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Ecology and Evolution
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2026

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
112
Citations
61217
World Ranking
150
National Ranking
61

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in United States Leader Award

Overview

James D. Nichols is a researcher affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their work primarily falls within the field of Environmental Science, with a strong focus on subfields such as Ecology, Ecological Modeling, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, and Infectious Diseases.

The topics featured prominently in their research include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Rangeland and Wildlife Management, Topological and Geometric Data Analysis, Avian Ecology and Behavior, and Fire Effects on Ecosystems.

James D. Nichols has contributed to multiple publication venues, notably:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Ecological Applications
  • Frontiers in Conservation Science
  • UNC Libraries
  • Artificial Intelligence Review

Some of their recent research papers include:

  • "A better approach for dealing with reproducibility and replicability in science" (2021), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent collaborators in their work include:

  • James E. Hines
  • Alan B. Franklin
  • William L. Kendall
  • Katie M. Dugger
  • Damon B. Lesmeister

Best Publications

  • ESTIMATING SITE OCCUPANCY RATES WHEN DETECTION PROBABILITIES ARE LESS THAN ONE

    Darryl I. MacKenzie;James D. Nichols;Gideon B. Lachman;Sam Droege

  • ESTIMATING SITE OCCUPANCY, COLONIZATION, AND LOCAL EXTINCTION WHEN A SPECIES IS DETECTED IMPERFECTLY

    Darryl I. MacKenzie;James D. Nichols;James E. Hines;Melinda G. Knutson

  • Monitoring of biological diversity in space and time

    Nigel G. Yoccoz;James D. Nichols;Thierry Boulinier

  • ESTIMATION OF TIGER DENSITIES IN INDIA USING PHOTOGRAPHIC CAPTURES AND RECAPTURES

    K. Ullas Karanth;James D. Nichols

  • ESTIMATING ABUNDANCE FROM REPEATED PRESENCE–ABSENCE DATA OR POINT COUNTS

    J. Andrew Royle;James D. Nichols

  • Monitoring for conservation.

    James D. Nichols;Byron K. Williams

  • Camera traps in animal ecology : methods and analyses

    Allan F. O'Connell;James D. Nichols;Ke. Ullāsa Kāranta

  • ESTIMATING TEMPORARY EMIGRATION USING CAPTURE-RECAPTURE DATA WITH POLLOCK'S ROBUST DESIGN

    William L. Kendall;James D. Nichols;James E. Hines

  • CAPTURE-RECAPTURE STUDIES FOR MULTIPLE STRATA INCLUDING NON-MARKOVIAN TRANSITIONS

    C. Brownie;J. E. Hines;J. D. Nichols;K. H. Pollock

  • Presence‐only modelling using MAXENT: when can we trust the inferences?

    Charles B. Yackulic;Charles B. Yackulic;Richard Chandler;Elise F. Zipkin;J. Andrew Royle

  • Tigers and their prey: Predicting carnivore densities from prey abundance

    K. Ullas Karanth;James D. Nichols;N. Samba Kumar;William A. Link

  • Large scale wildlife monitoring studies: statistical methods for design and analysis

    Kenneth H. Pollock;James D. Nichols;Theodore R. Simons;George L. Farnsworth

  • A DOUBLE-OBSERVER APPROACH FOR ESTIMATING DETECTION PROBABILITY AND ABUNDANCE FROM POINT COUNTS

    James D. Nichols;James E. Hines;John R. Sauer;Frederick W. Fallon

  • Capture-recapture survival models taking account of transients

    Roger Pradel;James E. Hines;Jean-Dominique Lebreton;James D. Nichols

  • Camera Traps in Animal Ecology

    Allan F. O’Connell;James D. Nichols;K. Ullas Karanth

  • ESTIMATING SPECIES RICHNESS: THE IMPORTANCE OF HETEROGENEITY IN SPECIES DETECTABILITY

    Thierry Boulinier;James D. Nichols;John R. Sauer;James E. Hines

  • Estimating the number of animals in wildlife populations

    R.A. Lancia;W.L. Kendall;K.H. Pollock;J. D. Nichols

  • ESTIMATES OF MOVEMENT AND SITE FIDELITY USING MARK-RESIGHT DATA OF WINTERING CANADA GEESE'

    Jay B. Hestbeck;James D. Nichols;Richard A. Malecki

  • THE MAYFIELD METHOD OF ESTIMATING NESTING SUCCESS: A MODEL, ESTIMATORS AND SIMULATION RESULTS

    Gary L. Hensler;James D. Nichols

  • Investigating species co-occurrence patterns when species are detected imperfectly

    Darryl I. MacKenzie;Larissa L. Bailey;James. D. Nichols

  • IMPROVING INFERENCES IN POPULATION STUDIES OF RARE SPECIES THAT ARE DETECTED IMPERFECTLY

    Darryl I. MacKenzie;James. D. Nichols;Nicole Sutton;Kae Kawanishi

  • Capture-recapture models.

    James D. Nichols

  • ASSESSING TIGER POPULATION DYNAMICS USING PHOTOGRAPHIC CAPTURE-RECAPTURE SAMPLING

    K. Ullas Karanth;James D. Nichols;N. Samba Kumar;James E. Hines

Frequent Co-Authors

James E. Hines
James E. Hines United States Geological Survey
Kenneth H. Pollock
Kenneth H. Pollock North Carolina State University
John R. Sauer
John R. Sauer United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Thierry Boulinier
Thierry Boulinier University of Montpellier
Darryl I. MacKenzie
Darryl I. MacKenzie North Carolina State University
Julien Martin
Julien Martin United States Geological Survey
Larissa L. Bailey
Larissa L. Bailey Colorado State University
K. Ullas Karanth
K. Ullas Karanth Wildlife Conservation Society
William L. Kendall
William L. Kendall United States Geological Survey
Charles B. Yackulic
Charles B. Yackulic United States Geological Survey

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