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Marion L. East

Marion L. East

Leibniz Association
Germany

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
44
Citations
7025
World Ranking
5098
National Ranking
267

Marion L. East 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 Marion L. East sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 123 publications — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Marion L. East 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 Marion L. East sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 95 scientists 31 D-Index: 123 scientists 32 D-Index: 191 scientists 33 D-Index: 245 scientists 34 D-Index: 252 scientists 35 D-Index: 244 scientists 36 D-Index: 249 scientists 37 D-Index: 244 scientists 38 D-Index: 254 scientists 39 D-Index: 254 scientists 40 D-Index: 280 scientists 41 D-Index: 274 scientists 42 D-Index: 266 scientists 43 D-Index: 233 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 208 scientists 46 D-Index: 201 scientists 47 D-Index: 213 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 172 scientists 50 D-Index: 209 scientists 51 D-Index: 199 scientists 52 D-Index: 153 scientists 53 D-Index: 169 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 148 scientists 56 D-Index: 120 scientists 57 D-Index: 146 scientists 58 D-Index: 137 scientists 59 D-Index: 140 scientists 60 D-Index: 104 scientists 61 D-Index: 119 scientists 62 D-Index: 118 scientists 63 D-Index: 99 scientists 64 D-Index: 77 scientists 65 D-Index: 100 scientists 66 D-Index: 86 scientists 67 D-Index: 83 scientists 68 D-Index: 75 scientists 69 D-Index: 94 scientists 70 D-Index: 57 scientists 71 D-Index: 68 scientists 72 D-Index: 59 scientists 73 D-Index: 63 scientists 74 D-Index: 66 scientists 75 D-Index: 60 scientists 76 D-Index: 42 scientists 77 D-Index: 49 scientists 78 D-Index: 39 scientists 79 D-Index: 37 scientists 80 D-Index: 43 scientists 81 D-Index: 41 scientists 82 D-Index: 45 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 40 scientists 85 D-Index: 35 scientists 86 D-Index: 55 scientists 87 D-Index: 24 scientists 88 D-Index: 24 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 23 scientists 91 D-Index: 25 scientists 92 D-Index: 27 scientists 93 D-Index: 27 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 23 scientists 96 D-Index: 12 scientists 97 D-Index: 14 scientists 98 D-Index: 19 scientists 99 D-Index: 16 scientists 100 D-Index: 14 scientists 101 D-Index: 5 scientists 102 D-Index: 21 scientists 103 D-Index: 16 scientists 104 D-Index: 10 scientists 105 D-Index: 7 scientists 106 D-Index: 7 scientists 107 D-Index: 7 scientists 108 D-Index: 6 scientists 109 D-Index: 9 scientists 110 D-Index: 11 scientists 111 D-Index: 12 scientists 112 D-Index: 9 scientists 113 D-Index: 7 scientists 114 D-Index: 3 scientists 115 D-Index: 8 scientists 116 D-Index: 5 scientists 117 D-Index: 11 scientists 118 D-Index: 4 scientists 119 D-Index: 2 scientists 120 D-Index: 5 scientists 121+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Marion L. East is affiliated with the Leibniz Association in Germany and has contributed to research primarily within environmental science and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans several interrelated fields of study including ecology, genetics, social psychology, public health, environmental and occupational health, and molecular biology.

The main topics of their research include wildlife ecology and conservation, primate behavior and ecology, wildlife-road interactions and conservation, human-animal interaction studies, zoonotic diseases and public health, gut microbiota and health, and animal behavior and welfare studies.

East has published extensively in the following venues:

  • Journal of Animal Ecology
  • Communications Biology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Molecular Ecology

Frequently collaborating co-authors include:

  • Heribert Hofer
  • Sarah Benhaiem
  • Sonja Metzger
  • Morgane Gicquel
  • Gábor Á. Czirják

Recent publications reflect the diversity and depth of East's research:

  • "Early-life adversity predicts performance and fitness in a wild social carnivore" (2022, Journal of Animal Ecology)
  • "The virus-host interface: Molecular interactions of Alphacoronavirus-1 variants from wild and domestic hosts with mammalian aminopeptidase N" (2021, Molecular Ecology)
  • "Long-term reproductive costs of snare injuries in a keystone terrestrial by-catch species" (2022, Animal Conservation)
  • "Climate change does not decouple interactions between a central-place-foraging predator and its migratory prey" (2022, Ecosphere)
  • "Three decades of wildlife-vehicle collisions in a protected area: Main roads and long-distance commuting trips to migratory prey increase spotted hyena roadkills in the Serengeti" (2023, Biological Conservation)

