Timothy G. O’Brien

9.5k citations

81 papers · 4.8k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 35

Ecology top 0.5%
Social Psychology top 1%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics top 1%
Nature and Landscape Conservation top 1%
Ecological Modeling top 0.5%

Co-authors: Margaret F. Kinnaird Hariyo T. Wibisono Woody Turner Nathalie Pettorelli William F. Laurance Harini Nagendra Martin Wegmann Eric W. Sanderson
Topics: Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (41 papers)Primate Behavior and Ecology (26 papers)Species Distribution and Climate Change (19 papers)
Cited by: Ecological Modeling Developmental Biology Ecology
Journals: Nature Science PLoS ONE
Partner nations: United States Kenya Indonesia

In The Last Decade

Timothy G. O’Brien

80 papers receiving 4.4k citations

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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.

Crouching tigers, hidden prey: Sumatran tiger and prey populations in a tropical forest landscape

2003 825 citations Timothy G. O’Brien, Margaret F. Kinnaird et al. Animal Conservation profile →
Satellite remote sensing for applied ecologists: opportunities and challenges

2014 432 citations Timothy G. O’Brien et al. profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Prepare for potential impact of student‐athletes becoming employees 2024 ·Timothy G. O’Brien	0
2	Estimating animal density using the Space‐to‐Event model and bootstrap resampling with motion‐triggered camera‐trap data 2023 ·Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation ·Arnaud Lyet,(unknown),Thierry Chambert,Pelayo Acevedo,Eric J. Howe,Hjalmar S. Kühl,Robin Naidoo,Timothy G. O’Brien,Pablo Palencia,(unknown),Joaquín Vicente,Oliver R. Wearn,Thomas N. E. Gray	4
3	Long‐term effects of forest fire on habitat use by siamangs in Southern Sumatra 2020 ·Animal Conservation ·Susan Lappan,(unknown),Timothy G. O’Brien,Anton Nurcahyo,Noviar Andayani,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown)	7
4	Local temperature and ecological similarity drive distributional dynamics of tropical mammals worldwide 2019 ·Global Ecology and Biogeography ·Lydia Beaudrot,Miguel A. Acevedo,J. LESSARD,Alex Zvoleff,Patrick A. Jansen,Douglas Sheil,Francesco Rovero,Timothy G. O’Brien,Eileen Larney,Christine Fletcher,Sandy J. Andelman,Jorge Ahumada	13
5	Wildlife Insights: A Platform to Maximize the Potential of Camera Trap and Other Passive Sensor Wildlife Data for the Planet 2019 ·Environmental Conservation ·Jorge Ahumada,Eric Fegraus,Tanya Birch,(unknown),Roland Kays,Timothy G. O’Brien,Jonathan Palmer,Stephanie Schuttler,(unknown),Walter Jetz,Margaret F. Kinnaird,(unknown),Arnaud Lyet,David Thau,(unknown),Ruth Y. Oliver,(unknown)	108
6	Resolving a conservation dilemma: Vulnerable lions eating endangered zebras 2018 ·PLoS ONE ·Timothy G. O’Brien,Margaret F. Kinnaird,(unknown),Christopher C. Wilmers,Terrie M. Williams,Alayne Cotterill,Daniel I. Rubenstein,Laurence G. Frank	15
7	Q Fever Risk Across a Dynamic, Heterogeneous Landscape in Laikipia County, Kenya 2014 ·EcoHealth ·(unknown),(unknown),Aimee Massey,Sharon L. Deem,Margaret F. Kinnaird,Timothy G. O’Brien,(unknown),Jesse T. Njoka,Bilal Butt,Johannes Foufopoulos,Joseph N. S. Eisenberg,Rebecca Hardin	36
8	Predator and prey activity levels jointly influence the outcome of long-term foraging bouts 2013 ·Behavioral Ecology ·(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Timothy G. O’Brien,Carl N. Keiser,Jonathan N. Pruitt	47
9	A poisonous surprise under the coat of the African crested rat 2011 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Jonathan Kingdon,Bernard Agwanda,Margaret F. Kinnaird,Timothy G. O’Brien,Chris Holland,(unknown),Maxime Boulet-Audet,Fritz Vollrath	33
10	A picture is worth a thousand words: the application of camera trapping to the study of birds 2008 ·Bird Conservation International ·Timothy G. O’Brien,Margaret F. Kinnaird	121
11	Hutan pasca pemanenan: melindungi satwa liar dalam kegiatan hutan produksi di Kalimantan 2006 ·Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) eBooks ·Erik Meijaard,Douglas Sheil,Robert Nasi,(unknown),Benjamin Rosenbaum,(unknown),Titiek Setyawati,(unknown),Ike Rachmatika,(unknown),Tonny Soehartono,S. Stanley,Timothy G. O’Brien	10
12	Crouching tigers, hidden prey: Sumatran tiger and prey populations in a tropical forest landscapebreakdown → 2003 ·Animal Conservation ·Timothy G. O’Brien,Margaret F. Kinnaird,Hariyo T. Wibisono	825
13	Diet and Activity of the Bear Cuscus, Ailurops ursinus, in North Sulawesi, Indonesia 1999 ·Journal of Mammalogy ·Asri A. Dwiyahreni,(unknown),Timothy G. O’Brien,Jatna Supriatna,Noviar Andayani	16
14	Population densities of Sulawesi crested black macaques (Macaca nigra) on Bacan and Sulawesi, Indonesia: Effects of habitat disturbance and hunting 1998 ·American Journal of Primatology ·(unknown),Timothy G. O’Brien,Margaret F. Kinnaird,Jatna Supriatna	56
15	Distribution and conservation status of Bornean Peacock-pheasant Polyplectron schleiermacheri in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia 1998 ·Bird Conservation International ·Timothy G. O’Brien,Nurul L. Winarni,(unknown),Margaret F. Kinnaird,Paul Jepson	3
16	Ecological Effects of Wildfire on Lowland Rainforest in Sumatra 1998 ·Conservation Biology ·Margaret F. Kinnaird,Timothy G. O’Brien	117
17	Parasitic nursing behavior in the wedge‐capped capuchin monkey (Cebus olivaceus) 1988 ·American Journal of Primatology ·Timothy G. O’Brien	10
18	Night Count Surveys for Alligators in Coastal Counties of North Carolina 1986 ·Journal of Herpetology ·Timothy G. O’Brien,Phillip D. Doerr	5
19	Risk aversion in hand-reared bananaquits 1985 ·Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology ·Joseph M. Wunderle,Timothy G. O’Brien	34
20	Lead levels in primary feathers of American woodcocks harvested by hunters throughout the United States range 1979 ·Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology ·Patrick F. Scanlon,Timothy G. O’Brien,N L Schauer,Richard G. Oderwald	9

About Timothy G. O’Brien

Timothy G. O’Brien is a scholar working on Ecological Modeling, Developmental Biology and Ecology, having authored 81 papers that have together received 4.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (41 papers), Primate Behavior and Ecology (26 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (19 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ecological Modeling (977 citations), Developmental Biology (435 citations) and Ecology (3.0k citations). Timothy G. O’Brien has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Kenya and Indonesia. Frequent co-authors include Margaret F. Kinnaird, Hariyo T. Wibisono, Woody Turner, Nathalie Pettorelli, William F. Laurance, Harini Nagendra, Martin Wegmann, Eric W. Sanderson, Gillian Woolmer and Douglas Sheil. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and PLoS ONE.

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