Leslie Ries

6.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
53 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Leslie Ries is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecological Modeling and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Leslie Ries has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 35 papers in Ecological Modeling and 33 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Leslie Ries's work include Plant and animal studies (39 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (35 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (32 papers). Leslie Ries is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (39 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (35 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (32 papers). Leslie Ries collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Leslie Ries's co-authors include Thomas D. Sisk, Robert J. Fletcher, James Battin, Diane M. Debinski, Karen S. Oberhauser, Nick M. Haddad, Elise F. Zipkin, Michelle Wieland, Elise A. Larsen and William F. Fagan and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Leslie Ries

52 papers receiving 4.0k 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.

Ecological Responses to Habitat Edges: Mechanisms, Models, and Variability Explained

2004 1.1k citations Leslie Ries, Robert J. Fletcher et al. Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics profile →
Is habitat fragmentation good for biodiversity?

2018 476 citations Robert J. Fletcher, Leslie Ries et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Leslie Ries United States	30	2.2k	1.9k	1.8k	1.2k	1.0k	53	4.2k
Miguel Á. Rodrı́guez Spain	35	1.7k 0.8×	1.5k 0.8×	1.7k 0.9×	1.6k 1.4×	1.0k 1.0×	98	3.9k
Cléo Bertelsmeier Switzerland	25	1.5k 0.7×	1.8k 0.9×	2.1k 1.1×	1.9k 1.6×	912 0.9×	61	5.0k
Boris Leroy France	33	1.8k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	2.8k 1.5×	1.8k 1.6×	1.1k 1.0×	75	5.3k
Wolfgang Rabitsch Austria	37	2.0k 0.9×	1.8k 0.9×	2.2k 1.2×	1.4k 1.2×	861 0.8×	87	5.1k
Ellen I. Damschen United States	34	3.4k 1.5×	2.2k 1.2×	2.4k 1.3×	1.6k 1.4×	1.5k 1.4×	82	5.6k
Juha Pöyry Finland	33	2.6k 1.2×	2.3k 1.2×	1.5k 0.8×	1.9k 1.7×	810 0.8×	68	4.4k
Brett R. Scheffers United States	32	1.5k 0.7×	1.4k 0.7×	2.2k 1.2×	2.0k 1.7×	1.6k 1.5×	83	4.7k
Carlos Roberto Fonseca Brazil	29	1.6k 0.7×	1.7k 0.9×	1.1k 0.6×	764 0.7×	1.2k 1.2×	74	3.6k
Michael D. Weiser United States	33	1.5k 0.7×	1.9k 1.0×	1.2k 0.7×	778 0.7×	707 0.7×	66	4.1k
Michiel F. WallisDeVries Netherlands	35	3.0k 1.4×	2.4k 1.3×	1.9k 1.1×	1.5k 1.3×	1.0k 1.0×	72	5.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Leslie Ries

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Leslie Ries

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Belitz, Michael W., Elise A. Larsen, Allen H. Hurlbert, et al.. (2025). Potential for bird–insect phenological mismatch in a tri‐trophic system. Journal of Animal Ecology. 94(4). 717–728. 2 indexed citations

Swinton, Scott M., et al.. (2024). Insecticides, more than herbicides, land use, and climate, are associated with declines in butterfly species richness and abundance in the American Midwest. PLoS ONE. 19(6). e0304319–e0304319. 24 indexed citations

Larsen, Elise A., Michael W. Belitz, Grace J. Di Cecco, et al.. (2024). Overwintering strategy regulates phenological sensitivity and consequences for ecological services in a clade of temperate North American insects. Functional Ecology. 38(5). 1075–1088. 6 indexed citations

Zylstra, Erin R., et al.. (2024). Overcoming data gaps using integrated models to estimate migratory species' dynamics during cryptic periods of the annual cycle. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 15(2). 413–426. 2 indexed citations

Neupane, Naresh, et al.. (2024). Artificial intelligence correctly classifies developmental stages of monarch caterpillars enabling better conservation through the use of community science photographs. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 27039–27039. 1 indexed citations

Abarca, Mariana, Elise A. Larsen, James Umbanhowar, et al.. (2024). How development and survival combine to determine the thermal sensitivity of insects. PLoS ONE. 19(1). e0291393–e0291393. 8 indexed citations

Neupane, Naresh, Elise A. Larsen, & Leslie Ries. (2024). Ecological forecasts of insect range dynamics: a broad range of taxa includes winners and losers under future climate. Current Opinion in Insect Science. 62. 101159–101159. 6 indexed citations

Shirey, Vaughn & Leslie Ries. (2023). Population dynamics and drivers of the eastern monarch (Danaus plexippus) across its full annual cycle: a cross-scale synthesis of a model migratory species. Current Opinion in Insect Science. 60. 101132–101132. 7 indexed citations

Shirey, Vaughn, Elise A. Larsen, Michael W. Belitz, et al.. (2022). LepTraits 1.0 A globally comprehensive dataset of butterfly traits. Scientific Data. 9(1). 382–382. 35 indexed citations

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Larsen, Elise A., Michael W. Belitz, Robert Guralnick, & Leslie Ries. (2022). Consistent trait-temperature interactions drive butterfly phenology in both incidental and survey data. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 13370–13370. 13 indexed citations

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Zylstra, Erin R., Leslie Ries, Naresh Neupane, et al.. (2021). Changes in climate drive recent monarch butterfly dynamics. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 5(10). 1441–1452. 50 indexed citations

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Belitz, Michael W., Elise A. Larsen, Leslie Ries, & Robert Guralnick. (2020). The accuracy of phenology estimators for use with sparsely sampled presence‐only observations. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 11(10). 1273–1285. 39 indexed citations

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Mainali, Kumar P., Trevor J. Hefley, Leslie Ries, & William F. Fagan. (2020). Matching expert range maps with species distribution model predictions. Conservation Biology. 34(5). 1292–1304. 26 indexed citations

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Wepprich, Tyson, et al.. (2019). Butterfly abundance declines over 20 years of systematic monitoring in Ohio, USA. PLoS ONE. 14(7). e0216270–e0216270. 157 indexed citations

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Ries, Leslie, Naresh Neupane, Kristen A. Baum, & Elise F. Zipkin. (2018). Flying through hurricane central: impacts of hurricanes on migrants with a focus on monarch butterflies. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(1). 94–103. 7 indexed citations

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Murphy, Shannon M., et al.. (2016). Complex community and evolutionary responses to habitat fragmentation and habitat edges: what can we learn from insect science?. Current Opinion in Insect Science. 14. 61–65. 37 indexed citations

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Thorson, James T., James N. Ianelli, Elise A. Larsen, et al.. (2016). Joint dynamic species distribution models: a tool for community ordination and spatio‐temporal monitoring. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 25(9). 1144–1158. 135 indexed citations

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Soykan, Candan U., Laurie A. Brand, Leslie Ries, et al.. (2012). Multitaxonomic Diversity Patterns along a Desert Riparian–Upland Gradient. PLoS ONE. 7(1). e28235–e28235. 32 indexed citations

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Calabrese, Justin M., Leslie Ries, Stephen F. Matter, et al.. (2008). Reproductive asynchrony in natural butterfly populations and its consequences for female matelessness. Journal of Animal Ecology. 77(4). 746–756. 59 indexed citations

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Ries, Leslie, Robert J. Fletcher, James Battin, & Thomas D. Sisk. (2004). Ecological Responses to Habitat Edges: Mechanisms, Models, and Variability Explained. Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics. 35(1). 491–522. 1097 indexed citations breakdown →

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