, John Piccolo, Monika Schmitz, Eva Bergman	2012	45
9	Local and landscape drivers of aquatic‐to‐terrestrial subsidies in riparian ecosystems: a worldwide meta‐analysis Ecosphere ·Denis Lafage, Eva Bergman, R. Lutz Eckstein, Martin Österling, Jon P. Sadler, John Piccolo	2019	41
10	Comparisons of the coastal distributions and abundances of juvenile Pacific salmon from Central California to the Northern Gulf of Alaska Jack R. Fisher, Marc Trudel, Arnold J. Ammann, Joseph A. Orsi, John Piccolo, C. Bucher, E. Casillas, Juliana Harding, R. Bruce MacFarlane, Richard D. Brodeur	2007	39
11	Interannual and Spatial Feeding Patterns of Hatchery and Wild Juvenile Pink Salmon in the Gulf of Alaska in Years of Low and High Survival Transactions of the American Fisheries Society ·Janet L. Armstrong, Katherine W. Myers, David A. Beauchamp, Nancy D. Davis, Robert V. Walker, Jennifer L. Boldt, John Piccolo, Lewis J. Haldorson, Jamal H. Moss	2008	37
12	“Nature's contributions to people” and peoples' moral obligations to nature Biological Conservation ·John Piccolo, Bron Taylor, Haydn Washington, Helen Kopnina, Joe Gray, Heather Alberro, Ewa H. Orlikowska	2022	36
13	A review of ecological models for brown trout: towards a new demogenetic model Ecology Of Freshwater Fish ·Béatrice Frank, John Piccolo, Philippe V. Baret	2011	35
14	The Trouble with Anthropocentric Hubris, with Examples from Conservation SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Haydn Washington, John Piccolo, Erik Gómez‐Baggethun, Helen Kopnina, Heather Alberro	2021	33
15	If we want a whole Earth, Nature Needs Half: a response to Büscher et al. Oryx ·Philip Cafaro, Tom Butler, Eileen Crist, Paul Cryer, Eric Dinerstein, Helen Kopnina, Reed F. Noss, John Piccolo, Bron Taylor, Carly Vynne, Haydn Washington	2017	33
16	Conservation of endemic landlocked salmonids in regulated rivers: a case‐study from Lake Vänern, Sweden Fish and Fisheries ·John Piccolo, Johnny Norrgård, Larry Greenberg, Monika Schmitz, Eva Bergman	2011	32
17	Why conservation scientists should re‐embrace their ecocentric roots Conservation Biology ·John Piccolo, Haydn Washington, Helen Kopnina, Bron Taylor	2017	31
18	The role of temperature in the prey capture probability of drift‐feeding juvenile brown trout (Salmo trutta) Ecology Of Freshwater Fish ·Johan Watz, John Piccolo	2010	29
19	Day and night drift-feeding by juvenile salmonids at low water temperatures Environmental Biology of Fishes ·Johan Watz, John Piccolo, Eva Bergman, Larry Greenberg	2013	27
20	Protecting Half the Planet and Transforming Human Systems Are Complementary Goals SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Eileen Crist, Helen Kopnina, Philip Cafaro, Joe Gray, William J. Ripple, Carl Safina, John B. Davis, Dominick A. DellaSala, Reed F. Noss, Haydn Washington, Holmes Rolston, Bron Taylor, Ewa H. Orlikowska, Anja Heister, William S. Lynn, John Piccolo	2021	27

About John Piccolo

John Piccolo is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Water Science and Technology and Geography, Planning and Development, having authored 62 papers that have together received 1.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Fish Ecology and Management Studies (42 papers), Environmental Philosophy and Ethics (13 papers), Marine and fisheries research (10 papers), Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (10 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (8 papers), Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior (7 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (6 papers) and Climate Change and Geoengineering (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nature and Landscape Conservation (839 citations), Ecology (606 citations), Global and Planetary Change (457 citations), Geography, Planning and Development (94 citations) and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (203 citations). John Piccolo has collaborated with scholars based in Sweden, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Helen Kopnina, Haydn Washington, Bron Taylor, Eva Bergman, Johan Watz, Larry Greenberg, Mason D. Bryant, Nicholas F. Hughes, Béatrice Frank and Joe Gray. Their work appears in journals such as Ecology Of Freshwater Fish, River Research and Applications, Conservation Biology, Biological Conservation and Fish and Fisheries.

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