Nicole E. Heller

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Nicole E. Heller is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecological Modeling and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicole E. Heller has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 9 papers in Ecological Modeling and 9 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Nicole E. Heller's work include Plant and animal studies (13 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (9 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (9 papers). Nicole E. Heller is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (13 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (9 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (9 papers). Nicole E. Heller collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Canada. Nicole E. Heller's co-authors include Erika S. Zavaleta, Deborah M. Gordon, Nathan J. Sanders, Nicholas J. Gotelli, Richard J. Hobbs, David D. Ackerly, Stephen H. Schneider, Michael D. Mastrandrea, Terry L. Root and Carrie A. Schloss and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Nicole E. Heller

26 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Biodiversity management in the face of climate change: A review of 22 years of recommendations

2008 1.3k citations Nicole E. Heller, Erika S. Zavaleta Biological Conservation profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nicole E. Heller United States	19	1.2k	1.1k	1.0k	965	868	28	3.1k
Justin Gerlach United Kingdom	17	1.1k 0.9×	946 0.9×	782 0.8×	1.1k 1.2×	705 0.8×	55	2.8k
Guy Pe’er Germany	27	1.5k 1.2×	1.1k 1.0×	744 0.7×	1.2k 1.2×	642 0.7×	59	3.1k
Christopher Hassall United Kingdom	29	1.5k 1.2×	700 0.6×	892 0.9×	892 0.9×	856 1.0×	89	3.1k
Wendy Foden South Africa	18	1.8k 1.4×	1.4k 1.3×	1.8k 1.7×	1.3k 1.4×	901 1.0×	40	4.0k
Grant Wardell‐Johnson Australia	33	1.9k 1.5×	1.5k 1.3×	1.4k 1.4×	2.0k 2.0×	864 1.0×	129	4.2k
Athanasios S. Kallimanis Greece	33	1.3k 1.0×	1.2k 1.1×	710 0.7×	1.7k 1.7×	1.3k 1.5×	103	3.6k
Michael D. Morecroft United Kingdom	39	1.7k 1.4×	1.9k 1.7×	1.3k 1.3×	1.8k 1.9×	1.3k 1.5×	86	5.0k
Tom H. Oliver United Kingdom	34	1.7k 1.3×	1.8k 1.6×	1.8k 1.7×	2.0k 2.0×	1.9k 2.2×	93	5.3k
Emily S. Minor United States	30	1.6k 1.3×	1.5k 1.3×	447 0.4×	956 1.0×	813 0.9×	73	3.5k
Ute Jacob Germany	26	1.8k 1.4×	1.2k 1.1×	424 0.4×	936 1.0×	909 1.0×	43	3.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nicole E. Heller

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20 of 20 papers shown

Heller, Nicole E.. (2023). Perspective: Is re‐interpretation enough? Dismantling violence in the natural history museum. Curator The Museum Journal. 66(3). 483–491.

Heller, Nicole E., et al.. (2023). Including stewardship in ecosystem health assessment. Nature Sustainability. 6(7). 731–741. 15 indexed citations

Knutson, Karen, et al.. (2023). Taking time to listen and learn: a museum partnership designed to engage rural audiences in climate change conversations. 18(1-2). 48–63.

McLaughlin, Blair C., et al.. (2022). Conservation strategies for the climate crisis: An update on three decades of biodiversity management recommendations from science. Biological Conservation. 268. 109497–109497. 28 indexed citations

Couper, Lisa, Nathan J. Sanders, Nicole E. Heller, & Deborah M. Gordon. (2021). Multiyear drought exacerbates long‐term effects of climate on an invasive ant species. Ecology. 102(10). e03476–e03476. 9 indexed citations

Chiew, Kimberly S., Jordan Hashemi, Mai-Anh Vu, et al.. (2018). Motivational valence alters memory formation without altering exploration of a real-life spatial environment. PLoS ONE. 13(3). e0193506–e0193506. 5 indexed citations

Keeley, Annika T. H., D. Richard Cameron, Nicole E. Heller, et al.. (2018). Making habitat connectivity a reality. Conservation Biology. 32(6). 1221–1232. 56 indexed citations

Keeley, Annika T. H., David D. Ackerly, D. Richard Cameron, et al.. (2018). New concepts, models, and assessments of climate-wise connectivity. Environmental Research Letters. 13(7). 73002–73002. 101 indexed citations

Lawler, Joshua J., David D. Ackerly, Christine M. Albano, et al.. (2015). The theory behind, and the challenges of, conserving nature's stage in a time of rapid change. Conservation Biology. 29(3). 618–629. 202 indexed citations

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Heller, Nicole E., Jason Kreitler, David D. Ackerly, et al.. (2015). Targeting climate diversity in conservation planning to build resilience to climate change. Ecosphere. 6(4). 1–20. 27 indexed citations

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Gordon, Deborah M. & Nicole E. Heller. (2012). Seeing the forest and the trees. Behavioral Ecology. 23(5). 934–934. 5 indexed citations

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Heller, Nicole E., et al.. (2012). Modeling the spread of the Argentine ant into natural areas: Habitat suitability and spread from neighboring sites. Ecological Modelling. 247. 262–272. 8 indexed citations

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Mastrandrea, Michael D., Nicole E. Heller, Terry L. Root, & Stephen H. Schneider. (2010). Bridging the gap: linking climate-impacts research with adaptation planning and management. Climatic Change. 100(1). 87–101. 112 indexed citations

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Heller, Nicole E., Krista K. Ingram, & Deborah M. Gordon. (2008). Nest connectivity and colony structure in unicolonial Argentine ants. Insectes Sociaux. 55(4). 397–403. 69 indexed citations

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Heller, Nicole E. & Erika S. Zavaleta. (2008). Biodiversity management in the face of climate change: A review of 22 years of recommendations. Biological Conservation. 142(1). 14–32. 1296 indexed citations breakdown →

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Heller, Nicole E., et al.. (2007). Rainfall facilitates the spread, and time alters the impact, of the invasive Argentine ant. Oecologia. 155(2). 385–395. 38 indexed citations

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Chan, Kai M. A., Robert M. Pringle, Jai Ranganathan, et al.. (2006). When Agendas Collide: Human Welfare and Biological Conservation. Conservation Biology. 21(1). 59–68. 213 indexed citations

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Heller, Nicole E., Nathan J. Sanders, & Deborah M. Gordon. (2006). Linking Temporal and Spatial Scales in the Study of an Argentine Ant Invasion. Biological Invasions. 8(3). 501–507. 37 indexed citations

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Heller, Nicole E.. (2004). Colony structure in introduced and native populations of the invasive Argentine ant, Linepithema humile. Insectes Sociaux. 51(4). 378–386. 64 indexed citations

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Sanders, Nathan J., Nicholas J. Gotelli, Nicole E. Heller, & Deborah M. Gordon. (2003). Community disassembly by an invasive species. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(5). 2474–2477. 363 indexed citations

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