Kenneth E. Nussear

2.1k total citations
81 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Kenneth E. Nussear is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecological Modeling. According to data from OpenAlex, Kenneth E. Nussear has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Ecology, 52 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 22 papers in Ecological Modeling. Recurrent topics in Kenneth E. Nussear's work include Turtle Biology and Conservation (42 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (40 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (22 papers). Kenneth E. Nussear is often cited by papers focused on Turtle Biology and Conservation (42 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (40 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (22 papers). Kenneth E. Nussear collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Switzerland. Kenneth E. Nussear's co-authors include Todd C. Esque, C. Richard Tracy, Richard D. Inman, Philip A. Medica, Roy C. Averill‐Murray, Amy G. Vandergast, Robert E. Espinoza, Peter J. Hudson, Janet Franklin and Lesley A. DeFalco and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Journal of Ecology and Journal of Animal Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Kenneth E. Nussear

78 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kenneth E. Nussear United States 25 1.0k 815 455 340 276 81 1.6k
Todd C. Esque United States 29 1.2k 1.2× 1.1k 1.4× 614 1.3× 467 1.4× 384 1.4× 114 2.0k
Steven J. Price United States 25 850 0.8× 670 0.8× 886 1.9× 267 0.8× 179 0.6× 83 1.5k
William I. Boarman United States 21 1.0k 1.0× 470 0.6× 387 0.9× 126 0.4× 213 0.8× 47 1.3k
Kristin H. Berry United States 24 874 0.9× 1.3k 1.6× 469 1.0× 106 0.3× 171 0.6× 70 1.7k
C. Kenneth Dodd United States 26 1.6k 1.6× 1.3k 1.6× 1.5k 3.3× 515 1.5× 319 1.2× 114 2.6k
Joseph C. Mitchell United States 16 480 0.5× 546 0.7× 581 1.3× 182 0.5× 243 0.9× 72 1.1k
Kristen M. Hart United States 29 1.8k 1.8× 1.3k 1.6× 804 1.8× 354 1.0× 222 0.8× 99 2.5k
Alexander Singer Germany 15 1.1k 1.1× 901 1.1× 388 0.9× 1.2k 3.6× 571 2.1× 34 2.1k
Tad C. Theimer United States 24 952 0.9× 500 0.6× 312 0.7× 160 0.5× 498 1.8× 71 1.6k
Henry R. Mushinsky United States 28 1.6k 1.6× 1.3k 1.6× 1.4k 3.1× 445 1.3× 752 2.7× 100 2.9k

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All Works

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Stalker, James, Dustin A. Wood, Amy G. Vandergast, et al.. (2025). Climate and Dispersal Ability Limit Future Habitats for Gila Monsters in the Mojave Desert. Ecology and Evolution. 15(3). e71008–e71008.
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Stalker, James, Kenneth E. Nussear, Amy G. Vandergast, et al.. (2023). Livin' la vida local: philopatry results in consistent patterns of annual space use in a long‐lived lizard. Journal of Zoology. 321(4). 309–321. 1 indexed citations
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Esque, Todd C., et al.. (2023). Linear and landscape disturbances alter Mojave desert tortoise movement behavior. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 11. 5 indexed citations
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Nussear, Kenneth E., et al.. (2023). Move it or lose it: Predicted effects of culverts and population density on Mojave desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) connectivity. PLoS ONE. 18(9). e0286820–e0286820. 2 indexed citations
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Averill‐Murray, Roy C., et al.. (2021). Connectivity of Mojave Desert tortoise populations—Management implications for maintaining a viable recovery network. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. 3 indexed citations
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Esque, Todd C., et al.. (2020). Using movement to inform conservation corridor design for Mojave desert tortoise. Movement Ecology. 8(1). 38–38. 17 indexed citations
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Tracy, C. Richard, et al.. (2019). Modeling operative temperature in desert tortoises and other reptiles: Effects imposed by habitats that filter incident radiation. Journal of Thermal Biology. 85. 102414–102414. 5 indexed citations
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DeFalco, Lesley A., et al.. (2017). Drawing a line in the sand: Effectiveness of off-highway vehicle management in California's Sonoran desert. Journal of Environmental Management. 193. 448–457. 7 indexed citations
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Bowen, Lizabeth, et al.. (2015). Integrating Gene Transcription-Based Biomarkers to Understand Desert Tortoise and Ecosystem Health. EcoHealth. 12(3). 501–512. 11 indexed citations
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Nussear, Kenneth E., et al.. (2012). Gopherus agassizii (Agassiz’s desert tortoise). scute dysecdysis/scute sloughing. Herpetological review. 43. 473–474. 2 indexed citations
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Nussear, Kenneth E., Todd C. Esque, Richard D. Inman, et al.. (2009). Modeling habitat of the desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) in the Mojave and parts of the Sonoran Deserts of California, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. 32 indexed citations
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Inman, RD, Kenneth E. Nussear, & Chad R. Tracy. (2009). Detecting trends in desert tortoise population growth: elusive behavior inflates variance in estimates of population density. Endangered Species Research. 10. 295–304. 15 indexed citations
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Tracy, C. Richard, Claire Streten, Robert J. Dalton, et al.. (2009). Microclimate and limits to photosynthesis in a diverse community of hypolithic cyanobacteria in northern Australia. Environmental Microbiology. 12(3). 592–607. 53 indexed citations
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Nussear, Kenneth E., Todd C. Esque, Jill S. Heaton, et al.. (2008). Are Wildlife Detector Dogs or People Better at Finding Desert Tortoises (Gopherus Agassizii). Herpetological conservation and biology. 3(1). 103–115. 39 indexed citations
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Nussear, Kenneth E. & C. Richard Tracy. (2007). CAN MODELING IMPROVE ESTIMATION OF DESERT TORTOISE POPULATION DENSITIES?. Ecological Applications. 17(2). 579–586. 21 indexed citations
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Tracy, C. Richard, Kenneth E. Nussear, Todd C. Esque, et al.. (2006). The importance of physiological ecology in conservation biology. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 46(6). 1191–1205. 86 indexed citations
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Nussear, Kenneth E., Todd C. Esque, & C. Richard Tracy. (2002). Continuously recording body temperature in terrestrial chelonians. Herpetological review. 33(2). 113–115. 10 indexed citations
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Nussear, Kenneth E., et al.. (2000). Misconceptions about colour, infrared radiation, and energy exchange between animals and their environments. Herpetological Journal. 10(3). 119–122. 17 indexed citations

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