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Ecology and Evolution
Canada
2023

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
124
Citations
58600
World Ranking
86
National Ranking
6

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Canada Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Canada Leader Award
  • 2013 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Keith A. Hobson was affiliated with the University of Western Ontario in Canada. Their research primarily focused on environmental science with a strong emphasis on ecology and related subfields. Throughout their career, they produced a substantial body of work across several specialized areas of study.

The main fields of study associated with their research included:

  • Environmental Science

Their work covered numerous subfields, including:

  • Ecology
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecological Modeling
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Atmospheric Science

Within these areas, the main topics addressed by their studies were:

  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies

Keith A. Hobson published research in various scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets for their work included:

  • The Auk
  • Avian Conservation and Ecology
  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Journal für Ornithologie
  • Oecologia

Their recent published papers featured several significant studies, including:

  • Tracking animal migration with stable isotopes (2023, Open Access Government)
  • Current methods and future directions in avian diet analysis (2021, The Auk)
  • Partial migration of White-winged snowfinches is correlated with winter weather conditions (2020, Global Ecology and Conservation)
  • Earlier and slower or later and faster: Spring migration pace linked to departure time in a Neotropical migrant songbird (2020, Journal of Animal Ecology)
  • Rapid recovery by fat- and muscle-depleted Blackpoll Warblers following trans-oceanic migration is driven by time-minimization (2021, The Auk)

The scientist had several frequent collaborators, who contributed repeatedly to their research projects. These coauthors included:

  • Kevin J. Kardynal
  • Jackson W. Kusack
  • Nicholas J. Bayly
  • Greg W. Mitchell
  • Libesha Anparasan

Keith A. Hobson was recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2013, noted under the Academy of Science.

Best Publications

  • Tracing origins and migration of wildlife using stable isotopes: a review

    Keith A. Hobson

  • Assessing Avian Diets Using Stable Isotopes I: Turnover of 13C in Tissues

    Keith A. Hobson;Robert G. Clark

  • Linking Winter and Summer Events in a Migratory Bird by Using Stable-Carbon Isotopes

    Peter P. Marra;Keith A. Hobson;Richard T. Holmes

  • Global application of stable hydrogen and oxygen isotopes to wildlife forensics.

    Gabriel J. Bowen;Leonard I. Wassenaar;Keith A. Hobson

  • Using stable isotopes to determine seabird trophic relationships

    Keith A. Hobson;John F. Piatt;Jay Pitocchelli

  • Stable-Nitrogen Isotope Enrichment in Avian Tissues Due to Fasting and Nutritional Stress: Implications for Isotopic Analyses of Diet

    Keith A. Hobson;Ray T. Alisauskas;Robert G. Clark

  • Assessing Avian Diets Using Stable Isotopes II: Factors Influencing Diet-Tissue Fractionation

    Keith A. Hobson;Robert G. Clark

  • From birds to butterflies: animal movement patterns and stable isotopes

    Dustin R. Rubenstein;Keith A. Hobson

  • Influence of chemical and biological factors on trophic transfer of persistent organic pollutants in the northwater polynya marine food web.

    Aaron T. Fisk;Keith A. Hobson;Ross J. Norstrom

  • Comparative equilibration and online technique for determination of non-exchangeable hydrogen of keratins for use in animal migration studies.

    L. I. Wassenaar;K. A. Hobson

  • Linking breeding and wintering grounds of neotropical migrant songbirds using stable hydrogen isotopic analysis of feathers.

    K. A. Hobson;Leonard I. Wassenaar

  • Geographical variation in carbon stable isotope signatures of marine predators: a tool to investigate their foraging areas in the Southern Ocean

    Yves Cherel;Keith A. Hobson

  • A stable isotope (δ13C, δ15N) model for the North Water food web: implications for evaluating trophodynamics and the flow of energy and contaminants

    Keith A Hobson;Aaron Fisk;Nina Karnovsky;Meike Holst

  • Mercury and other trace elements in a pelagic Arctic marine food web (Northwater Polynya, Baffin Bay)

    Linda M. Campbell;Ross J. Norstrom;Keith A. Hobson;Derek C.G. Muir

  • Stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic fractionation between diet and tissues of captive seals: implications for dietary reconstructions involving marine mammals

    Keith A. Hobson;Don M. Schell;Deane Renouf;Elizabeth Noseworthy

  • Biomagnification and bioaccumulation of mercury in an arctic marine food web: insights from stable nitrogen isotope analysis

    Lisa Atwell;Keith A Hobson;Harold E Welch

  • Turnover of 13C in cellular and plasma fractions of blood: implications for nondestructive sampling in avian dietary studies

    Keith A. Hobson;R. G. Clark

  • Tracking animal migration with stable isotopes

    Keith A. Hobson;Leonard I. Wassenaar

  • Sources of primary production, benthic-pelagic coupling, and trophic relationships within the Northeast Water Polynya:insights from delta13C and delta15N analysis

    Hobson Ka;Ambrose Wg;Renaud Pe

  • Conserving migratory land birds in the new world: do we know enough?

    John Faaborg;Richard T. Holmes;Angela D. Anders;Keith L. Bildstein

  • food web: implications for evaluating trophodynamics and the flow of energy and contaminants

    Keith A. Hobson;Aaron Fisk;Nina Karnovsky;Meike Holst

Frequent Co-Authors

Leonard I. Wassenaar
Leonard I. Wassenaar University of Ottawa
Steven L. Van Wilgenburg
Steven L. Van Wilgenburg Government of Canada
Manuela G. Forero
Manuela G. Forero Spanish National Research Council
Erin M. Bayne
Erin M. Bayne University of Alberta
Robert G. Clark
Robert G. Clark University of Saskatchewan
Alexander L. Bond
Alexander L. Bond Natural History Museum
Yves Cherel
Yves Cherel Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Ross J. Norstrom
Ross J. Norstrom Carleton University
Aaron T. Fisk
Aaron T. Fisk University of Windsor
Ray T. Alisauskas
Ray T. Alisauskas Environment and Climate Change Canada

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