Nigel P. Lester

4.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
58 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

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Nigel P. Lester is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Nigel P. Lester has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 34 papers in Ecology and 32 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Nigel P. Lester's work include Fish Ecology and Management Studies (51 papers), Marine and fisheries research (29 papers) and Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior (11 papers). Nigel P. Lester is often cited by papers focused on Fish Ecology and Management Studies (51 papers), Marine and fisheries research (29 papers) and Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior (11 papers). Nigel P. Lester collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Australia. Nigel P. Lester's co-authors include Brian J. Shuter, Peter A. Abrams, M. Jake Vander Zanden, Joseph B. Rasmussen, Paul Venturelli, John R. Post, Kevin S. McCann, Carl J. Walters, Sean Cox and Andrew J. Paul and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

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Nigel P. Lester

57 papers receiving 3.6k citations

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Species compositions mediate biomass conservation: The case of lake fish communities 2021 ·Ecology ·(unknown), Bertrand Fournier, Nigel P. Lester, Brian J. Shuter, Pedro R. Peres‐Neto	2
2	Gillnet catchability of Walleye (Sander vitreus): comparison of North American and provincial standards 2019 ·Fisheries Research ·Henrique C. Giacomini, Nigel P. Lester, (unknown), (unknown), Daniel Nadeau, Cindy Chu, Derrick de Kerckhove	14
3	Blinded by the light? Nearshore energy pathway coupling and relative predator biomass increase with reduced water transparency across lakes 2018 ·Oecologia ·Tyler D. Tunney, Kevin S. McCann, (unknown), Nigel P. Lester, Brian J. Shuter	25
4	Context-dependent interactions and the regulation of species richness in freshwater fish 2018 ·Nature Communications ·Andrew S. MacDougall, Éric Harvey, Jenny L. McCune, Karin Nilsson, Joseph Bennett, Jennifer Firn, Timothy Bartley, James B. Grace, Jocelyn M. Kelly, Tyler D. Tunney, Bailey C. McMeans, Shin‐ichiro S. Matsuzaki, Taku Kadoya, Ellen Esch, Kévin Cazelles, Nigel P. Lester, Kevin S. McCann	16
5	Supplementation stocking of Lake Trout (Salvelinus namaycush) in small boreal lakes: Ecotypes influence on growth and condition 2018 ·PLoS ONE ·Olivier Morissette, Pascal Sirois, Nigel P. Lester, Chris C. Wilson, Louis Bernatchez	12
6	The adaptive capacity of lake food webs: from individuals to ecosystems 2016 ·Ecological Monographs ·Bailey C. McMeans, Kevin S. McCann, Tyler D. Tunney, Aaron T. Fisk, Andrew M. Muir, Nigel P. Lester, Brian J. Shuter, Neil Rooney	94
7	Empirical evidence of plasticity in life-history characteristics across climatic and fish density gradients 2016 ·Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences ·Hillary G. M. Ward, John R. Post, Nigel P. Lester, Paul J. Askey, (unknown)	28
8	Fish growth and degree-days II: selecting a base temperature for an among-population study 2014 ·Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences ·(unknown), Nigel P. Lester, Paul Venturelli	31
9	Predator bioenergetics and the prey size spectrum: Do foraging costs determine fish production? 2013 ·Journal of Theoretical Biology ·Henrique C. Giacomini, Brian J. Shuter, Nigel P. Lester	35
10	Ontario freshwater fishes demonstrate differing range‐boundary shifts in a warming climate 2013 ·Diversity and Distributions ·Karen M. Alofs, Donald A. Jackson, Nigel P. Lester	99
11	Food web expansion and contraction in response to changing environmental conditions 2012 ·Nature Communications ·Tyler D. Tunney, Kevin S. McCann, Nigel P. Lester, Brian J. Shuter	90
12	The effects of regional angling effort, angler behavior, and harvesting efficiency on landscape patterns of overfishing 2011 ·Ecological Applications ·Len M. Hunt, Robert Arlinghaus, Nigel P. Lester, (unknown)	128
13	Consistent patterns of maturity and density-dependent growth among populations of walleye (Sander vitreus): application of the growing degree-day metric 2010 ·Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences ·Paul Venturelli, Nigel P. Lester, Terry R. Marshall, Brian J. Shuter	91
14	Biphasic growth in fish II: Empirical assessment 2008 ·Journal of Theoretical Biology ·Christopher Quince, Brian J. Shuter, Peter A. Abrams, Nigel P. Lester	69
15	Biphasic growth in fish I: Theoretical foundations 2008 ·Journal of Theoretical Biology ·Christopher Quince, Peter A. Abrams, Brian J. Shuter, Nigel P. Lester	127
16	Interpreting the von Bertalanffy model of somatic growth in fishes: the cost of reproduction 2004 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Nigel P. Lester, Brian J. Shuter, Peter A. Abrams	304
17	A general, life history based model for regional management of fish stocks: the inland lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) fisheries of Ontario 1998 ·Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences ·Brian J. Shuter, Michael L. Jones, (unknown), Nigel P. Lester	173
18	A general, life history based model for regional management of fish stocks: the inland lake trout (<I>Salvelinus namaycush</I>) fisheries of Ontario 1998 ·Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences ·Brian J. Shuter, (unknown), (unknown), Nigel P. Lester	22
19	On Assessing the Economic and Ecological Impact of Winter Blackbird Flocks 1978 ·Journal of Wildlife Management ·Raleigh J. Robertson, Patrick J. Weatherhead, Frank J. S. Phelan, Geoffrey L. Holroyd, Nigel P. Lester	10
20	SPECIES COMPOSITION, FOOD HABITS, AND THE ECONOMIC AND ECOLOGIC IMPACT OF WINTER BLACKBIRD FLOCKS 1976 ·Insecta mundi ·Raleigh J. Robertson, Frank J. S. Phelan, Geoffrey L. Holroyd, Nigel P. Lester	1

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