Kevin S. McCann

19.2k total citations · 7 hit papers
157 papers, 12.8k citations indexed

About

Kevin S. McCann is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Kevin S. McCann has authored 157 papers receiving a total of 12.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Ecology, 62 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 47 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Kevin S. McCann's work include Fish Ecology and Management Studies (40 papers), Isotope Analysis in Ecology (39 papers) and Plant and animal studies (32 papers). Kevin S. McCann is often cited by papers focused on Fish Ecology and Management Studies (40 papers), Isotope Analysis in Ecology (39 papers) and Plant and animal studies (32 papers). Kevin S. McCann collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and France. Kevin S. McCann's co-authors include Alan Hastings, Neil Rooney, Gary R. Huxel, Gabriel Gellner, David A. Vasseur, John C. Moore, Tyler D. Tunney, Peter Yodzis, Peter C. de Ruiter and John C. Moore and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Kevin S. McCann

150 papers receiving 12.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

The diversity–stability debate

2000 2.1k citations Kevin S. McCann profile →
Weak trophic interactions and the balance of nature

1998 1.1k citations Kevin S. McCann, Alan Hastings et al. profile →
Detritus, trophic dynamics and biodiversity

2004 913 citations John C. Moore, Alan Hastings et al. Ecology Letters profile →
Increased temperature variation poses a greater risk to species than climate warming

2014 752 citations Kevin S. McCann, Tyler D. Tunney et al. profile →
Structural asymmetry and the stability of diverse food webs

2006 701 citations Neil Rooney, Kevin S. McCann et al. profile →
Integrating food web diversity, structure and stability

2011 356 citations Neil Rooney, Kevin S. McCann Trends in Ecology & Evolution profile →
Food web rewiring in a changing world

2019 242 citations Timothy Bartley, Kevin S. McCann et al. Nature Ecology & Evolution profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kevin S. McCann Canada	49	6.9k	4.5k	3.6k	3.3k	2.2k	157	12.8k
Marcel Holyoak United States	36	6.9k 1.0×	5.0k 1.1×	3.9k 1.1×	2.2k 0.7×	1.7k 0.8×	125	11.9k
Priyanga Amarasekare United States	35	5.1k 0.7×	4.9k 1.1×	4.6k 1.3×	1.6k 0.5×	2.0k 0.9×	70	10.8k
William F. Fagan United States	64	8.5k 1.2×	5.8k 1.3×	4.0k 1.1×	3.7k 1.1×	2.2k 1.0×	270	16.5k
Hal Caswell United States	69	9.4k 1.4×	7.5k 1.7×	5.0k 1.4×	4.4k 1.3×	2.6k 1.2×	214	19.5k
Ulrich Brose Germany	56	6.7k 1.0×	4.9k 1.1×	4.7k 1.3×	2.6k 0.8×	2.0k 0.9×	140	12.2k
Owen L. Petchey Switzerland	54	6.7k 1.0×	6.5k 1.4×	4.6k 1.3×	3.9k 1.2×	1.8k 0.8×	146	14.4k
Mathew A. Leibold United States	46	8.2k 1.2×	7.1k 1.6×	4.4k 1.2×	2.1k 0.6×	1.9k 0.9×	87	14.7k
Gary A. Polis United States	45	9.2k 1.3×	5.5k 1.2×	5.6k 1.5×	3.8k 1.2×	3.2k 1.5×	71	16.6k
Pablo A. Marquet Chile	55	6.7k 1.0×	4.8k 1.1×	3.9k 1.1×	3.6k 1.1×	1.6k 0.8×	211	14.4k
Nelson G. Hairston United States	61	7.8k 1.1×	5.4k 1.2×	4.2k 1.2×	3.1k 0.9×	3.7k 1.7×	187	15.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kevin S. McCann

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Tunney, Tyler D., Ian Donohue, Carling Bieg, et al.. (2025). Global Change Asymmetrically Rewires Ecosystems. Ecology Letters. 28(7). e70174–e70174.

