Scott W. Yanco

Environmental Science · University of Michigan

Mid career · publishing since 2008Rising activity

Species Distribution and Climate Change Avian ecology and behavior Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Isotope Analysis in Ecology

Publications

Citations

424

Est. group size

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

Publishing since 2008

In context

Among 530 mid career Environmental Science PIs within our index

Citations: 424cohort median 695

Publications / year (recent): 8.6cohort median 3

Typically publishes in teams of ~6 · 29% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 21 venues

Publication cadence

Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 8.6/year recently

Collaborators per year

Distinct co-authors at University of Michigan each year — a rough indication of whether the group around this researcher has been growing or contracting. An estimate from co-authorship, not a roster: collaborators are not necessarily lab members, and recent years can be under-counted while indexing catches up.

Recent publications

Interacting effects of human presence and landscape modification on birds and mammals
Science · 2026
Understanding mammal avoidance of human settlements
Journal of Animal Ecology · 2026
Exploring the data demands and global opportunities for reconstructing morphological responses to climate change
Evolutionary Ecology · 2026
A call to integrate animal movement into biodiversity indicators
Nature Reviews Biodiversity · 2026
A framework for understanding how and why animals die
2026
From Detections to Demography: Methodological Challenges and Opportunities in Survival Estimation from Automated Telemetry Networks
2026
Resource declines shape phenological and morphological responses to climate change
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2026
Long-term increases in wing length occur independently of changes in climate and climate-driven shifts in body size
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2025
Perceived and observed biases within scientific communities: a case study in movement ecology
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2025
A theoretical framework for scaling ecological niches from individuals to species
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2025
Habitat selection of three gull species in response to sudden changes in human mobility
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2025
Choices to Landscapes: Mechanisms of Animal Movement Scale to Landscape Patterns of Space Use
Ecology Letters · 2025
Author response for "Perceived and observed biases within scientific communities: a case study in movement ecology"
2025
Author response for "Perceived and observed biases within scientific communities: a case study in movement ecology"
2025
Non-breeding conditions induce carry-over effects on survival of migratory birds
Current Biology · 2024

Publishes in

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)×7
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×4
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences×3
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences×3
Trends in Ecology & Evolution×2

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Last updated Jul 25, 2026.

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