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Avian ecology and behavior

Last updated July 15, 2026

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Papers

Does urbanisation lead to parallel demographic shifts across the world in a cosmopolitan plant?

Molecular Ecology|2024

30 cit.

Publication in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2024) [17 citations, W4394993656]

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2024

17 cit.

Cities as parasitic amplifiers? Malaria prevalence and diversity in great tits along an urbanization gradient

Peer Community Journal|2024

12 cit.

Publication in Journal of Animal Ecology (2024) [8 citations, W4393156937]

Journal of Animal Ecology|2024

8 cit.

Thermoregulation of understory birds in lowland Amazonia

Oikos|2024

8 cit.

A lack of suitable roosts increases the threat of intertidal foraging habitat loss to migratory shorebirds

Journal of Applied Ecology|2025

8 cit.

Publication in Animal Behaviour (2024) [7 citations, W4404188676]

Animal Behaviour|2024

7 cit.

Drivers of Interspecific Spatial Segregation in Two Closely‐Related Seabird Species at a Pan‐Atlantic Scale

Journal of Biogeography|2024

3 cit.

Publication in Integrative and Comparative Biology (2025) [1 citation, W4411056589]

Integrative and Comparative Biology|2025

1 cit.

Publication in Methods in Ecology and Evolution (2025) [1 citation, W4411375938]

Methods in Ecology and Evolution|2025

1 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

Kristen Ruegg

Colorado State University

Susan J. Cunningham

University of Cape Town

Brunno F. Oliveira

University of Florida

Shane P. Windsor

University of Bristol

Ian R. Cleasby

Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

Inês Catry

University of Lisbon

José A. Alves

University of Iceland

Andrea Flack

Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior

Marta Szulkin

Institut de Biologia Evolutiva

J. Joshua Nowak

Life Services (United States)

Papers

Biodiversity mediates ecosystem sensitivity to climate variability

Communications Biology|2022

53 cit.

The extended avian urban phenotype: anthropogenic solid waste pollution, nest design, and fitness

The Science of The Total Environment|2022

50 cit.

Learning shapes the development of migratory behavior

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2024

50 cit.

Collapse of Breeding Success in Desert-Dwelling Hornbills Evident Within a Single Decade

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution|2022

36 cit.

Changes to the gut microbiota of a wild juvenile passerine in a multidimensional urban mosaic

Scientific Reports|2022

34 cit.

Where to draw the line? Expanding the delineation of conservation units to highly mobile taxa

Journal of Heredity|2023

33 cit.

The plastic homes of hermit crabs in the Anthropocene

The Science of The Total Environment|2024

28 cit.

Nest‐boxes alter the reproductive ecology of urban cavity‐nesters in a species‐dependent way

Journal of Avian Biology|2022

23 cit.

Microclimate shifts in nest‐boxes and natural cavities throughout reproduction

Journal of Avian Biology|2022

23 cit.

Clock-linked genes underlie seasonal migratory timing in a diurnal raptor

Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences|2022

22 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

John C. Wingfield

University of California, Davis

Theunis Piersma

University of Groningen

Henri Weimerskirch

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

Anders Pape Møller

Université Paris-Sud

Marcel E. Visser

University of Groningen

Thomas E. Martin

University of Montana

Woodside (Australia)

Georgetown University

Thomas Alerstam

Lund University

Papers

The "Challenge Hypothesis": Theoretical Implications for Patterns of Testosterone Secretion, Mating Systems, and Breeding Strategies

The American Naturalist|1990

2.3k cit.

Decline of the North American avifauna

Science|2019

2.1k cit.

At‐sea distribution and scale‐dependent foraging behaviour of petrels and albatrosses: a comparative study

Journal of Animal Ecology|2006

2k cit.

Avian Life History Evolution in Relation to Nest Sites, Nest Predation, and Food

Ecological Monographs|1995

1.6k cit.

FOOD AS A LIMIT ON BREEDING BIRDS: A LIFE-HISTORY PERSPECTIVE

Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics|1987

1.5k cit.

Climate change and population declines in a long-distance migratory bird

Nature|2006

1.5k cit.

Ecological Bases of Hormone—Behavior Interactions: The “Emergency Life History Stage”

American Zoologist|1998

1.4k cit.

Immunocompetence, ornamentation, and viability of male barn swallows ( <i>Hirundo rustica</i> )

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|1997

1.4k cit.

Links between worlds: unraveling migratory connectivity

Trends in Ecology & Evolution|2002

1.3k cit.

Long‐distance migration: evolution and determinants

Oikos|2003

1.3k cit.

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