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7286
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5804
National Ranking
622

Overview

Albert B. Phillimore is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with extensive work across various ecological subfields.

Their specialization includes ecological modeling, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, nature and landscape conservation, and global and planetary change. The core topics they examine relate to species distribution and climate change, plant and animal studies, ecology and vegetation dynamics, avian ecology and behavior, animal behavior and reproduction, animal ecology and behavior studies, and plant parasitism and resistance.

Phillimore's publication record includes research published in multiple venues. Frequent publication outlets are:

  • Functional Ecology
  • Journal of Animal Ecology
  • Ibis
  • Nature
  • Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Phillimore include:

  • "A simple dynamic model explains the diversity of island birds worldwide" (2020) published in Nature
  • "Space-for-time substitutions in climate change ecology and evolution" (2023) published in Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • "Strengthening the evidence base for temperature-mediated phenological asynchrony and its impacts" (2020) published in Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "Accounting for year effects and sampling error in temporal analyses of invertebrate population and biodiversity change: a comment on Seibold et al. 2019" (2021) published in Insect Conservation and Diversity
  • "Gradients in richness and turnover of a forest passerine's diet prior to breeding: A mixed model approach applied to faecal metabarcoding data" (2020) published in Molecular Ecology

They have collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Jelmer M. Samplonius, Katharine Keogan, Kirsty H. Macphie, Rampal S. Etienne, and Malcolm D. Burgess, with multiple co-authored publications indicating sustained research partnerships.

Best Publications

  • Identification of 100 fundamental ecological questions

    William J. Sutherland;Robert P. Freckleton;H. Charles J. Godfray;Steven R. Beissinger

  • Species Interactions Alter Evolutionary Responses to a Novel Environment

    Diane Lawrence;Francesca Fiegna;Volker Behrends;Jacob G. Bundy

  • Density-dependent cladogenesis in birds.

    Albert B Phillimore;Trevor D Price

  • Diversity-dependence brings molecular phylogenies closer to agreement with the fossil record

    Rampal S. Etienne;Bart Haegeman;Tanja Stadler;Tracy Aze

  • Are subspecies useful in evolutionary and conservation biology

    Albert B Phillimore;Ian P.F Owens

  • Differences in spawning date between populations of common frog reveal local adaptation

    Albert B. Phillimore;Jarrod D. Hadfield;Owen R. Jones;Richard J. Smithers

  • A unified model of island biogeography sheds light on the zone of radiation

    James Rosindell;Albert B. Phillimore

  • Ecology Predicts Large‐Scale Patterns of Phylogenetic Diversification in Birds

    Albert B. Phillimore;Robert P. Freckleton;C. David L. Orme;Ian P. F. Owens

  • The Shape and Temporal Dynamics of Phylogenetic Trees Arising From Geographic Speciation

    Alex L. Pigot;Albert B. Phillimore;Albert B. Phillimore;Ian P. F. Owens;Ian P. F. Owens;C. David L. Orme

  • Temporal shifts and temperature sensitivity of avian spring migratory phenology: a phylogenetic meta-analysis

    Takuji Usui;Stuart H. M. Butchart;Stuart H. M. Butchart;Albert B. Phillimore

  • Ecomorphological predictors of natal dispersal distances in birds

    Britta A. Dawideit;Albert B. Phillimore;Irina Laube;Bernd Leisler

  • A simple dynamic model explains the diversity of island birds worldwide.

    Luis Valente;Albert B. Phillimore;Martim Melo;Martim Melo;Ben H. Warren

  • Tritrophic phenological match-mismatch in space and time.

    Malcolm D. Burgess;Malcolm D. Burgess;Ken W. Smith;Karl L. Evans;Dave Leech

  • Island, archipelago and taxon effects: mixed models as a means of dealing with the imperfect design of nature's experiments

    Nils Bunnefeld;Albert B. Phillimore

  • Predicting a change in the order of spring phenology in temperate forests

    Adrian M.I. Roberts;Christine Tansey;Richard J. Smithers;Albert B. Phillimore

  • Space‐for‐time substitutions in climate change ecology and evolution

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  • Sympatric Speciation in Birds Is Rare: Insights from Range Data and Simulations

    Albert B. Phillimore;C. David L. Orme;Gavin H. Thomas;Tim M. Blackburn

  • Avian haematozoan parasites and their associations with mosquitoes across Southwest Pacific Islands

    F. Ishtiaq;L. Guillaumot;Sonya Clegg;A. B. Phillimore

  • Testing historical explanations for gradients in species richness in heliconiine butterflies of tropical America

    Neil Rosser;Albert B. Phillimore;Blanca Huertas;Blanca Huertas;Keith R. Willmott

  • Equilibrium and non-equilibrium dynamics simultaneously operate in the Galápagos islands

    Luis M. Valente;Albert B. Phillimore;Rampal S. Etienne

  • Direct versus indirect sexual selection: genetic basis of colour, size and recruitment in a wild bird

    Jarrod D Hadfield;Malcolm D Burgess;Alex Lord;Albert B Phillimore

  • BODY SIZE DIVERSIFICATION IN ANOLIS: NOVEL ENVIRONMENT AND ISLAND EFFECTS

    Gavin H. Thomas;Shai Meiri;Albert B. Phillimore

Frequent Co-Authors

Rampal S. Etienne
Rampal S. Etienne University of Groningen
Ian P. F. Owens
Ian P. F. Owens Cornell University
Sonya M. Clegg
Sonya M. Clegg University of Oxford
James W. Pearce-Higgins
James W. Pearce-Higgins British Trust for Ornithology
Ben C. Sheldon
Ben C. Sheldon University of Oxford
Gavin H. Thomas
Gavin H. Thomas University of Sheffield
Trevor D. Price
Trevor D. Price University of Chicago
Robert P. Freckleton
Robert P. Freckleton University of Sheffield
C. David L. Orme
C. David L. Orme Imperial College London
Andy Purvis
Andy Purvis Natural History Museum

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