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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
43
Citations
6672
World Ranking
928
National Ranking
67

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
43
Citations
6672
World Ranking
5340
National Ranking
344

Karen L. Wiebe publication distribution in Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Karen L. Wiebe sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 138 publications — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 442 publications or more.

Karen L. Wiebe D-index placement in Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Animal Science and Veterinary scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Karen L. Wiebe sits on this spectrum.

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20 D-Index 77+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 77 D-Index or more.

Overview

Karen L. Wiebe is affiliated with the University of Saskatchewan in Canada and primarily works within the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research spans several subfields including Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecological Modeling, Developmental Biology, and Atmospheric Science.

The principal focus of their work centers on avian ecology and behavior, animal behavior and reproduction, wildlife ecology and conservation, species distribution and climate change, animal vocal communication and behavior, plant and animal studies, and bird parasitology and diseases.

Wiebe has published multiple papers in well-known venues. Some recent publications include:

  • The effect of climate change on avian offspring production: A global meta-analysis, 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Woodpeckers and other excavators maintain the diversity of cavity-nesting vertebrates, 2021, Journal of Animal Ecology
  • Arctic avian predators synchronise their spring migration with the northern progression of snowmelt, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Gaps and Runs in Nest Cavity Occupancy: Cavity "Destroyers" and "Cleaners" Affect Reuse by Secondary Cavity Nesting Vertebrates, 2020, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus), 2020, Birds of the World

Frequent coauthors working alongside Wiebe include:

  • Gilles Gauthier
  • Jean-François Therrien
  • Marty L. Leonard
  • Márk E. Hauber
  • Helen F. James

Among frequent publication venues for their research are:

  • The Auk
  • Birds of the World
  • Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
  • Scientific Reports
  • Ethology

Best Publications

  • NEST SITES AND NEST WEBS FOR CAVITY-NESTING COMMUNITIES IN INTERIOR BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA: NEST CHARACTERISTICS AND NICHE PARTITIONING

    Kathy Martin;Kathy Martin;Kathryn E. H. Aitken;Karen L. Wiebe

  • MICROCLIMATE OF TREE CAVITY NESTS: IS IT IMPORTANT FOR REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS IN NORTHERN FLICKERS?

    Karen L. Wiebe

  • Coping mechanisms of alpine and arctic breeding birds: extreme weather and limitations to reproductive resilience.

    Kathy Martin;Karen L. Wiebe

  • Facultative sex ratio manipulation in American kestrels

    Karen L. Wiebe;Gary R. Bortolotti

  • Social learning in birds and its role in shaping a foraging niche.

    Tore Slagsvold;Karen L. Wiebe

  • NEST-SITE REUSE PATTERNS FOR A CAVITY-NESTING BIRD COMMUNITY IN INTERIOR BRITISH COLUMBIA

    K. E H. Aitken;K. L. Wiebe;K. Martin;K. Martin

  • Climate change, breeding date and nestling diet: how temperature differentially affects seasonal changes in pied flycatcher diet depending on habitat variation

    Claudia Burger;Eugen Belskii;Tapio Eeva;Toni Laaksonen

  • Costs and benefits of nest cover for ptarmigan: changes within and between years.

    Karen L Wiebe;Kathy Martin;Kathy Martin

  • Learning the ecological niche

    Tore Slagsvold;Karen L Wiebe

  • Nest site attributes and temporal patterns of northern flicker nest loss: effects of predation and competition.

    Ryan J. Fisher;Ryan J. Fisher;Karen L. Wiebe

  • Selection of Nest Trees by Cavity-nesting Birds in the Neotropical Atlantic Forest

    Kristina Cockle;Kathy Martin;Kathy Martin;Karen Wiebe

  • Food Supply and Hatching Spans of Birds: Energy Constraints or Facultative Manipulation

    Karen L. Wiebe;Gary R. Bortolotti

  • Nest sites as limiting resources for cavity‐nesting birds in mature forest ecosystems: a review of the evidence

    Karen L. Wiebe

  • Cannibalism of nestling American kestrels by their parents and siblings

    Gary R. Bortolotti;Karen L. Wiebe;William M. Iko

  • Egg size and clutch size in the reproductive investment of American Kestrels

    K. L. Wiebe;G. R. Bortolotti

  • Protective cover and the use of space by finches: is closer better?

    Steven L. Lima;Karen L. Wiebe;Lawrence M. Dill

  • Clutch size relative to tree cavity size in Northern Flickers

    Karen L. Wiebe;Trisha L. Swift

  • Incubation behaviour and hatching patterns in the American Kestrel Falco sparverius

    Gary R. Bortolotti;Karen L. Wiebe

  • Hatching asynchrony and early nestling mortality: the feeding constraint hypothesis

    Tore Slagsvold;Karen L. Wiebe

  • Energetic efficiency of reproduction: the benefits of asynchronous hatching for American kestrels

    Karen L. Wiebe;Gary R. Bortolotti

  • Costs and benefits of nest reuse versus excavation in cavity-nesting birds

    Karen L. Wiebe;Walter D. Koenig;Kathy Martin

  • Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)

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Frequent Co-Authors

Kathy Martin
Kathy Martin University of British Columbia
Tore Slagsvold
Tore Slagsvold University of Oslo
Gary R. Bortolotti
Gary R. Bortolotti University of Saskatchewan
Erkki Korpimäki
Erkki Korpimäki University of Turku
Gilles Gauthier
Gilles Gauthier Université Laval
Martin Wikelski
Martin Wikelski Max Planck Institute for Ornithology
Kamran Safi
Kamran Safi Max Planck Institute for Ornithology
Walter D. Koenig
Walter D. Koenig University of California, Berkeley
Raphaël Arlettaz
Raphaël Arlettaz University of Bern
Bart Kempenaers
Bart Kempenaers Max Planck Institute for Ornithology

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