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Claire N. Spottiswoode

Claire N. Spottiswoode

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Animal Science and Veterinary
South Africa
2022

D-Index & Metrics

Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
36
Citations
5155
World Ranking
1597
National Ranking
16

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
36
Citations
5203
World Ranking
7120
National Ranking
84

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2022 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in South Africa Leader Award

Overview

Claire N. Spottiswoode is affiliated with the University of Cape Town in South Africa. Their research primarily spans fields within Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, reflecting a focus on ecological and evolutionary dynamics.

Their work covers several subfields within biology, including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Plant Science. The main topics that characterize their research include Plant and Animal Studies, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Avian Ecology and Behavior, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Genetic Diversity and Population Structure, Species Distribution and Climate Change, and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation.

Frequent publication venues for their research are as follows:

  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Evolution
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Biology Letters

The scientist's recent papers demonstrate a focus on cooperatively breeding birds and human-wildlife interactions, with selected publications including:

  • Hot droughts compromise interannual survival across all group sizes in a cooperatively breeding bird, 2020, Ecology Letters
  • High temperatures drive offspring mortality in a cooperatively breeding bird, 2020, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • The ecology and evolution of human-wildlife cooperation, 2022, People and Nature
  • Safeguarding human-wildlife cooperation, 2022, Conservation Letters
  • Compensatory Breeding in Years Following Drought in a Desert-Dwelling Cooperative Breeder, 2020, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

They collaborate frequently with several co-authors, including Tanmay Dixit, Jess Lund, Amanda R. Bourne, Susan J. Cunningham, and Amanda R. Ridley. These recurrent collaborations indicate a network of research partnerships that contribute to studies in their fields.

Best Publications

  • Quantitative criteria for species delimitation

    Joseph A. Tobias;Nathalie Seddon;Claire N. Spottiswoode;John D. Pilgrim

  • Visual modeling shows that avian host parents use multiple visual cues in rejecting parasitic eggs

    Claire N. Spottiswoode;Martin Stevens

  • Carotenoid-based plumage coloration reflects hemoparasite infection and local survival in breeding great tits

    Peeter Hõrak;Indrek Ots;Helen Vellau;Claire Spottiswoode

  • Camouflage predicts survival in ground-nesting birds

    Jolyon Troscianko;Jared Wilson-Aggarwal;Martin Stevens;Claire N. Spottiswoode

  • Extrapair paternity, migration, and breeding synchrony in birds

    Claire Spottiswoode;Anders Pape Møller

  • How to evade a coevolving brood parasite: egg discrimination versus egg variability as host defences

    Claire N. Spottiswoode;Martin Stevens

  • Reciprocal signaling in honeyguide-human mutualism.

    Claire N. Spottiswoode;Claire N. Spottiswoode;Keith S. Begg;Colleen M. Begg

  • Genetic similarity and hatching success in birds.

    Claire Spottiswoode;Anders Pape Møller

  • Host-Parasite Arms Races and Rapid Changes in Bird Egg Appearance

    Claire N. Spottiswoode;Martin Stevens

  • Sexual selection predicts advancement of avian spring migration in response to climate change.

    Claire N Spottiswoode;Anders P Tøttrup;Timothy Coppack

  • Ancient host specificity within a single species of brood parasitic bird

    Claire N. Spottiswoode;Katherine Faust Stryjewski;Suhel Quader;John F. R. Colebrook-Robjent

  • Improvement of individual camouflage through background choice in ground-nesting birds.

    Martin Stevens;Jolyon Troscianko;Jared K. Wilson-Aggarwal;Claire N. Spottiswoode;Claire N. Spottiswoode

  • Repeated targeting of the same hosts by a brood parasite compromises host egg rejection

    Martin Stevens;Jolyon Troscianko;Jolyon Troscianko;Claire N. Spottiswoode;Claire N. Spottiswoode

  • A stab in the dark: chick killing by brood parasitic honeyguides

    Claire N. Spottiswoode;Claire N. Spottiswoode;Jeroen Koorevaar

  • Evolution of Yolk Androgens in Birds: Development, Coloniality, and Sexual Dichromatism

    Diego Gil;Clotilde Biard;André Lacroix;Claire N. Spottiswoode

  • Hot droughts compromise interannual survival across all group sizes in a cooperatively breeding bird.

    Amanda R. Bourne;Susan J. Cunningham;Claire N. Spottiswoode;Claire N. Spottiswoode;Amanda R. Ridley;Amanda R. Ridley

  • High temperatures drive offspring mortality in a cooperatively breeding bird

    Amanda R. Bourne;Susan J. Cunningham;Claire N. Spottiswoode;Claire N. Spottiswoode;Amanda R. Ridley;Amanda R. Ridley

  • The ecology and evolution of human‐wildlife cooperation

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  • Degree of protandry reflects level of extrapair paternity in migratory songbirds

    Timothy Coppack;Anders P. Tøttrup;Claire Spottiswoode

  • Maternal Effects Mediated by Antioxidants and the Evolution of Carotenoid-Based Signals in Birds

    Clotilde Biard;Diego Gil;Filiz Karadas;Nicola Saino

  • Escape distance in ground-nesting birds differs with individual level of camouflage

    Jared K. Wilson-Aggarwal;Jolyon T. Troscianko;Martin Stevens;Claire N. Spottiswoode

  • Internal incubation and early hatching in brood parasitic birds.

    T. R. Birkhead;N. Hemmings;C. N. Spottiswoode;C. N. Spottiswoode;O. Mikulica

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Stevens
Martin Stevens University of Exeter
Claire Doutrelant
Claire Doutrelant University of Montpellier
Amanda R. Ridley
Amanda R. Ridley University of Western Australia
Anders Pape Møller
Anders Pape Møller University of Paris-Saclay
Peter G. Ryan
Peter G. Ryan University of Cape Town
Paul F. Donald
Paul F. Donald University of Cambridge
Nicola Saino
Nicola Saino University of Milan
Ben J. Hatchwell
Ben J. Hatchwell University of Sheffield
Diego Gil
Diego Gil Spanish National Research Council
Susanne Jenni-Eiermann
Susanne Jenni-Eiermann Swiss Ornithological Institute

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