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D-Index
53
Citations
9260
World Ranking
3334
National Ranking
135

Patrick Duncan 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 Patrick Duncan sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 117 publications — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Patrick Duncan 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 Patrick Duncan sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Patrick Duncan is affiliated with the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) in France. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Veterinary studies, with a focus on ecology and animal health. Their subfields of interest include Ecology, Small Animals, Genetics, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

Duncan's main research topics encompass Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies, and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies. Their work also touches on Genetic and Phenotypic Traits in Livestock, Human-Animal Interaction Studies, Helminth Infection and Control, and Parasite Biology and Host Interactions.

Frequent co-authors in Duncan's research include Simon Chamaillé-Jammes, Camille Vitet, Marion Valeix, Andrew J. Loveridge, and Stéphanie Périquet.

Duncan has published in a range of scientific journals, notably including Animals, Functional Ecology, Animal Behaviour, Ecosphere, and African Journal of Ecology.

Recent publications by Patrick Duncan include:

  • Population limitation of a non-ruminant in a nutrient-poor ecosystem-predation rather than food (2024, African Journal of Ecology)
  • Anthelmintic Treatment and the Stability of Parasite Distribution in Ruminants (2023, Animals)
  • Do infanticides occur in harem-forming equids? A test with long-term sociodemographic data in wild plains zebras (2021, Animal Behaviour)
  • Disentangling the roles of bottom-up and top-down drivers in the trade-off between food acquisition and safety in prey with multiple predators (2020, Functional Ecology)
  • Plains zebras bring evidence that dilution and detection effects may not always matter behaviorally and demographically (2020, Ecosphere)

Best Publications

  • Empirical Evidence of Density- Dependence in Populations of Large Herbivores

    C. Bonenfant;J.M. Gaillard;T. Coulson;M. Festa-Bianchet

  • The European roe deer: the biology of success.

    R. Andersen;P. Duncan;J. D. C. Linnell

  • Comparative foraging and nutrition of horses and cattle in European wetlands

    Catherine Menard;Patrick Duncan;Geraldine Fleurance;Jean-Yves Georges

  • Indicators of ecological change: new tools for managing populations of large herbivores

    Nicolas Morellet;Jean‐Michel Gaillard;A. J. Mark Hewison;Philippe Ballon

  • Early survival in roe deer: causes and consequences of cohort variation in two contrasted populations

    Jean-Michel Gaillard;Jean-Marie Boutin;Daniel Delorme;Guy Van Laere

  • On the carrying capacity for large ungulates of African savanna ecosystems

    Herve Fritz;Patrick Duncan

  • Time-Budgets of Camargue Horses Ii. Time-Budgets of Adult Horses and Weaned Sub-Adults

    Patrick Duncan

  • Large Herbivore Ecology, Ecosystem Dynamics and Conservation

    Kjell Danell;Roger Bergström;Patrick Duncan;John Pastor

  • Comparative nutrient extraction from forages by grazing bovids and equids: a test of the nutritional model of equid/bovid competition and coexistence.

    Patrick Duncan;T. J. Foose;I. J. Gordon;C. G. Gakahu

  • Megaherbivores influence trophic guilds structure in African ungulate communities

    Hervé Fritz;Patrick Duncan;Iain J. Gordon;Andrew W. Illius

  • Variations in adult body mass in roe deer: the effects of population density at birth and of habitat quality

    Nathalie Pettorelli;Jean-Michel Gaillard;Guy Van Laere;Patrick Duncan

  • Factors affecting maternal care in an income breeder, the European roe deer

    Reidar Andersen;Jean Michel Gaillard;John D.C. Linnell;Patrick Duncan

  • DETERMINANTS OF THE USE OF HABITAT BY HORSES IN A MEDITERRANEAN WETLAND

    Patrick Duncan

  • Food selection by European roe deer (Capreolus capreolus): effects of plant chemistry, and consequences for the nutritional value of their diets

    H. Tixier;P. Duncan;J. Scehovic;A. Yant

  • Using a proxy of plant productivity (NDVI) to find key periods for animal performance: the case of roe deer

    Nathalie Pettorelli;Jean Michel Gaillard;Atle Mysterud;Patrick Duncan

  • Are European roe deer browsers ? A review of variations in the composition of their diets

    Hélène Tixier;Patrick Duncan

  • Lifetime reproductive success and composition of the home range in a large herbivore.

    P. D. McLoughlin;J.-M. Gaillard;M. S. Boyce;C. Bonenfant

  • Elephant-induced structural changes in the vegetation and habitat selection by large herbivores in an African savanna

    Marion Valeix;Hervé Fritz;Rodolphe Sabatier;Felix Murindagomo

  • Defensive adaptations of Thuja plicata to ungulate browsing: a comparative study between mainland and island populations

    Gwenaël Vourc'h;Jean-Louis Martin;Patrick Duncan;José Escarré

  • On lactation and associated behaviour in a natural herd of horses.

    Patrick Duncan;Paul H. Harvey;Susan M. Wells

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean-Michel Gaillard
Jean-Michel Gaillard Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Hervé Fritz
Hervé Fritz Nelson Mandela University
Bertrand Dumont
Bertrand Dumont University of Clermont Auvergne
Andre Ganswindt
Andre Ganswindt University of Pretoria
Nathalie Pettorelli
Nathalie Pettorelli Zoological Society of London
Simon Chamaillé-Jammes
Simon Chamaillé-Jammes Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Iain J. Gordon
Iain J. Gordon James Hutton Institute
René Baumont
René Baumont University of Clermont Auvergne
Marion Valeix
Marion Valeix Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Jacques Cabaret
Jacques Cabaret INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement

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