Thomas Alerstam

17.1k citations
191 papers · 12.0k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 59

Impact in

    • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Ecology top 0.05%
    • Avian ecology and behavior
    • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
    • Marine animal studies overview

Papers in

    • Species Distribution and Climate Change 29
    • Avian ecology and behavior 159
    • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation 37
    • Marine animal studies overview 19
    • Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation 12

Thomas Alerstam

187 papers receiving 10.8k citations

Hit Papers

When and where does mortality occur in migratory birds? Direct evidence from long‐term satellite tracking of raptors 2013 · 395 citations
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Peers

Thomas Alerstam
Comparison fields: 5 of 131
  • Ecological Modeling 2.5k
  • Ecology 10.6k
  • Developmental Biology 841
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 5.0k
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation 2.2k
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Thomas Alerstam, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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1 20240
2 202147
3 202133
4 20208
5 201860
6 201743
7 201653
8 2011147
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10 201189
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Implications of migratory connectivity for species' ranges and subspeciation of arctic shorebirds
20062
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Strategies for the transition to breeding in time-selected migration
200647
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TUNDRA NORTHWEST 1999 : A COLLABORATIVE CHALLENGE IN THE ARCTIC
19996
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TRACKING PAST AND ONGOING LEMMING CYCLES ON THE EURASIAN TUNDRA
199912
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Why is there no transpolar migration
19984
17 1995213
18 1993102
19 199238
20 198627

About Thomas Alerstam

Thomas Alerstam is a scholar working on Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Developmental Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Nature and Landscape Conservation, having authored 191 papers that have together received 12.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Avian ecology and behavior (159 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (73 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (37 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (29 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (27 papers), Marine animal studies overview (19 papers), Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (12 papers) and Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation (12 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ecological Modeling (2.5k citations), Ecology (10.6k citations), Developmental Biology (841 citations), Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (5.0k citations) and Nature and Landscape Conservation (2.2k citations). Thomas Alerstam has collaborated with scholars based in Sweden, Denmark and Netherlands. Frequent co-authors include Anders Hedenström, Susanne Åkesson, Raymond H. G. Klaassen, Mikael Hake, Roine Strandberg, Guðmundur A. Guðmundsson, Nils Kjellén, Johan Bäckman, Åke Lindström and Cecilia Nilsson. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Avian Biology, Oikos, Animal Behaviour, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences and Ibis.

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