Sean P. Maher

3.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
20 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Sean P. Maher is a scholar working on Ecology, Ecological Modeling and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Sean P. Maher has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Ecology, 10 papers in Ecological Modeling and 8 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Sean P. Maher's work include Species Distribution and Climate Change (10 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (7 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (7 papers). Sean P. Maher is often cited by papers focused on Species Distribution and Climate Change (10 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (7 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (7 papers). Sean P. Maher collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Switzerland. Sean P. Maher's co-authors include A. Townsend Peterson, Narayani Barve, Alberto Jiménez‐Valverde, Andrés Lira‐Noriega, Jorge Soberón, Vijay Barve, Fabricio Villalobos, Steven R. Beissinger, Toni Lyn Morelli and Stephen T. Jackson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, PLoS ONE and Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Sean P. Maher

20 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

The crucial role of the accessible area in ecological niche modeling and species distribution modeling

2011 1.4k citations Narayani Barve, Vijay Barve et al. Ecological Modelling profile →
Managing Climate Change Refugia for Climate Adaptation

2016 360 citations Toni Lyn Morelli, Christopher Daly et al. PLoS ONE profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sean P. Maher United States	14	1.5k	1.1k	831	561	460	20	2.4k
Pilar Adriana Rey Hernández Spain	5	1.7k 1.1×	1.2k 1.1×	878 1.1×	492 0.9×	404 0.9×	9	2.3k
Bruno Vilela Brazil	15	1.5k 1.0×	1.0k 1.0×	744 0.9×	696 1.2×	435 0.9×	53	2.4k
Peter J. Galante United States	9	1.6k 1.0×	1.0k 1.0×	618 0.7×	552 1.0×	345 0.8×	12	2.2k
Mariano Soley‐Guardia United States	7	1.5k 1.0×	988 0.9×	582 0.7×	540 1.0×	328 0.7×	9	2.1k
Jamie M. Kass United States	17	2.0k 1.3×	1.4k 1.3×	829 1.0×	711 1.3×	455 1.0×	40	2.9k
Monika Böhm United Kingdom	29	1.1k 0.7×	1.5k 1.3×	1.0k 1.2×	516 0.9×	810 1.8×	63	2.8k
Manuela D‘Amen Italy	21	1.5k 1.0×	1.2k 1.1×	935 1.1×	639 1.1×	653 1.4×	49	2.4k
Alexander Singer Germany	15	1.2k 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	901 1.1×	571 1.0×	388 0.8×	34	2.1k
Niclas Jonzén Sweden	33	1.1k 0.7×	1.9k 1.7×	979 1.2×	829 1.5×	676 1.5×	71	2.9k
Giovanni Amori Italy	24	835 0.5×	2.0k 1.8×	795 1.0×	500 0.9×	545 1.2×	143	2.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sean P. Maher

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Shaikh, Sabina L., Alan L. Kolata, Michael W. Binford, et al.. (2020). A Scientific Research Agenda for Water Sustainability in the Mekong. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations

Maher, Sean P., et al.. (2019). Small mammal community composition varies among Ozark glades. Journal of Mammalogy. 100(6). 1774–1782. 1 indexed citations

Schmidt, John P., Sean P. Maher, John M. Drake, et al.. (2019). Ecological indicators of mammal exposure to Ebolavirus. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 374(1782). 20180337–20180337. 12 indexed citations

Giarla, Thomas C., Sean P. Maher, Anang S. Achmadi, et al.. (2018). Isolation by marine barriers and climate explain areas of endemism in an island rodent. Journal of Biogeography. 45(9). 2053–2066. 13 indexed citations

Morelli, Toni Lyn, Sean P. Maher, Marisa Lim, et al.. (2017). Climate change refugia and habitat connectivity promote species persistence. BearWorks (Missouri State University). 4(1). 48 indexed citations

Maher, Sean P., Toni Lyn Morelli, Alan L. Flint, et al.. (2017). Erosion of refugia in the Sierra Nevada meadows network with climate change. Ecosphere. 8(4). 29 indexed citations

Morelli, Toni Lyn, Christopher Daly, Solomon Z. Dobrowski, et al.. (2016). Managing Climate Change Refugia for Climate Adaptation. PLoS ONE. 11(8). e0159909–e0159909. 360 indexed citations breakdown →

Maher, Sean P., et al.. (2016). Seasonal circadian rhythm shift and lunar chronobiology of the nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus). The Southwestern Naturalist. 61(3). 251–256. 1 indexed citations

Rapacciuolo, Giovanni, Sean P. Maher, Adam C. Schneider, et al.. (2014). Beyond a warming fingerprint: individualistic biogeographic responses to heterogeneous climate change in California. Global Change Biology. 20(9). 2841–2855. 148 indexed citations

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Maher, Sean P., Christophe F. Randin, Antoine Guisan, & John M. Drake. (2014). Pattern‐recognition ecological niche models fit to presence‐only and presence–absence data. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 5(8). 761–770. 14 indexed citations

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Maher, Sean P. & Robert M. Timm. (2014). Patterns of host and flea communities along an elevational gradient in Colorado. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 92(5). 433–442. 7 indexed citations

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Wittmann, Marion E., Christopher L. Jerde, Jennifer G. Howeth, et al.. (2014). Grass carp in the Great Lakes region: establishment potential, expert perceptions, and re-evaluation of experimental evidence of ecological impact. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 71(7). 992–999. 57 indexed citations

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Bush, Sarah E., Michelle Reed, & Sean P. Maher. (2013). Impact of forest size on parasite biodiversity: implications for conservation of hosts and parasites. Biodiversity and Conservation. 22(6-7). 1391–1404. 34 indexed citations

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Chavez, Andreas S., Sean P. Maher, Brian S. Arbogast, & G. J. Kenagy. (2013). DIVERSIFICATION AND GENE FLOW IN NASCENT LINEAGES OF ISLAND AND MAINLAND NORTH AMERICAN TREE SQUIRRELS (TAMIASCIURUS). Evolution. 68(4). 1094–1109. 22 indexed citations

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Maher, Sean P., et al.. (2012). Spread of white-nose syndrome on a network regulated by geography and climate. Nature Communications. 3(1). 1306–1306. 73 indexed citations

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Esselstyn, Jacob A., Sean P. Maher, & Rafe M. Brown. (2011). Species Interactions during Diversification and Community Assembly in an Island Radiation of Shrews. PLoS ONE. 6(7). e21885–e21885. 30 indexed citations

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Barve, Narayani, Vijay Barve, Alberto Jiménez‐Valverde, et al.. (2011). The crucial role of the accessible area in ecological niche modeling and species distribution modeling. Ecological Modelling. 222(11). 1810–1819. 1396 indexed citations breakdown →

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Maher, Sean P., Christine Ellis, Kenneth L. Gage, Russell E. Enscore, & A. Townsend Peterson. (2010). Range-wide Determinants of Plague Distribution in North America. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 83(4). 736–742. 44 indexed citations

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Jiménez‐Valverde, Alberto, Narayani Barve, Andrés Lira‐Noriega, et al.. (2010). Dominant climate influences on North American bird distributions. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 20(1). 114–118. 60 indexed citations

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Redman, Regina S., et al.. (2002). Field Performance of Cucurbit and Tomato Plants Colonized with a Nonpathogenic, Mutualistic Mutant (path-1) of Colletotrichum magna (Teleomorph: Glomerella magna; Jenkins & Winstead). 32(1). 55–70. 13 indexed citations

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