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Kevin R. Crooks

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
60
Citations
18787
World Ranking
2256
National Ranking
807

Kevin R. Crooks 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 Kevin R. Crooks sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 188 publications — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kevin R. Crooks 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 Kevin R. Crooks sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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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

  • Relative Sensitivities of Mammalian Carnivores to Habitat Fragmentation

    Kevin R. Crooks

  • The costs of chronic noise exposure for terrestrial organisms

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

  • 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

  • Avian assemblages along a gradient of urbanization in a highly fragmented landscape

    Kevin R Crooks;Andrew V Suarez;Douglas T Bolger

  • Quantification of habitat fragmentation reveals extinction risk in terrestrial mammals.

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

  • 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

  • Urban wildlife research: Past, present, and future

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

  • Global patterns of fragmentation and connectivity of mammalian carnivore habitat

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

  • Effects of urbanization on carnivore species distribution and richness

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

  • Recreation and large mammal activity in an urban nature reserve

    Shalene L. George;Kevin R. Crooks

  • 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

  • Noise pollution is pervasive in U.S. protected areas.

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

  • Connectivity Conservation: Connectivity conservation: maintaining connections for nature

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  • 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

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

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

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

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

  • Road traffic noise modifies behaviour of a keystone species

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

  • Research Priorities from Animal Behaviour for Maximising Conservation Progress.

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

  • 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

  • Extinction and Colonization of Birds on Habitat Islands

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

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Seth P. D. Riley
Seth P. D. Riley National Park Service
George Wittemyer
George Wittemyer Colorado State University
Dirk H. Van Vuren
Dirk H. Van Vuren University of California, Davis
Walter M. Boyce
Walter M. Boyce University of California, Davis
Robert N. Fisher
Robert N. Fisher United States Geological Survey
W. Chris Funk
W. Chris Funk Colorado State University
Tara L. Teel
Tara L. Teel Colorado State University
Stewart W. Breck
Stewart W. Breck United States Department of Agriculture
David M. Theobald
David M. Theobald Colorado State University
Michael R. Lappin
Michael R. Lappin Colorado State University

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Mike Letnic

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Chris R. Dickman

University of Sydney

Publications: 24

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Esteban Fernández-Juricic

Purdue University West Lafayette

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Christopher C. Wilmers

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