William A. Link

11.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
172 papers, 8.6k citations indexed

About

William A. Link is a scholar working on Ecology, Statistics and Probability and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, William A. Link has authored 172 papers receiving a total of 8.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 97 papers in Ecology, 44 papers in Statistics and Probability and 36 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in William A. Link's work include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (61 papers), Avian ecology and behavior (46 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (26 papers). William A. Link is often cited by papers focused on Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (61 papers), Avian ecology and behavior (46 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (26 papers). William A. Link collaborates with scholars based in United States, New Zealand and Canada. William A. Link's co-authors include John R. Sauer, Richard Barker, J. Andrew Royle, James D. Nichols, Daniel K. Niven, Mitchell J. Eaton, James E. Hines, Evan G. Cooch, Emmanuelle Cam and David J. Ziolkowski and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of the American Statistical Association.

In The Last Decade

William A. Link

158 papers receiving 7.9k 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.

The North American Breeding Bird Survey, Results and Analysis 1966 - 2015. Version 12.23.2015

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
William A. Link United States	47	6.3k	2.5k	2.3k	1.5k	1.1k	172	8.6k
David L. Borchers United Kingdom	38	8.2k 1.3×	2.4k 0.9×	1.6k 0.7×	2.1k 1.4×	906 0.8×	103	9.8k
Olivier Giménez France	54	7.0k 1.1×	2.3k 0.9×	1.5k 0.7×	1.6k 1.1×	1.9k 1.7×	249	9.2k
William L. Kendall United States	40	5.1k 0.8×	2.2k 0.9×	1.3k 0.6×	1.7k 1.2×	748 0.7×	111	6.4k
Byron J. T. Morgan United Kingdom	40	3.5k 0.6×	1.6k 0.6×	1.1k 0.5×	745 0.5×	826 0.7×	194	7.0k
Mevin B. Hooten United States	40	3.6k 0.6×	2.0k 0.8×	1.6k 0.7×	1.4k 1.0×	630 0.6×	167	6.2k
Robert M. Dorazio United States	33	4.2k 0.7×	2.3k 0.9×	2.0k 0.9×	1.0k 0.7×	442 0.4×	80	5.4k
Marc Kéry Switzerland	54	6.8k 1.1×	4.0k 1.6×	3.8k 1.7×	1.6k 1.1×	1.8k 1.6×	145	9.1k
Byron K. Williams United States	35	4.0k 0.6×	2.1k 0.8×	1.2k 0.5×	1.8k 1.3×	618 0.5×	85	6.5k
Jeffrey L. Laake United States	30	7.6k 1.2×	2.4k 1.0×	1.4k 0.6×	1.9k 1.3×	1.2k 1.0×	66	9.0k
Jean‐Dominique Lebreton France	40	8.0k 1.3×	3.5k 1.4×	1.2k 0.5×	1.8k 1.2×	2.0k 1.7×	88	9.5k

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Rotella, Jay J., et al.. (2025). A comparison of sex-specific senescence patterns in a long-lived marine mammal. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 12.

Adams, Amy A. Yackel, Nathan J. Hostetter, William A. Link, & Sarah J. Converse. (2024). Identifying Pareto‐efficient eradication strategies for invasive populations. Conservation Letters. 17(5). 1 indexed citations

Schofield, Matthew, et al.. (2023). Estimating Population Size: The Importance of Model and Estimator Choice. Biometrics. 79(4). 3803–3817.

Rotella, Jay J., et al.. (2022). Investigating diverse sources of variation in the amount of time Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) pups spend in the water during the lactation period. Marine Mammal Science. 39(1). 6–21. 3 indexed citations

Sauer, John R., et al.. (2021). American Woodcock Singing-Ground Survey: Comparison of Four Models for Trend in Population Size. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management. 12(1). 83–97. 1 indexed citations

Sauer, John R., Daniel K. Niven, Keith L. Pardieck, David J. Ziolkowski, & William A. Link. (2017). Expanding the North American Breeding Bird Survey Analysis to Include Additional Species and Regions. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management. 8(1). 154–172. 21 indexed citations

Link, William A. & John R. Sauer. (2016). Estimating Relative Abundance From Count Data. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7 indexed citations

McClintock, Brett T., et al.. (2014). PROBIT MODELS FOR CAPTURE-RECAPTURE DATA SUBJECT TO IMPERFECT DETECTION, INDIVIDUAL HETEROGENEITY AND MISIDENTIFICATION. Insecta mundi. 7 indexed citations

Link, William A., et al.. (2012). The Gilded Age and Progressive Era : a documentary reader. Wiley-Blackwell eBooks. 2 indexed citations

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Currie, Marc, et al.. (2010). Bayesian estimation of weak material dispersion: theory and experiment. Optics Express. 18(3). 2076–2076. 4 indexed citations

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Link, William A., John R. Sauer, & Daniel K. Niven. (2006). A Hierarchical Model for Regional Analysis of Population Change Using Christmas Bird Count Data, with Application to the American Black Duck. Ornithological Applications. 108(1). 13–24. 16 indexed citations

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Link, William A. & Richard Barker. (2005). Modeling Association among Demographic Parameters in Analysis of Open Population Capture–Recapture Data. Biometrics. 61(1). 46–54. 78 indexed citations

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Sauer, John R., William A. Link, & J. Andrew Royle. (2004). Estimating Population Trends With a Linear Model: Technical Comments. Ornithological Applications. 106(2). 435–440. 3 indexed citations

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Sauer, John R. & William A. Link. (2004). Some consequences of using counts of birds banded as indices to populations. 168–172. 10 indexed citations

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Niven, Daniel K., John R. Sauer, G.S. Butcher, & William A. Link. (2004). Christmas Bird Count provides insights into population change in land birds that breed in the boreal forest. 58. 10–20. 53 indexed citations

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Link, William A., et al.. (2004). Statistical analyses make the Christmas Bird Count relevant for conservation. 58. 21–25. 7 indexed citations

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Link, William A., et al.. (2004). Hierarchial mark-recapture models: a framework for inference about demographic processes. Animal Biodiversity and Conservation. 27(1). 441–449. 14 indexed citations

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Sauer, John R. & William A. Link. (2003). Hierarchical models and the analysis of bird survey information. Ornis Hungarica. 217–222. 1 indexed citations

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Link, William A., J. Andrew Royle, & Jeff S. Hatfield. (2003). Demographic Analysis from Summaries of an Age‐Structured Population. Biometrics. 59(4). 778–785. 29 indexed citations

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Sauer, John R. & William A. Link. (2002). Using Christmas Bird Count data in analysis of population change. 10–14. 13 indexed citations

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