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Kyle S. Van Houtan

Kyle S. Van Houtan

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
32
Citations
5047
World Ranking
8024
National Ranking
2660

Overview

Kyle S. Van Houtan is affiliated with Duke University in the United States and specializes in environmental science, with a strong concentration in nature and landscape conservation, ecology, global and planetary change, oceanography, and pollution. Their research spans several interconnected subfields, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to studying marine and terrestrial ecosystems.

The scientist's work encompasses main topics such as ichthyology and marine biology, fish ecology and management studies, marine animal studies overview, marine and fisheries research, turtle biology and conservation, wildlife ecology and conservation, and coral and marine ecosystems studies.

Recent publications by Kyle S. Van Houtan include:

  • Emergent research and priorities for shark and ray conservation (2021, Endangered Species Research)
  • Towards a global understanding of the drivers of marine and terrestrial biodiversity (2020, PLoS ONE)
  • The recent normalization of historical marine heat extremes (2022, PLOS Climate)
  • North Pacific warming shifts the juvenile range of a marine apex predator (2021, Scientific Reports)
  • Prevalence of microplastics and anthropogenic debris within a deep-sea food web (2021, Marine Ecology Progress Series)

Frequent co-authors in their publications are:

  • Tyler O. Gagné
  • Kisei R. Tanaka
  • Salvador J. Jorgensen
  • Teri E. Nicholson
  • André M. Boustany

Kyle S. Van Houtan has published extensively in several journals, with multiple contributions to:

  • Endangered Species Research
  • Biological Conservation
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • PLOS Climate
  • Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • The fate of Amazonian forest fragments: A 32-year investigation

    William F. Laurance;William F. Laurance;José L.C. Camargo;Regina C.C. Luizão;Susan G. Laurance;Susan G. Laurance

  • The vertical distribution and biological transport of marine microplastics across the epipelagic and mesopelagic water column

    C. Anela Choy;C. Anela Choy;Bruce H. Robison;Tyler O. Gagne;Benjamin Erwin

  • US protected lands mismatch biodiversity priorities.

    Clinton N. Jenkins;Kyle S. Van Houtan;Kyle S. Van Houtan;Stuart L. Pimm;Joseph O. Sexton

  • Dispersal of Amazonian birds in continuous and fragmented forest

    Kyle S. Van Houtan;Stuart L. Pimm;John M. Halley;Richard O. Bierregaard

  • Ecosystem effects of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation

    Janet A. Nye;Matthew R. Baker;Richard Bell;Andrew Kenny

  • Land Use, Macroalgae, and a Tumor-Forming Disease in Marine Turtles

    Kyle S. Van Houtan;Kyle S. Van Houtan;Stacy K. Hargrove;George H. Balazs

  • Global and regional priorities for marine biodiversity protection

    Clinton N. Jenkins;Kyle S. Van Houtan;Kyle S. Van Houtan;Kyle S. Van Houtan

  • Calculating the ecological impacts of animal-borne instruments on aquatic organisms

    T. Todd Jones;T. Todd Jones;Kyle S. Van Houtan;Kyle S. Van Houtan;Brian L. Bostrom;Peter Ostafichuk

  • Projecting Marine Mammal Distribution in a Changing Climate

    Gregory K. Silber;Matthew D. Lettrich;Peter O. Thomas;Jason D. Baker

  • Incorporating Climate Science in Applications of the U.S. Endangered Species Act for Aquatic Species

    Michelle M. Mcclure;Michael Alexander;Diane Borggaard;David Boughton

  • Long-Term Climate Forcing in Loggerhead Sea Turtle Nesting

    Kyle S. Van Houtan;Kyle S. Van Houtan;John M. Halley

  • Stormy oceans are associated with declines in sea turtle hatching

    Kyle S. Van Houtan;Oron L. Bass

  • Conservation as Virtue: a Scientific and Social Process for Conservation Ethics

    Kyle S. Van Houtan

  • Using historical data to assess the biogeography of population recovery

    John N. Kittinger;Kyle S. Van Houtan;Loren E. McClenachan;Amanda L. Lawrence

  • Achieving success with small, translocated mammal populations.

    Kyle S. Van Houtan;Kyle S. Van Houtan;John M. Halley;Rudi Van Aarde;Stuart L. Pimm;Stuart L. Pimm

  • Towards a global understanding of the drivers of marine and terrestrial biodiversity.

    Tyler O. Gagné;Gabriel Reygondeau;Clinton N. Jenkins;Joseph O. Sexton

  • The recent normalization of historical marine heat extremes

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  • Local extinctions in flocking birds in Amazonian forest fragments

    Kyle S. Van Houtan;Stuart L. Pimm;Richard O. Bierregaard;Thomas E. Lovejoy

  • North Pacific warming shifts the juvenile range of a marine apex predator

    Kisei R. Tanaka;Kisei R. Tanaka;Kyle S. Van Houtan;Kyle S. Van Houtan;Eric Mailander;Beatriz S. Dias

  • Eutrophication and the dietary promotion of sea turtle tumors.

    Kyle S. Van Houtan;Celia M. Smith;Meghan L. Dailer;Migiwa Kawachi

  • Prevalence of microplastics and anthropogenic debris within a deep-sea food web

    Bonnie M. Hamilton;Chelsea M. Rochman;Timothy J. Hoellein;Bruce H. Robison

Frequent Co-Authors

Stuart L. Pimm
Stuart L. Pimm Duke University
Clinton N. Jenkins
Clinton N. Jenkins Florida International University
John M. Halley
John M. Halley University of Ioannina
George H. Balazs
George H. Balazs National Marine Fisheries Service
John N. Kittinger
John N. Kittinger Arizona State University
Gabriel Reygondeau
Gabriel Reygondeau University of Miami
Stephen R. Palumbi
Stephen R. Palumbi Stanford University
Thomas E. Lovejoy
Thomas E. Lovejoy George Mason University
Alistair J. Hobday
Alistair J. Hobday Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Bruce H. Robison
Bruce H. Robison Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

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