Mike Letnic

13.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
179 papers, 9.3k citations indexed

About

Mike Letnic is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Mike Letnic has authored 179 papers receiving a total of 9.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 156 papers in Ecology, 64 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 37 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Mike Letnic's work include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (141 papers), Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (61 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (47 papers). Mike Letnic is often cited by papers focused on Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (141 papers), Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (61 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (47 papers). Mike Letnic collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Mike Letnic's co-authors include Chris R. Dickman, Euan G. Ritchie, William J. Ripple, Mathew S. Crowther, Aaron J. Wirsing, Bodil Elmhagen, Christopher C. Wilmers, Michael Nelson, Arian D. Wallach and Robert L. Beschta and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Mike Letnic

173 papers receiving 9.0k 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.

Status and Ecological Effects of the World’s Largest Carnivores

2014 2.6k citations William J. Ripple, James A. Estes et al. Science profile →
Ecosystem structure, function, and composition in rangelands are negatively affected by livestock grazing

2016 290 citations David J. Eldridge, Mike Letnic et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Mike Letnic	7.5k	2.4k	2.0k	1.9k	1.7k	179	9.3k
Justin S. Brashares	6.5k 0.9×	1.9k 0.8×	2.0k 1.0×	1.7k 0.9×	1.0k 0.6×	102	8.8k
Graham I. H. Kerley	6.8k 0.9×	2.5k 1.0×	1.3k 0.7×	1.3k 0.7×	1.3k 0.8×	259	8.8k
Steeve D. Côté	7.7k 1.0×	2.3k 0.9×	1.3k 0.7×	1.1k 0.6×	2.1k 1.2×	245	9.9k
John M. Fryxell	9.4k 1.2×	3.4k 1.4×	1.8k 0.9×	1.4k 0.7×	1.6k 1.0×	175	11.9k
Aaron J. Wirsing	6.6k 0.9×	2.7k 1.1×	2.2k 1.1×	1.1k 0.6×	1.1k 0.7×	109	8.3k
Bogumiła Jędrzejewska	8.3k 1.1×	2.1k 0.8×	1.1k 0.5×	1.1k 0.6×	2.2k 1.3×	149	10.0k
Christopher C. Wilmers	7.7k 1.0×	1.8k 0.8×	1.2k 0.6×	1.6k 0.9×	1.5k 0.9×	103	9.5k
Joël Berger	7.8k 1.0×	1.6k 0.7×	1.1k 0.5×	1.5k 0.8×	1.8k 1.1×	144	9.6k
Matt W. Hayward	6.6k 0.9×	1.6k 0.6×	903 0.5×	1.5k 0.8×	1.3k 0.8×	180	8.0k
John C. Z. Woinarski	7.1k 0.9×	3.3k 1.4×	3.0k 1.5×	2.6k 1.4×	1.9k 1.1×	270	9.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Mike Letnic

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mike Letnic

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mike Letnic

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

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Kingsford, Richard T., et al.. (2025). Bucking the trend - recovery from near continent-wide extinction by a marsupial micro-predator during drought. Biological Conservation. 311. 111411–111411.

Dunlop, Judy, Tim Dempster, Christopher J. Jolly, et al.. (2025). Quantifying the potential impact of the cane toad (Rhinella marina) on biodiversity in Australia’s Pilbara region. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 37566–37566.

Letnic, Mike, et al.. (2024). After the Megafires: Effects of Fire Severity on Reptile Species Richness and Occupancy in South-Eastern Australia. Fire. 7(10). 349–349. 1 indexed citations

Cornwell, William K., et al.. (2024). Impacts of wild herbivores on soil seed banks are explained by precipitation conditions in protected areas across semi‐arid to arid regions. Journal of Applied Ecology. 61(12). 2946–2958. 2 indexed citations

Letnic, Mike, et al.. (2024). Male dingo urinary scents code for age class and wild dingoes respond to this information. Chemical Senses. 49. 4 indexed citations

Letnic, Mike, et al.. (2023). Fire severity influences the post‐fire habitat structure and abundance of a cool climate lizard. Austral Ecology. 48(7). 1440–1453. 5 indexed citations

Cornwell, William K., et al.. (2023). Herbivores disrupt the flow of food resources to termites in dryland ecosystems. Ecology. 104(5). e4035–e4035. 4 indexed citations

Goldingay, Ross L., et al.. (2023). Diet of the Dingo in Subtropical Australian Forests: Are Small, Threatened Macropods at Risk?. Animals. 13(14). 2257–2257. 6 indexed citations

Cairns, Kylie M., Mathew S. Crowther, Heidi G. Parker, Elaine A. Ostrander, & Mike Letnic. (2023). Genome‐wide variant analyses reveal new patterns of admixture and population structure in Australian dingoes. Molecular Ecology. 32(15). 4133–4150. 9 indexed citations

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Price, Owen, Katarina M. Mikac, Nicholas Wilson, et al.. (2022). Short‐term impacts of the 2019–20 fire season on biodiversity in eastern Australia. Austral Ecology. 48(1). 3–11. 3 indexed citations

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Finlayson, Graeme, et al.. (2022). Herbivores’ Impacts Cascade Through the Brown Food Web in a Dryland. Ecosystems. 26(5). 969–982. 5 indexed citations

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Letnic, Mike, et al.. (2017). Removal of an apex predator initiates a trophic cascade that extends from herbivores to vegetation and the soil nutrient pool. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 284(1854). 20170111–20170111. 60 indexed citations

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Gordon, Christopher E., David J. Eldridge, William J. Ripple, et al.. (2016). Shrub encroachment is linked to extirpation of an apex predator. Journal of Animal Ecology. 86(1). 147–157. 45 indexed citations

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Letnic, Mike, Jonathan K. Webb, Tim S. Jessop, & Tim Dempster. (2015). Restricting access to invasion hubs enables sustained control of an invasive vertebrate. Journal of Applied Ecology. 52(2). 341–347. 26 indexed citations

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Webb, Jonathan K., et al.. (2015). Ravens are a key threat to beach-nesting birds. Australian field ornithology. 32(2). 100. 10 indexed citations

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Ripple, William J., James A. Estes, Robert L. Beschta, et al.. (2014). Status and Ecological Effects of the World’s Largest Carnivores. Science. 343(6167). 1241484–1241484. 2623 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tingley, Reid, Ben L. Phillips, Mike Letnic, et al.. (2012). Identifying optimal barriers to halt the invasion of cane toads R hinella marina in arid A ustralia. Journal of Applied Ecology. 50(1). 129–137. 46 indexed citations

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Fillios, Melanie, Mathew S. Crowther, & Mike Letnic. (2012). The impact of the dingo on the thylacine in Holocene Australia. World Archaeology. 44(1). 118–134. 26 indexed citations

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Letnic, Mike, et al.. (2009). Keystone effects of an alien top-predator stem extinctions of native mammals. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 276(1671). 3249–3256. 171 indexed citations

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Letnic, Mike, et al.. (1997). ニューサウスウェールズTomagoにおける乾燥硬葉植物森林の砂採掘の後に続くファウナの生態遷移に及ぼす工場ふっ化物落下の影響 II Myobatrachidカエルの再コロニー化. Biological Conservation. 82(2). 137–146. 2 indexed citations

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