Stuart Bearhop

28.7k total citations · 11 hit papers
210 papers, 21.9k citations indexed

About

Stuart Bearhop is a scholar working on Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Stuart Bearhop has authored 210 papers receiving a total of 21.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 195 papers in Ecology, 45 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 42 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Stuart Bearhop's work include Avian ecology and behavior (111 papers), Isotope Analysis in Ecology (83 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (69 papers). Stuart Bearhop is often cited by papers focused on Avian ecology and behavior (111 papers), Isotope Analysis in Ecology (83 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (69 papers). Stuart Bearhop collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Ireland. Stuart Bearhop's co-authors include Richard Inger, Andrew L. Jackson, Andrew Parnell, Donald L. Phillips, Stephen C. Votier, Susan Waldron, Robert W. Furness, Seth D. Newsome, Robbie A. McDonald and Carlos Martı́nez del Rio and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Stuart Bearhop

209 papers receiving 21.2k citations

Hit Papers

Comparing isotopic niche widths among and within commu... 2002 2026 2010 2018 2011 2010 2004 2007 2011 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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.

  1. Comparing isotopic niche widths among and within communities: SIBER - Stable Isotope Bayesian Ellipses in R
    2011 2.5k citations Stuart Bearhop et al. Journal of Animal Ecology profile →
  2. Source Partitioning Using Stable Isotopes: Coping with Too Much Variation
    2010 2.4k citations Stuart Bearhop et al. PLoS ONE profile →
  3. Determining trophic niche width: a novel approach using stable isotope analysis
    2004 1.1k citations Stuart Bearhop, Susan Waldron et al. Journal of Animal Ecology profile →
  4. A niche for isotopic ecology
    2007 1.1k citations Stuart Bearhop et al. profile →
  5. Applying stable isotopes to examine food‐web structure: an overview of analytical tools
    2011 1.0k citations Stuart Bearhop et al. profile →
  6. Best practices for use of stable isotope mixing models in food-web studies
    2014 946 citations Stuart Bearhop et al. profile →
  7. Bayesian stable isotope mixing models
    2013 827 citations Stuart Bearhop et al. profile →
  8. Carry-over effects as drivers of fitness differences in animals
    2010 672 citations Jonathan D. Blount, Stuart Bearhop et al. Journal of Animal Ecology profile →
  9. A niche for isotopic ecology
    2007 607 citations Stuart Bearhop et al. profile →
  10. Factors That Influence Assimilation Rates and Fractionation of Nitrogen and Carbon Stable Isotopes in Avian Blood and Feathers
    2002 512 citations Stuart Bearhop, Susan Waldron et al. profile →
  11. Food for thought: supplementary feeding as a driver of ecological change in avian populations
    2008 471 citations Robbie A. McDonald, Stuart Bearhop et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Stuart Bearhop United Kingdom 62 18.9k 6.8k 4.4k 3.1k 2.1k 210 21.9k
Richard Inger United Kingdom 41 9.7k 0.5× 5.0k 0.7× 2.9k 0.6× 1.8k 0.6× 1.5k 0.7× 69 13.6k
James A. Estes United States 59 17.9k 0.9× 8.8k 1.3× 4.8k 1.1× 2.8k 0.9× 6.6k 3.1× 145 24.3k
Keith A. Hobson Canada 93 30.3k 1.6× 7.0k 1.0× 5.7k 1.3× 5.0k 1.6× 1.6k 0.8× 691 35.9k
Anatoly A. Saveliev Russia 16 7.7k 0.4× 4.5k 0.7× 5.4k 1.2× 4.1k 1.3× 1.3k 0.6× 64 15.6k
Stuart H. Hurlbert United States 33 7.5k 0.4× 3.4k 0.5× 5.6k 1.3× 3.3k 1.1× 2.4k 1.2× 82 15.5k
Graham M. Smith United Kingdom 2 7.2k 0.4× 4.3k 0.6× 5.3k 1.2× 4.0k 1.3× 1.3k 0.6× 2 14.7k
James F. Gillooly United States 37 9.1k 0.5× 3.9k 0.6× 4.5k 1.0× 3.7k 1.2× 2.8k 1.3× 66 15.4k
Daniel Borcard Canada 29 8.2k 0.4× 3.0k 0.4× 7.5k 1.7× 3.6k 1.2× 1.8k 0.9× 50 16.1k
Michael J. Keough Australia 47 8.0k 0.4× 6.1k 0.9× 3.7k 0.8× 2.9k 0.9× 5.5k 2.6× 172 16.5k
John P. Croxall United Kingdom 71 12.6k 0.7× 4.8k 0.7× 2.9k 0.7× 3.1k 1.0× 1.4k 0.7× 195 14.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stuart Bearhop

