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Alexander D. M. Wilson

Alexander D. M. Wilson

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
32
Citations
3503
World Ranking
8134
National Ranking
795

Overview

Alexander D. M. Wilson is affiliated with Plymouth University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with significant contributions to agricultural and biological sciences. Their work spans several subfields including nature and landscape conservation, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, global and planetary change, and aquatic science.

The core topics of Wilson's research revolve around fish ecology and management studies, animal behavior and reproduction, marine and fisheries research, and broader marine animal studies. Their interests also extend to plant and animal studies, wildlife ecology and conservation, and amphibian and reptile biology.

Wilson has contributed to publications in a range of journals, frequently publishing in:

  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Environmental Biology of Fishes
  • Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
  • Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
  • Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Wilson include:

  • Individual and collective behaviour of fish subject to differing risk-level treatments with a sympatric predator, 2022, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
  • No Evidence for Long-Term Carryover Effects in a Wild Salmonid Fish, 2021, Physiological and Biochemical Zoology
  • Juvenile bonefish (Albula vulpes) show a preference to shoal with mojarra (Eucinostomus spp.) in the presence of conspecifics and another gregarious co-occurring species, 2020, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
  • Linking hunting weaponry to attack strategies in sailfish and striped marlin, 2020, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • On the relevance of animal behavior to the management and conservation of fishes and fisheries, 2022, Environmental Biology of Fishes

Wilson frequently collaborates with a core group of researchers including Steven J. Cooke, Mark Briffa, Ari Drummond, Lucy M. Turner, and Kim Birnie-Gauvin. These co-authors have collaborated with Wilson on multiple occasions, indicating ongoing research partnerships.

Best Publications

  • Boldness and behavioral syndromes in the bluegill sunfish, Lepomis macrochirus

    Alexander D.M. Wilson;Jean-Guy J. Godin

  • The evolutionary and ecological consequences of animal social networks: emerging issues.

    Ralf H.J.M. Kurvers;Jens Krause;Darren P. Croft;Alexander D.M. Wilson

  • Capture technique and fish personality: angling targets timid bluegill sunfish, Lepomis macrochirus

    Alexander D. M. Wilson;Thomas R. Binder;Keegan P. Mcgrath;Steven J. Cooke

  • Personality and metamorphosis: is behavioral variation consistent across ontogenetic niche shifts?

    Alexander D. M. Wilson;Jens Krause

  • Utility of biological sensor tags in animal conservation

    Alexander D.M. Wilson;Martin Wikelski;Martin Wikelski;Rory P. Wilson;Steven J. Cooke

  • Network position: a key component in the characterization of social personality types

    Alexander D. M. Wilson;Stefan Krause;Niels Jeroen Dingemanse;Niels Jeroen Dingemanse;Jens Krause;Jens Krause

  • Behavioral correlations across activity, mating, exploration, aggression, and antipredator contexts in the European house cricket, Acheta domesticus

    Alexander D. M. Wilson;Emily M. Whattam;Rachel Bennett;Laksanavadee Visanuvimol

  • Boldness and Reproductive Fitness Correlates in the Eastern Mosquitofish, Gambusia holbrooki

    Alexander D. M. Wilson;Jean-Guy J. Godin;Ashley J. W. Ward

  • How Long Is Too Long in Contemporary Peer Review? Perspectives from Authors Publishing in Conservation Biology Journals

    Vivian M. Nguyen;Neal R. Haddaway;Lee F. G. Gutowsky;Alexander D. M. Wilson

  • Behavioural syndromes in brook charr, Salvelinus fontinalis: prey-search in the field corresponds with space use in novel laboratory situations

    Alexander D.M. Wilson;Robert L. McLaughlin

  • Action Cameras: Bringing Aquatic and Fisheries Research into View

    Daniel P. Struthers;Andy J. Danylchuk;Alexander D. M. Wilson;Steven J. Cooke

  • Consistency in Context-specific Measures of Shyness and Boldness in Rainbow Trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss

    Alexander D. M. Wilson;E. D. Stevens

  • How sailfish use their bills to capture schooling prey.

    P. Domenici;A. D. M. Wilson;A. D. M. Wilson;R. H. J. M. Kurvers;S. Marras

  • Proto-cooperation: group hunting sailfish improve hunting success by alternating attacks on grouping prey

    James E Herbert-Read;Pawel Romanczuk;Stefan Krause;Daniel Strömbom

  • Dynamic social networks in guppies (Poecilia reticulata)

    Alexander D. M. Wilson;Alexander D. M. Wilson;Stefan Krause;Richard James;Darren P. Croft

  • New technology facilitates the study of social networks.

    Jens Krause;Jens Krause;Alexander D.M. Wilson;Darren P. Croft

  • Boldness and intermittent locomotion in the bluegill sunfish, Lepomis macrochirus

    Alexander D.M. Wilson;Jean-Guy J. Godin

  • The Evolution of Lateralization in Group Hunting Sailfish.

    Ralf H.J.M. Kurvers;Ralf H.J.M. Kurvers;Stefan Krause;Paul E. Viblanc;Paul E. Viblanc;James E. Herbert-Read;James E. Herbert-Read

  • Is there a pace-of-life syndrome linking boldness and metabolic capacity for locomotion in bluegill sunfish?

    Thomas R. Binder;Alexander D.M. Wilson;Samantha M. Wilson;Cory D. Suski

  • Does Angling Technique Selectively Target Fishes Based on Their Behavioural Type

    Alexander D. M. Wilson;Alexander D. M. Wilson;Jacob W. Brownscombe;Brittany Sullivan;Sofia Jain-Schlaepfer

  • Not So Fast: Swimming Behavior of Sailfish during Predator–Prey Interactions using High-Speed Video and Accelerometry

    Stefano Marras;Takuji Noda;John F. Steffensen;Morten B. S. Svendsen

  • Metamorphosis and animal personality: a neglected opportunity

    Alexander D.M. Wilson;Jens Krause;Jens Krause

Frequent Co-Authors

Jens Krause
Jens Krause Technical University of Berlin
Steven J. Cooke
Steven J. Cooke Carleton University
Paolo Domenici
Paolo Domenici National Research Council (CNR)
John F. Steffensen
John F. Steffensen University of Copenhagen
Austin J. Gallagher
Austin J. Gallagher University of Miami
Ashley J. W. Ward
Ashley J. W. Ward University of Sydney
Darren P. Croft
Darren P. Croft University of Exeter
Andy J. Danylchuk
Andy J. Danylchuk University of Massachusetts Amherst
Jean-Guy J. Godin
Jean-Guy J. Godin Carleton University
Indar W. Ramnarine
Indar W. Ramnarine University of the West Indies

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