Lei Cao

1.8k total citations
76 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Lei Cao is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecological Modeling. According to data from OpenAlex, Lei Cao has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Ecology, 22 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 12 papers in Ecological Modeling. Recurrent topics in Lei Cao's work include Avian ecology and behavior (44 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (41 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (12 papers). Lei Cao is often cited by papers focused on Avian ecology and behavior (44 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (41 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (12 papers). Lei Cao collaborates with scholars based in China, Denmark and Mongolia. Lei Cao's co-authors include Anthony David Fox, Yong Zhang, Qiang Jia, H.H.T. Prins, Yuzhan Yang, Xin Wang, Ye Deng, Willem F. de Boer, Zhenggang Xu and Yali Si and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Lei Cao

70 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Peers

Lei Cao
Jacquelyn Jones United States
Shannon E. Albeke United States
André Frainer Norway
Lizhi Zhou China
Mark Barter China
Merlijn Jocqué Belgium
Aileen C. Mill United Kingdom
Robert W. Martin United Kingdom
Joshua H. Daskin United States
J. Alan Clark United States
Jacquelyn Jones United States
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Citations per year, relative to Lei Cao Lei Cao (= 1×) peers Jacquelyn Jones

Countries citing papers authored by Lei Cao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lei Cao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lei Cao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Lei Cao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Lei Cao 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 Lei Cao. Lei Cao is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Deng, Xueqin, Nyambayar Batbayar, Zhenggang Xu, et al.. (2025). Exploring potential environmental drivers of migration phenology in two Mongolian Plateau-nesting goose species. Movement Ecology. 13(1). 58–58.
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Gu, Dongmei, Yanbo Xie, Hiroyoshi Higuchi, et al.. (2025). Reconciling Bergmann's rule throughout the annual cycle in two congeneric large-bodied migratory waterbirds. Avian Research. 16(3). 100263–100263.
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Collins, Daniel P., et al.. (2024). Evidence of longitudinal differences in spring migration strategies of an Arctic‐nesting goose. Ecology and Evolution. 14(9). e11665–e11665. 1 indexed citations
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Griffin, Larry, et al.. (2024). Contrasting effects of shooting disturbance on the movement and behavior of sympatric wildfowl species. Ecological Applications. 34(8). e3032–e3032. 2 indexed citations
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Weegman, Mitch D., et al.. (2023). Joint use of location and acceleration data reveals influences on transitions among habitats in wintering birds. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 2132–2132. 3 indexed citations
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Hilton, Geoff M., Larry Griffin, Alyn Walsh, et al.. (2023). Differing drivers of decline within a migratory metapopulation has implications for future conservation. Ecology and Evolution. 13(7). e10281–e10281. 2 indexed citations
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Wikle, Christopher K., Lei Cao, Stuart Bearhop, et al.. (2022). Time-varying effects of local weather on behavior and probability of breeding deferral in two Arctic-nesting goose populations. Oecologia. 201(2). 369–383. 8 indexed citations
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Lu, Shaoming, Jian Fang, X. Li, et al.. (2022). 2MO Final OS results and subgroup analysis of savolitinib in patients with MET exon 14 skipping mutations (METex14+) NSCLC. Annals of Oncology. 33. S27–S27. 10 indexed citations
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Cao, Lei, et al.. (2020). Moving forward: how best to use the results of waterbird monitoring and telemetry studies to safeguard the future of Far East Asian Anatidae species. Wildfowl (Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust). 293–319. 6 indexed citations
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Jia, Qiang, Yong Zhang, & Lei Cao. (2019). Response of Anatidae Abundance to Environmental Factors in the Middle and Lower Yangtze River Floodplain, China. Sustainability. 11(23). 6814–6814. 2 indexed citations
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Wu, Yueni, Yuzhan Yang, Lei Cao, et al.. (2018). Habitat environments impacted the gut microbiome of long-distance migratory swan geese but central species conserved. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 13314–13314. 73 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yong, Anthony David Fox, Lei Cao, et al.. (2018). Effects of ecological and anthropogenic factors on waterbird abundance at a Ramsar Site in the Yangtze River Floodplain. AMBIO. 48(3). 293–303. 41 indexed citations
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Choi, Chang‐Yong, John Y. Takekawa, Diann J. Prosser, et al.. (2016). Chewing Lice of Swan Geese (Anser cygnoides): New Host-Parasite Associations. Korean Journal of Parasitology. 54(5). 685–691. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Yuzhan, Aibin Zhan, Lei Cao, Fanjuan Meng, & Wenbin Xu. (2016). Selection of a marker gene to construct a reference library for wetland plants, and the application of metabarcoding to analyze the diet of wintering herbivorous waterbirds. PeerJ. 4. e2345–e2345. 24 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yong, Qiang Jia, H.H.T. Prins, Lei Cao, & Willem F. de Boer. (2015). Effect of conservation efforts and ecological variables on waterbird population sizes in wetlands of the Yangtze River. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 17136–17136. 42 indexed citations
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Rees, Eileen C., et al.. (2013). A comparison of behaviour and habitat use by Bewick. Wildfowl (Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust). 61(61). 52–73. 3 indexed citations

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