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Todd C. Esque

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
32
Citations
2945
World Ranking
8161
National Ranking
2700

Todd C. Esque publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 132 publications — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Todd C. Esque 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 Todd C. Esque sits on this spectrum.

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

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Overview

Todd C. Esque is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on Environmental Science, with significant contributions spanning Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Genetics.

Their work addresses several main topics including:

  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Turtle Biology and Conservation
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Rangeland and Wildlife Management
  • Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
  • Plant and animal studies

Key recent papers by Todd C. Esque and colleagues include:

  • What common-garden experiments tell us about climate responses in plants, 2022, Journal of Ecology
  • Comparing sample bias correction methods for species distribution modeling using virtual species, 2021, Ecosphere
  • Using movement to inform conservation corridor design for Mojave desert tortoise, 2020, Movement Ecology
  • Harnessing landscape genomics to identify future climate resilient genotypes in a desert annual, 2020, Molecular Ecology
  • Dispersal limitations increase vulnerability under climate change for reptiles and amphibians in the southwestern United States, 2022, Journal of Wildlife Management

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Todd C. Esque include:

  • Kenneth E. Nussear
  • Lesley A. DeFalco
  • Daniel F. Shryock
  • K. Kristina Drake
  • Amy G. Vandergast

Their research has been published predominantly in venues such as:

  • Ecosphere
  • Journal of Ecology
  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Ecology and Evolution
  • PLoS ONE

Best Publications

  • Effects of subsidized predators, resource variability, and human population density on desert tortoise populations in the Mojave Desert, USA.

    Todd C. Esque;Kenneth E. Nussear;K. Kristina Drake;Andrew D. Walde

  • The importance of physiological ecology in conservation biology

    C. Richard Tracy;K. E. Nussear;T. C. Esque;K. Dean-Bradley

  • Multiscale connectivity and graph theory highlight critical areas for conservation under climate change.

    Thomas E. Dilts;Peter J. Weisberg;Philip Leitner;Marjorie D. Matocq

  • What common‐garden experiments tell us about climate responses in plants

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  • Comparing sample bias correction methods for species distribution modeling using virtual species

    Rich Inman;Rich Inman;Janet Franklin;Todd C. Esque;Kenneth E. Nussear

  • Effects of desert wildfires on desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) and other small vertebrates

    Todd C. Esque;Cecil R. Schwalbe;Lesley A. Defalco;Russell B. Duncan

  • Range and habitats of the desert tortoise

    D.J. Germano;R.B. Bury;T.C. Esque;T. H. Fritts

  • Seed banks in a degraded desert shrubland: Influence of soil surface condition and harvester ant activity on seed abundance

    L.A. DeFalco;T.C. Esque;J.M. Kane;M.B. Nicklas

  • Comparative phylogeography of a coevolved community: concerted population expansions in Joshua trees and four yucca moths

    Christopher Irwin Smith;Shantel Tank;William Godsoe;Jim Levenick

  • Alien plants and fire in desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) habitat of the Mojave and Colorado Deserts

    M.L. Brooks;T.C. Esque

  • Comparative phylogeography reveals deep lineages and regional evolutionary hotspots in the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts

    Dustin A. Wood;Amy G. Vandergast;Kelly R. Barr;Richard D. Inman

  • Does translocation influence physiological stress in the desert tortoise

    K. K. Drake;K. E. Nussear;T. C. Esque;A. M. Barber

  • Disease dynamics during wildlife translocations: disruptions to the host population and potential consequences for transmission in desert tortoise contact networks

    Christina M. Aiello;Christina M. Aiello;Kenneth E. Nussear;Andrew D. Walde;Todd C. Esque

  • Short-term soil inorganic N pulse after experimental fire alters invasive and native annual plant production in a Mojave Desert shrubland.

    Todd C. Esque;Todd C. Esque;Jason Philip Kaye;Sara E. Eckert;Lesley A. DeFalco

  • Modeling Habitat of the Desert Tortoise (Gopherus Agassizii) in the Mojave and Parts of the Sonoran Deserts of California, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona

    Kenneth E. Nussear;Todd C. Esque;Richard D. Inman;Leila Gass

  • Making molehills out of mountains: landscape genetics of the Mojave desert tortoise

    Bridgette E. Hagerty;Kenneth E. Nussear;Todd C. Esque;C. Richard Tracy

  • Divergence in an obligate mutualism is not explained by divergent climatic factors.

    William Godsoe;Eva Strand;Christopher Irwin Smith;Jeremy B. Yoder

  • Ingestion of bones, stones and soil by desert tortoises

    T.C. Esque;E.L. Peters

  • Host contact and shedding patterns clarify variation in pathogen exposure and transmission in threatened tortoise Gopherus agassizii: implications for disease modelling and management.

    Christina M. Aiello;Christina M. Aiello;Kenneth E. Nussear;Todd C. Esque;Patrick G. Emblidge

  • Short-term effects of experimental fires on a Mojave Desert seed bank

    Todd C. Esque;Todd C. Esque;James A. Young;C. Richard Tracy

  • Desert wildfire and severe drought diminish survivorship of the long-lived Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia; Agavaceae).

    Lesley A. DeFalco;Todd C. Esque;Sara J. Scoles-Sciulla;Jane Rodgers

  • Landscape genetic approaches to guide native plant restoration in the Mojave Desert

    Daniel F. Shryock;Caroline A. Havrilla;Lesley A. DeFalco;Todd C. Esque

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter J. Hudson
Peter J. Hudson Pennsylvania State University
Robert H. Webb
Robert H. Webb University of Arizona
C. Richard Tracy
C. Richard Tracy University of Nevada Reno
Robert N. Fisher
Robert N. Fisher United States Geological Survey
Peter J. Weisberg
Peter J. Weisberg University of Nevada Reno
Janet Franklin
Janet Franklin San Diego State University
Matthew L. Brooks
Matthew L. Brooks United States Geological Survey
Ronald R. Swaisgood
Ronald R. Swaisgood Zoological Society of San Diego
Rebecca L. Lewison
Rebecca L. Lewison San Diego State University
Jayne Belnap
Jayne Belnap United States Geological Survey

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