Melissa Songer

3.3k total citations
76 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Melissa Songer is a scholar working on Ecology, Ecological Modeling and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Melissa Songer has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Ecology, 30 papers in Ecological Modeling and 24 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Melissa Songer's work include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (47 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (30 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (21 papers). Melissa Songer is often cited by papers focused on Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (47 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (30 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (21 papers). Melissa Songer collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Australia. Melissa Songer's co-authors include Peter Leimgruber, Qiongyu Huang, Myint Aung, Xuehua Liu, Hongbo Yang, Grant M. Connette, Elizabeth R. Selig, Teri D. Allendorf, Marc K. Steininger and Thomas Müller and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Melissa Songer

72 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Melissa Songer United States 28 1.5k 631 571 339 314 76 2.1k
Adam T. Ford Canada 33 2.2k 1.5× 514 0.8× 470 0.8× 479 1.4× 288 0.9× 101 2.8k
Stephanie S. Romañach United States 23 2.0k 1.4× 703 1.1× 524 0.9× 504 1.5× 649 2.1× 65 2.8k
Joseph M. Northrup Canada 23 2.2k 1.5× 511 0.8× 471 0.8× 470 1.4× 187 0.6× 57 2.6k
William T. Bean United States 12 1.3k 0.9× 528 0.8× 535 0.9× 419 1.2× 176 0.6× 37 1.8k
Sam M. Ferreira South Africa 27 2.0k 1.3× 375 0.6× 359 0.6× 600 1.8× 379 1.2× 129 2.5k
Achyut Aryal New Zealand 27 1.4k 1.0× 302 0.5× 641 1.1× 264 0.8× 449 1.4× 82 1.9k
Krithi K. Karanth United States 28 1.8k 1.3× 859 1.4× 448 0.8× 308 0.9× 722 2.3× 70 2.7k
Simon Mduma Tanzania 23 2.0k 1.4× 481 0.8× 393 0.7× 726 2.1× 511 1.6× 52 2.6k
Jerod A. Merkle United States 27 2.1k 1.4× 323 0.5× 422 0.7× 401 1.2× 256 0.8× 79 2.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Melissa Songer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Melissa Songer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Melissa Songer

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Songer, Melissa, et al.. (2025). Coexistence between Przewalski's horse and Asiatic wild ass in the desert: The importance of people. Journal of Applied Ecology. 62(5). 1078–1090. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Hongbo, Julie A. Winkler, Qiongyu Huang, et al.. (2024). Field experiment reveals complex warming impacts on giant pandas' bamboo diet. Biological Conservation. 294. 110635–110635. 2 indexed citations
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Yang, Hongbo, Jindong Zhang, Weihua Xu, et al.. (2024). Effects of climate warming on soil nitrogen cycles and bamboo growth in core giant panda habitat. The Science of The Total Environment. 944. 173625–173625. 1 indexed citations
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Farwell, Laura S., et al.. (2024). Avian diversity across guilds in North America versus vegetation structure as measured by the Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI). Remote Sensing of Environment. 315. 114446–114446. 3 indexed citations
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Songer, Melissa, et al.. (2023). Identifying stable and overlapping habitats for a predator (common leopard) and prey species (Himalayan grey goral & Himalayan grey langur) in northern Pakistan. Global Ecology and Conservation. 43. e02418–e02418. 2 indexed citations
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Yang, Hongbo, Thomas Dietz, Yingjie Li, et al.. (2022). Unraveling human drivers behind complex interrelationships among sustainable development goals: a demonstration in a flagship protected area. Ecology and Society. 27(3). 4 indexed citations
7.
Leimgruber, Peter & Melissa Songer. (2021). Conservation: Where can elephants roam in the Anthropocene?. Current Biology. 31(11). R714–R716. 2 indexed citations
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McShea, William J., Myint Aung, Melissa Songer, & Grant M. Connette. (2018). The Challenges of Protecting an Endangered Species in the Developing World: A Case History of Eld’s Deer Conservation in Myanmar. Case Studies in the Environment. 2(1). 1–9. 5 indexed citations
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Connette, Grant M., Patrick Oswald, Myint Kyaw Thura, et al.. (2017). Rapid forest clearing in a Myanmar proposed national park threatens two newly discovered species of geckos (Gekkonidae: Cyrtodactylus). PLoS ONE. 12(4). e0174432–e0174432. 41 indexed citations
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Calabrese, Justin M., Melissa Songer, Martin Wegmann, et al.. (2017). Conservation status of Asian elephants: the influence of habitat and governance. Biodiversity and Conservation. 26(9). 2067–2081. 46 indexed citations
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Liu, Xuehua, et al.. (2017). Diversity and activity patterns of sympatric animals among four types of forest habitat in Guanyinshan Nature Reserve in the Qinling Mountains, China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 24(19). 16465–16477. 19 indexed citations
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Jenks, Kate E., Ellen O. Aikens, Nucharin Songsasen, et al.. (2015). Comparative movement analysis for a sympatric dhole and golden jackal in a human-dominated landscape. ˜The œRaffles bulletin of zoology. 63. 546–554. 10 indexed citations
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Rubenstein, Daniel I., Melissa Songer, Peter Leimgruber, et al.. (2015). Water Use Patterns of Sympatric Przewalski’s Horse and Khulan: Interspecific Comparison Reveals Niche Differences. PLoS ONE. 10(7). e0132094–e0132094. 28 indexed citations
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Songsasen, Nucharin, Justin M. Calabrese, Christopher M. Fleming, et al.. (2015). Comparative movement analysis for a sympatric dhole and golden jackal in a human-dominated landscape. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 7 indexed citations
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Liu, Xuehua, Tiejun Wang, Ting Wang, Andrew K. Skidmore, & Melissa Songer. (2014). How do two giant panda populations adapt to their habitats in the Qinling and Qionglai Mountains, China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 22(2). 1175–1185. 18 indexed citations
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Liu, Gang, Chaoqun Xu, Waltraut Zimmermann, et al.. (2013). Mitochondrial and pedigree analysis in Przewalski's horse populations: implications for genetic management and reintroductions. Mitochondrial DNA. 25(4). 313–318. 7 indexed citations
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Cai, Qiong, et al.. (2012). The application of infrared camera in mammal research in Guanyinshan Nature Reserve,Shaanxi. Acta Theriologica Sinica. 32(1). 67. 11 indexed citations
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Allendorf, Teri D., Myint Aung, & Melissa Songer. (2012). Using residents' perceptions to improve park-people relationships in Chatthin Wildlife Sanctuary, Myanmar. Journal of Environmental Management. 99. 36–43. 66 indexed citations
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Sanderson, Eric W., Jessica Forrest, Colby Loucks, et al.. (2010). Setting priorities for conservation and recovery of wild tigers: 2005-2015. The technical assessment. DSpace Repository (Smithsonian). 39 indexed citations
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Dinerstein, Eric, Colby Loucks, Eric Wikramanayake, et al.. (2007). The Fate of Wild Tigers. BioScience. 57(6). 508–514. 235 indexed citations

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