2026 Jennifer A. Gill: Ecology and Evolution Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Ecology and Evolution	53	3225	3099	359	344	155	15904

Overview

Jennifer A. Gill is affiliated with the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with a substantial emphasis on Ecology. Their work covers a variety of interrelated subfields including Ecology, Ecological Modeling, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

Their main areas of study include:

Avian ecology and behavior
Species Distribution and Climate Change
Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
Fish Ecology and Management Studies
Marine and fisheries research

Jennifer A. Gill has published extensively on these topics, with notable papers such as:

Training future generations to deliver evidence-based conservation and ecosystem management (2021) in Ecological Solutions and Evidence
Individual repeatability of avian migration phenology: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2022) in Journal of Animal Ecology
Vegetation structure influences predation rates of early nests in subarctic breeding waders (2020) in Ibis
Subarctic afforestation: Effects of forest plantations on ground-nesting birds in lowland Iceland (2022) in Journal of Applied Ecology
Covariation in population trends and demography reveals targets for conservation action (2021) in Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

The majority of publications appear in journals such as Ibis, Journal of Applied Ecology, Journal of Animal Ecology, Movement Ecology, and Animal Conservation. Ibis is the most frequent venue with five publications, followed by Journal of Applied Ecology and Journal of Animal Ecology, each with two publications.

Jennifer A. Gill collaborates regularly with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

José A. Alves
Tómas G. Gunnarsson
Böðvar Þórisson
Verónica Méndez
Simon J. Butler

Best Publications

Long-Term Region-Wide Declines in Caribbean Corals

Toby A. Gardner;Toby A. Gardner;Isabelle M. Côté;Jennifer A. Gill;Jennifer A. Gill;Alastair Grant

2810
Citations
Flattening of Caribbean coral reefs: region-wide declines in architectural complexity

Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip;Nicholas K. Dulvy;Jennifer A. Gill;Jennifer A. Gill;Isabelle M. Côté

1098
Citations
Why behavioural responses may not reflect the population consequences of human disturbance

Jennifer A. Gill;Ken Norris;William J. Sutherland

951
Citations
HURRICANES AND CARIBBEAN CORAL REEFS: IMPACTS, RECOVERY PATTERNS, AND ROLE IN LONG‐TERM DECLINE

Toby A. Gardner;Toby A. Gardner;Isabelle M. Côté;Jennifer A. Gill;Jennifer A. Gill;Alastair Grant

562
Citations
Travelling through a warming world: climate change and migratory species.

Robert A. Robinson;Humphrey Q. P. Crick;Jennifer A. Learmonth;Ilya M. D. Maclean

534
Citations
A method to quantify the effects of human disturbance on animal populations

Jennifer A. Gill;William J. Sutherland;Andrew R. Watkinson

485
Citations
Challenging claims in the study of migratory birds and climate change

Endre Knudsen;Andreas Linden;Christiaan Both;Niclas Jonzen

445
Citations
The buffer effect and large-scale population regulation in migratory birds

Jennifer A. Gill;Ken Norris;Peter M. Potts;Tómas Grétar Gunnarsson;Tómas Grétar Gunnarsson

424
Citations
Predicting the Impact of Sea‐Level Rise on Caribbean Sea Turtle Nesting Habitat

Marianne R. Fish;Isabelle M. Côté;Jennifer A. Gill;Andrew P. Jones

399
Citations
Island-specific preferences of tourists for environmental features: implications of climate change for tourism-dependent states.

Maria C. Uyarra;Isabelle M. Côté;Jennifer A. Gill;Rob R.T. Tinch

355
Citations
ACCELERATING IMPACTS OF TEMPERATURE-INDUCED CORAL BLEACHING IN THE CARIBBEAN

John P. McWilliams;John P. McWilliams;Isabelle M. Côté;Jennifer A. Gill;Jennifer A. Gill;William J. Sutherland

319
Citations
Seasonal matching of habitat quality and fitness in a migratory bird

Tómas Grétar Gunnarsson;Jennifer A Gill;Jason Newton;Peter M Potts

288
Citations
Approaches to measuring the effects of human disturbance on birds

Jennifer A. Gill

270
Citations
Migratory diversity predicts population declines in birds.

James J. Gilroy;Jennifer A. Gill;Stuart H. M. Butchart;Stuart H. M. Butchart;Victoria R. Jones

259
Citations
Why do female migratory birds arrive later than males

Hanna Kokko;Tómas G. Gunnarsson;Tómas G. Gunnarsson;Lesley J. Morrell;Jennifer A. Gill

257
Citations
Why is timing of bird migration advancing when individuals are not

Jennifer A. Gill;José A. Alves;William J. Sutherland;Graham F. Appleton

230
Citations
Measuring coral reef decline through meta-analyses

I. M. Cote;J. A. Gill;T. A. Gardner;A. R. Watkinson;A. R. Watkinson

223
Citations
Population-scale drivers of individual arrival times in migratory birds.

Tómas G. Gunnarsson;Tómas G. Gunnarsson;Jennifer A. Gill;Jennifer A. Gill;Philip W. Atkinson;Guillaume Gélinaud

207
Citations
When density dependence is not instantaneous: theoretical developments and management implications.

Irja I. Ratikainen;Irja I. Ratikainen;Jennifer A. Gill;Tómas G. Gunnarsson;Tómas G. Gunnarsson;Tómas G. Gunnarsson;William J. Sutherland

185
Citations
Costs, benefits, and fitness consequences of different migratory strategies

José A. Alves;Tómas G. Gunnarsson;Daniel B. Hayhow;Graham F. Appleton

181
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

William J. Sutherland University of Cambridge

Andrew R. Watkinson University of East Anglia

Isabelle M. Côté Simon Fraser University

Robert A. Robinson British Trust for Ornithology

Toby A. Gardner Stockholm Environment Institute

Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip National Autonomous University of Mexico

Ken Norris Zoological Society of London

Theunis Piersma University of Groningen

Nicholas K. Dulvy Simon Fraser University

Ian J. Bateman University of Exeter

External Links

Personal website of Jennifer A. Gill

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