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98
Citations
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World Ranking
313
National Ranking
21

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2006 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Stan Boutin is affiliated with the University of Alberta in Canada and specializes in Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research focuses primarily on Ecology and its subfields, including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecological Modeling, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Social Psychology.

Boutin's main research topics encompass Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Bat Biology and Ecology Studies, Rangeland and Wildlife Management, and broader Plant and Animal studies.

The scientist has contributed frequently to several publication venues. These include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 9 publications, Ecology with 6, Canadian Journal of Zoology and Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences each with 5, and Journal of Animal Ecology with 5 publications.

Stan Boutin's recent papers include:

  • "Genetic variance in fitness indicates rapid contemporary adaptive evolution in wild animals" (2022, Science)
  • "The ecology of human-carnivore coexistence" (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • "Ecological insights from three decades of animal movement tracking across a changing Arctic" (2020, Science)
  • "Habitat loss accelerates for the endangered woodland caribou in western Canada" (2021, Conservation Science and Practice)
  • "Climate change increases predation risk for a keystone species of the boreal forest" (2020, Nature Climate Change)

Frequent collaborators with whom Boutin has co-authored numerous papers are Ben Dantzer, Andrew G. McAdam, Jeffrey E. Lane, Rudy Boonstra, and Emily K. Studd.

In recognition of their academic contributions, Stan Boutin was awarded the title of Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2006 by the Academy of Science.

Best Publications

  • REVIEW: Wildlife camera trapping: a review and recommendations for linking surveys to ecological processes

    A. Cole Burton;Eric Neilson;Dario Moreira;Andrew Ladle

  • Food supplementation experiments with terrestrial vertebrates: patterns, problems, and the future

    Stan Boutin

  • Impact of food and predation on the snowshoe hare cycle.

    Charles J. Krebs;Stan Boutin;Rudy Boonstra;A. R. E. Sinclair

  • Genetic and plastic responses of a northern mammal to climate change

    Denis Réale;Andrew G. McAdam;Stan Boutin;Dominique Berteaux

  • Avoidance of Industrial Development by Woodland Caribou

    Simon J. Dyer;Jack P. O'neill;Shawn M. Wasel;Stan Boutin

  • Quantitative review of riparian buffer width guidelines from Canada and the United States.

    Philip Lee;Cheryl Smyth;Stan Boutin

  • What Drives the 10-year Cycle of Snowshoe Hares?

    Charles J. Krebs;Rudy Boonstra;Stan Boutin

  • Seasonal, spatial, and maternal effects on gut microbiome in wild red squirrels.

    Tiantian Ren;Stan Boutin;Murray M. Humphries;Ben Dantzer

  • Density triggers maternal hormones that increase adaptive offspring growth in a wild mammal.

    Ben Dantzer;Amy E. M. Newman;Rudy Boonstra;Rupert Palme

  • Chronic industrial noise affects pairing success and age structure of ovenbirds Seiurus aurocapilla

    Lucas Habib;Erin M. Bayne;Stan Boutin

  • Keeping Pace with Fast Climate Change: Can Arctic Life Count on Evolution?

    Dominique Berteaux;Denis Réale;Andrew G. McAdam;Stan Boutin

  • Quantifying barrier effects of roads and seismic lines on movements of female woodland caribou in northeastern Alberta

    Simon J Dyer;Jack P O'Neill;Shawn M Wasel;Stan Boutin

  • Impacts of Chronic Anthropogenic Noise from Energy-Sector Activity on Abundance of Songbirds in the Boreal Forest

    Erin M. Bayne;Lucas Habib;Stan Boutin

  • Ecosystem dynamics of the boreal forest: the Kluane project.

    Charles J. Krebs;Stan A. Boutin;Rudy Boonstra

  • Faster and farther: wolf movement on linear features and implications for hunting behaviour

    Melanie Dickie;Robert Serrouya;R. Scott McNay;Stan Boutin

  • The interaction between personality, offspring fitness and food abundance in North American red squirrels

    Adrienne K. Boon;Denis Réale;Stan Boutin

  • FUNCTIONAL RESPONSES OF COYOTES AND LYNX TO THE SNOWSHOE HARE CYCLE

    Mark O’Donoghue;Stan Boutin;Charles J. Krebs;Gustavo Zuleta

  • Personality, habitat use, and their consequences for survival in North American red squirrels Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

    Adrienne K. Boon;Denis Réale;Stan Boutin

  • Movement responses by wolves to industrial linear features and their effect on woodland caribou in northeastern Alberta

    A. David M. Latham;M. Cecilia Latham;Mark S. Boyce;Stan Boutin

  • Numerical responses of coyotes and lynx to the snowshoe hare cycle

    Mark O'Donoghue;Stan Boutin;Charles J. Krebs;Elizabeth J. Hofer

  • Movements, survival, and settlement of red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) offspring

    Karl W. Larsen;Stan Boutin

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew G. McAdam
Andrew G. McAdam University of Colorado Boulder
Murray M. Humphries
Murray M. Humphries McGill University
Rudy Boonstra
Rudy Boonstra University of Toronto
Charles J. Krebs
Charles J. Krebs University of British Columbia
David W. Coltman
David W. Coltman University of Western Ontario
Erin M. Bayne
Erin M. Bayne University of Alberta
Dominique Berteaux
Dominique Berteaux Université du Québec à Rimouski
Rupert Palme
Rupert Palme University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Anthony R. E. Sinclair
Anthony R. E. Sinclair University of British Columbia
John R. Speakman
John R. Speakman University of Aberdeen

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