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Ecology and Evolution

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43
Citations
10668
World Ranking
5219
National Ranking
1780

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2002 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

Andrew T. Smith is affiliated with Arizona State University in the United States and focuses on environmental science, with a particular emphasis on ecology and related subfields. Their research spans several areas within ecology and environmental studies, covering diverse topics related to wildlife, climate change, and species behavior.

The main fields of study associated with their work include:

  • Environmental Science

Within these broader fields, their subfields of study emphasize:

  • Ecology
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecological Modeling
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Parasitology

The primary topics addressed in their research involve:

  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Amphibian and Reptile Biology
  • Turtle Biology and Conservation
  • Bird parasitology and diseases

Andrew T. Smith has contributed to several recent publications, including:

  • "Global patterns of illegal marine turtle exploitation" (2022), published in Global Change Biology
  • "Conservation status of American pikas (Ochotona princeps)" (2020), published in Journal of Mammalogy
  • "Social complexity in plateau pikas, Ochotona curzoniae" (2021), published in Animal Behaviour

Additional related works by coauthors in the same collaborative circle include publications in Applied Vegetation Science as well as Scientific Reports, indicating interdisciplinary engagements in both vegetation research and cellular biology models.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Andrew T. Smith are:

  • Constance I. Millar
  • Jesse Senko
  • Kayla M. Burgher
  • María del Mar Mancha-Cisneros
  • Brendan J. Godley

The most frequent publication venues for their work are:

  • Journal of Mammalogy
  • Global Change Biology
  • Animal Behaviour
  • Applied Vegetation Science
  • Scientific Reports

Andrew T. Smith received recognition as a Fellow of the Royal Society in the United Kingdom in 2002, reflecting professional acknowledgment in the scientific community.

Best Publications

  • The status of the world's land and marine mammals: diversity, threat, and knowledge

    Jan Schipper;Jan Schipper;Janice S. Chanson;Janice S. Chanson;Federica Chiozza;Neil A. Cox;Neil A. Cox

  • The Impact of Conservation on the Status of the World’s Vertebrates

    Michael Hoffmann;Craig Hilton-Taylor;Ariadne Angulo;Monika Böhm

  • A Guide to the Mammals of China

    Andrew T. Smith;Federico Gemma;Yan Xie;Robert S. Hoffmann

  • The plateau pika ( Ochotona curzoniae ) is a keystone species for biodiversity on the Tibetan plateau

    Andrew T. Smith;J. Marc Foggin

  • The Distribution and Dispersal of Pikas: Influences of Behavior and Climate

    Andrew T. Smith

  • Long-term dynamics in a metapopulation of the American pika.

    Atte Moilanen;Andrew T. Smith;Ilkka Hanski

  • Conspecific Attraction and the Determination of Metapopulation Colonization Rates

    Andrew T. Smith;Mary M. Peacock

  • The paradox of keystone species persecuted as pests: A call for the conservation of abundant small mammals in their native range

    Miguel Delibes-Mateos;Miguel Delibes-Mateos;Andrew T. Smith;Con N. Slobodchikoff;Jon E. Swenson

  • Keystone status of plateau pikas (Ochotona curzoniae): Effect of control on biodiversity of native birds

    Chien Hsun Lai;Andrew T. Smith

  • THE DISTRIBUTION AND DISPERSAL OF PIKAS: CONSEQUENCES OF INSULAR POPULATION STRUCTURE'

    Andrew T. Smith

  • Home range estimates vary with sample size and methods.

    Sarah A. Boyle;Waldete C. Lourenço;Lívia R. da Silva;Andrew T. Smith

  • The effect of conspecific attraction on metapopulation dynamics

    Chris Ray;Michael Gilpin;Andrew T. Smith

  • The effect of habitat fragmentation on dispersal patterns, mating behavior, and genetic variation in a pika (Ochotona princeps) metapopulation.

    Mary M. Peacock;Andrew T. Smith

  • Colonization in a pika population: dispersal vs philopatry

    Andrew T. Smith;Barbara L. Ivins

  • The pika and the watershed: The impact of small mammal poisoning on the ecohydrology of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

    Maxwell C. Wilson;Andrew T. Smith

  • Foraging Behavior of the Pika (Ochotona princeps), with Comparisons of Grazing versus Haying

    Nancy J. Huntly;Nancy J. Huntly;Andrew T. Smith;Andrew T. Smith;Barbara L. Ivins;Barbara L. Ivins

  • Can landscape and species characteristics predict primate presence in forest fragments in the Brazilian Amazon

    Sarah A. Boyle;Sarah A. Boyle;Andrew T. Smith

  • Social and ecological influences on dispersal and philopatry in the plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae)

    F. Stephen Dobson;Andrew T. Smith;Wang Xue Gao

  • Comparative Demography of Pikas (Ochotona): Effect of Spatial and Temporal Age‐Specific Mortality

    Andrew T. Smith

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  • Temporal Changes in Insular Populations of the Pika (Ochotona Princeps)

    Andrew T. Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert S. Hoffmann
Robert S. Hoffmann National Museum of Natural History
Jianguo Wu
Jianguo Wu Arizona State University
Simon N. Stuart
Simon N. Stuart Synchronicity Earth
F. Stephen Dobson
F. Stephen Dobson Auburn University
Thomas M. Brooks
Thomas M. Brooks International Union for Conservation of Nature
Michael R. Hoffmann
Michael R. Hoffmann California Institute of Technology
Thomas E. Lacher
Thomas E. Lacher Texas A&M University
Luigi Boitani
Luigi Boitani Sapienza University of Rome
Georgina M. Mace
Georgina M. Mace University College London
Ana S. L. Rodrigues
Ana S. L. Rodrigues University of Montpellier

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