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85
Citations
50459
World Ranking
618
National Ranking
215

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

James A. Estes is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Cruz in the United States. Their primary field of study is Environmental Science, with a significant focus on Ecology, Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, and Genetics. Their research spans various topics, notably Marine and coastal plant biology, Marine and fisheries research, Marine animal studies, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Genetic diversity and population structure, and Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies.

Estes has contributed to several publications across prominent scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Science
  • Ecological Monographs
  • Communications Biology
  • Science Advances
  • Ecology

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Estes include:

  • Keystone predators govern the pathway and pace of climate impacts in a subarctic marine ecosystem, 2020, Science
  • Humanity's diverse predatory niche and its ecological consequences, 2023, Communications Biology
  • Sea otter population collapse in southwest Alaska: assessing ecological covariates, consequences, and causal factors, 2021, Ecological Monographs
  • Physical disturbance by recovering sea otter populations increases eelgrass genetic diversity, 2021, Science
  • Genomic basis for skin phenotype and cold adaptation in the extinct Steller's sea cow, 2022, Science Advances

Frequent co-authors in Estes's work include:

  • M. Tim Tinker
  • Michael C. Kenner
  • Kristy J. Kroeker
  • Brenda Konar
  • Benjamin P. Weitzman

Estes was recognized as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2014.

Best Publications

  • Historical overfishing and the recent collapse of coastal ecosystems.

    Jeremy B. C. Jackson;Jeremy B. C. Jackson;Michael Xavier Kirby;Wolfgang H. Berger;Karen A. Bjorndal

  • Trophic Downgrading of Planet Earth

    James A. Estes;John Terborgh;Justin S. Brashares;Mary E. Power

  • Status and ecological effects of the world's largest carnivores.

    William J. Ripple;James A. Estes;Robert L. Beschta;Christopher C. Wilmers

  • Kelp forest ecosystems: biodiversity, stability, resilience and future

    Robert S. Steneck;Michael H. Graham;Bruce J. Bourque;Debbie Corbett

  • Challenges in the Quest for Keystones

    Mary E. Power;David Tilman;James A. Estes;Bruce A. Menge

  • Killer Whale Predation on Sea Otters Linking Oceanic and Nearshore Ecosystems

    J. A. Estes;M. T. Tinker;T. M. Williams;D. F. Doak

  • Sea Otters: Their Role in Structuring Nearshore Communities

    James A. Estes;John F. Palmisano

  • Marine defaunation: Animal loss in the global ocean

    Douglas J. McCauley;Malin L. Pinsky;Stephen R. Palumbi;James A. Estes

  • Sea Otters and Kelp Forests in Alaska: Generality and Variation in a Community Ecological Paradigm

    James A. Estes;David O. Duggins

  • Magnification of secondary production by kelp detritus in coastal marine ecosystems

    D. O. Duggins;C. A. Simenstad;J. A. Estes

  • Genome 10K: A Proposal to Obtain Whole-Genome Sequence for 10 000 Vertebrate Species

    David Haussler;Stephen J. O'Brien;Oliver A. Ryder;F. Keith Barker

  • Global patterns of kelp forest change over the past half-century

    Kira A. Krumhansl;Daniel K. Okamoto;Andrew Rassweiler;Mark Novak

  • Sequential megafaunal collapse in the North Pacific Ocean: An ongoing legacy of industrial whaling?

    A. M. Springer;J. A. Estes;G. B. van Vliet;T. M. Williams

  • Introduced Predators Transform Subarctic Islands from Grassland to Tundra

    D. A. Croll;J. L. Maron;J. A. Estes;J. A. Estes;E. M. Danner

  • Individual variation in prey selection by sea otters: patterns, causes and implications

    J. A. Estes;M. L. Riedman;M. M. Staedler;M. T. Tinker

  • Ecological Effectiveness: Conservation Goals for Interactive Species

    Michael E. Soulé;James A. Estes;Joel Berger;Carlos Martinez Del Rio

  • COMPARING MARINE AND TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE DESIGN OF COASTAL MARINE RESERVES

    Mark H. Carr;Joseph E. Neigel;James A. Estes;Sandy Andelman

  • Aleuts, Sea Otters, and Alternate Stable-State Communities

    Charles A. Simenstad;James A. Estes;Karl W. Kenyon

  • Whales as marine ecosystem engineers.

    Joe Roman;James A Estes;Lyne Morissette;Craig Smith

  • Pleistocene rewilding: an optimistic agenda for twenty-first century conservation.

    C. Josh Donlan;Joel Berger;Carl E. Bock;Jane H. Bock

  • Food limitation leads to behavioral diversification and dietary specialization in sea otters

    M. Tim Tinker;Gena Bentall;James A. Estes

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel F. Doak
Daniel F. Doak University of Colorado Boulder
M. Tim Tinker
M. Tim Tinker United States Geological Survey
Robert S. Steneck
Robert S. Steneck University of Maine
Terrie M. Williams
Terrie M. Williams University of California, Santa Cruz
Katherine Ralls
Katherine Ralls Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
Michael E. Soulé
Michael E. Soulé University of California, Santa Cruz
John Terborgh
John Terborgh Duke University
James L. Bodkin
James L. Bodkin United States Geological Survey
Mary E. Power
Mary E. Power University of California, Berkeley
Brenda Konar
Brenda Konar University of Alaska Fairbanks

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