Lyman L. McDonald

11.9k total citations · 5 hit papers
105 papers, 8.1k citations indexed

About

Lyman L. McDonald is a scholar working on Ecology, Statistics and Probability and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Lyman L. McDonald has authored 105 papers receiving a total of 8.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Ecology, 24 papers in Statistics and Probability and 21 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Lyman L. McDonald's work include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (28 papers), Avian ecology and behavior (19 papers) and Rangeland and Wildlife Management (16 papers). Lyman L. McDonald is often cited by papers focused on Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (28 papers), Avian ecology and behavior (19 papers) and Rangeland and Wildlife Management (16 papers). Lyman L. McDonald collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and New Zealand. Lyman L. McDonald's co-authors include Bryan F. J. Manly, Dana Thomas, Mark S. Boyce, Dana L. Thomas, Amy J. Davis, Christopher G. Ingersoll, Joseph S. Meyer, Ryan M. Nielson, Gerald W. Garner and Hall Sawyer and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of the American Statistical Association and Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Lyman L. McDonald

102 papers receiving 7.3k 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.

Resource Selection by Animals: Statistical Design and Analysis for Field Studies

1994 1.6k citations Bryan F. J. Manly, Lyman L. McDonald et al. profile →
Resource Selection by Animals : Statistical design and analysis for field studies

2011 1.3k citations Bryan F. J. Manly, Lyman L. McDonald et al. profile →
Resource Selection by Animals

1993 913 citations Bryan F. J. Manly, Lyman L. McDonald et al. profile →
Estimating Uncertainty in Population Growth Rates: Jackknife vs. Bootstrap Techniques

1986 867 citations Lyman L. McDonald, Mark S. Boyce et al. Ecology profile →
Relating populations to habitats using resource selection functions

1999 693 citations Mark S. Boyce, Mark S. Boyce et al. Trends in Ecology & Evolution profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lyman L. McDonald United States	29	6.1k	2.1k	1.5k	1.2k	1.1k	105	8.1k
Henrik Andrén Sweden	48	6.8k 1.1×	3.8k 1.8×	2.3k 1.6×	1.3k 1.1×	1.5k 1.4×	128	9.6k
David A. Elston United Kingdom	38	3.2k 0.5×	2.0k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	984 0.8×	1.1k 1.1×	152	5.8k
Wayne P. Sousa United States	33	5.6k 0.9×	2.4k 1.2×	2.6k 1.8×	632 0.5×	1.2k 1.1×	37	8.5k
Michael L. Morrison United States	39	4.9k 0.8×	2.0k 1.0×	1.8k 1.2×	1.3k 1.0×	1.3k 1.2×	269	6.8k
Frank van Langevelde Netherlands	44	2.8k 0.5×	2.4k 1.1×	2.3k 1.6×	643 0.5×	1.7k 1.6×	215	6.9k
Marco Heurich Germany	53	6.1k 1.0×	2.3k 1.1×	2.4k 1.6×	1.2k 1.0×	771 0.7×	308	8.9k
George V. N. Powell United States	33	5.6k 0.9×	3.0k 1.4×	3.1k 2.1×	2.5k 2.1×	2.7k 2.6×	61	10.6k
Scott E. Nielsen Canada	43	8.0k 1.3×	2.7k 1.3×	2.6k 1.8×	3.0k 2.5×	1.2k 1.1×	216	10.1k
Maurício Lima Chile	35	4.2k 0.7×	1.9k 0.9×	2.1k 1.4×	1.2k 1.0×	1.2k 1.1×	115	6.6k
Pedro Beja Portugal	45	4.3k 0.7×	2.3k 1.1×	1.4k 1.0×	1.5k 1.2×	1.3k 1.2×	208	6.5k

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McDonald, Lyman L., et al.. (2014). Range‐wide population size of the lesser prairie‐chicken: 2012 and 2013. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 38(3). 536–546. 54 indexed citations

McDonald, Lyman L., Thomas R. Stanley, David L. Otis, et al.. (2011). Recommended methods for range-wide monitoring of prairie dogs in the United States. Scientific investigations report. 10 indexed citations

