What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Ecology
- Genetics
- Natural selection
His primary areas of investigation include Zoology, Extra-pair copulation, Brood, Paternal care and Evolutionary biology.
David F. Westneat does research in Zoology, focusing on Agelaius specifically.
As part of the same scientific family, David F. Westneat usually focuses on Extra-pair copulation, concentrating on Polygyny and intersecting with Mating system.
His Brood research focuses on subjects like Animal ecology, which are linked to Population density and Biological evolution.
His Paternal care study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Developmental psychology and Sexual conflict, Mating.
Many of his research projects under Evolutionary biology are closely connected to Evolution of eusociality and Misrepresentation with Evolution of eusociality and Misrepresentation, tying the diverse disciplines of science together.
His most cited work include:
- Genetic parentage in the indigo bunting: a study using DNA fingerprinting (353 citations)
- Density and extra-pair fertilizations in birds: a comparative analysis (352 citations)
- Parentage and the evolution of parental behavior (335 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
David F. Westneat mainly focuses on Ecology, Zoology, Animal ecology, Mating and Extra-pair copulation.
As a member of one scientific family, David F. Westneat mostly works in the field of Ecology, focusing on Reproductive success and, on occasion, Pair bond.
His Zoology research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Sperm and Polygyny.
His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Harem and Phalaropus lobatus.
His work deals with themes such as Bunting and Competition, which intersect with Mating.
The concepts of his Extra-pair copulation study are interwoven with issues in Communication and Mate guarding.
He most often published in these fields:
- Ecology (38.46%)
- Zoology (33.33%)
- Animal ecology (15.38%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2016-2021)?
- Cognitive psychology (9.40%)
- Meta-analysis (4.27%)
- Publication bias (4.27%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
His primary areas of study are Cognitive psychology, Meta-analysis, Publication bias, Signalling and Animal ecology.
His Meta-analysis research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Cognitive science, Open science and Evolutionary ecology.
Animal ecology is a primary field of his research addressed under Ecology.
His work on Ecology is being expanded to include thematically relevant topics such as Vegetation.
His Life history theory research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Reproductive value, Ficedula, Sparrow and Affect.
His studies in Paternal care integrate themes in fields like Parus, Predation and Reproduction.
Between 2016 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- Robustness of linear mixed-effects models to violations of distributional assumptions (44 citations)
- Meta-analysis challenges a textbook example of status signalling and demonstrates publication bias. (29 citations)
- Causes and Consequences of Phenotypic Plasticity in Complex Environments (26 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Ecology
- Genetics
- Natural selection
Trait, Sexual selection, Animal ecology, Mixed effects and Robustness are his primary areas of study.
You can notice a mix of various disciplines of study, such as Mechanism, Adaptation, Genetic algorithm, Developmental plasticity and Phenotypic plasticity, in his Trait studies.
He has researched Sexual selection in several fields, including Meta-analysis, Publication bias and Social status.
His Animal ecology research integrates issues from Basal metabolic rate, Optimality model and Foraging.
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