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James E. Hines

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
83
Citations
26235
World Ranking
708
National Ranking
261

James E. Hines 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 James E. Hines sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 249 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

James E. Hines 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 James E. Hines sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 83 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

James E. Hines is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with a particular emphasis on Ecology and its subfields.

The main areas of study within their work include:

  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Fire effects on ecosystems

Their work spans several subfields of study, notably:

  • Ecology
  • Ecological Modeling
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Global and Planetary Change

James E. Hines has published frequently in the following venues:

  • Ecological Applications
  • Ecology and Evolution
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Biological Conservation
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Recent publications include:

  • Range-wide declines of northern spotted owl populations in the Pacific Northwest: A meta-analysis (2021) - Biological Conservation
  • Invader removal triggers competitive release in a threatened avian predator (2021) - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Does coat colour influence survival? A test in a cyclic population of snowshoe hares (2023) - Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Habitat use by tiger prey in Thailand's Western Forest Complex: What will it take to fill a half-full tiger landscape? (2020) - Journal for Nature Conservation
  • Demography of snowshoe hare population cycles (2020) - Ecology

Their research collaborations frequently include the following co-authors:

  • Madan K. Oli
  • James D. Nichols
  • Alice J. Kenney
  • Rudy Boonstra
  • Stan Boutin

Best Publications

  • 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

  • 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

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

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

  • 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

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

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

  • A REMOVAL MODEL FOR ESTIMATING DETECTION PROBABILITIES FROM POINT-COUNT SURVEYS

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

  • ASSESSING TIGER POPULATION DYNAMICS USING PHOTOGRAPHIC CAPTURE-RECAPTURE SAMPLING

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

  • The North American Breeding Bird Survey, results and analysis 1966 - 2015

    John Sauer;Daniel Niven;James Hines;David Ziolkowski

  • Multi-scale occupancy estimation and modelling using multiple detection methods

    James D. Nichols;Larissa L. Bailey;Allan F. O’Connell;Neil W. Talancy

  • Program CONTRAST: a general program for the analysis of several survival or recovery rate estimates

    James E. Hines;John R. Sauer

  • A large-scale deforestation experiment: effects of patch area and isolation on Amazon birds.

    Goncalo N. Ferraz;James D. Nichols;James E. Hines;Philip C. Stouffer;Philip C. Stouffer

  • Two-species occupancy models: a new parameterization applied to co-occurrence of secretive rails.

    Orien M. W. Richmond;James E. Hines;Steven R. Beissinger

  • Stochastic seasonality and nonlinear density-dependent factors regulate population size in an African rodent.

    Herwig Leirs;Nils Chr. Stenseth;James D. Nichols;James E. Hines

  • SAMPLING DESIGN TRADE‐OFFS IN OCCUPANCY STUDIES WITH IMPERFECT DETECTION: EXAMPLES AND SOFTWARE

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

  • Tigers on trails: occupancy modeling for cluster sampling.

    J. E. Hines;J. D. Nichols;J. A. Royle;D. I. MacKenzie

  • Forest fragmentation and bird community dynamics: inference at regional scales

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

  • Estimating Annual Survival and Movement Rates of Adults within a Metapopulation of Roseate Terns

    Jeffrey A. Spendelow;James D. Nichols;Ian C. T. Nisbet;Helen Hays

  • Status and trends in demography of northern spotted owls, 1985-2003

    Robert G. Anthony;Eric D. Forsman;Alan B. Franklin;David R. Anderson

  • Inference Methods for Spatial Variation in Species Richness and Community Composition When Not All Species Are Detected

    James D. Nichols;Thierry Boulinier;Thierry Boulinier;James E. Hines;Kenneth H. Pollock

  • Are adult nonbreeders prudent parents? The kittiwake model

    Emmanuelle Cam;James E. Hines;Jean-Yves Monnat;James D. Nichols

  • RELATIVE SPECIES RICHNESS AND COMMUNITY COMPLETENESS: BIRDS AND URBANIZATION IN THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES

    Emmanuelle Cam;James D. Nichols;John R. Sauer;James E. Hines

  • Estimating breeding proportions and testing hypotheses about costs of reproduction with capture-recapture data

    James D. Nichols;James E. Hines;Kenneth H. Pollock;Robert L. Hinz

Frequent Co-Authors

James D. Nichols
James D. Nichols United States Geological Survey
John R. Sauer
John R. Sauer United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Kenneth H. Pollock
Kenneth H. Pollock North Carolina State University
William L. Kendall
William L. Kendall United States Geological Survey
Thierry Boulinier
Thierry Boulinier University of Montpellier
Emmanuelle Cam
Emmanuelle Cam University of Western Brittany
Julien Martin
Julien Martin United States Geological Survey
Gary C. White
Gary C. White Colorado State University
Krithi K. Karanth
Krithi K. Karanth Duke University
Darryl I. MacKenzie
Darryl I. MacKenzie North Carolina State University

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