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M. Brock Fenton

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
56
Citations
10101
World Ranking
2866
National Ranking
188

M. Brock Fenton publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 167 publications — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

M. Brock Fenton 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 M. Brock Fenton sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

M. Brock Fenton is affiliated with the University of Western Ontario in Canada and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Medicine, and Environmental Science. Their work spans subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Infectious Diseases, Ecology, Virology, and Genetics.

The scientist's main research themes cover diverse topics, with a significant focus on Bat Biology and Ecology Studies, Viral Infections and Vectors, Rabies epidemiology and control, Marine animal studies overview, Zoonotic diseases and public health, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research.

Among recent publications attributed to them are:

  • Airborne eDNA documents a diverse and ecologically complex tropical bat and other mammal community (2023, Environmental DNA)
  • Brazilian cave heritage under siege (2022, Science)
  • Ecological and evolutionary drivers of haemoplasma infection and bacterial genotype sharing in a Neotropical bat community (2020, Molecular Ecology)
  • COVID-19 and threats to bats (2020, FACETS)
  • Disentangling interactions among mercury, immunity and infection in a Neotropical bat community (2020, Journal of Applied Ecology)

Fenton has frequently published in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), FACETS, Science, Nature Ecology & Evolution, and Biology Letters.

Frequent co-authors with whom Fenton has collaborated include:

  • Nancy B. Simmons
  • Daniel J. Becker
  • Dmitriy V. Volokhov
  • Lauren R. Lock
  • Cynthia J. Downs

The scientist was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2015.

Best Publications

  • The foraging behaviour and ecology of animal-eating bats

    M. Brock Fenton

  • Science and the Conservation of Bats

    M. Brock Fenton

  • Species on the menu of a generalist predator, the eastern red bat (Lasiurus borealis): using a molecular approach to detect arthropod prey.

    Elizabeth L. Clare;Erin E. Fraser;Heather E. Braid;M. Brock Fenton

  • Eating local: influences of habitat on the diet of little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus)

    E. L. Clare;B. R. Barber;B. W. Sweeney;P. D. N. Hebert

  • Bats: A World of Science and Mystery

    M. Brock Fenton;Nancy B. Simmons

  • A continental-scale tool for acoustic identification of European bats

    Charlotte L. Walters;Charlotte L. Walters;Charlotte L. Walters;Robin Freeman;Robin Freeman;Alanna Collen;Christian Dietz

  • Summer activity of Myotis lucifugus (Chiroptera:Vespertilionidae) at hibernacula in Ontario and Quebec

    M. Brock Fenton

  • Neotropical bats: Estimating species diversity with DNA barcodes

    Elizabeth L. Clare;Burton K. Lim;M. Brock Fenton;Paul D. N. Hebert

  • Dynamics of jamming avoidance in echolocating bats

    Nachum Ulanovsky;M. Brock Fenton;Asaf Tsoar;Carmi Korine

  • A technique for monitoring bat activity with results obtained from different environments in southern Ontario

    M. Brock Fenton

  • Heterothermy and the Use of Torpor by the Bat Eptesicus fuscus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae): A Field Study

    Doris Audet;M. Brock Fenton

  • Echolocation and feeding behaviour in four species of Myotis (Chiroptera)

    M. Brock Fenton;Gary P. Bell

  • The influence of roost closure on the roosting and foraging behaviour of Eptesicus fuscus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)

    R. Mark Brigham;M. Brock Fenton

  • Flight and echlocation in the ecology and evolution of bats.

    Héctor T. Arita;M.Brock Fenton

  • Recent advances in the study of bats

    M. Brock Fenton;P. A. Racey;J. M. V. Rayner

  • Relationships between external morphology and foraging behaviour: bats in the genus Myotis

    M Brock Fenton;Wieslaw Bogdanowicz

  • Aggregative response in bats: prey abundance versus habitat

    Jörg Müller;Jörg Müller;Milenka Mehr;Claus Bässler;M. Brock Fenton

  • Species diversity of bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) in forest fragments, primary forests, and savannas in central Amazonia, Brazil

    Enrico Bernard;M Brock Fenton

  • Going, going, gone: the impact of white-nose syndrome on the summer activity of the little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus)

    Yvonne Dzal;Liam P. McGuire;Nina Veselka;M. Brock Fenton

  • Bat attacks and moth defensive behaviour around street lights

    Lalita Acharya;M Brock Fenton

  • Social behavior of the little brown bat, Myotis lucifugus: II. Vocal communication

    Robert M. R. Barclay;M. Brock Fenton;Donald W. Thomas

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel J. Becker
Daniel J. Becker University of Oklahoma
Nancy B. Simmons
Nancy B. Simmons American Museum of Natural History
Elizabeth L. Clare
Elizabeth L. Clare Queen Mary University of London
Sonia Altizer
Sonia Altizer University of Georgia
Paul D. N. Hebert
Paul D. N. Hebert University of Guelph
James H. Fullard
James H. Fullard University of Toronto
R. Mark Brigham
R. Mark Brigham University of Regina
Christopher G. Guglielmo
Christopher G. Guglielmo University of Western Ontario
Robert M. R. Barclay
Robert M. R. Barclay University of Calgary
Gábor Á. Czirják
Gábor Á. Czirják Leibniz Association

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