Best Publications

  • Bushmeat hunting by communities adjacent to the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania: the importance of livestock ownership and alternative sources of protein and income

    Martin Loibooki;Heribert Hofer;Kenneth L.I. Campbell;Marion L. East

  • Noninvasive Fecal Monitoring of Glucocorticoids in Spotted Hyenas,Crocuta crocuta ☆

    Wolfgang Goymann;Erich Möstl;Thomas J. Van't Hof;Marion L. East;Marion L. East

  • The erect "penis" is a flag of submission in a female-dominated society: Greetings in the Serengeti spotted hyaenas

    Marion L. East;Heribert Hofer;Wolfgang Wickler

  • The commuting system of Serengeti spotted hyaenas: how a predator copes with migratory prey. I. Social organization

    Heribert Hofer;Marion L. East

  • Male spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) queue for status in social groups dominated by females

    Marion L. East;Heribert Hofer

  • Biological Conservation and Stress

    Heribert Hofer;Marion L. East

  • Social, state-dependent and environmental modulation of faecal corticosteroid levels in free-ranging female spotted hyenas.

    Wolfgang Goymann;Marion L. East;Bettina Wachter;Oliver P. Höner

  • Behavioral processes and costs of co-existence in female spotted hyenas: a life history perspective

    Heribert Hofer;Heribert Hofer;Marion L. East;Marion L. East

  • Regular exposure to rabies virus and lack of symptomatic disease in Serengeti spotted hyenas

    Marion L. East;Heribert Hofer;James H. Cox;Ulrich Wulle

  • The response of spotted hyaenas to long‐term changes in prey populations: functional response and interspecific kleptoparasitism

    Oliver P. Höner;Oliver P. Höner;Bettina Wachter;Bettina Wachter;Marion L. East;Heribert Hofer

  • Genetic characterization of canine distemper virus in Serengeti carnivores

    Margaret A Carpenter;Max J.G. Appel;Melody E Roelke-Parker;Linda Munson

  • Sexual conflicts in spotted hyenas: male and female mating tactics and their reproductive outcome with respect to age, social status and tenure

    Marion L East;Terry Burke;Kerstin Wilhelm;Carolyn Greig

  • Loud calling in a female-dominated mammalian society: II. Behavioural contexts and functions of whooping of spotted hyaenas, Crocuta crocuta

    Marion L. East;Heribert Hofer

  • Demography, Extinction and Intervention in a Small Population: the Case of the Serengeti Wild Dogs

    Roger Burrows;Heribert Hofer;Marion L. East

  • The commuting system of Serengeti spotted hyaenas: how a predator copes with migratory prey. III. Attendance and maternal care

    Heribert Hofer;Marion L. East

  • The commuting system of Serengeti spotted hyaenas: how a predator copes with migratory prey. II. Intrusion pressure and commuters' space use

    Heribert Hofer;Marion L. East

  • Does anal gland scent signal identity in the spotted hyaena

    Nicole Burgener;Nicole Burgener;Martin Dehnhard;Heribert Hofer;Marion L. East

  • The impact of game meat hunting on target and non-target species in the Serengeti

    Heribert Hofer;Kenneth L. I. Campbell;Marion L. East;Sally A. Huish

  • Female mate-choice drives the evolution of male-biased dispersal in a social mammal

    O. P. Höner;B. Wachter;M. L. East;W. J. Streich

  • The effect of prey abundance and foraging tactics on the population dynamics of a social, territorial carnivore, the spotted hyena

    Oliver P. Höner;Bettina Wachter;Marion L. East;Victor A. Runyoro

  • Within-litter sibling aggression in spotted hyaenas: effect of maternal nursing, sex and age.

    Waltraud Golla;Heribert Hofer;Marion L. East

  • Functions of birth dens in spotted hyaenas (Crocuta crocuta)

    Marion East;Heribert Hofer;Agnes Turk

Frequent Co-Authors

Heribert Hofer
Heribert Hofer Leibniz Association
Martin Dehnhard
Martin Dehnhard Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research
Nikolaus Osterrieder
Nikolaus Osterrieder Freie Universität Berlin
Stephanie Kramer-Schadt
Stephanie Kramer-Schadt Leibniz Association
Wolfgang Goymann
Wolfgang Goymann Max Planck Society
Terry Burke
Terry Burke University of Sheffield
Gábor Á. Czirják
Gábor Á. Czirják Leibniz Association
Olivier Gimenez
Olivier Gimenez Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Erich Möstl
Erich Möstl University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
David Costantini
David Costantini French National Museum of Natural History

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