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Iain McKechnie · SciRah

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Iain McKechnie

University of Victoria

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Iain McKechnie — researcher profile on SciRah

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h-index: 19
Works: 44
Citations: 1,184

Most-cited papers

Archaeological data provide alternative hypotheses on Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii) distribution, abundance, and variability
Iain McKechnie, D. Lepofsky, M. Moss, V. Butler +5 more
2014Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America135 citations Open access
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Anthropological contributions to historical ecology: 50 questions, infinite prospects
C. Armstrong, Anna Shoemaker, Iain McKechnie, Anneli Ekblom +18 more
2017PLoS ONE103 citations Open access
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Indigenous oyster fisheries persisted for millennia and should inform future management
L. Reeder-Myers, T. Braje, Courtney A. Hofman, Emma A. Elliott Smith +22 more
2022Nature Communications99 citations Open access
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Historical ecology of late Holocene sea otters (Enhydra lutris) from northern British Columbia: isotopic and zooarchaeological perspectives
P. Szpak, T. Orchard, Iain McKechnie, D. Gröcke
201298 citations
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Meta-analysis in zooarchaeology expands perspectives on Indigenous fisheries of the Northwest Coast of North America
Iain McKechnie, M. Moss
201684 citations Open access
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High Potential for Using DNA from Ancient Herring Bones to Inform Modern Fisheries Management and Conservation
C. Speller, L. Hauser, D. Lepofsky, Jason Moore +4 more
2012PLoS ONE67 citations Open access
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Democratizing conservation science and practice
A. Salomon, K. Lertzman, Kelly Brown, K. B. Wilson +2 more
201858 citations Open access
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Investigating the complexities of sustainable fishing at a prehistoric village on western Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Iain McKechnie
200751 citations
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Disrupting and diversifying the values, voices and governance principles that shape biodiversity science and management
A. Salomon, D. Okamoto, K. B. Wilson, hiininaasim Tommy Happynook +22 more
2023Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences46 citations Open access
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Historical Ecology and Biogeography of North Pacific Pinnipeds: Isotopes and Ancient DNA from Three Archaeological Assemblages
M. Moss, Dongya Y. Yang, S. Newsome, C. Speller +4 more
200645 citations
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Early Environments and Archaeology of Coastal British Columbia
Q. Mackie, D. Fedje, D. McLaren, N. Smith +1 more
201137 citations
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Humanity’s diverse predatory niche and its ecological consequences
C. Darimont, R. Cooke, Mathieu L. Bourbonnais, H. Bryan +8 more
2023Communications Biology32 citations Open access
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Making the most of fragments: a method for estimating shell length from fragmentary mussels (Mytilus californianus and Mytilus trossulus) on the Pacific Coast of North America
G. Singh, Iain McKechnie
201531 citations
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Toward a Historical Ecology of Pinniped and Sea Otter Hunting Traditions on the Coast of Southern British Columbia
Iain McKechnie, R. Wigen
201128 citations
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Archaeological and Contemporary Evidence Indicates Low Sea Otter Prevalence on the Pacific Northwest Coast During the Late Holocene
E. Slade, Iain McKechnie, A. Salomon
2021Ecosystems23 citations Open access
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Ancient DNA analysis of Indigenous rockfish use on the Pacific Coast: Implications for marine conservation areas and fisheries management
A. Rodrigues, Iain McKechnie, Dongya Y. Yang
2018PLoS ONE23 citations Open access
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Five thousand years of fishing at a shell midden in the broken group islands, Barkley Sound, British Columbia
Iain McKechnie
200523 citations
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An archaeology of food and settlement on the Northwest Coast
Iain McKechnie
201320 citations
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Convergent geographic patterns between grizzly bear population genetic structure and Indigenous language groups in coastal British Columbia, Canada
Lauren H. Henson, N. Balkenhol, R. Gustas, M. Adams +10 more
202119 citations Open access
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Ancient dog diets on the Pacific Northwest Coast: zooarchaeological and stable isotope modelling evidence from Tseshaht territory and beyond
Dylan Hillis, Iain McKechnie, E. Guiry, Denis E. St. Claire +1 more
2020Scientific Reports16 citations Open access
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Indigenous Oral History and Settlement Archaeology in Barkley Sound, Western Vancouver Island
Iain McKechnie
201516 citations
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The History of Coast Salish ‘Woolly Dogs’ Revealed by Ancient Genomics and Indigenous Knowledge
Audrey T. Lin, Liz Hammond-Kaarremaa, Hsiao-Lei Liu, C. Stantis +29 more
2023Science15 citations Open access
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Measuring Mytilus californianus: an Addendum to Campbell and Braje (2015) and Singh and McKechnie (2015) including commentary and an integration of data
Iain McKechnie, G. Singh, T. Braje, Breana Campbell
