Luca Börger

13.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
92 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

Luca Börger is a scholar working on Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Luca Börger has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 72 papers in Ecology, 40 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 31 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Luca Börger's work include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (46 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (23 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (19 papers). Luca Börger is often cited by papers focused on Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (46 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (23 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (19 papers). Luca Börger collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, France and United States. Luca Börger's co-authors include John M. Fryxell, Benjamin D. Dalziel, Novella Franconi, Nicolas Gross, Tim Coulson, Alberto Gantz, Bram Van Moorter, Nils Bunnefeld, Göran Ericsson and Holger Dettki and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Luca Börger

87 papers receiving 5.5k 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.

Effects of sampling regime on the mean and variance of home range size estimates

2006 560 citations Luca Börger, Novella Franconi et al. Journal of Animal Ecology profile →
Local biodiversity is higher inside than outside terrestrial protected areas worldwide

2016 554 citations Samantha L. L. Hill, Luca Börger et al. profile →
Are there general mechanisms of animal home range behaviour? A review and prospects for future research

2008 516 citations Luca Börger et al. profile →
Optimizing the use of biologgers for movement ecology research

2019 201 citations Hannah J. Williams, Lucy A. Taylor et al. Journal of Animal Ecology profile →

Peers

Countries citing papers authored by Luca Börger

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Citations

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Luca Börger

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

All Works

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Drivers of individual differences in the sleep behaviour of fallow deer neonates 2025 ·Journal of Animal Ecology ·(unknown), Holly M. English, Luca Börger, Devorah Matas, Lee Koren, Isabella Capellini, Dómhnall J. Jennings	1
2	Jaguar at the Edge: movement patterns in human-altered landscapes 2024 ·Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation ·(unknown), Claudia Zukeran Kanda, Júlia Emi de Faria Oshima, Bernardo Brandão Niebuhr, Ronaldo Gonçalves Morato, Jeffrey J. Thompson, Luca Börger, Milton Cézar Ribeiro	1
3	Sleep in the wild: the importance of individual effects and environmental conditions on sleep behaviour in wild boar 2024 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Luca Börger, Miloš Ježek, Dómhnall J. Jennings, Isabella Capellini	4
4	Combined effects of landscape fragmentation and sampling frequency of movement data on the assessment of landscape connectivity 2024 ·Movement Ecology ·(unknown), Mathieu Garel, Pascal Marchand, (unknown), Luca Börger, (unknown)	0
5	Predator–Prey Movement Interactions: Jaguars and Peccaries in the Spotlight 2024 ·Biotropica ·(unknown), Júlia Emi de Faria Oshima, Claudia Zukeran Kanda, María Luisa S. P. Jorge, Alexine Keuroghlian, Ronaldo Gonçalves Morato, Milton Cézar Ribeiro, Luca Börger	1
6	Route Planning Process by the Endangered Black Lion Tamarin in Different Environmental Contexts 2024 ·American Journal of Primatology ·Felipe Bufalo, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Luca Börger, Laurence Culot	2
7	A GPS assisted translocation experiment to study the homing behavior of red deer 2024 ·Scientific Reports ·(unknown), Lukas Landler, (unknown), Luca Börger, Hynek Burda, Mark D. Holton, (unknown), E. Pascal Malkemper, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Miloš Ježek	1
8	Worse sleep and increased energy expenditure yet no movement changes in sub-urban wild boar experiencing an influx of human visitors (anthropulse) during the COVID-19 pandemic 2023 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·(unknown), (unknown), Luca Börger, (unknown), Vilém Jarský, Miloš Ježek, (unknown), (unknown), Tomasz Podgórski	10
9	Experimental evolution of dispersal: Unifying theory, experiments and natural systems 2023 ·Journal of Animal Ecology ·Nicky Lustenhouwer, (unknown), Florian Altermatt, Ronald D. Bassar, Greta Bocedi, Dries Bonte, Sutirth Dey, Emanuel A. Fronhofer, (unknown), Andrea Giometto, Lesley T. Lancaster, (unknown), Marjo Saastamoinen, Justin M. J. Travis, (unknown), Christopher Weiss‐Lehman, Jennifer L. Williams, Luca Börger, David Berger	12
10	How to scale up from animal movement decisions to spatiotemporal patterns: An approach via step selection 2022 ·Journal of Animal Ecology ·Jonathan R. Potts, Luca Börger	25
11	Interacting lethal and nonlethal human activities shape complex risk tolerance behaviors in a mountain herbivore 2022 ·Ecological Applications ·Nicolas Courbin, Mathieu Garel, Pascal Marchand, Antoine Duparc, Lucie Debeffe, Luca Börger, Anne Loison	17
12	Fine-scale changes in speed and altitude suggest protean movements in homing pigeon flights 2021 ·Royal Society Open Science ·(unknown), Rory P. Wilson, (unknown), Luca Börger, Steven J. Portugal, Anders Hedenström, Giacomo Dell’Omo, Michael Quetting, Martin Wikelski, Emily L. C. Shepard	7
13	Why did the animal turn? Time‐varying step selection analysis for inference between observed turning‐points in high frequency data 2021 ·Methods in Ecology and Evolution ·(unknown), Luca Börger, Rory P. Wilson, (unknown), M. Rowan Brown, Mathieu Garel, Jonathan R. Potts	18
14	The Biodiversity Intactness Index - country, region and global-level summaries for the year 1970 to 2050 under various scenarios 2021 ·Helen R. P. Phillips, Adriana De Palma, (unknown), Sara Contu, Samantha L. L. Hill, Andrés Baselga, Luca Börger, Andy Purvis	3
15	Selective effects of small barriers on river‐resident fish 2021 ·Journal of Applied Ecology ·Peter E. Jones, (unknown), (unknown), Luca Börger, Jon C. Svendsen, Sofía Consuegra, Joshua Jones, Carlos García de Leániz	51
16	One size does not fit all: inter- and intraspecific variation in the swimming performance of contrasting freshwater fish 2020 ·Conservation Physiology ·Peter E. Jones, Jon C. Svendsen, Luca Börger, (unknown), Sofía Consuegra, Joshua Jones, Carlos García de Leániz	24
17	Optimizing the use of biologgers for movement ecology research breakdown → 2019 ·Journal of Animal Ecology ·Hannah J. Williams, Lucy A. Taylor, Simon Benhamou, Allert I. Bijleveld, Thomas A. Clay, Sophie de Grissac, Urška Demšar, Holly M. English, Novella Franconi, Agustina Gómez‐Laich, Rachael Griffiths, W Kay, Juan M. Morales, Jonathan R. Potts, (unknown), Christian Rutz, Anouk Spelt, Alice M. Trevail, Rory P. Wilson, Luca Börger	201
18	A comprehensive assessment of stream fragmentation in Great Britain 2019 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Joshua Jones, Luca Börger, Jeroen S. Tummers, Peter E. Jones, Martyn C. Lucas, (unknown), Paul S. Kemp, Simone Bizzi, Sofía Consuegra, Lucio Marcello, Andrew S. Vowles, Barbara Belletti, E. Verspoor, Wouter van de Bund, Peter Gough, Carlos García de Leániz	93
19	Social eavesdropping allows for a more risky gliding strategy by thermal-soaring birds 2018 ·Journal of The Royal Society Interface ·Hannah J. Williams, Andrew J. King, Olivier Duriez, Luca Börger, Emily L. C. Shepard	16
20	Coming out of the ivory tower: how to ensure that ecological modelling research remains practical and applied 2007 ·Cronfa (Swansea University) ·Luca Börger	1

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