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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
86
Citations
24429
World Ranking
599
National Ranking
92

Sarah Wanless 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 Sarah Wanless sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 384 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Sarah Wanless 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 Wanless sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 86 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2006 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Overview

Sarah Wanless is affiliated with the Natural Environment Research Council in the United Kingdom. Their work primarily focuses on environmental science, with particular attention to various subfields such as ecology, ecological modeling, nature and landscape conservation, and global and planetary change.

Wanless's research encompasses a wide range of topics including avian ecology and behavior, wildlife ecology and conservation, animal behavior and reproduction, species distribution and climate change, fish ecology and management studies, marine and fisheries research, and viral infections and vectors.

The scientist has contributed to several notable publications. Some recent papers include:

  • Multispecies tracking reveals a major seabird hotspot in the North Atlantic (2021) published in Conservation Letters
  • High pathogenicity avian influenza (H5N1) in Northern Gannets (Morus bassanus): Global spread, clinical signs and demographic consequences (2023) published in Ibis
  • A year in the life of a North Atlantic seabird: behavioural and energetic adjustments during the annual cycle (2020) published in Scientific Reports
  • Hemispheric asymmetry in ocean change and the productivity of ecosystem sentinels (2021) published in Science
  • Strong survival selection on seasonal migration versus residence induced by extreme climatic events (2020) published in Journal of Animal Ecology

Wanless has frequently collaborated with several researchers, including:

  • Francis Daunt (47 co-publications)
  • Mark A. Newell (30 co-publications)
  • M. P. Harris (22 co-publications)
  • Mike Harris (13 co-publications)
  • Svein-Håkon Lorentsen (11 co-publications)

Wanless's publications appear regularly in established venues such as the Journal of Animal Ecology, Marine Ecology Progress Series, Ibis, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

The scientist was recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2006.

Best Publications

  • Trophic level asynchrony in rates of phenological change for marine, freshwater and terrestrial environments

    Stephen J. Thackeray;Timothy H. Sparks;Morten Frederiksen;Sarah Burthe

  • Phenological sensitivity to climate across taxa and trophic levels

    Stephen J. Thackeray;Peter A. Henrys;Deborah Hemming;James R. Bell

  • From plankton to top predators: bottom-up control of a marine food web across four trophic levels.

    Morten Frederiksen;Martin Edwards;Anthony J. Richardson;Anthony J. Richardson;Nicholas C. Halliday

  • Evidence of intra-specific competition for food in a pelagic seabird

    Sue Lewis;T. N. Sherratt;K. C. Hamer;S. Wanless

  • Low energy values of fish as a probable cause of a major seabird breeding failure in the North Sea

    S. Wanless;M. P. Harris;P. Redman;J. R. Speakman

  • Towards a climate-dependent paradigm of ammonia emission and deposition

    Mark A. Sutton;Stefan Reis;Stuart N. Riddick;Ulrike Dragosits

  • The role of industrial fisheries and oceanographic change in the decline of North Sea black‐legged kittiwakes

    Morten Frederiksen;Sarah Wanless;Michael P. Harris;Peter Rothery

  • Can Ethograms Be Automatically Generated Using Body Acceleration Data from Free-Ranging Birds?

    Kentaro Q. Sakamoto;Katsufumi Sato;Mayumi Ishizuka;Yutaka Watanuki

  • Space partitioning without territoriality in gannets.

    Ewan D. Wakefield;Thomas W. Bodey;Stuart Bearhop;Jez Blackburn

  • Sex-specific foraging behaviour in a monomorphic seabird

    Sue Lewis;S. Benvenuti;L. Dall'Antonia;R. Griffiths

  • Seabirds as indicators of marine ecosystems

    John F. Piatt;William J. Sydeman;Francis Wiese

  • Reproductive senescence in a long-lived seabird: rates of decline in late-life performance are associated with varying costs of early reproduction.

    Thomas E. Reed;Loeske E. B. Kruuk;Sarah Wanless;Morten Frederiksen

  • The demographic impact of extreme events: stochastic weather drives survival and population dynamics in a long-lived seabird.

    M. Frederiksen;F. Daunt;M. P. Harris;S. Wanless

  • Spatial match–mismatch in the Benguela upwelling zone: should we expect chlorophyll and sea-surface temperature to predict marine predator distributions?

    David Grémillet;David Grémillet;Sue Lewis;Laurent Drapeau;Carl D. Van Der Lingen

  • Telomere loss in relation to age and early environment in long-lived birds

    Margaret E. Hall;Lubna Nasir;Francis Daunt;Elizabeth A. Gault

  • Scale‐dependent climate signals drive breeding phenology of three seabird species

    Morten Frederiksen;Michael P. Harris;Francis Daunt;Peter Rothery

  • Effects of prey abundance on the foraging behaviour, diving efficiency and time allocation of breeding guillemots Uria aalge

    P. Monaghan;P. Walton;S. Wanless;J.D. Uttley

  • Research priorities for seabirds: improving conservation and management in the 21st century

    R. Lewison;D. Oro;B. J. Godley;L. Underhill

  • Spatial match-mismatch across four trophic levels of the Benguela upwelling zone during an ecosystem shift.

    David Gremillet;Sue Lewis;Laurent Drapeau;Carl D. van der Lingen

  • Competition for breeding sites and site‐dependent population regulation in a highly colonial seabird, the common guillemot Uria aalge

    Hanna Kokko;Hanna Kokko;Michael P. Harris;Sarah Wanless

  • Effects of changes in sandeel availability on the reproductive output of seabirds

    Anna Rindorf;S. Wanless;M.P. Harris

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael P. Harris
Michael P. Harris UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Francis Daunt
Francis Daunt Natural Environment Research Council
David Grémillet
David Grémillet Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Morten Frederiksen
Morten Frederiksen Aarhus University
Keith C. Hamer
Keith C. Hamer University of Leeds
David A. Elston
David A. Elston James Hutton Institute
Yutaka Watanuki
Yutaka Watanuki Hokkaido University
Richard A. Phillips
Richard A. Phillips British Antarctic Survey
Robert W. Furness
Robert W. Furness University of Glasgow
Pat Monaghan
Pat Monaghan University of Glasgow

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