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Frank A. La Sorte

Frank A. La Sorte

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
50
Citations
10732
World Ranking
3814
National Ranking
1337

Overview

Frank A. La Sorte is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on Environmental Science, with significant contributions to subfields including Ecology, Ecological Modeling, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

The scientist's work covers a variety of main topics such as Species Distribution and Climate Change, Avian Ecology and Behavior, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Plant and Animal Studies, and Urban Green Space and Health.

Frank A. La Sorte has authored several papers in well-known journals. Notable recent publications include:

  • Urban biodiversity: State of the science and future directions, 2022, Urban Ecosystems
  • A Research Agenda for Urban Biodiversity in the Global Extinction Crisis, 2020, BioScience
  • Urbanisation generates multiple trait syndromes for terrestrial animal taxa worldwide, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Area is the primary correlate of annual and seasonal patterns of avian species richness in urban green spaces, 2020, Landscape and Urban Planning
  • Phenological synchronization of seasonal bird migration with vegetation greenness across dietary guilds, 2020, Journal of Animal Ecology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Frank A. La Sorte include:

  • Christopher A. Lepczyk
  • Myla F. J. Aronson
  • Kyle G. Horton
  • Alison Johnston
  • Sonja Knapp

They have published extensively in prominent venues such as Global Ecology and Biogeography, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Ecography, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Best Publications

  • A global analysis of the impacts of urbanization on bird and plant diversity reveals key anthropogenic drivers

    Myla F.J. Aronson;Frank A. La Sorte;Charles H. Nilon;Madhusudan Katti

  • The eBird enterprise: An integrated approach to development and application of citizen science

    Brian L. Sullivan;Jocelyn L. Aycrigg;Jessie H. Barry;Rick E. Bonney

  • Projected range contractions of montane biodiversity under global warming

    Frank A. La Sorte;Walter Jetz;Walter Jetz

  • POLEWARD SHIFTS IN WINTER RANGES OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS

    Frank A. La Sorte;Frank R. Thompson

  • Hierarchical filters determine community assembly of urban species pools

    Myla F. J. Aronson;Charles H. Nilon;Christopher A. Lepczyk;Tommy S. Parker

  • Urban biodiversity: State of the science and future directions

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  • Tracking of climatic niche boundaries under recent climate change.

    Frank A. La Sorte;Walter Jetz

  • Taking a ‘Big Data’ approach to data quality in a citizen science project

    Steve Kelling;Daniel Fink;Frank A. La Sorte;Alison Johnston

  • Seasonal abundance and survival of North America's migratory avifauna determined by weather radar.

    Adriaan M Dokter;Andrew Farnsworth;Daniel Fink;Viviana Ruiz-Gutierrez

  • Can Observation Skills of Citizen Scientists Be Estimated Using Species Accumulation Curves

    Steve Kelling;Alison Johnston;Wesley M. Hochachka;Marshall Iliff

  • Global patterns and drivers of urban bird diversity

    Christopher A. Lepczyk;Frank A. La Sorte;Myla F. J. Aronson;Mark A. Goddard

  • The role of atmospheric conditions in the seasonal dynamics of North American migration flyways

    Frank A. La Sorte;Daniel Fink;Wesley M. Hochachka;Andrew Farnsworth

  • The phylogenetic and functional diversity of regional breeding bird assemblages is reduced and constricted through urbanization

    Frank A. La Sorte;Christopher A. Lepczyk;Myla F. J. Aronson;Mark A. Goddard

  • Compositional similarity among urban floras within and across continents: biogeographical consequences of human-mediated biotic interchange

    Frank A. La Sorte;Michael L. McKINNEY;Petr Pyšek;Petr Pyšek

  • Phenology of nocturnal avian migration has shifted at the continental scale

    Kyle G. Horton;Frank A. La Sorte;Daniel Sheldon;Daniel Sheldon;Tsung-Yu Lin

  • Distance decay of similarity among European urban floras: the impact of anthropogenic activities on β diversity

    Frank A. La Sorte;Michael L. McKinney;Petr Pyšek;Petr Pyšek;Stefan Klotz

  • Seasonal associations with urban light pollution for nocturnally migrating bird populations

    Frank A. La Sorte;Daniel Fink;Jeffrey J. Buler;Andrew Farnsworth

  • Beta diversity of urban floras among European and non-European cities

    Frank A. La Sorte;Myla F. J. Aronson;Nicholas S. G. Williams;Laura Celesti-Grapow

  • A Research Agenda for Urban Biodiversity in the Global Extinction Crisis

    Sonja Knapp;Myla F J Aronson;Ela Carpenter;Adriana Herrera-Montes

  • Bright lights in the big cities: migratory birds’ exposure to artificial light

    Kyle G Horton;Cecilia Nilsson;Benjamin M Van Doren;Frank A La Sorte

  • Novel seasonal land cover associations for eastern North American forest birds identified through dynamic species distribution modelling

    Benjamin Zuckerberg;Daniel Fink;Frank A. La Sorte;Wesley M. Hochachka

  • Convergence of broad-scale migration strategies in terrestrial birds.

    Frank A. La Sorte;Daniel Fink;Wesley M. Hochachka;Steve Kelling

  • Phyloecology of urban alien floras

    Carlo Ricotta;Frank A. La Sorte;Petr Pyšek;Petr Pyšek;G.L. Rapson

Frequent Co-Authors

Petr Pyšek
Petr Pyšek Czech Academy of Sciences
Wesley M. Hochachka
Wesley M. Hochachka Cornell University
Christopher A. Lepczyk
Christopher A. Lepczyk Auburn University
Walter Jetz
Walter Jetz Yale University
Alison Johnston
Alison Johnston Cornell University
Nicholas S. G. Williams
Nicholas S. G. Williams University of Melbourne
Ingolf Kühn
Ingolf Kühn Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Michael L. McKinney
Michael L. McKinney University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Ian MacGregor-Fors
Ian MacGregor-Fors University of Helsinki
Ken Thompson
Ken Thompson University of Sheffield

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