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California Fish and Wildlife Journal
H-index 4

California Fish and Wildlife Journal

2689-4203

Published by: California Department of Fish and Wildlife

https://wildlife.ca.gov/publications/journal

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 674 8 19 4

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 14
Documents by Best Scientists*: 27
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index:
SCIMAGO SJR:
Impact Factor: 0.4

Top Publications

  • Coexisting with cannabis: wildlife response to marijuana cultivation in the Klamath-Siskiyou Ecoregion

    (2020)
    6 Citations
  • Increased hiking and mountain biking are associated with declines in urban mammal activity

    (2020)
    5 Citations
  • Development of a morphological key for the southern salt marsh harvest mouse using genetically verified individuals

    Mark J. Statham;Laureen Barthman-Thompson;Susan Fresquez;Benjamin N. Sacks

    (2021)
    4 Citations
  • Testing a single-visit sampling approach for fecal DNA abundance estimation of tule elk in the Lake Pillsbury Basin

    (2022)
    4 Citations
  • The distribution of anadromy and residency in steelhead/rainbow trout in the Eel River, northwestern California

    Bret C. Harvey;Rodney J. Nakamoto;Adam J. R. Kent;Christian E. Zimmerman

    (2021)
    3 Citations
  • Balancing conservation and recreation

    (2020)
    2 Citations
  • Ecological variation among island foxes relative to reproductive events

    Robyn M. Powers;Brian L. Cypher;Katherine Ralls;Jan A. Randall

    (2021)
    1 Citations
  • An endemic anuran and a horny toad: distributional histories, the potential for sympatry, and implications for conservation

    Vernon C. Bleich

    (2021)
    1 Citations
  • Locality records for Woodhouse's toad: have wet washes in a dry desert led to extralimital occurrences of an adaptable anuran?

    (2020)
    1 Citations
  • A Pit to the Moon – Book Review

    Vernon C. Bleich

    (2021)
    0 Citations

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