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D-Index
46
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19997
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4524
National Ranking
494

Richard Inger 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 Richard Inger sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 83 publications — 8th percentile

8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Richard Inger 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 Richard Inger sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Richard Inger is affiliated with the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily falls within the field of Environmental Science, with notable contributions to subfields including Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecological Modeling, Global and Planetary Change, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics such as Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Avian Ecology and Behavior, Plant and Animal Studies, Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, and Animal Behavior and Reproduction.

Richard Inger has published in various academic venues. Among the most frequent are arXiv (Cornell University), Ecography, Ecology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Global Change Biology.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Richard Inger include Stuart Bearhop, Esther Sebastián-González, Zebensui Morales-Reyes, Francisco Botella, and Lara Naves-Alegre.

Selected recent publications demonstrate the scope of their research focus:

  • Network structure of vertebrate scavenger assemblages at the global scale: drivers and ecosystem functioning implications (2020, Ecography)
  • Functional traits driving species role in the structure of terrestrial vertebrate scavenger networks (2021, Ecology)
  • Demographic rates reveal the benefits of protected areas in a long-lived migratory bird (2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Temperature and precipitation at migratory grounds influence demographic trends of an Arctic-breeding bird (2020, Global Change Biology)
  • simmr: A package for fitting Stable Isotope Mixing Models in R (2023, arXiv [Cornell University])

Best Publications

  • Comparing isotopic niche widths among and within communities: SIBER - Stable Isotope Bayesian Ellipses in R.

    Andrew L. Jackson;Richard Inger;Andrew C. Parnell;Stuart Bearhop

  • Source partitioning using stable isotopes: coping with too much variation.

    Andrew C. Parnell;Richard Inger;Stuart Bearhop;Andrew L. Jackson

  • A brief introduction to mixed effects modelling and multi-model inference in ecology.

    Xavier A. Harrison;Lynda Donaldson;Lynda Donaldson;Maria Eugenia Correa-Cano;Julian Evans;Julian Evans

  • Best practices for use of stable isotope mixing models in food-web studies

    Donald L. Phillips;Richard Inger;Stuart Bearhop;Andrew L. Jackson

  • Bayesian stable isotope mixing models

    Andrew C. Parnell;Donald L. Phillips;Stuart Bearhop;Brice X. Semmens

  • Carry‐over effects as drivers of fitness differences in animals

    Xavier A. Harrison;Jonathan D. Blount;Richard Inger;D. Ryan Norris

  • Applications of stable isotope analyses to avian ecology

    Richard Inger;Stuart Bearhop

  • Common European birds are declining rapidly while less abundant species' numbers are rising

    Richard Inger;Richard Gregory;James P. Duffy;Iain Stott

  • Marine renewable energy: potential benefits to biodiversity? An urgent call for research

    Richard Inger;Martin J. Attrill;Stuart Bearhop;Annette C. Broderick

  • Biogeography of time partitioning in mammals

    Jonathan J. Bennie;James P. Duffy;Richard Inger;Kevin J. Gaston

  • Individual responses of seabirds to commercial fisheries revealed using GPS tracking, stable isotopes and vessel monitoring systems

    Stephen C. Votier;Stuart Bearhop;Matthew J. Witt;Richard Inger

  • High proportion of cactus species threatened with extinction

    Bárbara Goettsch;Craig Hilton-Taylor;Gabriela Cruz-Piñón;James P. Duffy

  • Contrasting trends in light pollution across Europe based on satellite observed night time lights

    Jonathan Bennie;Thomas W. Davies;James P. Duffy;Richard Inger

  • Artificial light pollution: are shifting spectral signatures changing the balance of species interactions?

    Thomas W. Davies;Jonathan Bennie;Richard Inger;Natalie Hempel de Ibarra

  • Erroneous behaviour of MixSIR, a recently published Bayesian isotope mixing model: a discussion of Moore & Semmens (2008)

    Andrew L. Jackson;Richard Inger;Stuart Bearhop;Andrew Parnell

  • Worldwide variations in artificial skyglow

    Christopher C. M. Kyba;Kai Pong Tong;Jonathan Bennie;Ignacio Birriel

  • Cascading effects of artificial light at night: resource-mediated control of herbivores in a grassland ecosystem.

    Jonathan Bennie;Thomas W. Davies;David Cruse;Richard Inger

  • Carry‐over effects reveal reproductive costs in a long‐distance migrant

    Richard Inger;Xavier A. Harrison;Graeme D. Ruxton;Jason Newton

  • Smartphones in ecology and evolution: a guide for the app‐rehensive

    Amber G. F. Teacher;David J. Griffiths;David J. Hodgson;Richard Inger

  • Land sparing is crucial for urban ecosystem services

    Iain Stott;Masashi Soga;Richard Inger;Kevin J Gaston

  • Corrigendum: Worldwide variations in artificial skyglow

    Christopher C. M. Kyba;Kai Pong Tong;Jonathan Bennie;Ignacio Birriel

Frequent Co-Authors

Stuart Bearhop
Stuart Bearhop University of Exeter
Kevin J. Gaston
Kevin J. Gaston University of Exeter
Jonathan Bennie
Jonathan Bennie University of Exeter
Jason Newton
Jason Newton University of Glasgow
David J. Hodgson
David J. Hodgson University of Exeter
Robbie A. McDonald
Robbie A. McDonald University of Exeter
Stephen C. Votier
Stephen C. Votier Heriot-Watt University
Graeme D. Ruxton
Graeme D. Ruxton University of St Andrews
Brendan J. Godley
Brendan J. Godley University of Exeter
Michael A. Cant
Michael A. Cant University of Exeter

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