William B. Monahan

3.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
37 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

William B. Monahan is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Ecological Modeling. According to data from OpenAlex, William B. Monahan has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 21 papers in Ecology and 21 papers in Ecological Modeling. Recurrent topics in William B. Monahan's work include Species Distribution and Climate Change (21 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (19 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (8 papers). William B. Monahan is often cited by papers focused on Species Distribution and Climate Change (21 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (19 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (8 papers). William B. Monahan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Portugal and Denmark. William B. Monahan's co-authors include Steven R. Beissinger, Morgan W. Tingley, Craig Moritz, Adina M. Merenlender, Paul R. Elsen, Nicholas A. Fisichelli, David M. Theobald, Christine M. Albano, Dylan Harrison‐Atlas and Juan L. Parra and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

William B. Monahan

35 papers receiving 2.2k 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.

Birds track their Grinnellian niche through a century of climate change

2009 477 citations Morgan W. Tingley, William B. Monahan et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 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
William B. Monahan United States	22	1.2k	1.1k	811	754	418	37	2.3k
Paul R. Elsen United States	19	838 0.7×	961 0.8×	730 0.9×	821 1.1×	347 0.8×	33	2.0k
Raquel A. Garcia South Africa	14	1.5k 1.2×	1.1k 0.9×	917 1.1×	654 0.9×	526 1.3×	25	2.3k
Mirko Di Febbraro Italy	29	922 0.8×	1.3k 1.1×	502 0.6×	669 0.9×	513 1.2×	100	2.5k
Bruce A. Stein United States	16	770 0.6×	782 0.7×	639 0.8×	675 0.9×	397 0.9×	26	1.8k
Sam Veloz United States	18	1.1k 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	845 1.0×	611 0.8×	482 1.2×	29	2.2k
Shawn Leroux Canada	27	578 0.5×	1.4k 1.3×	957 1.2×	777 1.0×	412 1.0×	87	2.3k
Ned Horning United States	17	830 0.7×	891 0.8×	582 0.7×	513 0.7×	290 0.7×	32	1.7k
April E. Reside Australia	30	1.4k 1.2×	1.6k 1.4×	1.0k 1.3×	974 1.3×	524 1.3×	74	2.8k
Diana Stralberg Canada	28	1.5k 1.3×	1.9k 1.6×	1.1k 1.3×	1.2k 1.5×	391 0.9×	66	3.1k
Erik A. Beever United States	33	1.5k 1.2×	2.2k 1.9×	1.1k 1.4×	788 1.0×	604 1.4×	81	3.2k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Bowie, Rauri C. K., William B. Monahan, & Jon Fjeldså. (2023). Climate Cycles, Habitat Stability, and Lineage Diversification in an African Biodiversity Hotspot. Diversity. 15(3). 394–394. 2 indexed citations

Monahan, William B., et al.. (2023). Tree Condition and Analysis Program – Detecting Forest Disturbance at the Tree Level across the Contiguous United States with High Resolution Imagery. Journal of Forestry. 122(1). 31–53.

Monahan, William B., et al.. (2022). A spectral three-dimensional color space model of tree crown health. PLoS ONE. 17(10). e0272360–e0272360. 9 indexed citations

Elsen, Paul R., William B. Monahan, & Adina M. Merenlender. (2020). Topography and human pressure in mountain ranges alter expected species responses to climate change. Nature Communications. 11(1). 1974–1974. 114 indexed citations

Fayram, Andrew H., et al.. (2019). The relationship between tree mortality from a pine beetle epidemic and increased dissolved copper levels in the upper Big Thompson River, Colorado. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 191(3). 188–188.

Li, Daijiang, William B. Monahan, & Benjamin Baiser. (2018). Species richness and phylogenetic diversity of native and non‐native species respond differently to area and environmental factors. Diversity and Distributions. 24(6). 853–864. 21 indexed citations

Monahan, William B. & David M. Theobald. (2018). Climate change adaptation benefits of potential conservation partnerships. PLoS ONE. 13(2). e0191468–e0191468. 9 indexed citations

Elsen, Paul R., William B. Monahan, & Adina M. Merenlender. (2018). Global patterns of protection of elevational gradients in mountain ranges. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(23). 6004–6009. 91 indexed citations

Hansen, Andrew J., et al.. (2016). Climate Change in Wildlands. DIAL (Catholic University of Leuven). 11 indexed citations

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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 →

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Rodhouse, Thomas J., Tom Philippi, William B. Monahan, & Kevin T. Castle. (2016). A macroecological perspective on strategic bat conservation in the U.S. National Park Service. Ecosphere. 7(11). 15 indexed citations

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Monahan, William B., Alyssa Rosemartin, Katharine L. Gerst, et al.. (2016). Climate change is advancing spring onset across the U.S. national park system. Ecosphere. 7(10). 89 indexed citations

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Fisichelli, Nicholas A., et al.. (2015). Protected Area Tourism in a Changing Climate: Will Visitation at US National Parks Warm Up or Overheat?. PLoS ONE. 10(6). e0128226–e0128226. 121 indexed citations

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Theobald, David M., Dylan Harrison‐Atlas, William B. Monahan, & Christine M. Albano. (2015). Ecologically-Relevant Maps of Landforms and Physiographic Diversity for Climate Adaptation Planning. PLoS ONE. 10(12). e0143619–e0143619. 194 indexed citations

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Monahan, William B. & Nicholas A. Fisichelli. (2014). Climate Exposure of US National Parks in a New Era of Change. PLoS ONE. 9(7). e101302–e101302. 63 indexed citations

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Monahan, William B., et al.. (2013). Forecasting Distributional Responses of Limber Pine to Climate Change at Management-Relevant Scales in Rocky Mountain National Park. PLoS ONE. 8(12). e83163–e83163. 24 indexed citations

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Monahan, William B., Ricardo J. Pereira, & David B. Wake. (2012). Ring distributions leading to species formation: a global topographic analysis of geographic barriers associated with ring species. BMC Biology. 10(1). 20–20. 28 indexed citations

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Monahan, William B. & Morgan W. Tingley. (2012). Niche Tracking and Rapid Establishment of Distributional Equilibrium in the House Sparrow Show Potential Responsiveness of Species to Climate Change. PLoS ONE. 7(7). e42097–e42097. 26 indexed citations

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Pereira, Ricardo J., William B. Monahan, & David B. Wake. (2011). Predictors for reproductive isolation in a ring species complex following genetic and ecological divergence. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 11(1). 194–194. 23 indexed citations

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Monahan, William B.. (2009). A Mechanistic Niche Model for Measuring Species' Distributional Responses to Seasonal Temperature Gradients. PLoS ONE. 4(11). e7921–e7921. 58 indexed citations

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