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David T. Bilton

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
46
Citations
9312
World Ranking
4611
National Ranking
505

David T. Bilton publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 194 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

David T. Bilton D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David T. Bilton sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

David T. Bilton is affiliated with Plymouth University in the United Kingdom and focuses primarily on research within the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work spans subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology, Genetics, Insect Science, and Paleontology.

The scientist has contributed significantly to several main research topics. These include:

  • Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution
  • Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
  • Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies
  • Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
  • Physiological and biochemical adaptations
  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
  • Genetic diversity and population structure

Their publication record features a number of papers documenting ecological and evolutionary themes, including studies on aquatic macrophytes, thermal acclimation in subterranean species, and metabolic constraints on animal diving:

  • Quantifying the ecological impacts of alien aquatic macrophytes: A global meta-analysis of effects on fish, macroinvertebrate and macrophyte assemblages, 2022, Freshwater Biology
  • Loss of heat acclimation capacity could leave subterranean specialists highly sensitive to climate change, 2020, Animal Conservation
  • Universal metabolic constraints shape the evolutionary ecology of diving in animals, 2020, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Plasticity of thermal performance curves in a narrow range endemic water beetle, 2021, Journal of Thermal Biology
  • Science paper or big data? Assessing invasion dynamics using observational data, 2023, The Science of The Total Environment

Frequent collaborators in these scientific endeavors include Susana Pallarés, Andrés Millán, Adrián Villastrigo, Musa C. Mlambo, and Michael Balke.

Publication venues where this scientist has regularly contributed feature prominently in taxonomy and biodiversity, including:

  • Zootaxa
  • Acta entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Global Biodiversity Information Facility

Best Publications

  • Dispersal in freshwater invertebrates

    David T. Bilton;Joanna R. Freeland;Beth Okamura

  • The Effect of Geographical Scale of Sampling on DNA Barcoding

    Johannes Bergsten;David T. Bilton;Tomochika Fujisawa;Miranda Elliott

  • Mediterranean Europe as an area of endemism for small mammals rather than a source for northwards postglacial colonization

    David T. Bilton;David T. Bilton;Patricia M. Mirol;Silvia Mascheretti;Karl Fredga

  • Thermal tolerance, acclimatory capacity and vulnerability to global climate change

    Piero Calosi;David T Bilton;John I Spicer

  • Macrophysiology: A Conceptual Reunification

    Kevin J. Gaston;Steven L. Chown;Piero Calosi;Joseph Bernardo

  • Oxygen supply in aquatic ectotherms: Partial pressure and solubility together explain biodiversity and size patterns

    Wilco C. E. P. Verberk;David T. Bilton;Piero Calosi;John I. Spicer

  • What determines a species’ geographical range? Thermal biology and latitudinal range size relationships in European diving beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)

    Piero Calosi;David T. Bilton;John I. Spicer;Stephen C. Votier

  • Dispersal, Genetic Differentiation and Speciation in Estuarine Organisms

    D.T Bilton;J Paula;J.D.D Bishop

  • Molecular phylogeny of symbiotic dinoflagellates inferred from partial chloroplast large subunit (23S)-rDNA sequences.

    Scott R Santos;Derek J Taylor;Robert A Kinzie;Michio Hidaka

  • Does macrophyte fractal complexity drive invertebrate diversity, biomass and body size distributions?

    L. McAbendroth;P. M. Ramsay;A. Foggo;S. D. Rundle

  • Development and evaluation of a DNA-barcoding approach for the rapid identification of nematodes

    Punyasloke Bhadury;Melanie C. Austen;David T. Bilton;P. John D. Lambshead

  • How wide to cast the net? Cross-taxon congruence of species richness, community similarity and indicator taxa in ponds

    David T. Bilton;Louise Mcabendroth;Alan Bedford;Paul M. Ramsay

  • Classification of water beetle assemblages in arable fenland and ranking of sites in relation to conservation value

    G. N. Foster;A. P. Foster;M. D. Eyre;D. T. Bilton

  • Are distribution patterns linked to dispersal mechanism? An investigation using pond invertebrate assemblages

    S. D. Rundle;A. Foggo;V. Choiseul;D. T. Bilton

  • Unravelling nestedness and spatial pattern in pond assemblages

    L. McABENDROTH;A. Foggo;S. D. Rundle;D. T. Bilton

  • Dispersal ability rather than ecological tolerance drives differences in range size between lentic and lotic water beetles (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)

    Paula Arribas;Josefa Velasco;Pedro Abellán;David Sánchez-Fernández

  • Respiratory control in aquatic insects dictates their vulnerability to global warming.

    Wilco C. E. P. Verberk;David T. Bilton

  • Can oxygen set thermal limits in an insect and drive gigantism

    Wilco C. E. P. Verberk;David T. Bilton

  • Are the endemic water beetles of the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands effectively protected

    David Sánchez-Fernández;David T. Bilton;Pedro Abellán;Pedro Abellán;Ignacio Ribera

  • Thermal tolerance and geographical range size in the Agabus brunneus group of European diving beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)

    P. Calosi;D. T. Bilton;J. I. Spicer;A. Atfield

  • Molecular systematics of armadillos (Xenarthra, Dasypodidae): contribution of maximum likelihood and Bayesian analyses of mitochondrial and nuclear genes.

    Frédéric Delsuc;Michael J Stanhope;Emmanuel J.P Douzery

  • Synthesis Macrophysiology: A Conceptual Reunification

    Kevin J. Gaston;Steven L. Chown;Piero Calosi;Joseph Bernardo

Frequent Co-Authors

Piero Calosi
Piero Calosi Université du Québec à Rimouski
Ignacio Ribera
Ignacio Ribera Spanish National Research Council
Simon D. Rundle
Simon D. Rundle Plymouth University
Andrés Millán
Andrés Millán University of Murcia
David Sánchez-Fernández
David Sánchez-Fernández University of Murcia
John I. Spicer
John I. Spicer Plymouth University
Wilco C. E. P. Verberk
Wilco C. E. P. Verberk Radboud University
Paula Arribas
Paula Arribas Spanish National Research Council
Josefa Velasco
Josefa Velasco University of Murcia
Stephen C. Votier
Stephen C. Votier Heriot-Watt University

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Jeremy B. Searle

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Wilco C. E. P. Verberk

Wilco C. E. P. Verberk

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Publications: 35

Piero Calosi

Piero Calosi

Université du Québec à Rimouski

Publications: 27

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Josefa Velasco

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Lloyd S. Peck

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Publications: 23

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