Richard Schuster

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
96 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Richard Schuster is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecological Modeling. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard Schuster has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Ecology, 22 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 20 papers in Ecological Modeling. Recurrent topics in Richard Schuster's work include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (23 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (20 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (19 papers). Richard Schuster is often cited by papers focused on Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (23 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (20 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (19 papers). Richard Schuster collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Germany. Richard Schuster's co-authors include Joseph Bennett, Peter Arcese, Ryan R. Germain, Nicholas J. Reo, Amanda D. Rodewald, Matthew Strimas‐Mackey, Howard Rachlin, Heather M. Kharouba, Jeffrey O. Hanson and Matthias‐Claudio Loretto and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Richard Schuster

92 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Mapping the planet’s critical areas for biodiversity and nature’s contributions to people

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Richard Schuster Canada	26	842	550	467	406	357	96	2.0k
Mary Rose C. Posa Singapore	12	871 1.0×	531 1.0×	350 0.7×	488 1.2×	393 1.1×	14	1.7k
Yuichi Yamaura Japan	26	1.0k 1.2×	878 1.6×	467 1.0×	856 2.1×	481 1.3×	108	2.8k
Ahimsa Campos‐Arceiz Malaysia	27	1.5k 1.8×	408 0.7×	428 0.9×	712 1.8×	553 1.5×	87	2.5k
Aliénor L. M. Chauvenet Australia	22	698 0.8×	510 0.9×	358 0.8×	297 0.7×	135 0.4×	60	1.5k
Madhusudan Katti United States	17	1.0k 1.2×	784 1.4×	336 0.7×	458 1.1×	641 1.8×	28	2.2k
Oliver R. W. Pergams United States	17	559 0.7×	288 0.5×	208 0.4×	243 0.6×	227 0.6×	22	1.5k
Assaf Shwartz Israel	25	525 0.6×	641 1.2×	249 0.5×	469 1.2×	274 0.8×	51	1.8k
Aidan Keane United Kingdom	26	1.3k 1.5×	836 1.5×	323 0.7×	460 1.1×	152 0.4×	77	2.4k
Ricardo A. Correia Portugal	28	913 1.1×	662 1.2×	886 1.9×	431 1.1×	441 1.2×	114	2.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Richard Schuster

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Richard Schuster

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Hanna, Dalal E.L., John S. Richardson, Trina Rytwinski, et al.. (2025). An evidence map of research assessing the effects of timber harvesting on water quality, biotic and biodiversity indicators in running waters. Forest Ecology and Management. 580. 122425–122425.

Johnson, Chris J., et al.. (2024). Accuracy, uncertainty, and biases in cumulative pressure mapping. Ecological Indicators. 166. 112407–112407. 3 indexed citations

Duarte, Gabriela Teixeira, et al.. (2024). Flood prevention benefits provided by Canadian natural ecosystems. Ecosystem Services. 70. 101670–101670. 1 indexed citations

Duarte, Gabriela Teixeira, Richard Schuster, & Matthew G. E. Mitchell. (2024). Unveiling the benefits and gaps of wild pollinators on nutrition and income. Environmental Research Letters. 19(4). 44019–44019. 1 indexed citations

Schuster, Richard, Rachel T. Buxton, Jeffrey O. Hanson, et al.. (2023). Protected area planning to conserve biodiversity in an uncertain future. Conservation Biology. 37(3). e14048–e14048. 18 indexed citations

Binley, Allison D., Joseph Bennett, Richard Schuster, et al.. (2023). Species traits drive responses of forest birds to agriculturally‐modified habitats throughout the annual cycle. Ecography. 2023(9).

Schuster, Richard, et al.. (2023). Identifying conservation priority areas for North American bumble bee species in Canada under current and future climate scenarios. Conservation Science and Practice. 5(8). 3 indexed citations

Johnson, Chris J., et al.. (2022). Canada’s human footprint reveals large intact areas juxtaposed against areas under immense anthropogenic pressure. FACETS. 7. 398–419. 27 indexed citations

Roche, Dominique G., Rose E. O’Dea, Trina Rytwinski, et al.. (2021). Closing the knowledge‐action gap in conservation with open science. Conservation Biology. 36(3). e13835–e13835. 47 indexed citations

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Mitchell, Matthew G. E., Richard Schuster, Aerin L. Jacob, et al.. (2020). Identifying key ecosystem service providing areas to inform national-scale conservation planning. Environmental Research Letters. 16(1). 14038–14038. 82 indexed citations

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Rodewald, Amanda D., Matthew Strimas‐Mackey, Richard Schuster, & Peter Arcese. (2019). Tradeoffs in the value of biodiversity feature and cost data in conservation prioritization. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 15921–15921. 18 indexed citations

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Schuster, Richard, Scott Wilson, Amanda D. Rodewald, et al.. (2019). Optimizing the conservation of migratory species over their full annual cycle. Nature Communications. 10(1). 1754–1754. 61 indexed citations

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Schuster, Richard, Gerit Wagner, & Guido Schryen. (2018). Information Systems Design Science Research and Cumulative Knowledge Development: An Exploratory Study. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 6 indexed citations

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Schmitt, Vanessa, Stefanie Keupp, Richard Schuster, et al.. (2015). Do monkeys compare themselves to others?. Animal Cognition. 19(2). 417–428. 9 indexed citations

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Arcese, Peter, et al.. (2014). Deer density and plant palatability predict shrub cover, richness, diversity and aboriginal food value in aNorthAmerican archipelago. Diversity and Distributions. 20(12). 1368–1378. 25 indexed citations

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Schuster, Richard, Tara G. Martin, & Peter Arcese. (2014). Bird Community Conservation and Carbon Offsets in Western North America. PLoS ONE. 9(6). e99292–e99292. 5 indexed citations

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Tsoory, Michael, Moussa B. H. Youdim, & Richard Schuster. (2012). Social-cooperation differs from individual behavior in hypothalamic and striatal monoamine function: Evidence from a laboratory rat model. Behavioural Brain Research. 232(1). 252–263. 15 indexed citations

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Schuster, Richard, et al.. (2009). Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) prefer to cooperate when petted: Integrating proximate and ultimate explanations ii.. Journal of comparative psychology. 123(1). 45–55. 15 indexed citations

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Schuster, Richard, et al.. (2004). Why cooperate?. Behavioural Processes. 66(3). 261–277. 63 indexed citations

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Schuster, Richard. (2002). Cooperative coordination as a social behavior. Human Nature. 13(1). 47–83. 38 indexed citations

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