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H. Grant Gilchrist

H. Grant Gilchrist

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
50
Citations
8019
World Ranking
3896
National Ranking
268

H. Grant Gilchrist 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 H. Grant Gilchrist sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 205 publications — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

H. Grant Gilchrist 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 H. Grant Gilchrist sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

H. Grant Gilchrist is affiliated with Carleton University in Canada and specializes primarily in Environmental Science, with a focus on Ecology. Their research portfolio includes significant work in subfields such as Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, General Health Professions, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

Their main topics of study cover a range of ecological and environmental issues, including:

  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Indigenous Studies and Ecology
  • Climate variability and models

Gilchrist has contributed to various scientific journals with multiple publications appearing in highly specialized venues. Their frequent publication venues include:

  • Arctic Science
  • Ecology and Evolution
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Birds of the World
  • Movement Ecology

Their recent papers, reflecting a focus on avian and Arctic ecology, include:

  • Foraging range scales with colony size in high-latitude seabirds, 2022, Current Biology
  • Limited heat tolerance in a cold-adapted seabird: implications of a warming Arctic, 2021, Journal of Experimental Biology
  • Annual adult survival drives trends in Arctic-breeding shorebirds but knowledge gaps in other vital rates remain, 2020, Ornithological Applications
  • Both short and long distance migrants use energy-minimizing migration strategies in North American herring gulls, 2020, Movement Ecology
  • Reconstructing Long-Term Changes in Avian Populations Using Lake Sediments: Opening a Window Onto the Past, 2021, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Gilchrist frequently collaborates with other researchers, including Oliver P. Love, Mark L. Mallory, Kyle H. Elliott, Christina A. D. Semeniuk, and Holly L. Hennin. These collaborations have contributed to a substantial body of work in their fields of study.

Best Publications

  • Lower Predation Risk for Migratory Birds at High Latitudes

    L. McKinnon;P. A. Smith;E. Nol;J. L. Martin

  • Climate change, ice conditions and reproduction in an Arctic nesting marine bird: Brunnich's guillemot (Uria lomvia L.)

    Anthony J. Gaston;H. Grant Gilchrist;J. Mark Hipfner

  • Levels and trends of organochlorines and brominated flame retardants in Ivory Gull eggs from the Canadian Arctic, 1976 to 2004

    Birgit M. Braune;Mark L. Mallory;H. Grant Gilchrist;Robert J. Letcher

  • Prevalence of marine debris in marine birds from the North Atlantic.

    Jennifer F. Provencher;Alexander L. Bond;April Hedd;William A. Montevecchi

  • Local Ecological Knowledge of Ivory Gull Declines in Arctic Canada

    Mark L. Mallory;H. Grant Gilchrist;Alain J. Fontaine;Jason A. Akearok

  • Changes in Seasonal Events, Peak Food Availability, and Consequent Breeding Adjustment in a Marine Bird: A Case of Progressive Mismatching

    Anthony J. Gaston;H. Grant Gilchrist;Mark L. Mallory;Paul A. Smith

  • Ingested plastic in a diving seabird, the thick-billed murre (Uria lomvia), in the eastern Canadian Arctic

    Jennifer F. Provencher;Anthony J. Gaston;Mark L. Mallory;Patrick D. O’hara

  • EFFECTS OF NEST HABITAT, FOOD, AND PARENTAL BEHAVIOR ON SHOREBIRD NEST SUCCESS

    Paul Allen Smith;H Grant Gilchrist;James N.M Smith

  • Longer ice-free seasons increase the risk of nest depredation by polar bears for colonial breeding birds in the Canadian Arctic

    Samuel A. Iverson;H. Grant Gilchrist;Paul A. Smith;Anthony J. Gaston

  • Individual optimization of reproduction in a long‐lived migratory bird: a test of the condition‐dependent model of laying date and clutch size

    Sébastien Descamps;Sébastien Descamps;Joël Bêty;Oliver P. Love;H. Grant Gilchrist

  • Declines in abundance and distribution of the ivory gull (Pagophila eburnea) in Arctic Canada

    H. Grant Gilchrist;Mark L. Mallory

  • Variation in ice conditions has strong effects on the breeding of marine birds at Prince Leopold Island, Nunavut

    Anthony J. Gaston;H. Grant Gilchrist;Mark L. Mallory

  • Evidence of Population Declines among Common Eiders Breeding in the Belcher Islands, Northwest Territories

    Gregory J. Robertson;H. Grant Gilchrist

  • Observations of Marine Birds and Mammals Wintering at Polynyas and Ice Edges in the Belcher Islands, Nunavut, Canada

    H. Grant Gilchrist;Gregory J. Robertson

  • Migration and wintering of a declining seabird, the thick-billed murre Uria lomvia, on an ocean basin scale: Conservation implications

    Morten Frederiksen;Sébastien Descamps;Kjell Einar Erikstad;Anthony J. Gaston

  • Pre-laying climatic cues can time reproduction to optimally match offspring hatching and ice conditions in an Arctic marine bird.

    Oliver P. Love;Oliver P. Love;H. Grant Gilchrist;Sébastien Descamps;Sébastien Descamps;Sébastien Descamps;Christina A. D. Semeniuk

  • Financial costs of conducting science in the Arctic: examples from seabird research

    Mark L. Mallory;Mark L. Mallory;H. Grant Gilchrist;Michael Janssen;Heather L. Major

  • Costs of reproduction in a long-lived bird: large clutch size is associated with low survival in the presence of a highly virulent disease

    Sébastien Descamps;Sébastien Descamps;H. Grant Gilchrist;Joël Bêty;E. Isabel Buttler

  • Inter-annual variation in the breeding chronology of arctic shorebirds: effects of weather, snow melt and predators.

    Paul A. Smith;H. Grant Gilchrist;Mark R. Forbes;Jean-Louis Martin

  • Feather corticosterone reveals effect of moulting conditions in the autumn on subsequent reproductive output and survival in an Arctic migratory bird

    N. Jane Harms;Pierre Legagneux;H. Grant Gilchrist;Joël Bêty

  • Has early ice clearance increased predation on breeding birds by polar bears

    Paul A. Smith;Kyle H. Elliott;Anthony J. Gaston;H. Grant Gilchrist

  • Status of Marine Birds of the Southeastern Beaufort Sea

    D. Lynne Dickson;H. Grant Gilchrist

  • Shorebird incubation behaviour and its influence on the risk of nest predation

    Paul A. Smith;Ingrid Tulp;Hans Schekkerman;H. Grant Gilchrist

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark L. Mallory
Mark L. Mallory Acadia University
Anthony J. Gaston
Anthony J. Gaston Environment and Climate Change Canada
Joël Bêty
Joël Bêty Université du Québec à Rimouski
Gregory J. Robertson
Gregory J. Robertson Environment and Climate Change Canada
Mark R. Forbes
Mark R. Forbes Carleton University
Oliver P. Love
Oliver P. Love University of Windsor
Sébastien Descamps
Sébastien Descamps Norwegian Polar Institute
Jennifer F. Provencher
Jennifer F. Provencher Government of Canada
Birgit M. Braune
Birgit M. Braune Carleton University
Hallvard Strøm
Hallvard Strøm Norwegian Polar Institute

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