2026 Aaron J. Wirsing: Ecology and Evolution Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Ecology and Evolution	48	4127	3981	1437	1374	135	14555

Overview

Aaron J. Wirsing is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a strong emphasis on ecology and wildlife conservation. Their work spans multiple subfields, including ecology, nature and landscape conservation, ecological modeling, global and planetary change, and ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics.

The main topics covered in Wirsing's research include wildlife ecology and conservation, rangeland and wildlife management, fish ecology and management studies, species distribution and climate change, animal ecology and behavior studies, animal behavior and reproduction, and ecology and biodiversity studies.

Wirsing has contributed to a number of publications, with frequent appearance in several journals. The most common venues for their work include the Journal of Animal Ecology, Ecology, Journal of Mammalogy, Wildlife Research, and Ecological Applications.

Among their recent papers are the following:

The context dependence of non-consumptive predator effects, 2020, Ecology Letters
Predation landscapes influence migratory prey ecology and evolution, 2021, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
Fear of large carnivores amplifies human-caused mortality for mesopredators, 2023, Science
Political affiliation predicts public attitudes toward gray wolf ( Canis lupus ) conservation and management, 2021, Conservation Science and Practice
Are we telling the same story? Comparing inferences made from camera trap and telemetry data for wildlife monitoring, 2022, Ecological Applications

Wirsing frequently collaborates with a number of coauthors. Notable collaborators include Laura R. Prugh, Brian N. Kertson, Taylor R. Ganz, Thomas P. Quinn, and Melia T. DeVivo, with whom Wirsing has worked on multiple publications.

Best Publications

Status and ecological effects of the world's largest carnivores.

William J. Ripple;James A. Estes;Robert L. Beschta;Christopher C. Wilmers

3916
Citations
Predicting ecological consequences of marine top predator declines

Michael R. Heithaus;Alejandro Frid;Aaron J. Wirsing;Boris Worm

1682
Citations
The ecological effects of providing resource subsidies to predators

Thomas M. Newsome;Thomas M. Newsome;Justin A. Dellinger;Chris R. Pavey;William J. Ripple

439
Citations
State‐dependent risk‐taking by green sea turtles mediates top‐down effects of tiger shark intimidation in a marine ecosystem

Michael R. Heithaus;Alejandro Frid;Aaron J. Wirsing;Lawrence M. Dill

414
Citations
Extinction risk is most acute for the world's largest and smallest vertebrates.

William J. Ripple;Christopher Wolf;Thomas M. Newsome;Michael Hoffmann

393
Citations
The global impacts of domestic dogs on threatened vertebrates

Tim S Doherty;Chris R Dickman;Alistair S Glen;Thomas M Newsome

342
Citations
Global status and conservation potential of reef sharks

M. Aaron MacNeil;Demian D. Chapman;Michelle Heupel;Colin A. Simpfendorfer

289
Citations
Towards a predictive framework for predator risk effects: the interaction of landscape features and prey escape tactics

Michael R. Heithaus;Aaron J. Wirsing;Aaron J. Wirsing;Derek Burkholder;Jordan Thomson

281
Citations
Food habits of the world's grey wolves

Thomas M. Newsome;Thomas M. Newsome;Thomas M. Newsome;Luigi Boitani;Guillaume Chapron;Paolo Ciucci

270
Citations
Saving the World's Terrestrial Megafauna

William J Ripple;Guillaume Chapron;José Vicente López-Bao;Sarah M. Durant

265
Citations
The ecological importance of intact top-predator populations: a synthesis of 15 years of research in a seagrass ecosystem

Michael. R. Heithaus;A. J. Wirsing;L. M. Dill

237
Citations
Patterns of Top-Down Control in a Seagrass Ecosystem: Could a Roving Apex Predator Induce a Behaviour-Mediated Trophic Cascade?

Derek A. Burkholder;Michael R. Heithaus;James W. Fourqurean;Aaron Wirsing;Aaron Wirsing

226
Citations
Seascapes of fear: evaluating sublethal predator effects experienced and generated by marine mammals

Aaron J. Wirsing;Michael R. Heithaus;Alejandro Frid;Lawrence M. Dill

226
Citations
Widespread mesopredator effects after wolf extirpation

William J. Ripple;Aaron J. Wirsing;Christopher C. Wilmers;Mike Letnic

213
Citations
A review of lethal and non-lethal effects of predators on adult marine turtles

Michael R. Heithaus;Aaron J. Wirsing;Jordan A. Thomson;Derek A. Burkholder

209
Citations
Unraveling the Ecological Importance of Elasmobranchs

Michael Heithaus;Alejandro Frid;Jeremy Vaudo;Boris Worm

190
Citations
Living on the edge: dugongs prefer to forage in microhabitats that allow escape from rather than avoidance of predators

Aaron J. Wirsing;Aaron J. Wirsing;Michael R. Heithaus;Lawrence M. Dill

188
Citations
Fear factor: do dugongs (Dugong dugon) trade food for safety from tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier)?

Aaron J. Wirsing;Aaron J. Wirsing;Aaron J. Wirsing;Michael R. Heithaus;Lawrence M. Dill

185
Citations
Top predators constrain mesopredator distributions

Thomas M. Newsome;Aaron C. Greenville;Duško Ćirović;Christopher R. Dickman

181
Citations
Long-term movements of tiger sharks satellite-tagged in Shark Bay, Western Australia

Michael R. Heithaus;Michael R. Heithaus;Aaron J. Wirsing;Aaron J. Wirsing;Lawrence M. Dill;Linda I. Heithaus

169
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael R. Heithaus Florida International University

Thomas M. Newsome University of Sydney

William J. Ripple Oregon State University

Lawrence M. Dill Simon Fraser University

Dennis L. Murray Trent University

Thomas P. Quinn University of Washington

Euan G. Ritchie Deakin University

Mike Letnic University of New South Wales

Michael R. Hoffmann California Institute of Technology

Chris R. Dickman University of Sydney

External Links

Personal website of Aaron J. Wirsing

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