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Thierry Boulinier

Thierry Boulinier

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
55
Citations
13104
World Ranking
2940
National Ranking
123

Thierry Boulinier publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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This scientist: 156 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Thierry Boulinier 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 Thierry Boulinier sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 55 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Thierry Boulinier is affiliated with the University of Montpellier in France, focusing on research at the intersection of environmental science and medicine. Their work predominantly addresses ecological dynamics, infectious diseases, and epidemiological processes affecting wildlife, particularly avian species.

Their recent publications cover various aspects of avian ecology and disease transmission. Recent papers include:

  • Multispecies tracking reveals a major seabird hotspot in the North Atlantic, 2021, Conservation Letters
  • Avian influenza spread and seabird movements between colonies, 2023, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • Highly pathogenic avian influenza affects vultures' movements and breeding output, 2023, Current Biology
  • Active breeding seabirds prospect alternative breeding colonies, 2023, Oecologia
  • Climate change in the Arctic: Testing the poleward expansion of ticks and tick-borne diseases, 2023, Global Change Biology

Their research topics involve several key areas:

  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Influenza Virus Research Studies
  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Zoonotic diseases and public health
  • Bird parasitology and diseases

Research fields and subfields pursued by Boulinier include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Medicine
  • Ecology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Parasitology
  • Epidemiology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Boulinier's frequent coauthors reflect a collaborative research environment, including:

  • Amandine Gamble
  • J Tornos
  • Augustin Clessin
  • Mathilde Lejeune
  • Valentin Ollivier

Boulinier's work has been published predominantly in several venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Scientific Reports
  • eLife
  • Conservation Letters

Best Publications

  • Monitoring of biological diversity in space and time

    Nigel G. Yoccoz;James D. Nichols;Thierry Boulinier

  • ESTIMATING SPECIES RICHNESS: THE IMPORTANCE OF HETEROGENEITY IN SPECIES DETECTABILITY

    Thierry Boulinier;James D. Nichols;John R. Sauer;James E. Hines

  • CONSPECIFIC REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS AND BREEDING HABITAT SELECTION: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE STUDY OF COLONIALITY

    Etienne Danchin;Thierry Boulinier;Manuel Massot

  • Analysis of aggregation, a worked example: numbers of ticks on red grouse chicks

    D. A. Elston;R. Moss;T. Boulinier;C. Arrowsmith

  • When to use public information for breeding habitat selection? The role of environmental predictability and density dependence

    Blandine Doligez;Claire Cadet;Etienne Danchin;Thierry Boulinier

  • Informed Dispersal: Prospecting by Birds for Breeding Sites

    J. Michael Reed;Thierry Boulinier;Etienne Danchin;Lewis W. Oring

  • Spatial ecology and conservation of seabirds facing global climate change: a review

    David Grémillet;Thierry Boulinier

  • The use of conspecific reproductive success for breeding patch selection in terrestrial migratory species

    Thierry Boulinier;Etienne Danchin

  • Forest fragmentation and bird community dynamics: inference at regional scales

    Thierry Boulinier;Thierry Boulinier;Thierry Boulinier;James D. Nichols;James E. Hines;John R. Sauer

  • Inference Methods for Spatial Variation in Species Richness and Community Composition When Not All Species Are Detected

    James D. Nichols;Thierry Boulinier;Thierry Boulinier;James E. Hines;Kenneth H. Pollock

  • Multicolony tracking reveals the winter distribution of a pelagic seabird on an ocean basin scale

    Morten Frederiksen;Børge Moe;Francis Daunt;Richard A. Phillips

  • Maternal transfer of antibodies: raising immuno-ecology issues.

    Thierry Boulinier;Vincent Staszewski

  • Timing of prospecting and the value of information in a colonial breeding bird

    Thierry Boulinier;Etienne Danchin;Jean-Yves Monnat;Claire Doutrelant

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

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

  • ESTIMATING RATES OF LOCAL SPECIES EXTINCTION, COLONIZATION, AND TURNOVER IN ANIMAL COMMUNITIES

    James D. Nichols;Thierry Boulinier;James E. Hines;Kenneth H. Pollock

  • Host-dependent genetic structure of parasite populations: differential dispersal of seabird tick host races.

    Karen D. McCoy;Thierry Boulinier;Claire Tirard;Yannis Michalakis

  • Host specificity of a generalist parasite: genetic evidence of sympatric host races in the seabird tick Ixodes uriae

    K. D. Mccoy;T. Boulinier;C. Tirard;Y. Michalakis

  • Public information affects breeding dispersal in a colonial bird: kittiwakes cue on neighbours

    Thierry Boulinier;Karen D McCoy;Nigel G Yoccoz;Julien Gasparini

  • Higher temporal variability of forest breeding bird communities in fragmented landscapes

    Thierry Boulinier;James D. Nichols;James E. Hines;John R. Sauer

  • Induced maternal response to the Lyme disease spirochaete Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in a colonial seabird, the kittiwake Rissa tridactyla

    Julien Gasparini;Karen D. McCoy;Claudy Haussy;Torkild Tveraa

  • Genetics of host-parasite interactions.

    Gabriele Sorci;Anders Pape Møller;Thierry Boulinier

Frequent Co-Authors

Karen D. McCoy
Karen D. McCoy University of Montpellier
Torkild Tveraa
Torkild Tveraa Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
David Grémillet
David Grémillet Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
James D. Nichols
James D. Nichols United States Geological Survey
Etienne G. J. Danchin
Etienne G. J. Danchin INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Jacob González-Solís
Jacob González-Solís University of Barcelona
Henri Weimerskirch
Henri Weimerskirch Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
James E. Hines
James E. Hines United States Geological Survey
Claire Doutrelant
Claire Doutrelant University of Montpellier
Kenneth H. Pollock
Kenneth H. Pollock North Carolina State University

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