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Esteban Fernández-Juricic

Esteban Fernández-Juricic

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
63
Citations
12193
World Ranking
1991
National Ranking
725

Esteban Fernández-Juricic 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 Esteban Fernández-Juricic sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 212 publications — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Esteban Fernández-Juricic 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 Esteban Fernández-Juricic sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 63 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Esteban Fernández-Juricic is affiliated with Purdue University West Lafayette in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on subfields such as Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change, Ecological Modeling, and Aerospace Engineering.

The researcher's work covers several main topics, including:

  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
  • Marine animal studies overview

Fernández-Juricic has published papers in a variety of venues, notably:

  • Forest Service Research Data Archive
  • PeerJ
  • Conservation Physiology
  • PLoS ONE
  • Journal of Experimental Biology

Some recent publications include:

  • Why conservation biology can benefit from sensory ecology, 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Effects of artificial light on bird movement and distribution: a systematic map, 2021, Environmental Evidence
  • Exploiting common senses: sensory ecology meets wildlife conservation and management, 2021, Conservation Physiology
  • Testing a key assumption of using drones as frightening devices: Do birds perceive drones as risky?, 2020, Ornithological Applications
  • Identification of bovine respiratory disease through the nasal microbiome, 2022, Animal Microbiome

Frequent co-authors collaborated with Fernández-Juricic include:

  • Bradley F. Blackwell
  • Patrice Baumhardt
  • Travis L. DeVault
  • Conor C. Egan

Best Publications

  • A habitat island approach to conserving birds in urban landscapes: case studies from southern and northern Europe

    Esteban Fernández-Juricic;Jukka Jokimäki

  • Inter-specific variation in avian responses to human disturbance

    Daniel T. Blumstein;Esteban Fernández-Juricic;Patrick A. Zollner;Susan C. Garity

  • Avifaunal Use of Wooded Streets in an Urban Landscape

    Esteban Fernández-Juricic

  • Bird community composition patterns in urban parks of Madrid: The role of age, size and isolation

    Esteban Fernández-Juricic

  • Alert distance as an alternative measure of bird tolerance to human disturbance: implications for park design

    Esteban Fernández-Juricic;María Dolores Jimenez;Elena Lucas

  • Why conservation biology can benefit from sensory ecology

    Davide M. Dominoni;Wouter Halfwerk;Emily Baird;Rachel T. Buxton

  • Visual perception and social foraging in birds

    Esteban Fernández-Juricic;Jonathan T. Erichsen;Alex Kacelnik

  • Can human disturbance promote nestedness? A case study with breeding birds in urban habitat fragments

    Esteban Fernández-Juricic

  • Spatial and temporal analysis of the distribution of forest specialists in an urban-fragmented landscape (Madrid, Spain) Implications for local and regional bird conservation

    Esteban Fernández-Juricic

  • Sensitivity of wildlife to spatial patterns of recreationist behavior: A critical assessment of minimum approaching distances and buffer areas for grassland birds

    Esteban Fernández-Juricic;M. Paula Venier;Daniel Renison;Daniel T. Blumstein

  • Effects of human disturbance on spatial and temporal feeding patterns of Blackbird Turdus merula in urban parks in Madrid, Spain

    E. Fernández-Juricic;J.L. Tellería

  • Birds in Urban Ecosystems: Population Dynamics, Community Structure, Biodiversity, and Conservation

    Eyal Shochat;Susannah Lerman;Esteban Fernández-Juricic

  • A Primer of Conservation Behavior

    Daniel T Blumstein;Esteban Fernández-Juricic

  • Factors affecting intra- and inter-specific variations in the difference between alert distances and flight distances for birds in forested habitats

    E Fernández-Juricic;M D Jimenez;E Lucas

  • Research Priorities from Animal Behaviour for Maximising Conservation Progress.

    Alison L. Greggor;Oded Berger-Tal;Daniel T. Blumstein;Lisa Angeloni

  • LOCAL AND REGIONAL EFFECTS OF PEDESTRIANS ON FOREST BIRDS IN A FRAGMENTED LANDSCAPE

    Esteban Fernández-Juricic

  • Avian spatial segregation at edges and interiors of urban parks in Madrid, Spain

    Esteban Fernández-juricic;Esteban Fernández-juricic

  • Predator detection and avoidance by starlings under differing scenarios of predation risk

    Claire L. Devereux;Mark J. Whittingham;Esteban Fernández-Juricic;Juliet A. Vickery

  • Individual variation in behavioural plasticity: direct and indirect effects of boldness, exploration and sociability on habituation to predators in lizards

    Iñaki Rodríguez-Prieto;José Martín;Esteban Fernández-Juricic

  • Antipredator behavior in blackbirds: habituation complements risk allocation

    Iñaki Rodriguez-Prieto;Esteban Fernández-Juricic;José Martín;Yohana Regis

  • Flock density, social foraging, and scanning: an experiment with starlings

    Esteban Fernández-Juricic;Steven Siller;Alex Kacelnik

Frequent Co-Authors

Travis L. DeVault
Travis L. DeVault University of Georgia
Daniel T. Blumstein
Daniel T. Blumstein University of California, Los Angeles
Steven L. Lima
Steven L. Lima Indiana State University
Jeffrey R. Lucas
Jeffrey R. Lucas Purdue University West Lafayette
Mark J. Whittingham
Mark J. Whittingham Newcastle University
Guy Beauchamp
Guy Beauchamp University of Montreal
Jukka Jokimäki
Jukka Jokimäki University of Lapland
José Martín
José Martín Spanish National Research Council
John R. Krebs
John R. Krebs University of Oxford
Shaun P. Collin
Shaun P. Collin La Trobe University

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