2026 Kevin R. Crooks: 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	60	2261	2167	807	762	188	18787

Overview

Kevin R. Crooks is affiliated with Colorado State University in the United States and specializes primarily in Environmental Science, with a significant focus on Ecology. Their work extends into subfields such as Ecology, Small Animals, Genetics, Social Psychology, and Agronomy and Crop Science.

The scientist's research topics concentrate heavily on Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, along with Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies, and Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology. Additional key interests include Human-Animal Interaction Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Geographies of Human-Animal Interactions, and Environmental Education and Sustainability.

Kevin R. Crooks has contributed to various peer-reviewed publications. Recent papers include:

Disturbance type and species life history predict mammal responses to humans (2021, Global Change Biology)
Human activity influences wildlife populations and activity patterns: implications for spatial and temporal refuges (2021, Ecosphere)
Interpersonal relationships drive successful team science: an exemplary case-based study (2021, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications)
Integrating social science into conservation planning (2021, Biological Conservation)
Parasites as conservation tools (2021, Conservation Biology)

The scientist has published frequently in these venues:

Conservation Science and Practice
Biological Conservation
Conservation Biology
Landscape Ecology
Global Ecology and Conservation

Frequent collaborators include:

Sue VandeWoude
Stewart W. Breck
Scott Carver
Meggan E. Craft
Nicholas M. Fountain-Jones

Best Publications

Mesopredator release and avifaunal extinctions in a fragmented system

Kevin R. Crooks;Michael E. Soulé

2294
Citations
Relative Sensitivities of Mammalian Carnivores to Habitat Fragmentation

Kevin R. Crooks

1302
Citations
The costs of chronic noise exposure for terrestrial organisms

Jesse R. Barber;Kevin R. Crooks;Kurt M. Fristrup

1279
Citations
A synthesis of two decades of research documenting the effects of noise on wildlife

Graeme Shannon;Megan F. McKenna;Lisa M. Angeloni;Kevin R. Crooks

909
Citations
Avian assemblages along a gradient of urbanization in a highly fragmented landscape

Kevin R Crooks;Andrew V Suarez;Douglas T Bolger

548
Citations
Quantification of habitat fragmentation reveals extinction risk in terrestrial mammals.

Kevin R. Crooks;Christopher L. Burdett;David M. Theobald;Sarah R. B. King

543
Citations
Arthropods in urban habitat fragments in southern California: Area, age, and edge effects

Douglas T. Bolger;Andrew V. Suarez;Kevin R. Crooks;Scott A. Morrison

512
Citations
Urban wildlife research: Past, present, and future

Seth B. Magle;Victoria M. Hunt;Marian Vernon;Kevin R. Crooks

435
Citations
Global patterns of fragmentation and connectivity of mammalian carnivore habitat

Kevin R. Crooks;Christopher L. Burdett;David M. Theobald;Carlo Rondinini

419
Citations
Effects of urbanization on carnivore species distribution and richness

Miguel A. Ordeñana;Kevin R. Crooks;Erin E. Boydston;Robert N. Fisher

375
Citations
Recreation and large mammal activity in an urban nature reserve

Shalene L. George;Kevin R. Crooks

364
Citations
Effects of Recreation on Animals Revealed as Widespread through a Global Systematic Review.

Courtney L. Larson;Sarah E. Reed;Sarah E. Reed;Adina M. Merenlender;Kevin R. Crooks

350
Citations
Noise pollution is pervasive in U.S. protected areas.

Rachel T. Buxton;Megan F. McKenna;Daniel Mennitt;Kurt Fristrup

334
Citations
Connectivity Conservation: Connectivity conservation: maintaining connections for nature

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286
Citations
Ecological correlates of risk and incidence of West Nile virus in the United States

Brian F. Allan;R. Brian Langerhans;Wade A. Ryberg;William J. Landesman

274
Citations
Anthropogenic Noise Exposure in Protected Natural Areas: Estimating the Scale of Ecological Consequences

J. R. Barber;D. M. Theobald;K. M. Fristrup

270
Citations
Efficacy of extracting indices from large‐scale acoustic recordings to monitor biodiversity

Rachel T. Buxton;Megan F. McKenna;Mary Clapp;Erik Meyer

214
Citations
Road traffic noise modifies behaviour of a keystone species

Graeme Shannon;Lisa M. Angeloni;George Wittemyer;Kurt M. Fristrup

197
Citations
Research Priorities from Animal Behaviour for Maximising Conservation Progress.

Alison L. Greggor;Oded Berger-Tal;Daniel T. Blumstein;Lisa Angeloni

186
Citations
A conceptual model for the integration of social and ecological information to understand human-wildlife interactions

Stacy A. Lischka;Stacy A. Lischka;Tara L. Teel;Heather E. Johnson;Sarah E. Reed;Sarah E. Reed

183
Citations
Extinction and Colonization of Birds on Habitat Islands

Kevin R. Crooks;Andrew V. Suarez;Douglas T. Bolger;Michael E. Soulé

178
Citations
Species identification from scat: An unambiguous genetic method

David R. Foran;David R. Foran;David R. Foran;Kevin R. Crooks;Kevin R. Crooks;Kevin R. Crooks;Steven C. Minta

174
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Seth P. D. Riley National Park Service

George Wittemyer Colorado State University

Dirk H. Van Vuren University of California, Davis

Walter M. Boyce University of California, Davis

Robert N. Fisher United States Geological Survey

W. Chris Funk Colorado State University

Tara L. Teel Colorado State University

Stewart W. Breck United States Department of Agriculture

David M. Theobald Colorado State University

Michael R. Lappin Colorado State University

External Links

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