Nicolas Casajus

2.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
32 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Nicolas Casajus is a scholar working on Ecology, Ecological Modeling and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicolas Casajus has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Ecology, 17 papers in Ecological Modeling and 9 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Nicolas Casajus's work include Species Distribution and Climate Change (17 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (8 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (7 papers). Nicolas Casajus is often cited by papers focused on Species Distribution and Climate Change (17 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (8 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (7 papers). Nicolas Casajus collaborates with scholars based in France, Canada and United States. Nicolas Casajus's co-authors include Gaël Grenouillet, Laëtitia Buisson, Wilfried Thuiller, Sovan Lek, Sovan Lek, Dominique Berteaux, Nicolas Loiseau, David Mouillot, Sébastien Villéger and Sylvie de Blois and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Nicolas Casajus

28 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

Uncertainty in ensemble forecasting of species distribution

2009 524 citations Laëtitia Buisson, Wilfried Thuiller et al. Global Change Biology profile →
mFD: an R package to compute and illustrate the multiple facets of functional diversity

2021 203 citations Camille Magneville, Nicolas Loiseau et al. Ecography profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nicolas Casajus France	15	927	848	704	409	300	32	1.7k
Sam Veloz United States	18	1.1k 1.2×	1.1k 1.3×	845 1.2×	611 1.5×	482 1.6×	29	2.2k
Miia Parviainen Finland	9	998 1.1×	789 0.9×	572 0.8×	266 0.7×	256 0.9×	12	1.4k
Romain Bertrand France	15	978 1.1×	742 0.9×	907 1.3×	587 1.4×	488 1.6×	29	1.8k
Gary Langham United States	17	895 1.0×	992 1.2×	532 0.8×	584 1.4×	580 1.9×	25	1.8k
Gwenaëlle Le Lay Switzerland	7	1.5k 1.6×	1.4k 1.7×	871 1.2×	345 0.8×	355 1.2×	9	2.1k
Manuela González‐Suárez United Kingdom	23	562 0.6×	1.2k 1.4×	604 0.9×	357 0.9×	437 1.5×	75	1.8k
William B. Monahan United States	22	1.2k 1.3×	1.1k 1.3×	811 1.2×	754 1.8×	418 1.4×	37	2.3k
Marcelo F. Tognelli Argentina	18	581 0.6×	903 1.1×	615 0.9×	354 0.9×	265 0.9×	35	1.5k
Raquel A. Garcia South Africa	14	1.5k 1.6×	1.1k 1.3×	917 1.3×	654 1.6×	526 1.8×	25	2.3k
Glenn Manion Australia	14	794 0.9×	793 0.9×	852 1.2×	480 1.2×	372 1.2×	23	1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Nicolas Casajus

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nicolas Casajus

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McLean, Matthew, David Mouillot, Juliette Langlois, et al.. (2025). Conserving the beauty of the world’s reef fish assemblages. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(25). e2415931122–e2415931122.

Mouquet, Nicolas, Lucie Mahaut, Wilfried Thuiller, et al.. (2025). Spatial Insurance of Distinct Ecological Functions. Ecology Letters. 28(11). e70266–e70266.

Pradel, Roger, Pierre‐Cyril Renaud, Olivier Pays, et al.. (2024). Establishing large mammal population trends from heterogeneous count data. Ecology and Evolution. 14(8). e70193–e70193. 1 indexed citations

Garidel‐Thoron, Thibault de, Julie Meilland, Olivier Sulpis, et al.. (2024). Migrating is not enough for modern planktonic foraminifera in a changing ocean. Nature. 636(8042). 390–396. 7 indexed citations

Mouillot, David, Laure Velez, Camille Albouy, et al.. (2024). The socioeconomic and environmental niche of protected areas reveals global conservation gaps and opportunities. Nature Communications. 15(1). 9007–9007. 12 indexed citations

Garidel‐Thoron, Thibault de, Xavier Giraud, Julie Meilland, et al.. (2024). Size normalizing planktonic Foraminifera abundance in the water column. Limnology and Oceanography Methods. 22(10). 701–719. 2 indexed citations

Mouquet, Nicolas, Juliette Langlois, Nicolas Casajus, et al.. (2024). Low human interest for the most at-risk reef fishes worldwide. Science Advances. 10(29). eadj9510–eadj9510. 8 indexed citations

Casajus, Nicolas, et al.. (2023). chessboard: An R package for creating networkconnections based on chess moves. The Journal of Open Source Software. 8(90). 5753–5753.

Mitchell, Greg W., et al.. (2023). Mission Monarch: engaging the Canadian public for the conservation of a species at risk. Journal of Insect Conservation. 28(2). 225–231. 1 indexed citations

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Tribot, Anne-Sophie, Nathalie Blanc, Thierry Brassac, et al.. (2023). What makes a teddy bear comforting? A participatory study reveals the prevalence of sensory characteristics and emotional bonds in the perception of comforting teddy bears. The Journal of Positive Psychology. 19(2). 379–392. 4 indexed citations

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Langlois, Juliette, François Guilhaumon, Nicolas Casajus, et al.. (2022). The aesthetic value of reef fishes is globally mismatched to their conservation priorities. PLoS Biology. 20(6). e3001640–e3001640. 24 indexed citations

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Mouillot, David, Nicolas Loiseau, Matthias Grenié, et al.. (2021). The dimensionality and structure of species trait spaces. Ecology Letters. 24(9). 1988–2009. 83 indexed citations

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Magneville, Camille, Nicolas Loiseau, Camille Albouy, et al.. (2021). mFD: an R package to compute and illustrate the multiple facets of functional diversity. Ecography. 2022(1). 203 indexed citations breakdown →

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Loiseau, Nicolas, Nicolas Mouquet, Nicolas Casajus, et al.. (2020). Global distribution and conservation status of ecologically rare mammal and bird species. Nature Communications. 11(1). 5071–5071. 96 indexed citations

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Legagneux, Pierre, Alastair Franke, Nicolas Casajus, et al.. (2018). Precipitation and ectoparasitism reduce reproductive success in an arctic-nesting top-predator. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 8530–8530. 14 indexed citations

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Berteaux, Dominique, et al.. (2018). Northern protected areas will become important refuges for biodiversity tracking suitable climates. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 4623–4623. 44 indexed citations

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Casajus, Nicolas, et al.. (2017). Changements climatiques : défis et perspectives pour les plantes vasculaires en situation précaire au Québec. Érudit (Université de Montréal). 142(1). 16–35. 1 indexed citations

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Casajus, Nicolas, Catherine Périé, Travis Logan, et al.. (2016). An Objective Approach to Select Climate Scenarios when Projecting Species Distribution under Climate Change. PLoS ONE. 11(3). e0152495–e0152495. 33 indexed citations

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Bolduc, Élise, Nicolas Casajus, Pierre Legagneux, et al.. (2013). Terrestrial arthropod abundance and phenology in the Canadian Arctic: modelling resource availability for Arctic-nesting insectivorous birds. The Canadian Entomologist. 145(2). 155–170. 53 indexed citations

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Buisson, Laëtitia, Wilfried Thuiller, Nicolas Casajus, Sovan Lek, & Gaël Grenouillet. (2009). Uncertainty in ensemble forecasting of species distribution. Global Change Biology. 16(4). 1145–1157. 524 indexed citations breakdown →

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