Nielson, Ryan M., Bryan F. J. Manly, Lyman L. McDonald, Hall Sawyer, & Trent L. McDonald. (2009). Estimating habitat selection when GPS fix success is less than 100%. Ecology. 90(10). 2956–2962. 58 indexed citations

Gardner, Alexander, Don Bradshaw, & Lyman L. McDonald. (2003). Legal protection of fauna habitat in Western Australia. UWA Profiles and Research Repository (University of Western Australia). 20(2). 95–115. 3 indexed citations

Bilby, Robert E., Peter A. Bisson, Charles C. Coutant, et al.. (2003). A Review of Strategies for Recovering Tributary Habitat. 2 indexed citations

Dean, T. A., et al.. (2002). Sea otter population status and the process of recovery from the 1989 'Exxon Valdez' oil spill. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 241. 237–253. 88 indexed citations

Esler, Daniel, Timothy D. Bowman, Thomas A. Dean, et al.. (2000). CORRELATES OF HARLEQUIN DUCK DENSITIES DURING WINTER IN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND, ALASKA. Ornithological Applications. 102(4). 920–920. 25 indexed citations

Irons, David B., et al.. (2000). NINE YEARS AFTER THE EXXON VALDEZ OIL SPILL: EFFECTS ON MARINE BIRD POPULATIONS IN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND, ALASKA. Ornithological Applications. 102(4). 723–723. 60 indexed citations

McDonald, Trent L., Wallace P. Erickson, & Lyman L. McDonald. (2000). Analysis of Count Data from Before-after Control-Impact Studies. Journal of Agricultural Biological and Environmental Statistics. 5(3). 262–262. 112 indexed citations

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Boyce, Mark S., Mark S. Boyce, Lyman L. McDonald, & Lyman L. McDonald. (1999). Relating populations to habitats using resource selection functions. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 14(7). 268–272. 693 indexed citations breakdown →

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Drew, Gary S., et al.. (1998). Evaluation of Radio-Tracking and Strip Transect Methods for Determining Foraging Ranges of Black-Legged Kittiwakes. Ornithological Applications. 100(4). 709–718. 19 indexed citations

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McDonald, Lyman L., et al.. (1995). Using selection functions to describe changes in environmental variables. Environmental and Ecological Statistics. 2(3). 225–237. 1 indexed citations

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Anthony, Richard, et al.. (1995). Estimating populations of nesting brant using aerial videography. 23(1). 80–87. 28 indexed citations

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Bromaghin, Jeffrey F. & Lyman L. McDonald. (1992). Systematic encounter sampling: a simulation study. Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation. 40(3-4). 177–191. 2 indexed citations

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Marcus, Michael D. & Lyman L. McDonald. (1992). Evaluating the statistical bases for relating receiving water impacts to effluent and ambient toxicities. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 11(10). 1389–1402. 10 indexed citations

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McDonald, Lyman L., Bryan F. J. Manly, Jeffrey A. Lockwood, & Jesse A. Logan. (1989). Estimation and Analysis of Insect Populations. Lecture notes in statistics. 54 indexed citations

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Buskirk, Steven W. & Lyman L. McDonald. (1989). Analysis of Variability in Home-Range Size of the American Marten. Journal of Wildlife Management. 53(4). 997–997. 71 indexed citations

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Inkley, Douglas B., et al.. (1984). An Objective Method for Comparing Resource Distributions. Geographical Analysis. 16(4). 369–372. 2 indexed citations

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McDonald, Lyman L., et al.. (1983). Unbiased Systematic Sampling Plans for the Line Intercept Method. Journal of Range Management. 36(4). 463–463. 17 indexed citations

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McDonald, Lyman L., et al.. (1981). Algorithm AS 161: Critical Regions of an Unconditional Non-Randomized Test of Homogeneity in 2 × 2 Contingency Tables. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series C (Applied Statistics). 30(2). 182–182. 1 indexed citations

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