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S. K. Morgan Ernest

S. K. Morgan Ernest

University of Florida
United States

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
40
Citations
9906
World Ranking
5987
National Ranking
2041

S. K. Morgan Ernest 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 S. K. Morgan Ernest sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 193 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

S. K. Morgan Ernest 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 S. K. Morgan Ernest sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

S. K. Morgan Ernest is affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on ecology, ecological modeling, and related environmental fields. The scientist has contributed significantly to various subfields including ecology, ecological modeling, nature and landscape conservation, global and planetary change, and environmental engineering.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Ecosystem dynamics and resilience

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by S. K. Morgan Ernest are:

  • A general deep learning model for bird detection in high-resolution airborne imagery, 2022, Ecological Applications
  • EXPRESSION OF CONCERN: InsectChange: a global database of temporal changes in insect and arachnid assemblages, 2021, Ecology
  • Evaluating probabilistic ecological forecasts, 2021, Ecology
  • Declines in rodent abundance and diversity track regional climate variability in North American drylands, 2021, Global Change Biology
  • Ten Simple Rules for a successful remote postdoc, 2020, PLoS Computational Biology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with S. K. Morgan Ernest include:

  • Ethan P. White
  • Glenda M. Yenni
  • Erica M. Christensen
  • Ellen K. Bledsoe
  • Shawn D. Taylor

The scientist's publications often appear in well-established venues. The most frequent publication sources are:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Ecology
  • Journal of Open Source Education

Best Publications

  • Relationships between body size and abundance in ecology.

    Ethan P. White;Ethan P. White;S.K. Morgan Ernest;Andrew J. Kerkhoff;Brian J. Enquist

  • Resource pulses, species interactions and diversity maintenance in arid and semi-arid environments

    Peter Chesson;Renate L. E. Gebauer;Susan Schwinning;Nancy Huntly

  • Body mass of late Quaternary mammals

    Felisa A. Smith;S. Kathleen Lyons;S. K. Morgan Ernest;Kate E. Jones

  • Complex Species Interactions and the Dynamics of Ecological Systems: Long-Term Experiments

    James H. Brown;Thomas G. Whitham;S. K. Morgan Ernest;Catherine A. Gehring

  • 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

  • An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles

    Nathan P. Myhrvold;Elita Baldridge;Benjamin Chan;Dhileep Sivam

  • Regulation of diversity: maintenance of species richness in changing environments.

    James H. Brown;S.K. Morgan Ernest;Jennifer M. Parody;John P. Haskell

  • Compensatory dynamics are rare in natural ecological communities

    J. E. Houlahan;D. J. Currie;K. Cottenie;G. S. Cumming

  • The Evolution of Maximum Body Size of Terrestrial Mammals

    Felisa A. Smith;Alison G. Boyer;James H. Brown;Daniel P. Costa

  • Rodents, plants, and precipitation: spatial and temporal dynamics of consumers and resources

    S. K. Morgan Ernest;James H. Brown;Robert R. Parmenter

  • Thermodynamic and metabolic effects on the scaling of production and population energy use

    S. K. Morgan Ernest;Brian J. Enquist;James H. Brown;Eric L. Charnov

  • LIFE HISTORY CHARACTERISTICS OF PLACENTAL NONVOLANT MAMMALS

    S. K. Morgan Ernest

  • Rain and Rodents: Complex Dynamics of Desert Consumers

    James H. Brown;S. K. Morgan Ernest

  • Homeostasis and compensation: the role of species and resources in ecosystem stability

    S. K. Morgan Ernest;James H. Brown

  • Similarity of mammalian body size across the taxonomic hierarchy and across space and time.

    Felisa A. Smith;Felisa A. Smith;James H. Brown;John P. Haskell;S. Kathleen Lyons

  • Community assembly and the functioning of ecosystems: how metacommunity processes alter ecosystems attributes.

    Mathew A. Leibold;Jonathan M. Chase;S. K. Morgan Ernest

  • Species‐level and community‐level responses to disturbance: a cross‐community analysis

    Sarah R. Supp;S. K. Morgan Ernest

  • Integrating community assembly and biodiversity to better understand ecosystem function: the Community Assembly and the Functioning of Ecosystems (CAFE) approach.

    Katherine H. Bannar-Martin;Colin T. Kremer;S.K. Morgan Ernest;Mathew A. Leibold

  • The maximum rate of mammal evolution

    Alistair R. Evans;David Jones;Alison G. Boyer;James H. Brown

  • The Offspring‐Size/Clutch‐Size Trade‐Off in Mammals

    Eric L. Charnov;S. K. Morgan Ernest

  • Zero-sum, the niche,and metacommunities: long-term dynamics of community assembly

    S. K. Morgan Ernest;James H. Brown;Katherine M. Thibault;Ethan P. White

  • Delayed compensation for missing keystone species by colonization.

    S. K. Morgan Ernest;James H. Brown

Frequent Co-Authors

Ethan P. White
Ethan P. White University of Florida
James H. Brown
James H. Brown University of New Mexico
Felisa A. Smith
Felisa A. Smith University of New Mexico
S. Kathleen Lyons
S. Kathleen Lyons University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Thomas J. Valone
Thomas J. Valone Saint Louis University
Jacob R. Goheen
Jacob R. Goheen University of Wyoming
Peter B. Adler
Peter B. Adler Utah State University
Mathew A. Leibold
Mathew A. Leibold University of Florida
Richard M. Sibly
Richard M. Sibly University of Reading
Mikael Fortelius
Mikael Fortelius University of Helsinki

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