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James W. A. Grant

James W. A. Grant

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
53
Citations
9422
World Ranking
3334
National Ranking
229

Overview

James W. A. Grant is affiliated with Concordia University in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science with a concentration in subfields such as Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Aquatic Science, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

Their work covers a range of topics, including:

  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes

Frequent coauthors include:

  • Jean-Michel Matte
  • Dylan J. Fraser
  • Kyleisha J. Foote
  • Pascale M. Biron
  • Shannon H. Clarke

James W. A. Grant has published multiple papers in noteworthy venues, often collaborating with others in the field. Key publication venues where they have contributed frequently are:

  • Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
  • Fish and Fisheries
  • Behavioral Ecology
  • Molecular Ecology
  • Environmental Reviews

Recent significant papers by James W. A. Grant include:

  • "Global assessment of effective population sizes: Consistent taxonomic differences in meeting the 50/500 rule" (2024), Molecular Ecology
  • "Increasing importance of climate change and other threats to at-risk species in Canada" (2020), Environmental Reviews
  • "Density-dependent growth and survival in salmonids: Quantifying biological mechanisms and methodological biases" (2020), Fish and Fisheries
  • "On the relevance of animal behavior to the management and conservation of fishes and fisheries" (2022), Environmental Biology of Fishes
  • "Impact of in-stream restoration structures on salmonid abundance and biomass: an updated meta-analysis" (2020), Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Best Publications

  • A quantitative assessment of fish passage efficiency

    Michael J Noonan;James W A Grant;Christopher D Jackson

  • Territory Size as a Predictor of the Upper Limit to Population Density of Juvenile Salmonids in Streams

    James W. A. Grant;Donald L. Kramer

  • Threats to Endangered Species in Canada

    Oscar Venter;Nathalie N. Brodeur;Leah Nemiroff;Brenna Belland

  • Whether or not to defend? The influence of resource distribution

    James W. A. Grant

  • The influence of operational sex ratio on the intensity of competition for mates.

    Laura K. Weir;James W. A. Grant;Jeffrey Alexander Hutchings

  • Defended versus undefended home range size of carnivores, ungulates and primates

    J.W.A. Grant;C.A. Chapman;K.S. Richardson

  • Do in-stream restoration structures enhance salmonid abundance? A meta-analysis

    Sarah L. WhitewayS.L. Whiteway;Pascale M. BironP.M. Biron;André ZimmermannA. Zimmermann;Oscar VenterO. Venter

  • Prey size of salmonid fishes in streams, lakes, and oceans

    Ernest Robert Keeley;James W.A. Grant

  • Density-dependent growth of young-of-the-year Atlantic salmon Salmo salar in Catamaran Brook, New Brunswick

    I. Imre;J. W. A. Grant;R. A. Cunjak

  • Movers and stayers foraging tactics of young of the year brook charr salvelinus fontinalis

    James W. A. Grant;David L. G. Noakes

  • Patterns of density‐dependent growth in juvenile stream‐dwelling salmonids

    J. W. A. Grant;I. Imre

  • Allometric and environmental correlates of territory size in juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

    Ernest R. Keeley;James W. A. Grant

  • Implications of territory size for the measurement and prediction of salmonid abundance in streams

    James W.A. Grant;Stefán Ó. Steingrímsson;Ernest Robert Keeley;R.A. Cunjak

  • Allometry of diet selectivity in juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

    Ernest Robert Keeley;James W.A. Grant

  • Morphological and behavioural differences among recently-emerged brook charr,Salvelinus fontinalis, foraging in slow- vs. fast-running water

    Robert L. McLaughlin;James W. A. Grant

  • An increase in habitat complexity reduces aggression and monopolization of food by zebra fish (Danio rerio)

    Seán P. Basquill;James W.A. Grant

  • Escape Behaviour and Use of Cover by Young-of-the-Year Brook Trout, Salvelinus fontinalis

    James W. A. Grant;David L. G. Noakes

  • Effects of the temporal predictability and spatial clumping of food on the intensity of competitive aggression in the Zenaida dove

    Joanna L. Goldberg;James W. A. Grant;Louis Lefebvre

  • Aggressiveness and the Foraging Behaviour of Young-of-the-Year Brook Charr (Salvelinus fontinalis)

    James W. A. Grant

  • Spatial clumping of food increases its monopolization and defense by convict cichlids, Cichlasoma nigrofasciatum

    James W. A. Grant;Rabi T. Guha

Frequent Co-Authors

Dylan J. Fraser
Dylan J. Fraser Concordia University
David L. G. Noakes
David L. G. Noakes Oregon State University
Grant E. Brown
Grant E. Brown Concordia University
Pascale M. Biron
Pascale M. Biron Concordia University
Donald L. Kramer
Donald L. Kramer McGill University
Luc-Alain Giraldeau
Luc-Alain Giraldeau University of Quebec at Montreal
Oscar Venter
Oscar Venter University of Northern British Columbia
Richard A. Cunjak
Richard A. Cunjak University of New Brunswick
Jeffrey A. Hutchings
Jeffrey A. Hutchings Dalhousie University
André G. Roy
André G. Roy Concordia University

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