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39
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6226
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6365
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2161

Daniel R. Stahler publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Daniel R. Stahler sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 104 publications — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Daniel R. Stahler D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Daniel R. Stahler sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 39 D-Index — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Daniel R. Stahler is affiliated with the National Park Service in the United States, with a research focus primarily in Environmental Science. Their work spans multiple subfields including Ecology, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Small Animals, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics related to Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, with additional research covering Rangeland and Wildlife Management, Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies, Ecology and biodiversity studies, Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies, Parasite Biology and Host Interactions, and Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock.

Recent significant publications by Daniel R. Stahler include:

  • Group density, disease, and season shape territory size and overlap of social carnivores (2020), Journal of Animal Ecology
  • Parasitic infection increases risk-taking in a social, intermediate host carnivore (2022), Communications Biology
  • Human-caused mortality triggers pack instability in gray wolves (2023), Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
  • How climate impacts the composition of wolf-killed elk in northern Yellowstone National Park (2020), Journal of Animal Ecology
  • Disease outbreaks select for mate choice and coat color in wolves (2022), Science

Collaborations are a notable aspect of their career, with frequent co-authors including Douglas W. Smith, Daniel R. MacNulty, Bridgett M. vonHoldt, Ellen E. Brandell, and Kira A. Cassidy.

Daniel R. Stahler publishes regularly in several scientific venues, particularly:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Ecosphere
  • Journal of Animal Ecology
  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of Heredity

Best Publications

  • Molecular and Evolutionary History of Melanism in North American Gray Wolves

    Tovi M. Anderson;Bridgett M. vonHoldt;Sophie I. Candille;Marco Musiani

  • Landscape heterogeneity shapes predation in a newly restored predator–prey system

    Matthew J. Kauffman;Nathan Varley;Douglas W. Smith;Daniel R. Stahler

  • Resource dispersion and consumer dominance: scavenging at wolf- and hunter-killed carcasses in Greater Yellowstone, USA

    Christopher C. Wilmers;Daniel R. Stahler;Robert L. Crabtree;Douglas W. Smith

  • Influence of harvest, climate and wolf predation on Yellowstone elk, 1961‐2004

    John A. Vucetich;Douglas W. Smith;Daniel R. Stahler

  • The genealogy and genetic viability of reintroduced Yellowstone grey wolves

    Bridgett M. Vonholdt;Daniel R. Stahler;Daniel R. Stahler;Douglas W. Smith;Dent A. Earl

  • Modeling Effects of Environmental Change on Wolf Population Dynamics, Trait Evolution, and Life History

    Tim Coulson;Daniel R. MacNulty;Daniel R. Stahler;Bridgett vonHoldt

  • Seasonal patterns of predation for gray wolves in the multi-prey system of Yellowstone National Park

    Matthew C. Metz;Douglas W. Smith;John A. Vucetich;Daniel R. Stahler

  • Density-dependent intraspecific aggression regulates survival in northern Yellowstone wolves (Canis lupus)

    Sarah Cubaynes;Daniel R. MacNulty;Daniel R. Stahler;Kira A. Quimby

  • Group composition effects on aggressive interpack interactions of gray wolves in Yellowstone National Park

    Kira A. Cassidy;Daniel R. MacNulty;Daniel R. Stahler;Douglas W. Smith

  • Common ravens, Corvus corax, preferentially associate with grey wolves, Canis lupus, as a foraging strategy in winter

    Daniel Stahler;Bernd Heinrich;Douglas Smith

  • Influence of group size on the success of wolves hunting bison.

    Daniel R. MacNulty;Aimee Tallian;Daniel R. Stahler;Douglas W. Smith

  • Death from anthropogenic causes is partially compensatory in recovering wolf populations.

    Dennis L. Murray;Douglas W. Smith;Edward E. Bangs;Curtis Mack

  • Foraging and Feeding Ecology of the Gray Wolf (Canis lupus): Lessons from Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA

    Daniel R. Stahler;Douglas W. Smith;Debra S. Guernsey

  • Survival of Colonizing Wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains of the United States, 1982-2004

    Douglas W. Smith;Edward E. Bangs;John K. Oakleaf;Curtis Mack

  • The adaptive value of morphological, behavioural and life-history traits in reproductive female wolves

    Daniel R. Stahler;Daniel R. MacNulty;Robert K. Wayne;Bridgett vonHoldt

  • A novel assessment of population structure and gene flow in grey wolf populations of the Northern Rocky Mountains of the United States.

    Bridgett M. Vonholdt;Daniel R. Stahler;Edward E. Bangs;Douglas W. Smith

  • Predatory senescence in ageing wolves.

    Daniel R. MacNulty;Douglas W. Smith;John A. Vucetich;L. David Mech

  • Puma genomes from North and South America provide insights into the genomic consequences of inbreeding

    Nedda F Saremi;Megan A Supple;Ashley Byrne;James A Cahill;James A Cahill

  • Interference competition between gray wolves and coyotes in Yellowstone National Park

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  • Effect of Sociality and Season on Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) Foraging Behavior: Implications for Estimating Summer Kill Rate

    Matthew C. Metz;John A. Vucetich;Douglas W. Smith;Daniel R. Stahler

  • Influence of harvest, climate and wolf predation on Yellowstone elk,

    John A. Vucetich;Douglas W. Smith;Daniel R. Stahler

Frequent Co-Authors

John A. Vucetich
John A. Vucetich Michigan Technological University
Douglas W. Smith
Douglas W. Smith National Park Service
Robert K. Wayne
Robert K. Wayne University of California, Los Angeles
Peter J. Hudson
Peter J. Hudson Pennsylvania State University
Beth Shapiro
Beth Shapiro University of California, Santa Cruz
Warren E. Johnson
Warren E. Johnson Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
Paul C. Cross
Paul C. Cross United States Geological Survey
Christopher C. Wilmers
Christopher C. Wilmers University of California, Santa Cruz
Rolf O. Peterson
Rolf O. Peterson Michigan Technological University
Mark Hebblewhite
Mark Hebblewhite University of Montana

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