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D-Index
32
Citations
6092
World Ranking
7999
National Ranking
2654

Tal Avgar 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 Tal Avgar sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 87 publications — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Tal Avgar 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 Tal Avgar sits on this spectrum.

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5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Tal Avgar is affiliated with Utah State University in the United States and specializes in the field of Environmental Science. Their research largely focuses on multiple interconnected subfields including Ecology, Ecological Modeling, Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and studies related to Small Animals.

The primary thematic areas of Tal Avgar's work cover a variety of topics centered around wildlife and ecological dynamics. These include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation, Evolution and Genetic Dynamics, and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies.

Tal Avgar has published research in several academic venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Journal of Wildlife Management
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Animal Ecology
  • Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Some of the more recent papers associated with Tal Avgar's research include:

  • "Habitat selection patterns are density dependent under the ideal free distribution" (2020), Journal of Animal Ecology
  • "A 'How to' guide for interpreting parameters in habitat-selection analyses" (2021), Journal of Animal Ecology
  • "The Cognitive Ecology of Animal Movement: Evidence From Birds and Mammals" (2021), Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • "Unravelling the origins of anomalous diffusion: From molecules to migrating storks" (2022), Physical Review Research
  • "Behavioral responses of terrestrial mammals to COVID-19 lockdowns" (2023), Science

Tal Avgar often collaborates with other researchers. Frequent co-authors in their body of work include:

  • Brian J. Smith
  • John Fieberg
  • Johannes Signer
  • Björn Reineking
  • Ulrike E. Schlägel

Best Publications

  • Moving in the Anthropocene : global reductions in terrestrial mammalian movements

    Marlee A. Tucker;Katrin Böhning-Gaese;William F. Fagan;John M. Fryxell

  • Spatial memory and animal movement

    William F. Fagan;Mark A. Lewis;Marie Auger-Méthé;Tal Avgar

  • Animal movement tools (amt): R package for managing tracking data and conducting habitat selection analyses.

    Johannes Signer;John Fieberg;Tal Avgar

  • Integrated step selection analysis: bridging the gap between resource selection and animal movement

    Tal Avgar;Jonathan R. Potts;Mark A. Lewis;Mark S. Boyce

  • A 'How-to' Guide for Interpreting Parameters in Habitat-Selection Analyses.

    John Fieberg;Johannes Signer;Brian Smith;Tal Avgar

  • Relative Selection Strength: Quantifying effect size in habitat- and step-selection inference.

    Tal Avgar;Subhash R. Lele;Jonah L. Keim;Mark S. Boyce

  • Environmental and individual drivers of animal movement patterns across a wide geographical gradient

    Tal Avgar;Anna A. Mosser;Glen S. Brown;John M. Fryxell

  • On the adaptive benefits of mammal migration

    Tal Avgar;Garrett M. Street;John M. Fryxell

  • Corridors or risk? Movement along, and use of, linear features varies predictably among large mammal predator and prey species.

    Melanie Dickie;Scott R. McNay;Glenn D. Sutherland;Michael Cody

  • Characterizing wildlife behavioural responses to roads using integrated step selection analysis

    Christina M. Prokopenko;Mark S. Boyce;Tal Avgar

  • Estimating utilization distributions from fitted step-selection functions

    Johannes Signer;John Fieberg;Tal Avgar

  • Space-use behaviour of woodland caribou based on a cognitive movement model.

    Tal Avgar;James A. Baker;Glen S. Brown;Jevon S. Hagens

  • Animal movement affects interpretation of occupancy models from camera‐trap surveys of unmarked animals

    Eric W. Neilson;Eric W. Neilson;Tal Avgar;Tal Avgar;A. Cole Burton;Kate Broadley

  • Wolves adapt territory size, not pack size to local habitat quality.

    Andrew M. Kittle;Morgan Anderson;Tal Avgar;James A. Baker

  • Behavioral responses of terrestrial mammals to COVID-19 lockdowns

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  • An empirically parameterized individual based model of animal movement, perception, and memory

    Tal Avgar;Rob Deardon;John M. Fryxell

  • Grizzly bear response to spatio-temporal variability in human recreational activity

    Andrew Ladle;Tal Avgar;Matthew Wheatley;Gordon B. Stenhouse

  • Landscape-Level Wolf Space Use is Correlated With Prey Abundance, Ease of Mobility and the Distribution of Prey Habitat

    Andrew M. Kittle;Morgan Anderson;Tal Avgar;James A. Baker

  • Habitat selection patterns are density-dependent under the Ideal Free Distribution.

    Tal Avgar;Gustavo S. Betini;John M. Fryxell

  • Roads elicit negative movement and habitat-selection responses by wolverines (Gulo gulo luscus)

    Matthew A Scrafford;Tal Avgar;Rick Heeres;Mark S Boyce

  • The Cognitive Ecology of Animal Movement: Evidence From Birds and Mammals

    Tovah Kashetsky;Tal Avgar;Reuven Dukas

  • Extent-dependent habitat selection in a migratory large herbivore: road avoidance across scales

    Christina M. Prokopenko;Mark S. Boyce;Tal Avgar

  • Density-dependent space use affects interpretation of camera trap detection rates.

    Kate Broadley;A. Cole Burton;Tal Avgar;Stan Boutin

Frequent Co-Authors

John M. Fryxell
John M. Fryxell University of Guelph
Arthur R. Rodgers
Arthur R. Rodgers Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
Mark S. Boyce
Mark S. Boyce University of Alberta
John R Fieberg
John R Fieberg University of Minnesota
Brent R. Patterson
Brent R. Patterson Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
Ran Nathan
Ran Nathan Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Ian D. Thompson
Ian D. Thompson Canadian Forest Service
Stan Boutin
Stan Boutin University of Alberta
Thomas Mueller
Thomas Mueller Goethe University Frankfurt
Mark A. Lewis
Mark A. Lewis University of Victoria

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