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73
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21130
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1179
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Ian P. F. Owens 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 Ian P. F. Owens sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 108 publications — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ian P. F. Owens 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 Ian P. F. Owens sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 73 D-Index — 86th percentile

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

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Overview

Ian P. F. Owens is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States. Their research spans multiple domains within environmental science and molecular biology.

The scientist's recent scholarly output includes a publication titled "Detecting the Endangered San Joaquin Kit Fox (Vulpes macrotis mutica) and Other Canine Species in Kern County, CA: Applying a Non-Invasive PCR-Based Method to Four Case Study Sites", published in 2025 in the journal Conservation.

Frequent coauthors in their work include:

  • Antje Lauer
  • Sarah Alame
  • J. Calvillo
  • Mario E. Gaytan
  • Jorge Juárez

Publication venues prominently feature the journal Conservation.

The main fields of study in which Ian P. F. Owens has contributed research are:

  • Environmental Science
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Subfields of study include:

  • Ecology
  • Endocrinology

The primary research topics addressed in their work are:

  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Plant and Fungal Interactions Research

Ian P. F. Owens' research often involves non-invasive molecular techniques to study biodiversity and species conservation. The focus on environmental DNA tools reflects an integration of molecular biology methods with ecological monitoring.

Their work contributes to understanding species detection methods in natural habitats, particularly for endangered and elusive species, situating their research at the intersection of field ecology and laboratory molecular analyses.

Best Publications

  • Extra pair paternity in birds: a review of interspecific variation and adaptive function.

    Simon C. Griffith;Ian P. F. Owens;Katherine A. Thuman

  • Global hotspots of species richness are not congruent with endemism or threat

    C. David L Orme;Richard G. Davies;Malcolm Burgess;Felix Eigenbrod

  • Costly sexual signals: Are carotenoids rare, risky or required?

    Valérie A. Olson;Ian P.F. Owens

  • Evolutionary Ecology of Birds: Life Histories, Mating Systems and Extinction

    Peter M. Bennett;Ian P. F. Owens

  • Ecological basis of extinction risk in birds: habitat loss versus human persecution and introduced predators.

    Ian P. F. Owens;Peter M. Bennett

  • Global distribution and conservation of rare and threatened vertebrates

    Richard Grenyer;Richard Grenyer;C. David L Orme;Sarah F. Jackson;Gavin H. Thomas;Gavin H. Thomas

  • Sexual dimorphism in birds : Why are there so many different forms of dimorphism?

    I. P. F. Owens;I. R. Hartley

  • Variation in extinction risk among birds: chance or evolutionary predisposition?

    Peter M. Bennett;Ian P. F. Owens

  • Cooperative breeding in birds: A comparative test of the life history hypothesis

    Kathryn E. Arnold;Ian P. F. Owens

  • Are subspecies useful in evolutionary and conservation biology

    Albert B Phillimore;Ian P.F Owens

  • The comparative method in conservation biology

    Diana O. Fisher;Ian P.F. Owens

  • Genetic consequences of sequential founder events by an island-colonizing bird

    Sonya M. Clegg;Sandie M. Degnan;Jiro Kikkawa;Craig Moritz

  • Hormonal basis of sexual dimorphism in birds: implications for new theories of sexual selection

    Ian P.F. Owens;Ian P.F. Owens;Roger V. Short

  • Conspicuous males suffer higher predation risk: visual modelling and experimental evidence from lizards

    Devi M. Stuart-Fox;Adnan Moussalli;N.Justin Marshall;Ian P.F. Owens

  • Global biogeography and ecology of body size in birds

    Valérie A. Olson;Valérie A. Olson;Richard G. Davies;Richard G. Davies;C. David L. Orme;Gavin H. Thomas;Gavin H. Thomas

  • Extrinsic versus intrinsic factors in the decline and extinction of Australian marsupials

    Diana Fisher;Simon Phillip Blomberg;Ian P F Owens

  • Natural selection and quantitative genetics of life-history traits in Western women: A twin study

    Katherine M. Kirk;Simon P. Blomberg;David L. Duffy;Andrew C. Heath;Andrew C. Heath

  • Global Patterns of Geographic Range Size in Birds

    C. David L. Orme;Richard G. Davies;Valerie A. Olson;Gavin H. Thomas

  • Topography, energy and the global distribution of bird species richness

    Richard G. Davies;C. David L Orme;David Storch;Valerie A. Olson

  • Sex Differences in Mortality Rate

    Ian P. F. Owens

  • The ‘island rule’ in birds: medium body size and its ecological explanation

    Sonya M Clegg;Ian P F Owens

  • MICROEVOLUTION IN ISLAND FORMS: THE ROLES OF DRIFT AND DIRECTIONAL SELECTION IN MORPHOLOGICAL DIVERGENCE OF A PASSERINE BIRD

    Sonya M. Clegg;Sandie M. Degnan;Craig Moritz;Arnaud Estoup

  • Extra pair paternity in birds: a review of interspecific variation and adaptive function.

    P A Thuman-Commike;Leslie C. Griffith;Ian P F Owens

Frequent Co-Authors

Gavin H. Thomas
Gavin H. Thomas University of Sheffield
C. David L. Orme
C. David L. Orme Imperial College London
Richard G. Davies
Richard G. Davies University of East Anglia
Sonya M. Clegg
Sonya M. Clegg University of Oxford
Tim M. Blackburn
Tim M. Blackburn University College London
Kevin J. Gaston
Kevin J. Gaston University of Exeter
Albert B. Phillimore
Albert B. Phillimore University of Edinburgh
Terry Burke
Terry Burke University of Sheffield
Diana O. Fisher
Diana O. Fisher University of Queensland
Kathryn E. Arnold
Kathryn E. Arnold University of York

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