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Jaume Forcada

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
38
Citations
6453
World Ranking
6587
National Ranking
671

Jaume Forcada 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 Jaume Forcada sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 143 publications — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jaume Forcada 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 Jaume Forcada sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 38 D-Index — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Jaume Forcada is affiliated with the British Antarctic Survey in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans environmental science with a strong focus on ecology and related subfields.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science

Within this broad domain, they have made contributions to several subfields:

  • Ecology
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Molecular Biology
  • Global and Planetary Change

Forcada's research topics cover a range of areas related to marine and polar environments, including:

  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Polar Research and Ecology

Many of their research outputs have been published in scientific venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • G3 Genes Genomes Genetics

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Forcada include:

  • "Determinants of genetic variation across eco-evolutionary scales in pinnipeds" (2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution)
  • "Factors affecting perpendicular sighting distances on shipboard line-transect surveys for cetaceans" (2023, The journal of cetacean research and management. Special issue)
  • "The genetic legacy of extreme exploitation in a polar vertebrate" (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • "Intra-specific Niche Partitioning in Antarctic Fur Seals, Arctocephalus gazella" (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • "Determinants of genetic variation across eco-evolutionary scales in pinnipeds" (2020, Zenodo - CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Forcada frequently collaborates with fellow researchers, some of the notable co-authors include:

  • Joseph I. Hoffman
  • Rebecca Nagel
  • A.J. Paijmans
  • Claire Stainfield
  • Cameron Fox-Clarke

Best Publications

  • Spatial and temporal operation of the Scotia Sea ecosystem: a review of large-scale links in a krill centred food web.

    E.J Murphy;J.L Watkins;P.N Trathan;K Reid

  • Penguin responses to climate change in the Southern Ocean

    Jaume Forcada;Philip N. Trathan

  • Contrasting population changes in sympatric penguin species in association with climate warming

    Jaume Forcada;P. N. Trathan;K. Reid;E. J. Murphy

  • Environmental forcing and Southern Ocean marine predator populations: effects of climate change and variability

    P.N Trathan;J Forcada;E.J Murphy

  • Climatically driven fluctuations in Southern Ocean ecosystems.

    Eugene J Murphy;Philip N Trathan;Jon L Watkins;Keith Reid

  • The effects of global climate variability in pup production of Antarctic fur seals

    Jaume Forcada;P. N. Trathan;K. Reid;E. J. Murphy

  • Female fur seals show active choice for males that are heterozygous and unrelated

    Joseph Hoffman;J. Forcada;P.N. Trathan;W. Amos

  • Life history buffering in Antarctic mammals and birds against changing patterns of climate and environmental variation

    Jaume Forcada;Philip N. Trathan;Eugene J. Murphy

  • Non-recovery of two spotted and spinner dolphin populations in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean

    Tim Gerrodette;Jaume Forcada

  • Climate change selects for heterozygosity in a declining fur seal population

    Jaume Forcada;Joseph Ivan Hoffman

  • Whales from space: counting southern right whales by satellite.

    Peter T. Fretwell;Iain J. Staniland;Jaume Forcada

  • DISTRIBUTION and NUMBERS OF STRIPED DOLPHINS IN THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA AFTER THE 1990 EPIZOOTIC OUTBREAK

    Jaume Forcada;Alex Aguilar;Philip S. Hammond;Xavier Pastor

  • Distribution and abundance of fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) in the western Mediterranean sea during the summer

    J. Forcada;A. Aguilar;P. Hammond;X. Pastor

  • Responses of Antarctic pack-ice seals to environmental change and increasing krill fishing

    Jaume Forcada;Philip N. Trathan;Peter L. Boveng;Ian L. Boyd

  • Bet-hedging response to environmental variability, an intraspecific comparison

    Marie Nevoux;Jaume Forcada;Christophe Barbraud;John Croxall

  • Bottlenose dolphin abundance in the NW Mediterranean: addressing heterogeneity in distribution

    Jaume Forcada;Manel Gazo;Alex Aguilar;Joan Gonzalvo

  • Additive effects of climate and fisheries drive ongoing declines in multiple albatross species

    Deborah Pardo;Jaume Forcada;Andrew G. Wood;Geoff N. Tuck

  • Determinants of genetic variation across eco-evolutionary scales in pinnipeds.

    Claire R. Peart;Claire R. Peart;Sergio Tusso;Sergio Tusso;Saurabh D. Pophaly;Saurabh D. Pophaly;Fidel Botero-Castro

  • Projecting Marine Mammal Distribution in a Changing Climate

    Gregory K. Silber;Matthew D. Lettrich;Peter O. Thomas;Jason D. Baker

  • Geographical variation in abundance of striped and common dolphins of the western Mediterranean

    Jaume Forcada;Philip Hammond

  • Bayesian inference of a historical bottleneck in a heavily exploited marine mammal

    J .I. Hoffman;Susie Grant;Jaume Forcada;C. D. Phillips

  • Environmental Forcing and Southern Ocean Marine Predator Populations

    Phil N. Trathan;Jaume Forcada;Eugene J. Murphy

Frequent Co-Authors

Philip N. Trathan
Philip N. Trathan British Antarctic Survey
Eugene J. Murphy
Eugene J. Murphy British Antarctic Survey
Jochen B. W. Wolf
Jochen B. W. Wolf Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Alex Aguilar
Alex Aguilar University of Barcelona
Iain J. Staniland
Iain J. Staniland British Antarctic Survey
Keith Reid
Keith Reid Natural Environment Research Council
Christian Lydersen
Christian Lydersen Norwegian Polar Institute
Phil N. Trathan
Phil N. Trathan British Antarctic Survey
John P. Croxall
John P. Croxall BirdLife international, UK
Christophe Guinet
Christophe Guinet Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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