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Wayne M. Getz

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
82
Citations
28736
World Ranking
740
National Ranking
271

Wayne M. Getz publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 327 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Wayne M. Getz 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 Wayne M. Getz sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 82 D-Index — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1997 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa

Overview

Wayne M. Getz is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their primary field of study is Environmental Science, with a focus on subfields including Ecology, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Modeling and Simulation, and Ecological Modeling.

The main topics covered in Getz's research include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Primate Behavior and Ecology, Zoonotic Diseases and Public Health, Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies, and Gut Microbiota and Health.

Getz has authored several recent papers, such as:

  • "Rethinking megafauna," 2020, published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Africa's drylands in a changing world: Challenges for wildlife conservation under climate and land-use changes in the Greater Etosha Landscape," 2022, published in Global Ecology and Conservation
  • "Movement ecology and sex are linked to barn owl microbial community composition," 2020, published in Molecular Ecology
  • "The neglected season: Warmer autumns counteract harsher winters and promote population growth in Arctic reindeer," 2020, published in Global Change Biology
  • "Migration, pathogens and the avian microbiome: A comparative study in sympatric migrants and residents," 2020, published in Molecular Ecology

Frequent co-authors in their work include Ludovica Luisa Vissat, Richard Salter, Pauline L. Kamath, Jason K. Blackburn, and Ran Nathan.

The scientist's work is regularly published in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Movement Ecology, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, and Molecular Ecology.

Wayne M. Getz has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 1997 and is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa.

Best Publications

  • A movement ecology paradigm for unifying organismal movement research

    Ran Nathan;Wayne M. Getz;Eloy Revilla;Marcel Holyoak

  • Superspreading and the effect of individual variation on disease emergence

    James Lloyd-Smith;S. J. Schreiber;P. E. Kopp;W M Getz

  • Approaching a state shift in Earth’s biosphere

    Anthony D. Barnosky;Elizabeth A. Hadly;Jordi Bascompte;Eric L. Berlow

  • The socioecology of elephants: analysis of the processes creating multitiered social structures

    George Wittemyer;George Wittemyer;Iain Douglas-Hamilton;Wayne Marcus Getz;Wayne Marcus Getz

  • LoCoH: Nonparameteric Kernel Methods for Constructing Home Ranges and Utilization Distributions

    Wayne M. Getz;Wayne M. Getz;Scott Fortmann-Roe;Paul C. Cross;Andrew J. Lyons

  • Should we expect population thresholds for wildlife disease

    James O. Lloyd-Smith;Paul C. Cross;Paul C. Cross;Cheryl J. Briggs;Matt Daugherty

  • A local nearest-neighbor convex-hull construction of home ranges and utilization distributions

    Wayne M. Getz;Christopher C. Wilmers

  • Using tri-axial acceleration data to identify behavioral modes of free-ranging animals: general concepts and tools illustrated for griffon vultures

    Ran Nathan;Orr Spiegel;Scott Fortmann-Roe;Roi Harel

  • Trophic facilitation by introduced top predators: grey wolf subsidies to scavengers in Yellowstone National Park

    Christopher C. Wilmers;Robert L. Crabtree;Douglas W. Smith;Kerry M. Murphy

  • SURFACE‐WATER CONSTRAINTS ON HERBIVORE FORAGING IN THE KRUGER NATIONAL PARK, SOUTH AFRICA

    Jessica V. Redfern;Rina Grant;Harry Biggs;Wayne M. Getz

  • Population harvesting: demographic models of fish, forest, and animal resources.

    Wayne Marcus Getz;Robert G. Haight

  • Resource dispersion and consumer dominance: scavenging at wolf- and hunter-killed carcasses in Greater Yellowstone, USA

    Christopher C. Wilmers;Daniel R. Stahler;Robert L. Crabtree;Douglas W. Smith

  • Parasite biodiversity faces extinction and redistribution in a changing climate

    Colin J. Carlson;Kevin R. Burgio;Eric R. Dougherty;Anna J. Phillips

  • The global distribution of Bacillus anthracis and associated anthrax risk to humans, livestock and wildlife.

    Colin J Carlson;Ian T Kracalik;Noam Ross;Kathleen A Alexander

  • Home range plus: a space-time characterization of movement over real landscapes.

    Andrew J Lyons;Wendy C Turner;Wendy C Turner;Wayne M Getz;Wayne M Getz

  • Modelling the biological control of insect pests: a review of host-parasitoid models

    N.J. Mills;W.M. Getz

  • Epidemic Models: Thresholds and Population Regulation

    Wayne M. Getz;John Pickering

  • Duelling timescales of host movement and disease recovery determine invasion of disease in structured populations

    Paul C. Cross;Paul C. Cross;James O. Lloyd-Smith;Philip L. F. Johnson;Wayne M. Getz;Wayne M. Getz

  • Social dominance, seasonal movements, and spatial segregation in African elephants: a contribution to conservation behavior

    G. Wittemyer;W. M. Getz;W. M. Getz;F. Vollrath;F. Vollrath

  • Gray wolves as climate change buffers in Yellowstone.

    Christopher C Wilmers;Wayne M Getz;Wayne M Getz

Frequent Co-Authors

James O. Lloyd-Smith
James O. Lloyd-Smith University of California, Los Angeles
Paul C. Cross
Paul C. Cross United States Geological Survey
Sadie J. Ryan
Sadie J. Ryan University of Florida
George Wittemyer
George Wittemyer Colorado State University
Orr Spiegel
Orr Spiegel Tel Aviv University
Veijo Kaitala
Veijo Kaitala University of Helsinki
Ran Nathan
Ran Nathan Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Sebastian J. Schreiber
Sebastian J. Schreiber University of California, Davis
Christopher C. Wilmers
Christopher C. Wilmers University of California, Santa Cruz
Brian G. Williams
Brian G. Williams Stellenbosch University

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