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Patricia A. Fleming

Patricia A. Fleming

D-Index & Metrics

Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
42
Citations
7250
World Ranking
989
National Ranking
60

Patricia A. Fleming publication distribution in Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Patricia A. Fleming sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 257 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 442 publications or more.

Patricia A. Fleming D-index placement in Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Animal Science and Veterinary scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Patricia A. Fleming sits on this spectrum.

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20 D-Index 77+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 77 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1998 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of the Arts and Humanities

Overview

Patricia A. Fleming is affiliated with Murdoch University in Australia and has a research focus primarily within the field of Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields including Ecology, Genetics, Small Animals, Global and Planetary Change, and Animal Science and Zoology.

The core areas of research addressed by Fleming include:

  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Human-Animal Interaction Studies
  • Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Meat and Animal Product Quality
  • Rangeland and Wildlife Management
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change

Fleming has contributed to multiple research articles published in recognized venues. Frequent publication outlets for Fleming's work are:

  • Animals
  • Wildlife Research
  • Applied Animal Behaviour Science
  • Mammal Review
  • Biological Conservation

Recent publications illustrate Fleming's research interests and scope across ecological and animal behavior topics. Representative papers include:

  • "Review of the methods used for calculating physiological cross-sectional area (PCSA) for ecological questions," 2020, Journal of Morphology
  • "Counting the bodies: Estimating the numbers and spatial variation of Australian reptiles, birds and mammals killed by two invasive mesopredators," 2022, Diversity and Distributions
  • "Variation in red fox Vulpes vulpes diet in five continents," 2022, Mammal Review
  • "Diet of the introduced red fox Vulpes vulpes in Australia: analysis of temporal and spatial patterns," 2021, Mammal Review
  • "Body Size and Bite Force of Stray and Feral Cats-Are Bigger or Older Cats Taking the Largest or More Difficult-to-Handle Prey?" 2020, Animals

Fleming collaborates frequently with other researchers, with notable co-authors including:

  • Heather M. Crawford
  • Stuart J. Dawson
  • Tracey L. Kreplins
  • Alyson M. Stobo-Wilson
  • Chris R. Dickman

The researcher has been recognized by receiving the award of Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1998, under the category of the Academy of the Arts and Humanities.

Best Publications

  • Big city life: carnivores in urban environments

    P. W. Bateman;P. W. Bateman;P. A. Fleming

  • To cut a long tail short: a review of lizard caudal autotomy studies carried out over the last 20 years

    P. W. Bateman;P. A. Fleming

  • Is the loss of Australian digging mammals contributing to a deterioration in ecosystem function

    Patricia A. Fleming;Hannah Anderson;Amy S. Prendergast;Michael R. Bretz

  • Leave it all behind: a taxonomic perspective of autotomy in invertebrates.

    Patricia A. Fleming;Davina Muller;Philip W. Bateman

  • Nectar as food for birds: the physiological consequences of drinking dilute sugar solutions

    S. W. Nicolson;P. A. Fleming

  • Are negative effects of tourist activities on wildlife over-reported? A review of assessment methods and empirical results

    Philip W. Bateman;Patricia A. Fleming

  • Qualitative Behavioural Assessment and Quantitative Physiological Measurement of Cattle Naïve and Habituated to Road Transport

    C.A. Stockman;T. Collins;A.L. Barnes;D. Miller

  • Qualitative behavioral assessment of transport-naïve and transport-habituated sheep

    S.L. Wickham;T. Collins;A.L. Barnes;D.W. Miller

  • A different kind of ecological modelling: the use of clay model organisms to explore predator–prey interactions in vertebrates

    P. W. Bateman;P. A. Fleming;A. K. Wolfe

  • Miombo woodland termite mounds: resource islands for small vertebrates?

    Patricia A. Fleming;John P. Loveridge

  • The good, the bad, and the ugly: which Australian terrestrial mammal species attract most research?

    Patricia A. Fleming;Philip W. Bateman

  • Novel predation opportunities in anthropogenic landscapes

    Patricia A. Fleming;Philip W. Bateman

  • Who are you looking at? Hadeda ibises use direction of gaze, head orientation and approach speed in their risk assessment of a potential predator

    P. W. Bateman;P. W. Bateman;P. A. Fleming

  • The contribution of qualitative behavioural assessment to appraisal of livestock welfare

    Patricia A. Fleming;Taya Clarke;Sarah L. Wickham;Catherine A. Stockman

  • Application of Qualitative Behavioural Assessment to Horses during an Endurance Ride

    Patricia A. Fleming;Cheree L. Paisley;Anne L. Barnes;Françoise Wemelsfelder

  • Do thinning and burning sites revegetated after bauxite mining improve habitat for terrestrial vertebrates

    Michael D. Craig;Richard J. Hobbs;Andrew H. Grigg;Mark J. Garkaklis

  • A Case of Letting the Cat out of The Bag-Why Trap-Neuter-Return Is Not an Ethical Solution for Stray Cat (Felis catus) Management.

    Heather M. Crawford;Michael C. Calver;Patricia A. Fleming

  • Foraging activity by the southern brown bandicoot (Isoodon obesulus) as a mechanism for soil turnover

    Leonie E. Valentine;Leonie E. Valentine;Hannah Anderson;Giles E. StJ. Hardy;Patricia A. Fleming

  • Energy balance in the Whitebellied Sunbird Nectarinia talatala: constraints on compensatory feeding, and consumption of supplementary water

    S. W. Nicolson;P. A. Fleming

  • Nectar concentration affects sugar preferences in two Australian honeyeaters and a lorikeet

    Patricia A. Fleming;S. Xie;Kathryn R. Napier;Todd J. McWhorter

  • Does human pedestrian behaviour influence risk assessment in a successful mammal urban adapter

    P. W. Bateman;P. A. Fleming

  • Qualitative Behavioural Assessment of Angus steers during pre-slaughter handling and relationship with temperament and physiological responses

    Catherine A. Stockman;Peter McGilchrist;Teresa Collins;Anne L. Barnes

  • Males are selective too: mating, but not courtship, with sequential females influences choosiness in male field crickets (Gryllus bimaculatus)

    Philip W. Bateman;Patricia A. Fleming

  • Direct and indirect costs of limb autotomy in field crickets, Gryllus bimaculatus

    Philip W. Bateman;Patricia A. Fleming

Frequent Co-Authors

Philip W. Bateman
Philip W. Bateman Curtin University
Giles E. St. J. Hardy
Giles E. St. J. Hardy Murdoch University
Peter Adams
Peter Adams Carnegie Mellon University
Susan W. Nicolson
Susan W. Nicolson University of Pretoria
Richard J. Hobbs
Richard J. Hobbs University of Western Australia
Lyn Beazley
Lyn Beazley University of Western Australia
Françoise Wemelsfelder
Françoise Wemelsfelder Scotland's Rural College
Ian D. Robertson
Ian D. Robertson Murdoch University
John R. Pluske
John R. Pluske Australasian Pork Research Institute
Dominique Blache
Dominique Blache University of Western Australia

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