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Richard T. Holmes

Richard T. Holmes

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
75
Citations
22249
World Ranking
1059
National Ranking
396

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1971 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Richard T. Holmes is affiliated with Dartmouth College in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Environmental Science, focusing on various subfields including Ecology, Ecological Modeling, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Developmental Biology.

The research topics covered by Holmes include:

  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Climate variability and models

The scientist has authored papers published in several venues. Frequent publication venues are:

  • Birds of the World
  • Yale University Press eBooks
  • Ecology and Evolution
  • Ecological Monographs
  • Environmental Research Letters

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Holmes include:

  • "Analytical approaches for evaluating passive acoustic monitoring data: A case study of avian vocalizations," 2022, Ecology and Evolution
  • "Climate-mediated population dynamics of a migratory songbird differ between the trailing edge and range core," 2022, Ecological Monographs
  • "American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)," 2020, Birds of the World
  • "Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens)," 2020, Birds of the World
  • "Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)," 2020, Birds of the World

Holmes's book publications include a title published by Yale University Press:

  • Hubbard Brook, 2020

The scientist has collaborated frequently with other researchers. Notable frequent coauthors are:

  • Gene E. Likens (22 joint publications)
  • Michael S. Webster (3 joint publications)
  • Nicholas L. Rodenhouse (3 joint publications)
  • Matthew P. Ayres (2 joint publications)
  • Sara A. Kaiser (2 joint publications)

Richard T. Holmes was awarded the title of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1971.

Best Publications

  • Links between worlds: unraveling migratory connectivity

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

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

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

  • Variation in survivorship of a migratory songbird throughout its annual cycle

    T. Scott Sillett;Richard T. Holmes

  • Foraging Behavior of Forest Birds: The Relationships Among Search Tactics, Diet, and Habitat Structure

    Scott K. Robinson;Richard T. Holmes

  • Impacts of a Global Climate Cycle on Population Dynamics of a Migratory Songbird

    T. Scott Sillett;Richard T. Holmes;Thomas W. Sherry

  • The use of isotope tracers for identifying populations of migratory birds

    C. P. Chamberlain;J. D. Blum;Richard T. Holmes;X. H. Feng

  • SITE-DEPENDENT REGULATION OF POPULATION SIZE:A NEW SYNTHESIS

    Nicholas L. Rodenhouse;Thomas W. Sherry;Richard T. Holmes

  • BioTIME: A database of biodiversity time series for the Anthropocene

    Maria Dornelas;Laura H. Antão;Laura H. Antão;Faye Moyes;Amanda E. Bates;Amanda E. Bates

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

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

  • Winter Habitat Quality, Population Limitation, and Conservation of Neotropical-Nearctic Migrant Birds

    Thomas W. Sherry;Richard T. Holmes

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

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

  • Bird Community Dynamics in a Temperate Deciduous Forest: Long‐Term Trends at Hubbard Brook

    Richard T. Holmes;Thomas W. Sherry;Franklin W. Sturges

  • Recent advances in understanding migration systems of New World land birds

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

  • Tree species preferences of foraging insectivorous birds in a northern hardwoods forest

    Richard T. Holmes;Scott K. Robinson

  • Bird predation on forest insects: an exclosure experiment.

    Richard T. Holmes;John C. Schultz;Philip Nothnagle

  • Results of Experimental and Natural Food Reductions for Breeding Black-Throated Blue Warblers

    Nicholas L. Rodenhouse;Richard T. Holmes

  • Changes in Sr/Ca, Ba/Ca and 87Sr/86Sr ratios between trophic levels in two forest ecosystems in the northeastern U.S.A.

    Joel D. Blum;Joel D. Blum;E. Hank Taliaferro;Marie T. Weisse;Richard T. Holmes

  • Linking breeding and wintering ranges of a migratory songbird using stable isotopes

    D. R. Rubenstein;C. P. Chamberlain;Richard T. Holmes;M. P. Ayres

  • THIRTY-YEAR BIRD POPULATION TRENDS IN AN UNFRAGMENTED TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS FOREST: IMPORTANCE OF HABITAT CHANGE

    Richard T. Holmes;Thomas W. Sherry

  • GUILD STRUCTURE OF THE HUBBARD BROOK BIRD COMMUNITY: A MULTIVARIATE APPROACH'

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  • CONSEQUENCES OF DOMINANCE-MEDIATED HABITAT SEGREGATION IN AMERICAN REDSTARTS DURING THE NONBREEDING SEASON

    Peter P. Marra;Richard T. Holmes

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas W. Sherry
Thomas W. Sherry Tulane University
T. Scott Sillett
T. Scott Sillett Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
Peter P. Marra
Peter P. Marra Georgetown University
M. S. Webster
M. S. Webster Vanderbilt University
Gene E. Likens
Gene E. Likens University of Connecticut
Harry F. Recher
Harry F. Recher Edith Cowan University
Charles T. Driscoll
Charles T. Driscoll Syracuse University
Keith A. Hobson
Keith A. Hobson University of Western Ontario
Joel D. Blum
Joel D. Blum University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Timothy J. Fahey
Timothy J. Fahey Cornell University

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