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Sarah M. Durant

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
44
Citations
7753
World Ranking
5058
National Ranking
548

Sarah M. Durant publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 106 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Sarah M. Durant 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 Sarah M. Durant sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Sarah M. Durant is affiliated with the Zoological Society of London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans various aspects of environmental science, with a primary focus on ecology and related subfields. Durant's published work includes extensive contributions in the areas of wildlife ecology, species distribution affected by climate change, rangeland management, human-animal interactions, land use, zoonotic diseases, and biodiversity conservation.

The main fields of study for Durant include:

  • Environmental Science

Within this broad field, the principal subfields of study are:

  • Ecology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
  • Ecological Modeling
  • Genetics

Durant's published research covers various scientific topics. The main topics include:

  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
  • Human-Animal Interaction Studies
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Zoonotic diseases and public health
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management

Durant has contributed to multiple research articles between 2020 and 2022. Selected recent papers include:

  • "Improving Predictions of Climate Change-Land Use Change Interactions," 2020, published in Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • "Combining optical and radar satellite image time series to map natural vegetation: savannas as an example," 2020, Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation
  • "What wild dogs want: habitat selection differs across life stages and orders of selection in a wide-ranging carnivore," 2020, BMC Zoology
  • "Fostering Coexistence Between People and Large Carnivores in Africa: Using a Theory of Change to Identify Pathways to Impact and Their Underlying Assumptions," 2022, Frontiers in Conservation Science
  • "Decision-Making for Rewilding: An Adaptive Governance Framework for Social-Ecological Complexity," 2021, Frontiers in Conservation Science

The frequent co-authors working with Durant include:

  • Henrike Schulte to Bühne
  • Nathalie Pettorelli
  • Joshua Elves-Powell
  • Jan C. Axmacher
  • John D. C. Linnell

The main publication venues where Durant's work appears frequently are:

  • Frontiers in Conservation Science
  • Global Ecology and Conservation
  • African Journal of Ecology
  • Conservation Biology
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Best Publications

  • Matriarchs As Repositories of Social Knowledge in African Elephants

    Karen McComb;Karen McComb;Cynthia Moss;Sarah M. Durant;Lucy Baker;Lucy Baker

  • Competition refuges and coexistence : an example from Serengeti carnivores

    Sarah M. Durant

  • Leopard (Panthera pardus) status, distribution, and the research efforts across its range

    Andrew P. Jacobson;Andrew P. Jacobson;Peter Gerngross;Joseph R. Lemeris;Rebecca F. Schoonover

  • Living with the enemy: avoidance of hyenas and lions by cheetahs in the Serengeti

    Sarah M. Durant

  • Leadership in elephants: the adaptive value of age

    Karen McComb;Graeme Shannon;Graeme Shannon;Sarah M. Durant;Katito Sayialel

  • Saving the World's Terrestrial Megafauna

    William J Ripple;Guillaume Chapron;José Vicente López-Bao;Sarah M. Durant

  • The global decline of cheetah Acinonyx jubatus and what it means for conservation.

    Sarah M. Durant;Sarah M. Durant;Sarah M. Durant;Nicholas Mitchell;Nicholas Mitchell;Rosemary Groom;Rosemary Groom;Nathalie Pettorelli;Nathalie Pettorelli

  • Making rewilding fit for policy

    Nathalie Pettorelli;Jos Barlow;Philip A. Stephens;Sarah M. Durant

  • Carnivores, culture and ‘contagious conflict’: Multiple factors influence perceived problems with carnivores in Tanzania’s Ruaha landscape

    Amy J. Dickman;Leela Hazzah;Chris Carbone;Sarah M Durant

  • Forgotten Biodiversity in Desert Ecosystems

    S. M. Durant;S. M. Durant;N. Pettorelli;S. Bashir;R. Woodroffe

  • To Fence or Not to Fence

    Rosie Woodroffe;Simon Hedges;Sarah M. Durant

  • Fiddling in biodiversity hotspots while deserts burn? Collapse of the Sahara's megafauna

    S. M. Durant;S. M. Durant;T. Wacher;S. Bashir;R. Woodroffe

  • Demography of the Serengeti cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) population: the first 25 years

    Marcella J. Kelly;M. Karen Laurenson;Clare D. FitzGibbon;D. Anthony Collins

  • Substrate and species constraints on the use of track incidences to estimate African large carnivore abundance

    P. J. Funston;L. Frank;T. Stephens;Z. Davidson

  • Predation, individual variability and vertebrate population dynamics

    Nathalie Pettorelli;Tim Coulson;Sarah M. Durant;Jean-Michel Gaillard

  • Carnivore biodiversity in Tanzania: revealing the distribution patterns of secretive mammals using camera traps

    N. Pettorelli;A. L. Lobora;M. J. Msuha;M. J. Msuha;C. Foley;C. Foley

  • Genetic analysis reveals promiscuity among female cheetahs.

    Dada Gottelli;Jinliang Wang;Sultana Bashir;Sultana Bashir;Sultana Bashir;Sarah M Durant;Sarah M Durant;Sarah M Durant

  • Predator avoidance, breeding experience and reproductive success in endangered cheetahs, Acinonyx jubatus.

    Sarah M. Durant

  • Road will ruin Serengeti

    Andrew P. Dobson;Markus Borner;Anthony R. E. Sinclair;Peter J. Hudson

  • Factors affecting life and death in Serengeti cheetahs: environment, age, and sociality

    Sarah M. Durant;Marcella Kelly;Tim M. Caro

  • Effects of social disruption in elephants persist decades after culling

    Graeme Shannon;Graeme Shannon;Rob Slotow;Sarah M Durant;Katito N Sayialel

Frequent Co-Authors

Nathalie Pettorelli
Nathalie Pettorelli Zoological Society of London
Rosie Woodroffe
Rosie Woodroffe Zoological Society of London
Tim Caro
Tim Caro University of California, Davis
Anthony R. E. Sinclair
Anthony R. E. Sinclair University of British Columbia
Ray Hilborn
Ray Hilborn University of Washington
Peter A. Lindsey
Peter A. Lindsey Griffith University
Amy Dickman
Amy Dickman University of Oxford
Iain Douglas-Hamilton
Iain Douglas-Hamilton Save the Elephants
Jonathan E. M. Baillie
Jonathan E. M. Baillie Zoological Society of London
Fiona Maisels
Fiona Maisels Wildlife Conservation Society

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