201513 citations
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Why are sustainable practices often elusive? The role of information flow in the management of networked human-environment interactions
Stefani A. Crabtree, Jennifer G. Kahn, Rowan Jackson, S. Wood +6 more
2022Global Environmental Change12 citations Open access
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Domestic dogs and wild canids on the Northwest Coast of North America: Animal husbandry in a region without agriculture?
Iain McKechnie, M. Moss, S. Crockford
202011 citations Open access
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ESTIMATING MARINE RESERVOIR EFFECTS IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL CHRONOLOGIES: COMPARING ΔR CALCULATIONS IN PRINCE RUPERT HARBOUR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA
A. Martindale, G. Cook, Iain McKechnie, Kevan Edinborough +4 more
2018American Antiquity11 citations Open access
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“All models are wrong but some are useful”: A response to Campbell's comment on estimating Mytilus californianus shell size
G. Singh, Iain McKechnie, T. Braje, Breana Campbell
201511 citations
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Exploring Variability in Maritime Resource Use on the Northwest Coast: A Case Study from Barkley Sound, Western Vancouver Island
A. McMillan, Iain McKechnie, Denis E. St. Claire, S. Frederick
200911 citations
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Insights Gained from Including People in Our Models of Nature and Modes of Science.
Anne K. Salomon, Iain McKechnie
2024Annual Review of Marine Science9 citations Open access
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Centering relationships to place for more meaningful research and engagement
F. Beaty, P. Domínguez-Sánchez, K. B. Nalven, J. Palacios-Abrantes +10 more
2024Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America9 citations Open access
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The ghost of a giant – Six hypotheses for how an extinct megaherbivore structured kelp forests across the North Pacific Rim
C. Bullen, Alberto A. Campos, Edward J. Gregr, Iain McKechnie +1 more
2021Global Ecology and Biogeography7 citations Open access
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Appendix E: Column Sampling and the Archaeology of Small Fish at Tsʼishaa
A. McMillan, Denis E. St. Claire, M. Wilson, M. Magne +3 more
20176 citations
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Documenting 6,000 Years of Indigenous Fisheries and Settlement as Seen through Vibracore Sampling on the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada
Seonaid Duffield, J. Walkus, Elroy White, Iain McKechnie +2 more
2021American Antiquity5 citations Open access
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Appendix B: Zooarchaeological Analysis of the Indigenous Fishery at the Huu7ii Big House and Back Terrace, Huu-ay-aht Territory, Southwestern Vancouver Island
Iain McKechnie
20175 citations
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A palaeothermometer of ancient Indigenous fisheries reveals increases in mean temperature of the catch over five millennia
Dylan Hillis, R. Gustas, D. Pauly, William W. L. Cheung +2 more
2022Environmental Biology of Fishes4 citations Open access
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Combining high-resolution remotely sensed data with local and Indigenous Knowledge to model the landscape suitability of culturally modified trees: biocultural stewardship in Kitasoo/Xai’xais Territory
Bryant C. DeRoy, Vernon S. Brown, C. Service, M. Leclerc +3 more
2021Facets4 citations Open access
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Estimating size-at-harvest from Indigenous archaeological clamshell assemblages in Coastal British Columbia
Dylan Hillis, Kristina M. Barclay, Erin U Foster, Hannah M. Kobluk +4 more
2024Facets3 citations Open access
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Snapshots of Digital Scholarship in Zooarchaeology: Introduction to the Special Issue
Iain McKechnie, S. Kansa, Steve Wolverton
20153 citations Open access
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Into the Deep: Origins and Evolution of Northeastern Pacific Ocean Tuna (Thunnus spp.) Fisheries
T. Rick, Hugh D. Radde, L. Bentz, T. Braje +2 more
2025Fish and Fisheries2 citations Open access
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Global Burden of Animal Diseases informatics strategy, data quality and model interoperability.
T. Bernardo, J. Rushton, K. Sobkowich, Deborah A. Stacey +8 more
2024Revue scientifique et technique2 citations Open access
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An Examination of Indigenous Halibut Fishing Technology on the Northwest Coast of North America
Jacob Salmen-Hartley, Iain McKechnie
2023Arctic Anthropology2 citations Open access
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Estimating Volumes of Coastal Shell Midden Sites Using Geometric Solids
R. Gustas, Iain McKechnie, Q. Mackie, C. Darimont
2022Advances in Archaeological Practice2 citations Open access
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Merging coastal archaeology and conservation paleobiology to evaluate shellfish resilience to Indigenous harvest over the past 3000 years
Kristina M. Barclay, Julia K. Baum, Denis E. St. Claire, Iain McKechnie
2025Biological Conservation0 citations Open access
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Steller’s sea cow uncertain history illustrates importance of ecological context when interpreting demographic histories from genomes
Alberto A. Campos, C. Bullen, Edward J. Gregr, Iain McKechnie +1 more
2022Nature Communications0 citations Open access
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UVicSPACE: Research & Learning Repository
R. Gustas, Iain McKechnie, Q. Mackie, C. Darimont
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