Fernandes, Timothy, et al.. (2024). Ephemeral piscivory in a mesopredator sunfish: Implications for pond food webs. Ecology. 105(11). e4431–e4431. 1 indexed citations

Guzzo, Matthew M., et al.. (2024). Brain form and foraging behaviour in a stream fish. Environmental Biology of Fishes. 107(7). 771–784. 1 indexed citations

McCann, Kevin S., Krishna Bahadur KC, Evan Fraser, et al.. (2024). The productivity–stability trade-off in global food systems. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 8(11). 2135–2149. 5 indexed citations

Gellner, Gabriel, et al.. (2024). When can higher‐order interactions produce stable coexistence?. Ecology Letters. 27(6). e14458–e14458. 7 indexed citations

Harvey, Éric, Isabelle Gounand, Shawn Leroux, et al.. (2023). A general meta‐ecosystem model to predict ecosystem functions at landscape extents. Ecography. 2023(11). 13 indexed citations

Valdovinos, Fernanda S., Paul Glaum, Kevin S. McCann, et al.. (2022). A bioenergetic framework for aboveground terrestrial food webs. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 38(3). 301–312. 7 indexed citations

Rober, Allison R., Kevin S. McCann, Merritt R. Turetsky, & Kevin H. Wyatt. (2022). Cascading effects of predators on algal size structure. Journal of Phycology. 58(2). 308–317. 6 indexed citations

McCann, Kevin S., et al.. (2021). Parasitoid community responds indiscriminately to fluctuating spruce budworm (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) and other caterpillars on balsam fir (Pinaceae). The Canadian Entomologist. 153(4). 482–496. 3 indexed citations

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McCann, Kevin S., Kévin Cazelles, Andrew S. MacDougall, et al.. (2020). Landscape modification and nutrient‐driven instability at a distance. Ecology Letters. 24(3). 398–414. 34 indexed citations

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McMeans, Bailey C., Kevin S. McCann, Matthew M. Guzzo, et al.. (2020). Winter in water: differential responses and the maintenance of biodiversity. Ecology Letters. 23(6). 922–938. 76 indexed citations

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Ives, Jessica T., Bailey C. McMeans, Kevin S. McCann, et al.. (2018). Food‐web structure and ecosystem function in the Laurentian Great Lakes—Toward a conceptual model. Freshwater Biology. 64(1). 1–23. 47 indexed citations

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Kadoya, Taku, Gabriel Gellner, & Kevin S. McCann. (2018). Potential oscillators and keystone modules in food webs. Ecology Letters. 21(9). 1330–1340. 11 indexed citations

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Houk, Peter, et al.. (2017). Linking fishing pressure with ecosystem thresholds and food web stability on coral reefs. Ecological Monographs. 88(1). 109–119. 31 indexed citations

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McMeans, Bailey C., Kevin S. McCann, Tyler D. Tunney, et al.. (2016). The adaptive capacity of lake food webs: from individuals to ecosystems. Ecological Monographs. 86(1). 4–19. 94 indexed citations

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Hatton, Ian, Kevin S. McCann, John M. Fryxell, et al.. (2015). The predator-prey power law: Biomass scaling across terrestrial and aquatic biomes. Science. 349(6252). aac6284–aac6284. 235 indexed citations

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McCann, Kevin S.. (2011). Food Webs (MPB-50). Princeton University Press eBooks. 5 indexed citations

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Taylor, Caz M., et al.. (2010). Optimal conservation planning for migratory animals: integrating demographic information across seasons. Conservation Letters. 3(3). 192–202. 32 indexed citations

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Rooney, Neil, Kevin S. McCann, & John C. Moore. (2008). A landscape theory for food web architecture. Ecology Letters. 11(8). 867–881. 184 indexed citations

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Eveleigh, Eldon S., Kevin S. McCann, Peter C. McCarthy, et al.. (2007). Fluctuations in density of an outbreak species drive diversity cascades in food webs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(43). 16976–16981. 155 indexed citations

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