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Hervé Fritz

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
67
Citations
13038
World Ranking
1634
National Ranking
18

Hervé Fritz 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 Hervé Fritz sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 258 publications — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Hervé Fritz 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 Hervé Fritz sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 67 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Hervé Fritz is affiliated with Nelson Mandela University in South Africa and focuses their research within the field of Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields, including Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Social Psychology, and Global and Planetary Change.

Their main research topics include:

  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Primate Behavior and Ecology
  • Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies

Recent papers authored by Hervé Fritz or involving their contribution include:

  • Snapshot Safari: A large-scale collaborative to monitor Africa's remarkable biodiversity (2021) published in South African Journal of Science
  • Fire weather effects on flammability of indigenous and invasive alien plants in coastal fynbos and thicket shrublands (Cape Floristic Region) (2020) published in PeerJ
  • Bird species assemblages differ, while functional richness is maintained across an urban landscape (2021) published in Landscape and Urban Planning
  • Conservation overstretch and long-term decline of wildlife and tourism in the Central African savannas (2021) published in Conservation Biology
  • The scale of effect depends on operational definition of forest cover-evidence from terrestrial mammals of the Brazilian savanna (2021) published in Landscape Ecology

Hervé Fritz frequently publishes in several academic journals, with multiple publications in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Ecology and Evolution
  • African Journal of Range and Forage Science
  • South African Journal of Science
  • African Journal of Ecology

The scientist collaborates often, with frequent co-authors including Jan A. Venter, Chloé Guerbois, Stéphane Dray, Marion Valeix, and Franck Prugnolle. The number of collaborations with these individuals ranges from eight to twenty-eight joint works.

Best Publications

  • Behavioral adjustments of African herbivores to predation risk by lions: Spatiotemporal variations influence habitat use

    Marion Valeix;A.J. Loveridge;Simon Chamaillé-Jammes;Z. Davidson

  • In search of a real definition of the biological invasion phenomenon itself

    Loïc Valéry;Hervé Fritz;Jean-Claude Lefeuvre;Daniel Simberloff

  • Managing heterogeneity in elephant distribution: interactions between elephant population density and surface‐water availability

    Simon Chamaillé-Jammes;Marion Valeix;Hervé Fritz

  • On the carrying capacity for large ungulates of African savanna ecosystems

    Herve Fritz;Patrick Duncan

  • Megaherbivores influence trophic guilds structure in African ungulate communities

    Hervé Fritz;Patrick Duncan;Iain J. Gordon;Andrew W. Illius

  • Scale–dependent hierarchical adjustments of movement patterns in a long–range foraging seabird

    Hervé Fritz;Sonia Said;Henri Weimerskirch

  • How key habitat features influence large terrestrial carnivore movements: waterholes and African lions in a semi-arid savanna of north-western Zimbabwe

    Marion Valeix;Marion Valeix;Andrew J. Loveridge;Zeke Davidson;Hillary Madzikanda

  • Resource variability, aggregation and direct density dependence in an open context: the local regulation of an African elephant population

    Simon Chamaillé-Jammes;Hervé Fritz;Marion Valeix;Felix Murindagomo

  • Does the risk of encountering lions influence African herbivore behaviour at waterholes

    Marion Valeix;Marion Valeix;Hervé Fritz;Andrew J. Loveridge;Zeke Davidson

  • Interference competition and temporal niche shifts: elephants and herbivore communities at waterholes

    Marion Valeix;Simon Chamaillé-Jammes;Simon Chamaillé-Jammes;Hervé Fritz;Hervé Fritz

  • Changes in home range size of African lions in relation to pride size and prey biomass in a semi-arid savanna

    Andrew J. Loveridge;Marion Valeix;Zeke Davidson;Felix Murindagomo

  • Invasive species can also be native...

    Loïc Valéry;Hervé Fritz;Jean-Claude Lefeuvre;Daniel Simberloff

  • Spatial patterns of the NDVI–rainfall relationship at the seasonal and interannual time scales in an African savanna

    S. Chamaille-Jammes;H. Fritz;F. Murindagomo

  • The Lion King and the Hyaena Queen: large carnivore interactions and coexistence

    Stéphanie Périquet;Hervé Fritz;Eloy Revilla

  • Elephant-induced structural changes in the vegetation and habitat selection by large herbivores in an African savanna

    Marion Valeix;Hervé Fritz;Rodolphe Sabatier;Felix Murindagomo

  • Habitat use by sympatric wild and domestic herbivores in an African savanna woodland : the influence of cattle spatial behaviour

    H. Fritz;M. De Graine-Wichatitsky;G. Letessier

  • The role of migratory ducks in the long‐distance dispersal of native plants and the spread of exotic plants in Europe

    Anne‐Laure Brochet;Matthieu Guillemain;Hervé Fritz;Michel Gauthier‐Clerc

  • Individual vigilance of African herbivores while drinking: the role of immediate predation risk and context

    Stéphanie Périquet;Stéphanie Périquet;Marion Valeix;Marion Valeix;Andrew J. Loveridge;Hillary Madzikanda

  • Plant dispersal by teal (Anas crecca) in the Camargue: duck guts are more important than their feet

    A. L. Brochet;M. Guillemain;H. Fritz;M. Gauthier-Clerc

  • Field evidence of dispersal of branchiopods, ostracods and bryozoans by teal (Anas crecca) in the Camargue (southern France)

    A. L Brochet;M Gauthier-Clerc;M Guillemain;H Fritz

Frequent Co-Authors

Marion Valeix
Marion Valeix Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Simon Chamaillé-Jammes
Simon Chamaillé-Jammes Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Matthieu Guillemain
Matthieu Guillemain Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Patrick Duncan
Patrick Duncan Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Andrew J. Loveridge
Andrew J. Loveridge University of Oxford
David W. Macdonald
David W. Macdonald University of Oxford
Michel Gauthier-Clerc
Michel Gauthier-Clerc University of Geneva
Andy J. Green
Andy J. Green Spanish National Research Council
Iain J. Gordon
Iain J. Gordon James Hutton Institute
Steeve D. Côté
Steeve D. Côté Université Laval

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