Michael Kearney

28.4k total citations · 9 hit papers
226 papers, 19.0k citations indexed

About

Michael Kearney is a scholar working on Ecology, Ecological Modeling and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Kearney has authored 226 papers receiving a total of 19.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 110 papers in Ecology, 110 papers in Ecological Modeling and 74 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Michael Kearney's work include Species Distribution and Climate Change (110 papers), Physiological and biochemical adaptations (62 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (45 papers). Michael Kearney is often cited by papers focused on Species Distribution and Climate Change (110 papers), Physiological and biochemical adaptations (62 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (45 papers). Michael Kearney collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Netherlands. Michael Kearney's co-authors include Warren P. Porter, Jane Elith, Steven Phillips, Richard Shine, Raymond B. Huey, Ary A. Hoffmann, Craig R. White, Andrew K. Krockenberger, Leo Joseph and Stephen E. Williams and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Michael Kearney

218 papers receiving 18.6k citations

Hit Papers

The art of modelling range-shifting species 2008 2026 2014 2020 2010 2009 2012 2014 2011 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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.

  1. The art of modelling range-shifting species
    2010 2.2k citations Jane Elith, Michael Kearney et al. Methods in Ecology and Evolution profile →
  2. Mechanistic niche modelling: combining physiological and spatial data to predict species’ ranges
    2009 1.7k citations Michael Kearney, Warren P. Porter Ecology Letters profile →
  3. Predicting organismal vulnerability to climate warming: roles of behaviour, physiology and adaptation
    2012 1.1k citations Raymond B. Huey, Michael Kearney et al. profile →
  4. Thermal-safety margins and the necessity of thermoregulatory behavior across latitude and elevation
    2014 930 citations Michael Kearney, Raymond B. Huey et al. profile →
  5. Declining body size: a third universal response to warming?
    2011 882 citations Michael Kearney et al. profile →
  6. The potential for behavioral thermoregulation to buffer “cold-blooded” animals against climate warming
    2009 873 citations Michael Kearney, Warren P. Porter et al. profile →
  7. Birth of a biome: insights into the assembly and maintenance of the Australian arid zone biota
    2008 580 citations Michael Kearney et al. Molecular Ecology profile →
  8. Correlation and process in species distribution models: bridging a dichotomy
    2012 535 citations Michael Kearney et al. profile →
  9. Mechanistic forecasts of species responses to climate change: The promise of biophysical ecology
    2022 112 citations Natalie J. Briscoe, Ilya M. D. Maclean et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Kearney Australia 59 10.3k 9.4k 6.3k 5.7k 5.2k 226 19.0k
Miroslav Dudı́k United States 14 8.4k 0.8× 11.6k 1.2× 3.6k 0.6× 3.0k 0.5× 5.4k 1.0× 36 17.0k
Jane K. Hill United Kingdom 62 7.9k 0.8× 9.3k 1.0× 7.5k 1.2× 3.7k 0.7× 8.6k 1.7× 148 18.5k
Stephen E. Williams Australia 51 7.3k 0.7× 8.3k 0.9× 4.5k 0.7× 4.2k 0.7× 5.8k 1.1× 144 15.8k
Marcel E. Visser Netherlands 71 12.3k 1.2× 7.3k 0.8× 10.4k 1.7× 4.4k 0.8× 4.9k 0.9× 246 21.2k
Jorge Soberón United States 47 8.4k 0.8× 11.8k 1.3× 4.4k 0.7× 2.4k 0.4× 6.9k 1.3× 143 17.6k
Nigel G. Yoccoz Norway 71 16.5k 1.6× 5.7k 0.6× 4.9k 0.8× 4.0k 0.7× 6.4k 1.2× 352 23.7k
Carsten Rahbek Denmark 82 11.7k 1.1× 12.7k 1.3× 8.6k 1.4× 4.8k 0.8× 12.7k 2.5× 255 25.9k
Eric Post United States 50 9.6k 0.9× 5.5k 0.6× 4.2k 0.7× 5.2k 0.9× 4.9k 0.9× 133 17.7k
Michael J. Angilletta United States 48 8.1k 0.8× 4.2k 0.4× 6.0k 1.0× 5.3k 0.9× 2.7k 0.5× 126 13.4k
Robert J. Whittaker United Kingdom 63 6.7k 0.7× 5.7k 0.6× 5.6k 0.9× 3.4k 0.6× 8.0k 1.5× 234 17.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Johnson, Christopher N., et al.. (2024). Seasonal and depth-dependent thermoregulatory benefits of burrows for wombats – The largest burrowing marsupials. Journal of Thermal Biology. 125. 103961–103961.
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Kearney, Michael & Andrea Leigh. (2024). Fast, accurate and accessible calculations of leaf temperature and its physiological consequences with NicheMapR. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 15(9). 1516–1531. 8 indexed citations
