Sarah C. Davidson

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Sarah C. Davidson is a scholar working on Ecology, Ecological Modeling and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sarah C. Davidson has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Ecology, 9 papers in Ecological Modeling and 2 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Sarah C. Davidson's work include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (9 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (9 papers) and Avian ecology and behavior (2 papers). Sarah C. Davidson is often cited by papers focused on Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (9 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (9 papers) and Avian ecology and behavior (2 papers). Sarah C. Davidson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Canada. Sarah C. Davidson's co-authors include Martin Wikelski, Roland Kays, Rolf Weinzierl, Gil Bohrer, David C. Douglas, Somayeh Dodge, David Brandes, Jiawei Han, Francesca Cagnacci and Yan Ropert‐Coudert and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences and Molecular Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Sarah C. Davidson

22 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

COVID-19 lockdown allows researchers to quantify the effects of human activity on wildlife

2020 403 citations Christian Rutz, Matthias‐Claudio Loretto et al. Nature Ecology & Evolution profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sarah C. Davidson United States	11	877	274	268	216	154	24	1.3k
Ellen O. Aikens United States	14	1.1k 1.3×	233 0.9×	182 0.7×	282 1.3×	260 1.7×	25	1.4k
Scott LaPoint Germany	15	1.1k 1.3×	279 1.0×	275 1.0×	219 1.0×	212 1.4×	21	1.4k
Kathryn M. Irvine United States	22	749 0.9×	350 1.3×	258 1.0×	331 1.5×	357 2.3×	68	1.2k
Sophie L. Gilbert United States	18	871 1.0×	172 0.6×	161 0.6×	138 0.6×	194 1.3×	34	1.2k
Marie Auger‐Méthé Canada	20	1.1k 1.2×	156 0.6×	336 1.3×	269 1.2×	322 2.1×	54	1.6k
Jessie C. Buettel Australia	13	643 0.7×	381 1.4×	384 1.4×	179 0.8×	317 2.1×	50	1.4k
Jon S. Horne United States	16	1.7k 1.9×	321 1.2×	302 1.1×	212 1.0×	363 2.4×	26	1.9k
Barry A. Nickel United States	14	987 1.1×	165 0.6×	219 0.8×	405 1.9×	239 1.6×	20	1.4k
Manuela Panzacchi Norway	23	1.4k 1.5×	275 1.0×	214 0.8×	155 0.7×	363 2.4×	46	1.6k
Briana Abrahms United States	22	1.5k 1.8×	363 1.3×	567 2.1×	296 1.4×	336 2.2×	58	2.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sarah C. Davidson

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Beltran, Roxanne S., Larissa T. Beumer, Max F. Czapanskiy, et al.. (2025). Integrating animal tracking and trait data to facilitate global ecological discoveries. Journal of Experimental Biology. 228(Suppl_1). 2 indexed citations

Davidson, Sarah C., Mark Hebblewhite, Allicia Kelly, et al.. (2025). ECODATA : A toolbox to efficiently explore and communicate animal movements alongside environmental and anthropogenic context using geospatial big data. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 16(10). 2318–2325.

Scott, Kristin, et al.. (2024). Tetraether archaeal lipids promote long‐term survival in extreme conditions. Molecular Microbiology. 121(5). 882–894. 6 indexed citations

Arnaout, Angel, Jamie Brehaut, Sarah C. Davidson, et al.. (2024). Implementation and evaluation of a national quality improvement initiative in cancer surgery. BMJ Open Quality. 13(2). e002759–e002759.

Kölzsch, Andrea, Sarah C. Davidson, Julian Hirt, et al.. (2022). MoveApps: a serverless no-code analysis platform for animal tracking data. Movement Ecology. 10(1). 30–30. 11 indexed citations

Davidson, Sarah C., et al.. (2021). Understanding the dynamics of Arctic animal migrations in a changing world. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8(1). 56–64. 5 indexed citations

Davidson, Sarah C., et al.. (2021). Mobilizing Animal Movement Data: API use and the Movebank platform. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards. 5. 2 indexed citations

Rutz, Christian, Matthias‐Claudio Loretto, Amanda E. Bates, et al.. (2020). COVID-19 lockdown allows researchers to quantify the effects of human activity on wildlife. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 4(9). 1156–1159. 403 indexed citations breakdown →

Lisovski, Simeon, Silke Bauer, Martins Briedis, et al.. (2019). Light‐level geolocator analyses: A user's guide. Journal of Animal Ecology. 89(1). 221–236. 139 indexed citations

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Gurarie, Eliezer, Mark Hebblewhite, Kyle Joly, et al.. (2019). Tactical departures and strategic arrivals: Divergent effects of climate and weather on caribou spring migrations. Ecosphere. 10(12). 51 indexed citations

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Baugh, Alexander T., Sarah C. Davidson, Michaela Hau, & Kees van Oers. (2017). Temporal dynamics of the HPA axis linked to exploratory behavior in a wild European songbird (Parus major). General and Comparative Endocrinology. 250. 104–112. 21 indexed citations

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Baugh, Alexander T., et al.. (2017). Novelty induces behavioural and glucocorticoid responses in a songbird artificially selected for divergent personalities. Animal Behaviour. 130. 221–231. 26 indexed citations

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Campbell, Hamish A., et al.. (2016). A plea for standards in reporting data collected by animal-borne electronic devices. Animal Biotelemetry. 4(1). 22 indexed citations

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Bohrer, Gil, Roland Kays, Sarah C. Davidson, et al.. (2015). Remote sensing in support of endangered species management and animal movement research -The env-data tool pack. 4974–4980. 1 indexed citations

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Dodge, Somayeh, Gil Bohrer, Keith L. Bildstein, et al.. (2014). Environmental drivers of variability in the movement ecology of turkey vultures (Cathartes aura) in North and South America. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 369(1643). 20130195–20130195. 106 indexed citations

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Bohrer, Gil, Somayeh Dodge, Rolf Weinzierl, et al.. (2013). The Environmental-Data Automated Track Annotation (Env-DATA) System: Linking Animal Tracks with Environmental Data. AGUFM. 2013. 2 indexed citations

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Dodge, Somayeh, Gil Bohrer, Rolf Weinzierl, et al.. (2013). The environmental-data automated track annotation (Env-DATA) system: linking animal tracks with environmental data. Movement Ecology. 1(1). 3–3. 248 indexed citations

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Douglas, David C., Rolf Weinzierl, Sarah C. Davidson, et al.. (2012). Moderating Argos location errors in animal tracking data. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 3(6). 999–1007. 247 indexed citations

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Bak, Peter Michael, et al.. (2011). Exploration through enrichment. KOPS (University of Konstanz). 421–424. 21 indexed citations

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Davidson, Sarah C.. (2004). Shade Coffee Agro-Ecosystems in Mexico. Journal of Sustainable Forestry. 21(1). 81–95. 6 indexed citations

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