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David N. Koons

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
38
Citations
4426
World Ranking
6724
National Ranking
2268

David N. Koons publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 145 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David N. Koons 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 David N. Koons sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 38 D-Index — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

David N. Koons is affiliated with Colorado State University in the United States and specializes in Environmental Science. Their research primarily focuses on Ecology, with subfields in Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Ecological Modeling, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The scientist's main topics of work include:

  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Rangeland and Wildlife Management
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies

David N. Koons has contributed extensively to various publication venues. Their most frequent outlets are:

  • Journal of Animal Ecology
  • Journal of Wildlife Management
  • Ecosphere
  • Ecology and Evolution
  • Global Change Biology

Key recent papers authored by or involving David N. Koons include:

  • A hierarchical model for jointly assessing ecological and anthropogenic impacts on animal demography, 2022, Journal of Animal Ecology
  • Density-dependence produces spurious relationships among demographic parameters in a harvested species, 2022, Journal of Animal Ecology
  • Changes in climate and land use interact to create an ecological trap in a migratory species, 2020, Journal of Animal Ecology
  • Detrimental impacts of climate change may be exacerbated by density-dependent population regulation in blue mussels, 2020, Journal of Animal Ecology
  • Experimental evaluation of predator exclosures on nest, chick, and adult survival of piping plovers, 2021, Journal of Wildlife Management

Frequently collaborating researchers include:

  • Kristen S. Ellis
  • Michael J. Anteau
  • Thomas V. Riecke
  • Rose J. Swift
  • Mark H. Sherfy

Best Publications

  • Effects of habitat fragmentation on avian nesting success: a review of the evidence at multiple spatial scales

    Scott E Stephens;Scott E Stephens;David N Koons;David N Koons;Jay J Rotella;David W Willey

  • Matrix models for a changeable world: the importance of transient dynamics in population management

    Thomas H. G. Ezard;James M. Bullock;Harmony J. Dalgleish;Alexandre Millon

  • Transient population dynamics:relations to life history and initial population state

    David N. Koons;James B. Grand;Bertram Zinner;Robert F. Rockwell

  • Can life‐history traits predict the response of forb populations to changes in climate variability?

    Harmony J. Dalgleish;David N. Koons;Peter B. Adler

  • Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis)

    Michael J. Anteau;Jean-Michel DeVink;David N. Koons;Jane E. Austin

  • Climate influences the demography of three dominant sagebrush steppe plants

    Harmony J. Dalgleish;David N. Koons;Mevin B. Hooten;Corey A. Moffet

  • A life-history perspective on the demographic drivers of structured population dynamics in changing environments.

    David N. Koons;David T. Iles;Michael Schaub;Hal Caswell

  • Understanding the demographic drivers of realized population growth rates

    David N. Koons;David N. Koons;Todd W. Arnold;Michael Schaub

  • Is life-history buffering or lability adaptive in stochastic environments?

    David N. Koons;Samuel Pavard;Annette Baudisch;C. Jessica E. Metcalf

  • POPULATION INERTIA AND ITS SENSITIVITY TO CHANGES IN VITAL RATES AND POPULATION STRUCTURE

    David N. Koons;David N. Koons;Randall R. Holmes;James B. Grand

  • Climate change, phenology, and habitat degradation: drivers of gosling body condition and juvenile survival in lesser snow geese.

    Lise M. Aubry;Robert F. Rockwell;Evan G. Cooch;Rodney W. Brook

  • Population Momentum: Implications for Wildlife Management

    David N. Koons;Robert F. Rockwell;James B. Grand

  • Evolution of delayed reproduction in uncertain environments: a life-history perspective.

    David N. Koons;C. Jessica E. Metcalf;C. Jessica E. Metcalf;Shripad Tuljapurkar

  • Consequences of recruitment decisions and heterogeneity on age‐specific breeding success in a long‐lived seabird

    Lise M. Aubry;Lise M. Aubry;Lise M. Aubry;David N. Koons;Jean Yves Monnat;Emmanuelle Cam

  • Integrated population models facilitate ecological understanding and improved management decisions

    Todd W. Arnold;Robert G. Clark;David N. Koons;Michael Schaub

  • Effects of Landscape-Scale Environmental Variation on Greater Sage-Grouse Chick Survival

    Michael R. Guttery;David K. Dahlgren;Terry A. Messmer;John W. Connelly

  • Drivers of age‐specific survival in a long‐lived seabird: contributions of observed and hidden sources of heterogeneity

    Lise M. Aubry;Lise M. Aubry;Emmanuelle Cam;David N. Koons;Jean-Yves Monnat

  • Looking for a needle in a haystack: inference about individual fitness components in a heterogeneous population

    Emmanuelle Cam;Olivier Gimenez;Russell Alpizar-Jara;Lise M. Aubry

  • Effects of exploitation on an overabundant species: the lesser snow goose predicament.

    David N. Koons;Robert F. Rockwell;Lise M. Aubry

  • Lesser Scaup Population Dynamics: What Can Be Learned from Available Data?

    David N. Koons;Jay J. Rotella;David W. Willey;Mark Taper

  • A modeling framework for integrated harvest and habitat management of North American waterfowl: Case-study of northern pintail metapopulation dynamics

    Brady J. Mattsson;Michael C. Runge;J.H. Devries;G.S. Boomer

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert F. Rockwell
Robert F. Rockwell American Museum of Natural History
Jay J. Rotella
Jay J. Rotella Montana State University
Peter B. Adler
Peter B. Adler Utah State University
Olivier Gimenez
Olivier Gimenez Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Robert G. Clark
Robert G. Clark University of Saskatchewan
Alan D. Afton
Alan D. Afton Louisiana State University
Emmanuelle Cam
Emmanuelle Cam University of Western Brittany
Mevin B. Hooten
Mevin B. Hooten The University of Texas at Austin
C. Jessica E. Metcalf
C. Jessica E. Metcalf Princeton University
Jeffrey M. Warren
Jeffrey M. Warren Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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