2026 David M. Leslie: Animal Science and Veterinary Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Animal Science and Veterinary	38	1396	1291	412	353	166	5392
Environmental Sciences	42	7481	7188	2661	2476	185	5891

Overview

David M. Leslie is affiliated with Oklahoma State University in the United States. Their recent research spans several domains including artificial intelligence, ecology, and safety research, with a focus on the ethical and social impacts of AI as well as issues related to wildlife ecology and conservation.

Their recent papers include:

"Understanding Bias in Facial Recognition Technologies" (2020, SSRN Electronic Journal)
"AI Fairness in Practice" (2024, SSRN Electronic Journal)
"'Frontier AI,' Power, and the Public Interest: Who Benefits, Who Decides?" (2024, Harvard Data Science Review)
"Future Shock: Grappling With the Generative AI Revolution" (2024, Harvard Data Science Review)

Frequent co-authors working alongside David M. Leslie are Claudia Fischer, Smera Jayadeva, C. Burr, Michael Katell, and S. Bala Murali Krishna.

Key publication venues for their work include:

SSRN Electronic Journal
arXiv (Cornell University)
Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues
Harvard Data Science Review
Journal of Wildlife Management

David M. Leslie's research topics covered in publications include:

Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
Information and Cyber Security
Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications
Network Security and Intrusion Detection
Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
Rangeland and Wildlife Management
Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies

Their work spans several subfields of study such as Safety Research, Artificial Intelligence, Information Systems, Ecology, and Computer Networks and Communications.

Best Publications

Should heterogeneity be the basis for conservation? Grassland bird response to fire and grazing.

Samuel D. Fuhlendorf;Wade C. Harrell;David M. Engle;Robert G. Hamilton

704
Citations
Multi-scale effects of habitat loss and fragmentation on lesser prairie-chicken populations of the US Southern Great Plains

Samuel D. Fuhlendorf;Alan J.W. Woodward;David M. Leslie;John S. Shackford

264
Citations
Fecal indices to dietary quality of cervids in old-growth forests

David M. Leslie;Edward E. Starkey

180
Citations
Foraging Activity of Adult Female Ozark Big-Eared Bats (Plecotus townsendii ingens) in Summer

Brenda S. Clark;David M. Leslie;Tracy S. Carter

131
Citations
Physiological Correlates of Neonatal Mortality in an Overpopulated Herd of White-Tailed Deer

Michael G. Sams;Robert L. Lochmiller;Charles W. Qualls;David M. Leslie

124
Citations
Invertebrate Community Response to a Shifting Mosaic of Habitat

David M. Engle;Samuel D. Fuhlendorf;Aaron Roper;David M. Leslie

118
Citations
Desert bighorn sheep of the River Mountains, Nevada

D.M. Leslie;C.L. Douglas

108
Citations
Elk and deer diets in old-growth forests in western Washington

David M. Leslie;Edward E. Starkey;Martin Vavra

106
Citations
Selection of roosting habitat by forest bats in a diverse forested landscape

Roger W. Perry;Ronald E. Thill;David M. Leslie

99
Citations
Influence of Landscape Composition and Change on Lesser Prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) Populations

Alan J. W. Woodward;Samuel D. Fuhlendorf;David M. Leslie;J. Shackford

97
Citations
Fecal Indices to Dietary Quality: A Reply

David M. Leslie;Edward E. Starkey

96
Citations
Correcting for differential digestibility in microhistological analyses involving common coastal forages of the Pacific Northwest.

D.M. Leslie;M. Vavra;E.E. Starkey;R.C. Slater

94
Citations
Building Models for Conservation and Wildlife Management

David M. Leslie;A. M. Starfield;A. L. Bleloch

93
Citations
Bos grunniens and Bos mutus (Artiodactyla: Bovidae)

David M. Leslie;George B. Schaller

93
Citations
Influence of weather and density on lamb survival of desert mountain sheep

Charles L. Douglas;David M. Leslie

90
Citations
Tree invasion constrains the influence of herbaceous structure in grassland bird habitats

Robert N. Chapman;David M. Engle;Ronald E. Masters;David M. Leslie

86
Citations
Responses of small mammals and habitat to glyphosate application on clearcuts

David J. Santillo;David M. Leslie;Patrick W. Brown

85
Citations
Implications of Invasion by Juniperus Virginiana on Small Mammals in the Southern Great Plains

Valerie J. Horncastle;Eric C. Hellgren;Paul M. Mayer;Amy C. Ganguli

84
Citations
Dynamics of a recolonizing population of black bears in the Ouachita Mountains of Oklahoma

Sara L. Bales;Eric C. Hellgren;David M. Leslie;Joe Hemphill

81
Citations
Risk factors associated with capture-related death in eastern wild turkey hens.

David S. Nicholson;David S. Nicholson;Robert L. Lochmiller;Montie D. Stewart;Ronald E. Masters

78
Citations
VARIATION IN GASTROINTESTINAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MALE AND FEMALE WHITE-TAILED DEER: IMPLICATIONS FOR RESOURCE PARTITIONING

Jonathan A. Jenks;David M. Leslie;Robert L. Lochmiller;M. Anthony Melchiors

77
Citations
Response of songbirds to glyphosate-induced habitat changes on clearcuts

David J. Santillo;Patrick W. Brown;David M. Leslie

68
Citations
Does fluctuating asymmetry of antlers in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) follow patterns predicted for sexually selected traits?

S.S. Ditchkoff;R.L. Lochmiller;R.E. Masters;W.R. Starry

67
Citations
Using supplemental food and its influence on survival of northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus)

D.E. Townsend;R.L. Lochmiller;Stephen J. DeMaso;David M. Leslie

64
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert L. Lochmiller Oklahoma State University

David M. Engle Oklahoma State University

Jonathan A. Jenks South Dakota State University

Eric C. Hellgren University of Florida

Scott T. McMurry Oklahoma State University

Stanley F. Fox Oklahoma State University

Ronald A. Van Den Bussche Oklahoma State University

Samuel D. Fuhlendorf Oklahoma State University

Mark E. Payton Oklahoma State University

Jeffrey F. Kelly University of Oklahoma

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