2026 Peter P. Marra: Ecology and Evolution Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Ecology and Evolution	87	547	521	195	183	295	31811

Research.com Recognitions

2013 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Peter P. Marra is affiliated with Georgetown University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with a significant emphasis on Ecology and its related disciplines.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

Environmental Science
Ecology
Ecological Modeling
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Global and Planetary Change
Nature and Landscape Conservation

Key topics covered in their work encompass:

Avian ecology and behavior
Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
Species Distribution and Climate Change
Animal Behavior and Reproduction
Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
Plant and animal studies

Peter P. Marra has published extensively in various scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

The Auk
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Ecology Letters
Biological Conservation
Movement Ecology

Among their notable recent papers are:

Seasonal insect migrations: massive, influential, and overlooked, 2020, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
Ecological insights from three decades of animal movement tracking across a changing Arctic, 2020, Science
Bird migration within the Neotropics, 2020, The Auk
Differential survival throughout the full annual cycle of a migratory bird presents a life-history trade-off, 2021, Journal of Animal Ecology
A place to land: spatiotemporal drivers of stopover habitat use by migrating birds, 2020, Ecology Letters

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

Nathan W. Cooper
Bryant C. Dossman
T. Scott Sillett
Erin M. Bayne
Thomas B. Ryder

Peter P. Marra was awarded the title of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2013.

Best Publications

Decline of the North American avifauna

Kenneth V. Rosenberg;Kenneth V. Rosenberg;Adriaan M. Dokter;Peter J. Blancher;John R. Sauer

1994
Citations
Links between worlds: unraveling migratory connectivity

Michael S. Webster;Peter P. Marra;Susan M. Haig;Staffan Bensch

1549
Citations
Linking Winter and Summer Events in a Migratory Bird by Using Stable-Carbon Isotopes

Peter P. Marra;Keith A. Hobson;Richard T. Holmes

1359
Citations
The impact of free-ranging domestic cats on wildlife of the United States

Scott R. Loss;Tom Will;Peter P. Marra

1054
Citations
Tropical winter habitat limits reproductive success on the temperate breeding grounds in a migratory bird.

D. Ryan Norris;Peter P. Marra;T. Kurt Kyser;Thomas W. Sherry

878
Citations
Predicting the global spread of H5N1 avian influenza.

A. Marm Kilpatrick;Aleksei A. Chmura;David W. Gibbons;Robert C. Fleischer

736
Citations
West Nile Virus Epidemics in North America Are Driven by Shifts in Mosquito Feeding Behavior

A. Marm Kilpatrick;Laura D Kramer;Matthew J Jones;Peter P Marra

690
Citations
West Nile virus emergence and large-scale declines of North American bird populations

Shannon L. LaDeau;A. Marm Kilpatrick;Peter P. Marra

625
Citations
Host heterogeneity dominates West Nile virus transmission.

A Marm Kilpatrick;Peter Daszak;Matthew J Jones;Peter P Marra

613
Citations
A call for full annual cycle research in animal ecology.

Peter P. Marra;Emily B. Cohen;Scott R. Loss;Jordan E. Rutter

606
Citations
The influence of climate on the timing and rate of spring bird migration.

Peter P. Marra;Charles M. Francis;Charles M. Francis;Robert S. Mulvihill;Frank R. Moore

587
Citations
The Neighborhood Nestwatch Program: Participant Outcomes of a Citizen-Science Ecological Research Project

Celia Evans;Eleanor Abrams;Robert Reitsma;Karin Roux

489
Citations
Bird–building collisions in the United States: Estimates of annual mortality and species vulnerability

Scott R. Loss;Tom Will;Sara S. Loss;Peter P. Marra

488
Citations
Conserving migratory land birds in the new world: do we know enough?

John Faaborg;Richard T. Holmes;Angela D. Anders;Keith L. Bildstein

482
Citations
Direct Mortality of Birds from Anthropogenic Causes

Scott R. Loss;Tom Will;Peter P. Marra

451
Citations
Challenging claims in the study of migratory birds and climate change

Endre Knudsen;Andreas Linden;Christiaan Both;Niclas Jonzen

445
Citations
Optimal conservation of migratory species

Tara G. Martin;Iadine Chadès;Peter Arcese;Peter P. Marra

428
Citations
Habitat-specific demography of breeding black-throated blue warblers (Dendroica caerulescens) : implications for populations dynamics

Richard T. Holmes;Peter P. Marra;Thomas W. Sherry

422
Citations
Recent advances in understanding migration systems of New World land birds

John Faaborg;Richard T. Holmes;Angela D. Anders;Keith L. Bildstein

410
Citations
Birds of two worlds : the ecology and evolution of migration

Russell Greenberg;Peter P. Marra

379
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Laurene M. Ratcliffe Queen's University

T. Scott Sillett Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute

D. Ryan Norris University of Guelph

A. Marm Kilpatrick University of California, Santa Cruz

Scott R. Loss Oklahoma State University

Thomas W. Sherry Tulane University

Frédéric Angelier Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

Richard T. Holmes Dartmouth College

Laura D. Kramer University at Albany, State University of New York

Keith A. Hobson University of Western Ontario

External Links

Personal website of Peter P. Marra

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