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Scott E. Nielsen

Scott E. Nielsen

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
53
Citations
14960
World Ranking
3228
National Ranking
221

Overview

Scott E. Nielsen is affiliated with the University of Alberta in Canada. Their primary field of study is Environmental Science, with a focus on various subfields including Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecological Modeling, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

They have contributed extensively to research areas such as Fire effects on ecosystems, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Rangeland and Wildlife Management, and Climate change and permafrost.

Frequent co-authors of Scott E. Nielsen include Diana Stralberg, Mark A. Edwards, Angelo T. Filicetti, Lee J. Hecker, and Jacqueline M. Dennett.

Their work has been published often in venues such as Canadian Journal of Forest Research, Forests, Forest Ecology and Management, Ecology and Evolution, and Canadian Journal of Zoology.

Recent papers include the following:

  • The ecology of human-carnivore coexistence, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Climate-change refugia in boreal North America: what, where, and for how long?, 2020, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
  • Toward a climate-informed North American protected areas network: Incorporating climate-change refugia and corridors in conservation planning, 2020, Conservation Letters
  • Seismic Line Disturbance Alters Soil Physical and Chemical Properties Across Boreal Forest and Peatland Soils, 2020, Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Gene flow and climate-associated genetic variation in a vagile habitat specialist, 2020, Molecular Ecology

Best Publications

  • Evaluating resource selection functions

    Mark S Boyce;Pierre R Vernier;Scott E Nielsen;Fiona K.A Schmiegelow

  • Resource Selection Functions Based on Use-Availability Data: Theoretical Motivation and Evaluation Methods

    Chris J. Johnson;Scott E. Nielsen;Evelyn H. Merrill;Trent L. McDONALD

  • Application of random effects to the study of resource selection by animals

    Cameron S. Gillies;Mark Hebblewhite;Scott E. Nielsen;Meg A. Krawchuk

  • Removing GPS collar bias in habitat selection studies

    Jacqueline L. Frair;Scott E. Nielsen;Evelyn H. Merrill;Subhash R. Lele

  • A habitat-based framework for grizzly bear conservation in Alberta

    Scott Eric Nielsen;Gordon B. Stenhouse;Mark S. Boyce

  • Seasonal and Diel Patterns of Grizzly Bear Diet and Activity in West-Central Alberta

    R. H M. Munro;S. E. Nielsen;M. H. Price;G. B. Stenhouse

  • Modelling the spatial distribution of human-caused grizzly bear mortalities in the Central Rockies ecosystem of Canada

    Scott E. Nielsen;Stephen Herrero;Mark S. Boyce;Richard D. Mace

  • Can models of presence‐absence be used to scale abundance? Two case studies considering extremes in life history

    Scott E. Nielsen;Chris J. Johnson;Douglas C. Heard;Mark S. Boyce

  • Range‐wide patterns of greater sage‐grouse persistence

    Cameron L. Aldridge;Scott E. Nielsen;Scott E. Nielsen;Hawthorne L. Beyer;Hawthorne L. Beyer;Mark S. Boyce

  • Velocity of climate change algorithms for guiding conservation and management

    Andreas Hamann;David R. Roberts;Quinn E. Barber;Carlos Carroll

  • Grizzly bears and forestry I: Selection of clearcuts by grizzly bears in west-central Alberta, Canada

    Scott E. Nielsen;Mark S. Boyce;Gordon B. Stenhouse

  • Dynamic wildlife habitat models: Seasonal foods and mortality risk predict occupancy-abundance and habitat selection in grizzly bears

    Scott E. Nielsen;Greg McDermid;Gordon B. Stenhouse;Mark S. Boyce

  • Accounting for spatially biased sampling effort in presence‐only species distribution modelling

    Jessica Stolar;Scott E. Nielsen

  • REVIEW: Can habitat selection predict abundance?

    Mark S. Boyce;Chris J. Johnson;Evelyn H. Merrill;Scott E. Nielsen

  • Natural regeneration of forest vegetation on legacy seismic lines in boreal habitats in Alberta’s oil sands region

    Cassidy K. van Rensen;Scott E. Nielsen;Barry White;Tim Vinge

  • Grizzly bears and forestry II. Distribution of grizzly bear foods in clearcuts of west-central Alberta, Canada

    S.E. Nielsen;R.H.M. Munro;E.L. Bainbridge;G.B. Stenhouse

  • The ecology of human–carnivore coexistence

    Clayton T. Lamb;Clayton T. Lamb;Adam T. Ford;Bruce N. McLellan;Michael F. Proctor

  • Scale-dependent complementarity of climatic velocity and environmental diversity for identifying priority areas for conservation under climate change

    Carlos Carroll;David R. Roberts;Julia L. Michalak;Joshua J. Lawler

  • Forbidden fruit: human settlement and abundant fruit create an ecological trap for an apex omnivore

    Clayton T. Lamb;Garth Mowat;Bruce N. McLellan;Scott E. Nielsen

  • Wildfire‐mediated vegetation change in boreal forests of Alberta, Canada

    Diana Stralberg;Xianli Wang;Xianli Wang;Marc‐André Parisien;François‐Nicolas Robinne

  • Identification of Priority Areas for Grizzly Bear Conservation and Recovery in Alberta, Canada

    S.E. Nielsen;G.B. Stenhouse;J. Cranston

  • Development and testing of phenologically driven grizzly bear habitat models

    Scott E. Nielsen;Mark S. Boyce;Gordon B. Stenhouse;Robin H.M. Munro

  • MODELING GRIZZLY BEAR HABITATS IN THE YELLOWHEAD ECOSYSTEM OF ALBERTA: TAKING AUTOCORRELATION SERIOUSLY

    Scott E. Nielsen;Mark S. Boyce

Frequent Co-Authors

Gordon B. Stenhouse
Gordon B. Stenhouse Western University of Health Sciences
Mark S. Boyce
Mark S. Boyce University of Alberta
Nicholas C. Coops
Nicholas C. Coops University of British Columbia
Cameron L. Aldridge
Cameron L. Aldridge Colorado State University
S. Ellen Macdonald
S. Ellen Macdonald University of Alberta
Michael A. Wulder
Michael A. Wulder Natural Resources Canada
Stan Boutin
Stan Boutin University of Alberta
Erin M. Bayne
Erin M. Bayne University of Alberta
Trisalyn A. Nelson
Trisalyn A. Nelson University of California, Santa Barbara
John R. Spence
John R. Spence University of Alberta

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