Laura M. Thompson

3.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
31 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Laura M. Thompson is a scholar working on Ecology, Ecological Modeling and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Laura M. Thompson has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Ecology, 12 papers in Ecological Modeling and 10 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Laura M. Thompson's work include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (12 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (12 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (9 papers). Laura M. Thompson is often cited by papers focused on Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (12 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (12 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (9 papers). Laura M. Thompson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Malawi. Laura M. Thompson's co-authors include Sarah R. Weiskopf, Michelle D. Staudinger, Madeleine A. Rubenstein, Roger B. Griffis, Toni Lyn Morelli, Kimberly Hyde, Roldan C. Muñ̃oz, Ariana E. Sutton‐Grier, Kyle Powys Whyte and James M. Vose and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Science of The Total Environment and Global Change Biology.

In The Last Decade

Laura M. Thompson

30 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

Climate change effects on biodiversity, ecosystems, ecosystem services, and natural resource management in the United States

2020 666 citations Sarah R. Weiskopf, Madeleine A. Rubenstein et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →
Climate change and the global redistribution of biodiversity: substantial variation in empirical support for expected range shifts

2023 90 citations Madeleine A. Rubenstein, Sarah R. Weiskopf et al. Environmental Evidence profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Laura M. Thompson United States	16	681	647	458	410	227	31	1.7k
Ana C. M. Malhado Brazil	28	691 1.0×	914 1.4×	457 1.0×	423 1.0×	330 1.5×	111	2.2k
Gregor W. Schuurman United States	19	484 0.7×	604 0.9×	304 0.7×	392 1.0×	267 1.2×	37	1.3k
Chrystal Mantyka‐Pringle Canada	14	809 1.2×	532 0.8×	618 1.3×	626 1.5×	278 1.2×	22	1.7k
Michelle D. Staudinger United States	19	860 1.3×	771 1.2×	306 0.7×	387 0.9×	449 2.0×	45	1.9k
David Williams United Kingdom	23	1.2k 1.8×	896 1.4×	466 1.0×	487 1.2×	277 1.2×	55	2.6k
Andrew R. Marshall United Kingdom	26	1.2k 1.8×	761 1.2×	457 1.0×	663 1.6×	464 2.0×	76	2.5k
Takuya Iwamura‏ United States	19	861 1.3×	963 1.5×	544 1.2×	508 1.2×	193 0.9×	39	2.1k
Bruce A. Stein United States	16	782 1.1×	675 1.0×	770 1.7×	639 1.6×	397 1.7×	26	1.8k
Joana R. Vicente Portugal	28	819 1.2×	567 0.9×	715 1.6×	735 1.8×	348 1.5×	72	2.2k
Roger B. Griffis United States	12	659 1.0×	675 1.0×	273 0.6×	306 0.7×	147 0.6×	26	1.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Laura M. Thompson

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Benson, Abigail, et al.. (2025). Exposure, sensitivity, or adaptive capacity? Reviewing assessments that use only two of three elements of climate change vulnerability. Conservation Science and Practice. 7(1).

Comte, Lise, Romain Bertrand, Sarah E. Diamond, et al.. (2024). Bringing traits back into the equation: A roadmap to understand species redistribution. Global Change Biology. 30(4). e17271–e17271. 15 indexed citations

Weiskopf, Sarah R., et al.. (2024). Existing evidence on the effects of climate variability and climate change on ungulates in North America: a systematic map. Environmental Evidence. 13(1). 8–8. 6 indexed citations

Rubenstein, Madeleine A., Sarah R. Weiskopf, Romain Bertrand, et al.. (2023). Climate change and the global redistribution of biodiversity: substantial variation in empirical support for expected range shifts. Environmental Evidence. 12(1). 7–7. 90 indexed citations breakdown →

Wilkening, Jennifer L., Dawn R. Magness, Laura M. Thompson, & Abigail J. Lynch. (2023). A Brave New World: Managing for Biodiversity Conservation under Ecosystem Transformation. Land. 12(8). 1556–1556. 2 indexed citations

Weiskopf, Sarah R., et al.. (2022). Winter severity affects occupancy of spring‐ and summer‐breeding anurans across the eastern United States. Diversity and Distributions. 28(10). 2187–2199. 2 indexed citations

Cook, Carly N., Erik A. Beever, Lindsey L. Thurman, et al.. (2021). Supporting the adaptive capacity of species through more effective knowledge exchange with conservation practitioners. Evolutionary Applications. 14(8). 1969–1979. 13 indexed citations

Thurman, Lindsey L., John Gross, Claudia Mengelt, et al.. (2021). Applying assessments of adaptive capacity to inform natural‐resource management in a changing climate. Conservation Biology. 36(2). e13838–e13838. 27 indexed citations

Ferrante, Jason A., Chase H. Smith, Laura M. Thompson, & Margaret E. Hunter. (2021). Genome-wide SNP analysis of three moose subspecies at the southern range limit in the contiguous United States. Conservation Genetics. 23(1). 109–121. 2 indexed citations

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Lynch, Abigail J., Laura M. Thompson, John M. Morton, et al.. (2021). RAD Adaptive Management for Transforming Ecosystems. BioScience. 72(1). 45–56. 63 indexed citations

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Weiskopf, Sarah R., et al.. (2020). What are the effects of climate variability and change on ungulate life-histories, population dynamics, and migration in North America? A systematic map protocol. Environmental Evidence. 9(1). 13 indexed citations

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Thurman, Lindsey L., Bruce A. Stein, Erik A. Beever, et al.. (2020). Persist in place or shift in space? Evaluating the adaptive capacity of species to climate change. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 18(9). 520–528. 114 indexed citations

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Weiskopf, Sarah R., Madeleine A. Rubenstein, Lisa G. Crozier, et al.. (2020). Climate change effects on biodiversity, ecosystems, ecosystem services, and natural resource management in the United States. The Science of The Total Environment. 733. 137782–137782. 666 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pinckney, James L., et al.. (2017). Triclosan alterations of estuarine phytoplankton community structure. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 119(1). 162–168. 13 indexed citations

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Thompson, Laura M.. (2015). Conservation Genetics of Woodland Caribou in the Central Boreal Forest of Canada. 1 indexed citations

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Staudinger, Michelle D., Shawn L. Carter, Molly S. Cross, et al.. (2013). Biodiversity in a changing climate: a synthesis of current and projected trends in the US. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 11(9). 465–473. 98 indexed citations

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Hoban, Sean, Tim S. McCleary, Laura M. Thompson, et al.. (2010). Range‐wide distribution of genetic diversity in the North American treeJuglans cinerea: a product of range shifts, not ecological marginality or recent population decline. Molecular Ecology. 19(22). 4876–4891. 74 indexed citations

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Thompson, Laura M., et al.. (2006). A Spatial Modeling Approach to Identify Potential Butternut Restoration Sites in Mammoth Cave National Park. Restoration Ecology. 14(2). 289–296. 32 indexed citations

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Thompson, Laura M., Frank T. van Manen, & Timothy King. (2005). Geostatistical analysis of allele presence patterns among American black bears in eastern North Carolina. Ursus. 16(1). 59–69. 13 indexed citations

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Manen, Frank T. van, et al.. (2001). DETERMINING THE POTENTIAL MITIGATION EFFECTS OF WILDLIFE PASSAGEWAYS ON BLACK BEARS. 11 indexed citations

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