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Wesley M. Hochachka

Wesley M. Hochachka

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
60
Citations
12786
World Ranking
2307
National Ranking
821

Overview

Wesley M. Hochachka is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States and has an active research profile primarily in the field of Environmental Science. Their work spans multiple subfields, including Ecology, Ecological Modeling, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Genetics.

The scientist's research topics focus on species distribution and climate change, wildlife ecology and conservation, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, avian ecology and behavior, animal behavior and reproduction, data-driven disease surveillance, and microbial infections and disease research.

Wesley M. Hochachka has published in a variety of venues with some recurring outlets such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Science, Ornithological Applications, The Auk, and Biodiversity Information Science and Standards.

Recent papers include:

  • "Analytical guidelines to increase the value of community science data: An example using eBird data to estimate species distributions," 2021, Diversity and Distributions
  • "Rapid speciation via the evolution of pre-mating isolation in the Iberá Seedeater," 2021, Science
  • "Regional variation in the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the quantity and quality of data collected by the project eBird," 2021, Biological Conservation
  • "A Double machine learning trend model for citizen science data," 2023, Methods in Ecology and Evolution
  • "The future distribution of wetland birds breeding in Europe validated against observed changes in distribution," 2022, Environmental Research Letters

Frequent collaborators include Alison Johnston, Daniel Fink, Tom Auer, Orin J. Robinson, and Matthew Strimas-Mackey.

Best Publications

  • The eBird enterprise: An integrated approach to development and application of citizen science

    Brian L. Sullivan;Jocelyn L. Aycrigg;Jessie H. Barry;Rick E. Bonney

  • Data-intensive science applied to broad-scale citizen science

    Wesley M. Hochachka;Daniel Fink;Rebecca A. Hutchinson;Daniel Sheldon

  • Selection against inbred song sparrows during a natural population bottleneck

    Lukas F. Keller;Peter Arcese;James N. M. Smith;Wesley M. Hochachka

  • Density-dependent decline of host abundance resulting from a new infectious disease

    Wesley M. Hochachka;André A. Dhondt

  • Data-intensive Science: A New Paradigm for Biodiversity Studies

    Steve Kelling;Wesley M. Hochachka;Daniel Fink;Mirek Riedewald

  • Immigration and the ephemerality of a natural population bottleneck: evidence from molecular markers.

    Lukas F. Keller;Kathryn J. Jeffery;Peter Arcese;Mark A. Beaumont

  • Analytical guidelines to increase the value of community science data: An example using eBird data to estimate species distributions

    Alison Johnston;Wesley M. Hochachka;Matthew E. Strimas‐Mackey;Viviana Ruiz Gutierrez

  • Spatiotemporal exploratory models for broad-scale survey data

    Daniel Fink;Wesley M. Hochachka;Benjamin Zuckerberg;David W. Winkler

  • Seasonal Decline in Reproductive Performance of Song Sparrows

    Wesley Hochachka

  • Stability, Regulation, and the Determination of Abundance in an Insular Song Sparrow Population

    Peter Arcese;James N. M. Smith;Wesley M. Hochachka;Christopher M. Rogers

  • Using Semistructured Surveys to Improve Citizen Science Data for Monitoring Biodiversity.

    Steve Kelling;Alison Johnston;Aletta Bonn;Daniel Fink

  • Simultaneous effects of phylogenetic niche conservatism and competition on avian community structure.

    Irby J. Lovette;Wesley M. Hochachka

  • Data-Mining Discovery of Pattern and Process in Ecological Systems

    Wesley M. Hochachka;Rich Caruana;Daniel Fink;Art Munson

  • Using open access observational data for conservation action: A case study for birds

    Brian L. Sullivan;Tina Phillips;Ashley A. Dayer;Christopher L. Wood

  • Estimates of observer expertise improve species distributions from citizen science data

    Alison Johnston;Alison Johnston;Alison Johnston;Daniel Fink;Wesley M. Hochachka;Steve Kelling

  • Seasonal dynamics of mycoplasmal conjunctivitis in eastern North American house finches

    Sonia Altizer;Wesley M. Hochachka;André A. Dhondt

  • Taking a ‘Big Data’ approach to data quality in a citizen science project

    Steve Kelling;Daniel Fink;Frank A. La Sorte;Alison Johnston

  • Abundance models improve spatial and temporal prioritization of conservation resources.

    Alison Johnston;Daniel Fink;Mark D. Reynolds;Wesley M. Hochachka

  • Daily foraging patterns in free-living birds: exploring the predation-starvation trade-off.

    David N. Bonter;Benjamin Zuckerberg;Carolyn W. Sedgwick;Wesley M. Hochachka

  • Seasonal abundance and survival of North America's migratory avifauna determined by weather radar.

    Adriaan M Dokter;Andrew Farnsworth;Daniel Fink;Viviana Ruiz-Gutierrez

  • Climate-Mediated Movement of an Avian Hybrid Zone

    Scott A. Taylor;Thomas A. White;Thomas A. White;Wesley M. Hochachka;Valentina Ferretti;Valentina Ferretti

Frequent Co-Authors

André A. Dhondt
André A. Dhondt Cornell University
Frank A. La Sorte
Frank A. La Sorte Cornell University
Alison Johnston
Alison Johnston Cornell University
Andrew P. Dobson
Andrew P. Dobson Princeton University
Dana M. Hawley
Dana M. Hawley Virginia Tech
David H. Ley
David H. Ley North Carolina State University
Benjamin Zuckerberg
Benjamin Zuckerberg University of Wisconsin–Madison
Amanda D. Rodewald
Amanda D. Rodewald Cornell University
Peter Arcese
Peter Arcese University of British Columbia
Giles Hooker
Giles Hooker University of Pennsylvania

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