Michael Clinchy

5.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
63 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Michael Clinchy is a scholar working on Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Developmental Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Clinchy has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Ecology, 27 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 15 papers in Developmental Biology. Recurrent topics in Michael Clinchy's work include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (30 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (26 papers) and Avian ecology and behavior (23 papers). Michael Clinchy is often cited by papers focused on Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (30 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (26 papers) and Avian ecology and behavior (23 papers). Michael Clinchy collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Michael Clinchy's co-authors include Liana Zanette, Justin P. Suraci, Michael J. Sheriff, James N. Smith, Rudy Boonstra, Lawrence M. Dill, John C. Wingfield, Justine A. Smith, Christopher C. Wilmers and Tony D. Williams and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Michael Clinchy

63 papers receiving 3.8k 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.

Perceived Predation Risk Reduces the Number of Offspring Songbirds Produce per Year

2011 849 citations Liana Zanette, Michael Clinchy et al. profile →
Fear of large carnivores causes a trophic cascade

2016 355 citations Justin P. Suraci, Michael Clinchy et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Clinchy Canada	29	2.6k	1.6k	900	590	466	63	3.9k
Liana Zanette Canada	33	3.3k 1.3×	1.9k 1.2×	1.3k 1.5×	1.1k 1.8×	737 1.6×	76	5.2k
Marion L. East Germany	39	2.1k 0.8×	1.3k 0.9×	754 0.8×	255 0.4×	226 0.5×	105	4.2k
M. Justin O’Riain South Africa	36	2.6k 1.0×	1.9k 1.3×	1.0k 1.2×	163 0.3×	526 1.1×	150	4.7k
Andrew J. Loveridge United Kingdom	41	4.5k 1.7×	732 0.5×	952 1.1×	268 0.5×	641 1.4×	136	5.2k
Steven L. Monfort United States	41	2.6k 1.0×	1.8k 1.2×	1.3k 1.4×	438 0.7×	277 0.6×	116	5.7k
Fanie Pelletier Canada	43	3.6k 1.4×	2.0k 1.3×	1.8k 2.0×	192 0.3×	942 2.0×	180	5.6k
Anne B. Clark United States	26	2.2k 0.8×	2.7k 1.7×	660 0.7×	148 0.3×	571 1.2×	56	4.3k
Kathreen E. Ruckstuhl Canada	29	2.2k 0.9×	1.1k 0.7×	606 0.7×	106 0.2×	362 0.8×	96	3.2k
Michael J. Sheriff United States	33	2.5k 1.0×	2.2k 1.4×	552 0.6×	185 0.3×	495 1.1×	72	4.8k
Charles R. Brown United States	36	3.2k 1.2×	2.8k 1.8×	604 0.7×	276 0.5×	531 1.1×	141	4.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Michael Clinchy

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Clinchy

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Clinchy

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Conner, L. Mike, et al.. (2023). Prey species increase activity in refugia free of terrestrial predators. Oecologia. 201(3). 661–671. 4 indexed citations

Clinchy, Michael, et al.. (2022). Fear of predators in free-living wildlife reduces population growth over generations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(7). 31 indexed citations

Conner, L. Mike, et al.. (2022). Prey tells, large herbivores fear the human ‘super predator’. Oecologia. 198(1). 91–98. 34 indexed citations

Clinchy, Michael, et al.. (2021). Fear of large carnivores is tied to ungulate habitat use: evidence from a bifactorial experiment. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 12979–12979. 18 indexed citations

Zanette, Liana & Michael Clinchy. (2019). Ecology of fear. Current Biology. 29(9). R309–R313. 85 indexed citations

Suraci, Justin P., Justine A. Smith, Michael Clinchy, Liana Zanette, & Christopher C. Wilmers. (2019). Humans, but not their dogs, displace pumas from their kills: An experimental approach. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 12214–12214. 33 indexed citations

Zanette, Liana, et al.. (2019). Predator-induced fear causes PTSD-like changes in the brains and behaviour of wild animals. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 11474–11474. 34 indexed citations

Suraci, Justin P., Michael Clinchy, & Liana Zanette. (2017). Do Large Carnivores and Mesocarnivores Have Redundant Impacts on Intertidal Prey?. PLoS ONE. 12(1). e0170255–e0170255. 11 indexed citations

Suraci, Justin P., et al.. (2016). Fear of large carnivores causes a trophic cascade. Nature Communications. 7(1). 10698–10698. 355 indexed citations breakdown →

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Suraci, Justin P., et al.. (2014). Mammalian mesopredators on islands directly impact both terrestrial and marine communities. Oecologia. 176(4). 1087–1100. 16 indexed citations

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Zanette, Liana, Michael Clinchy, & Justin P. Suraci. (2014). Diagnosing predation risk effects on demography: can measuring physiology provide the means?. Oecologia. 176(3). 637–651. 42 indexed citations

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Newman, Amy E. M., et al.. (2012). Stress in the wild: Chronic predator pressure and acute restraint affect plasma DHEA and corticosterone levels in a songbird. Stress. 16(3). 363–367. 17 indexed citations

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Clinchy, Michael, Jay Schulkin, Liana Zanette, et al.. (2011). The Neurological Ecology of Fear: Insights Neuroscientists and Ecologists Have to Offer one Another. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 4. 21–21. 67 indexed citations

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Clinchy, Michael, Liana Zanette, Thierry D. Charlier, et al.. (2011). Multiple measures elucidate glucocorticoid responses to environmental variation in predation threat. Oecologia. 166(3). 607–614. 55 indexed citations

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Zanette, Liana & Michael Clinchy. (2010). Food supplementation leads to bottom‐up and top‐down food–host–parasite interactions. Journal of Animal Ecology. 79(6). 1172–1180. 9 indexed citations

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Travers, Marc, Michael Clinchy, Liana Zanette, Rudy Boonstra, & Tony D. Williams. (2010). Indirect predator effects on clutch size and the cost of egg production. Ecology Letters. 13(8). 980–988. 129 indexed citations

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Zanette, Liana, et al.. (2006). Do stable isotopes reflect nutritional stress? Results from a laboratory experiment on song sparrows. Oecologia. 151(3). 365–371. 100 indexed citations

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Zanette, Liana, Michael Clinchy, & James N. Smith. (2006). Combined food and predator effects on songbird nest survival and annual reproductive success: results from a bi-factorial experiment. Oecologia. 147(4). 632–640. 59 indexed citations

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Clinchy, Michael, Andrea C. Taylor, Liana Zanette, Charles J. Krebs, & P. J. Jarman. (2003). Body size, age and paternity in common brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula). Molecular Ecology. 13(1). 195–202. 36 indexed citations

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Clinchy, Michael, Charles J. Krebs, & Peter J. Jarman. (2001). Dispersal sinks and handling effects: interpreting the role of immigration in common brushtail possum populations. Journal of Animal Ecology. 70(3). 515–526. 32 indexed citations

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