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Ma, Liang, Alexandra S. Gardner, Michael Kearney, et al.. (2023). Global patterns of climate change impacts on desert bird communities. Nature Communications. 14(1). 211–211. 30 indexed citations
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Kearney, Michael, et al.. (2023). An evaluation of a biophysical model for predicting avian thermoregulation in the heat. Journal of Experimental Biology. 226(15). 8 indexed citations
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Kearney, Michael & Urtzi Enriquez‐Urzelai. (2022). A general framework for jointly modelling thermal and hydric constraints on developing eggs. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 14(2). 583–595. 9 indexed citations
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Klinges, David H., James P. Duffy, Michael Kearney, & Ilya M. D. Maclean. (2022). mcera5 : Driving microclimate models with ERA5 global gridded climate data. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 13(7). 1402–1411. 34 indexed citations
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Duffy, Grant A., et al.. (2020). Tracheal branching in ants is area-decreasing, violating a central assumption of network transport models. PLoS Computational Biology. 16(4). e1007853–e1007853. 10 indexed citations
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Kearney, Michael, Warren P. Porter, & Raymond B. Huey. (2020). Modelling the joint effects of body size and microclimate on heat budgets and foraging opportunities of ectotherms. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 12(3). 458–467. 25 indexed citations
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White, Craig R., Dustin J. Marshall, Lesley A. Alton, et al.. (2019). The origin and maintenance of metabolic allometry in animals. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 3(4). 598–603. 88 indexed citations
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Briscoe, Natalie J., Jane Elith, Roberto Salguero‐Gómez, et al.. (2019). Forecasting species range dynamics with process‐explicit models: matching methods to applications. Ecology Letters. 22(11). 1940–1956. 160 indexed citations
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Kearney, Michael, Mélodie A. McGeoch, & Steven L. Chown. (2019). Where do Functional Traits Come From? The role of theory and models. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards. 3. 6 indexed citations
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Arnall, Sophie G., et al.. (2018). Life in the slow lane? A dynamic energy budget model for the western swamp turtle, Pseudemydura umbrina. Journal of Sea Research. 143. 89–99. 15 indexed citations
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Medina, Iliana, Elizabeth Newton, Michael Kearney, et al.. (2018). Reflection of near-infrared light confers thermal protection in birds. Nature Communications. 9(1). 3610–3610. 51 indexed citations
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Kearney, Michael, et al.. (2016). Development of dragline excavation model for operation planning. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 55–63. 3 indexed citations
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Kearney, Michael, Peter M. Dower, & Michael Cantoni. (2011). Model predictive control for flood mitigation: A Wivenhoe Dam case study. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 290–296. 6 indexed citations
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Kearney, Michael, Michael Cantoni, & Peter M. Dower. (2011). Non-iterative distributed MPC for large-scale irrigation channels. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 217–223. 2 indexed citations
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Kearney, Michael & Warren P. Porter. (2009). Mechanistic niche modelling: combining physiological and spatial data to predict species’ ranges. Ecology Letters. 12(4). 334–350. 1651 indexed citations breakdown →
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Umina, Paul A., Andrew R. Weeks, Michael Kearney, Stephen W. McKechnie, & Ary A. Hoffmann. (2005). A Rapid Shift in a Classic Clinal Pattern in Drosophila Reflecting Climate Change. Science. 308(5722). 691–693. 289 indexed citations
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Kearney, Michael. (1994). Desde el indigenismo a los derechos humanos: Etnicidad y política más allá de la mixteca. Hispana. 14(46). 49–67. 10 indexed citations

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