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Christopher M. Perrins

Christopher M. Perrins

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
60
Citations
28087
World Ranking
2247
National Ranking
261

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1997 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

Christopher M. Perrins is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom and has contributed to research across several fields including Medicine, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Environmental Science. Their work encompasses subfields such as Infectious Diseases, Ecology, Animal Science and Zoology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Epidemiology.

The main topics addressed in their research include Animal Virus Infections Studies, Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, Avian ecology and behavior, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Viral Infections and Vectors, Virology and Viral Diseases, and Zoonotic diseases and public health.

Frequent coauthors in their research include:

  • Sarah C. Hill
  • Sarah François
  • Oliver G. Pybus
  • Salik Nazki
  • Stephen H. Vickers

Christopher M. Perrins has published in various scientific venues. Some of the frequent publication venues are:

  • The ISME Journal
  • Journal of Animal Ecology
  • Seabird Journal
  • Journal of General Virology
  • Ibis

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Christopher M. Perrins include:

  • Impact of host age on viral and bacterial communities in a waterbird population, 2022, The ISME Journal
  • Disentangling the causes of age-assortative mating in bird populations with contrasting life-history strategies, 2022, Journal of Animal Ecology
  • A census of breeding Manx Shearwaters Puffinus puffinus on the Pembrokeshire Islands of Skomer, Skokholm and Midland in 2018, 2020, Seabird Journal
  • Genetic diversity, recombination and cross-species transmission of a waterbird gammacoronavirus in the wild, 2023, Journal of General Virology
  • Book reviews, 2021, Ibis

In recognition of contributions to their field, Christopher M. Perrins was awarded the title of Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, in 1997.

Best Publications

  • The birds of the western Palearctic

    David Snow;Christopher M. Perrins;Robert Gillmor

  • THE TIMING OF BIRDS‘ BREEDING SEASONS

    C. M. Perrins

  • Adaptive Phenotypic Plasticity in Response to Climate Change in a Wild Bird Population

    Anne Charmantier;Anne Charmantier;Robin H. McCleery;Lionel R. Cole;Chris Perrins

  • Population fluctuations and clutch size in the Great tit

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  • Birds of the Western Palearctic

    C. M. Perrins

  • Tits and their caterpillar food supply

    C. M. Perrins

  • Selection for the timing of great tit breeding in relation to caterpillar growth and temperature

    A. J. Van Noordwijk;R. H. Mccleery;C. M. Perrins

  • Predation risk and the cost of being fat

    Andrew G Gosler;Jeremy J. D. Greenwood;Christopher Perrins

  • Optimizing Great Tit Clutch Size in a Fluctuating Environment

    Mark S. Boyce;C. M. Perrins

  • Laying dates and clutch size in the great tit

    C. M. Perrins;R. H. Mccleery

  • Eggs, egg formation and the timing of breeding

    C. M. Perrins

  • Individual optimization of clutch size in great tits

    R. A. Pettifor;C. M. Perrins;R. H. McCleery

  • ⃛temperature and egg-laying trends

    R. H. McCleery;C. M. Perrins

  • The design of artificial nestboxes for the study of secondary hole-nesting birds: a review of methodological inconsistencies and potential biases

    Marcel M. Lambrechts;Frank Adriaensen;Daniel R. Ardia;Alexandr V. Artemyev

  • Reproductive Rates in the Great Tit

    C. M. Perrins;D. Moss

  • Inbreeding and dispersal in the great tit

    Paul J. Greenwood;Paul H. Harvey;Christopher M. Perrins

  • Breeding Area Fidelity of Great Tits (Parus major)

    Paul H. Harvey;Paul J. Greenwood;Christopher M. Perrins

  • SURVIVAL OF MANX SHEARWATERS PUFFINUS PUFFINUS

    C. M. Perrins;M. P. Harris;C. K. Britton

  • Migration and stopover in a small pelagic seabird, the Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus: insights from machine learning.

    T. Guilford;J. Meade;J. Willis;Richard A. Phillips

  • Natal Dispersal of Great Tits in a Patchy Environment

    Simon Verhulst;C.M. Perrins;R. Riddington

  • Is Clutch Size in Birds Affected by Environmental Conditions during Growth

    S. Haywood;Christopher Miles Perrins

  • Habitat Selection in Birds.

    C. M. Perrins

  • The Florida Scrubjay. Demography of a cooperative-breeding bird: By G. E. Woolfenden and J. W. Fitzpatrick. Pp. 406. Princeton University Press, NJ. 1985. Cloth £48.00, paperback £12.10

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Frequent Co-Authors

Robin Freeman
Robin Freeman Zoological Society of London
Tim Guilford
Tim Guilford University of Oxford
Ben C. Sheldon
Ben C. Sheldon University of Oxford
Anne Charmantier
Anne Charmantier Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Matthew J.A. Wood
Matthew J.A. Wood University of Oxford
Ben J. Hatchwell
Ben J. Hatchwell University of Sheffield
Dan E. Chamberlain
Dan E. Chamberlain University of Turin
Mikko Mönkkönen
Mikko Mönkkönen University of Jyväskylä
Paul H. Harvey
Paul H. Harvey University of Oxford
Richard A. Phillips
Richard A. Phillips British Antarctic Survey

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