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stuart Bearhop

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Crowley, Sarah L., Julia L. Newth, Sean A. Davis, et al.. (2024). Spatial and temporal variation in the prevalence of illegal lead shot in reared and wild mallards harvested in England. Environmental Pollution. 363(Pt 1). 124756–124756. 2 indexed citations
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Bell, Fraser, Janne Ouwehand, Christiaan Both, et al.. (2024). Individuals departing non-breeding areas early achieve earlier breeding and higher breeding success. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 4075–4075. 3 indexed citations
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Jones, Menna E., Manuel Ruiz‐Aravena, David G. Hamilton, et al.. (2024). Human habitat modification, not apex scavenger decline, drives isotopic niche variation in a carnivore community. Oecologia. 204(4). 943–957.
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Burgess, Malcolm D., et al.. (2023). Changes in the spatial patterns of avian migrations: Evidence, mechanisms and causes. Diversity and Distributions. 29(12). 1527–1545. 2 indexed citations
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Catry, Paulo, Stuart Bearhop, Richard B. Sherley, et al.. (2023). Inter-colony and inter-annual variation in discard use by albatross chicks revealed using isotopes and regurgitates. Marine Biology. 170(4). 3 indexed citations
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Bearhop, Stuart, Thomas W. Bodey, W. James Grecian, et al.. (2023). Geolocator‐tracking seabird migration and moult reveal large‐scale, temperature‐driven isoscapes in the NE Atlantic. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 37(9). e9489–e9489. 1 indexed citations
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Griffin, Larry, et al.. (2022). Wearable reproductive trackers: quantifying a key life history event remotely. Animal Biotelemetry. 10(1). 9 indexed citations
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Jones, Menna E., Calum X. Cunningham, Manuel Ruiz‐Aravena, et al.. (2021). Isotopic niche variation in Tasmanian devils Sarcophilus harrisii with progression of devil facial tumor disease. Ecology and Evolution. 11(12). 8038–8053. 6 indexed citations
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Bearhop, Stuart, et al.. (2020). Translocated native pine martens Martes martes alter short‐term space use by invasive non‐native grey squirrels Sciurus carolinensis. Journal of Applied Ecology. 57(5). 903–913. 8 indexed citations
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Bodey, Thomas W., et al.. (2020). Consistent measures of oxidative balance predict survival but not reproduction in a long‐distance migrant. Journal of Animal Ecology. 89(8). 1872–1882. 8 indexed citations
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Bearhop, Stuart, J. Robert Bridges, Elizabeth Croose, et al.. (2020). Postrelease movement and habitat selection of translocated pine martensMartes martes. Ecology and Evolution. 10(11). 5106–5118. 19 indexed citations
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Soriano‐Redondo, Andrea, et al.. (2019). Understanding species distribution in dynamic populations: a new approach using spatio‐temporal point process models. Ecography. 42(6). 1092–1102. 23 indexed citations
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Soriano‐Redondo, Andrea, et al.. (2018). The role of immigration and reinforcement in the population dynamics of a long‐lived bird: implications for the conservation of threatened species. Animal Conservation. 22(1). 49–58. 4 indexed citations
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Weegman, Mitch D., Anthony David Fox, Geoff M. Hilton, et al.. (2017). Diagnosing the decline of the Greenland White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons flavirostris using population and individual level techniques. Wildfowl (Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust). 67(67). 3–18. 3 indexed citations
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Weegman, Mitch D., Stuart Bearhop, Geoff M. Hilton, Alyn Walsh, & Anthony David Fox. (2016). Conditions during adulthood affect cohort-specific reproductive success in an Arctic-nesting goose population. PeerJ. 4. e2044–e2044. 7 indexed citations
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Weegman, Mitch D., Stuart Bearhop, Geoff M. Hilton, et al.. (2016). Should I stay or should I go? Fitness costs and benefits of prolonged parent–offspring and sibling–sibling associations in an Arctic-nesting goose population. Oecologia. 181(3). 809–817. 14 indexed citations
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Grecian, W. James, Matthew J. Witt, Martin J. Attrill, et al.. (2016). Seabird diversity hotspot linked to ocean productivity in the Canary Current Large Marine Ecosystem. Biology Letters. 12(8). 54 indexed citations
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Bearhop, Stuart, L. Silva, Damián G. Vales, et al.. (2014). Longer and Less Overlapping Food Webs in Anthropogenically Disturbed Marine Ecosystems: Confirmations from the Past. PLoS ONE. 9(7). e103132–e103132. 31 indexed citations
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Bearhop, Stuart, Wolfgang Fiedler, Robert W. Furness, et al.. (2005). Assortative Mating as a Mechanism for Rapid Evolution of a Migratory Divide. Science. 310(5747). 502–504. 301 indexed citations

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