Keenan Stears

483 total citations
21 papers, 364 citations indexed

About

Keenan Stears is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Keenan Stears has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 364 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Ecology, 7 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 7 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Keenan Stears's work include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (14 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (5 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (4 papers). Keenan Stears is often cited by papers focused on Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (14 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (5 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (4 papers). Keenan Stears collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and Tanzania. Keenan Stears's co-authors include Adrian M. Shrader, Melissa H. Schmitt, Douglas J. McCauley, Christopher C. Wilmers, Benezeth Mutayoba, Tristan A. Nuñez, Jacques C. Finlay, Justin S. Brashares, Graham I. H. Kerley and Mary E. Power and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Keenan Stears

19 papers receiving 357 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Keenan Stears South Africa 11 260 101 95 58 46 21 364
W. Andrew Taylor South Africa 12 272 1.0× 81 0.8× 51 0.5× 119 2.1× 50 1.1× 26 398
Michel P. Laforge Canada 11 469 1.8× 128 1.3× 88 0.9× 60 1.0× 52 1.1× 25 538
Rebecca West Australia 13 344 1.3× 123 1.2× 81 0.9× 39 0.7× 42 0.9× 30 407
Pierre du Preez United States 14 384 1.5× 54 0.5× 67 0.7× 94 1.6× 40 0.9× 25 525
Adrienne L. Contasti Canada 7 332 1.3× 98 1.0× 100 1.1× 35 0.6× 24 0.5× 9 397
Werner Kilian United States 7 273 1.1× 40 0.4× 61 0.6× 38 0.7× 66 1.4× 12 393
Marion Valeix France 3 417 1.6× 149 1.5× 115 1.2× 53 0.9× 51 1.1× 4 483
Dean Ingwersen Australia 11 278 1.1× 109 1.1× 127 1.3× 49 0.8× 41 0.9× 18 411
Patrick E. Lendrum United States 14 549 2.1× 65 0.6× 74 0.8× 63 1.1× 24 0.5× 18 586
Samantha P. H. Dwinnell United States 10 443 1.7× 76 0.8× 84 0.9× 72 1.2× 25 0.5× 25 510

Countries citing papers authored by Keenan Stears

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Fields of papers citing papers by Keenan Stears

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Keenan Stears

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Keenan Stears. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Keenan Stears based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Keenan Stears. Keenan Stears is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Stears, Keenan, Melissa H. Schmitt, Mike Peel, et al.. (2025). Remotely‐Sensed Game Trails Are a Behavioral Footprint That Explains Patterns of Herbivore Habitat Use. Ecology and Evolution. 15(1). e70792–e70792. 2 indexed citations
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Stears, Keenan, et al.. (2024). In the Mix: Patterns of Warthog Herding Behaviour in Single‐ and Mixed‐Species Herds. African Journal of Ecology. 62(4). 2 indexed citations
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McCauley, Douglas J., et al.. (2023). Preferential selection of marine protected areas by the recreational scuba diving industry. Marine Policy. 159. 105908–105908. 6 indexed citations
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Parker, Daniel M., Keenan Stears, T. Olckers, & Melissa H. Schmitt. (2023). Vegetation management shapes arthropod and bird communities in an African savanna. Ecology and Evolution. 13(3). e9880–e9880. 8 indexed citations
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Schmitt, Melissa H., Keenan Stears, Mary K. Donovan, Deron E. Burkepile, & Dave I. Thompson. (2022). Integrating herbivore assemblages and woody plant cover in an African savanna to reveal how herbivores respond to ecosystem management. PLoS ONE. 17(8). e0273917–e0273917. 8 indexed citations
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Stears, Keenan, et al.. (2021). Hippopotamus movements structure the spatiotemporal dynamics of an active anthrax outbreak. Ecosphere. 12(6). 9 indexed citations
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Stears, Keenan, et al.. (2021). Evaluating Oribi Translocations for Conservation: The Importance of Translocation Guidelines. African Journal of Wildlife Research. 51(1).
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Stears, Keenan, et al.. (2021). Assessing the Performance of Oribi Antelope Populations at Multiple Scales: The Limitations of Citizen-Led Oribi Conservation. African Journal of Wildlife Research. 51(1). 1 indexed citations
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Stears, Keenan & Adrian M. Shrader. (2020). Coexistence between wildlife and livestock is contingent on cattle density and season but not differences in body size. PLoS ONE. 15(7). e0236895–e0236895. 15 indexed citations
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Burkepile, Deron E., Melissa H. Schmitt, Keenan Stears, Mary K. Donovan, & Dave I. Thompson. (2020). Shared Insights across the Ecology of Coral Reefs and African Savannas: Are Parrotfish Wet Wildebeest?. BioScience. 70(8). 647–658. 11 indexed citations
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Stears, Keenan, Melissa H. Schmitt, Christopher C. Wilmers, & Adrian M. Shrader. (2020). Mixed-species herding levels the landscape of fear. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 287(1922). 20192555–20192555. 26 indexed citations
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Stears, Keenan, et al.. (2019). Spatial ecology of male hippopotamus in a changing watershed. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 15392–15392. 28 indexed citations
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Stears, Keenan & Douglas J. McCauley. (2018). Hippopotamus dung inputs accelerate fish predation by terrestrial consumers. African Journal of Ecology. 56(4). 1034–1038. 10 indexed citations
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Deinet, Stefanie, Robin Freeman, Georgia Titcomb, et al.. (2018). Migration in the Anthropocene: how collective navigation, environmental system and taxonomy shape the vulnerability of migratory species. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 373(1746). 20170017–20170017. 50 indexed citations
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Stears, Keenan, Douglas J. McCauley, Jacques C. Finlay, et al.. (2018). Effects of the hippopotamus on the chemistry and ecology of a changing watershed. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(22). E5028–E5037. 44 indexed citations
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Stears, Keenan, et al.. (2017). Does the removal of finder's share influence the scrounging decisions of herbivores?. Animal Behaviour. 133. 229–235. 5 indexed citations
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Schmitt, Melissa H., Keenan Stears, & Adrian M. Shrader. (2016). Zebra reduce predation risk in mixed-species herds by eavesdropping on cues from giraffe. Behavioral Ecology. 27(4). 1073–1077. 45 indexed citations
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Stears, Keenan & Adrian M. Shrader. (2015). Increases in food availability can tempt oribi antelope into taking greater risks at both large and small spatial scales. Animal Behaviour. 108. 155–164. 34 indexed citations
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Stears, Keenan, Graham I. H. Kerley, & Adrian M. Shrader. (2014). Group-Living Herbivores Weigh Up Food Availability and Dominance Status when Making Patch-Joining Decisions. PLoS ONE. 9(10). e109011–e109011. 14 indexed citations

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